Reminder that the only time Mastercard has flinched is when outrage was directed at them. Attacking platforms like SubscribeStar for Visa/Mastercard's extralegal censorship is exactly the deflection they want.
balancing irl job with commissions and personal pieces
I'm gonna say this once
If I see anyone after today say or repost something like "why should I care about these changes, I don't like "degenerate" art.
You gotta kill the fascist that lives in your head because guess what. The sword is closer to your head than you realize
defending art's right to exist, especially nsfw art, inherenetly involves you having to allow art you don't like or even think is abhorrent or reprehensible to exist. you do not have to pretend to like it or engage with it, but you need to let it exist. you give fascists an inch they take a mile.
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100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride.
Mainstream media: nothing
Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes.
Mainstream media: nothing.
This is what extreme media bias looks like.
On the subject of purists within the various fandoms: no sheer amount of the self righteousness belief that “we are not with them” is going to protect you… it is >not< going to protect you.
Artist Adamtots puts it nicely on perspective:
It does not make you less of an artist. As long as you're not stealing from others, you're all good! I constantly use sketchfab and csp 3D assets in my workflow because it saves me SOOO much time.
I need all artists to know that using 3D models in your art is not cheating. Those free-to-use 3D models are literally there to make your life easier. Stop being so hard on yourself and just trace that 3D object. You don't need to be able to perfectly draw every object ever from memory!!
This. Don’t make your life harder than it already is
Super mario bros movie : generic kids movie held up by cameos and references Original mario bros movie with bob hoskins : avante garde cyberpunk film about a dystopian capitalist society bent ln genociding inferior species, brought down by two blue collar men
You know what tho
obligatory reminder that if you're a leftist and you don't mask in public spaces: no you're not
Da Vinci had a literal fuckable twink live model. you can use the CSP hand tool. it's fine
It's never been about realism for its own sake, it was always about coherency and INTERNAL believability. Going all for realism always is like what a meathead would think people enjoy about works of visual art.
The reason why live action movies are burdened with the fear of cgi looking fake is because they have to share the screen with actual sets and people who look 100% real, literally nobody gives a shit if video games or comics and the like adhere to those standards.
Or, hear me out, Minecraft has nothing to do with this and people who've been courting realism at all cost over a proper art direction were wrong all along. We're just wiser to it now that nobody's wowed by graphic fidelity alone.
It's about addictive game design (yess!!) And predatory monetization (fuck yessss!!)
I know calling reps is very nerve racking. You're not sure what's the right thing to say, and tbh having a script thrown at me makes things just as nerve racking.
I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process
So I guess no Bun Bash for Subscribestar...
Man this was supposed to be my fallback for when Patreon pulled the rug on me lmao. These rules almost sound WORSE than Patreon
My boiling, unalloyed hatred of America & the surrender of what ought to be straightforward free expression into the hands of hypocritical grasping toddlerbrained corpo conglomerates grows more intense day by day. Dogshit fucking country
Its been brought to my attention that SubscribeStar has updated its content policies and is now much, much more strict wrt the kinds of content it will host
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And of COURSE this is being forced by the payment processors...
Looks like we'll have to spam phone calls to them once more
And with that, SubscribeStar will lose a massive chunk of their creators... Congratulations...
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Looks like they removed the "anthro" part
The backlash is real lmao
the targeting of any art that is "obscene" (terms of obscenity always to be decided at a whim) is fascistic yes but also how the only kinds of art that tends to be penalized is the individual/independent creators isn't lost on me. a patreon TOS would reject anything that can be streamed on netflix.
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The situation with SubscribeStar is NOT ABOUT THE KIDS!
how much kids has access to the paid content on adult side of the platform? They're limiting what YOU as an adult can see.
If that's not a fascist move, I don't know what else is.
With what's going on with Subscribestar, it's a good moment to remind you all of something:
Free speech also includes speech you don't agree with, and freedom of artistic expression also includes art you find horrible or disgusting.
And if you go: "Yeah I agree! However-"
Then you don't agree!
Censorship: banning nazis
not censorship: banning sex workers
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