No More Original Art

So in the last post, I touched on the fact that a lot of art is computer generated now. It seems to be that way for a lot of things in this generation. Everyone wants this instantaneously, and there seems to be a lack of originality. Everyone is copying from everyone else, and the line begins to fade when it comes to copy-righting things. Take something like instagram for example, now everyone is a professional photographer. Just like tumblr, and many blog sites, everyone is a writer now. I'm not putting anyone down for some of these people have great pages that I look at for inspiration on workouts or various other things, but the shortcuts keep getting shorter.

So, getting to the point of this blog, has original art died? Has the process of finding the right canvas and the perfect acrylic paint, with the perfect paint brush, tracing tails of tears, laughter, pain, and passion across that canvas board, has it all died? Has the tantalizing affects of making a beautiful piece of art with our hands, and feeling the pen carve into the paper as it bleeds it last breaths into a piece of white paper, has that all gone away? I was never blessed with the ability to draw things perfectly or paint the perfect piece of art, and I do appreciate the technology that has been bestowed upon me, but I can't help but wonder if all that wonder and awe of artists has gone away.


I'm from NYC, and there are a lot of graffiti art on the streets that, some people think is an eye sore, but I think is real art. No one seems to be doing that anymore. The years of the rebellion has dispersed into the generation of the conformist. This is all just some thoughts regarding graphic design.