Post AmsRvd2oF0R6mYNAlE by 13thWatcher@baraag.net
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(DIR) Post #AmrWDAjWrc6nZJoPPE by itsukarine@rkgk.moe
2024-10-10T11:38:50.503Z
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I have some deep inherent distrust in Twitter-only artists. I'm a lot more relaxed who I follow and retweet here, doesn't feel like everyone is obsessed with networking or making a living off of it, so I just see art I like and hit the happy buttons. Pretty much everyone I genuinely dislike is sourced on that site only.
(DIR) Post #Amrcx7EIp1BJkRUrrM by puketriton@baraag.net
2024-10-10T12:18:56Z
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@itsukarine i think everyone who takes twitter engagement seriously has brainrot, sorry. it's become a pump and dump thing with no one having anything meaningful to say about your art. i always encourage artists to distance themselves from that social media influencer mindset because it's so painful to see lol
(DIR) Post #Amrcx8BVGuXKi3C98S by puketriton@baraag.net
2024-10-10T12:23:47Z
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@itsukarine i make income from commissions myself so i can see how that could warp your sense of reality a little, but i hate to see an artist publicly humiliate themselves for a crumb of clout. makes me think "man... have a little respect for yourself." but i've been seeing it more and more so it's kind of worrying
(DIR) Post #Amrcx8b1k0x9zD8Wv2 by itsukarine@rkgk.moe
2024-10-10T12:58:15.299Z
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@puketriton@baraag.net It's really a lose lose, if you distance yourself as much as possible from the way creators on the site behave, you end up feeling like you're pumping and dumping too. If you don't, you end up just being surrounded by people who see you as a network asset and have little interest in really interacting with the personality that'd make that art. But maybe I deserve this fate for only ever drawing my hedonistic desires. Not much to explore there. It's a gross cocktail of emotions to want to live off your work when playing "the game" feels like the only way to survive now, but also seeing people be rewarded frequently for plagiarizing or worse. I really have no choice but to recede into some bitter bubble and hope I can filter out the best.
(DIR) Post #Amrd0vyCcw7lz8mrAW by itsukarine@rkgk.moe
2024-10-10T13:00:28.807Z
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@puketriton@baraag.net So, even though I do have some negative feelings for individuals around even here, it's so much less prevalent because It's as if the mere act of using these alternative places just to exist in peace is tantamount to saying "the race" means far less to them than others, so art is closer to art for them, than a means to an end.
(DIR) Post #Amrg7UN7vxPcHUGKQa by puketriton@baraag.net
2024-10-10T13:10:26Z
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@itsukarine i agree with the sentiment and i also struggle with my own thoughts about it all, but i wouldn't beat myself up too hard about it. these are all outside forces that we can't control. the internet has become more widely accessible to a lot of people who just want to consume mindlessly, that's that. real meaningful connections will always come from a place of having fun and playing and enjoying what you do.
(DIR) Post #Amrg7VmKhjAWdx3yM4 by puketriton@baraag.net
2024-10-10T13:13:28Z
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@itsukarine for these people being a bot art account can only work for so long, and there is no real passion and joy in it. for me, that's all art is about, and forever i'll die on this hill no matter how much they try to commercialize it all
(DIR) Post #Amrg7WZFlqIh5fx2bg by itsukarine@rkgk.moe
2024-10-10T13:35:15.686Z
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@puketriton@baraag.net I feel like I lost track of why I ever picked up drawing, if that was even why in the first place. It's a hill I want to die on too, even if I have to climb up it first.
(DIR) Post #AmsRvd2oF0R6mYNAlE by 13thWatcher@baraag.net
2024-10-10T19:25:28Z
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@itsukarine glad you like this place so much 😊
(DIR) Post #AmsRvmGFyNXZMrjXTE by PilloTheStar@baraag.net
2024-10-10T13:38:45Z
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@itsukarine twitter isn't even a good ART site, it's literally only for clout.