joshua davis bashing by CR
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- dyspl0
^the guy can say he doesn't like JDavis work, I have no problem with that. what upset me is his arguments (tattoos and wacom....)
It's like if he said coldplay plays shitty music arguing the way they are dressed doesn't no appeal to him. there would be no point and I would find the whole article shitty.You can hate as long as you have valid argument.
- emukid0
the comments section is where all the action is.
". but let me ask you... if what I do is so easy... why am I one of only a few doing it ? If what I'm doing has brought me a great portfolio of clients... speaking at conferences around the world, each month, since 1999... write ups in magazines... and if it is truly so easy... and I'm not really a good designer... then how have I fooled everybody for so long ? What am I going to do ?... because just last month I got an e-mail from WACOM... seems I've fooled them too. I just finished a cover for Computer Arts Magazine... the cover.... what fools... seems like I've fooled them to.
please e-mail me the answers Holli... please. If I'm such a horrible designer and a complete egotistical asshole... how have I been able to CON people for so long... and the next thing I want answered is... if it's so easy and has brought me success... then why isn't everybody doing it ? seems like an easy road to fame and fortune."
- PrayStation0
hello.
thanks for the comments... took me a bit to read.
well said chossy... I do find joy in the things I make.
Etype ? is that comment directed towards me ? who makes my new stuff ? I just glanced over my shoulder and there's only 1 person sitting in my studio... and I'm wearing his underwear.
- Have you ever thought about cage fighting?Khurram
- pervert..neue75_bold
- mg330
At Flash Forward 2001 in NY he admitted to putting red food coloring in his eyes just to see what it would do. Said it hurt like hell but did indeed tint his vision red for a while.
- Oh - meant to say I always wanted to try that. I got to meet him to buy the PS hard drive. Inspiring guy back then for sure.mg33
- 74LEO0
All-in-all his shit is dope, his skillz are tight and he was/is a god to a lot of flash/designers and programmer. For me anyway being a student back in 1998 he was the guy I we all looked up to. It is good to see him leave the digital realm for a more craft interpretation of his flash background.
Don't hate on a guy in the same industry as you...ever. Especially hating on an innovator of the industry. This guy is the reason a lot of people are where they are today.
I remember when Josh used to post here.
- < thislvl_13
- I agree, I took his classes and had lot of conversations with him about art and clients. He's a stand-up guy and follows no one creating art for those respect his style.jbranda
- <<<this this this I always found him to be a gent and a scholar, and enjoyed his posts and banter on here. Fools be trippinmikotondria3
- +1
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- OSFA0
*grabs Doritos...
- refunktion0
i really like the jvst.us site work he did.
- his studio, they. i dunno, either way, its cool.refunktion
- ross0
I like josh.
He has been helpful to many people on qbn/Newstoday for years.
That means more to me then some reporter who has got nothing better to write about then bashing someone for being successful.
That being said, i didnt read the article.
- Mau0
Joshua Davis is a nice&funny fellow....
- gramme0
I don't have a strong enough opinion either way about JD's work (or CR Magazine for that matter) to register a vote for or against the commentary.
What is unclear to me, and pardon me if this has been addressed before, is what relevance JD's work has at a conference on typography. This is not a negative critique of his work, merely an observation that his work seems to be much more firmly ensconced in the realm of semi- to fully-abstract illustration rather than the artful setting of type.
- agreedyspl
- Is that to say that semi- to fully-abstract illustration is not artful?dMullins
- Simply because a computer was involved in ray tracing and whatnot?dMullins
- why does a dog lick his balls?Rand
- I'm saying no such thing, dMullins. Merely making the point that he doesn't seem to really be a typographer.gramme
- It's my understanding that this conference was primarily about type and typography, no?gramme
- I see JD being more relevant at an event that's more all-encompassing in the creative arts.gramme
- e.g. AIGA, etc.gramme
- I agree with you completely, its just that people have been talkin about him bein art or notdMullins
- SO I thought that's what your comment meant is all..dMullins
- Gotcha. Yeah I really don't care for that argument anymore. It's been done to death, you know?gramme
- Not to mention the fact that it's so deeply subjective, any objective reasons for/against become totally subsumed.gramme
- utopian0
PrayStation spent the last 2 hours reading ever last post...
*His head is going to explode
- __TM0
I still have the poster that Praystation did for Creative Review. teehee
- robotron3k0
Josh is a great guy but I don't know him.
- cannonball19780
(puts popcorn in microwave)
- chossy0
Artists in general are recognised for their style and technique.
No-pattern
Horp
joshua Davis
BuildTo deride people for having a style and not changing is about as useful as teets on a boar.
- < This is a good read. :Dchossy
- I don't think anyones questioning that at all...neue75_bold
- "Horp" hahahah, thanks mate, I felt like a sparkling diamond for a fleeting moment when I read that.Horp
- you would being under no-patternfrancoisfido
- +juhls