Today, I turned in my best painting yet for a scholarship competition. For once in my life, I was actually proud of a piece I'd done. I ended up losing the scholarship to some dickface who'd basically just glued together some crap from the dollar store and called it conceptual art. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I lost an art contest to some talentless arsepipe whose piece was literally just a broken heart crudely drawn in her own blood. FML
Today, one of my paintings was accepted into a local art gallery. It would've been a dream come true, had my "best friend" not submitted it under her own name and taken all the credit. FML
Today, I brought my best painting yet to college. I showed it off and everyone loved it. Or almost everyone. When we came back from lunch break, we found someone had sharpied the words "JIZZ BUTT" all over it. That painting took two weeks to finish. FML
Today, I found out that my art project, the one I've been working on for the last two weeks and the first piece I felt really comfortable about turning in, was stolen out of the art cupboard. FML
Today, I finally finished my art project, which was worth 50% of my quarterly grade. I came in first period to give it to my professor. When she turned to look at it, her elbow hit her coffee and spilled it all over the canvas. I got 60%. She said I would have had a 100%, except for the giant coffee stain. FML
Today, after submitting a 500-word essay to a writing contest, I found out that I lost to someone who wrote 3 sentences. FML
Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML
Today, I was supposed to hear back from a major scholarship competition. After months of waiting, during which my parents were convinced I had won, I discovered that my entry had never been received. Apparently the woman I had confirmed with had had a long day, and lied so that she could go home. FML
Today, while sitting on a bench drawing, some guy went up to me, yelled, “YOUR ART SUCKS” and flipped my sketchpad out of my hands. I’d been working on that piece for hours and now there’s a big black pencil streak on it. FML
Today, I was looking through an old box of personal artwork when I realised the entire box was damp. This was all my own art from the past 3 years, smudged and smelling of cat urine. I was supposed to showcase some of it in a competition winning gallery this month. FML
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thats_savannah 10
Always the ones who don't try.
eaglerob 20
Maybe next time finger paint a few stick figures and glue on some macaroni? ;)
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MattM95 16
Sorry to hear that OP. I'm sure you did a fantastic job. You should be proud.
baseballbv 17
I'm sorry you didn't get the scholarship. If you ever try again, remember this event. Then get pissed and throw colors at the easel. That should work.
F_Your_Life_001 0
Then yours must've sucked, OP. Remember that you're just some dickface who threw some paint on a piece of paper and called it "art".
cryssycakesx3 23
this couldn't be any truer. there are a few possibilities here. maybe OP is some cool hipster artist and just thinks whatever he does is awesome. as said before maybe OP just thought the other one sucked because he lost. or like you said OP is a sucky dickface. hard work =/= masterpiece. or perhaps the other dude is the judge's nephew. OP, I'm not definitively saying you suck and the other dude was good, just some other explanations.
RedPillSucks 33
No. OP said this is the first peice that he felt proud of.
cryssycakesx3 23
just because he's proud doesn't mean it's good. 4 year olds are proud of their "art" too
lb0812 18
Sore loser perhaps?
Flowtastic 16
Exactly what I was thinking. OP, especially if they are studying art, needs to learn that it's VERY subjective and just because they don't like it doesn't mean it isn't a masterpiece.
eternal_malaise 10
Art is all about marketing these days. Next time create something stupid judges can relate to. Keep trying, OP.
it__happens 17
That really. Really. Is unfortunate.
avapaige1234 19
Nowadays, anyone who can glue and draw random stuff together is an "artist". *sigh*
ihunter_rae 12
Okay that really sucks but now it seems that someone can just put a splatter of paint on a white background and it sells for thousands. Then...there are people like you that don't get credit for the actual hard work ! But then again, what if they need the scholarship just as much as you. But with your actual talent, maybe you can get another one from somewhere else?
cryssycakesx3 23
but alas, hard doesn't automatically = good. I'm sure the jesus painting restoration lady worked hard too.
ihunter_rae 12
And yet, I do agree with you. Thank you for making that point because it is very true.
wvcheesehead 13
Probably an art scholarship anyways... hope it comes with a class teaching how to fill out forms for public assistance and panhandling. Art is a gift, it cannot be taught.
wvcheesehead 13
And then they go on to flip burgers to pay the bills, it is no accident the most common adjective for artist is starving. Where did Michelangelo, get his art degree? Art education is a fraud.
suri23 11
You CAN be taught how to draw accurately. It doesn't mean you should choose to make your livelihood out of doing so.
SaucyGirl106 18
Stick a Van Gogh next to a Picasso and there will always be someone that doesn't like one or the other. And keep in mind Van Gogh really wasn't famous until after his death. So chin up! Your time is coming! ( in about 50 years or so, no rush).