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I have like almost 2k submissions to view from the people I follow here @w@ aaugh...
Anyways, I was thinking about the aspect of community this month, not the community of today mind you. Community nowadays is associated with a brand, were you create content and you sell it... This thought came from Darkgem's little stream he did to talk about the whole situation you might or might not be aware of, but at some point he talked about sharing your progress, yeah? your explorations, your failures, your studies. And my first instinctual gut thought was:
Well that's really stupid, you don't have to if you don't want to. Who wants to see that?
These days of homogenized social media, I see beasts, giants, sporting enormous numbers of interactions, were every single thing they make is a victory, a competition I will never be part of.
So why would I put scraps, studies, wips, failures, etc? Why should I show I am a beginner, an amateur? It certainly won't help me further my brand, right? After all, to make a community you need eyes on your work, and to get eyes on your work is to be good at what you do, no matter what.
But then he talked about these sites, these forums, where people just posted their improvements, the things they did just because, it was a community kind of gallery, not unlike FA.
So, I remember when a friend showed me these old, ancient art sites where amazing inspirations in the furrysphere were posting right there, and it's like, damn, they were just starting! Like I did, like I am.
It's really easy to forget these days that the journey is real these days. That it's not a competition, that it's fun, blablabla. Anyway, instead of thinking I was born in the wrong timeframe to experience these things, I will just try to make it so, for me, maybe for others, god knows I try, I leave comments everywhere and my FA scraps are full with art of like 8 years ago or more.
So yeah, post that shit, the explorations, the studies, the failures, not to prove anything to yourself or others, but to help yourself and others instead.
Anyways, I was thinking about the aspect of community this month, not the community of today mind you. Community nowadays is associated with a brand, were you create content and you sell it... This thought came from Darkgem's little stream he did to talk about the whole situation you might or might not be aware of, but at some point he talked about sharing your progress, yeah? your explorations, your failures, your studies. And my first instinctual gut thought was:
Well that's really stupid, you don't have to if you don't want to. Who wants to see that?
These days of homogenized social media, I see beasts, giants, sporting enormous numbers of interactions, were every single thing they make is a victory, a competition I will never be part of.
So why would I put scraps, studies, wips, failures, etc? Why should I show I am a beginner, an amateur? It certainly won't help me further my brand, right? After all, to make a community you need eyes on your work, and to get eyes on your work is to be good at what you do, no matter what.
But then he talked about these sites, these forums, where people just posted their improvements, the things they did just because, it was a community kind of gallery, not unlike FA.
So, I remember when a friend showed me these old, ancient art sites where amazing inspirations in the furrysphere were posting right there, and it's like, damn, they were just starting! Like I did, like I am.
It's really easy to forget these days that the journey is real these days. That it's not a competition, that it's fun, blablabla. Anyway, instead of thinking I was born in the wrong timeframe to experience these things, I will just try to make it so, for me, maybe for others, god knows I try, I leave comments everywhere and my FA scraps are full with art of like 8 years ago or more.
So yeah, post that shit, the explorations, the studies, the failures, not to prove anything to yourself or others, but to help yourself and others instead.
yeahhh brandification is like reeeally ingrained in the mindset around indie content creation nowadays, and it really sucks!! happy to see that you had a disillusioning realization like that
YetAnotherSmutWriter
~yetanothersmutwriter
yea, it's always cool to go back to see the galleries of people whose art you admire, who also happen to stay on the same profile the whole time (or put a link to their old profile in their home page) and don't delete old stuff, and to look at how much their at has progressed/changed over the years (sometimes for over a decade!), for those who *don't* change too (since it also tells you something about their choices and/or self-perspective). It's definitely easy to forget or lose sight of others having been new, when they reach a point where they amaze/awe/heavily-inspire you; it's an enjoyable experience to see that so plainly! All that to say, I do appreciate you posting your "minor/misc/sketch" works, one day I'm sure others will appreciate seeing your past! (assuming it stays up etc. etc., haha)
deathdrain
~deathdrain
Cheers to that
