#tuliharja's midday ramblings

[tuliharja]

I'm extremely excited about my newest watercolor artwork, which I'll probably upload online somewhere next week!

[tuliharja]

Some good news concerning my artworks on DA

Alright, it seems contacting the DeviantArt support helped mostly the issue of the majority of my artworks getting blurred/hidden from non-logged members on DeviantArt. (Reference to these posts.) There are still some artworks of mine having been marked as "May contain sensitive content. Log in to view." but it seems the majority is now visible.

This is actually a huge relief as at the end of 2022 I felt extremely desperate, disappointed, and just sad about what came to DA's bot problems (originally it was a bot that caused havoc on DA, hiding people's artworks as it marked those as 'mature'. Talk about failed AI attempt...) and the lack of fixing that bot's errors. After all, DA was the first actual art site where I had posted my art and built my art gallery, so having it crash and burn because of something like that? Not cool.

It took a lot of time, me posting several journals/posts about the issue and even contacting the support, not to mention DA isn't still out of the hot water with me as still few of my artworks are being hidden/blurred from the public, but now the situation is enormously better. Now it doesn't feel anymore like I'm running some sort of huge "sensitive content" (like DA would put it) art gallery on DA, which is a good thing.

I'll still keep in the future eye of my gallery from a visitor's perspective to ensure such an unfortunate event won't ever happen again where most of my artwork will get hidden, just so I can faster contact the support as I feel like contacting them helped most...

[tuliharja]

I just remembered a few days ago that Yamamoto x kinda reader fic that I wrote last year or so, that I never published. Now I kinda want to post it, but I still remember how the person who betaed it to me, all but called it garbage, because reader-san wasn't at all likable in their mind, so ditto. I'm again unsure if I should grace the fanfiction world with my bad writing or not... (Or, should I just go full anon in AO3 and publish it.)

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Disappointment

*Sigh.* I just logged in today DA and learned to those who don't log into DA and browse my gallery will see some of my art tagged as mature, despite the fact those aren't mature.

Apparently, my artworks aren't enough 'good' for brand ads, so those get flagged as mature unjustified manner. (The only little good thing is that no administrative actions are being taken against my account.) My disappointment is immeasurable and I wouldn't be surprised if DA would start to one day remove people's artworks just because.

There is also the fact, first and foremost I'm a traditional artist. I've digital copies of my digitally created artworks saved, but some of my traditional artworks? Nope. Some were gifts to other people, so if those get deleted...well, I suppose the internet people won't then ever see those. (In some cases that's a shame, I admit.) So, it's no wonder this upsets me so greatly.

After all, most of my art is still uploaded in DA. I'm slowly crossposting my art to Insta (starting from older ones) and some in here too and Pixiv, but I'm starting to wonder if should I start to mass post even my older (not so good artworks) in here Tumblr and Pixiv.

[tuliharja]

Update concerning my art and Tumblr blog

I'm getting sick and tired of the fact DA is blurring/hiding some of my artwork, because of some ridiculous reason. (Reference to these posts.) It seems they've taken yet another new step by providing this text: "May contain sensitive content. Log in to view." So, if you're a non-DA member, you'll see some of my artworks sporting that text.

What's more, it seems by slamming that text instead of 'mature' or 'unavailable' has now resolved the "issue" as DA has in their help & faqs section 'Known Issues'. For a long time this issue was listed there, but not anymore. So, the issue has been solved. Not really. Some of my artworks are still hidden and I can't figure out why.

What's more, when I looked at why some artworks may be hidden, there was basically a section that if external audiences deem those artworks "don’t align with their interests" those will get hidden.

Excuse me, what? While I can understand real adult themes should be hidden/tagged correctly and somewhat negative emotions (even in that explanation I don't understand why "sadness or other topics associated with negative emotions" can't be shown. Like hello? Those are part of life?) That basically means if the external audiences decide they don't like, say fanart, boom, it gets hidden. Or if they decide 'bunnies don't align with my interest' boom, it gets hidden. I feel like DA is slowly spiraling into children's sites as in 4kids style. Where most ridiculous things get edited (in this case hidden) because someone decided 'nu-huh, I don't like this!'

Well, I'm still trying, despite the fact I'm starting to feel like giving up on DA. I've contacted the staff about this issue and I hope they'll answer to me what's so 'bad' in some of my artworks that those get hidden. Depending on their answer (or the lack of it, since I wouldn't be surprised if they won't answer me or they just tell me 'it's what it's) I might change my main art site.

I've already taken steps on my Tumblr blog to change it more into a personal one. Unfortunately, that means I won't anymore reblog as much as I've before as let's face it: when a person comes to my blog and sees 20-plus posts that are just reblogged, they'll think my blog is just a reblog blog. They won't notice my art. They won't notice my writings. They won't notice any original content I'll make unless it falls into the popular/niche tag.

I know this might sound harsh and some of my followers might be disappointed, but I originally made this blog to interact with people on Tumblr (which, I don't sadly do anymore so often as some people have left Tumblr or things have otherwise changed), post my writings and at times art. But things have changed. I want to show my art without ridiculous restrictions because of someone else.

If I want to post an anime/manga character on the beach with a bikini, I want to. I don't want someone to hide it and make it sound scandalous when it isn't. I want to post pretty drawings of pretty anime/manga characters without someone deciding to hide those because I didn't happen to draw full bodies that would show they're fully dressed up. And there is so much more. I tag very meticulous manner my posts on Tumblr and any other site to ensure people can block those tags if they don't want to see such content. I've played by the rules, but when those rules start to get too ridiculous and like I'm being punished for no reason, I don't see why I should stay on such a site or anymore play by those rules.

Hence, if DA's reply to my inquiry will be a negative one, I think I'll start to be more selective about what to post on that site. I'll still post there, but if it gets hidden the next day, I'll probably just delete the artwork on whisk it on Tumblr and Pixiv and later on to Insta.

I've started to build my Insta as my main art site, but it'll take time.

I've started to post some of my older works here, on Tumblr and Pixiv, but it'll also take time.

This is truly a pity because the way DA has been built is different from any other sites that I'm using at the moment. I just hope my most dread won't become true, but if those will...well, it's what it's. But for my own happiness that should ultimately matter, some changes will happen. I just hope those who follow me on different sites will accept these changed and maybe still follow me. But if they won't follow me, that's their right and decision that I'll honor.

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Welp, I think I'll still keep reblogging other people's posts (mainly art and interesting text posts), because, despite the fact, DA has decided to be a big meanie when comes to showing some of my art, I still think it's nice to share interesting/cool/pretty/etc. things I find from Tumblr. (Plus, the fact I reblog about two posts per day is quite little what some people might reblog daily...) I'll still keep posting my own art and other things, though. (And hope those won't get lost among other people's posts that I'll reblog.)

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Update: Deviantart isn't any more tagging my posts as 'mature', but instead now my art is unavailable and if you click my post (while not being logged in), you'll still get a blurred picture, where now reads "May contain sensitive content. This filter hides content that may be inappropriate for some viewers". That doesn't really help or remove the issue over the fact my art is getting unjustified manner hidden, so users who don't have DA accounts and who might browse my art gallery won't see those.

In fact, in a sense this is very damaging to artists as any new, potential art enjoyers of someone's art or followers might think they post inappropriate art and won't give the artist even a chance because they don't want to see such content. And those who might want to see it and then realize it isn't the content they're seeking will get equally disappointed... All in all, this is very annoying and frustrating as I've yet to find a proper, art site where traditional and digital art is appreciated in a similar fashion.

Disappointment

*Sigh.* I just logged in today DA and learned to those who don't log into DA and browse my gallery will see some of my art tagged as mature, despite the fact those aren't mature.

Apparently, my artworks aren't enough 'good' for brand ads, so those get flagged as mature unjustified manner. (The only little good thing is that no administrative actions are being taken against my account.) My disappointment is immeasurable and I wouldn't be surprised if DA would start to one day remove people's artworks just because.

There is also the fact, first and foremost I'm a traditional artist. I've digital copies of my digitally created artworks saved, but some of my traditional artworks? Nope. Some were gifts to other people, so if those get deleted...well, I suppose the internet people won't then ever see those. (In some cases that's a shame, I admit.) So, it's no wonder this upsets me so greatly.

After all, most of my art is still uploaded in DA. I'm slowly crossposting my art to Insta (starting from older ones) and some in here too and Pixiv, but I'm starting to wonder if should I start to mass post even my older (not so good artworks) in here Tumblr and Pixiv.