[Acme Thunderer]

You’re more than welcome on the forum, but no one will want to buy your artwork if you spam the forum with new threads.

[princess]

Your way of doing things doesn't make you sell anything, artist doesn't just mean knowing how to paint a canvas.

[solomon420]

I'm confused about what you're trying to convey and it just all feels a bit lazy

[allobiter]

Could you stop spamming

[sfnyc]

Better than Virgil Abloh's "art"

[GreenLite]

True midlife crisis behaviour.

[startimeash]

If you wouldn’t purchase, I’m curious to know as to why not in the comments

I don't think it's very good, and I wouldn't want it on my walls. I've no idea what you're trying to convey. By all means continue producing art if that's what you love, but I don't think there is a career, or even a small side business here.

[Arty Garfunkle]

Sadly it’s been done by 100 artists and far better.

Keep trying though, very few are instantly perfect

[sevrin]

Alas, I think your talents lie elsewhere, Douglas.

[Adam The Collector]

Is it April 1st?

[Snakes]

image uploader

Because he ^ said it was crap 😂

[Jimini Cricket]

Jul 22, 2024 22:16:40 GMT 1 artisdouglascrockett said:

You can view and purchase my work here (artisdouglascrockett.com)! If you wouldn’t purchase, I’m curious to know as to why not in the comments…all honest feedback is greatly appreciated!

You are not famous enough to get away with this standard of art.
You have to up the production value of all your work to not make it look like it took 5-10 minutes to make.

[abc]

Guys, I don't think you are being very helpful. It might be useful to give OP a framework or some valid considerations for him to think.

I think the principles can be summed up in 4 steps:

1) does it have an established market? Obviously, the fame of the artist and an active secondary market is relevant

2) does it fit into the Art narrative? To understand art, you would need to know quite a bit about art history and what other artists are doing as a whole. Because your art draws meaning relative to other artists.

3) does it provide any insight? Does it give a unique perspective? Does it "tickle" the viewer in any way? Or is it old and stale?

4) last (and perhaps the least) , does it seem like it was well made? Like an Hermes scarf, are all the edges well done? Is the craftsmanship good? Or does it smack of something that was shoddily made in the last 5 min?

I hope this helps.

[abc]

Also, from your website, I see that you've gone through a lot. Perhaps you could let some of your experiences show in your work. I see that you've got a bit of that Keith haring vibe going on, as well as some of the Hank Willis Thomas energy, but you lack the irreverence as well as the scathing satire that more established artists express through their work. It also (more importantly) doesn't have the intensity of emotion. It's just too "meh"... And that's not enough to make people feel or think.

[abc]

Also, I did not appreciate the Basquiat crown references in some of your canvases... That was kinda trite...

[Daniel Silk]

Actually some of it I quite like, maybe being a bit more selective of the work you show and put up on your site might help.

[nobokov]

Jul 22, 2024 22:16:40 GMT 1 artisdouglascrockett said:

You can view and purchase my work here (artisdouglascrockett.com)! If you wouldn’t purchase, I’m curious to know as to why not in the comments…all honest feedback is greatly appreciated!

What do these three works mean?

[Arty Garfunkle]

Failed art gcse?

[chablis]

Hi, it is hard not to be brutally honest, if you enjoy drawing and painting, absolutely do that and enjoy it, but this body of work is akin to high school project work. I'm not sure when an artist becomes commercial, but usually after showing work, getting positive feed back, and making a few sales. Asking this question on an International forum is not necessarily the best place to start. Have a look at other 'new' artists presenting their work on this forum, and you will see a wide spectrum.

Enjoy your art, allow it to help your through your life, but try not to let this feedback stop you from doing what you love.

[Fluffy Pillow]

The placements of your signature, and the obnoxious sizing of it in some, doesn't do it for me.

[cools]

I hope you aren't considering taking the easy way out. Keep working hard, have hope, and you will be rewarded in some way one day.

[Jimini Cricket]

Jul 26, 2024 4:33:14 GMT 1 artisdouglascrockett said:

I’M SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS I HAD WITH ADDICTION IN MY WORK. DRUG ADDICTIONS. SEX ADDICTIONS. TRYING TO SPEAK POSITIVELY THROUGH SOME PIECES. I WAS ON THE RUN WHEN I PAINTED HALF OF THESE. HAVEN’T DRANK IN ALMOST FOUR YEARS. YET NO ONE TAKES ME SERIOUS…WHAT’S THE POINT IN CONTINUING…artisdouglascrockett.com

Call your hospital.

[chablis]

Seek some help, your mental health is rock bottom. I see you are in Michigan, try contacting some support groups so you can talk through things, seek other avenues that interest you, keep up the art and consider joining a group, it will help you, but only if you let it. It should not be there to reinforce your negative feelings, but rather a way of expressing them with a view to understanding what it is that hurts and how to move forward. If you are on top of alcohol and drugs, then it looks like finding work is important, have you considered volunteering, just to get yourself back in the company of others and feeling some self worth. Your art is not a measure of your worth, that is something you do for yourself, you asked for opinions, that will always bring comment. If you are as low as you seem, that seems now to have been a way to further hurt yourself.

This forum has the ability to lift a person, as well to break them, so do consider your interactions with it, remember people here know little about you as a person, and you were hopeful for a positive springboard away from your troubles, it's clearly not gone that way.

I believe you will find the help you need closer to home, take care and seek some counselling.

[PC Baby]

Your art is immensely positive, as you are clearly addressing all the negativity in your life and turning it into beautiful, potent images - keep at it and try and find solace in small things you see and experience every day - open your mind and you will find beauty in the unlikeliest of places.
Thank you for reaching out to this forum, you will find many things you like the look of on here and, perhaps even permit yourself to smile at some of the comments you come across. It is an uplifting place and art soothes all our minds.
Every day is another step closer to accepting yourself as you are and healing at the same time - don't lose heart, you've already found people who care on this forum.
Have a beautiful day and take one day at a time.

[Acme Thunderer]

This might be the best advice you get…

If you are ever feeling down (and this applies to anyone on UAA), avoid social media and forums like this. Then only start using them again when you feel you are in a better place.

[Gentle Mental]

"unalive" is a tiktok phrase. too much of that reality makes this reality feel pathetic and pointless, so you can spend even more time on their realities. They don't care. They will do ANYTHING to hook you. You are just a thumb scrolling and tapping mindlessly for hours - so they can make their billions. Know you are being manipulated, at all costs, they don't care.
turn off the fucking thing for 1 hour. Then 2. Then 3. Then half a day. Appreciate the slow, mundane, unsexy, unfunny, thing called life.