Good work on this, the improvements are definitely showing!

It definitely looks like your style is developing into more of its own thing rather than being an adaptation of artists like Kuroiwolf.

I think that's it, you should experiment with OC-related scenarios more often! That usually results in your best work lately imo ^^

Keep it up man!

It's what I do.

Well keep on doing what you do, cuz it's looking greater than ever ^^

dude, his stuff have never been like Kuroiwolf. that's offensive.

How is that offensive to point out things that have been said before, even by the artist themselves...???

His stuff has been like Kuroi's in the past, he even admitted himself a few times to taking a lot of inspiration from some of Kuroi's works :v

C'mon my dude, don't shield a guy from something as miniscule as that, I wasn't even criticising him, if anything I was praising him.

Hey Darien, you can back me up on this here, right? I wasn't giving you crap for anything lol

(Not to mention, I'd doubt he'd want you getting mad over something like that, I bet even he thinks that what I said ain't offensive.)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

you said that his art was starting to be it's own thing. you're basically saying his art before wasn't his art, and he's been copying off of others. that's basically what you said, in my book.

BB, look, I get it. He's your friend, and you don't want him getting hurt or attacked, but for god's sake man, nobody's perfect.

I wasn't shaming him for taking inspiration from others (which is true, no matter how much you can deny it, I mean even he has admitted it), nor was I saying any twisted BS that 'his art before wasn't art'.

Putting words in my mouth like that isn't a very mature thing to do, and you're escalating something that really shouldn't even be given much attention to, since it was based in the past.

So please, and this is for your benefit, can you just not be so hostile over the slightest bit of criticism and let people who don't have any ill intent be able to speak their minds? Thank you.

you shouldn't criticize anything about anything in general. all criticisms should stay in your head, and only your head. that's all i'm going to say.

Well it's not going to 'stay in my head', because that's not how things work. If you can't handle that (which would be surprising because it's really harmless), well, that's your problem, not mine, nor the artist because it doesn't look like he's taken offense to anything I said. Only you.

I have the right to say what I want to say as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, and what I've said here hasn't hurt anyone, including the guy I initially directed my comment towards. You're just offended for little to no reason because of this ideology that Darien is a perfect being who does no wrong.

You can still like something and still point out a flaw, dude.

Now please, don't ever get on my ass again just for speaking my mind. If there's anything worth staying in someone's head, it's your hostility.

Thank you.

it's not hostility. it's protecting. criticism is bad, and it should not be tolerated. that's what my family has always taught me. criticizing someone's work, even if you don't hurt them, is still bad.

but you're right. i'm done with this. but call my words of protecting hostility again, and i will SHOW you hostility.

Criticism isn't bad. It helps people. It just depends on who is giving said criticism. So I'm sorry, but whatever your family has taught you is clearly very wrong, and that there is fact.

And do not give me threats like that. It only just makes you look even more hostile and kind of immature, and if you truly don't intend to be that way, I suggest cooling down, getting some fresh air, and maaaaaybe not make your life revolve around a bunch of fetish artists on the internet.

Again, you're the only one escalating things here, all because I spoke to Darien as a fellow human instead of idolising him as a god. :v

You don't see me threatening you over stuff like this, after all.

wait....shit, fuck! i didn't mean that as a threat! i didn't mean it like that! i just meant you should try to not give as much criticism. cause even though YOU may thing criticism isn't bad and it might help, that's only what you believe. you don't know if the person you're given criticism to is going to see it your way. and that was also my problem.....sorry.

....

"It's what I do." - Darien's only reply in this thread.

He clearly doesn't mind it, dude. It's really just your problem, and I'd suggest doing something about that, cuz that ain't a healthy mindset, especially for creators.

alright....you're right.

Look, Barton, people are allowed to criticize anything about anything in general, no matter what you think it is. I may be your friend, but just because you're my friend doesn't mean you're immune from criticism. In fact, nobody is, not even me. What Razy was trying to say is that he didn't like the way Darien tried to copy the art style and then put it into his art, so he instead gave him constructive criticism on making his own art, instead of tracing.

I'm not trying to be rude here, I'm just trying to give you an advice.

but that's the point. he shouldn't be doing that at all. he doesn't know if Darien will take that as being rude or offensive. cause i did. and just like you said, he said that he didn't like the fact that Darien was trying to copy it, even though he wasn't. that's not cool to say that.

Well, if Darien took that as rude and offensive, that's on him, not us. Not everyone can take criticism, but if Darien took Razy's constructive criticism as rude and offensive, well, that's on him, not us. If anything, Razy was actually trying to help Darien rather than just criticize for the sake of being rude and offensive.

true......but still

Hi Barton! Just want to let you know that I already deactivated my Deviantart account. I don't like that website anymore, since I couldn't get any views or faves, and the new feature they had sucked!

ok....cool.

Hi Barton! So there's this user named theweepingwraith, and he just noted me saying that I approve of 8 year old children in sexual fetish. This is what he said: ''Dude....are you serious? You actually approve of 8 year old children characters in sexual fetish stuff!?''

I told him that I don't approve of incest or pedophilia, and then he responded to me with this:

''Then what the hell are these all about?

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33195628/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33333657/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33317081/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33310641/

Your 8 year old son who has a foot fetish who likes to have his feet licked and worshipped by his parents. You being the dad!? And yes i read what you said in Triagonee's reward, but how is incest the only thing that came to your mind? How did you not instantly think paedophilia!? Infact, ALL of these are! Who allows their child to lick and worship their feet for fetish purposes? And who would do that to their kid!? That is fuckin paeodphilia!!''

I then told him that if you and Darien are going to write something like these, that's your right, but that doesn't mean that I approve of incest or pedophilia in general, and then he said:

'I just said i DID read it. You thought his feet on his cheeks was incestual...

And wait, did you just say that your perfectly alright with them making it about incest and paedophilia?.....'' What do you think?

i think you need to fuck off and mind your own damn business. it's not incest, and it's not paedophilia. so shut the fuck up and mind your own fucking business.
we both worked together on these pieces, and if you're going to shit on them, i'm not going to talk to you.

Would that be your response to theweepingwraith?

yeah. now leave me alone.

Nice! Say, if it's ok, can I request Moon's barefeet and toes getting tickled by that same goat ghost's tongue?

Alright Darien! I have another special story for you, and it's a birthday story for Barton: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36650282/ What do you think?