Capturing Greatness (D6 ME, Serani's Apartment)

[Dapper Dog]

Serani says, “Would it be weird to watch you work, or do you all the actual creation back in your studio? My brother dabbles in holo-art but I have about as much artistic talent as a blind tuk’ata.”

[Arali Zian]

Arali lets out a breath as the dark lord departs, the weight of his presence lifting from the room. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

"It is not weird at all, if you would have me. I prefer working on-site, when the opportunity presents itself." Though the idea of her 'studio' is entertaining. More like her apartment. Or sometimes the enclave.

She puts away the extra lights and goes into her other bag, for her collapsible easel and supplies. "Art is not about born talent. It's a skill trained over time, like any other. It's about finding a form of expression that you are passionate about, then having the resolve to push through and hone the skill. Honestly, believing you lack the talent is a sign of possessing it; it means you care enough that producing work of lesser quality pains you, and that you have taste enough to recognize the shortcomings in your own works. A conflict that stops many from trying at all, but it's a process."

As she speaks, she splits her goggles in half, so that she can view her reference image with one eye, and the canvas with another.

[Dapper Dog]

“I think I understand,” she says tentatively.

“When did you start training then?”

[Arali Zian]

It takes a moment to remember that far back and do the math. "My master taught me. He considered it a form of meditation that also assists in studying terrain and tactics, but he's the sort who needs an excuse to enjoy anything. That would be about fifteen years ago now."

Arali relaxes, soaking in the image, then closes her eye behind the lens, translating from photo to vision, as she begins laying down the foundation for her work, letting the motions and methods flow naturally.