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saw you mention gender for a bit - i wonder why grian is feminized so much? it's of course because of the feedback loop of fanon but how did it snowball so much? it would be funny if it's from him using the alex player model
I'm probably not the guy to ask for this just to be clear right off the back. I love observing fandom trends but I'm just not keeping an eye on Grian stuff more often than not. Grain (lol) of salt, blah blah blah.
So first off I think we should tackle what "feminized" means in this context because I can see that argument being made for both the default-ish generic young anime guy grian I have in my head when I think "fanon grian" and. well. arianna griande and the like (I'd argue cuteguy falls into this latter category)
I'm gonna start with the first one and use my own Grian as an example because I think he's pretty much as standard as you can go in the former category, and that's more or less on purpose. Pictured here in all of his tiny anime twink glory (next to Joel and Cleo who are also meant to be pretty short!)
So while I can't read the minds of other Grian artists, I can offer what went through my head when I designed mine and try to have a guess at how much other people thought the same.
First things first I do think this specific brand of Grian is "feminized" -- if you compare him to the CC. The goal at least for me was more to communicate youthfulness than femininity, but those traits tend to go hand in hand with male characters due to them having pretty much the same features (no facial/body hair is a big one).
Artists in this fandom tend to swing on the younger side, and people tend to base their designs unconsciously (or consciously tbh) on themselves or media they like, the latter being very likely to be media aimed at their age group and thus having a cast of characters around their age. Doesn't help that most popular animated things are made for younger audiences, so chances are most people are basing their art styles in media where the casts age range is 12-25.
For me I do think most of my designs have a little bit of added in youthfulness/femininity unless I Really want to get across age/masculinity. It's a lot easier to separate the 30 year olds from the 40 year olds if the 30 year olds look a bit closer to 20, doubly so when most of the stuff I like (and thus reference from purposefully or not) has casts full of 15 year olds. Alot of this also applies to the other younger men in my designs aside from Grian, like Joel who's next to him.
But Joel is still drawn with stubble and a bit taller than Grian, so what gives about Grian specifically?
For me personally, I draw everything with the Life Series in mind, especially Third Life in Grian's case. And the character who Grian plays off the most in that series, especially in Third Life, is Scar.
While I do think the aforementioned age factor also impacts a lot of Scar designs (as well as younger artists' tendency towards shyness when drawing muscles), I think most people see Scar's masculinity as a key trait of his. I think I'm kind of unique in that I take descriptions of their appearances ingame as somewhat canon (e.g. Scott being canonically referred to as "handsome") but Scar really lays it on thick with "Hot Guy" and the abs and so on that it's pretty much screaming for acknowledgement when you're designing him.
Grian is also short irl and this even gets mentioned by Joel in the first WL episode, so it made enough sense to me that should be something exaggerated with Desert Duo's designs to make them look better next to eachother.
This is also maybe getting a bit into headcanon territory but when I think Grian I don't necessarily think predator or brute force, I think of him setting his traps and giggling maniacally and manipulating what he wants out of people with his words instead of his sword. And him just being like. a little gremlin thing compared to his Big Strong Man partner in crime whilst also, actually being arguably the more dangerous of the two feels harmonious.
If we do a layer deeper into headcanon land, I've also always seen him as more frail and physically weak due to Martyn's concern for his safety and his own more anxious nature in 3L as one of the first players to really consider having to defend himself -- if you're dropped into a death game arena and you're the smallest one there, you would naturally be a lot more nervous than the big guys and come off as more "insane" for wanting to set up seemingly unnecessary defenses or striking first. (<-- this is why I don't talk about Grian much btw all of my thoughts regarding him are seeped in headcanons lol)
Alot of Grian artists are also Desert Duo artists and while they might not be operating by the same logic I am I have to assume there's some common points.
I've seen this meme used a lot when people make fun of other peoples DD art and it's almost always people with very little self-awareness. it's funny to me (and this probably could be its own discussion about queer tropes and xenophobia, but whatever haha funny it's literally them so true so true.)
One final note on this is I think this specific brand of twink Grian might be dipping in popularity? I've been seeing a lot more Grians that are chunkier or entirely throw out his anime-main-character-ness by making his glasses or curly hair heavily exaggerated. Which is cool I especially loveeee the more cartoony puff ball grians that have gotten more popular. Idk if it's necessarily in response to the anti-twink-propaganda or if it's just a new stage in Grian design development as we get further away from the Third Life Desert Duo meta, but it's fun and I think speaks the feminizing not really being an intentional trait and more of a consequence of other things.
As for CuteGuy/Griande I can't really offer as much insight since I don't really get the appeal either lol except that I think it's fun in the way drag is fun.
I think what a lot of people need to remember when they ask for more masculine designs is that masculinity irl is often synonymous with less customization. Alot of it is practical (like short hair obviously you can't style like long hair) and especially outside of queer circles a lot of it is just gender roles -- alot of men will refuse to wear literally plain mens t shirts if it's an eye-catching colour.
There's a great Derek Guy interview where he talks about how men tend to misunderstand what "fashion" is and how most cishet men actually care deeply about fashion. He makes the example of offering two pairs of jeans -- one is a regular pair of blue jeans that costs fifty dollars and another is free of charge but happens to be pink, and how most men despite "not caring about fashion" will go for the fifty dollar blue jeans.
If you want an example of mens fashion and its "boring" aesthetics made more to fit into a crowd than to stand out, just go on instagram and look at pictures of the Empires CCs together and watch the guys get absolutely mogged. This isn't me calling the men badly dressed (in fact I've actually noticed before that CC Joel is like. super well put together) but more of a statement on how womens clothing is designed vs how mens clothing is designed.
I know where my eyes go first, at least. (self indulgent note: Pearl is kind of an exception to the rule for reasons but I cannot say lest I betray my own moral code. however my eyes go to her first anyway because she is stunningly beautiful she could wear a potato sack and it'd work)
And while I don't agree with this sentiment (I actually loveee menswear deeply it's. a thing), in the world of fandom artists who typically are big fans of the gay gay homosexual gay and more into high-decorative, sexier stuff, clawing at any ounce of femininity that these men exhibit is probably an opportunity hard to pass on. This also happens with Jimmy on occasion I think, with stuff like the maid dress. And Ariana Griande is like Drag Drag, not just a dress but a whole persona, so that in combination with feeding into yaoi tropes for popular ships like Scarian and Grumbo, I'm not surprised there's such a gap between actual screentime and fanmade content.
Also is Griande even like. That popular anymore? I also don't think I've seen CuteGuy all that much unless it's DDVAU stuff specifically.
I'd be interested to hear my artist friends comment on this too since again I feel like I'm not the right person to ask lol. Take this as an invitation to yap I would be fascinated hearing your perspectives.
I also think his popularity and younger audience might be playing a big part in this especially in conjunction with the first point about drawing characters younger-looking but this is getting fairly rambly already lol
Go follow the menswear guy (@/dieworkwear) on twitter if you're interested in menswear btw he's very insightful and funny
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Hi folks, I run a discord for all things sapphic like:
books, comics, fanfic
film and tv
writing
art & fanart
fandoms
general chat
areas to share worries with topics like politics etc
Itās basically just a chilled server for people to converse with others in the community and uplift one another / share sapphic media weāre in to.
Thereās also a channel where we regularly share book freebies and deals across the world.
It is over 18 only, but if that sounds awesome the info is in my b|o āØ
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Hey quick question, when people talk about their OCs, does that include characters from original works too or is it only about making characters to go into fanworks/just making guys that you then put in various settings?
#i mean obviously if youāre writing og fic your characters are OCs#(unless youāre working with public domain stuff i guess)#but i want to know if the acronym is like#understood as meaning something more specific#in the general fandom and art communities#like should i say that i have hundreds of OCs because Iām writing a fantasy sf epic or none because those are Just Characters not OCs#(well i guess i have a couple OCs in my fics but those are just random guys with a few lines and a vague description#i made for practical reasons not My Guys)
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Felt a bit nostalgic watching RT shut downā¦Here are the og faves again for old times sake š
#rvb#agent washington#agent Carolina#lavernius tucker#michael j caboose#epsilon#my art rvb#ahhh a lot of feelingsā¦of course I stepped away from rt as a company a long time ago#but RvB is special to me!! it was my first fandom experience ever#and the community here on tumblr specifically was so instrumental to me growing up#I really could not have asked for a better community of artists and writers to grow up in. I know it sounds like platitudes when I say#that everyone was super nice and talented but REALLY. People were so kind to me and somehow I became well known despite#my art and writing and me in general still being immature and hashtag cringe#I found my creative legs and#people would respond to my stuff with walls and walls of support in the tags and we would do exchanges and events every year#I made my first lyric comic and itās still doing extremely well on YouTube even today!! my dad who passed away recently always loved it#and my favorite RvB writer came out of hibernation to write me a bunch of text wall asks about it#Iāve never had another fandom experience quite like RvB#I still keep in touch with many of my friends from that time period even though weāve all moved on the other things#these guys will always always have a place in my heart#so long reds and bluesā¦.
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Keep up the pace, or else.
silli little guy.....nothing happens to him :D info on this guy below :)
So sonic (pace, his name is pace in this universe) comes from this silly little fnf mod called executable mania. I've specifically drawn the version that redseas has released on his youtube https://youtu.be/yhYPS6hEpAY?si=PNtCwnx9aHZ-zqCz But anyways lore time on this guy!! Like I said at the beginning, his name is pace :D. He's a lil' guy that is essentially the same as sonic but he's very scared of everything. He will still attempt to save the world, he's just frightened every step of the way. Now the teeth guy (his name is shadow, no not the hedgehog). This shadow is gerald robotnik's creation w/out the black arms involvement. Unfortunately it manages to escape captivity. And it chases for it's next host to embody. That's all I got! Thanks for reading, if you did um thank you for supporting my art :D comms coming soon if you wish to have your own character render from my style <3.
#self paced#super sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sonic#art#fanart#sonic fandom#sonic fanart#sth fanart#sth#sth fandom#sonic frontiers#sonic oc#sonic x shadow generations#sonic series#shadow the hedgehog#miles tails prower#friday night funkin fanart#friday night funkin boyfriend#friday night funkin mod#friday night funkin au#friday night funkin pico#fnf boyfriend#fnf fanart#fnf girlfriend#fnf bf#sonic.exe#exe community#friday night funkin#fnf
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I like to think that if you're in a fandom space posting AI art, it's because you just aren't aware of why that might be a problem.
So in case you aren't aware: the generative AI you might be using to create "fanart" is trained on a countless number of artworks created by artists whose permission was not asked. Or maybe it was, technically, intentionally buried in a terms of service document somewhere, or in an update which they could either accept or else delete an entire social media account with years of history. This "art" is only possible because of stolen art. When you post images created by generative AI, you are supporting that.
Also, fandom is about creation and community. Individuals and groups creating art of all sorts, and sharing it with each other. When you post AI art... you haven't really created anything. To me at least, that's kind of detracting from what fandom is about. I want to share and raise up works of art that my community has worked hard to create, not something generative AI spit out from a couple key word inputs.
I can't tell anybody here what to do. If you are posting AI art, I'm sure there are some people who will like it, who will share it, who will be happy to do so. But there will also be people who aren't happy about it. There will be people ā and especially artists ā who will be frustrated to see other people in their community who support this technology that has stolen directly from them. There will be people who will block you, who will refuse to interact with your posts, and it will make your community smaller.
I understand it's tempting, especially if you aren't an artist yourself. But if you want art that fits a specific prompt, there are other ways to get it that actually support the fandom community: submit your prompt to a fanartist who accepts prompts, or commission someone for a piece of art, or even give it a try yourself and start learning to actually make art!
I don't hate AI as a whole. I think there are a lot of really amazing things we can do with AI, if it's used correctly. But posting AI fanart is not one of them.
#there are a lot of arguments against generative ai which I'm not even touching#and honestly I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment on them#but I think that even if it was more ethical from an art standpoint it would still defeat the point of fandom#to be posting ai art when we're all here to be a community and support each other and share what we make#so anyway. yeah.#been seeing some ai fanart seeping into the fandom#I'm hesitant to reach out to anyone and say something directly because I feel like it's not my place#but I do have thoughts and I want to assume people aren't posting ai art in bad faith#so hopefully this perpective will help someone. idk#I will start blocking if I have to but I'd prefer not to#mine#personal#ai art#ai
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āEcho? Are you there?ā
Hereās a doodle of Chase Brody for Septic Art Party- and JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME TOO!!
This one was lowkey the hardest for me to figure out because art block was beating me up, so I pumped out this doodle and everything turned out fine!!
@therealjacksepticeye
(REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED!!)
#jacksepticeye#chase brody#iris project#jse egos#jse community#jse fanart#jse fandom#jse chase#septicartparty#septicart#septic egos#husky's art#fan art#art#artist#artists on tumblr#digital art#no to ai art#no to ai generated images#fuck nfts
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Third and last character of the same strong female character exercise, this was my second favorite character out of the three
I really enjoy going back and watching my old art, as I can see my growth, plus itās always nice to redraw things as time goes and skill increases.
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Hopefully someday soon, Iāll redraw these, hopefully theyāll get a home or a purpose, a lot of the characters from exercises donāt end up being used, but I still wish to redraw them before I might trade them or sale them with up to date art~
#artists on tumblr#art#virsidereusart#digital art#furry art#character art#original art#anthro#digital aritst#furry character#furry oc#furry fandom#furrydrawing#furry anthro#furry community#furry#characterdesign#character design#original character#character concept#old art#art exercise#random generator#old work#design challenge#bunny#bratty#strong female character#artwork#my art
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PART: 1 (Comic āLavender Garden)
#shadow the hedgehog#sonic the hedgehog#sonic fanart#sonadow#sonic x shadow fanart#sonic fandom#shadow fanart#fanart#sonic#sonadow fanart#shadow x sonic#sonic x shadow generations#my art#shadow the hedgehog fanart#sonic the hedghog fanart#sonic comics#sonic community#sonic characters#sonic and shadow#comics on tumblr#sonadow comic#bl comic#fanart comic#shadow the hedghog fanart#sonic movie fanart#sonicmanga#shadowxsonickiss#sonadowcomic#sonadowkiss#original comic
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Some art I made for me and my partners to have matching Discord pfpās! Super proud of it tbh
made two versions, one with NormalCD and one with Habit since that partner relates to both of those characters
A bunch of alternate versions under the cut, I kinda went a bit overboard because I wanted to give them āØoptionsāØ
#original art#digital art#exe community#exe fandom#exe fanart#curse sonic#curse!metal sonic#curse metal sonic#metal curse#normalcd#how do I even TAG Habit sheās such a new character and has such a generic name-#habit exe#I guess that works for now#curse appreciation#normalcd appreciation#the exe posts
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#dca fandom#dca community#sun x oc#sun x reader#sun x y/n#sundrop x oc#sundrop x reader#sundrop x y/n#my art#rhys#// based on a pin i have :v#happy general pride!!! be gay do crimes!!!
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CAN YALL PLEASE HELP LOL
Pinterest is going down hill, almost every other image I see when I search something is AI
I like to see REAL art and just REAL things in general
ESPECIALLY cuz I use it for refrences
PLZ WRITE THEM AND REQUEST A FEATURE TO HIDE OR EVEN GET RID OF AI
itās my favorite app and itās going to shit =[
idk if theyāll listen but itās worth a shot
Thank yall!
#pinterest#pinterest please get rid of ai I love you#art#digital art#art refrences#99% of all ai art generators use stolen images#traditional art#artwork#oc art#artists on tumblr#furry#furry art#furry fandom#fursona#anthro#furry community#furry oc#furry anthro
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Do you take commissions? If so, do you have a commission sheet? Iām sorry if this is an annoying ask I just really love your work lol
not annoying at all! i really really appreciate this a lot, thank you!
i have done commissions in the past on other platforms, but for now i am not taking them here. i'm not saying that i never will, because sometimes life is.. you know. Like Thatā¢ļø. but for now i'm steering clear of it to try and keep my passion up! š
#i also frankly think- and i don't say this to be rude- but i think that most folks in fandom would think my work is overpriced#because i charge somewhat more professional rates. still not a living wage. still not what you could get as a non-freelancer#(deleted a lot of rambling about prices here but if anyone does want to hear it i can go into it sometime)#kirby characters are generally far more simplistic so it would be a whole different pricing bracket#but i think expectations in fandom seem different to an original content community where people are doing this for a living#the one person i've commissioned in fandom i was so shocked at the rate i paid like... 500% what they asked me.#(that is not hyperbole. i 'tipped' 400% and it still felt like the bare minimum. you *must* tip undercharging artists.)#anyway. i have a lot of thoughts about monetising my art but at the moment this is still a no. i'm sorry!#i do really genuinely appreciate it though! if i ever open them i'll be sure to post here about it!#i'd also like to do art trades a little more regularly in the future (not rn) ; so there's that too? but we'll see. again i'll post about i#starflungs personal tag
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Just a pair of besties š¬šāāļø
#dutch van der linde#rdr2#rdr2 dutch#ai artwork#ai cover#red dead fandom#red dead redemption 2#red dead redemption community#red dead redemption fandom#rdr2 micah#micah bell x reader#micah bell#rdr2 arthur#red dead redemption arthur#arthur morgan#arthur morgan x reader#ai art#ai generated#modern rdr2#red dead redemption two#red dead redemption dutch#red dead redemption hosea#red dead online#red dead redemption imagine#rdr#rockstar games#red dead redemption fanart#cowboy#wild west#spaghetti western
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Sonic originals how i love you so....
full image plus seperate of them!!! for context watch this amazing volume <333 https://youtu.be/ycPkI6Yk8_E?si=6omSGnq-LpKEFn82
#sonic the hedgehog#sonic#art#fanart#sonic fandom#sonic fanart#sth fanart#sth fandom#sth#sonic frontiers#exe community#lord x#creepypasta#sonic.exe#super sonic#sonic oc#sonic x shadow generations#sonic series#shadow the hedgehog#sonic originals
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oh my god i made calvin girlriel
#zero day#andre kriegman#calvin gabriel#art#ai art#ai generated#ai image#tccblr#tcc tumblr#tcc#tc community#tcc columbine#tcc fandom#tcctwt#tcc edit
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