Rant Thread

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It's similar to the situation at Deviant art. All it takes to become popular is to post a KAWAII version of popular characters(ie, trace over an anime frame) and fan girls will go AWWWWWWMEeewWW!!!

While stuff that actually takes a LOT of effort to make gets ignored or left to fringe groups.

It's gotten slightly better, but easy to digest stuff usually wins out. And Nothing is easier to digest than pre-processed "In your face" dick jokes.

Kawaii things/characters aren't very easy to draw, you gotta get into the fangirl mode and try not to smear blood all over your drawing tablet. No siriusly now to draw anything well requires tonnes of practice. You should see all my failed attempts over the years. Tracing over frames doesn't count as creation, that I agree.
The more detailed pieces, it just depends on how people perceive them--> the concepts in the art themselves. I mean yeah you gotta respect the time and effort put into something, but if there's nothing strikingly beautiful or meaningful to connect an audience, naturally they won't catch as much attention than all the OTP & fanart. Don't underestimate fandom artists, cause they feel the fluff and spread it like a plague Popularity doesn't mean anything, but too bad artists do have to make a living. Blame it on society.

Rant: Being harassed by an old man on the bus. Guise, please don't do that when you get old.