Why all the hate against recolors?

I mean, I have heard a lot of junk about how recolors aren't art, and how only original works are art, and stuff, but, why? I mean, yes, it is sort of plagiarism, but we aren't saying we made the base, that's my it's called a recolor. As much as I hate fashion, I must admit that designing fashion is art, would you say it isn't just because we didn't invent humans?

According to wikipedia,

<LI>Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art</LI>

It's hard to do a recolor, so I don't do any of them, but my sis puts the colors in a way that is aesthetcically pleasing, and in a way that makes a statement.

And DONT even get me started on edits.

me to i have heard that but recoloring is for fun and you can do it if your bored or if your internet isnt running

Recoloring is for fun.
It still isn't art, though, you're just changing the colors of somebody else's art.
So it's not TECHNICALLY art.

If you EDIT it, then, yes, it is partially art.

recoloring isnt art... pixels are... ive see most online art are pixels or made by pixels? well who cares but its not art if you actually colored it youself

It's sort of art if you add a bit more of what you want. If you just pixel/edit something in, it'll work... But I do recolors for fun

Uh.
''Recoloring isn't art because'', it is just like, putting one color on top of the other, fantage creators can't even pixel well enough, they leave rouch edges and everything, but you guys don't fix that, you just color over it.
And, on the shading part, you don't even shade yourselves! You just color over it.
So, I myself, do not think recoloring is art itself, on the other hand, I do think that coloring over linearts (look it up...) is art, since you actually have to get in with it and shade yourself and be creative, something you can't do with a mini little fantage avatar.
Don't flame me for your own sake.

Anaira wrote:

It's not art.
It's a waste of time.
It's putting colors on top of others.
Wow, you must be pretty skilled to put one color on another!

How about u taking the extra time to erase the first color to but the other color on it... then it would be just putting a color on it

OoOoO~Vatt~OoOoO

Vatt wrote:

Anaira wrote:

It's not art.
It's a waste of time.
It's putting colors on top of others.
Wow, you must be pretty skilled to put one color on another!

How about u taking the extra time to erase the first color to but the other color on it... then it would be just putting a color on it

OoOoO~Vatt~OoOoO

Thats how you are supposed to shade.

HelloKittyStar wrote:

Recoloring is for fun.
It still isn't art, though, you're just changing the colors of somebody else's art.
So it's not TECHNICALLY art.

If you EDIT it, then, yes, it is partially art.

I am not saying that you made the designs. I am saying that choosing the colors is art, making sure they don't clash, making it have a statement. I'm not saying that you need skill to make them, I'm saying that they are art.

Also, it is practice for pixeling, in some way. You see how the shading is.

@ Anaira: This discussion has a friendly tone, and it is not tolerated for you to respond so rudely. Not back-seat modding, I'm just tired of these figths.

Anaira wrote:

It's not art.
It's a waste of time.
It's putting colors on top of others.
Wow, you must be pretty skilled to put one color on another!

oh cmon ary... we all know u probably hate recoloring but let us do it?we like doing it for the fun of it. whats so bad about it its not like we recolor and we consider ourselves artists and were not (well not me of course) but cmon if u have bad things to say dont say it everyone will just end up making problems

linda wrote:

Anaira wrote:

It's not art.
It's a waste of time.
It's putting colors on top of others.
Wow, you must be pretty skilled to put one color on another!

oh cmon ary... we all know u probably hate recoloring but let us do it?we like doing it for the fun of it. whats so bad about it its not like we recolor and we consider ourselves artists and were not (well not me of course) but cmon if u have bad things to say dont say it everyone will just end up making problems

now i have to say i do not completely agree with ary, i love recoloring yet it is not art, but she has the right to express her own opinion, maybe if your going to complain about other posts you shouldnt post.

Here's my opinion on all of this.

It's a fun activity, but a lot of you are taking the fact that it's not art much too seriously. It's not that big of a deal. It's a Fantage forum- you all are lucky we have a creations forum at all. Is it that bad that people enjoy it? Quit being so upset over it. But it does get annoying, when that's all people do.

The only reason that people started this whole recolor debate is because people started bringing up the fact that they aren't real art. So what? Nobody had a problem beforehand. The only thing about it, is that it overpowers the forum. You don't have to post all of it, but you don't have to boycott it.

SjeeshBack wrote:

Here's my opinion on all of this.

It's a fun activity, but a lot of you are taking the fact that it's not art much too seriously. It's not that big of a deal. It's a Fantage forum- you all are lucky we have a creations forum at all. Is it that bad that people enjoy it? Quit being so upset over it. But it does get annoying, when that's all people do.

The only reason that people started this whole recolor debate is because people started bringing up the fact that they aren't real art. So what? Nobody had a problem beforehand. The only thing about it, is that it overpowers the forum. You don't have to post all of it, but you don't have to boycott it.

Yes, good choice of words, Shjeeshie, most people will figth over anything.

When people look at your recolors, that, whether they are art or not, take a humongous amount of time to do, then say: "That's not art," Well, it's an insult. I normally take two houirs to do a recolor, and it frustrates me that some people don't appreciate my hard work.

Also, I'm talking about the COLORS. If you just choose random colors, then no, it's not real art. But if you chose them in a way that looks beautiful and makes a statemnt, then it is definately art.

Recoloring takes work, just like art does. Is it bad? NO. Yeah, it's annoying how big it is, but guys, it's not that bad. Saying recoloring is a waste of time is an insult to people that work HARD on it. I'm going to be honest, I've seen people work harder on recolors than some of you work on your pixels or dress up games. Where do people get their ability to pixel? Recoloring.

Anaira wrote:

It's not art.
It's a waste of time.
It's putting colors on top of others.
Wow, you must be pretty skilled to put one color on another!

Alright, you do a recolor. You can recolor your whole profile picture, so you're hair is purple, AND shaded. Since it's so easy, you do it pixel by pixel.

SjeeshBack wrote:

Recoloring takes work, just like art does. Is it bad? NO. Yeah, it's annoying how big it is, but guys, it's not that bad. Saying recoloring is a waste of time is an insult to people that work HARD on it. I'm going to be honest, I've seen people work harder on recolors than some of you work on your pixels or dress up games. Where do people get their ability to pixel? Recoloring.

Anaira wrote:

It's not art.
It's a waste of time.
It's putting colors on top of others.
Wow, you must be pretty skilled to put one color on another!

Alright, you do a recolor. You can recolor your whole profile picture, so you're hair is purple, AND shaded. Since it's so easy, you do it pixel by pixel.

Again, this is a friednly conversation. Iappreciate your opinions, but be tactful. The first paragraph was good, but be careful with mindless accusationjs.

How about we all forget about this? Everyone has a right to their opinion I guess. Say what you want, "I'm saying this because I'm a coward" but at this point...

ya i agree