No pressure nor ill will, but as someone who has had past bad experiences with vinesauce fanartists, I'd like to know if you could possibly talk about your intent when you draw vinesauce art in such niche themes, large quantities, as well as basically drawing gore of real people. I like your art in general, but with some VS art, I don't know how to feel about it, due to the lack of insight to the author's intent, so that is all I'd like to have clarified, if possible.
im going to reply to this because you asked nicely, otherwise i wouldnt and ill say why at the end
i dont know what exactly falls in "niche theme", but these are things you will find not just in my VS art but in any kind of art i do: crossovers (vocaloid songs), parodies (shared line with crossovers), violent acts put on a comedic spotlight or in the reverse case, situations that are violent in nature but presented as comedic put through a more realistically violent light (literally see gen loss vinny anvil scene)
also see: my t/rent reznor art, my t/im and e/ric art
saying "basically drawing gore of real people" is strange, while i wont deny the definiton of gore applies to something as "blood covered person", its usually a term thats always been reserved and used for way more lethal things, like dismembering and maiming. with subjects and media that doesnt have an "established limit of how much you can put someone in a violent situation", ill top it to just drawing things like what i first mentioned, how does this judgement apply to what i draw then? let's use vlinny which seems like a good example with lots of fandom history too:
(taken from his vinesauce wiki page) "his clone flesh will dissolve", while this isnt a vinesauce licensed trademarked (tm) description of a character, but rather a fanmade one, it still applies to what makes his basis, so, therefore: drawing vlinny with melting skin is okay because this is literally something that has been established by the person who came up with it, HOWEVER, anything farther or more violent than that while could still be true to the nature of the character, is something id preferably not to draw because it would cross the boundary of what has been visibly established by the source. this would be the same as me drawing joel ripping apart a demon from doom
BUT WAIT, what about the "hereditary" drawings? ill hand you the benefit of doubt and worry for these ones, because while they are a parody of one of the main characters (dont look this up if you dont want spoilers), i cant just draw a streamer dismembered and say "well duh its okay cuz its a parody", thats not how anyone's ideals should work, but i bring up the point again of limiting myself to what i consider is fair game established by either the source or general consensus, and i have yet to see people telling me OR others leaving commentary questioning stuff like blood
the type of art i make of VS is not a specific type of art id make only of this, but rather a type of style i already do by default and just apply to the topic im fixated on at the moment, if its something that is, like i already said, considered okay to do
its obviously a very blurred line what is the "limit" and how much you can stretch it, since none of the streamers are actors in a movie full of action, or characters in a videogame put in a fantasy setting, so unless its a "character" (vlinny, genloss vinny, joel as doom) my limit will always be "just cover the guy in ketchup" because this is, to me, the okay-est limit that doesnt cross the line to "now this is just getting borderline weird", im sure for someone else the line could be the guy having a small cut in their hand, and to someone else the line could be the guy being amputated completely (if this is your line get away from me, seriously)
now, at the end, why wouldnt i have replied to this if it wasnt asked nicely? while i dont think its a bad thing to ask (i will always be very open to discussion of my art) and i dont know how long you have been here and i dont expect you to tell me, i think if you have been around long enough or did a bit of research on my socials, you can see i hate a specific type of fan of media, especially media which involves irl people, and while it isnt a catch-all to say "hey im not a weirdo!", i think it helps make clear and establish that i dont have weirdo intentions at the very least. i am sorry that you have had bad experiences with fanartists of the community in the past, i cannot say because i hadnt been there (as a fanartist at least), so i cant blame you for being wary of what you might see drawn by me, and i am glad that despite these bad experiences you could have a grounded way to ask me instead of just accusing me, so that i really appreciate. id like to think i have made my "author's intent" clear with this reply, i have tried to be as descriptive yet clear as possible, but with some people you might not be able to ever clear your mind on what their intent is, and this is just my opinion but you wont be able to go knocking on every person's door asking if they are normal or not, and id never force someone to look at my art, if they dont like it or have stopped liking it, it is absolutely okay and its their right to curate their own online experience however they like, as i have curated mine
i also feel like this is something other people might have going around in their minds, but wont ask or dont want to ask, for whatever reason, and i dont think its something id suddenly begin randomly typing about one day. especially now that id like to be less talkative in social media for personal reasons
again, i hope this is clear enough, whether you keep looking at my art or not, i again appreciate that you enjoy or enjoyed it and that you could ask this in a grounded way
(edit) something i forgot to clarify, regarding why i draw such large quantities of art: i draw very fast so i can draw a lot, and VS is my current fixation, that's about it. a lot of the art you see posted regarding that is usually warmups prior to paid or personal work
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Some more treats from the PO Box!
The card reading "Joy", along with the stickers and the awesome Hawkeye tag, came from @jadesymb; I very carefully made sure everyone was mostly covered by a sticker, and thank you also for the giftcard! (I didn't put it in the photo because I immediately put it in my wallet before I could lose it.) It sounds like your family had an amazing year, you must be very proud!
The other set of stickers and postcards came from A. (wasn't sure if you wanted me to use your handle) as a thank-you for taking some postcards and sending them back for philatelic reasons :) I even got a wax seal, you can see it in blue up near the top! Love the pride lion and the kittycat, and of course the book postcards too. I dropped the Chicago postcard in the mail today and I'm going to try to get to Des Plaines to send the Illinois State postcard in the next little while -- if I can't, I'll just send it from a different zipcode in Chicago :)
And of course there's the Freak In The Sheets mug from @banesidhe :D It's become my go-to for video call beverage cups.
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I saw a pair of D&D dice by a small shop that looked like meat and I instantly thought of you lol
Here’s their link:
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man what the hellllllllll these look so fucking good im actually kinda crazy over them...
i dont post about it anymore but back then i used to collect die even if i didnt play dnd/tabletop much and id kill to have these!!! thank you for sharing 0_0
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This has probably been said before, but the parallel of Suletta reaching out to a battered and hurt Miorine in both this scene and in Planet Quetta, complete with the exact same small, polite little smile, is just. screams in agony
In planet Quetta, Suletta's hands were bloody. She didn't understand what she just did. She still loved Miorine, but she loved blindly, too caught up in Prospera's plans. And this made her love dangerous and uncanny for everyone around her. Yes, she extended her hand, but it was as if Prospera were extending that hand and not her.
Here, Suletta extends her hand from a place of understanding. She finally understands the motives of her mother and Miorine, and she's ready to re-forge her bonds with Miorine without them being bound to Prospera's plans. She loves, but doesn't love blindly, and with her newfoud wisdom she can use her incredible amounts of love for everybody around her to protect them. She extended her hand and took a step forward on her own.
This show makes me want to shove every knife in my knife drawer down my fucking throat. AUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHH
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