Realistic, Alteration or Distortion?

     Art has different forms: as likeness and as alteration or it can be a distortion. The art of realism simply means what you can see around- the surroundings, the people and the animals. It is a means of painting and drawing exactly what you see in your naked eye, may it be how people socializes, how spring blooms or how the antelopes run from the lions. Art as distortion is like an abstract and hard to recognize  Art as alteration is how the artist see it in his/her way-his/her feelings, masterpieces that includes deep meanings and symbolisms. It may be like a half rotten apple pierced by an arrow seeping with black ink- which may seem natural to viewers, but I actually meant it as a forbidden love pierced by the arrow of reality, and the black ink is a blood, the rotten side is how it became because of the sin and it caused tragedy. There you have it; you got a peek of how I visualize an altered art.

    

     I like drawing realism, especially if we’re talking about the nature. I’m not really good in animals, but with practice, it’s achievable. Drawing is all about practice, right? A bright idea, an imaginative mind and tons of practice, always like that. Anyway, as for people, my drawing may be heavily influenced by anime, or when I try 3D things, I like it to look like those Final Fantasy characters, but the point is I always like to draw them with good anatomy and proportion, and of course the colors. I don’t like having my drawing without colors or if it will appear a simply elegant monochrome, shadows and lighting will never leave it-may it be colored or colorless. Arts as alteration have influenced me too, for ideas for good stories rush within them. I love it when my drawings have a story behind it-for it fuels me and I have his passionate urge to make it alive-metaphorically speaking. Art as distortion though, or those abstract are not my types. I can draw it, but I don’t prefer it.

     

     So in conclusion, I barely like art as distortion. I always prefer realism for the nature and alteration as my expression and idea. I can’t seem to choose between the two for they always mixed in when I paint or draw or sketch.