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Ancient Artwork Inbound
a month ago
I have decided to upload my very old artwork - select pieces - to my scraps. Collected to a folder called "The Before Times".
A few reasons. One, there's some OCs I am looking to re-introduce that have not been seen in well over a decade. Two, I have some important character lore art that may be very old, but is still canon and impactful to who that OC is.
There is a third reason. I am no longer censoring myself. I have reached a critical mass of tolerance with the modern internet, and I no longer care to stifle my own creativity in hope of re-gaining the massive following I once had. People today can be far too eager to fight about... nothing. That's to say nothing of parasocial relationships they build.
I have all but stopped drawing for a host of reasons, and social censorship is absolutely one of them.
My OCs can be edgy, cringe, abusive, depressing, violent, a mirror to the ills of the real world; they can have flaws and beliefs I personally disagree with as the real person behind them - and that's okay. That's my writing style, because I have had a real shit life and my art is my outlet for it. The sweet and neutral stuff will never go away, it's always been here - but I am tired of being tied up and forced to never let my brain out just because a few people will hate me arbitrarily.
I say that, because my old work more closely resembles that unfiltered approach it once had. It goes into those corners without fear.
I delivered things with a sense of respect for them, because I take it all seriously. I just know how people can be now, and I know how dead media literacy is.
Regardless - a peek into the world of long ago awaits thee.
A few reasons. One, there's some OCs I am looking to re-introduce that have not been seen in well over a decade. Two, I have some important character lore art that may be very old, but is still canon and impactful to who that OC is.
There is a third reason. I am no longer censoring myself. I have reached a critical mass of tolerance with the modern internet, and I no longer care to stifle my own creativity in hope of re-gaining the massive following I once had. People today can be far too eager to fight about... nothing. That's to say nothing of parasocial relationships they build.
I have all but stopped drawing for a host of reasons, and social censorship is absolutely one of them.
My OCs can be edgy, cringe, abusive, depressing, violent, a mirror to the ills of the real world; they can have flaws and beliefs I personally disagree with as the real person behind them - and that's okay. That's my writing style, because I have had a real shit life and my art is my outlet for it. The sweet and neutral stuff will never go away, it's always been here - but I am tired of being tied up and forced to never let my brain out just because a few people will hate me arbitrarily.
I say that, because my old work more closely resembles that unfiltered approach it once had. It goes into those corners without fear.
I delivered things with a sense of respect for them, because I take it all seriously. I just know how people can be now, and I know how dead media literacy is.
Regardless - a peek into the world of long ago awaits thee.
Remember, the haters are the most visible and loud group out there, but they are still handsomely outnumbered by good people.
Post that work and feel good about what you create~
Things may be weirdly puritanical with poor media literacy right now, but it will swing around sometime in the future and all this art will be valuable and understood again.
And lore for your creations is important! It shows that art you make was made with thought, intent, and passion.