Sorry for the drama
2 years ago
Honestly, when authority suppresses new forms of expression and creation, for whatever reason, it's the community that loses out. As part of that community, it makes me sad, but it's not worth getting angry over. The FA admins will be FA admins; they took over a decade to rescind the 'no 3d art' rule if my memory serves.
Do I feel that it's knee-jerk, reactionary conservativism? Oh hell yes.
Is it worth getting angry over?
Nah, not really.
For now the full peices will be available to my Patreons, and I guess it's high time I started using Postybirb to create accounts on other websites, where the full versions will eventually be hosted for everyone to see. FA is the Twitter of the Fandom in many ways, which I guess is sad, but whatever.
Be chill, be kind, be happy - it makes life easier for you.
STILL: FIX YOUR FUCKING THUMBNAILS, FA
Do I feel that it's knee-jerk, reactionary conservativism? Oh hell yes.
Is it worth getting angry over?
Nah, not really.
For now the full peices will be available to my Patreons, and I guess it's high time I started using Postybirb to create accounts on other websites, where the full versions will eventually be hosted for everyone to see. FA is the Twitter of the Fandom in many ways, which I guess is sad, but whatever.
Be chill, be kind, be happy - it makes life easier for you.
STILL: FIX YOUR FUCKING THUMBNAILS, FA
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This is not to say I am against picking that shit right back up again when the time to act for change comes. >.> But I'm saving my bricks for the riot.
A few years later and those same artists that were complaining about digital art, now own at least 2 digital art tablets and couldn't live without photoshop.
Now I'm seeing the exact same reactions again, word for word from the knee-jerk reactionary crowd that is scared of new technology. Meanwhile, in about 2-5 years, it will be seen as silly that anyone got butthurt as nearly everyone will be using machine learning tools to make their art better.