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FA / Weasyl stuff moving forward.
12 years ago
As I mentioned in the other journals, I have a Weasyl, here. It's decently active nowadays, and I prefer the website for a multitude of reasons. I'm not even going to dredge up the ongoing drama, but I will simply state that quite a few of the artists I enjoy doing business with have moved over to Weasyl and are either abandoning FA entirely, or shifting their primary focus onto Weasyl.
Myself, I know I'm just a tiny fish in the pond that is the furry community. I do get more art then the average furry, but I'm nowhere near 'popufur' and my say probably carries all the weight of a guppy fish.
That said, Weasyl will be my primary gallery moving forward. I will still post commissions I have bought and 3D work I make here on my FA gallery, but it will be slower and will not be my primary focus.
As a commissioner, I want to support the artists who have made the move to Weasyl out of respect for their decisions. To continue giving them support, having an active presence on Weasyl is a necessity in order to catch those important journals and notices.
As an artist, and as someone who has been focusing strongly on honing his own abilities and working towards becoming a proper artist, I prefer Weasyl's gallery system - it lets me separate my commissioned work from my own, and even lets me hide it or flag them so that you guys don't have to see all my ugly WiPs if you don't want to. Seeing FA's update history, or lack thereof, I'm not convinced that FA will have the same features in any reasonable time frame.
If, for whatever reason, this decision upsets you, don't hurl names or anything like that. I'm being as diplomatic as possible because I am as sick of this ongoing drama as anyone else is, and I'm only posting this as a heads up to those who are genuinely interested in seeing my commissions on a more regular basis.
Myself, I know I'm just a tiny fish in the pond that is the furry community. I do get more art then the average furry, but I'm nowhere near 'popufur' and my say probably carries all the weight of a guppy fish.
That said, Weasyl will be my primary gallery moving forward. I will still post commissions I have bought and 3D work I make here on my FA gallery, but it will be slower and will not be my primary focus.
As a commissioner, I want to support the artists who have made the move to Weasyl out of respect for their decisions. To continue giving them support, having an active presence on Weasyl is a necessity in order to catch those important journals and notices.
As an artist, and as someone who has been focusing strongly on honing his own abilities and working towards becoming a proper artist, I prefer Weasyl's gallery system - it lets me separate my commissioned work from my own, and even lets me hide it or flag them so that you guys don't have to see all my ugly WiPs if you don't want to. Seeing FA's update history, or lack thereof, I'm not convinced that FA will have the same features in any reasonable time frame.
If, for whatever reason, this decision upsets you, don't hurl names or anything like that. I'm being as diplomatic as possible because I am as sick of this ongoing drama as anyone else is, and I'm only posting this as a heads up to those who are genuinely interested in seeing my commissions on a more regular basis.
I GET IT HAHAHA.
Still, gonna miss you and the art you post until then.
If you read the prior journals, my decision is rooted more in discontent with how complacent FA's administration has been, and how the site has been just coasting in neutral for the better part of eight years. I was already gradually working towards switching to Weasyl well before the drama kicked off, and seeing a big chunk of my favorite artists doing the same simply expedited the process.
Either way, the weasyl thing i made so people couldn't steal my name. I'll probably add stuff in once i get better practice into my art.