Finnaly!

Of course, anyone sitting on the fence could also just default to "start". Literally any motivation you have to tell other people not to act on what interests or inspires them seems to me like it would be full of cynicism literally no one is asking you for.

Guess you'll have to show up to find out if you're right or not!

You cheeky lil sonnova

Kind of agree.

Those fonts.

My favourite form of fanart is when someone takes two unrelated properties and melds them together with reckless abandon.

I find the first word and last two words of your thesis disagreeable. :O I can see both sides of the argument, but I think it should be obvious which side of the debate I fall on. :)

You love RedXIII so much. Why don't you marry him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDLnmfZGL10&t=321

OH WELL. I think a bromance would be good enough for me regardless.

Sorry that I missed the Q&A, but I finally got my lazy butt around to watching the video. Just wanted to say thanks for posting it. A good watch, and while I still think I'm far more firmly in the "Start" camp than you where fanart is considered, this definitely gave me some good food for thought.

I think it's interesting some of the parallels between fanart and commission work in general -- the idea of giving up creativity/originality for the sake of what is essentially someone else's idea, and how you as an artist grow from each type of work, or don't, as the case may be (if expression and growth as an artist/person are paramount, do you think commissions have the same fundamental flaws that you talked about in the Q&A as fanart?) I think it would have been interesting to take a walk down that path comparing the two a bit more, although I guess it was kind of outside the scope of this particular session.

Thanks again for recording the chat. An hour well spent. :) Here's hoping that 2016 is off to a good start for you.

Thanks for watching! Glad it was good to you.

I'd say a fanart commission applies in about the same way as creating fanart for oneself. A commission series exploring RedXIII exploring different areas (for example) can be filled with substance, but ultimately fulfills a different goal than a series around an original character concept that is closely related to the character. I don't think that makes one better than the other, necessarily. But I can say my priorities in my life not only push me away from creating fanart on the reg but also encouraging others to commission me for non-fanart.

(Of course, if the fanart commission concept is sexy-enough to me, all bets are off and I'll just take the job anyway, but that hasn't happened before.)

Like the undertale stuff.

Will you have sunglasses on your biceps? This is important.

Nah, my biceps aren't much to show off.
Well, maybe that's why they need sunglasses.

Makes u think

http://tinyurl.com/q9gc887 <- a better font choice

I'm impressed.

While I don't see any issue in making fan art, it's when people start -selling- fan art that I start to have problems. Might have to watch this after the fact but I look forward to it!

It's all good. These things normally get 20x more views after the initial broadcast anyway, but you will be missed!

Hey. Will this be recorded? I'm not sure if I'll be able to get there, and this sounds interesting to me.

Ugh! It feels like it's better because it's subtle, but then it also becomes more obscure.