On Tutorial Art

Tutorial art may be understood (very roughly) as what develops during the process of learning to use a new technique, a new tool, a new method of creative work. Often marked by clumsy experimentation and imperfection, the negative aura (in the Walter Benjamin sense of the word, not the new-age-quackery sense) of seemingly ill-advised use of filters and effects creates curious results that deserve some further exploration. The Ultimate Tutorial Art blog provides some interesting examples of how this effect may be applied.

A few honourable mentions, all from Ultimate Tutorial Art:

by Franz Omar Fanon

ibid.

by almosteveryonegotnipples

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