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Joined on 11/20/18
Posted by Cubesona - December 26th, 2022
It seems like NewGrounds and Tumblr are the only safe places to post art to nowadays. And I'm hesitant on saying that about tumblr, even.
I spent the last 2 days drawing 12 christmas gifts, so I'll be posting them over the course of the next few weeks.
I grinded by really fast on them, so I'm unsure if they'll all look good. I'll try to tweak them up before posting.
hope everyone had a good christmas!
Wait, I got mixed up. It turns out ArtStation is shadowbanning anti-AI posts because apparently they see THAT as disruptive spam instead of the constant AI or pro-AI uploads. Good Lord, they are especially shameless, now…
Merry Christmas, Cube! :)
Bro, i have no idea what Elon´s been smokin, but that stuff is turning him into King kong
@Cubesona ArtStation is one of the many, many websites I only know about and signed up for because my art school career counselor from a few years ago told me to sign up for because it might help me get a job in the industry or something. It is certainly not useful for that anymore.
remember to pace yourself man! last thing you wanna end up with is burnout on new years >:3
jthrash
On one hand, welcome! On the other, that’s disappointing that NO website except Newgrounds and apparently MAYBE Tumblr in your case is willing to protect their own users, not even the paying ones.
I heard rumors on the Polycount forums that ArtStation may be shadowbanning accounts that they suspect only exist to dump AI art, but this recent controversy brought to light other recent controversies like the NFT one in 2021 and the censoring of Pro-Ukraine art earlier this year, so I still feel ArtStation lost its way after being bought out by Epic Games and is no longer useful as a portfolio or job site (it certainly isn’t a good or even easy-to-use social media site).
Cubesona
The only thing I liked about art station for a while was the market place. I bought some very useful high quality pose reference packs last year. But now... I dunno, the market place just feels dirty.
I mean hey, if anything, it means newgrounds has always stuck to its guns and won't give up the core passion and love for art and its creators.