Hi Karla! :) First of all, I want to thank you for publicly standing up against problems in the art world and the industry. You are one of the few powerful pőositive voices on art social media. So my question: I love industry-style art, but industry work is not for me, I'm rather an illustrator/fine artist who prefers painting his own ideas. Do you think there is demand for fine art in an industry-like style? P.s.: I love your work and also how cheerful you are! :)

Hey Marco! I'm struggling because I can't figure out what it is that I'm doing wrong with my colors and lighting. Sadly I can't afford your course, so I wonder if there is any other way I could get an opinion on some of my recent works, about what am I missing color/lighting wise?

Hi! Question: Have you ever tried digital? If yes, how you liked it? If no, do you plan to?

QUESTION: Which smartwatch you have?

QUESTION: What's the best alternative for oils if you paint in a small un-ventillated room?

This is how Schoolism works: You can take part in a single course for thousands of dollars with a small limited class and direct mentoring by the teacher, or you pay $30 a month and you can see all videos of ALL courses, but you can't get advice, can't hand in homework, etc.

QUESTION: Schoolism has a subscription where you pay a small amount and can access all videos, but can't interact with teachers. Would you do something like that? The course prices are fair, but for people in poorer countries hundreds of dollars can be impossible to afford. Eg. I live from $200 a month.

Nice! I really want to get into sculpting. I hope there will be more than just a few videos available for free though because sadly, as much as I would love to pay for this course, I don't see myself being able to afford it any time in the coming years. :(

I think Skelly is up to something... dark.

It has been very thoroughly covered in the past months why you should _not_ do it - at least not now, not until the many very serious issues with it are fixed. The facts that it is extremely damaging to the environment, that it's a gimmick that borderlines a scam, and that it's built like a pyramid scheme where a very few people make big money while everyone else loses money are only the three biggest problems to name. This article does a very good job summing up the problems: https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3 Then there is also the rampant plagiarism and art theft of people turning other people's works into tokens and selling them without the actual creator's permission or knowledge. I personally think the entire idea is nonsense and is nothing but a money grab scheme for the NFT platforms because it tries to solve a non-existing problem: it is based on the premise that digital art being infinitely reproducible is somehow bad and that we must manufacture artificial scarcity and that's the only way digital artists have "freedom". But as a digital artist who lives from his art, I see that as complete backward thinking. Literally the opposite of all that is true. Reproducibility is not a weakness, it is a strength. It allows me to utilize my art in many ways, from selling my own prints and merch to license it for use. I do not need any middle-men (such as NFT platforms, or galleries for traditional artists) to do these things, I can do it all myself. I literally could not have more freedom in how I use my art. I can also sell commissions. And if I really want to create artificial scarcity, all I need to do is make a limited edition premium print run that I hand sign and number, and it does exactly what NFTs do, except does it simpler, cheaper, and in my opinion, much better. And if you buy a print, that's physical, tangible, and definitely yours - meanwhile NFTs usually link to content stored on the platform so if the platform goes down one day, all those tokens become very expensive digital paperweights. Just to be clear, I'm all for innovation and smart technology. I'm a digital artist after all, also doing 3D modeling and a little programming and webdev. I want to make sculptures using a combination of 3D printing and traditional sculpting. So it's not that I'm against things that are new or very technological, not at all. Quite the opposite, it is my familiarity and experience with innovative technology, and research into how crypto-currencies and NFTs work that tells me that crypto art is just a really, really bad idea. Even if you insist on creating artificial scarcity digitally, this is a very bad way of doing it. Also, if you don't trust me, watch the Draftsmen episode where Stand and Marshall talk about crypto-art.