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Just using this to bump the last one off the page. About time too.
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Fetishes: Misconceptions.
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Recently I looked at a deviant's tutorial on how to draw large characters, particularly of the female persuasion. Something they said made me twitch, for a more than a couple of reasons. The words they used in reference to fetish were "Dehumanizing" and "Gross misunderstanding of the fat female body".
I find this view of fetish and fetish artists rather tone-deaf. Most fetishes, objectively speaking, are not at all dehumanizing, though there are more than a few I would definitely count as such...(I'm looking at you scat and vore...Ugh...). Fetish may be the sexualization of something that someone finds sexually arousing, but to call fetishes in general dehumanizing is, in my honest opinion, a very "black & white" way of looking at things.
Except as any person who bothers to think about things knows, and as an artist should know: In the real world, there is no such thing as pure black or pure white. Just like the shadows and highlights in real life are not shades of white or black, but shades of color: fetishes are not, objectively, dehumanizing just by their very existence. Neither are the works of fetish artists as such. Like opinions, everyone has a fetish of some kind or another, and everyones fetishes are different, and exist to varying degrees.
As anyone can tell by looking at my favorites, you can tell what my fetish is, but the thing I think most people don't understand is that fetish arts of the kind you see a lot of fetish artists do are most often of fictional characters who don't exist. People look at some fetish artists work and get extremely offended, to which I ask myself: "Why do these people react to these works as if the characters being depicted are real people?" No harm comes to anyone cause the characters normally have no resemblance to any actual person or persons, not even mentioning the fact that these characters aren't really and live in fictionalized worlds, where physical laws and attributes can be bent or even broken should an author or artist so desire.
More often I find however is that fetish artists are much more aware of anatomy that this person realizes as well. "-if they understand anatomy so well, then why do they do this then?" The answer is simple: because they can and will, and because it gives them a thrill. Are there fetish artists out there with a sub-par understanding of anatomy? That is a certainty, are they the majority? I have no data, but by my experience, the answer is a flat and firm "no".
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I find this view of fetish and fetish artists rather tone-deaf. Most fetishes, objectively speaking, are not at all dehumanizing, though there are more than a few I would definitely count as such...(I'm looking at you scat and vore...Ugh...). Fetish may be the sexualization of something that someone finds sexually arousing, but to call fetishes in general dehumanizing is, in my honest opinion, a very "black & white" way of looking at things.
Except as any person who bothers to think about things knows, and as an artist should know: In the real world, there is no such thing as pure black or pure white. Just like the shadows and highlights in real life are not shades of white or black, but shades of color: fetishes are not, objectively, dehumanizing just by their very existence. Neither are the works of fetish artists as such. Like opinions, everyone has a fetish of some kind or another, and everyones fetishes are different, and exist to varying degrees.
As anyone can tell by looking at my favorites, you can tell what my fetish is, but the thing I think most people don't understand is that fetish arts of the kind you see a lot of fetish artists do are most often of fictional characters who don't exist. People look at some fetish artists work and get extremely offended, to which I ask myself: "Why do these people react to these works as if the characters being depicted are real people?" No harm comes to anyone cause the characters normally have no resemblance to any actual person or persons, not even mentioning the fact that these characters aren't really and live in fictionalized worlds, where physical laws and attributes can be bent or even broken should an author or artist so desire.
More often I find however is that fetish artists are much more aware of anatomy that this person realizes as well. "-if they understand anatomy so well, then why do they do this then?" The answer is simple: because they can and will, and because it gives them a thrill. Are there fetish artists out there with a sub-par understanding of anatomy? That is a certainty, are they the majority? I have no data, but by my experience, the answer is a flat and firm "no".
Have thoughts on this? Share them in the comments, but be warned, comments that contain name-calling, or other rude behavior will be deleted with prejudice. There is no need for childish behavior.
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Sign this petition against the TPP
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I want to make one thing clear, fitting everything into a petition on We The People is impossible, so I decided to target the part of the issue I believe hurts us artists and fan artists the most: the criminalization of copyright infringement: whether it be for non-profit, or completely by accident.
-if the TPP passes with this provision, we're looking at everyone being under threat of being sanctioned as criminals for their fan works, regardless of intent. The reasoning for this is groundless: Non-profit fan-works do not impact the profits of the companies who own these franchises. This is just an example of these companies believing they can get away with everything just because they have wads of bills to tout about.
We need to tell the Obama Administration the people of the United States do not condone, approve, or support such viscerally horrid policies. Sign this petition and pass it around, and have those you pass it to pass it around. For some of us: our livelihoods depends on our art, and this provision will cripple us all.
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petit…
Don't know what the TPP is? Google is your friend guys, as much as I hate the phrase, it really is true. Look up TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership, or both.
-if the TPP passes with this provision, we're looking at everyone being under threat of being sanctioned as criminals for their fan works, regardless of intent. The reasoning for this is groundless: Non-profit fan-works do not impact the profits of the companies who own these franchises. This is just an example of these companies believing they can get away with everything just because they have wads of bills to tout about.
We need to tell the Obama Administration the people of the United States do not condone, approve, or support such viscerally horrid policies. Sign this petition and pass it around, and have those you pass it to pass it around. For some of us: our livelihoods depends on our art, and this provision will cripple us all.
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petit…
Don't know what the TPP is? Google is your friend guys, as much as I hate the phrase, it really is true. Look up TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership, or both.
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Why I don't do fan art.
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Okay, now I'm starting to turn this into a pseudo-Facebook...DAMMIT!
Anyway....I wanted to get off my chest a subject that's bothered me for a while...-Fan Art. I used a draw a lot of it. Nowadays I barely draw anything unless I feel inspired too. With the Trans-Pacific Partnership being discussed and negotiated behind our backs between many countries, my desire to draw fan-art is almost zero now, with the added fear that drawing fan-art will soon become criminalized because of it.
Another thing to add to those fears, is the fear that I won't meet the expectations of the artist the character originated from. Say I draw...RandomMode's Madeline, or ShoNuff44's Shred, or Jollyjack's Chloe, I could go on, and on, and on. My greatest fear is somehow offending the said artist with the work, or that it doesn't meet their standards in someway and would in the end just make me feel like a jackass.
For example: Say I draw myself, my fursona or one of my male characters, having a heart-warming moment with ShoNuff's Mrs.Bull, Ms.Battleberry, or Ms. Choco. I love heart-warming moment pics to death, and if I can get the poses to look right, I will do them, but after a past experience with another artist (whose name -for the sake of respect- I shall not state), I almost immediately shoot those ideas down cause I don't want to draw it, post it up, and possibly end up getting a verbal assault or scolding as my reward. These are things I worry about now every time I think about drawing fan-art... and it upsets me quite a bit.
-and with the intellectual property, copyright, and similar provisions in the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), it will soon become extremely dangerous to draw fan-art unless it's eliminated.
Anyway....I wanted to get off my chest a subject that's bothered me for a while...-Fan Art. I used a draw a lot of it. Nowadays I barely draw anything unless I feel inspired too. With the Trans-Pacific Partnership being discussed and negotiated behind our backs between many countries, my desire to draw fan-art is almost zero now, with the added fear that drawing fan-art will soon become criminalized because of it.
Another thing to add to those fears, is the fear that I won't meet the expectations of the artist the character originated from. Say I draw...RandomMode's Madeline, or ShoNuff44's Shred, or Jollyjack's Chloe, I could go on, and on, and on. My greatest fear is somehow offending the said artist with the work, or that it doesn't meet their standards in someway and would in the end just make me feel like a jackass.
For example: Say I draw myself, my fursona or one of my male characters, having a heart-warming moment with ShoNuff's Mrs.Bull, Ms.Battleberry, or Ms. Choco. I love heart-warming moment pics to death, and if I can get the poses to look right, I will do them, but after a past experience with another artist (whose name -for the sake of respect- I shall not state), I almost immediately shoot those ideas down cause I don't want to draw it, post it up, and possibly end up getting a verbal assault or scolding as my reward. These are things I worry about now every time I think about drawing fan-art... and it upsets me quite a bit.
-and with the intellectual property, copyright, and similar provisions in the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), it will soon become extremely dangerous to draw fan-art unless it's eliminated.
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In my favorites. You will see tons and tons of boobies...-but those aren't the only kind of pics I like.
I also like cute pics, pictures of cute thing or things I find adorable. I'm also a big fan of heartwarming moment pictures. Two friends hugging, someone comforting another, a show of great friendship. Things like that. I like imagining my characters comforting the characters of others, listening to their problems, and trying their best to sympathize with them, whether they be male or female.
I also like cute pics, pictures of cute thing or things I find adorable. I'm also a big fan of heartwarming moment pictures. Two friends hugging, someone comforting another, a show of great friendship. Things like that. I like imagining my characters comforting the characters of others, listening to their problems, and trying their best to sympathize with them, whether they be male or female.
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