This is the second time i try to make posts to appeal to the community's taste, but people really hate it, am i missing tags, or is it that im just new and people don't like that, and lets say hypothetically that it is because of the content, one, there are tags to avoid it, and second, there people who like it, third, it is tame compared to many posts here, and forth, it is not low quality, then what does this mean?

genuinely so, give me your opinions on this

I definitely don't think the art is bad. but it does have a sort of abstract feel to it that people probably aren't particularly interested in for their smut.

Honestly I'm not sure. It looks passable and doesn't contain controversial themes. The crotch/vulva and pelvis look odd on Pinkie Pie, but far from the worst I've seen. I wouldn't expect amazing scores from it, but I also wouldn't expect negative.

Sometimes it just happens. I had an image that wasn't any different from my usual uplaods that got smacked with a -8 almost immediately. No idea why.

dba_afish said:
I definitely don't think the art is bad. but it does have a sort of abstract feel to it that people probably aren't particularly interested in for their smut.

Wdym by abstract, something that is appealing for a specific reason that doesn't apply to the general public?

It seems experimental, and exaggerated in unconventional ways, which often ends up being extremely interesting for few, and extremely off putting for most (especially when it comes to porn. More experimental styles people would enjoy seeing in SFW art is not always something they would beat their meat to). Also in case of the Pinkie Pie drawing, combining cartoony stylization with more realistic rendering + combining stylished pony legs with realistic human body tends to dip art into the uncanny valley for many.

rupikonna said:
It seems experimental, and exaggerated in unconventional ways, which often ends up being extremely interesting for few, and extremely off putting for most (especially when it comes to porn. More experimental styles people would enjoy seeing in SFW art is not always something they would beat their meat to). Also in case of the Pinkie Pie drawing, combining cartoony stylization with more realistic rendering + combining stylished pony legs with realistic human body tends to dip art into the uncanny valley for many.

I actually enjoy way more making sfw wich is funny considering what you said, i will keep trying it though, i have a more anthro looking character i will render this coming month, and i think that might be balanced and not off putting, also, i think you indirectly answered my question i made for dba afish

First of all, it looks very strange to me

bsmasulauch said:
This is the second time i try to make posts to appeal to the community's taste

For example my tastes are quite different versus yours according to uploads. You hidden your favorites, so I can't determinate what you into. But you can look into my favorites as example where you can't satisfy everyone tastes.

I'll just give you my very honest opinion here about the community's taste.

People's expectations on e621 are very high, and as such, they can be very critical to the smallest mistakes or things that brushes against them the wrong way.
Take a look at score:>100 to see what "good" artworks tend to be, examine the art styles, theme, and overall quality of work.
Then, take a look at score:<-10 to see what "bad" artworks tend to be, examine the same things.
Even though the overall piece may look good, people just downvote anything that they think are low quality, weird/creepy, or any themes & kinks that they don't like.

As for how you want to proceed with your work, I would advise to first post on a proper art gallery such as FurAffinity, where you don't need to worry about post score.
Naturally cultivate your fanbase, people who find your work appealing would follow you over time.
Don't focus all your energy on satisfying the needs of everyone, just make the artworks that you like.

If you want to know my opinion about your works, I can also give my brutal opinion as well (but you don't have to read it if you don't want to know).

Don't worry about what other people like. Draw for yourself, draw things that make YOU happy. Other people's opinions don't matter unless they're paying you to draw for them.

thegreatwolfgang said:
I'll just give you my very honest opinion here about the community's taste.

People's expectations on e621 are very high, and as such, they can be very critical to the smallest mistakes or things that brushes against them the wrong way.
Take a look at score:>100 to see what "good" artworks tend to be, examine the art styles, theme, and overall quality of work.
Then, take a look at score:<-10 to see what "bad" artworks tend to be, examine the same things.
Even though the overall piece may look good, people just downvote anything that they think are low quality, weird/creepy, or any themes & kinks that they don't like.

As for how you want to proceed with your work, I would advise to first post on a proper art gallery such as FurAffinity, where you don't need to worry about post score.
Naturally cultivate your fanbase, people who find your work appealing would follow you over time.
Don't focus all your energy on satisfying the needs of everyone, just make the artworks that you like.

If you want to know my opinion about your works, I can also give my brutal opinion as well (but you don't have to read it if you don't want to know).

Spoiler

• About post #4698140 & post #4698170:
• Firstly, it unfortunately suffers from a misleading_thumbnail. At first glance from the thumbnail, the character's pubic hair and genitalia looks like gore/disembowelment and the character's posture looks as if they are hunched over and dead.
• Secondly, upon closer examination, the overall piece just looks like a child drew it and coloured it in with crayons. The character's appearance, although canonically accurate, looks bizarre. They are eerily smiling while hunched over and staring into the ground/viewer(?) and the explicit parts of the character (i.e., nipples and vagina) look weird.
• About post #5083596 & post #5083603:
• Firstly, it is much better and an improvement over your last artwork, though you still have a lot of room for improvement. Character choice is good (popular character) and overall quality looks better.
• Secondly, upon closer examination, it suffers from the same drawback in that the explicit parts of the character look weird. You wanted to draw the character having an ahegao face, but the eyes look cross-eyed (one looks up while the other looks inward) and the overall expression just unfortunately looks like the Awesome/Epic Face Smiley.

Wow, that is a whole lot, idk what to say, but thanks for taking so much effort into that, it seems that everyone agrees with one thing and it is doing what you like, also, the explicit parts that you mention is referring to the puffy nipples aswell right, so you are saying that if i just removed that it would improve, im asking because i thought it was ok

wandering_spaniel said:
Don't worry about what other people like. Draw for yourself, draw things that make YOU happy. Other people's opinions don't matter unless they're paying you to draw for them.

Thanks, i will consider just doing it for fun, i have been a bit obsessed with making things to please people

they look good to me. like other have said there is worse on here.

bsmasulauch said:
Thanks, i will consider just doing it for fun, i have been a bit obsessed with making things to please people

I generate image using AI, uploaded some on 6eai.net version of that site and noticed that monsters and demons theme is not that popular and have low score (but not negative). But I'm into such creatures and don't really cared about high score. I put enough effort on my latest uploads to make images on 2048x2048 screen resolution look as sharp as possible and with less errors since I manually fix glitched parts of image.

Also any SFW images will have low score by default.

yetanotheraiuser said:
I generate image using AI, uploaded some on 6eai.net version of that site and noticed that monsters and demons theme is not that popular and have low score (but not negative). But I'm into such creatures and don't really cared about high score. I put enough effort on my latest uploads to make images on 2048x2048 screen resolution look as sharp as possible and with less errors since I manually fix glitched parts of image.

Also any SFW images will have low score by default.

can you, like, attempt to not proselytise AI art every possibile opportunity. it's kind of annoying and also very off-topic for this thread.

dba_afish said:
can you, like, attempt to not proselytise AI art every possibile opportunity. it's kind of annoying and also very off-topic for this thread.

Uhh... No problems. It's not AI related site. Sorry about that. I'm not mean to annoying by saying that.

bsmasulauch said:
Wow, that is a whole lot, idk what to say, but thanks for taking so much effort into that, it seems that everyone agrees with one thing and it is doing what you like, also, the explicit parts that you mention is referring to the puffy nipples aswell right, so you are saying that if i just removed that it would improve, im asking because i thought it was ok

If you remove the NSFW bits, then it would just look like any typical (below average quality) SFW drawing.
You won't get a lot of upvotes, nor downvotes in that matter. Some just find SFW stuff mediocre and will not be interested in it sadly.

Don't worry about post scores too much, just do what you like and feels natural to you.
If you want to do NSFW, the key is to practice over time. The more you draw them, the better you get at it.
You can reference images or artworks of nipples/genitalia (don't trace!) to improve your style.

First, you need to consider what kind of site you're posting on. While this site is technically meant to be a furry archive, we all know what most people really come here for. So the first question you should ask yourself is: can people fap to this?

But in all seriousness, to become skilled in creating abstract art, its essential first to master the basics of realistic painting. Because if you want to break the rules creatively, you need to understand them first. Abstract art isnt just “messing around” with colors and shapes. Great abstract artists like Picasso or Kandinsky began by learning traditional techniques on how to paint realistically, use light, perspective, and balance. Once they had that foundation, they were able to express themselves more freely in abstract ways. So, if you are serious about developing your style, start with the fundamentals. then you’ll have a solid base to branch out creatively.

Its surprising how afraid people are of expressing any negative opinions. This is the world of toxic positivity, where no progress happens because everyone is too worried about hurting someone else’s feelings. Even toxic negativity is better, because at least it can push people to say, "You know what, fuck you. I’ll create something better just to prove you wrong!"

denitr said:
First, you need to consider what kind of site you're posting on. While this site is technically meant to be a furry archive, we all know what most people really come here for. So the first question you should ask yourself is: can people fap to this?

But in all seriousness, to become skilled in creating abstract art, its essential first to master the basics of realistic painting. Because if you want to break the rules creatively, you need to understand them first. Abstract art isnt just “messing around” with colors and shapes. Great abstract artists like Picasso or Kandinsky began by learning traditional techniques on how to paint realistically, use light, perspective, and balance. Once they had that foundation, they were able to express themselves more freely in abstract ways. So, if you are serious about developing your style, start with the fundamentals. then you’ll have a solid base to branch out creatively.

Its surprising how afraid people are of expressing any negative opinions. This is the world of toxic positivity, where no progress happens because everyone is too worried about hurting someone else’s feelings. Even toxic negativity is better, because at least it can push people to say, "You know what, fuck you. I’ll create something better just to prove you wrong!"

Im not trying to make abstract art, are people getting this from the fact that she is made of polygons? I mean, joel her creator was inspired by a painting picasso did so theres comedy in that, LoL

denitr said:
Its surprising how afraid people are of expressing any negative opinions. This is the world of toxic positivity, where no progress happens because everyone is too worried about hurting someone else’s feelings..

I don't exactly know limits how you can express negative opinions on this forum. This is one of my favorite sites I really don't want to get banned if it looks like insult. So I just limited yourself with "too weird" opinion and I don't want to take risk of get banned.

thegreatwolfgang said:
If you remove the NSFW bits, then it would just look like any typical (below average quality) SFW drawing.
You won't get a lot of upvotes, nor downvotes in that matter. Some just find SFW stuff mediocre and will not be interested in it sadly.

Don't worry about post scores too much, just do what you like and feels natural to you.
If you want to do NSFW, the key is to practice over time. The more you draw them, the better you get at it.
You can reference images or artworks of nipples/genitalia (don't trace!) to improve your style.

Im drawing right now, i think what im doing rn is the perfect example of that really (doing what feels natural) i honestly don't have expectations for this but i love her nose/snout, even though it looks god awful, this doesn't mean i don't want to improve though

Also, her snout/nose is set like in that one movie where the furry character got a snout and a normal mouth bellow it

In my opinion, you're more skilled than I am, and that's not my low self-esteem talking... I think.

Even if unconventional and even if the room for improvement is there, the storm of downvotes is... baffling. Though I would absolutely listen to the critiques others have said here.

All I can say is, sadly people can be rather fickle. They also tend to forget just how damaging that red number can be due to how highly visible it is and favorite without upvoting like seriously why the heck do people do that AAAAA.

denitr said:
Its surprising how afraid people are of expressing any negative opinions. This is the world of toxic positivity, where no progress happens because everyone is too worried about hurting someone else’s feelings. Even toxic negativity is better, because at least it can push people to say, "You know what, fuck you. I’ll create something better just to prove you wrong!"

It's because of how vague the commenting rules on this site can be, which, while understandable considering that people around here can be genuinely vicious and/or creepy at times and the site doesn't want people pushing the envelope, has the side effect of people being afraid to say anything constructive lest the mods come down on them.

I don't know how based in reality those fears are, but it is a sentiment I've seen a lot.

I really don't think there's 'toxic positivity' going on here. I've seen enough of these threads where the art in question is bad and everyone is willing to point out the wobbly linework, scribbly coloring, spare-parts anatomy, and so on. And the art in those threads, if uploaded, often has a low positive score.
Besides that, this thread has more "why the downvotes?" than "con crit plz" vibes.

If you look at score:<0 there's a few different categories-
-Doesn't meet quality standards
-Weird/extreme/off-putting content (scat, obesity, what, etc)
-Cringe (Sonic ocs, memes, politics)
-Misleading thumbnail
-Nothing obvious

The 'nothing obvious' category can vary. There might be controversy around the artist or the subject, or the art unintentionally looks like the style of a controversial artist. The style might be unpopular in the specific kink/fandom. The specific kink/fandom might be picky or mean.
Sometimes it's just bad luck. Early negative scores can be difficult to get out of, especially if your quality is kinda middling and your content is generic.

bsmasulauch said:
Im not trying to make abstract art, are people getting this from the fact that she is made of polygons? I mean, joel her creator was inspired by a painting picasso did so theres comedy in that, LoL

Honestly, I thought you might be going for some kind of abstract art in all of your images. If thats not what you’re aiming for, then there’s definitely a lot of room for improvement. Right now, it kind of looks like something someone would produce in their first few weeks of learning, and frankly, I'm astonished it passed the quality standards for this page. It’s going to take time and effort to get better, but don't get discouraged, it’s normal at this stage, It will take you a LOT of months of training until you will be able to post some passable image that at least some people will appreciate.

Here is an article that breaks down how long it typically takes to learn:https://enhancedrawing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-to-draw/#:~:text=How%20Long%20Does%20It%20Take%20To%20Learn%20To%20Draw%20Realistically?

What concerns me is how absolutely unaware you are of where your drawing quality is at. It’s like being tone deaf but with art. Like, how can you get actually better if you are unable to see the issues? maybe if you do a lot of training on the fundamentals, it might help you to understand the differences in quality better.

denitr said:

Honestly, I thought you might be going for some kind of abstract art in all of your images. If thats not what you’re aiming for, then there’s definitely a lot of room for improvement. Right now, it kind of looks like something someone would produce in their first few weeks of learning, and frankly, I'm astonished it passed the quality standards for this page. It’s going to take time and effort to get better, but don't get discouraged, it’s normal at this stage, It will take you a LOT of months of training until you will be able to post some passable image that at least some people will appreciate.

Here is an article that breaks down how long it typically takes to learn:https://enhancedrawing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-to-draw/#:~:text=How%20Long%20Does%20It%20Take%20To%20Learn%20To%20Draw%20Realistically?

What concerns me is how absolutely unaware you are of where your drawing quality is at. It’s like being tone deaf but with art. Like, how can you get actually better if you are unable to see the issues? maybe if you do a lot of training on the fundamentals, it might help you to understand the differences in quality better.

What on earth you are on about? The art is not low quality at all, and instead shows clear skill (and I am saying this as a professional artist). I can see good grasp of lighting, rendering, perspective, anatomy and color theory. Someone who has just started does not have solid grasp on all of that. There is just disconnection between artist's intention, and audience's perception, which is not sign of bad art. It just happens sometimes.

Yes, there is room for improvement, but this art is not some my first digital drawing level junk you seem to think it to be.

i think all the abstract comments are coming directly from the shepherd piece, because i don't see anything but conventionally alright looking from this work of pinkie pie
post #5083596

is the artstyle distinct? sure. but it's nowhere near a picasso-esque or what have you in it's stylings

denitr said:

Honestly, I thought you might be going for some kind of abstract art in all of your images. If thats not what you’re aiming for, then there’s definitely a lot of room for improvement. Right now, it kind of looks like something someone would produce in their first few weeks of learning, and frankly, I'm astonished it passed the quality standards for this page. It’s going to take time and effort to get better, but don't get discouraged, it’s normal at this stage, It will take you a LOT of months of training until you will be able to post some passable image that at least some people will appreciate.

Here is an article that breaks down how long it typically takes to learn:https://enhancedrawing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-to-draw/#:~:text=How%20Long%20Does%20It%20Take%20To%20Learn%20To%20Draw%20Realistically?

What concerns me is how absolutely unaware you are of where your drawing quality is at. It’s like being tone deaf but with art. Like, how can you get actually better if you are unable to see the issues? maybe if you do a lot of training on the fundamentals, it might help you to understand the differences in quality better.

Now THAT is not constructive, that's the kind of passive-aggressive-bordering-on-not-even-passive thing that will stick with a more insecure artist and pop up in their head whenever they think about maybe picking up a pencil again.

dripen_arn said:
i think all the abstract comments are coming directly from the shepherd piece, because i don't see anything but conventionally alright looking from this work of pinkie pie
post #5083596

is the artstyle distinct? sure. but it's nowhere near a picasso-esque or what have you in it's stylings

the facial features and body proportions are still kind of exaggerated in the same way you see in a lot of abstract portraiture and it's not done in a way that seems unintentional. I dunno it's hard to describe, maybe "abstract" wasn't the exact right word, but it's still giving me that sort of vibe.

dba_afish said:
the facial features and body proportions are still kind of exaggerated in the same way you see in a lot of abstract portraiture and it's not done in a way that seems unintentional. I dunno it's hard to describe, maybe "abstract" wasn't the exact right word, but it's still giving me that sort of vibe.

Stylized? Cartoony?

dba_afish said:
the facial features and body proportions are still kind of exaggerated in the same way you see in a lot of abstract portraiture and it's not done in a way that seems unintentional. I dunno it's hard to describe, maybe "abstract" wasn't the exact right word, but it's still giving me that sort of vibe.

Peep's at a pivoting point between Realistic and 'Toony.
Combining into an unfortunate form of uncanny abstract.
|
The body is realistic, the face is 'toony, peeps will see it
as uncanny and naturally avoid it since it's reality but
not quite, Dood.

_____________

Now that isn't a bad thing, Peeps have made franchises worth
TONS of money with this combo in horror, Dood!
╹‿╹)

post #4417732

(Analog horror comes to mind too, Dood! ◠‿╹)~★)

The way I see it, bsmasulauch is at a crossroads and a very important and
suuuuuper exciting place in their art journey! They have to decide what
direction they will go with! They Gotta-

Work On It!

Have fun with it!

And Lean into it, Dood!"

_______

Realistic: Work On It!
post #5087185

Amazing with giving peeps the feel that they could be there too!
Honing in on the real world and making work down to earth with
Normal-sized eyes, mouths, and such to make peeps' dreams
come true, Dood!
◠‿◠)

Cartoony: Have fun with it!
post #4401357

Don't let real-world bounds keep your art in a cage!
you're the one making it, you decide what everything looks like from
scratch, Dood!
◠‿╹)

Uncanny: Lean into it!
post #2053456

You may not have noticed but, you have
GOLD on your hands if you wanna make
spooky! The dark side is lined with eyes all too willing
to see and support your growth into something truly
awesome, Dood!
╹‿╹)
___________________

Went Toony on my end when I hit my crossroads,
and gotta say Toon Town is a great fit for a peep
like me, Dood!
◠‿╹)~★

post #1240615 -> post #3725369

Looking forward to your next piece to see what you'll be!
You're in a cocoon and unlike others, you get to decide
whether you wanna be a Butterfly, Moth, or Dragonfly, Dood!
◠‿◠)~★

denitr said:

Honestly, I thought you might be going for some kind of abstract art in all of your images. If thats not what you’re aiming for, then there’s definitely a lot of room for improvement. Right now, it kind of looks like something someone would produce in their first few weeks of learning, and frankly, I'm astonished it passed the quality standards for this page. It’s going to take time and effort to get better, but don't get discouraged, it’s normal at this stage, It will take you a LOT of months of training until you will be able to post some passable image that at least some people will appreciate.

Here is an article that breaks down how long it typically takes to learn:https://enhancedrawing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-to-draw/#:~:text=How%20Long%20Does%20It%20Take%20To%20Learn%20To%20Draw%20Realistically?

What concerns me is how absolutely unaware you are of where your drawing quality is at. It’s like being tone deaf but with art. Like, how can you get actually better if you are unable to see the issues? maybe if you do a lot of training on the fundamentals, it might help you to understand the differences in quality better.

While i agree with me being tone deaf with my art it doesn't necessarily relates to this drawing, more like of how a while ago my friend told my skills got better and i didn't notice it, now the other stuff is questionable, not to be biased for being the artist, but you can't create that in your first few starting weeks, but i guess any new perspective is interesting to know even if i disagree with

dba_afish said:
the facial features and body proportions are still kind of exaggerated in the same way you see in a lot of abstract portraiture and it's not done in a way that seems unintentional. I dunno it's hard to describe, maybe "abstract" wasn't the exact right word, but it's still giving me that sort of vibe.

Maybe it would qualify as a caricature, from your description at least, idk though, usually what i think when i say the word caricature it is MAD's over the top faces

notkastar said:
Peep's at a pivoting point between Realistic and 'Toony.
Combining into an unfortunate form of uncanny abstract.
|
The body is realistic, the face is 'toony, peeps will see it
as uncanny and naturally avoid it since it's reality but
not quite, Dood.

_____________

Now that isn't a bad thing, Peeps have made franchises worth
TONS of money with this combo in horror, Dood!
╹‿╹)

post #4417732

(Analog horror comes to mind too, Dood! ◠‿╹)~★)

The way I see it, bsmasulauch is at a crossroads and a very important and
suuuuuper exciting place in their art journey! They have to decide what
direction they will go with! They Gotta-

Work On It!

Have fun with it!

And Lean into it, Dood!"

_______

Realistic: Work On It!
post #5087185

Amazing with giving peeps the feel that they could be there too!
Honing in on the real world and making work down to earth with
Normal-sized eyes, mouths, and such to make peeps' dreams
come true, Dood!
◠‿◠)

Cartoony: Have fun with it!
post #4401357

Don't let real-world bounds keep your art in a cage!
you're the one making it, you decide what everything looks like from
scratch, Dood!
◠‿╹)

Uncanny: Lean into it!
post #2053456

You may not have noticed but, you have
GOLD on your hands if you wanna make
spooky! The dark side is lined with eyes all too willing
to see and support your growth into something truly
awesome, Dood!
╹‿╹)
___________________

Went Toony on my end when I hit my crossroads,
and gotta say Toon Town is a great fit for a peep
like me, Dood!
◠‿╹)~★

post #1240615 -> post #3725369

Looking forward to your next piece to see what you'll be!
You're in a cocoon and unlike others, you get to decide
whether you wanna be a Butterfly, Moth, or Dragonfly, Dood!
◠‿◠)~★

I don't think i have a set style, i have themes and not styles, but i can stick to them, like cards i can choose, similar to what you said about not having bounds; currently i like this cartoony style with saturated colors, i could be wrong though, i can't see the future so maybe i will have a style, i hope not though because i like changes, thanks

bsmasulauch said:
I don't think i have a set style, i have themes and not styles, but i can stick to them, like cards i can choose, similar to what you said about not having bounds; currently i like this cartoony style with saturated colors, i could be wrong though, i can't see the future so maybe i will have a style, i hope not though because i like changes, thanks

Someone's personal style is often more of a subconscious thing, things that tend to recur and come naturally to you. You can consciously define and direct it (and that's encouraged farther along your art journey), but it does helps to know what you tend to gravitate towards on your own.

Things I've identified about my own style, for instance:

• Strong separation between character and backdrop
• Heavy outlines on character's exterior and thinner lines for interior
• Few clear outlines and broader strokes for backdrop
• Emphasis on expressiveness and posing of individual characters
• Large eyes and loosely-placed mouths
• Rounded shapes all-around

This says nothing about how good I am at these things (how I draw hands, for instance, is not style but lack of skill), I've just noticed over time that these are just things I tend to focus on.

As for consistent things in YOUR style, you haven't uploaded enough things to judge.

lendrimujina said:
Someone's personal style is often more of a subconscious thing, things that tend to recur and come naturally to you. You can consciously define and direct it (and that's encouraged farther along your art journey), but it does helps to know what you tend to gravitate towards on your own.

Things I've identified about my own style, for instance:

• Strong separation between character and backdrop
• Heavy outlines on character's exterior and thinner lines for interior
• Few clear outlines and broader strokes for backdrop
• Emphasis on expressiveness and posing of individual characters
• Large eyes and loosely-placed mouths
• Rounded shapes all-around

This says nothing about how good I am at these things (how I draw hands, for instance, is not style but lack of skill), I've just noticed over time that these are just things I tend to focus on.

As for consistent things in YOUR style, you haven't uploaded enough things to judge.

Im going to try to make more nsfw, but i bet you it will take a whole lot until you are able to have enough to judge if i have a style, not even my sfw gallery it is that big, also, unrelated, but, how do you feel about people knowing you make nsfw art, are you open about it, im asking because if i was open about this i would have posted my sfw here, just curiosity

bsmasulauch said:
Im going to try to make more nsfw, but i bet you it will take a whole lot until you are able to have enough to judge if i have a style, not even my sfw gallery it is that big, also, unrelated, but, how do you feel about people knowing you make nsfw art, are you open about it, im asking because if i was open about this i would have posted my sfw here, just curiosity

I have two levels of 'nsfw.' I'm open about drawing nudity and erotic imagery and display it alongside my sfw stuff. And then I have the stuff I post under this account, which, I'm reasonably open about in furry circles, but I don't like. Share it with my family or normies. It's largely out of knowledge that not everyone is okay with smut, especially with kinda controversial themes.

bsmasulauch said:
Im going to try to make more nsfw, but i bet you it will take a whole lot until you are able to have enough to judge if i have a style, not even my sfw gallery it is that big, also, unrelated, but, how do you feel about people knowing you make nsfw art, are you open about it, im asking because if i was open about this i would have posted my sfw here, just curiosity

I post sfw and nsfw on my main account, but if I do more extreme art I put it under a second name on other sites. So it’s up to you really. If you want to mainly be known as a sfw artist keep them separate, but if not you should be fine to post it all under the same name.

manitka said:
I post sfw and nsfw on my main account, but if I do more extreme art I put it under a second name on other sites. So it’s up to you really. If you want to mainly be known as a sfw artist keep them separate, but if not you should be fine to post it all under the same name.

the thing about being up to me is real, i feel like i will be simmering on this forever, lol, i think being a sfw artist is a viable path, then being a nsfw would be a choice not a necessity for fame, i could be wrong though, lol

bsmasulauch said:
Im going to try to make more nsfw, but i bet you it will take a whole lot until you are able to have enough to judge if i have a style, not even my sfw gallery it is that big, also, unrelated, but, how do you feel about people knowing you make nsfw art, are you open about it, im asking because if i was open about this i would have posted my sfw here, just curiosity

Hardly anybody IRL even knows about my SFW art, let alone my NSFW art (which I greatly prefer doing). And when I do show my SFW work to someone IRL, it always has to be a version that omits my signature.

Add outlines and see how that goes.

aobird said:
Add outlines and see if how that goes.

What, why would that be relevant to my question

bsmasulauch said:
I don't think i have a set style, i have themes and not styles, but i can stick to them, like cards i can choose, similar to what you said about not having bounds; currently i like this cartoony style with saturated colors, i could be wrong though, i can't see the future so maybe i will have a style, i hope not though because i like changes, thanks

lendrimujina said:
Someone's personal style is often more of a subconscious thing, things that tend to recur and come naturally to you. You can consciously define and direct it (and that's encouraged farther along your art journey), but it does helps to know what you tend to gravitate towards on your own.

Things I've identified about my own style, for instance:

• Strong separation between character and backdrop
• Heavy outlines on character's exterior and thinner lines for interior
• Few clear outlines and broader strokes for backdrop
• Emphasis on expressiveness and posing of individual characters
• Large eyes and loosely-placed mouths
• Rounded shapes all-around

This says nothing about how good I am at these things (how I draw hands, for instance, is not style but lack of skill), I've just noticed over time that these are just things I tend to focus on.

As for consistent things in YOUR style, you haven't uploaded enough things to judge.

Right on Lendri'!~★

To go a bit further, Your gravitation doesn't define what
you are and aren't allowed to tackle. Just what comes
naturally to you, Dood.
╹‿╹)

Finding out your type of Gravity
will only benefit your growth into a super stellar peep!
Don't worry, Your Art's gravity doesn't define what art,
Themes or stories you have to stick to, the opposite
actually, Dood!
◠‿◠)~★

Finding out what direction your grav' pulls you too
means you can get footing and REALLY build on your
fundamentals, now that they have a solid foundation of
Artist inspiration in what you wanna draw, Dood!
╹‿╹)

'at that point sit back and listen to the Symphony of Creativity!
'As you rocket over the clouds and Rainbows!
'and not giving up hope with new idea after idea, Dood!
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