ThatFishbone

💫 Mercurial Amnesiac Space Cat 💫 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer 🏳️‍🌈 Furry Anime Artist 💫 He/It 💫 NSFW talk/art 18+ only 💫 Occasional Art and Game Streamer 💫

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All aboard the comet express

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@kittyguts8 @NayamiArt I am not "disagreeing" I am pointing out that there is nuance to the whole "references make for better art" thing.

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@Sd_Anii @NayamiArt Refs are an amazing tool! It just drives me nuts when people act like there's only one way to make good art and neglect that different people have different processes and preferences, y'know?

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@HarryHornbill Honestly, all you can do is share your experience working with them and choose not to work with them again.

You could ask for corrections or a refund but there's really no obligation to give you either if they delivered the final result.

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@MitchLeeuwe Is it some unwritten law you have to trash other people's styles to teach your own preferences?

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@NayamiArt Gun to my head I'd say the left but that's because I personally stiffen up and don't styalize as well with a reference in front of me. Which usually causes things to be stiff and awkward like on the left.

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@NayamiArt Everyone saying the right one because it "looks better" is so brainwashed by the idea that "reference makes better art" its hilarious.

Honestly I couldn't say. Everyone's process is so different and some people stiffen up when using reference while others are more confident.

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It still amazes me that the lesson people learned from AI being able to replicate raw art skill wasn't, "Oh wow I guess making a proficient image is kind of artistically useless if a machine can do it" it was DOUBLING DOWN on the fundamentals as if we can outskill the machines...

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@Lannosss @ida_boyer2 @Patreonexclusi1 @LumiCanvass Also if I need to heal anything its the wounds from people on the internet tormenting me into hours of misery and self-loathing because I needed to "learn the rules" to earn the right to make art the way /I/ wanted... only for them to continue to call me garbage afterward <3

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"You seem to have some wounds"

Yeah and they were created by jackasses like you tormenting me into "learning the rules" so I could "earn" the right to make the art I wanted to make in the first place <3 Thanks for noticing tho~

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@Lannosss @ida_boyer2 @Patreonexclusi1 @LumiCanvass I'm being dead serious though you are not giving "I love my craft" you are giving "I need to make sure everyone knows I'm a good artist who does things right and knows the RULES"

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@Lannosss @ida_boyer2 @Patreonexclusi1 @LumiCanvass We are on Xitter. No one here is mentally well

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"Know the rules before you break them" is useless annoying meme advice. It's something EVERYONE repeats without understanding what it means and NEVER offer any concrete advice to follow it up that indicates they know what they're talking about.

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@ida_boyer2 @Patreonexclusi1 @Lannosss @LumiCanvass I was gonna ask if the "skilled artist" is in the room with us but that would be rude. But if I'm making an objective assessment the person who said this is still firmly in "amateur desperately trying to copy people more skilled than them" territory.

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Maybe doing some anatomy studies would shut these losers up but I like having FUN and they can eat glass. I have nothing to prove to people like this anymore. These despicable art cops.

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Realists and art fundamentalists are some of the most obnoxious people on the planet. I will take confident artists with no idea what they are doing over these people any day of the week. Joyless know-it-alls.

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@LikelyToRot07 @Patreonexclusi1 @Lannosss @LumiCanvass There's nothing wrong with this concept in a vacuum it's the CONTEXT you see, the CONTEXT. For example... What's being replied to is not "ignore all the rules" it's... "It's okay to break the rules because it's a cartoon". Something a LOT of fundemental simps seem to forget.

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@LikelyToRot07 @Patreonexclusi1 @Lannosss @LumiCanvass The issue is acting like you know better than other people. That reads more like feeding your own ego than giving advice.

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@Patreonexclusi1 @Lannosss @LumiCanvass I made some bitter kiddos real mad with this one. I wish you luck on recovering from the wounds your art education is inflicting on you :3

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@Patreonexclusi1 @Lannosss @LumiCanvass Usually people who are enjoying their art don't need to reassure themselves by making sure EVERYONE ELSE is following the rules.

What's the saying "misery loves company"?