What I see in art? Real art? Is a means of giving flesh to complex thoughts and thought processes. As such "true art" does not exist. It is either art, or it is not, such as the example below. Art is strange, potentially incomprehensible. People don't normally think in straight lines.
What is commonly referred to as "art" in this part of the internet, existing only to assist in manipulating one's biological functions? Well, good anatomy is of advantage, I, myself also prefer realism, but that aside it's all one - unless it's Fara.

Anything you or that a person creates is art. Even stickfigures are art... Art is really just for a person to express what they have going on in their head, rather its visually, threw text, threw actions. No not all art is GOOD art, but its still art none the less.

There's a difference between art and "art", no less.

No, anything that a person draws or writes or acts is art. But the fact lays not ALL Art is good. Infact I suggest you look up the meaning of art its latin for skill,so everything you are good at is skill and even if you ademt good at it its STILL skill, since your skill can be bad or good, but its skill none the less.

First, I've had Latin classes for six years. I know what it means.

Second, the definition of art is a matter of opinion. If you want people to state their opinion, please, try not to force yours on them.

No, it isnt, its what it is, red is red doesnt matter how many times you say its blue, its just a person cocky enough to think art is only "art" if its according to your liking. :P that not how it works, sweety.

Given that logic I can argue that the only true religion is a crossover of Hinduism and Christianity because it is so.

The only real religion is me! I am the one and only.

Appeal to Ridicule.

nice there

Well, to be honest, it depends on the kind of artwork. If we're only talking furry artwork, then it depends on if it's PG or XXX.

For PG, I look for color, theme, shading, and general workmanship. I like to see colors that reflect the mood, and colors that work well together.

For XXX, I usually don't like porn because of how much detail goes into a penis or vagina alone. So I usually stick to tasteful nudes, how much anatomy was done correctly, theme, color, shading, and little things, like a belly button.

Hopefully this helps. :3 <3

I soooo agreeeeee lol I dislike it about porn art that all the attention is focused on the sex! ;P its like BAM penis in to face.

,mmehh I agree to that, I see often nic epics and then BANG super detailed penis..im like whatheee its a pity

For example.  tokifuji
Her artwork and talent are amazing. I just wish that all the attention wasn't on the penises she draws. Moar tasteful nudes please. :c

Yeah...MORE ATTENTION ON THE BOOBS AND BUTTS YEAH Just kidds :P

Yes. O3o Breasts and buttocks. :D

THE first two comments in this journal dont count. Since one went completly out of subject and I dont have words for the second.

contrast and shading and butts.

i'm sick of people being dark furred to be cliche mysterious and then wear dark clothed to be cliche mystereious and have a dark setting to be cliche mysterious and its so cliche and mysterious that all i get in a black damn picture.

and butts are awesome.

Yeah Same here I LOVE colors! I also really love natural colors alot tho, some characters are abit TO much xD i like your characters colors tho.

im only one character :P

Your characters as in your character's

you owe me butts. big ones.,

Strong gesture

The figure has to be drawn convincingly in space, in addition to some semblance of correct proportion and perspective.

Expressive eyes (stylistically)

Some modicum of good draftsmanship/ clean lines or edges or we're talking about painting.

Usually I like stuff that's more a complete, conceptualized "Idea" more than just a random doodle.

I'm not really fussy with color except for garish rainbow vomit stuff that doesn't convey any sense of color theory at all.

Please forgive me if this was too verbose, I didn't just want to say something like

HURR I LIKE THEM BIG OLD BOOBBUTTSHIPSBELLIES

Yeah your discription is so far best actually. I can see you are more about proportion lines structure rather then color skills.

Ass and titties. That is all. =D

You lose. Here you get a stickfigure for wasting your time

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8-O
Look she has big boobs.

I Cant make - lines?

I WIN !



Nah but think Megabro takes the cake- if I were write my reason- it would long as a novel book.. xD

Gimme that friggin cake

Style mostly. If its interesting enough, I'll look at it a few times more. But if its really something that just wows me, like a scenery pic, or a very creative concept of [insert viable item here], then its an insta-fave. Admittedly, though, something well done and kinky will grab my attention too.

DONt you people read?

At least I didn't answer with some lameass "What is art?" BS that the first comment held.

HAN :p THE first commenter is silly, he tries to hard to come over intilectually and deep XD and very hypocritical to coming from him.

Oh wait. I think I know this guy. He actually wanted me to be grateful to him because he commented on my journal about maybe opening up commissions, after telling me that its stupid to set my prices low because its 'what artists do to pocket quick cash' or some other asinine bullshit. Silly superiority complexes, when will they ever learn? Ohwait, neverrrrr.

I just call them hipsters ;P they talk high but mostly dont know what they are talking about

And alot of artist on FA do it for living, mot for quiek cash.

The only reason I set my prices so low was because it seemed fair for the talent I had, and I didn't NEED the money, but I never had money for anything but what I could barely scrape by with at the time (and still do really, but meh it all somehow works out).

Its good to start lower if you JUST start commissioning, its less stressfull and creates more of a fanbase :>

That is also true. I just don't feel right telling people to give me $20 for a picture of mine with flat color with how poor quality I do. :U

I think your art is pretty good honestly :( dont look so down upon yourself

People what did I say? No short five words sentences saying things like "I look at style, i look at proportion" ISNT detailed, WHAT do you like in styles or proportions or in lineart.....<.<

Like people give me MORE informationnnnnnn

The first thing I generally notice is whether or not the artist used shading/highlights. Lighting and composition to me ranks higher than proportion/figure. The shading style also has a huge influence on the overall mood. I don't have a preference over which is better, as that depends on the type of art I'm looking at. Though I will say that the airbrushed/painted style works better with XXX images than cellshaded.

I love artists who are good at illustrating expression. I'm not saying it has to be super-cartoony and exaggerated, but when every picture seems to have the same expression, it gets old pretty fast.

When it comes to lines, I don't mind if they are somewhat rough. In a lot of cases, it can add a bit of personal style. Likewise, if the lines are too smooth, it can sometimes ruin the overall effectiveness. On the flip-side, too sketchy and it becomes a distraction and makes the image look unprofessional.

For backgrounds, I feel these have as much of an impact on the emotion expressed as the shading and highlighting. It's kind of like the soundtrack for the image.

I don't like characters that seem overloaded with design features/details in an attempt to make themselves original. A lot of times, less is more.




There's probably more I could say, but I'm a bit braindead at the moment, so I'll end it here.

See thats not hard, the second ACTUAL detailed discription someone gave :)

We're not all good with our words. You can only say why you like something so many ways before it all becomes the same thing, just worded a bit differently. :U

All it really comes down to is a process of organizing your thoughts. Spend some time looking through your favs and see if there are any patterns to what you like and dislike. The time it takes to type a comment like that is different for each person. For some, this process takes longer than they deem is worth their time. Mine took about 20 minutes. For some, it might take longer. It's not a matter of being good with words. You can still go into detail about something without being a public speaker.

Hey, I am still glad with your comment :) You are still one of the top 4 detailed comenters LOL since osme of these comments are just.. idk XD

I can't put things into words, which is probably the reason I draw instead of write :P

I can break it down into this though:

If there is nothing interesting about the style, the content isn't very memorable; But style alone can't make up for content. The first thing I'm searching for is content. I don't like typical things. I don't like realism. If I wanted to see realism, I'd look at photographs. If you're gonna draw, why constrain yourself to reality, right? I think style is just as important as content, but it's not gonna keep my interest if the content doesn't interest me.

To expand on that: For style, I like cute mixed with sexy. Especially with dark themes. Like adorable evil things, cute characters doing evil things, etc :P
But it can't be too serious. There has to be some humor or weirdness in there somewhere. Best if it mocks itself. This is the reason I can get into anime/manga style, but not American comic style.
Again, I don't like realism, but for porn, it can't be TOO cartoony. Plain lineart is boring. I'd rather see half-assed sketches than ultra-clean lineart. When I look at a comic with only lineart, it's hard to keep up with what's going on. I can't see in lines. At LEAST put a flat shade of gray or something in there. To me, it's more about the parts inside those lines, which is probably why my "lines" are atrocious :P I prefer a painted look. It's more like toning down reality than reassembling parts of reality to me. Other than porn, I like concept art. I don't like realistic landscapes, artistic nudes, and just reality in general. I want something other than something that already exists. I don't care if it's a concept for a chair as long as it's new and interesting. Something that could be described as weird, funny, or badass :P

When it comes to characters, I don't like typical either. Aside from They don't HAVE to have cartoonish proportions, but they need to be something other than average and the same as the other, physically and mentally. Personality should show in expressions and actions. Expressions are what give the whole action meaning. It's okay if they're a little exaggerated. This is art. My mind automatically blocks out characters that are TOO realistic or TOO unrealistic. I should be able to guess who this character is if I was given some text that they had said.


When I'm looking through submissions, there are several artists that blur together. I see artists who are incredibly skilled, but if they draw just like all the other incredibly skilled artists, then there's nothing special about their art. If I can't recognize the style from a thumbnail, then the content has to make up for it.

...that turned into a mini-essay, and I didn't mean for it to. Still didn't cover everything, but I don't know how to word things xD

If there is nothing interesting about the style, the content isn't very memorable; But style alone can't make up for content Thank you so much for saying that :P

I do say I am not into SUPER realistic art either, tho I do appreciate the skill, but thats not what this journal is about its about what you prefer to see :) so its good that you kept stating your own opinion and dont limit yourself to lets say.."your favorite artist" because it needs to be YOUR perfect idea you know :) you gave me a good discription.

I love clean smooth lines myself, but also only if its colored (because I like art that has a 3Dish look even tho its a 2D drawing wich is why I am not to big on the painting or cellshaded type..) but yeah when its just.. clean smooth lines with no colors I would also prefer sketch, because just neatlineart kind of makes it look... like a empty shell :P

And that last part, is totally what I mean with mainstream, like the art is great, but.. it doesnt pop-out it isnt unique :P I am not into those artist, like on DA all the SUPERSKILLED 13 yearold girls drawing anime, GREAT Yet, I can tell they are 13 because their art is to blend with everything else :P personally I love artists that if you see their art you can go "OH THATS THIS ARTIST!" Without even zooming in, thats probably why people also think "style" is most important in an artist.. but it really isnt, its a combination of skill and their artstyle.
But yes I'd say I also find a unique artstyle abit more important then skill (PERSONALLY :p) but in a perfect world I'd love both, wich alot of artists do have, but they are mostly the more older artists.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on my journal :) This helps me out. I am personally very oke with my artwork, I love my style and my way of drawing XD (Hope that doesnt come over cocky, I do envy alot of other artists like yourself :P) but this kind of helps me to get ideas, wich is why I hate when people just comment "oh, I like big butts." or "I like the style" or "Bright colors" that doesnt help me one bit XP

I used to get pissed off seeing that these "talented" 13 year olds could draw better than me, but I realized that they weren't really that good themselves. They had learned to copycat every other popular artist with no original content. Basically doing the same thing over and over.

It's good that you're happy with your art. I'm happy with my style, but I don't like much else about my art xD

...I like big butts :D

I like everything big, Boobs, butts, belly The three wonderfull B's (thats what I used to thing BBW stood for XD Big/Belly/Boobs/Butt-Woman)

OMG u hate my art O______O Also u shoul put free in ur journal hahaha

I dont hate your art, I love your art :) its cute and I can easily tell its yours. but this journal is just to what catches your eyes the most :)

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