I Like How The Two Genres Of Object-head Ocs' Outfits Are Just:

CMY [he/they]

[psst check out their unvale page]

pretend the orange one is yellow

they're from the same story as red mora

[CMY is technically a placeholder name]

Sneak peek

Prepare for a rant on art, my friends. This is something that's been annoying me (tldr at bottom, which probably describes what I mean better than the main rant)

For a moment I'd like to forget about the idea that art is subjective: let's say there is a foolproof way to factually define whether a piece of art is "good" or "bad," high quality or low quality, appealing or unappealing. Let's pretend art is objective.

That... doesn't change much. Not about my argument, anyway.

All the time, I see people getting upset — almost personally offended, even — just by the fact that someone is, apparently, bad at drawing. And then I see people respond to that with the fact that it's just their style. I don't disagree that the quality of art is subjective, that people can have their own styles, but people seem to cling to the idea like it's the only defense they have for their art being "bad." Even people who believe in the subjectivity of art will rush to defend themselves, to insist that their art cannot factually be bad, like that's the most heinous thing possible.

Tell me, though: what exactly IS the problem with an artist being "bad" at drawing? Who does it hurt? Who does it, at the very least, disrespect?

Don't get me wrong: giving tips and criticism and helping people can be great (if done supportively and respectfully of course, without belittling) — it can be a great journey to improve one's art, and I don't want to downplay that — but someone may not actually WANT to improve on a technical level. Maybe they only want to make art that's appealing to themselves, and maybe they don't need to know the fundamentals or anatomy or colour theory or character design to be able to entertain themselves, to have fun with it. Maybe they're just doodling because they like to doodle. Y'know?

I don't know how this post will come off. Maybe someone will think it means not to give criticism, maybe someone will think I'm just repeating the idea that art is subjective, but what I really mean with this is:

(TLDR aswell): We shouldn't act as if someone's a bad person because they can't draw. If you don't like how someone's art looks, if it's unrealistic and messy and there's poor colour theory and shitty anatomy, and they clearly aren't doing anything to improve it.... just move on. Yes, it's just their style. No, that doesn't mean they're "good" at it. No, they don't need to be good at it in the first place.

say goodbye to your precious blender sphere (evil mysterious cackling)

You Used To Be Such A Person

Where Did Red Go

I should get to sleep eugh it's so late but er anyway here's an old man I dislike incredibly

Initials r A.H ofc, the full name is poorly scribbled as I'm not sure whether to change it...

Me after writing a book about why I hate birds because they have wings /lore reference

wait I have a good idea..........hypothetical name of a game idea I had which would have been about this very situation (trying to find a styling and presentation which feels both cool and special to me) I won't tell you yet though.

I'm turning my user back into skeletalmedot until my identity crisis is over (indefinite)

ennea is a prefix meaning nine (my favourite/special/lucky number). tone is from dialtone as in phones, but is also meant to combine with the A in ENNEA to be ATONE. just sounded cool. added the ring to make it more unique and not get me confused for being a musician because it's similar to "enneatonic"

the idea of using ennea in the title also comes from a concept I had of a story involving my little persona character

USERNAME LORE GIVE IT TO ME NOW YOU ALL

Character design doodles

These are all for the same story by the way. I'm cooking something UP☝️ (not down)

Square...

Idk which is better diagonal stripes or squiggly stripes but the wiggly stripes are wobbly which fits the sleepiness vibe