Why is making simple art hard?

[curiousnorway]

I'm wondering why making stylized or simple art are considered more difficult by many than naturalism, detail rich pieces and so on.

Detailed and naturalistic pieces require more patience, technical skills and practice I've heard. It's different than comics or a cartoon drawing (animation not included here), geometrical figures etc. Correct me if I'm wrong. #Art #Drawing

I'm trying to understand and I'm curious! :)

[AlienParasite]

It's different. Realism takes more time doing and less before process of design and thinking. Stylished figurative takes less time doing but, if done well, needs a longer design process before, so you have to think more before you act if you want to get something that works.

Both are difficult. In case if realism difficulty has to do more with beign loyal to the eye and learn to draw what you see and not what you know that should be, it has to do with technique and beign a good observer. In case of stylished art, it has to do with beign able to convey an emotion, to create an own brand by beign simple (the simpler a shape is, the easier to the watcher to read it, remind it and recognize it the next time), it also has to do with beign analytical by searching ways to see basic schemes of anything but also analytical by analyzing what others have done before and what can you do to be different and make your piece distinguishable from others', it has to do with trying to come with an idea nobody though before.

So it's different goal and different challenge.

[AimeeEllenn]

Well with naturalistic pieces everything is already in front of you, the artist would probably be working from a source. This means there isn't necessarily a lot of emotion in thier work. However with a stylized piece the artist doesn't have a clear source, they are changing thier source to fit thier style. This means there's a lot of emotion and a lot more thought put into it. :)

[OldSchool_Metalhead]

Its because a lot of us noticed that the environment around us is in so much detail. We can't help but want to mimic that in art because it may feel more "right" to a perfectionist. Sadly im one of those perfectionists lol. Whenever i draw or play guitar or anything artistic its like i pay attention to the smallest atom of detail
The struggle is real lol.

[BrittBratt2416]

Cause simple are takes some talent and skill. This is a picture of dog is pretty simple, it's nothing but one simple line/stroke forming the side view face of a dog and even I couldn't do it.

[InTimoreDei]

Creating original art is hard. A lot of "famous artists" on Instagram are all copiers and abstract artists. It takes no skill to do that.

The skill involved regarding Picasso's Cubist style was the fact that nobody had done such things before. And it is VERY hard to imitate. When you see less skilled artists try to imitate the Cubist style, it comes out looking awful.

[curiousnorway]

What makes cubism difficult to imitate?

[InTimoreDei]

When it was developed, Picasso and the other Cubists of the time had years of realist training. He understood anatomy. They broken anatomy down in simple shapes and developed what they called "cubism". It isn't as simple as just throwing some shapes together.

[CrossThyStars]

I have studied this in varying art forms, usually in music.

In simple art, with little detail EVERY, SINGLE, LINE, SHADE, DETAIL MATTERS.

can't be understated. The smallest change makes such a difference to the mood and message of the project.

And so if you suck, a simple project shows that far more than a complex one, where you can drown with detail

[BeMuse]

Detailed stuff is really easy. You just take a picture of something real and draw a grid over it and then draw out each small corresponding section and even someone without any talent will do OK. When you deviate from the real, you have to use your imagination.

[eshedd]

Honestly I find making simple cartoon easy, it’s easier for some people to make simple shapes while others need add details to hide small mistakes and imperfections, just draw to what you’re good at, I learn that I’m not a very good perspective drawer, I could never make everything line up so I do cartoons

[someginger]

Well it may not be hard to draw them but it's about the creativity and emotions behind them, also people listen to pop music and that isn't hard to make at all

[purplepoppy]

It's not technically more difficult. The difficulty lies in convincing people it's art.

[shimmeryns]

There's some truth to this haha!!

[MlleCake]

Well, I am not sure who says it is more difficult. Meaningful art of any style tends to take talent and expertise built on hours and hours of practice.

[esotericstory]

These art forms are innovated by mentally ill people so normal people have a hard time making it. Not to hate on them, or to degrade the art form, its just how it is. Picasso for example was mentally ill.

[GD360]

It's not hard, like everything else it takes practice, but it's more of imagination then traditional art, highly stylized

[Mollynotgemma]

Simplicity is harder than anything else in the world to achieve! Being pure and simple is almost impossible so if you have the ability to pull it off then you are a genius!

[Phanta]

I never in my entire life heard of someone claiming that stylized, "simple", or abstract art was harder to make than realistic or detailed art. Sounds like somebody is pulling your leg.

[SirRexington]

It's because you're trying to hard and overthinking it. I have that issue too. I try to be natural about it but then I think too much about it.

[natzz]

its hard to capture something in simple art because you know it has to be simple.

[CoffeeWC]

The best art is complex

[BrookieCookie0422]

I’ve never even heard of it being more difficult

[curiousnorway]

I can't remember who said it and I'm not sure what Picasso thought. But I've heard people saying that Picasso said it took years to learn realism, but an entire lifetime to draw like a child.

[BrookieCookie0422]

Lmfao I feel that

[Desconhecida]

Not easy to be inspired or being born as a genius

[Wowgirl30q]

Shapes and angles are more detailed

[GreenGold1992]

not everyone has the talent and skill for art

[Poormanscomedian]

Not hard for them , maybe us.