I.e. for fencing and archery, the damage output of any attacking techniques depended on the skill’s level.
Lee Hyun shook his head.
‘It’s not fully based on skill level.’
Even when he was at the beginner level of sculpture, he sculpted a Masterpiece. And even though later on he reached the intermediate level, the other sculptures he sculpted had lower Artistic Value in comparison.
To say that skill level plays the direct role of determining the art, then when your skills are so far ahead beyond that to make Magnum pieces, the art will no longer be called an art. It could be from skill levels, use of the tools, or the amount of work put into the material; but to say it’s absolutely depended on skill levels was wrong.
“No. If there any other students that would like to make an input please do so.”
“I’m Park Sumin. Would the value change according how detailed the work was?”
This was it was a girl in sharp glasses who replied.
She was two seats away in Lee Hyun’s row.
‘That’s not even an answer.’
If what she said was the case, then Bingryong could never be a Classic piece.
Fine details.
It’s beneficial, but clearly has limitations.
Art can never be based around the technical aspect. Even with just a small portion, when tried to precisely imitate something as it is, it’ll never be called a work of art.
Lee Hyun knows that the Royal road system was crappy.
‘I can’t stop them from randomly making wild assumptions. And since the ball will keep rolling and it’s useless for me to stop it, might as well not give a crap.’
Many students answered the question, but the professors buried all their opinion.
Finally, after the professor realized there was no one else to comment on the matter, he spoke.
“So let’s change the question. Leave Royal Road and its special circumstances behind; in reality, how do you assess a piece of art?”
Even before the students could come up with an answer, the professor continued.
“In reality, many people dream of stardom. But amongst the many, only a few can truly rises and live well through art. But even they don’t understand the meaning of art.”
Many dreamed of making a life through art. But unfortunately, without popular consensus from the public, not many people can achieve their goal.
“World-class artisans and their works are reputable, that meant many people know their names, and received lots of praises. They created works of art that are often overpriced. But a look at their works, even experts in the field sometimes said they don’t feel an ounce of inspiration. But for many who really truly love art can no long walk those roads due to personal reasons or placed their family before themselves.”
“…..”
“To make a piece of art isn’t difficult. A child first painting of his mother is art; or even paintings on a wall during prehistoric time, as a well wish from the hunter’s family to return home safely, is consider as one. The art’s value is only in the mind of the beholder. What art is, in addition to the beauty it depicts, are what people’s heart postulates what the drawing or the statue represents; and there are boundless of possibilities.”
The students quietly listened to the professor’s rant. They were in the middle of discussing the Royal Road’s system; and now random stories were flowing out that they could not keep up.
“Now lets go back to talk about Royal Road? Artists create their works and are subjected to the evaluation of Masterpiece, Classic, or Magnum with its own Artistic Value. But by this method that it poses a very difficult question regarding the piece upon its completion. In this example, the question is the mistake you made along the way when creating the piece. Or that is to say, you did not make a single mistake when working on the piece, and have made an identical representation; the system will still devalue the art.”
Lee Hyun nodded his head.
He sculpted numerous of statues in Royal Road; even when he hadn’t made a single mistake on a piece, that work still did not come out to be a Masterpiece. While some relatively well made pieces received more Artistic Value than the former, or some didn’t receive any at all.
“In our world, from ancient times, there were many virtuosos. So imagine being evaluated based on their standards? So by which means does the Royal Road system assess your skills by taking in the inputs of our eras past artists, is there a specific method or notation, or something else?”
The students regarded the matter in an unbiased manner. Taking in all the expressions from all the works existed and set it on a standard. However, the professor denied their assumption.
“If you are not to create anything new but constantly acknowledging and compared to the past’s expressions, essentially you’re standing still. Similarly, others are forced to do the same and cannot overcome it. To be able to witness and create works comparable to past virtuosos, but cannot overcome them to achieve true greatness; is frustrating.”
Silent swept the students.
Listening to the professor, it was too complicated.
Artists’ works should be evaluated in a fair manner. The fact is the problem is difficult to resolve.
“Many experts praised works? The works will be judged subjectively, depending on the differences between the masses or within a niche of people. Many works of art faces rejection due to the point of view from the mainstream.”
“……”
“Though, to speak of, the Royal Road system is under complete security. To evaluate a piece of art, it’s classified information.”
“Don’t you know, professor?”
In respond to the student’s question, the professor showed a slightly embarrassed smile.
“In fact, I do not know how the system process and give Artistic Values. Maybe in a percentage, the level of the skills effect the value, but perhaps there are more than hundreds of variables to calculate the score. Or possibly, thousands?”
“If it’s that many…it’ll be difficult to obtain a good score.”
Shortly afterward, the many students who secretly fantasized about becoming an artist gloomed. If there was clear information regarding the criteria of how the value was given, it’d be easier to get a good score; but an unknown criterion with hundreds of variables would be difficult to solve.
The professor shook his head.
“I told you before, art isn’t difficult. A look, a feel, and if you can enjoy it, that’s enough. Rather than matching the hundreds of criterions, just go with what you think is better and create; because Royal Road is just a space in virtual reality.”
“……”
“Royal isn’t a simple game. Would it be that great if the skills were only at that level? Royal Road here is another world with a complete history from the beginning of its inception. In real life, is it possible to transform what you value in your mind to reality? Virtual reality realistically depicts reality, and it means something more. Not only can you, in essence, achieve your dream, but you can also enjoy it as the space hands out challenges to be flatten.”
The professor had a job in Royal Road.
His class was Landscaper.
His job was to maintain and cultivate beautiful flowers and trees.
The reason behind this particular class was when he obtained a quest at the beginning.
It was thank to a child sitting while watching a flower withering. Then the professor offered the child with a piece of advice on how to bring up the flower.
Then a quest occurred!
The professor gave the flower fertilizers and watered it as it revived. He took it as a sign to be a Landscaper, to cultivate flowers and trees and make them thrive.
Sometimes he got jobs to look after extravagant gardens, but sadly, there weren’t many of those. Of course, he was poorer than others, and he was proud but it wasn’t anything to boast about.
However, one time, the flowers attracted butterflies with its aroma under a starlit night.
It was a beautiful sight as the flowers bloomed.
It bloomed and faded away; in just one moment, it gave a great impression.
Royal Road was filled with exotic sights, that was its purpose.