About my New Art Style, and One change you may not like...
9 years ago
General
"A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." - Unknown.
So I will hopefully have the new pics up by tomorrow, and I have made some changes to how they are drawn. Characters look more like their age so toddlers like more puppyish/kittenish/etc while adults look distinctly different and older from younger characters.
However I have made one change that some of my watchers may not like, and that is the way I'm gonna be drawing diapers from now on. I've noticed that most other babyfur styles tend to draw cartoonish babyfurs in realistic-ish diapers, and I noticed that this is what the community seems to like the most. I mean I have nothing against this style as a whole and I personally do enjoy it from time to time, but it's just not the style I enjoy most as I personally prefer seeing cartoonish babyfurs being drawn in cartoonish diapers. Now I know that the word 'cartoonish' is quite overused in the community, so it can be hard to tell what I am meaning by saying it, so I guess a better word to describe it is "animated-like," or similar to what you'd see in older cartoons. I'll still be drawing both disposables and cloth diapers, but it'll just be both be drawn in a way that is heavily inspired by older cartoons. In fact I actually experiment with a draft version of this diaper style with my recent pic ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/20099392/ ), hence why I called it an experiment pic at the time.
So why did I make this change? Well the first and main reason is because I like it more. And secondly, I believe it will make it so the diaper doesn't come off as the main feature of the picture anymore, and instead become just another feature of the picture while the character itself is the main focus. I think this will also help to make my pictures less fetishy and more innocent as the diaper will be more subtle. Because of this, any used diapers I do draw as well will most likely just be represented with just stink lines coming out of the diaper rather than any discolouring or bulges on the diaper itself.
My lil'bro put it best when he said that I want the aesthetic or feel of a diaper rather than an accurate depiction of it, and that is true. I don't need an accurate depiction of a diaper for my pictures as long as the intention or feeling of the picture as a whole gets across to my watchers, but just remember I ain't an art expert. I am just giving some kind of explanation why I wanted to make these changes to my art style. Some people with way more knowledge about this stuff than I do may think I am wrong with my design justification for my new style and that's fine, I probably am. But even if I'm wrong, I still want to draw these types of pictures as I do get the most enjoyment out of them, and that's the only reason I need.
However, if this change disappoints you, then I am sorry. *hugs*
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I hate how some people like the diaper more then the picture its self.
And I don't mind if some people prefer the diaper over the picture sometimes, as long as they remember what the true intention of the picture was. XD
By the way, the link in the journal gives a 404
And thanks for that, I've just fixed it now.
My only possible solution for that is to allow for "off-the-rails" commissions. which means I can draw the more 'realistic' style of diaper art but I won't post it up on my own profile. That way, I can keep my new style consistent and hopefully can grow that style more. In all, I'm not dependent on my commissions like a lot of artists are so I could afford to make this change, because of this I can understand why you may not want to take the risk.
Just an FYI, I think your art would look absolutely adorable if you made that change.
P.S. And thank you so much for watching me, I really am glad you do agree with my changes.