Thursday, July 2, 2009

My Very Old Art Program

I recently scoured the forums of Rohan Online Philippines and saw some people posting up their artworks. I was so excited to share mine as well, so I did all that "copy-paste" stuff to share my world.

But I know that on the other side of myself, I knew I wouldn't get much appreciation as what my family and friends would give to me. Strangers oftentimes open my eyes to what is really behind all of it. But sometimes I think to myself that what other people say will really matter after all?

Yes. No. Maybe. Perhaps. I don't really know. I only have my knowledge and my very old art program.

How old? Like I've been using this since Deo was still alive: Adobe Photoshop 7.

A lot of people had already told me to update my photoshop when CS 2 came out. I was like "okay sure", whatever. The fact is, I dun wanna.

I dun wanna.
I dun wanna.
I dun wanna.

Why? Because I am so much happier with my current one than the new one. I've heard from my Photoshop teacher before that CS versions make you a lazy digital artist. One click here and one drag there and--tada! And everyone else thinks you're a great digital artist when you didn't even sweat a thing for it.

I don't want that. I want it that whenever I post a work of mine, I know the inside and out of each layer I have used for a certain piece. I want it that whenever I look at it, I know how hard it is to try to find the matching colors and textures and filters just to come up with a piece. I want it that eventhough I had given all my hopes for a certain unfinished work, I know that I can still work on it harder than ever.

I always and always push myself to the limits on my Adobe Photoshop 7--my very old art program.

My teacher also said to me CS versions are a great room for growth and business. Maybe, but I can't help the fact that I still love and adore and use to my heart's content my PS 7.

I'm still having doubts whether I should update or not since I know I haven't used my PS 7 to its full capability. So maybe I'll stick with this for a while and maybe download CS 4 soon--in 48 years? LOL!

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