Man, that quote sure is sobering in this day and age...:')
(and because we are on the internet, the above is said with no sarcastic intent!)
I feel this entry a lot. I remember having a discussion last year on how we could get our art to people nowadays because of the way sites like twitter have made it so that the algo hates us and we can't find that which the algo doesn't like. And also, in general, being annoyed that sites will hide things because it's not "to their liking." Got told quite freshly by one person to "just make fanart of popular things lol"
And like. That to me was anger-inducing. For many reasons but the primary one was "but I want to make things *I* like and things that I know other people would like to see that someone makes, it's just a little hard?" Why...why would I try to do art I don't want to do, of things I may or may not like, just so I can get more internet algo points?
The sad thing is, that person is proven right by how the internet works (and of course how fandom works, existing IPs are more recognizable than original, yadda yadda) I don't necessarily blame them so much as...I don't know why that person didn't consider the fact that a lot of us make art we want to do because we want to do it and not for a fleeting moment of ethereal fandom points. (And the fact that my frustration was also with the cards stacked against original works and non-fannish related works, but that's another can of worms.) Sure, the fandom points are nice when you find people who love your fanworks and stick around but wouldn't it be nice if it were due to GENUINE* MAKING OF THE FAN ART instead?! And not just for the hustle?!
(*Genuine is subjective, but I said what I said XD)
I don't know (shrugs emoji) Maybe I'm still too stuck on the idea of "I do what I want, even if it means I get nothing, I suppose" because at the end of the day, I got nothing else and I already spent a good chunk of my adolescence being that way. So. I am an old dog who's sticking to old tricks, I guess.
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(and because we are on the internet, the above is said with no sarcastic intent!)
I feel this entry a lot. I remember having a discussion last year on how we could get our art to people nowadays because of the way sites like twitter have made it so that the algo hates us and we can't find that which the algo doesn't like. And also, in general, being annoyed that sites will hide things because it's not "to their liking." Got told quite freshly by one person to "just make fanart of popular things lol"
And like. That to me was anger-inducing. For many reasons but the primary one was "but I want to make things *I* like and things that I know other people would like to see that someone makes, it's just a little hard?" Why...why would I try to do art I don't want to do, of things I may or may not like, just so I can get more internet algo points?
The sad thing is, that person is proven right by how the internet works (and of course how fandom works, existing IPs are more recognizable than original, yadda yadda) I don't necessarily blame them so much as...I don't know why that person didn't consider the fact that a lot of us make art we want to do because we want to do it and not for a fleeting moment of ethereal fandom points. (And the fact that my frustration was also with the cards stacked against original works and non-fannish related works, but that's another can of worms.) Sure, the fandom points are nice when you find people who love your fanworks and stick around but wouldn't it be nice if it were due to GENUINE* MAKING OF THE FAN ART instead?! And not just for the hustle?!
(*Genuine is subjective, but I said what I said XD)
I don't know (shrugs emoji) Maybe I'm still too stuck on the idea of "I do what I want, even if it means I get nothing, I suppose" because at the end of the day, I got nothing else and I already spent a good chunk of my adolescence being that way. So. I am an old dog who's sticking to old tricks, I guess.