PropagandaIsUseless [he/him]
Yeah, I don’t think he’s a hack or fraud. He just liked to do things “this way”, and after you understand that, you can appreciate his work.
I think it silly to compare work, at least, that’s what I want to feel as a new artist myself. Other art isn’t better, it’s just different. I want to tell myself that my art isn’t bad, it’s simply a true reflection of what I can express now.
I might argue yes (in a way).
They are forms of expression ASMR using audio and visuals to form a unique experience. Maybe not a mukbang… not too familiar with that. I would clarify that ASMR may be a medium of artistic expression.
In a similar way, personifying animals in furry art can be a genre or medium, and I still wouldn’t call MS Paint Sonic Inflation Pornography “high art”.
Those are just my thoughts. I’m wary of gatekeeping artistic expression, and think “cringe” things are necessary for artistic expression to bloom. But maybe that’s just from my own experiences of learning how to draw, and making a lot of “bad” drawings in the process.
Can I take legal action reasonably?
I did not list him as a reference.
Edit: Thanks for replying. I’m mostly just pissed that this asshole is still fucking with my life. Sure other things influenced my life, but without this man, I’d be $50k richer at minimum, have a better career, and wouldn’t have almost died in a car accident (totaling the best goddamn car I’ve ever owned).
Hi, I just came out as gay, and as a furry last week! After spending over a decade in the closet…
So, here’s a short history of my experience of the Furry fandom.
When I was a young lad (teen), I noticed I felt attraction toward guys, but not girls. Boobs don’t really do it for me. I grew up in a conservative christian household, so even those thoughts were considered evil. So, repressing those thoughts along the merry way, I found furry communities online. For the first time, Queerness was not punished. Queerness was not shamed, it was celebrated with art, writing, and “art”. The online Furry community was a safe haven where I could imagine a world where I didn’t have to repress all those things anymore, and be more of myself.
Now that I’m out (to my close friends), I’m noticing that Queer acceptance is a major cornerstone of furries. Next important thing to me, is the appreciation or enjoyment of the ideas, art, or media. Third is just a dash of Chemical X (weirdness), or more accurately, the courage to be yourself, enjoy yourself, and be cringe.
Yes, there are kinks, but I’ve heard the quote: “There is pornographic art and room parties, you’re out of your mind to deny that stuff exists, but that isn’t unique to furries. Think of Anime, Star Trek, etc. These fandoms and cultures don’t have sexy or kinky things because of the content, they have those things in it because they are created by (and for) human beings.” The furry fandom likely gets more shit for it because of A) the open queerness and B) actually it’s probably just the open queerness.
Oddly, I’ve become slightly less attached to the Fandom, while enjoying it more, if that makes any sense.
There’s tons of YouTubers that do documentaries on the stuff. There’s like a 1.5h film festival submission that won awards on YT, describing the history of modern-day Furries.
Historically, pictures and stories of animal-people are as old as civilization itself. Even the Epic of Gilgamesh had a Furry character in it, off the top of my head.