There's the people who, quote, "make" art (photographers included, because their trade is to be respected for what they can do in it.).

There's people who preserve art (photographers of course, but also people who amass art from many others - commission FA accounts, among other things that define this.).

There's people who propagate art.

The list goes on, and several people are doing something that pools back into art appreciation - always a good thing to see in my book.



I want to address a problem I have with something.



What's the deal with artful people who look down on the kinds of people who:

- don't produce art in a place they can easily find?

- don't have much to say concerning art?

- don't have such detailed feedback to provide on art?



I touched base on this issue before, but differently.

When I say "I think of things in tiers," one thing I mean is that everyone sees art differently. There's no justice in calling someone "talentless" just because they don't participate.

Tiers. You have people like some of you and me, who make art and appreciate it just as much. Look on YouTube. Some people like to preserve the music of various artists on their accounts. Or, they like to include game videos, sometimes just for the sake of doing that, to give everyone a nice "show" to watch (i.e. People who play "flashy" games to show them off to everyone else.). Is it any guess why some FA users think to upload photos of their game collections, even though the AUP prohibits it?

Why is it that people never address the small things anymore? Have you ever stopped to think that even if someone doesn't care much for artistry, they may highly value their games? tl;dr Some people love games lots, and have a general UNDERSTANDING that tells them "Videogames are art." Still not a valid reason to upload game screenshots or newly purchased games here.

Take a moment to stop and consider how many people don't give the slightest fuck about what you do in art. Now, compare how many of them there are as compared to how many people DO care about art. In the end, there's less art appreciators than there are art observers.

But with observations come reactions. Some of the people who never participate in the artful activity actually do love the art very much. They just don't have much to say concerning it.

Consider how deep that can go. Some people love the art so much that it drives them wild. "Silly?" That's not for you to say, if you're one of the "culprits" responsible for causing that to happen. Do you ever stop to look back at the "trail" of evidence you leave behind?

"Trail of evidence." People downloading your work and reposting it elsewhere without your permission. Wow. I guess someone must've "loved" your work a little too much, huh?

Tiers. A drawing, writing, or musical piece that gets over 5,000 views may only ever get a bit over 80 comments. Not everyone has something to say to you on your work. Chances are, for a good 2,500 of those viewers, simply LOOKING AT the drawing, READING the textual work, or LISTENING to the music is enough.



This is why the current state of affairs in some places has become so "creepy..."



Do you ever stop to consider that others might be stalking you? That they might love your work so much that they love the very mention of you?

I'm not one to talk, but I always wonder something. What keeps people from posting all out rude and graphical comments on people's erotic works? Or, what keeps people from lavishing an artist with TMI concerning their work? I say this because in the cases of many of you, people repost your work on image sites. They repost your work because it gets them off, or because they just think it's "badass." Then they post rude comments on the site they posted your work on (e621, for example.).

For some people, that you even went the mile of making your art was enough, and that you even continue to do it is also enough. People can only take so much. I don't care if high-end graphics in games and art and whatnot is the standard these days, because people are only human, and they can only bear the sight, thought, and idea of so much. Most of what you people do is a friggin' overload on people's minds, and I'm already fully aware of how much of an ego boost that gives you. Shit. Some people probably feel inspired to keep making art BECAUSE of ego boosts (and now you know why MY production of writing has slowed to a crawl.).

You're no "god" because you "draw better" than others, or because you "write better" or "arrange/compose better." And that's subjective, and idiotic to even say - people like varying styles. What makes an "epic" drawing of a red dragon perched on a tower any better than a cartoony drawing of Knuckles the Echidna? Nothing, because it's for the viewers to decide. Of course, most art "quality" is biased towards realism being supposedly "better" than everything else...

Try to stop and take a moment to consider that the only "loser" here may just be yourself. YOU make the work for OTHERS to enjoy, not the other way around. YOU are the slave, and they are the audience. A large reason why many artists quit is simply because THEY wanted to be on the spectating side rather than the PRODUCING side - they retrogressed into what life was like BEFORE they made art. I have that feeling all the time, wanting to simply appreciate my games and the art that people make instead of producing my own, if my extensive faves list isn't any indication of that...





The appreciator is just as important as the producer.





How else does an art piece get selected to be in an art collage of "high mention," or a videogame become "Game of the Year?" :V