If you don't have the discipline to avoid posting thoughtless shite on Twitter, you don't have the discipline necessary to get into academ..... oh wait.

The guy is a professor of evolutionary psychology, though. If there's a discipline better suited to backing up arbitrary and problematic cultural beliefs with fake-ass "science," I don't know what it is.

Dear Geoffrey Miller: Don't presume to lecture anyone on "willpower" while issuing mea culpas featuring the word "impulsive."

"I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs — and then I'm so mean to myself about my body sometimes. Or I can be judgmental about other people for their bodies, and I don't know how to get over it."

"I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs — and then I'm so mean to myself about my body sometimes."

I'm not sure I know what an "artabel" is but I have an art degree. I think these are technically stunning and that the artist is very talented. However, they are just not my cup of tea. I think they are lovely and accomplished, I just don't find them interesting. I am not opposed to photorealism but I think it is…

For the first half of the ad Bradley Cooper forgot to take off his Silver Lining Playbook crazy eyes.

I thought he was lying but "I'm in the kitchen, yams everywhere" are the ACTUAL lyrics to 2Chainz Birthday Song.

My friend who's an art snob with pretty serious cred basically said that photorealism is still respectable, although obviously not avant-garde, and that you have to be really, really good to pull it off. It's not especially hip but not totally outmoded either. I think it's a niche thing that requires a special skill…

Having just finished a photo/video class, I think it's also a bit funny to focus on photo-realism, when a good portion of dealing with cameras is in telling it what not to see; in tricking it into showing you the things you think are important. The camera is such an imperfect tool (yet divine nonetheless . . . my soul…

I totally get the sellout-hating vibe where I am too. (I'm also from Philly, wooo!! But I go to an out-of-state school) I witnessed a painting crit where a senior student described a junior's work as "...illustrative..." and even though he immediately took it back, all of the junior's friends were basically ready to…

She has some very incredible rendering skills. I would like to know how many of these are freehand versus photo referenced, however. (I admit some cynicism on my part, though; a lot of renderers I have seen are incapable of drawing anything without copying a photo first, sadly.)

HA. Oh God, yes, this is so true. I went to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and it was well known that the Fine Arts majors hated pretty much the rest of the school (except maybe for the Sculpture majors) because we were wannabe commercial sellouts.

My perspective as an artist: In the art world, photorealism is sometimes seen as "low art", as in something that anyone can do with enough practice and craftsmanship. The selling point of a lot of "fine art" is the artist themselves, and their celebrity status in the art world.

This is my version of the first pic. Praise my talent.

Also: patrons drive art trends, as they have been doing for centuries. Before the advent of photography, people shelled out millions for lifelike portraits. Those pieces are still valuable now, but many new art patrons prefer to support new talent. And the lure of money also encourages artists towards the style in…

Modern fine art, as it is now, is more about the artist's process and message/lack of message rather than a beautiful image, and a lot of the time post-modern artists actively strive to make ugly things. Simply, it's the difference between "high art" and "hobby".

I'm sorry, it just sprang to mind. I have Corgi Brain though.

I'm not an Artabel per se, but I think photorealism is amazing given how technically difficult it is. I love this tutorial:

Got a couple for you guys.