SJW Art and Extremes

[Super-Chevy454]

Oof, a Muslim with a Jew? Good luck with that...

Yeah, that only happen on tv and in the movies.

 

[Valstrax]

why

 

[One Man Bland]

why

It took me a second to realize that Ino has two legs in this image instead of one broken absurdly long leg. And even then her right leg is half the size of her left.

 

[peepaa]

why

all was well.. i just thought it was typical ugly lesbian art... until i noticed the neo-lesbian flag pins

 

[The real Sinterklaas]

I suppose this is not that far on the SJW scale artwise, but just the random "lets make it lesbian thing" gave it some merrit.

 

[Ceiling Kitten]

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This one's not halfway bad, tbh; the artist is clearly better than many of the idiots seen here. If only the "WITH LESBIANS!" wasn't done for woke points...

ETA:

https://twitter.com/sorakachanart/status/1122638994922250240
https://archive.fo/P930H


Oh, FFS. I don't dislike the "cis person helps their trans/nb sibling" idea per se, but Mokuba is like... 10 in canon? And according to the "commisioner" s/he is already on hormones? At least the art itself isn't hideous, but still.

 

[YaNastyBoy]

Just went through the last few pages and boy, do I wish people just learn anatomy and proportions. -_-

Okuyasu (boťtom) looks like a rabid monkey with that face and ears.
Josuke's hands and fingers look non-human.


Question: Someone said earlier that these artists draw like this because it gives them attention. Do you think that includes negative attention? Would they want to stick around if they're being told that their art looks garbage or would it empower them?

Probably not 100% related to your question but I think I might as well drop what I figured out after spending my younger years on Tunglr.

Seeing negative criticism on Tumblr art is rare, even if the artwork is particularly shit-tier. The website is an echo chamber because the people that fill it are usually the type of people who are non-confrontational, passive-aggressive losers.
Tumblr is supposedly all about supporting and being (fake)nice to each other. Whenever I saw anything remotely close to criticism it's usually prefaced with "I'm not trying to be mean" or "don't take this the wrong way" sort of shit.
They also have this mentality that if you draw with the same broke-ass art style everyday you'll magically improve, or that their "unique" broke-ass art style will bring them attention. For that former mentality, people usually over look shit-tier art and go on to ass-patting and encouraging each other.
I mean there's nothing wrong with supporting a fellow artist but if all you do is compliment someone whose art has glaring errors then you can't expect them to want to fix it.
Because of the social climate if any harsh criticism came from someone offsite, artists are able to make themselves become the victim while their followers came to their defense.

Then the whole SocJus thing hit and that made things even worse because it gave certain people a layer of protection to deflect the rare criticism that comes their way. And everyone else who didn't have high oppression points would usually be too scared to speak up or else they'll provoke the SJW whiteknights. That said, SocJus also gave them a justification to be assholes to each other. That's why every criticism that comes out of Tumblr is "This isn't PC enough and this is SJWBuzzword-phobic!" and when their hit gains traction they really start to show their true colors, just as we saw in the Zamii controversy. It doesn't matter wether your art is generic Tumblr shit or good-quality like in the case of Gashi-Gashi (the Japanese artist who "white-washed" Garnet).

As for why they do fan art.

1) It starts from a genuine interest for the source material, at least usually.

2) They can't come up with their own shit.

3) Tumblr isn't a site that's actually meant for artists. On Tumblr there is rarely an artist who will survive with their own ideas unless they're particularly amazing or at the very least above-average. Even Original Character art that gains popularity is usually tied to a fandom, like Homestuck Fantrolls or Pony OCs. Or, in the case of SocJus Tumblr––you push a political agenda with your art.

People on Tumblr thrive on attention, wether that's primarily drawing fandom art or pushing their stupid headcanons to provoke people or bullying people on their SJW moral high horse.

Sure they like to draw a lot but I rarely feel that genuine love for art that makes you want to actually improve.

Speaking of,
I was befriend need by this artist back in my Tumblr days who made OCs tied to a fandom and I thought she had some potential as an artist. But when it became clear to her that her purely fandom art brought her attention she made a gradual shift to doing just that.
The Tumblr symptoms started popping up, she stuck to a generic ass art style she could use to mass-produce fan works....all while plastering a link to a money-donation site (Ko-Fi) in the description. And although she sacrificed quality and originality, I say begrudgingly; good for her cause it actually worked––she now has a small following who throw money at her.

The only good thing is that heavy-handed SJW tropes usually don't feature in her art but she definitely has the same mentality.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

Aw, the fugly thing I wanted to post got posted last page...oh well, have backup:

The blackwashing literally ruins the entire color scheme and looks reeeally last-minute.

Edit: turns out I had wrecked color balance on my monitor, so it looked worse than it should. It doesn't look that bad now.

 

[Frito]

Aw, the fugly thing I wanted to post got posted last page...oh well, have backup:

The blackwashing literally ruins the entire color scheme and looks reeeally last-minute.

I mean, the skin looks a little ashy but it’s not... horrible? Pixel work looks really good, and tbh if this was someone’s centaur oc I wouldn’t give it a second look

 

[BatmiteTheMight0101]

Aw, the fugly thing I wanted to post got posted last page...oh well, have backup:

The blackwashing literally ruins the entire color scheme and looks reeeally last-minute.

This does not count as black washing. Black washing would be erasing an ethnicity or/and does a race-bend inaccurately. Fans of MLP FIM characters would draw them human in their head cannon race before the rise of Tumblr on DeviantArt since they are ponies and their skin colors is just pastel colors. Unless pink is a race.

If this is about the colors, I think the brown skin does look good with the hair color and eye colors to balance a similar shade. Although the sprinkles show be slightly small and more brighter to pop out. Other than that, I really like it.

 

[Grass Mud Horse]

Aw, the fugly thing I wanted to post got posted last page...oh well, have backup:

The blackwashing literally ruins the entire color scheme and looks reeeally last-minute.

I really liked this until I noticed the centaur part. Now I'm not sure how to feel about it
Also Pinkie Pie isn't human in canon so it technically can't count as blackwashing. I mean, there is that "human" doll line Equestria Girls, but the characters still have their pony skin tones, so it's really more of a humanoid line.
(Personally I think that was pretty smart of Hasbro to do - fans are happy because it still leaves their human forms up for interpretation, and soccer moms are happy because the dolls are recognizable and don't stand out against other MLP merch.)

 

[Lion]

This one's not halfway bad, tbh; the artist is clearly better than many of the idiots seen here. If only the "WITH LESBIANS!" wasn't done for woke points...

ETA:
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https://twitter.com/sorakachanart/status/1122638994922250240
https://archive.fo/P930H


Oh, FFS. I don't dislike the "cis person helps their trans/nb sibling" idea per se, but Mokuba is like... 10 in canon? And according to the "commisioner" s/he is already on hormones? At least the art itself isn't hideous, but still.

no one questioned the prosthetic legs

 

[Nekromantik]

Aw, the fugly thing I wanted to post got posted last page...oh well, have backup:

The blackwashing literally ruins the entire color scheme and looks reeeally last-minute.

The centaur part looks a bit weird, but the weirdest thing is that fact that her arms start to turn pink at the elbows and her fingers are bright pink.

 

[AnthroFlea180]

Aw, the fugly thing I wanted to post got posted last page...oh well, have backup:

The blackwashing literally ruins the entire color scheme and looks reeeally last-minute.

Spoiler: sperg

If the color on the eyes and mouth were softer this would look much better, that makes at least the face look like it doesn't belong there.

Everything else got a softer color aside the borders.



If this wasn't MLP it would be a pretty ok oc.

 

[extra boiled eggplant]

From what I remember it was a Japanese person who didn’t speak much, if any, English and had no frame of reference for American norms let alone the concept of “white washing” in art, so a lot of the flack they got revolved around those two points.

So they basically got driven off Tumblr for not being American and never really understood why so many people were sending them angry messages and threats.

Worst part was it didn’t even seem like white-washing or deliberately making Garnet lighter (and even if they were it’s fucking fan art), they were just trying to emphasize the glow emanating from her gems.

I think the artist reffered to here is Gashi Gashi, if I'm not mistaken, I've seen the drawing that got them into trouble before and hooo boy... If you saw the art piece that got them accused of blackwashing you'd facepalm yourself into oblivion.

Here's the said drawing:

You know, the sad thing is, this is WAY better than most sjw art.

Edit: not mentioning the fact that the gems have no set race because well... They're just alien rocks.

 

[diarrhoea]

Jesus christ.

Also, I think this is relevant.

Why

reminder james beat a 10 year old girl in a beauty pageant with fake inflatable tits

 

[Bojack Horsekin]

This one's not halfway bad, tbh; the artist is clearly better than many of the idiots seen here. If only the "WITH LESBIANS!" wasn't done for woke points...

ETA:
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https://twitter.com/sorakachanart/status/1122638994922250240
https://archive.fo/P930H


Oh, FFS. I don't dislike the "cis person helps their trans/nb sibling" idea per se, but Mokuba is like... 10 in canon? And according to the "commisioner" s/he is already on hormones? At least the art itself isn't hideous, but still.

no one questioned the prosthetic legs

My first thought was that Kaiba was somehow responsible for Mokuba's missing legs, so he bought him fancy prosthetics to alleviate his guilt. And hormones and dresses too, why not.

(I remember a time when crossdressing Mokuba was popular in fanart because of his female doppelganger in a game universe or something. But that was always presented as "aw, cute boy in a dress" rather than "he is so trans and has a supportive billionaire brother!!" There's fetishizing, and then there's fetishizing coupled with projecting topped with obnoxious political agenda.)

 

[lint roller]

Jesus christ.

Also, I think this is relevant.

Why

MEOWTH! That's a big oof uwu

 

[Tiny Clever Commander]

If this is about the colors, I think the brown skin does look good with the hair color and eye colors to balance a similar shade. Although the sprinkles show be slightly small and more brighter to pop out. Other than that, I really like it.

Agreed, like strawberry and chocolate ice cream.

 

[Elpizo]

Agreed, like strawberry and chocolate ice cream.

Oh come on, I love strawberry and chocolate ice cream.