What Is A Man To Do When Reality Itself Forgets What He Is

hey

I'm rebranding I'm not a skeleton anymore I'm a clock. anyway I still have yet to change my username but that's. not my problem yet

Tosses him

stanlurine... save me..

figlureanlurine

save me stiggley-wiggley

Got bored and put Silly and The Glow (OCs) in suits

Mute protag vs mute villain my beloved...

Prepare for a rant on art, my friends. This is something that's been annoying me (tldr at bottom, which probably describes what I mean better than the main rant)

For a moment I'd like to forget about the idea that art is subjective: let's say there is a foolproof way to factually define whether a piece of art is "good" or "bad," high quality or low quality, appealing or unappealing. Let's pretend art is objective.

That... doesn't change much. Not about my argument, anyway.

All the time, I see people getting upset — almost personally offended, even — just by the fact that someone is, apparently, bad at drawing. And then I see people respond to that with the fact that it's just their style. I don't disagree that the quality of art is subjective, that people can have their own styles, but people seem to cling to the idea like it's the only defense they have for their art being "bad." Even people who believe in the subjectivity of art will rush to defend themselves, to insist that their art cannot factually be bad, like that's the most heinous thing possible.

Tell me, though: what exactly IS the problem with an artist being "bad" at drawing? Who does it hurt? Who does it, at the very least, disrespect?

Don't get me wrong: giving tips and criticism and helping people can be great (if done supportively and respectfully of course, without belittling) — it can be a great journey to improve one's art, and I don't want to downplay that — but someone may not actually WANT to improve on a technical level. Maybe they only want to make art that's appealing to themselves, and maybe they don't need to know the fundamentals or anatomy or colour theory or character design to be able to entertain themselves, to have fun with it. Maybe they're just doodling because they like to doodle. Y'know?

I don't know how this post will come off. Maybe someone will think it means not to give criticism, maybe someone will think I'm just repeating the idea that art is subjective, but what I really mean with this is:

(TLDR aswell): We shouldn't act as if someone's a bad person because they can't draw. If you don't like how someone's art looks, if it's unrealistic and messy and there's poor colour theory and shitty anatomy, and they clearly aren't doing anything to improve it.... just move on. Yes, it's just their style. No, that doesn't mean they're "good" at it. No, they don't need to be good at it in the first place.

Eurgh she needs a name

Also. Why do I always draw clock heads with the 3:00 configuration

crisis NOT averted yet .

hey

I'm rebranding I'm not a skeleton anymore I'm a clock. anyway I still have yet to change my username but that's. not my problem yet

"Witch" 🎀📺

Resides in peoples' minds; in the "mental space"

He/Him

More Below [UPDATE: UNVALE PAGE]

★ Character I designed like a couple weeks ago, just messing around, I ended up having a lot of fun with this guy! And I find him very draw-able

^ Some doodles I did, mainly trying to brainstorm for story ideas, the second doodle is the plot/premise I'm building off of right now; He lives in a "mental space" of sorts, but is unable to access his own mind, and so he attempts to find and convince other people to let him live in theirs.

That's all I have to give for now! Have a swell day

Oh Also He Talks Capitalizing All First Letters Like This

I'm having another blog identity crisis, not over my user this time but over the fact that I have a blog for fandom and one for original instead of them just being the same. though now that I think about it I probably just don't like it because they're separated, I'd love for like... to have a little panel of blogs you have. like for OTHERS to see and know you're connected and whatnot. they're so separate AHHH

Character design doodles

These are all for the same story by the way. I'm cooking something UP☝️ (not down)

I'm alive I promise his name is Rowan

He was raised to fight, and doesn't know much apart from that and how to use a computer. But even that's lost on him, as he still refuses to cooperate with the things.