Exposing a digital artist

Interesting,but I’m not really impressed with this kind of art.Anyone can copy an image and create a piece like this.I can do this freehand in MS Paint.

I saw this print among others in The Early Bird in Fahaheel. The ones he had there were pretty funky for pop-art (which is always expensive for no apparent reason) and as that, it serves up well.

check the comments section of that page, HILARIOUS !!

one more thing..the art work will be printed on different materials, Canvas, curtains, lamp covers an partitions.
Every piece is exclusive to the owner. No duplicates made.

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lol what a douche.

I love his work and I’ve seen some of his work displayed at early bird and I completely fell in love with one of his pictures. I think he’s creative and there is no wrong in expressing yourself in any way, shape or form.

and one more thing, if he was creating these digital works and giving them away as computer wallpaper for free it would be fine. The fact he is managing to sell these just confuses me. Who are the idiots falling for these? If you think this is art what do you call this>>> https://www.annejulie-art.com/gallery.html
Mark posted about her long time back and I have been tracking her populairty and sucess and i am glad to say she is doing really well. Anwar is just doing good here because people are uneducated on art, unexposed to art. Real artists aren’t arogant pricks who think they are the best thing that has happened to kuwait.

johnny, managing to sell them? idiots? Some of these works have been sold already before the exhibition an for a famous brands. but another hater 🙂 from the same domain..

Mark, if u show me any of ur art work ill tell u exactly how u did it an which program u used but this is not the point,
by the way i have a painting called ‘shani’ 😉
cheers

mark, i didnt use photoshop, an i didn’t use the filters ur using, i know, but in my artworks there is a touch, colors, idea an negative space. an there’s a big difference between the one i did an the one ur doing 🙂

Mark, do u know what Digital Art is?

Johnney, i created it! not the computer! thats why there’s a difference between what I’m doing an the one Mark did, I’m not using auto trace at its! i have my way 2 do this thing, an if u think ur an artist show us some of ur art works..Ya i have the rights! an some of them r mine.

enough for 2day 🙂

Guys, Anwar doesn’t even know what his art is called. This is not pop-art, this is vector art.

I say we go down to his exhibition and beat him lol

Adding filters or whatever onto people’s photograph is called digital art work? I thought it was called stealing!

Peace.

anwar you have been exposed, now run along to your “exhibition” and dupe some more idiots into buying your “art” before this whole thing falls down on your oversized head

i believe that what is going on here has routs somewhere!?!?!!? hmmmm

Dude.. why does everyone have to hate on everyone else?????
sho mark ur not the only graphic designer out there… your opinion is your opinion.. does not necessarily mean im wrong and ur right or vice versa.. art is subjective.. and as an artist you should know to respect other peoples work.. no need to call it bad.. or “not art”.. that is immature and not very professional coming from you.. a so-called creative director.. !!

Hi mark, thanx for posting my email, u r using my name an my work without my permeation, an this is my work an its under my name, at least I’m not getting money, i pods and laptops for free from companies only 2 talk on their products..! project cyan? chikkapappi? no not for the negative comments! cuz they used my works without my permeation! i know each one of them an i really don’t care about their negative comments cuz for me they don’t know anything about art..,
get real ppl and get a life and stop acting like haters.
regards,

Talk about someone who can’t take some criticism and negative comments. I had a whole conversation with OwaikeO on this blog and he took my negative comments and criticism very well and he understood what I was saying and he explained to me what I needed to know.

Now Anwar, if you want to show that you’re really an artist and not some fraud who wants to just make money, how about you prove us all wrong and create something that actually needs some talent, not something “cool” that uses “cool”, colors and negative space (by the way, did you learn that by Google?).

See the problem with Anwar compared to artists in Europe who create something in under 10 minutes is the fact that those artists in Europe are actually artists and could create something more sophisticated and complex if they wanted to, could Anwar do that? Only if his 1337 photoshopping skillz let him :]

so everyone who criticizes you is a hater? grow up!

Anwar’s work is not pop-art and is not genuine “art”, it’s what is known as experimental, which again is not wrong or fake or anything, it’s actually a good thing to experiment, it’s the key of creation and innovation.

I have personally no problem with someone using auto-tracing and presets to experiment and try to create something. But then lie about using presets and call it genuine art and sell it is what disgusts me and what put me off even more is when the artist “Anwar” becomes hostile towards people who go into a negative debate with him and insults them and sends threatening emails and constantly deny the fact that he uses presets.

I have always been a supporter myself for people who try and do something or create something and I would of been supportive to Anwar as well if only he was honest and just knew how to handle a debate.
Anwar’s work is going nowhere and with this attitude he carries, he is personally going nowhere as well.

On another note, I am very disappointed about “The Exhibition” who claims on their website to be different then other spaces but it’s just another space in Kuwait who would just accept any artist of any kind just for the sake of keeping the space active. This gives more room to artist wannabe to grow and real artists to struggle.

Anwar I have a recommendation for you (for the 100 time I say it) just be honest and transparent and be prepared to accept any sort of critics. I have personally learned a big lesson on that matter, I am used to a different type of critics back in Europe, people tend to be more constructive with their critics, and then in Kuwait I was exposed to a different type of critics, one that is harsher and just very different. I remember going into a big argument with lots of people in the advertising business and even with Mark himself, only to then realize that I should not defend my work or myself but should be subjective and just accept the fact that I am still learning from the advertising field (which is not my field at all, I was just playing around and experimenting in it in Kuwait). I learned that critics makes you much better in what you do and takes you to another level and makes you understand what you are good at and what you are bad at.

It has nothing to do with Kuwait or the designers of Kuwait, you are getting bashed because you are lying and taking advantage of the masses who don’t know much about art or graphic design. It would be the same anywhere else in the world, don’t say Kuwait is full of haters and what’s so ever.

My toast got cold damn it! That is all for me.

“Thanks and no worries :)”
“Indeed, comments are always welcome, I always read and try and refine my work. Thanks :)”
”I know you mean no harm in ur comment”
”Thank all for ur kind comments, I really appreciate it.”

I Copied some of OwaikeO’s comments above, now in my opinion from just reading his comments it tells me that he is a confident well mannered artist that does not take negative comments personal, In fact on a couple he managed to turn it around. in the end he has the choice to take it or leave it, and in both he indirectly showed it will not effect his work or change his caricature.

Did that make scence? hehehe

Anwar has no time for blogs, he’s got to click on “auto trace” :] hehe.

Patrick: You’ve misunderstood what makes us different.

We are an exhibition space, not an art gallery. If an artist rents the space out to use as an art gallery, so be it.

Please read what’s on our website again. It clearly states that “we allow you to have your own space, instead of sharing it with others. This isn’t an exhibition hall with hundreds of booths and it isn’t a Kuwaiti-style house with five or six rooms. For a number of days, weeks or months, this is your own space to do with whatever you please.” No where in the text does it say we

THAT is what makes us different from other exhibition spaces. It does not say THAT is what makes us different from other art galleries.

We do not choose who exhibits at The Exhibition because we’re not here to judge what is or isn’t creative, unique, new, beautiful (whether it’s fashion, art, or furniture). We let the public do that for themselves.

Dear All,

I went thru Patrick Semaan post on the same issue and read all the comments, it seams Patrick saw the art in question on another blog and commented on it but that comment did not appeal to Anwar and he commented back and so it goes like حوار الطرشان.

The thing that surprised me is Mark attitude towards the issue, his post went directly into attacking Anwar and his work.!!!
Now why would someone do that?

if Anwar was a hack so is millions of people around the world, why one would wast time attacking them if they did not attack him or his work, why can’t we just ignore, and since when we are art critics -if that was art- i believe “Beauty is in eye of the beholder” so it doesn’t matter if Anwar used filters or not because those who wrot famous songs and books did not invent the words they only put them is a different order and that order made them intresting to read or listten to. -i saw that in a movie-

i buy Chinese jeans and Italian jeans, they both look and feel the same but i pay more for the Italian ones…why?
..i like the Italians and feel china is there only to copy what the Italians make but i still buy and wear the chinese jeans when it cost chinese and not Italian.

Anwar is free to sell his creations, and those who buy his work are not idiots they just think its worth what he asked for, i can wash my car…but i still take it to the car wash, i can iron my pants but i take it to the laundry, i can cook but i eat out….etc.

So nobody is an idiot, people do shop and google around before paying for anything.

Someone commented that “why go to university if by only a few tricks one can make art..” now what makes you think that Anwar did not go to university?

dudes try to be positive, and encourage people…don’t just hit them in the face and tell them that their work sucks…there are two ways in criticizing.. either do like you did posting attacks, or criticizing in a pro manner.

“idiot”: You’re missing the main point. Anwar is still claiming that he didn’t use any preset filters, and he is insisting that his work is “original”. I’m sorry, but you can’t lie about your work and not expect to get this kind of criticism. Nobody here is trying to demoralize him or attack him. What everyone is trying to do is show him what it means to really be an artist: when you put your work out there, you have to expect all kinds of criticism, the good and the bad, and the constructive. And, DON’T LIE. Nobody is trying to discourage him from learning and improving on his work. But we are trying to make him realize that lying about it will only make him subject to ridicule rather than earn him any shred of respect.

FAN
am not an artist nor a digital illustrator, but is it possible that he didn’t use any filters…any chance he used a different technique?

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The Exhibition, there is nothing to misunderstand. I mean, bottom line is, its what the “space” is exposing and resulting in, that makes up its reputation whilst its quality.

You are what you eat as in you are what you exhibit, at the end of the day, it is just as any other “space” because it is presenting the same thing, but its named differently and do business differently.

Its what you chose to exhibit, what you chose to expose and the quality of these what define how different you are, not how you run your business and or name it.

+ The fact that you don’t care how or what is being exhibited or the quality of it, just make it even worth and just gives an idea about what is gonna be coming in the future and who will be coming to your space.

I know A LOT of spaces like that, back in France and other places and some have interesting things to share and others just have nonsense and just nothing good and all of these spaces have a reputation based on what they allow to be in, in any industry or business or subject exhibited. Again, it is what is in that space that makes the space different, not how it is run or the concept behind it or what’s so ever.

There are two Patricks on this blog, me and Patrick Seeman, nevertheless, it takes less than a minute to write a comment that is… as you put it, “long”. Also, many users here post long comments, I’m not the only one. Maybe you should read more often :]

Why are you guys so aggressive? Everyone’s attacking someone. Whoa. Take it easy, cool down!

It’s just that the process of creating this is not artistic I think.

Everybody’s a critic.

Haha…I’ve sneezed better art onto a tissue.

It does look good though, I’ll give you that.