Artistic Video Game Photos General

>>253829573
>league of autism
>the meme queen
>>>/vg/

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okay like this. could this be art? not saying this one has to be I'm just saying, can you open up new pathways to emotional receptors in the brain by all the distortions involved in the photography process? can you open up new windows to the soul or whatever?

Post more OP.

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like could this be art?

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>>253830906
or this maybe

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OP, what are you even trying to say?

Can video games be art? Can photos of video games be art?
Is there a point to all this?

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>>253831752
well, I was just looking for some discussion, plus some contributions maybe

I think a photo of a game can be powerfully evocative

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>>253829573
Yes.

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>>253830320
>>253829573

If you go into the console, disable the HUD, and take a screenshot, sure. If you're using a fucking camera phone, you're no better than those who take angled shots of their Coke cans.

>>253832115
I think the fact that you are questioning this makes it art.

Not that it is something to be proud of or whatever.

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OP here with another

>>253829573
Pics of screens? I don't think so but you can call it art if you want. All it does is make everything look blurry, hard to read, and an overall eyesore.

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>>253832420
>>253832115
>>253831117
>>253830906
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>>253829573
This is.. a joke. Or something. Right? You're taking snapshots with a phone.

>>253832521
actually I'm using a canon eos rebel t1i

>>253832638
10/10
/thread

>>253832638
seeing all your pics I realize you have probably more games installed then most of /v/

>>253832610
Personally, I think it looks like shit and detracts from the actual art.

Personally, I think it looks really cool. Probably more of a novelty than anything else. Definitely not something I'd consider 'art' unless there was some sort of meaning behind the photo.

OP, go take a picture of a game over or a victory screen or something. That might be interesting to see through the 'filter' of a photo.

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Op here again. more mount and blade. I thought the light and dark maybe gave it an interesting feel

>>253832610
... For what purpose?

OP instead of trying to make art try to make something people would enjoy instead.

I know you're going to say you're just trying to start a discussion but the real reason is that you're just looking to be special.

Go make a blog on tumblr for this kind of vaguely videogamey "deep" shi,t seriously they eat this garbage right up look at Zac Gorman

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>>253829573
>can taking a photo of your video games be "art"?
>league of legends
>the meme queen

It's like taking a photograph of another person's artwork.

Unless you add something interesting to the photo then it's a bit shit.

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>thinking camera snapshots can't be art
>2014

>>253832835
You have to 18+ to post on 4chan.

>>253833673
You have to be 18+ to post on 4chan.

>>253833452
Pretty much this. Unless you recontextualize it or add something to it, then it's just a bad pic of someone else's work.

>>253833602
If that's not art, I don't know what is.

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>>253833853
you realize there are just about an infinite many ways to take a photo of any given game right

just because some guy arranged the art assets a certain way doesn't mean they made all the resulting images

that's like saying a photographer taking a picture of a building is just taking a bad pic of someone else's (the builder's) work

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am i aurtistic?

>>253834356
Nah, that's a terrible analogy and you know it. Taking a picture of a screen is an awful idea in the first place because of the lighting and glare.Have fun, sorry I don't like your idea though.

>>253832420
this looks like art to me

>>253834356

that's like saying a photographer taking a picture of a building is just taking a bad pic of someone else's (the builder's) work

that's exactly what it is

show me an amazing photo from a video game that makes me praise the photographer and not the people who made the game

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>>253834632
>Taking a picture of a screen is an awful idea in the first place because of the lighting and glare
lmao what does that even mean

>implying visual imperfections can't enhance the look of the photo

>>253834871
if you're taking photographs for praise, you're doing it wrong

the point is to give you a response

if a photograph makes you think "my God this world is amazing", that's a good photo, regardless of what you think of the photographer. who gives a shit about some guy with a camera. the point is the picture

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>>253835217

>>253834356
that's pretty much correct. Unless the artistic merit of the photo arrises from something other than the building itself (perhaps it's a macro shot, the building itself is compared alongside some other thing in an interesting way, etc) then you're just taking a photo of a building

>>253835192
>if a photograph makes you think "my God this world is amazing", that's a good photo, regardless of what you think of the photographer. who gives a shit about some guy with a camera. the point is the picture

Then all these photos are shit

I guess what you're doing is art, but it's not very good. Most of the time, taking a picture of the screen adds nothing interesting that a screenshot wouldn't have. Unless you're contextualizing it in an interesting way, it's worthless.

Good examples would be showing a game running on an arcade cabinet that you built yourself. Or showing what Metal Gear Rising looks like on a CRT. If the screen matters, or what's outside the screen matters, than it's a worthy reason to take a picture of the screen.

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>>253835581
maybe you're just dead inside

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>>253829573
>>253830320
>>253830906
>>253831117
>>253832115
>>253832420
haha

>>253835986
you're essentially taking a screenshot, desaturating it and putting a filter on it.

You're like those seapunk teenagers thinking they're being ground breaking.

>>253836169
>u
>v

>guy wants to do artsy pics of screens displaying video games
>someone doesn't like it
>lol get rekt faggit this is art

The story of how taking pictures of screens displaying video games was created and destroyed in a single day.

>>253835192

I agree that photos should not be taken for praise, but for one to not seek praise for their work is uncommon. There are people that paint, make music, etc. all for themselves and feel no need to share it, but most fall also under being entertainers, people who want to display what they have created and hopefully impart emotions to whomever is taking in their work.

You posting your photos (assuming such) is showing that you fall under being an entertainer and are seeking a connection with someone through the photos. If they make you happy, by all means that is fucking rad man, I love when people are passionate about anything at all, but don't expect people to find contemporary art pieces in camera phone shots that someone could recreate in those games in very short time.

A photo is good to me when it conveys an emotion or captures something that you cannot see in everyday life, first for yourself and then possibly to a viewer, because most people do have a an ego that must be waxed from time to time to not make us feel insignificant.

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>>253836396
never told anyone that they got rekt

just saying I don't agree with the detractors

>>253837201
Card for the one on the right?

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Here guys here's some art.

>>253837201
nice art man. i like how taking a picture of your screen really speaks about the depravity of the human's desire to create a meaningful existence for itself despite being wholly untalented

>>253837201
>i'm making a new kind of art, you guys just wait
>several people respond saying it's a lame idea
>JUST SAYING I DON'T AGREE WITH DETRACTORS

Whoa, detractors? You sure you should be making "art"?

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>>253837998
yeah I'm typing in all caps because I can't handle the rejection

>>253838256
Great art, 10/10 would put in gallery

This might legitimately be one of the dumbest ideas posited to /v/ ever. And I was interested when I opened the thread.

>>253838449
I'm pretty sure he's just messing around right now. He made some pretty good points already. Check out the other pictures in the thread (though half of them are jokes from what I can tell).

>>253838697
Either way, it's shitty pictures of pictures or "hurr i was just pretend 2 be retarded looool"

>>253837376
http://i.imgur.com/DxhoTVM.png

>>253837434
N-no one likes my art...

Not one of these seems to add anything to the original image. Seems like a screenshot would be fine, throw it into photoshop if you really want to jazz it up I guess

>>253838891
Who the fuck is Amanda Blake?

>>253839289
But anon, it was the best post in the thread.

>>253839464
I sort of get what you're going for, but its essentially the same as taking a screenshot and then smacking a filter on it in Photoshop.

And this particular filter doesn't really look all that good.

>>253840112
ok so something like that in photoshop and show me how it looks the same

>>253840260
do* something I mean

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>>253840440
ok heres the original

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>>253841407
then 40 seconds later in photoshop

>>253841537
ok you win

>>253841537
I can't tell if you're joking or not.

Yeah OP you sure are artistic. I knew most of /v/ was artists, but I never knew artism was so rampant.

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>>253841537
ok how about this

is this art?

>>253842210
Yes, but it's not good art. The only thing really artistic about it is that the original screenshot is art itself, and that it darkens the lowtones.

The pixelly effect makes my eyes hurt

wow, /v/ has no idea what art is

keep it up OP

well? anyone else gonna give it a shot?