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My Hiatus and the more hiatus to come
12 years ago
*wags* Heya! *looks down* WORDS!! *pounces*
So, I've been putting off explaining my absence from the furry community, in the sense of not really networking anymore and just kinda sitting on the sidelines and hanging out with my friends.
I mean, the reason is pretty simple, I'm just tired of the people.
I find it ironic that the only reason I became a furry in the first place was because I felt at home amongst the people that called themselves furries. Yet it is wholly the reason I am basically "whatev-ing" this and most of the other furry networking sites.
Actually, I should be trying to kid anyone or beat around the bush.
This journal is primarily for a release of some pent up anger towards this community. Much of which stems from my view on art, how business is handled amongst furs in general, and a little bit of annoyance towards the whole, "Lets all be classified as furries, cause apparently being human isn't enough." That's a bit vague and sounds strange after writing it down, but I'll clarify in a minute.
So, first of all, the whole art thing. Now I understand the point of art here. It's the ability to experience snap-shots of a life that you create in your head. Same goes for stories. If anything, I support that and its probably the only reason this fandom even exists. But I believe there comes a time when people need to stop focusing on getting as much art done as they can, by the "best" artists on the site. Take me for instance, now I have not paid for any digital art in a very long time, if at all. And the drawn art I've gotten is mostly just badges for conventions, of which I have maybe 4 or 5. But I see some of the people who have 50 or more images of their character in their gallery, none of which drawn by them, and I realize that there has to be a line. To me, it's borderline obsession, masked as "I just like the art." FYI, you can enjoy one piece of art more if you don't bury it underneath 10 other works within the same period of time.
What I find to be the most defining factor in my inability to enjoy and embrace this culture is the business ethics/practices of the artists (in any of the forms). Not all of them, mind you, I find some to be very shrewd business people. But more often or not, it's simply just someone abusing their "popularity" and charging exorbitant sums for a single piece of art. Like $300 exorbitant. What I find the most infuriating is that people actually buy this shit! There isn't like a, "Hey, by the way, you realize that you can't charge this much if no one else is even close right?" It's almost as if economical standards aren't even applicable to this type of market. Which is strange considering how widespread and popular it is. Not saying that most people have managed to allocate their prices to a pretty simple scale based on the skill price plus the base price that everyone looks to sell for. I find that $25-$30 for a well-done piece of art is more than reasonable in this type of market. Don't get me wrong, there are a few artists on this site that create some beautiful pieces of art that they just upload to upload. And of those few, some deserve that $300. But when a porn artist charges that much for crap that is basically just hand-material? Yeah, that drives me insane.
Lastly, and I'll be quick with this one. If you've managed to keep up with me, I'm proud of you for sticking with me. Anyways, this is a problem I have with some close friends of mine. I know it isn't the most legitimate of issues as everyone is entitled to live their life the way they want, and think of their life the way they want. But I'm human. I enjoy being a human, I wouldn't change that for anything. I don't see how people can reject that so easily. Even if they aren't happy with the way they look, or aren't happy with where they are, or the relationships they have. All of those things, as bad as you might think they are. Aren't bad things at all. They are just things. It's when you let yourself see all the bad in your life, instead of all the good. Such as, I have a good amount of money maybe 3 days of the month. That's not a good thing, but I don't run around saying I'm poor and I hate it, I wish I was a furry so I wouldn't be poor in the world where money is apparently abundant. (That's for another day though). I know I'm generalizing this a lot, but I've heard things just as crazy. So basically, enjoy being human. You can fantasize about being a furry and experiencing life in that way. But don't use it as a scapegoat because you can't find your niche in society. The only reason that isn't happening, is because you aren't letting it.
Half of the time, I make no sense all the time.
So yeah, if you read through all that, I'm sorry. It's not really meant for anyone to read...so gotchya! I just needed to throw some words together to get them out of my brain to make room for cooler things like white rectangular sofas and disco balls.
I still love you guys, even if you drive me to the bring of sanity. Luckily, some of you have managed to ground me and keep me from being the asshole I used to be. Especially Medi, you do a good job.
I mean, the reason is pretty simple, I'm just tired of the people.
I find it ironic that the only reason I became a furry in the first place was because I felt at home amongst the people that called themselves furries. Yet it is wholly the reason I am basically "whatev-ing" this and most of the other furry networking sites.
Actually, I should be trying to kid anyone or beat around the bush.
This journal is primarily for a release of some pent up anger towards this community. Much of which stems from my view on art, how business is handled amongst furs in general, and a little bit of annoyance towards the whole, "Lets all be classified as furries, cause apparently being human isn't enough." That's a bit vague and sounds strange after writing it down, but I'll clarify in a minute.
So, first of all, the whole art thing. Now I understand the point of art here. It's the ability to experience snap-shots of a life that you create in your head. Same goes for stories. If anything, I support that and its probably the only reason this fandom even exists. But I believe there comes a time when people need to stop focusing on getting as much art done as they can, by the "best" artists on the site. Take me for instance, now I have not paid for any digital art in a very long time, if at all. And the drawn art I've gotten is mostly just badges for conventions, of which I have maybe 4 or 5. But I see some of the people who have 50 or more images of their character in their gallery, none of which drawn by them, and I realize that there has to be a line. To me, it's borderline obsession, masked as "I just like the art." FYI, you can enjoy one piece of art more if you don't bury it underneath 10 other works within the same period of time.
What I find to be the most defining factor in my inability to enjoy and embrace this culture is the business ethics/practices of the artists (in any of the forms). Not all of them, mind you, I find some to be very shrewd business people. But more often or not, it's simply just someone abusing their "popularity" and charging exorbitant sums for a single piece of art. Like $300 exorbitant. What I find the most infuriating is that people actually buy this shit! There isn't like a, "Hey, by the way, you realize that you can't charge this much if no one else is even close right?" It's almost as if economical standards aren't even applicable to this type of market. Which is strange considering how widespread and popular it is. Not saying that most people have managed to allocate their prices to a pretty simple scale based on the skill price plus the base price that everyone looks to sell for. I find that $25-$30 for a well-done piece of art is more than reasonable in this type of market. Don't get me wrong, there are a few artists on this site that create some beautiful pieces of art that they just upload to upload. And of those few, some deserve that $300. But when a porn artist charges that much for crap that is basically just hand-material? Yeah, that drives me insane.
Lastly, and I'll be quick with this one. If you've managed to keep up with me, I'm proud of you for sticking with me. Anyways, this is a problem I have with some close friends of mine. I know it isn't the most legitimate of issues as everyone is entitled to live their life the way they want, and think of their life the way they want. But I'm human. I enjoy being a human, I wouldn't change that for anything. I don't see how people can reject that so easily. Even if they aren't happy with the way they look, or aren't happy with where they are, or the relationships they have. All of those things, as bad as you might think they are. Aren't bad things at all. They are just things. It's when you let yourself see all the bad in your life, instead of all the good. Such as, I have a good amount of money maybe 3 days of the month. That's not a good thing, but I don't run around saying I'm poor and I hate it, I wish I was a furry so I wouldn't be poor in the world where money is apparently abundant. (That's for another day though). I know I'm generalizing this a lot, but I've heard things just as crazy. So basically, enjoy being human. You can fantasize about being a furry and experiencing life in that way. But don't use it as a scapegoat because you can't find your niche in society. The only reason that isn't happening, is because you aren't letting it.
Half of the time, I make no sense all the time.
So yeah, if you read through all that, I'm sorry. It's not really meant for anyone to read...so gotchya! I just needed to throw some words together to get them out of my brain to make room for cooler things like white rectangular sofas and disco balls.
I still love you guys, even if you drive me to the bring of sanity. Luckily, some of you have managed to ground me and keep me from being the asshole I used to be. Especially Medi, you do a good job.
I think the major thing with art costs is that that $25-30 is a 'competitive' pricing, but doesn't make a lot of sense given the amount of work people often put in. If you break it down into hourly work, it can come to $2-3, maybe $4/hr for their work. Some people do it entirely for fun and just charge as a sort of pay-wall access to their hobby, to prevent being overloaded with 'omg draw me i have big penis lololol' but some also like being compensated for time spent working on something with their talents. I agree, $300 is pretty extreme. But $85 for something that, to me, is extremely personal and high quality, isn't outside the realm of understandable. Granted, you did address that part :3
The being animal thing is kinda a weird topic too, like you said. Most people are 100% down to earth on it. Yeah, they're human, know it, an that's that. But many of those people have come here not to escape life, but enjoy an alternative that'd be pretty cool if it was real, if that makes sense?
Also, don't wish you were 'one of those furries with money'. They don't have money, they throw it all at commissions then whine to the internets that their 'evil landlord' doesn't accept handjobs as payment for rent. So, yeah :V
*hugs!* You're fine, this doesn't seem dumb or anything! Hope my response doesn't seem like I'm challenging your views or anything, I just wanted to add my $0.02 to build on what you said :3 Hope we can hang out at some point soon! I don't remember if you ever played IIDX at the cons? Fun rhythm game and you might enjoy playing with Jae!
And if you are talking about the rhythm game with the 7 (or is it 9) buttons? Then yes I've played it at the cons. Poorly...very, very, very poorly. DX