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[egypturnash]

Following groups of Boston's art scene around the gallery and eavesdropping on their conversations was great fun. I heard attendees propose all sorts of comical theories on what medium had been used to create the art in front of them, from oil paint to photoshop to (really) colored glass.

- ff00ff's, um, con report, about my show.

Colored glass! That's pretty cool. People are just not aware of Illustrator in general, especially at the level I use it. I had a few people ask me what the medium was, myself.

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[mister-wolf.livejournal.com]

I can't wring anywhere near the level of coolness out of AI that you can, and I still think it is basically the best art program ever.

[kamenkyote.livejournal.com]

I never thought of that. It's so obviously digital to me, it would never have occurred to me that it would be thought of as paint or glass. Make sure to keep a lookout for possible reviews in places. You never know who might write you up!

[koogrr.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of it as a con, just a small one.

And crowd-mingling was great. So was seeing you guys in your element.

[doctorpinkerton.livejournal.com]

You're very lucky... remember the bad associations that computers had with art just a few years ago? (Of course, that's probably because the early computer 'artists' weren't artists at all!)

I find it fantastic that the medium can be a mystery in this day and age!!!

[tracerj.livejournal.com]

the early computer 'artists' weren't artists at all!

Guilty as charged!

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Ah, the days when you could just screw around in MacPaint, call it art and get people to ooh and aah over it! I recall seeing a book in my college bookstore that was basically that.

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

It was a con report it's true. Had you been thoughtful enough hosts to provide me with MDMA or LSD it could have been a trip report :). Actually, I joke. I wouldn't take either of those, as they both operate on serotonin receptors, as do my anti-anxiety medications, so I haven't the foggiest idea what sort of interaction these drugs I want to recreate with may have with the drugs I need.

Oh, also, there was a cute blond girl who looked around my age who was being pulled around by the hand by a much older man who kept giving me the eye every time she saw me such that she was either checking me out or mistaking me for her mortal enemy, I'm bad at telling what it means when someone stairs at you that intensely. She didn't know what medium you used, but thought there were too many boobs. What a shame.

Do let me know when the high priestess sells, because from my observations it seemed to be the one that everyone liked, even the people who were cruising around the room for the third time or so still stopped at that one to talk about it.