The spicier meat, with a side of bacon wrapped scallops and ice cold water. This is where I talk and draw about the Freaky (loli shota cub). Sometimes I also talk about general sex topics.
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I am skeptical of places that specifically advertise as queer friendly because I also have been othered for being not a real ace cause I like fictional sex. I expect somebody is gonna think that anywhere I go.
I guess I could try stellarfur but it being a forum means there could easily be some myopia in regards to opinions and this vitriol that tends to come with the format. I will check the rules. But I am not holding my breath, I have been burned too much by bullshit at this point I don't expect to be impressed.
Controversial opinion: being creepy, gross, or weird is actually not as bad as people say it is. I feel much calmer and better when I am allowed to be deranged
I think i need an actual walkthrough about not taking everything online so seriously, I just want to be able to move on from things that bug me more easily and think about things that are nice like shota bellies
I want to get more into Japanese doujins... I recently bought a couple of things from doujinrepublic, and I was overwhelmed by just how much there was out there! I know of a couple authors from ppl I follow, but what else do you think I would like?
What I have figured out so far for Peanut: -design and personality steakinthedaylight.vercel.app/Images/Edits/Peanut_the_rabbithog.html# -he was put up for adoption as a baby. Was able to find a permanent home. -found out he was adopted at a young age, due to being so different from his adopted parents -he finds out who his mother is around the age of 18, and goes to find her. By now Cream is 30, which is a little awkward for him
See top post; for context it is my draft for a Sonic x Cream storyline.
I would also like to write for this pairing. There's so little of it out there (besides AvalonX) and I think my ideas are rather, emotionally charged? I think writing about Sonic's and Cream's perspective on their relationship would be really fun and fullfilling. And I also gotta figure out a storyline for Peanut, their kid...
Drawing hasn't been that easy, at least on paper. Coloring is better and painting is fun, but I still struggle to be motivated. I could try writing again, maybe. If it takes me too long to finish the Deirliph comic I can write it alongside. Not that it's super deep but, it would be nice to have some version of it out.
@scumsuck very complex situations... Sorry if it seemed like i was saying we shouldn't do anything at all, I just tend to think of a lot of things at once and wonder. I can't speak entirely on the experience of art being a sole income, since I seem to have failed at it already, but I think it makes more sense finacially to be making things yourself than outsourcing it, especially reusing material. And it also is better for one's health.
rambling...I did go to school for graphic design since it was adjacent to my art hobby, and while I learned a lot that I still use, unfortunately it hasn't paid off. This is getting a bit more personal, but I think this was because I feel like art is the only thing I have ever been good at, so doing something adjacent was my only choice. I think I am in a position where that is not necessarily true, but it feels that way even after graduating. I guess some younger people also feel the same way about wanting to make art a business; they feel like it's all they can do? And honestly plenty of people have made art their careers in the past, and are chiefly remembered for it, so... Why do I feel disdain at the idea of doing it now?
rambling...Well, I guess I do want to criticize the desire to make art a business or self sustaining that has grown in the last decade (2010's). It's feeling less homely and more, I don't know, corporate? Not gonna say professional because I do think that having that is important, but I also think I interpret professionalism differently than most ppl do. Anyway...
I simply do not get this mindset of making your hobby/passion your business. I think in some ways it diminishes the craft of art, the mentality behind it, the emotion. Certainly the joy is diminished when you're focused on the returns of like, merchandising. Sure, having a zine be an artbook with glue binding is nice to have. But the focus there feels skewed. It's like, too much about perfectionism for the sake of others, impressing other people.
I guess you can blame that on capitalism, but everyone does that already, I am a little sick of it. And I think it goes deeper than just "the economy". Like if we just suddenly shifted to socialism I don't think the desire to make it big doing what you "love" would go away. There is something else. If I personally had to shift blame it would probably be modern social media as opposed to a more manual, slower paced web experience.
@scumsuck the goal for artists nowadays is to be a buisness and make a lot of money off what is supposed to be a hobby and passion. that's probably a different discussion but i think it is relevant to why artists even consider outsourcing so many materials to other places, or why an independent, singular person needs to have "merchandise" in the first place. It makes no sense to me.
I also find it odd that no one really, is just advocating for better working conditions in these factories. It's weird that the solution is "don't use them, and they'll stop making the workers work" but unless I misunderstood, that would seem to have a ripple effect, cause then where do they work? New jobs aren't springing up overnight, especially now with all these scams and fakes popping up. The situation feels like somehow someone gets hurt no matter what you do, you just have to decide which kind of hurt it is?
Sorry I guess I rambled but this topic is really complex and it makes me think of deeper things intertwined in it
@ebi applying this to fictional characters as that is all i am attracted to, i tend to find i like when they have very clear and overt differences from me, such as being male or masculine, and then digging deeper into their situation to find they have feelings and traits that I relate to abstractly
