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17 years ago
An artist with no deadlines is unemployed!
So I'm back to that decision that plauges every furry artist.
To draw porn or to not draw porn.
Now I've long gotten over being able to draw it, and also gotten over how many people are going to start requesting everything under the sun (easily handled, at any rate - I say if you ask the answer is always no, kthxbai).
I'm interested in it topically at this point as well, but my sole concern is really YOU.
You guys are my watchers, some of you active, some not, but I've never done porn/yiffy art before and I know that some of you will drop your watch based solely on the fact that you never wanted to see yiffy crap. Since I'm not going to stop drawing non-yiffy stuff, you'll be missing out on art you might actually want to see.
So here's the real question, would YOU prefer:
1. I create a secondary DA account solely for yiffy stuff, and leave this account as a clean one.
2. I clearly mark yiffy pieces with thumbnails that have a warning sign. (not a big fan of this one because it obscures the art for casual browsers)
3. Me going ahead and drawing anything I want (with proper tags) because you're all mature enough to just ignore yiffy things if you don't want to see them and won't be dropping a +watch over something as silly as an artist exploring their sexuality through art.
4. Me going ahead and drawing anything I want (with proper tags) because you have the mature filters on so you're not going to see it anyways.
I ask because I care and sure drawing yiff will get me a boatload of new watchers, but that's not the point to me. You were my first watchers - and as such hold a special place in my heart.
So fire away. Any suggestions would be loved!
To draw porn or to not draw porn.
Now I've long gotten over being able to draw it, and also gotten over how many people are going to start requesting everything under the sun (easily handled, at any rate - I say if you ask the answer is always no, kthxbai).
I'm interested in it topically at this point as well, but my sole concern is really YOU.
You guys are my watchers, some of you active, some not, but I've never done porn/yiffy art before and I know that some of you will drop your watch based solely on the fact that you never wanted to see yiffy crap. Since I'm not going to stop drawing non-yiffy stuff, you'll be missing out on art you might actually want to see.
So here's the real question, would YOU prefer:
1. I create a secondary DA account solely for yiffy stuff, and leave this account as a clean one.
2. I clearly mark yiffy pieces with thumbnails that have a warning sign. (not a big fan of this one because it obscures the art for casual browsers)
3. Me going ahead and drawing anything I want (with proper tags) because you're all mature enough to just ignore yiffy things if you don't want to see them and won't be dropping a +watch over something as silly as an artist exploring their sexuality through art.
4. Me going ahead and drawing anything I want (with proper tags) because you have the mature filters on so you're not going to see it anyways.
I ask because I care and sure drawing yiff will get me a boatload of new watchers, but that's not the point to me. You were my first watchers - and as such hold a special place in my heart.
So fire away. Any suggestions would be loved!
dont bother me, id go with nimber 3 i suppose, and if you lose watches im sure youll get more, your really good :D
i always like to see what people draw when they're not really intending to draw anything in particular just kinda what their brains vomit up :3
well...yeah...stuff...
I think I'm going to skip work today. Maybe. ::random::
Sorry if this sounds preachy or like I'm telling you want to draw. I'm definitely not trying to do that. I just think it's important to try to figure out where your own muse wants to go. Sometimes that isn't going to be what everybody else wants to see. Just my 2 cents.
I think just letting everything come out as my art progresses and putting the clean stuff on a completely seperate site will allow me to express myself fully, clients need not know my creative process so long as the end result is good.
I also understand that the popularity of pornographic art may seem like easy page views, but I have done it before and the results were a nasty bunch of porn related emails in my inbox. At the time I couldn't handle that sort of attention (I was only 15-16) and I stopped drawing anything sexual at all - which I think has held me back somewhat. Being scared to put things online has stopped me from finishing many pieces that might have been wonderful just because the subjects were naked or in erotic positions.
I do understand your point of view and appercieate it since you're an artist I highly respect, Spence. Thanks for answering.
My own policy is just to draw whatever I feel like at that given moment and post it if I like it enough to do so. Screw what other people want or don't want to see, not like it's their gallery... =P
If someone decides to be an immature prude about it, you could always either ignore them or tell them bugger off. If your original watchers don't like it, thats their problem for being too conservative and closed minded.
Art should always be about freedom of expression, and nothing else.
I've always believed that if I only do what I want to do, people who appreciate my work will appear, while people who don't, stay away. Those who I don't appeal to would probably get on my nerves anyway, and the world will be a happier place for everyone.