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General | Posted a month ago(AKA: the designs we actually are fine getting art of :P)
Beezl
Hooty
Kay
Lacey 1 | Lacey 2
Maggie
Pk | Main Outfit
Rakefet
Roach
Rorschach
Stella (Feral Design Preferred)
Talita
Videocassette
Beezl
Hooty
Kay
Lacey 1 | Lacey 2
Maggie
Pk | Main Outfit
Rakefet
Roach
Rorschach
Stella (Feral Design Preferred)
Talita
Videocassette
Terminology Question (Help :P)
General | Posted a month agoIs there a general term for unconventional-bodied furries? Like something that encompasses taurs, multifurs, furs missing body parts, ect ect?
Tying to put a name to the interest i have but no words i currently know of are doing it for me
Tying to put a name to the interest i have but no words i currently know of are doing it for me
Random Thoughts on The Changing Tides of Social Media
General | Posted 2 months agoIve been seeing a lot of discussion recently about social media; notably, on how people are forced to move so often due to shoddy moderation and changing TOS, leaving huge swaths of art lost to the tides. As an enjoyer of art, this makes me very sad. I sit here hoping people choose more permanent galleries, make their own site or upload to FA or something, but I know even that isn't bulletproof.
However... as an artist? I don't know. I used to be obsessed with attention on my art, being given the validation I desperately craved, but as I've gotten older I've been feeling disillusioned from it all. Permanence, in some ways, feels like a curse. I wince every time someone shows off old artwork I made them, or I get reminded of things from my older galleries. I don't like that they're still in the world somewhere, as much as I value the importance of archival.
But it's not even fully that: I just don't enjoy being known as an "artist" anymore. Being an "artist" feels like it has a set of expectations and pressures unfairly hoisted upon me, needing to keep up the production, needing to keep up the quality between pieces. I based my self worth on being an artist my entire childhood and teenagehood, and I'm exhausted by it now. I like making art, I really do, but having my main presence being art diminishes my actual personhood to others, from my experience. When you're an "artist", everything else about you comes second. I dont like that.
If all of my art got washed away from my socials tomorrow? I wouldn't mind. I wouldnt feel much of a need to reupload it, either. If I had to start from the beginning, that'd be fine, because I don't really like most my work in the first place. I have all of it backed up on an SSD, anyway, so it's not much of a problem to me if it isn't viewable online. I make art because I like drawing, not so much so others can see it.
Im not trying to make any big sweeping statements here, I'm just talking about some thoughts I've been having. I'm not going to suddenly delete my gallery, but sometimes I wonder if I'd be happier if I didn't upload at all. I'll probably not have a gallery section on my website, at least.
However... as an artist? I don't know. I used to be obsessed with attention on my art, being given the validation I desperately craved, but as I've gotten older I've been feeling disillusioned from it all. Permanence, in some ways, feels like a curse. I wince every time someone shows off old artwork I made them, or I get reminded of things from my older galleries. I don't like that they're still in the world somewhere, as much as I value the importance of archival.
But it's not even fully that: I just don't enjoy being known as an "artist" anymore. Being an "artist" feels like it has a set of expectations and pressures unfairly hoisted upon me, needing to keep up the production, needing to keep up the quality between pieces. I based my self worth on being an artist my entire childhood and teenagehood, and I'm exhausted by it now. I like making art, I really do, but having my main presence being art diminishes my actual personhood to others, from my experience. When you're an "artist", everything else about you comes second. I dont like that.
If all of my art got washed away from my socials tomorrow? I wouldn't mind. I wouldnt feel much of a need to reupload it, either. If I had to start from the beginning, that'd be fine, because I don't really like most my work in the first place. I have all of it backed up on an SSD, anyway, so it's not much of a problem to me if it isn't viewable online. I make art because I like drawing, not so much so others can see it.
Im not trying to make any big sweeping statements here, I'm just talking about some thoughts I've been having. I'm not going to suddenly delete my gallery, but sometimes I wonder if I'd be happier if I didn't upload at all. I'll probably not have a gallery section on my website, at least.
