[fluff] something i want to talk about ("rant" post)

(image is just a doodle, i didn't want this to be just text.)

it feels really wrong to phrase this as a "rant", since what i'm saying doesn't come from a place of anger as much as it is a place of doubt or disillusionment.

i don't want this to come off as some kind of rallying cry or a condemnation, i just want to know if anyone feels the same way.

i recently saw this post in my feed and it isn't really the post itself that i was pondering as much as it was some of the comments, talking about how art should be made for the sake of making it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/battlecats/s/YDDurE5Thu

don't get me wrong here, i fully agree with that, and more power to those who do it solely so it can exist, but i bring this up since it kind of reminded me of a conversation i had in the comments of another post sometime around last year.

i don't know if this is actually the case, but it really feels like most fan-made posts just live in the shadow of other fluff posts. i don't intend to phrase this in any contemptuous fashion, but it's something that even now still kind of saddens me (ironic, since this is also tagged as fluff).

i'll be honest, i'm admittedly one of those people who uploads for engagement (though only for comments in my case), but i really feel for people who upload their own art also looking for feedback and just don't get any.

though, in my case, i'm incredibly lucky to have gotten as far as i have, especially with how awful my art was (and still is). i have been told that i'm selling myself short, but at this point i think i recognize the faults of my own work well enough.

i know i whine about that a lot, and it's annoying, but it's just been hard. i want to change, and maybe i have, but it doesn't feel that way. and i know it's all my fault because i shouldn't care about these things in the first place but for some reason i do.

there's people who are much more talented than i am and posts that incorporate similar amounts of effort, and yet there's almost always an unfortunate few that remain underrated.

as something of a tangent, i remember seeing this really cool paladin cat fan art (that i think was drawn by user alexthedraculaboiyee, assuming i didn't butcher their name) but it didn't get nearly as much love as it should've imo.

of course, in the real world, time and effort alone don't always correlate to positive reception, but i wish it always did -- but i also wish that i didn't worry so much about it either in a way. i don't know how to word it.

i'm probably the last person who should be talking about this, and this is probably the last community that should have to put up with it, but i don't really know where else to mention this in any additional depth, and i want to see if anyone gets where I'm coming from so to speak.

(image is just a doodle, i didn't want this to be just text.)

it feels really wrong to phrase this as a "rant", since what i'm saying doesn't come from a place of anger as much as it is a place of doubt or disillusionment.

i don't want this to come off as some kind of rallying cry or a condemnation, i just want to know if anyone feels the same way.

i recently saw this post in my feed and it isn't really the post itself that i was pondering as much as it was some of the comments, talking about how art should be made for the sake of making it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/battlecats/s/YDDurE5Thu

don't get me wrong here, i fully agree with that, and more power to those who do it solely so it can exist, but i bring this up since it kind of reminded me of a conversation i had in the comments of another post sometime around last year.

i don't know if this is actually the case, but it really feels like most fan-made posts just live in the shadow of other fluff posts. i don't intend to phrase this in any contemptuous fashion, but it's something that even now still kind of saddens me (ironic, since this is also tagged as fluff).

i'll be honest, i'm admittedly one of those people who uploads for engagement (though only for comments in my case), but i really feel for people who upload their own art also looking for feedback and just don't get any.

though, in my case, i'm incredibly lucky to have gotten as far as i have, especially with how awful my art was (and still is). i have been told that i'm selling myself short, but at this point i think i recognize the faults of my own work well enough.

i know i whine about that a lot, and it's annoying, but it's just been hard. i want to change, and maybe i have, but it doesn't feel that way. and i know it's all my fault because i shouldn't care about these things in the first place but for some reason i do.

there's people who are much more talented than i am and posts that incorporate similar amounts of effort, and yet there's almost always an unfortunate few that remain underrated.

as something of a tangent, i remember seeing this really cool paladin cat fan art (that i think was drawn by user alexthedraculaboiyee, assuming i didn't butcher their name) but it didn't get nearly as much love as it should've imo.

of course, in the real world, time and effort alone don't always correlate to positive reception, but i wish it always did -- but i also wish that i didn't worry so much about it either in a way. i don't know how to word it.

i'm probably the last person who should be talking about this, and this is probably the last community that should have to put up with it, but i don't really know where else to mention this in any additional depth, and i want to see if anyone gets where I'm coming from so to speak.