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What more can I say?
I would say sorry, but that's the wrong emotion I'm feeling.
I am not regretful at all.


I draw something to really test my skills to see if I really can... and everyone just thinks.... "EWWW"

At least I can admire shit from a distance and examine and admire what the person must of ate to make a poo look the way it does.

I'm way too openminded of a person I guess.

What are pairings really? Nothing but a bunch of lines on a piece of paper. Drawn by some artist how has a weird fascination with those two fictional characters together for one way or another.

As I was drawing the piece. (everyone knows the piece I'm probably talking about) My mind was not thinking: "OMG THIS LOOKS SO HOT" as many of you would imagine. Nor did I think: "OMG! I WANT TO PUKE!"
Neither of those was through my head as I drew it.

As I was drawing it, I was concentrating on every single line, every swell of the shoulders the curves of their hips and the connectivity of how lines formed together to create the human body in a constructive way. In my style you'll notice my simple effectiveness of circles and connected lines to get my point across swiftly and effectively. This time, I think it worked too well since it made so many people pissed off at me.

I was so proud of myself at my attempt to draw the male genitalia. Before, I have never attempted to draw them or take the penis seriously, because for just a bunch of simple shapes, it is a hard thing for me to draw. I have always wished to draw a penis, but I have always been to scared too. My sister laughs at my failed attempts at home (by looking at science books) and says they look like shriveled up fingers. I know of course in our society, drawing private parts in such a manner is likely to be frowned upon and considered porn. I myself see it as a step forward to become a better artist. Until I became 18.... the male body was a complete and utter mystery to me, so to know what a dick looks like so late in life must draw in my fascination and desire for wanting to draw one flawlessly for the sake of practicing my autonomy.

Even here, On DA... There is a very artistic photograph here of the penis, That receives a lot of hassle and flames and stupid horny comments because of the content photograph of a simple shrived limp penis on devaintart. But it is by no way pornography. I can sense the undertone the photographer was trying to create in the photo. The shading is well done and the angle is perfect and he was trying to take something our society shuns and turn it into a work of art. I have a great amount of respect for this photographer for having the gull to put a photo of his own penis on DA. And Deviantart has not removed this photo due to the onslaught of horny/flaming comments he gets on it. Because they can understand the dynamic undertones of the piece.

Maybe I'm being to sensitive here, but the artist in me is offended that people would get offended by the work in the first place only because of the content and characters, (or maybe some of you were offended by how shitty I treat my Kohai )

Because everyone knows I'm a horny (slightly innocent) little 19 year old deviant.

At least when I am looking through hentai and stuff that can be called nothing but "porn" I can take a step back from it and admire the time they must of put into something like that. I can look at the shading, I can look at the undertones, I understand contrast and try to understand the artists intention.
I know from experience, most people who draw stuff to that content have nothing in their heads other then: "Omg! So hot! Orgy!"
But me.....
I look for something more.
If I ever draw something completely and utterly graphic, I want people to say, "What was going through the artist's head when she made this..."
Instead of: "OMG~! SO FUCKING HOT! OMG!!!"

Maybe I as I said, I am being to sensitive, but I want nothing more then to improve. Maybe I should get a hentai foundary account for moments like this where I want to abuse Shikamaru in such a way. But My fear is that I will be bombarded by the slew of comments such as:
"LOL"
or:
"OMG HOT!"
"FUCK YEAH DRIVE HIM!"

Which is the last thing I want.

I thought Deviantart was supposed to be an art community. Full of open-minded-ness and critique. The fact That I realize most of my watchers are horny underage girls, or innocent underage girls, Means I can never get the feedback I really want for any of my artwork. Which leads me into self loathing and loathing for my fanbase.
And the people in my age group that I consider my best friends here on DA either
A) Don't look at my art
B) Can never take me seriously do to the fact we are so close.


Maybe I have set to high a standards for myself, but honestly.... For an art website, you think that more honest critiques would be in order. Which is the exact reason why I wish to have a DA admin friend who has been on DA a long time, and can give me honest feedback on my work that will do nothing but help me to improve.

For the pictures I work my hardest at, no one wants to look below the surface. Everyone takes a glance at the characters we know and love and automatically judges it depending on the characters personality. Naruto characters are what I am best at drawing right now in my period. I would draw a few random characters, but they would all look like Kakuzu I'm guessing since my hairstyles are so similar.

I'm still an artist in training, and I consider this to be an experience and has really opened my eyes to the art world, and the Narutard world.

I will not give up in perusing my ability to draw better and become more skilled so I can finally come to a point in my art career, when people can look at my work like they do in a museum, evaluate it, and decide if they like it or not after much thought.

I have a long way to go until then. But I wish to get there.

And with that, Goodbye. Have a nice day. I hope we have all learned something here, because I sure as hell have.



(Will move this to scraps soon probably too.)
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Comments: 38

dragonsplayuno [2010-04-27 23:36:05 +0000 UTC]

Dana, if u can remember, u should know that i never like anything that has to do with hentai, yaoi, yuri, etc, but u should also know that comments i make on ur art can sometimes be serious. honestly, i dont comment on ur art that has to do with such topics, but i can understand where u come from. my age group is full of perverted minds that think in a way that discusts me, even if what they had in mind have nothing to do with what is actually there. so if i draw an adult female, i bet u someone would say that she's hot. i am not of those people, therefore i find it annoying when someone brings it up if it is a serious piece of art. i also can understand that u can be perverted at times, but in all, i can see ur point of veiw. and i find it utterly disrespectful of some people.

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aug325 In reply to dragonsplayuno [2010-04-28 00:14:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah.

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Deibara [2010-04-26 02:30:59 +0000 UTC]

That artist's comment took forever to read. x.x Anywayz, very well-said, Dana-senpai! So I'm kinda sensitive..... Eheh..... I'm too intriuged to see how much you've improved to care about the content....! >.<

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Coon4U [2010-04-26 02:09:53 +0000 UTC]

who made the pairing? I was thinking shika/choji lol FAT GUY IN A LITTLE COAT!!!

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aug325 In reply to Coon4U [2010-04-26 02:12:01 +0000 UTC]

LOL
Shikacho is funny

I think made the pairing

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Coon4U In reply to aug325 [2010-04-26 02:19:52 +0000 UTC]

shika wah?!?!!

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hrwm22 [2010-04-26 01:40:29 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you express your creativity!You should draw whatever you want reguardless of what others think.

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kitty1873 [2010-04-26 00:57:12 +0000 UTC]

t ok . i love ur flash u did a few dayago

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Hidan001 [2010-04-25 19:23:11 +0000 UTC]

WIN THE... CREATIVITY? ^^U

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aug325 In reply to Hidan001 [2010-04-25 20:42:19 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks Kohai, you're sweet

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Hidan001 In reply to aug325 [2010-04-25 21:21:46 +0000 UTC]

chuuuuu~_heart: 👍: 0 ⏩: 1

aug325 In reply to Hidan001 [2010-04-25 22:53:30 +0000 UTC]

I want you to be a little kitty and take you home with me

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Hidan001 In reply to aug325 [2010-04-26 01:52:03 +0000 UTC]

kitty? o///o

s-sure!

Done XD

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aug325 In reply to Hidan001 [2010-04-26 02:06:56 +0000 UTC]

yey~! *cuddles you~*

You're cute enough to be a kitty

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Hidan001 In reply to aug325 [2010-04-26 02:10:53 +0000 UTC]

mEOW~ tHANKS ^/////W/////^

*Purr*

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aug325 In reply to Hidan001 [2010-04-26 02:24:40 +0000 UTC]

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RiseDarkMoon [2010-04-25 19:07:04 +0000 UTC]

I read the comment below that pic
it's really kill the passion
but I wanna congrat you to have the guts to post that pic

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aug325 In reply to RiseDarkMoon [2010-04-25 19:10:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

I'm just in a bad mood right now........ because my watchers think I did something very wrong....

I would ask for commentary for this drawing, but of course my friends would look down on me for drawing it as well.

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RiseDarkMoon In reply to aug325 [2010-04-25 19:38:43 +0000 UTC]

it's because most of them are still child
you cant blame them ..
but I see your improvements about art I really do
hey wait .. I'll make someting ..a thing for improve your art n be better

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XxNightOwlxX [2010-04-25 18:07:26 +0000 UTC]

I loved your speech, I think it really got people thinking about art in a different perspective. Even I know I will admire art work more than I already did. So, thank you for sharing it with the DA community.
Making something for your friend, something that she likes does not meen you like it. People should understnd that.

Once again, I loved your speech. You are right in saying that DA people should not look at it and say, "Whoe! That is soooo hot!" They can say it if they want, but they could add more like, "This is really hot. I love the way you did the shading. Your line art is getting better too."

I think when I'm writing comments, I will be more informative.

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Dsd123 [2010-04-25 16:54:42 +0000 UTC]

Don't listen to thos comments. They just don't understand that it was for a friend

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Dsd123 In reply to Dsd123 [2010-04-25 16:55:44 +0000 UTC]

Those*

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Anime-Angel14 [2010-04-25 16:16:46 +0000 UTC]

My dad saw that picture as I was going though my deviations. He thought I was looking at porn. But I knew that you were probably just practicing your anatomy again. Not to mention it made my day seeing you and your kohai arguing. You two remind me of a couple of sisters. Always fighting each other to show your love for one another.

The art piece was nice. I wouldn't mind giving you some critique. Though you might not take it very seriously considering it would be coming from a 12 year old. But I did notice some things that could be fixed. Mostly on Konan though. Since I'm not very good at drawing guys, I don't have much advice for you in that department.

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akatsukidrogan1 [2010-04-25 15:52:32 +0000 UTC]

why didnt you tell them go to hell if thay didnt like it dont leave a comment it is as sipel has that (sorry i cant spell)

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aug325 In reply to akatsukidrogan1 [2010-04-25 19:07:20 +0000 UTC]

Comments came from my Friends. I might not of made that clear.

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Jorda96 [2010-04-25 14:38:53 +0000 UTC]

I didn't say anything like that un, I actually look at you art cuz you make the emotions in the look real and I can learn something un

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AkatsukiMemberWoolfy [2010-04-25 14:35:09 +0000 UTC]

I once drew Sasori giving Dei a B job in a doujinshi XD Uncensored version in on my fur affinity XD But then I chickened out before I got to draw the smut scene and just discontinued it X3

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gaarafangirl77 [2010-04-25 13:10:58 +0000 UTC]

yeah there are alot of pics of a man's penis
( my friend wanted me to look that up when i was on DA when she slept over at my house )

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aug325 In reply to gaarafangirl77 [2010-04-25 13:13:39 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. But there is only one photograph that catches my eye on DA.

There is a difference between artistic nudity and porn. I fall into the category where I am neither of those.

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gaarafangirl77 In reply to aug325 [2010-04-25 13:21:16 +0000 UTC]

yeah

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Kill-Em [2010-04-25 13:07:18 +0000 UTC]

I agree.
If people don't have anything nice to say then don't say it.


p.s. o.o "lol" isn't really a comment.

>.<'' I hate "lol" abuse.

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aug325 In reply to Kill-Em [2010-04-25 13:12:39 +0000 UTC]

Me too, but I abuse it too... lol

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Kill-Em In reply to aug325 [2010-04-25 13:21:11 +0000 UTC]

Haha,


But anyway, I do respect you cause you have the guts to post hentai. I couldn't even draw it even if I tried my best. (I'm pretty sure its cause I'm only 13)
And if you're really afraid of all those dumb comments then why not turn them off? :3 (yet I still look at hentai >///< )
That picture was very creative, it had a odd couple though.

I like seeing some art like that once and a while. Like takeing a break from your comic/doujin.

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aug325 In reply to Kill-Em [2010-04-25 13:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I always try to improve outside my comic work. Some of it is perverted some of it is just funny or serious Depending on my mood.

It is interesting, but I don't like HidanShika or KonaShika as a pairing at all.
I consider that to be more like torture and rape for poor defenseless shikamaru and revenge for Hidan and Konan
rather then a pairing at all.

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Kill-Em In reply to aug325 [2010-04-25 13:33:01 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

I know.
I never thought of it like that!

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aug325 In reply to Kill-Em [2010-04-25 20:47:36 +0000 UTC]

....?

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weaselKW [2010-04-25 13:03:23 +0000 UTC]

readin all those took me some seriouse time

My point of viev (maybe others too)
is that if you wanted some male body exericise, you should've picked.. threesome-violence-involving-rape

I wasn't like OMG HOT!
i wasn't like Ewww puke! either

its just that REALLY, if you wanted to draw human body. and add some "private context" to this, i'd be better do let shika go, and have just hidan + konan *doing this*

Don't be upset cheer up! ppl just misunderstood your intentions, and you misunderstood their words (yah, i read the comments below that piece)

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aug325 In reply to weaselKW [2010-04-25 13:11:53 +0000 UTC]

Lol *me too* Honestly.

But I made the piece for a friend just to piss her off at me. She's totally obsessed with HidaShika and hates Hidakona

I did add private content to it, I censored nearly everything and changed the maturity label like 5 times.

A lot of my misery is though misunderstandings really

I'm not upset really, I'm disappointed. *and surpringly no, it's not bitchin' month (as my sis calls it) * Maybe exams are starting to stress me out too much.

The first thing I picked was penetration for the experience because it gives me an excuse not to draw the whole thing. lol

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