Overheard a client at the gallery call digital art 'just pushing buttons'

I was setting up for a show last month and this guy was looking at a really detailed piece, telling his friend it took no real skill. The artist spent over 80 hours on that one painting, doing all the line work by hand on a tablet. How do you even start to explain the work that goes into this stuff to people who don't get it?

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mary8361mo ago

Honestly that "just pushing buttons" line makes me so mad. Tbh I had a family member say the same thing about my friend's animation work. They don't get that the tablet is just a tool, like a brush. You still need all the skill to draw the lines and pick the colors. Ngl it's like saying a photographer just pushes a button.

michael8801mo ago

Yeah mary836, it's more like a photographer choosing the shot and lighting, not just the button.