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The juror who called my digital piece 'just a filter' made me rethink my process
At a small gallery show in Portland last month, a guy on the jury looked at my layered portrait and said it was 'just a filter on a photo.' He missed that I built it from 40 separate brush passes over 6 days. But his comment stuck because I realized I never show a work-in-progress gif or a quick breakdown of layers in my online portfolio. That context matters to people who don't know digital work. Does anyone else post their layer counts or time-lapses to stop the 'just a filter' assumption, or do you let the final piece speak alone?
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zarag171mo ago
It's like how people assume a fancy plated dish just came out of a box, nobody sees the hours of prep and failed tries behind it. Posting a quick time-lapse or layer breakdown is basically just showing your work, and it helps folks who don't make digital art get why it's real effort.
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