Actually I'm under the impression that sometimes females draw females better then dudes do. It's not an all encompassing stereotype but there are some female artists who's stuff I really like.

That is, of course, if they're actually female and not pretending.

I was just thinking about this very subject today.

It's a hard subject to boil down to a few thoughts. Everything is kind of mixed up.

That's for sure.

it is an interesting concept, I have been surprised by a lot of artists who turned out to be female. However there is also a lot of evidence to gender in style, and not just choice of subject matter. I can somewhat recognize it but not really put it to words.

You think so. I don't think it holds true for everyone.

Oh certainly not. Theres WAAAAAY too much going into everyone. I have noticed trends and similarities in most people and then other people who just THROW all that out the window.

Plus it seems like people have a reason to want to pass themselves off as the other gender at times... Even if they're not out-right pretending, putting their "Gender" down as the opposite, girls will sometimes deign to mention that they're women, because they don't want the attention they know it would inevitably attract, while guys might make their profiles a little more bubbly ("Aha ha, and I'm here to make friends, *wink, giggle* and I like talking to people and stuff!") hoping people will draw conclusions so that they DO get the attention.
...not to mention things can sometimes get even more confusing on FA- There's a lot of transgender or transexual artists around here, and you gotta find out or ask how they'd like to be identified, or if you're just misinterpreting a particular character or attitude.
Myself, I never wanted to even be tempted to try to mislead people, so I always just staple "Gender- Male" onto my profile :p

If you're transgender you tend to come across as whatever you identify as. It just makes the whole thing that much more complicated...

Well, if you're actually transsexual, though sometimes someone just likes to cross-dress. But yeah, it just means it's not as obvious at first at a glance :p

One thing I've learned is that girls like to draw girls a lot too.

Enough time on FA exposes you to just about every single possible fetish under the sun and ones you never knew existed.

Meanwhile, changing your species listing to something other than "Dude" might help your situation. And just to make sure I understand... are girls or gay guys trying to hit on you?

(BTW, Between Failures is a sweet comic!)

Guys who think I'm a girl online.

In real life gay men love me. T^T

Thanks I'm glad you like it. XD

Okay, just to lay out the line of thinking that I had before:

I first recognized you because of Between Failures, and based on Between Failures, I assumed you were a guy.

Then I find you here on FA, and still go under the assumption you're a guy.

Then I see this journal you post here, which start making me thinking maybe you're a girl.

Then you reply to me, and I get all confused and befuddled and decide to do some hunting.

I go to the "About" page on Between Failures, and was able to confirm you like girls, so now mind's on "Straight Guy or Lesbian".

I check your Twitter, see the name "Jackie", and realize it could go either way. I now needed more concrete evidence.

I find your Tumblr... still nothing obvious, but then find your DA.

And THERE is where I find that your actual name is Thomas, and therefore a definite straight guy.

And even when I made my first comment, I was posting under the potential possibility that you may even be a girl, until I start going... wait...

So yeah, without a photo or a name, or one those little symbols that helps with gender identification (You have probably seen them by now), telling gender online is REALLY difficult since one's art style does not indicate one's gender.

It just doesn't.

I mean  blotch is a team of two girls!

If you saw my facebook you'd see I'm all man. ALL MAN.

Sorry, my brain is stuck on the obvious alternate title. "How to sex an artist."

For ages, I have used internet communication. And have good friends I've no clue what their physical gender is. Usually it comes up after a year or so... someone brings up periods, and not the grammatical sort.

Mostly, I've decided I don't exactly care if someone far distant is male or female... because my wang does not stretch very far. Barely crosses a county line.. So, really, what difference does it make?

Not a bad way to look at things. Of course a person could get in a vehicle if there were of a mind so to do...

True, but if it's worth traveling for, there should be friendship as well. And I really just want to find one compatible specimen in my lifetime. Sooooooo much depends more on "not an idiot" and "not an asshole" than whether the genitalia is compatible.

Fair enough.

Well I do happen to agree, it is somewhat hard determining gender..

But then some people actually have some queer (as in weird) persona/fursona that can confuse yourself about the artists...

I try to ask at times, other times, I leave a margin on the gender, but a hole, if it were to not to be.

Well I do happen to agree, it is somewhat hard determining gender..

But then some people actually have some queer (as in weird) persona/fursona that can confuse yourself about the artists...

I try to ask at times, other times, I leave a margin on the gender, but a hole, if it were to not to be.

One trick I use to determine artist gender is to check the lines.
I'm not quite clear on what makes them different but they are.
Also looking at the colouring can help, but you hafta be at it for a while.

(there are only a few that have confused me)

This is an interesting topic, and one that I've thought about before. I always thought you were a guy because of your art, but not because of how you draw women. In fact, I predominantly draw women because I am more comfortable with the female form (I'm more familiar with it, myself!) but then, being bisexual probably helps with that too. There are only a few artists I've ever wondered about, and I found out that they were male but drew in a very "feminine" style (at least in my mind) because they were closer to being female in personality and sexuality.

Is there anything in particualr about my art that says dude? Or is it just so obvious that I like girls because I draw them all the time? XD

I'm not really sure. Maybe it's not the art so much as the journals. I'm not sure why I assumed you were male. I draw women all the time too... so... I dunno.

IT'S CAUSE I"M ALL MAN, BABY! XD