Artists

There are some artists I’ve met who are too shy to share their work and you think, “Why?” Art is pretty subjective since everyone has their own opinion on what they like.

I like the artists who love to share their work. It’s pretty awesome seeing the concept art and later on the final piece. Oddly, I’ve often liked the concept art more. There’s something appealing about those rough yet not so rough sketches. I recently photocopied some of them to hang in my cube, which the artist was fine with. He encouraged it, in fact. So in turn, I encourage other people to ask him for a copy when they happen to fancy something I’ve pinned up.

TL jumped on the bandwagon and requested a copy of one of the artist’s “concept” art (though it wasn’t a rough draft. It was a full-fledged piece with lovely shading and pretty colors.) I was tasked with giving TL the work, so just before we started a large meeting, I said to him, “JB has delivered your monkey.”

“Yes!” was his reply.

Only one person gave us a funny look. I’m impressed! Or should I be dismayed by how much odd stuff we must say to make this sort of announcement normal?