@ContraPoints Alternatively, Paradise Lost might be the best bible fanfic in that it invented sexy sadboi Satan and changed his pop culture image forever
@ContraPoints Dante's Divine Comedy is a self insert fic about Dante going on a road trip thru Hell, Purgatory and Heaven with his senpai Virgil, who was a real historical character he idolised
truly love how classic sherlock holmes stories are basically watson going "my dear holmes please at least try a safe and healthy hobby one time" and holmes responding "look old bean it's either high-octane mystery solving or cocaine and you keep saying no to the cocaine thing" -R
Can we stop making fun of art we see as "bad" or "ugly"?? It's so incredibly damaging to newer artists to see bigger artists making fun of them this way. Frankly it's cruel and it's disappointing to see other artists do this publicly.
Quick Artist Tip:
Accept that aspect or skill you're bad at, and make moves to improve at it. Trying to rationalize and justify your skill disparities can lock you into only drawing what your good at, leading to an unbalanced skill set