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You're the Gutter Killer (Rantling about dark themes Art)
Posted 8 years agoI felt the need to come across and doing this journal to address a problem I've seen a lot recently involving pictures of dark theme or anyway ambiguous nature. As you can tell the problem I'm talking about is with people just brandishing their whitest sword and just jumping on a campaign to eradicate this evil from the internet and possibly the world. Now this can be justified to a variety of reasons but I think the two primary ones are to be considered people being just flat out fucking mental and invasive OR a simple problem with ignorance. I'm just taking this journal to explain a pair of things that might be a little obvious for some but extremely hard to understand for others apparently.
Now I wanna talk about two things specifically: Gutters and Catharsis. Keep in mind that I'm no professor and I'm not trying to play the smartass role here. I'm open to criticism and discussion, not only that, but I encourage it as it could only either make my argument stronger or right a wrongly view I had on the subject.
One problem I see with dark themes in art is that people assumes additional information (that's never been stated or confirmed or in the art piece itself) and use it as a justification for any kind of judgement and possibly even flat out harassment they might deliver to all the people involved with the piece. I'll address this problem immediately because it's possibly the most moronic kind of situation to stumble upon.
Let me talk to you about GUTTERS. Gutters are the blank space between one vignette and the other in comics. They alone hold most of the narrative power of this whole medium and a good use of gutters can -and probably always will- make the difference between a good comic and a bad one, regardless of artistic quality in the drawings.How? Let me show you one simple strip I've made (copying Scott Mccloud's "Understanding Comics") I want you to to see this strip and imagine in your head what has just happened in that scenario. Describe it to yourself and be 100% honest, no smartass moves here.
https://i.gyazo.com/86a468826bbf872.....ef5a252304.png
Now take that moment and think clearly of what you THINK just happened in that white space, between my two vignettes, that I'm not showing you. Did by any chance your scenario involved the rabbit getting stabbed and screaming in pain? I can assure you that's not the case in this story, but you already guessed so much I'm sure. In fact the two scenes are completely separated. What happened is that you completed the scene with the most likely scenario to connect the two pictures you were presented with. This is why comic book reading is considered an ACTIVE reading from the reader: you're not just reading a story but also completing it in your mind. Filling each gap the writer and artist expertly left blank for you to fill in with your assumptions and your expectations. The same way a writer doesn't describe some characters appearance so that the reader can fill in that gap with their favorite interpretation of them (and I want you to keep this writing trick in mind for later) a comic book writer tends to leave white space to be filled actively by the reader with whatever passage of time he sees fits (and here comes the ability of a writer/artist to make you think and imagine exactly what they want).
https://i.gyazo.com/ad1de827b13ed84.....61aa553dc2.png
I want to make two points with this strip. First I didn't kill anyone. If you thought that the rabbit was gonna die by the second pannel then you're the one who used the gutter space to actively create a narrative where he dies. Watch out: I did left that option of narrative open but that doesn't mean that it was my intention to end up on that narrative, THAT'S NOT THE STORY I WAS TELLING AND LATER ON I EVEN MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE STORY GOES IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
But the second point is the important one, that connects directly to the world of dark theme arts and porns. I did show an isolated house with an alarming scream coming from it. This house is not connected to the other two characters shown in the strip, so we don't know why this scream did occur. Was someone killed? Or maybe just startled by a bug? Or maybe they were happy? You. Can't. Know. There's absolutely no way for you to know FOR CERTAIN. BUT this leaves the story with a gap that can easily be filled with the most horrible scenario by my most sadistic readers.
Remember that writing trick about not describing everything so that the viewer can fill in the gaps with what their favorite interpretation of the story is? That's exactly what VERY often happens with dark themes art and porn. Whatever is not explicitly said in the pic has been left blank for the viewer to fill in with whatever he prefers and likes the most. If you're going to imagine and picture the most horrible scenario that not even you can like in a piece -especially pornographic since those has to please the highest range of fantasies- THAT'S YOUR DOING, you have no right, what so ever blame it on someone for leaving that interpretation open UNLESS THAT INTERPRETATION IS GOING TO HURT SOMEONE. BUT even then you should NOT jump on the white knights wagon but instead be an adult and contact the artist and make them know of this possible interpretation and give them the chance to clarify things and possibly correct the story/piece. Remember that sometimes some theories you might see as "certain" are just way too far fetched when presented to others.
But I hear someone saying: "What about those pics that obviously have some indisputable bad shit in it?" (murder, pedophilia, drug addiction, violence ecc.)
That's the second thing I wanted to talk about: Catharsis.
To clarify for those who don't know what catharsis is "Catharsis is the purification and purgation of emotions through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in restoration and renewal". Basically what this means is having some emotions and feelings you want to express or feel -that could hurt you or others- out of your body and spirit by any means that doesn't result in their most negative facets -like the before mentioned hurting of yourself or others.
In classical times this was a term of great importance and the Greece were so involved in the catharsis as a societal need that the great dramas of the past were almost a mandatory event. You HAD to see the tragedies in play on the great theaters because living and feeling the tragic emotions and desires of the characters in play was the mean to have your body and mind purged of those same negative feeling, of those same negative needs.
Now I'm not here to discuss on the many facets and aspects that the term catharsis has taken over the history but I want you to keep in mind one important aspect of it: it's always the purification of the mind and body through any means that can fulfill the needs and desires of that mind and body, regardless of them being sexual or not.
Now I'm gonna talk about the sexual ones, obviously, because I'm a fucking furry and this is fucking furaffinity, but this an argument that's also valid for pulp stories, splatter movies and so on.
We human have needs and desires that can go beyond what we can control. I could be the most placid and calm human in this world but have the most violent or degradating sex scenarios in my mind, that's not something I can control and it surely is not something healthy to just keep concentrated within me without any outlet. So how can I get rid of these feelings without actually hurting anyone (or myself if I'm sub)? Here comes drawn porn.
Drawn porn has the rare quality of being able to show the most absurd, incredible, out of this world scenarios, without hurting anything or anyone (let alone the savings in scenography). It's not just a matter of "satisfying a crazy ass fantasy" but doing so BY LETTING IT BE JUST A FANTASY! Never taking those dangerous needs and desires into the real world, where they could hurt and possibly even kill someone, purging them out of your mind and body before they can become dangerous for you or others.
Of course the counter argument for this could be "but you're fueling a perverted fantasy". But that's wrong! As I said you're not fueling it: you're just satisfying it in a safe way that doesn't hurt anyone and keeping your mind free of those needs. Now if you someone can't stop at the fantasy, if someone can't stop and find "catharsis" in these kind of safe outlets then AND ONLY THEN they become a threat to themselves and/or others. But again that's not a good excuse to be jumping on the white knight wagon and harass the hell out of people who still haven't done anything wrong. You should let them seek professional help, let them open about those problem so they can actually receive help BEFORE they become criminals. You'll get absolutely nothing in making them hide away if not making sure they WILL hurt someone someday.
Let me be clear here: I'm saying that finding catharsis in these sick, perverted DRAWN PICTURES, is good. And you should keep doing it for as long as it makes you happy, but the moment you start craving something more is the moment you should tell it to a professional and stop immediately what you're doing. The moment you see someone saying they like something seemingly bad in a FANTASY SCENARIO you should let 'em be. The moment you see someone saying they like something seemingly bad in a REAL LIFE SCENARIO you should ASK FOR CLARIFICATIONS before becoming just another problem yourself.
TLDR: Don't assume shit about other people fap material. Don't assume shit about people based on their fap material. And don't play the "Superior Judge ™ " unless they're clearly hurting a real living being. ALWAYS ASK FOR CLARIFICATIONS BEFORE TURNING INTO A FUCKING MORON.ToS
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10 free traditional sketches. [CLOSED]
Posted 10 years agoThis is not a contest or a lottery just reply according to the rules and get a free sketch
OK so currently I'm still looking for ways to keep myself busy while I wait for a PC that actually works and requests are always a funny way of keeping myself trained and amused. SO here's your chance to get a free sketch for literally nothing, just reply with the format below (please be detailed) and wait for me to accept or reject the request. The quality of the work won't be much more of that of Bad Photos since I won't be able to scan it anytime soon ^^"
~Summary:
~Reference: picture or text
~Description:
Rules:
[list]
[*]Follow the format in a reply to this journal
[*]DON'T send me a note for this
[*]Max 3 characters
[*]Max 1 sketch for person
[*]No deadline will be acepted
[*]I'm free to post, share and maybe complete the work if I want to
[*]Swf and nsfw alike. I've made this this f-list infopage so you guys don't have to ask if I'm willing to draw a specifc kink.
[*]If you no longer wish for request that's already been accepted send me a note
[*]There is no need to watch me, but it would be apreciated ^^
[/list]
P.S.
Furaffinity doesn't have a bbcode for lists lol
I will provide a proper scan of the drawings in the near future
OK so currently I'm still looking for ways to keep myself busy while I wait for a PC that actually works and requests are always a funny way of keeping myself trained and amused. SO here's your chance to get a free sketch for literally nothing, just reply with the format below (please be detailed) and wait for me to accept or reject the request. The quality of the work won't be much more of that of Bad Photos since I won't be able to scan it anytime soon ^^"
~Summary:
~Reference: picture or text
~Description:
Rules:
[list]
[*]Follow the format in a reply to this journal
[*]DON'T send me a note for this
[*]Max 3 characters
[*]Max 1 sketch for person
[*]No deadline will be acepted
[*]I'm free to post, share and maybe complete the work if I want to
[*]Swf and nsfw alike. I've made this this f-list infopage so you guys don't have to ask if I'm willing to draw a specifc kink.
[*]If you no longer wish for request that's already been accepted send me a note
[*]There is no need to watch me, but it would be apreciated ^^
[/list]
P.S.
Furaffinity doesn't have a bbcode for lists lol
I will provide a proper scan of the drawings in the near future
Need a free quick sketch? Ask me!
Posted 10 years agoNow days I really don't know what to draw and I've seen some people on the fandom always looking for free stuff. So if you need a free sketch, (nothing over the quality of these examples X, X) feel free to send me a note or reply to this jornal and ask around :P
Rules wrote:1. Never talk of the fight club
2. No more Rules
Requests: Closed!
Thanks to everyone who participated and be sure to watch me for a new opening soon :D
