Because Iām an artist, and I want to better my craft, occasionally I draw naked people. HOLY CRAP THATāS RIGHT< I DRAW PEOPLE IN THE RAW< LIKE ALL ARTISTS HAVE AND DO, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. Itās called aĀ āstudyā, and itās fucking -necessary- to learn how to be an artist. It is something that all artists start their pieces doing, because clothes are a later step.
Now, are the ones Iāve been posting doing anything dirty or say... PORNOGRAPHIC? No. Thatās a -very- important distinction right now.
The problem I have with things like this Tumblr policy change is itās a GIGANTIC SWEEP. Thereās very little discrimination in the application of it, and itās impossible to battle.
What does that mean for me, personally? I have a couple pieces with girls with nipples on them. One happens to be skeletons taking their skin off like they were wearing clothes. And on DA, that was censored. SERIOUSLY. I was so upset, ...on a place called āDeviant Artā where girls could put up pictures of their asses as āartisticā, hereās my 2mm big nipple being blocked! ....I said, okay, gave in, censored it, and cried. It really bothers me still.
Now, my skin study, the most recent post here (āGet Lucky, againā) ...mostly about learning to paint a new way, is now censored on Tumblr, where I went for display because of course DA wouldāve censored it. (Which requires an account to let someone see, and not everyone I know has/or would have an account on a place like that.)
Guess why I was censored? NIPPLES.Ā Again.
It was flagged, and rather than battling a stupid system for a stupid reason (I just donāt have the heart to fight the man), I just wonāt be posting anything like that here or on DA. Which might mean I donāt post, or much at all, depending.. because Iām trying to learn a new style and itās going to be naked people for stretches for a while. (Not like I was posting a lot, but I wanted to try to post more...) No idea where I might go for that, where it will be OKAY to do art for the sake of it, and not have it flagged the same way as some cock-gobbling pedophiles. What can I do? Itās really discouraging to me to have to stop in my creative process, and more importantly, sharing my CRAFT, and find -another- place, because of this kind of thing. I get it, people have porn on here, some of it really really skeezy. This is about āprotecting kidsā from kiddie porn and seeing porn. OKAY. Iām for that, once upon a time I had a hell of a fight with my kid trying to keep him away from the nasty.
But.
There has to be discretion in this sort of thing, and it has to be handled better than it is across the board in these ācommunityā places. Normal, clean, perfectly okay artists are getting hit because it even āappears likeā pornography, (#SendDunes) and thatās not okay. Thatās the essence of censorship for all the wrong reasons, and itās wrong to censor art because it offends you. Thatās right, Michelangelo, you gotta leaf that penis, but you can show male nipples in all that glory. And hey, for now, you can show Satan, Geef brothers, but how long will that last? No. You need to learn from history and learn about art. This isnāt okay with me, nor should it be with anyone.
I am on the fence about staying on Tumblr now. Iām offended and hurt by this. My DA still hangs around, and FB too. You wonāt see nipples because I am not trying to offend here, just do art. But, it looks like I might have to find a new internet home where I can post without fear of censorship when Iām just trying to express myself and learn.
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