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About being here on Weasyl/Furry Fandom by Vulpeschild

I'm not entirely sure of what i'm doing with a gallery here, or why i even joined in the first place. I don't submit much art anymore, and i don't have anyone to talk to. Can't really meet any new artists to share techniques and brainstorm ideas with anymore cause no one takes any interest in my ideals anymore. I'm not sure why i'm even typing this journal out cause i know no one will read it. Maybe it's cause typing this out and posting it somewhere is somewhat therapeutic knowing that i have a way to express my thoughts into words and revealing them publicly feels like i don't have to keep them bottled up in my head.

I guess what my big question is, do i give up? Where do i go and what do i do next? Where can i go to feel inspired, to learn, to meet artists, to teach, to befriend? I used to get this in the furry fandom but lately all i do is spend my time alone because i don't strike creative interest in others anymore. It all comes back to furry porn which honestly, i'm not really interested in. Sometimes i felt like like i had to draw it just to keep up, or just to stay relevant in. They're pretty much the only requests and commissions i'm asked to do when i accepted arting for others, but i decided to stop because i started being judged for what i was drawing. I've had plenty of other things in my galleries, but it always comes back to those as the only focus and i don't want what little of my my art ability just to be known for those. So i don't know, i guess i just keep looking for a place to be accepted.

And if that's nowhere, then fine. No loss for anyone that matters, i suppose.

About being here on Weasyl/Furry Fandom

Vulpeschild

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    No artist here, but I do browse through journal entries now and then. Commenting to show someone did read your post.

    The furry fandom seems very fractured lately. If I wanted to try and keep up with every fur I would like to follow I'd need accounts on 6 or 7 different sites. The problem I see with this is basically what you're experiencing--the fracturing is making it more difficult for artists to collaborate/bounce ideas off one another.

    Best of luck on what you decide to do.

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    I've always been a huge fan of your style, and found it very inspiring, despite the fact that the type of creating I do is very different.
    That said, if you're really not feeling it anymore, you shouldn't force yourself to do things that feel empty in hopes that the spark will come back. Chances are, it may not, and you'll end up committing a lot of time to something that doesn't return much happiness.
    As far as the porn thing goes, yeah, I can understand where you'd feel you had to do it to keep up. Occasionally, I'll try and do a videogame remix just to make people pay attention to my music in hopes that they'll check out some of my original work, too, but my heart's never in it. So I can identify with you. I don't really think the furry community was a great place for me to be sharing my music anyway, though. It's a big part of why I left FA to come here. Maybe you've reached a similar point. From what you wrote, it sounds like it.
    As far as the commissions n' requests go, I wish I'd known you were taking those back then. XD Love your style, as I said!

    Rambling aside, you should follow your heart. Look for that inspiration again! If you're frustrated here, then I'd understand if you need to look elsewhere for that spark. For me, that place was Soundcloud. I'm hoping you find a place similar that makes you feel happy about creating again!
    Uh, anyway, that's about it. Hope you get a chance to read this, and hope you can find your inspiration again -- don't give up though! Trust me, we've all been there.

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    Weasyl has yet to be on the ball. It's had a great start and been pretty solid in a way. But the community aspect is weak. It's not good at keeping people interacting. Let alone most of the people here seem to be artists putting out content and not looking around much. It seems in the last year or so the only real followers/watchers are people looking for fetish and sexual niche artwork and so there are many artists pushing to meet that demand. That being said, I'm still putting some hope into Weasyl. Hope that the site will improve and expand more, but also that it will at some point get that influx of people who are looking for art and creativity in general.

    From glossing over your gallery you seem to have some very good work beyond the pornographic spread, but you don't have much variance of subject matter or style. I'd advise looking around for other subjects to invest time into. Especially studies and maybe mixing it up by changing your coloring, lighting, and general approach. This is not to say there is anything wrong with your style, but there seems to be a feeling of plateauing.

    As for making pornographic artwork at all... if your heart's not in it, certainly don't do it. If you do general rating fan art or even fetish/pornographic work then do so because you want to regardless of other's preferences or what they might be wanting from you at the time. Focus on what you love and what makes you want to keep producing artwork you can be proud of. I know it complicates matters when you take commissions and you have to listen to your customers, but just let people know what you are comfortable with and not comfortable with.

    Lastly, I wish I could tell you where to go, but I'm still looking myself. The only other place I'm active other than here is on Tumblr because it has an interesting slew of artists running around on there. I would say as far as finding some inspiring artists you can look there. But it's yet another site which is hard to really interact and get to know people let alone get anyone interested in art you make.

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    Hi! I'm super new to the community--as in, I joined FA a few days ago, and then made an account here today when I realized many artists had moved over. I found you by chance on both sites, and really fell in love with your art!

    I've yet to find friends in the community, since I've only been here less than a week. I hope I find a nice group of friends, or at least some inspirational artists to admire and learn from. That being said, if you are interested, I certainly wouldn't mind talking to you! Maybe we have some things in common. I love chatting about OCs and exploring character development, if that sounds like a fun time. I also have a lot to learn about the community here, so I'd love to talk to someone with a bit more experience than me!

    And if this random internet stranger doesn't seem compatible, I really do hope you find a sense of belonging, if not here than elsewhere. It can be very isolating to keep pushing energy toward a community or space that never seems to give back. I wish you the absolute best.