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CassidyPeterson — Talent Over Content
Published: 2009-09-15 22:46:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1156; Favourites: 89; Downloads: 0
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There are lines I won't cross, but until it comes to those lines, I just don't care. I have pictures of characters / couples / series I don't actually like - or even actively oppose - in my faves.
Too many people let their opinions on a character sway their opinion of every picture that character has ever appeared in. There are some who will suddenly go so far as to flood their "favorite artist" with hate mail for drawing those characters. And while I may be a raging bitch and a flagrant hypocrite, I try not to let myself get that out of control about it.
Seriously guys. A pretty picture of something you hate is still a pretty picture.
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I recognize some pictures are pretty, even though the content is not so pretty, but I don't go as far as faving it.
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Well, it really depends on what the picture is. Things like Twilight fanart, or portraits of pro wrestlers, or technical drawings of cars - I'm not interested in those things but a good picture's a good picture. But stuff like fetish works, or acts of violence or bigotry, I'm a lot less likely to "appreciate" but I still recognize when it's well done.
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I was just talking about this yesterday. I absolutely despise Vocaloids and Hatsune Miku but I've faved and commented on a picture of her that my favourite artist on here drew. No matter how much I dislike the subject matter, I just can't help loving the artist's style.
Actually, two of my favourite artists on here draw Vocaloids and it doesn't bother me for some reason =/.
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Hmm,I'm not sure I agree with this one 100%. While I can definitely get behind not flaming people just for supporting a different idea of who should end up together, and I won't deny the talent and hard work that goes into such pieces, the idea of actually favoriting them baffles me (except when said artwork is genuinely funny; even then it's rare). The thing is, I only favorite things that I enjoy looking at, plus useful tutorials, and I think that's a perfectly reasonable way to be. And honestly, I don't think anyone really enjoys looking at a couple that they oppose.
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Yeah, I usually avoid the subjects I really oppose, but if it's not blatant I'll still enjoy it. For example, I've got a couple pictures in my faves of couples I'm against, but despite the artist's motive the pictures themselves show the characters acting fairly true to form. In particular, there's a GaaraxLee picture wherein Lee is simply present to witness Gaara's formal promotion to... whatever the hell his title is in Shippuuden. Despite being a "pairing" picture, Lee is so bloody positive and enthusiastic about everything in the actual anime that I can easily see him being present to support a peer's promotion.
I've also got an Ace/Buttercup picture which, while I don't really support any PPG pairing, their color schemes and the artist's style still make for a visually appealing result.
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Oh, well, I don't necessarily call a picture as shipping those two characters just because they're in the same frame; if they're acting in a manner in keeping with the way that DOESN'T piss me off, that would be silly even if the artist does normally put them together! Conversely, I can't stand the idea of HarryxDraco, but that doesn't stop me from drawing that one picture the shippers seem to love... of course, I wasn't at all thinking the same things they were when I drew it, but whatever. It goes both ways.
As for not-supported-but-not-opposed-either, I'm pretty much the same as you, yeah.
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Yeah, it's more like... ship-inspired art than actual shipping, that I don't mind. Though I have seen a fair share of decent direct-ship pictures as well.
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Oh, there's plenty of direct-ship art that is, artistically and technically, perfectly good. It doesn't stir anything in me and therefore won't get favorited, but if the artist asks for my opinion, I will give it - but only on the technical aspects.
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