Social Waste Product: Fan Art
I spent the morning un-following a bunch of very talented people on Tumblr.
That feels like a really weird thing to say. And it is.
It was nearly a dozen different artists in all, and they were all extremely talented. Part of what moved me to Follow them in the first place was their skill. In…
I agree with this so much. I watch many different people of varying skill level and focus, but the defining thread is that they produce original work and have original stories in their heads. I like young artists a lot for this reason; sometimes the stories aren’t the best but the feeling and brain power behind them is there.
Fanartists can do incredible work too, but as a consumer of art it’s as significant as the difference between eating a meal and eating someone else’s vomit.
Original storytelling and the forms of creativity you’re talking about is another artistic muscle in itself. Some artists use the hell out of it, and some don’t. It’s great that you prefer original storytelling but calling artist’s work vomit is over the top.
Agreeing with Kakimari on this. No one is obligated to have you look at their art. If you don’t find something appealing, then you don’t find it appealing. That’s your right. But going so far as to definitively say that it’s vomit, worthless, uncreative, etc, is just a wee bit over the top for my liking. People produce what they want. Don’t knock a person’s work just because it isn’t your cup of tea.
I mean shit man this is basic internet social interaction decency 101. It’s “your kink is not my kink and that’s ok” but with regards to art being produced. Let’s not fall into this “original art is objectively better than fan art” elitism trap. Especially since a lot of really creative original work/characters/stories/etc came from fanart/fanfiction roots. Hell, my big personal project that I someday need to actually put actual work into started off in high school as this weird mix of every single fandom that I was into back then, but as I grew and matured so too did that derivative work.
And yeah it’s an original concept with an original story and original characters, but it wouldn’t have ever gotten the chance to blossom into the original something without my nerdy self insert fan fictions.
tl;dr: Someone’s artistic taste does not suit your palette and that’s just fine. Art is not trash or vomit or w/e just because you do not like it. You can disagree with modern consumerist culture or w/e all you want, and that’s totally within your right to do so, but if you could hold that opinion without mounting your high horse in the process that would just be super.
