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A quick edit here, but pretty much my intention here is not to criticize the community as a whole but rather some of the rare users who discourage people from making art. I could have worded this description better after the few minutes it was up but I was still annoyed of what happened. I made some edits so the message I tried to aim is more clear and understanding. The derpibooru community as a whole is actually full of talented artists and animators, some friendly folks who helped me to understand the site a bit more after I made a blunder with some of the tags in my drawings and giving props to the mods here who are pretty responsible at the time of keeping the order. A few users can be bad apples but overall I like the community and I’m still proud to be part of it!
I’m probably going to risk getting tagged with “Op is a duck” or getting downvoted but I feel to release from my system what I have been feeling these past hour.
Pretty much after posting this drawing (https://www.deviantart.com/agkandphotomaker2000/art/Booty-and-more-booty-802256983), the post all of the sudden started getting some…discouraging comments and I’m not talking about comments like “Your art sucks” or “Stop posting” but one commentor saying alot of things like that I’m the reason why the bronies I’m being made fun of, that my art is eye cancer and that my drawings shouldn’t even be allowed to be posted anywhere.
I know that this is just the minority in Derpibooru and that mayority of the userbase is actually pretty friendly, I’m also aware not everybody on the site will like my art and I’m 100% sure that this image won’t stop some of the the discouragement that happens.
Look, I don’t mind if you write down a few criticisms about one of my drawings, I don’t mind comments that say that I suck or I should stop posting or that I should go fuck myself or die (I’m used to those type of comments) and I don’t even care if my drawings get downvoted (I have a philosphy that Derpibooru can be like gamble, you could either do well or not do well) but comments attempting to put me down and discourage me from making art are usually the ones that does get me. I’m aware that I’m not picasso but just a guy that likes to draw his OC and that not everyone likes my art but I find it rude that you attempt to discourage someone from just wanting to do his own thing and have fun drawing. You are free to like or dislike a drawing but never discourage the artist from making his own thing.
And I have to repeat myself, I’m aware this drawing will do nothing to stop some of the discouragement on the site and that I’m risking myself from getting downvoted, being bait for some trolls and having this drawing tagged as “Op is a duck” but I honestly don’t care and I feel like making this can help me release the frustration I have from my system.
But just remember: Discouragement hurts the artist. Criticism helps them
I’m probably going to risk getting tagged with “Op is a duck” or getting downvoted but I feel to release from my system what I have been feeling these past hour.
Pretty much after posting this drawing (https://www.deviantart.com/agkandphotomaker2000/art/Booty-and-more-booty-802256983), the post all of the sudden started getting some…discouraging comments and I’m not talking about comments like “Your art sucks” or “Stop posting” but one commentor saying alot of things like that I’m the reason why the bronies I’m being made fun of, that my art is eye cancer and that my drawings shouldn’t even be allowed to be posted anywhere.
I know that this is just the minority in Derpibooru and that mayority of the userbase is actually pretty friendly, I’m also aware not everybody on the site will like my art and I’m 100% sure that this image won’t stop some of the the discouragement that happens.
Look, I don’t mind if you write down a few criticisms about one of my drawings, I don’t mind comments that say that I suck or I should stop posting or that I should go fuck myself or die (I’m used to those type of comments) and I don’t even care if my drawings get downvoted (I have a philosphy that Derpibooru can be like gamble, you could either do well or not do well) but comments attempting to put me down and discourage me from making art are usually the ones that does get me. I’m aware that I’m not picasso but just a guy that likes to draw his OC and that not everyone likes my art but I find it rude that you attempt to discourage someone from just wanting to do his own thing and have fun drawing. You are free to like or dislike a drawing but never discourage the artist from making his own thing.
And I have to repeat myself, I’m aware this drawing will do nothing to stop some of the discouragement on the site and that I’m risking myself from getting downvoted, being bait for some trolls and having this drawing tagged as “Op is a duck” but I honestly don’t care and I feel like making this can help me release the frustration I have from my system.
But just remember: Discouragement hurts the artist. Criticism helps them
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Normally we ask people to use the forums for things like this, but since this image is inviting a meta conversation about the community, and isn’t a normal work of fan art, and since you are inviting a discussion about it on this image, we’ll let that discussion happen.
So .. just so you know, we won’t be treating comments here the same way we would on a normal piece of fanart.
@Background Pony #DF73
But Rule #0 still applies.
Edited
Yeah, I’m not really associating the whole community just for that person and I’m aware his comments weren’t even criticism.
One of the faults of my drawing here is the wording, I could have made it clear that not everybody here is like that user but I was still annoyed for what happened. Even still, I gotta hand it to the mods of the site, they are very responsible managing the site aswell keeping the order with some problematic people. Also the whole community is pretty talented and while we might have some disrespectful apples around here, there’s also some friendly folks that were understanding with some of my tagging blunders :)
Edited
So you are taring all of the users on the site because of the actions of one person, who was breaking our rules, and who has been temporarily banned from posting on the site.
It’s ok that you are frustrated. But you need to recognize that what they were saying on your image was not a criticism of your art, but a personal attack against you.
Please don’t conflate what they were doing with criticism. They are entirely different things.
And don’t blame the whole community here because of one person who chose to ignore our very simple rules.