Monday, September 29, 2008

Art

Art. A simple word that means many things to many people. Passion, anger, romance, boredom, imagination, frustration; there are few words that can invoke an infinite number of different feelings. To me however, art is simply about freedom, about expressing yourself in any way you see fit. If I want to draw a picture of a dragon peacefully resting near an enchanted river, I should be able to. Likewise, if I just want to draw god damned gay smut, I should be able to, and no one has the right to say otherwise.

Not everyone shares that view of course, and if you believe in the 100% complete freedom to post whatever picture you want on any online art gallery, you will be sorely disappointed. In the case of the Yaoi Galleries, you're restricted by almost painfully uptight rules - and you'd think a website dedicated to yaoi of all things would be more open-minded. Sheezy Art, while less strict about what you can and can't post, suffers from one of the worst art communities I've seen. Not that the art featured there is bad, but that the people are elitist, close-minded, or both. Go there, and prepare to be flung out on your ass mere minutes later.

DeviantART, so far, is the only gallery that hasn't disappointed me.

For these reasons, I'll be abandoning my Yaoi Gallery and Sheezy Art accounts, and I'll be creating my own website. I'll house all my art, fiction, and videos there for anyone who cares enough to enjoy. I'll also have it be a sort of 'hub', providing links to any other public galleries I choose to remain at, as well as my blog.

^_^ So be sure to keep an eye out for that. 'Til then, continue to check out my deviantART account and Youtube account for updates.

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