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Something I Adore About the Fandom...
9 years ago
Hello everyone! I know I dont post much here but I figured maybe I should start doing so. I dont have much attention on my art account (most of my watches are over on my fursuit making account) but I feel like I can still keep this one active if not for watches but more for myself.
So, onto the topic at hand! There has been something I have really been pondering on when it comes to the Furry Fandom that really makes me adore it more and more.
Everything revolves around art.
Not just appreciating art (like anime fans do) but actually perusing art, appreciating artists more, keeping the act of buying and supporting artists alive. There are very few hobbies that involve actually appreciating art in that sort of way. Here, let me compare it to the renaissance era. Back in those times the general public who were wealthy enough constantly purchased paintings and commissioned artists for their works. Even the poor had a sense of appreciation for it and many artists had their names known by thousands of people.
Now switch back to today.. people dont know artists names. People arent perusing painters for their work or for commissions. If someone wants to decorate their homes with art they go get a cheap print from some home store that was likely copied in the masses through a machine. The Furry Fandom still has the feel of the renaissance era to me. Artists can build up a name in the fandom, through art alone even customers can have bragging rights as "Oh I got a commission from ______!" or "Have you seen ______'s new print? I have to get it at the next convention!" and many people will know who they are talking about. There are famous artists in this mass group of people and they can manage to make a living on what they do.. that is such a hard thing to now in this generation and Im proud of the fandom for helping people live through what they love like that. I cant think of any other fandom that focuses on art alone heavily like this and I know people outside of fandoms in the general fandom certainly dont.
This just... this always baffles me. Furries love art in a way I have never seen another fandom love art may that art be sfw or nsfw... it doesnt matter because it is still art. We have art shows at our conventions. Not just digital works but paintings, tapestries, sculptures, plushies, comic books, costumes, and commission work. I have seen all of these art forms offered at every convention I have gone to and they dont just sit there. People actually buy them and look at them and respect them just how art should be treated and I just find that so amazing
Thank you fandom for being one of the last mass groups to respect art as not only something pretty to look at but something worth having and paying talented people for <3
~Moths
So, onto the topic at hand! There has been something I have really been pondering on when it comes to the Furry Fandom that really makes me adore it more and more.
Everything revolves around art.
Not just appreciating art (like anime fans do) but actually perusing art, appreciating artists more, keeping the act of buying and supporting artists alive. There are very few hobbies that involve actually appreciating art in that sort of way. Here, let me compare it to the renaissance era. Back in those times the general public who were wealthy enough constantly purchased paintings and commissioned artists for their works. Even the poor had a sense of appreciation for it and many artists had their names known by thousands of people.
Now switch back to today.. people dont know artists names. People arent perusing painters for their work or for commissions. If someone wants to decorate their homes with art they go get a cheap print from some home store that was likely copied in the masses through a machine. The Furry Fandom still has the feel of the renaissance era to me. Artists can build up a name in the fandom, through art alone even customers can have bragging rights as "Oh I got a commission from ______!" or "Have you seen ______'s new print? I have to get it at the next convention!" and many people will know who they are talking about. There are famous artists in this mass group of people and they can manage to make a living on what they do.. that is such a hard thing to now in this generation and Im proud of the fandom for helping people live through what they love like that. I cant think of any other fandom that focuses on art alone heavily like this and I know people outside of fandoms in the general fandom certainly dont.
This just... this always baffles me. Furries love art in a way I have never seen another fandom love art may that art be sfw or nsfw... it doesnt matter because it is still art. We have art shows at our conventions. Not just digital works but paintings, tapestries, sculptures, plushies, comic books, costumes, and commission work. I have seen all of these art forms offered at every convention I have gone to and they dont just sit there. People actually buy them and look at them and respect them just how art should be treated and I just find that so amazing
Thank you fandom for being one of the last mass groups to respect art as not only something pretty to look at but something worth having and paying talented people for <3
~Moths
