Huh, deleting feral art due to the rule regarding minors? ._.'

No this is unrelated to that fiasco. The stupid no small characters rule is forcing deletions and I hate that one too

you aren't owed art. if someone wants to delete their art because they find the subject matter uncomfortable, or alternatively if the art came from them being pressured/groomed into it, then that's their choice. most likely you can just find it somewhere else if it was a matter of deleting it due to the rules.

either way it's their choice, end of. they made the art, they make the rules

I am... I've still got 3 commissions due :p

free art isnt owed, i mean.

I think once it's made publicly available it shouldn't be for only a limited time

that's your opinion, but again, you aren't owed anything. just save it if you really care that much.

(I know, I'm late to everything)
Everyone definitely has the right to decide what they do with their work. I just don't want people who don't want to take down their work to be bullied into it

I left and deleted my account to restart it... I went through a rough patch with my partner breaking up and I was a bit depressed, but I've turned the page on that lack of love...

I hope you can stick around and hold on through such awful times like that.. regardless of your art, I want you to be well

Yeah noticed some people brigading against feral stuff for some reason.
Spose it's next on the chopping block after anything that isn't "Generic adult body"

If that happens I'm certainly abandoning the site.

Agreed. I just see it as a possibility from how poorly run and boneheaded this place is

Yeah big waves of deletion because of rule changes and pestering. they can't realy do anything about it so try finding them on other platforms mabey?

I know that I moved all my decent pokemon stuff to twitter and might start on itaku🤷‍♂️

Yeah the rule change is unrelated to the feral issue I'd say but I really hate the rule change too. So much art was removed out of spite

what is worse is hypocrisy, an artist saying they are against feral and then draws it anyway...

Amen. Or tolerating it with some artists but not others. They think it’s unnoticed but my respect for them plunges.

There's one artist on here who is one such hypocrit. Berated me and a few others for discussing feral in a role playing manner, and then a short time later posted a picture of a German shepherd shagging a woman... not even a furry OC, literally a normal dog shagging a normal human!

They 'justify' it by saying "oh the (insert animal here) is sentient"

No love, that's the thousand year old lolicon excuse. You're depicting zoophilia. If you don't like the fetish, don't accept the commission.

Personally I can not judge people for liking feral artwork, as my main character is a feral dragon as are a lot of others, however, I can (and will) judge you if you are blatantly hypocritical. Boils my piss it really does!

Excuse the rant :)

I fully agree with you. I don't think I've met this artist you speak of and I guess I hope it stays this way >v<

You probably have, they are a rather popular artist

I agree. Reminds me of the other excuse some people use of characters being fictional species (such as gryphons or dragons). Ok, show me where smiling, conversing, clearly consenting birds, making out with each other exist cuz that’s what I draw. One of the worst hypocrites I know that uses that excuse tolerates a boyfriend that straight up posts gryphons being fucked by humans. Fucking dumb as droppings.

Imo the furry fandom is such a melting pot of creativity and unique design, but people want it to generic and homogenous and that saddens me

Another round of hate going around. Lol I’ve been riding that out for years. It’s just hot gases, pay it no mind.

I reckon in 5-10 years time most furry OCs will be so generic that they will be indistinguishable

The AI art will help accelerate that

More than likely

I hope you are truly okay despite what has come your way

Better than ever.

I wish you could favorite a journal. I agree completely.

Probably wouldn't work to well as journals get deleted even more often than art >v<
I am glad you feel the same

It occurred to me some time ago, it can be sad that I felt a bit "guilty" in some strange way and consequently deleted all my stuff. But after a week I started to reupload drawings out of boredom.

Why would you feel guilty, you think? Did you feel you were doing something wrong?

A bit. Some of my drawings and fantasies that they describe are quite violent, and even though they do not seem to influence my life in a particular way as for now, I started to wander if everything is good with me (let alone an old obsession with a toucaness). It was also the matter that sometimes I felt that things which I do here are stupid or I sacrify them far too much time.

It's sometimes hard to determine what is the exact relation between one's real and fictional world(s) and how (and if) they influence remarkably each other.

It can be quite stressful. I think I've got my gallery pruned back to a level where I am comfortable with it for now.

I hope you remain comfortable far into the future

Thank you, and likewise too. I think on some level literotica of such stripes gets a shade less hate, or at least I have encountered little. Pictures are easier to see and judge swiftly would be my guess. I am curious though whether AI will be changing that in the near future.

That's the reason i started to save EVERYTHING i really like. Because if someone delete it- YOU lose it, not him! And yes, all that anti-feral stuff is makes me sad and angry. Almost agony. They are fanatics, like religion-crazed ones. I just can't explain them anything- they don't listen! Stupid stereotypes crippled their minds, making them into all-hating "paladins". Blind and deaf. And even if you OPEN their eyes with brute force- they will DENY what they see, repeating "it's just not right" like a mantra...
Save your nerves, dear birb, save everything you like, and keep it close to your heart, where no one can delete it.

Yeah, I compulsively save everything. I've actually uploaded several things to e6 in retaliation to them getting wiped off the internet.
It certainly makes me very very angry, it's such needless bullshit. Making everyone have a worse time for their fictional sexual fantasies, what a joke. Refusing to see any other viewpoint, just hating without reason forever.

You can restore deleted images with https://furarchiver.net/ btw

Oh wow! The archive I already used was quite inconsistent with its uptime and was over on TOR, this is so much better! Thank you

I'm glad to see you around again! I always get quite sad when people are afraid to favorite or post their drawings because of how others may react to the subject. I empathize as well but still wish it didn't happen

Art is expression. Its a snapshot into creative minds. Just as I wouldn't want a magnificent bird statue be destroyed, I wouldn't want art to disappear. Art is what will remain after we are gone but if people delete/destroy all theirs, its also deleting a part of history