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Bleh, the fandom
11 years ago
I'll keep on making those new mistakes.
I kinda miss the fandom. I mean, ten years ago when there was less shit and drama and cock-wagging around. People could just be furs and enjoy this fun social group that we've got here without caring about popularity or who's sleeping with who or any of that nonsense.
Yes my FA page is dead. I just +Watch so I can download porn. It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to draw anymore because I don't want to be associated with all of the dumb fucks out there. The artists that really make things shitty for other people. And I could drop names here but I don't feel the need to make this any more TLDR than it already is.
I miss the time when I could just draw stuff because I enjoyed it. Because I was good at it. Because I felt such a rush of satisfaction when I finished a piece of art. That's completely gone now. I became so absorbed in this one small group of people/artists online that cared more about stats and pageviews and making money and filling 100 page sketchbooks every month. I don't even care about the art anymore. I really don't. I've lost the love and enjoyment and the talent has gone with it. I can't even doodle a sketch these days.
I wish I could see you fucks in person so I could put you in your place and tell you what shitty, awful people you are. You deserve it. I wish I could tell you how shitty you are and make you feel ASHAMED.
But I can't, and you won't. You don't care. I hope I never draw anything ever again, because the last thing I want my art to be is another smudge on a piece of paper than you can wag your dick at and tell everyone how much better you are than everyone else.
Go and die in a car fire.
But seriously, you gotta do what feels right for you. This is coming from a guy, who practices the most actively-disrespected art-form within the fandom...
I wish a few other folks actually believed that. :P
If people brag and act horrible, that's on them. Watchers DO matter for artists - it does make a big difference how much you can charge in terms of your work, and how much work you'll actually get. But aside from that, and being you know, proud people like your stuff, you really shouldn't be shoving that fact in people's faces.
I've had to sit around telling a lot of people they shouldn't feel bad if they think their art isn't as good as mine, or if they're not as popular, because they go "Wow, I could never be that good!" or "Wow, I'd never have that many watchers!" and THAT still makes ME feel horrible. Practice and practice, be nice and follow through with your promises and your commissioners, and you'll get better and get more watchers - that's what I tell them, because that's the truth.
I know many popular artists are in fact dickbags, and even treat their customers poorly - but do you REALLY want to be THAT person? Nah. So, be a good person and do what you like to do, and eventually you'll get somewhere.
It's sad to hear that the fandom has robbed you of something you
I'm tired of hearing these lies about how great the fandom was back then because it was not. Sure, there are like 100 times more furs nowadays and you can go cherry picking some seriously messed up shit that happens now that didn't happen back then, but that's because the group is just larger, not because it's different.
So go die in a car fire yourself or find a new "perfect" group to feel a special snowflake. Furry it's going to be what it's always been.