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Artist // Professional // Traditional Art
- Mar 30
- United States
- Deviant for 15 years
- www.cinderblockstudios.com
- He / Him
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Born, raised, and currently living just north of Pittsburgh, PA, Ben Yockel’s work is influenced by 19th century realism and inspired by his fellow contemporaries in the movie and video game industries (ie. Concept Art). Entering the public art market in 2012 Yockel is primarily self taught, finding most of his growth while attending college for Theology and Philosophy. With the use of bright vibrant colors, contrasting values, and adventurous imagery, Yockel finds that each piece should tell a unique story allowing the viewer to be transported to a new world. He believes that everyone will see something different in a piece of art, and feels his work is not different in this respect. However, creating work that inspires others is the challenge he sees in making something new. He also takes great pride in teaching art to aspiring artists via. Youtube.
Yockel is a member of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists Guild, the Red Fish Bowl (A collection of Pittsburgh area artists), and his work can be seen around the city of Pittsburgh as well as online.
To directly support the artist financially visit: www.patreon.com/cinderblockstu…
Questions or Comments?
cinderblockstudios(at)live.com
Commissions available upon email request only.
Yockel is a member of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists Guild, the Red Fish Bowl (A collection of Pittsburgh area artists), and his work can be seen around the city of Pittsburgh as well as online.
To directly support the artist financially visit: www.patreon.com/cinderblockstu…
Questions or Comments?
cinderblockstudios(at)live.com
Commissions available upon email request only.
Bare Bones!
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Mentioned this before but after dA's AI fiasco last year I've finally stripped down my gallery to the barest of bare bones that I could. This account is officially a legacy/portfolio account and that's where I'm leaving it. I legit can't be bothered to do more than sparsely interact with this community anymore. Considering I've been here for over a decade and have never gotten any major growth is reason enough to abandon this place. Hell I can get more likes via Instagram or TikTok (which I kinda hate) on works I've spent FAR less time on. Hell I have a discord community that's more active than my followers here. That said previous links to my other stuff online are in past journals. I still sign in here regularly but mostly to check on my inspirations, and to occasionally browse the forum. dA is already FAR past it's prime, and honestly the site for me is on life support. Unless you're already successful, or are peddling bullshit AI content then the algorithm here doesn't give two
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I've Decided to Stay
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So a few months back I posted about possibly leaving dA. While my feelings have remained the same, I have decided to keep the account open for the time being. However I have cleared out about 50-60% of the old art that I had on here, and have curated what is left as more of a portfolio of sorts. Going forward I won't really be posting here anymore though. You may see me lurking around on the forums from time to time, but that's about it. All my new art will be posted to my Facebook fan page and in my discord community (Links below). Maybe once or twice a quarter I'll upload a piece that is worthy of my limited gallery now, but who knows. Thanks everyone for following my art and supporting me over the years! See the previous post for the complete list of my social accounts. I'm most active these days on Youtube, Instagram, and Twitch. Keep on creating! "Cinder Block Society" Discord: https://discord.gg/TYvn6eGZNr Cinder Block Studios on Facebook:
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Might be Leaving dA
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So I wanted to make a post before I did anything...drastic? For some time now I've been considering leaving DeviantArt. While this site is great for collecting pieces that inspire me, I've found that over the years I've been using the platform less and less. This place as a whole is OVERSATURATED with amazing work and amateurs alike and short of a few people I've met on the forums it really don't foster the kind of community that I enjoy or am always trying to build. Additionally I've found other platforms to be much better at bringing new eyes to my work. Most notably IG and stuff I'm doing IRL at the gallery. Even my youtube community has had steady growth over the years but this place is growing ever more outdated for me. Many if not all of the artists I follow here I'm also following on IG, so the posts are the same and honestly I'm seeing them there before here every time. Not to mention the big issue now with people creating fake NFTs based on images on this site. It has
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This guy seems to think that just because an image is "publicly available" you can do whatever you want with it. As much as he said he did his homework I really don't think he did, and he doesn't seem to understand the issue creators have with the software.
Thank you very much for supporting the no-AI community.
Do not forget to regularly check by to get the latest list of serfs of an AI to be blocked.
Your art has such nostalgic look and vibe to it, I'm not sure how. I really like how fantastical it all is, and yet there's like a hint of "truth" to them that makes them believable.
Thanks! I love making worlds that are very fantastical, but still try to keep them in the realm of "relative" possibility.
Lots of cool works in here!
Thank you!