Today, my friend and I were in her mom's car talking about which job was harder: actor or artist. I said, "Art is easy. You just scribble on a piece of paper and call it abstract art." Her mom squinted at me in the rear-view mirror and my friend stopped talking. Then she said, "My mom is an artist." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, my mother yelled at me for not doing all of my homework. She got so mad, she tore up a drawing I'd spent over a week working on. That was my art homework. FML
Today, I was interviewing a woman for a job. She told me that she may need days off because of her artistic son. I jokingly replied, "Does he color on the walls or something?" She then stared at me with a weird look on her face. Autistic, her son is autistic. FML
Today, I was partnered up with a girl in my art class, since the teacher had asked us to take turns drawing portraits of each other. I went first and felt pretty proud of how the drawing turned out. I showed it to her and she said "That's OK. I'm not good at drawing either." FML
Today, I found out that my mom paints, and that I was artistically represented in a painting, as Satan, in a painting made shortly after I told her that I was an atheist. FML
Today, I learned how artistically talented my daughter is. Unfortunately, her favorite medium to work in is poo. FML
Today, I was talking to an art critic at an exhibition. He told me that the artist had no talent and went on to tell me everything wrong with each painting. I'd painted them all. FML
Today, despite me being a master-level carpenter, and my art sells for thousands, I heard my mom telling her snobby friends how embarrassed she is of me because I’m “basically unemployed” and waste my time on “hobby crafts” like a teenage nerd instead of getting “a real job” and finding a wife. FML
Today, a friend asked me to come with her to the art building at school so I could pose in the stance of a figure she was drawing for her exam. I obliged and sat for the pose. When the art teacher walked by, she looked at me, then at the sketch, pointed to the legs, and said, "Make them fatter". FML
Today, I looked over my next homework assignment for art class. It was to draw a portrait of my best friend. I can't think of anyone besides my mother. FML
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1234jnimawe 0
well youre an idiot because art is much more complicated ... ... I can't draw for my life nor can I pass it off like I can ... meanwhile people will see a movie with jessica Simpson and call that "acting" ... it ain't hard
choochootrain 0
...honestly? Comparing actors and artists is like comparing apples and pears. Done well, each require talent and effort.
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californiaaaaa 0
try taking an art class & tell me how easy it is.
natabeast 6
Actors have far more public venues than artists due. But they are both 'artists' nonetheless. Besides.. do you even realize how much art supplies cost? I don't think you can say anything until you've done both. Both are extremely difficult to be good at.
deathbunny256 0
It's true!!!! At museums of abstract art all I see are canvases with paint accidentally dumped on them. My favorite one is two black circles on a white canvas. Try and guess its name: Two Circles.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
Normally, I'm pretty calm in those FML comments, but for this one in particular, there are four words I really have to tell you. YDI, CLOSE MINDED BITCH. I'm an artist too...
kukopia 0
LOL @ OP for thinking acting and artist are 'JOBS'!!!!!! Get back to me in 10 years, when you know what a 'job' REALLY is.
SomeonePosting 0
Someone sounds like a troll.
emz93 0
You douche. You think acting isn't a job? Alright, then. How about you try to get a job NOT in a community theater. Go for it. Please, tell me how the rehearsal process goes. Tell me how it is to work 10 hours a day in a small room, memorizing a bundle of lines, and then performing a full fledged show in front of 400 people a night? Tell me how it is to open up a newspaper and get bad reviews. Let me know how it goes, for you. After that, why don't you try being an artist! Since that's not a "real job," you should have no problem spending a chunk of change on supplies, and then of course, trying to sell your work and make a name for yourself. If those aren't "job-like" enough, try being a dancer. Let me know how the corns on your feet feel after hours of rehearsing. Maybe you should be a singer? Yeah, that'd be fun. Try getting people to notice you in this industry. Just try. Art is a job. Just because artists don't perform surgeries or work in an office DOESN'T mean they aren't working. Artists are completely under-appreciated today by people like you--small minded, sheltered, ass holes.
girl_in_question 0
Um, they're both equally hard, but as an artist I have to say it's way more than just scribbling nowadays. Now artists are the ones who make special effects in movies, video games, advertisements, close designs, interior desings, cartoons, 3D animations, graphic designs, websites, kinetic typography, an a million other things non-artists like you cannot even fathom. I'm not trying to insult you, but you really need to find out what an artist is. YDI!!!!
Topguy 0
why so many YDIs? you can't expect everything you say to offend someone so I dont blame them for saying it
that_one_dude 0
Well aren't you a stupid bitch. EVERYTHING can't be easy, even working at Mickey D's can be hard for some people! YDI
haarrriet 0
completely and utterly deserved this coming from an artist
lives_ppl 0
YDI Art is my life and let me tell you one thing. Only idiots who know nothing about beauty and expression would think that any "scribble" can be called abstract art.
jmeg_fml 0
Oh please. I've been painting, drawing, and sculpting since I could hold a pencil, and have taken more art history and interpretation classes than I can remember. Abstract art can be beautiful and meaningful... or a ridiculous load of crap. Sure, sometimes it takes a lot of thought, a lot of talent, and a lot of effort. And sometimes it really is just someone slapping a blue square on a blank canvas and calling it a masterpiece.
jmeg_fml 0
Coming from an artist: I think that's a pretty funny comment, and nothing to get upset about. Sure, it seems that the OP hasn't considered how much effort -can- be involved, but let's face it, sometimes art is someone scribbling on a paper. And sometimes acting is someone behaving stupid on a stage. Any profession can be hard in many different ways, depending on everything from the skill needed to the people involved to the weather outside that day. I think the argument in itself doesn't have any "right" answer.