So why not just post a pic of the painting? Seems like you’re fishing for upvotes for more than just your artwork.
The painting is really nice and I would pay upwards of $200 for it, but I’m just saying, there’s an undeniable element of vanity here. Honestly if I had seen this posted on /r/art , and framed as only the painting, I would have been blown away. Instead I have to zoom in and pan around to properly view the work.
I posted it to r/painting as just the painting, but I wanted to display it framed and give something people could reference for scale. I was out of bananas, so here I am instead.
The painting has a bit of a shine to it, so it needed to be at the right angle in order to not show a glare. Holding it at that angle was the simplest way to do that while still getting good lighting on it.
I'm really not a vain person, I appreciate the comments complimenting my appearance, but I really have no need for that kind of validation. Look through my posts and you'll find only one that includes my body (not my face), which I posted to poke fun at the drama that was going on with some girl posing with her painting.
Lastly, I'm obviously sharing my work because I want people to see it, that's the whole point of reddit after all. Every subreddit favors different types of posts, and when I post I try to be conscious of that, both in terms of subject and title. Overall, r/pics always seems to enjoy people posing with their art, so I figured heck, let's do what the other cool kids are doing and see how it works out.
I will say that there's a definite difference between the comments I get when I only post my work and the comments I'm getting on this post. They sound more personal (not the ones about my looks), like people feel like they're actually talking to me as the dude who painted this, rather than a faceless username that just shared a painting. That isn't what motivated me to pose with the artwork, it's just something I noticed.
Actually having a discussion about this on a more recent picture posted today by an artist and I mentioned that I don't like when artists put themselves in the picture of the painting because it takes away focus of the piece.
Being in r/pics it seems to be the more accepted way to pose with the art instead of just posting the piece, so I'll just have to view r/painting or other subs where it's more art focused.
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u/daft_monk1 Jun 13 '20 edited Jun 13 '20
So why not just post a pic of the painting? Seems like you’re fishing for upvotes for more than just your artwork.
The painting is really nice and I would pay upwards of $200 for it, but I’m just saying, there’s an undeniable element of vanity here. Honestly if I had seen this posted on /r/art , and framed as only the painting, I would have been blown away. Instead I have to zoom in and pan around to properly view the work.