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pope_phred PMAM-XL (Phred Made Another Merge-XL) IThe artist utilizes many tools in their trade limited only by their imagination. In the eyes of a sculptor a block of marble appears to them in the form of a goddess given time and a well-placed chisel. True technique is a factor. A piece of art should have evidence of skill pleasing lines use of color and form to delight the eye and stir emotion but in the hands of the true artist the medium used is only part of the piece. Be it paint stone clay it doesn't matter. The material is transformed into something beautiful and imbued with meaning which it did not have before. In a way the artist takes inert matter and gives it purpose. Art is life.

djnastymagic PopSkull The artist utilizes many tools in their trade limited only by their imagination. In the eyes of a sculptor a block of marble appears to them in the form of a goddess given time and a well-placed chisel. True technique is a factor. A piece of art should have evidence of skill pleasing lines use of color and form to delight the eye and stir emotion but in the hands of the true artist the medium used is only part of the piece. Be it paint stone clay it doesn't matter. The material is transformed into something beautiful and imbued with meaning which it did not have before. In a way the artist takes inert matter and gives it purpose. Art is life.