when can you start calling yourself an artist? "art"

this is the type of bullshit someone who doesnt want to study

>>3107135
*talks about

>>3107128
not important

>>3107139
like your life

>>3107161
wow... wow... *breaks into sobs*

>>3107128
>The picture is the same size as it is in the thumbnail.
This is art, OP is now an artist.

Wtf are you doing that you have to ask when you can call yourself an artist?

The term is vague enough that you can call yourself an artist with only one day of training.

>>3107165
lol retard

Well, the generally understood definition of "artist" is that you regularly produce works of visual media (drawing, painting, sculpting, animating...) or music. But if you want to challenge the definition, I would say that if you regularly produce something you can justify being art then you can call yourself an artist. "Art" is in its broadest definition any work of creativity, probably moreso if its value if inherent and not based on its effect on something else. I include the second part because otherwise you could say engineers/programmers/etc are artists, which is not quite accurate because their work is valued because of its practical use. If you were to show off the code itself without considering what the code accomplishes, I suppose you could call that art.

>>3107128
I don't think it matters. I don't think the issue merits much discussion. "Artist" is a broad enough term that it can cover occupation, perspective, and identity - and all are valid.

When did I start calling myself an artist? Around the time I made a commitment to myself that this is what I was going to study and pursue for the rest of m life - my identity as "artist" goes further than employment, it's how I see the world, and how I fit into it. That happened for me around college - I had been studying guitar and art equally since I was 12 or 13. I was good enough a guitar player to join a band, but once I started hanging around the music industry, saw how it works, and saw what being a musician really is, I gave it a long, hard look, and discovered my path was art. I have something to say, as an artist -as a guitarist, I was dime a fucking dozen.
I've never regretted it. I still play guitar, but it's taken a firm back seat to art. I'll spend money on art supplies before I buy anything guitar related.

Art is a path, a mindset, a career, a philosophy, a lifestyle, a perspective, an identity. How you approach is your choice. There's no official moment you become an artist, it's a process and a path, where you feel the title become part of you. Are you an artist? You're the only person who can answer that.

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>>3107223
>Art is a path, a mindset, a career, a philosophy, a lifestyle, a perspective, an identity
this

You are an artist since the moment you are born and stop being one when you develop a sense of what is good or bad.