SJW Art and Extremes

[fishercat]

You drew it and you made it ugly.

 

[Chromeo]

I actually really dig this piece, gender bullshit notwithstanding. CJ looks perfectly normal and Flick is good from the neck down. It does feel a little bit like the artist is trying REALLY hard to give their style energy and a distinct aesthetic to it, but I can't fault them for that because that's the objective of virtually every Tumblr/Tumblr-type artist ever. I like it because it feels like the artist behind this draws inspiration from more than just anime prettyboys/schoolgirls and hipster fashion labels, which is what like 90% of Tumblr-y artists draw inspiration from.

Seriously, I can't stand the omnipresence of that kitschy, muddy-colored quasi-kawaii aesthetic among online art circles. While artists who prefer a more grimy aesthetic can definitely go a bit too far in the other direction, I appreciate the change of pace their art offers from all that uwu softboy nonsense. Take this piece for example:

Is it better than Fashion Model Traced Over To Resemble Anime Twink No. 387 just because of the cruder aesthetic? No. It's actually a little too unconventional for its own good, with ugly features being utilized but not depicted in a way that won't easily turn the viewer off from the aesthetic. Had the artist not utilized typical Tumblr-y art tropes (eg. spiky rainbow hair, bearded or otherwise completely un-feminine women, everyone being a unique shade of brown, etc), toned down the excessive details and fine-tuned the color palette, it'd probably provoke less digust from the people in this thread. Really, you can say that about most of the art in here.

Apologies for the above autism, I'm a massive sperg about art styles/influences and I tend to get verbose when I really want to talk about something. Also I'd much rather talk about the aesthetic choices and influences SJW-type artists gravitate towards than gawk at Brownwashed Waifu Waving A Trans Flag No. 8473 and make the same revelations about Tumblr artists that someone else makes on every other page. Keeps the thread fresh.

The grotesque style reminds me of Superjail, or Mr. Pickles. While it isn't necessarily something I enjoy, I also appreciate the deviation from uwu softboy calarts crap. I can respect that it knows it's grody.

But that art lean in the animal crossing one was atrocious. Gotta skew that shit boiz

Spoiler: Maybe this is just art sperg idk

 

[0jacket0]

found this gem on a discord


same “artist” i think


can someone tell me what the fuck this is?

 

[AMHOLIO]

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Spoiler

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Say what you want about how visually pleasing it is but I got to give this artist props for making their own original content, putting effort into it, and leaning into their gross aesthetic fully. This feels less virtue signaling and more like someone having a good time with gross unlike most fanart "masterpieces" on here that are just low effort "see im affirmative" sketches, doodles, and edits. Props to them.

 

[Elpizo]

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can someone tell me what the fuck this is?

It's Nepeta from Homestuck, but poorly drawn.

 

[Hummingbird]

I wonder what these tumblrites what think of the 2002 He-man series?

That's a good question since that show didn't care about shipping, even Prince Adam is manlier than most of the SPOP males, Teela and Evil-Lyn are attractive and have breasts and their legs exposed, the animation is actually good, their Hordak wasn't a wuss, and the world building existed.

 

[Corn Flakes]

That's a good question since that show didn't care about shipping, even Prince Adam is manlier than most of the SPOP males, Teela and Evil-Lyn are attractive and have breasts and their legs exposed, the animation is actually good, their Hordak wasn't a wuss, and the world building existed.

So, in short, we're lucky SJWs weren't so rampant back then otherwise we wouldn't have heard the end of it?

 

[dilf hunter]

Original on the right. This person gives every single character these botox lips with a darker upper lip, regardless of ethnicity or light source. On characters that aren't brown, it looks like a Dirty Sanchez.

Spoiler: more art style sperging

Why the bulbous nose, scribbles on the cheeks, and freckles? It seems like they're peppering in all of these unnecessary details to be *~original~* but it somehow makes it even more generic.

 

[Sea creature]

Them lips.

 

[Brain Power]

Original on the right. This person gives every single character these botox lips with a darker upper lip, regardless of ethnicity or light source. On characters that aren't brown, it looks like a Dirty Sanchez.

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Spoiler: more art style sperging

Why the bulbous nose, scribbles on the cheeks, and freckles? It seems like they're peppering in all of these unnecessary details to be *~original~* but it somehow makes it even more generic.

Those fucking lips, are they trying to bring old racist cartoons back?

 

[sad cowboy cat]

 

[Owhtwsoac123]

 

[Theropod T. Dinosaur]

doctor who? More like doctor ew.

everything’s so damn lumpy, even the clothes.

 

[Kuchipatchi]

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This meme is a mistake.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Why the bulbous nose, scribbles on the cheeks, and freckles? It seems like they're peppering in all of these unnecessary details to be *~original~* but it somehow makes it even more generic.

That's just the generic tumblr style. I think it developed because most of the artists there know their art is simple and low-effort. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to spam it on an industrial scale as they do. So, in order to mask that simplicity (which is not an inherently bad thing) and look more "respectable", they started adding more visual noise to their pictures. Either in the form of random scribbles, garish colors or patterns,, or by giving everybody eczema or vitiligo to break up the skin tones.

 

[sadbird]

The grotesque style reminds me of Superjail, or Mr. Pickles. While it isn't necessarily something I enjoy, I also appreciate the deviation from uwu softboy calarts crap. I can respect that it knows it's grody.

But that art lean in the animal crossing one was atrocious. Gotta skew that shit boiz

Spoiler: Maybe this is just art sperg idk

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wait... "they/them"...
"boyfriend"...

 

[Kurtis Trent]

putting alta on netflix was a mistake

Edit: I'm afraid to ask if this was meant to be Good Omens fanart:

 

[KyouKasoya]

putting alta on netflix was a mistake
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Edit: I'm afraid to ask if this was meant to be Good Omens fanart:

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Ugh. I'm pretty sure it is.

 

[FluffyTehFennekin]

Ugh. I'm pretty sure it is.

Netflix in general was a mistake.

 

[Officer Eradicate]

doctor who? More like doctor ew.
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everything’s so damn lumpy, even the clothes.

Is that He-Man?