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Alas, sales were sluggish again today. While the raw income was higher than yesterday, it was mostly on books, so I’ll end up keeping a bit over half of what I actually brought in. I did have some fun conversations, and got some very nice compliments on my art, but I actually spent most of the day being completely unable to get anyone to look me in the eye. XD
The con is bloody big. It feels like what Dragon*Con felt like back in 2000, except that Dragon*Con had more diversity of content. It feels like the furry fandom has become very self-referential, with a handful of archetypes or themes being repeated over and over again—kawaii cuteness, edgy inversions of kawaii cuteness, proclamation of marginalized identity, or porn. And while any and all of these themes can have value, it’s kind of monotonous for them to be the sum total. Maybe we’re just in a cultural slump (those do come around from time to time), but I can’t think of a single thing that’s jumped out to me as new and distinctive in the fandom recently. The “floor” of craftsmanship has risen quite high—the base level of fursuit now is where the “amazing” ones were when I came into the fandom, for example, but they all kinda look the same.
People keep telling me that they like my art because “it looks like old-school furry,” which, I mean, I guess it would! But… what does “new-school furry” look like? Is it the painterly look of someone like Kenket? Is it 3D VR avatars? I dunno. Does my art look that different from somebody like Kadath?
I don’t know. Be more interesting, furry! XD For all the numerical inflation, you seem to have fallen into a rut. XD
-TG
PS: I did warn you they were random thoughts. XD
The con is bloody big. It feels like what Dragon*Con felt like back in 2000, except that Dragon*Con had more diversity of content. It feels like the furry fandom has become very self-referential, with a handful of archetypes or themes being repeated over and over again—kawaii cuteness, edgy inversions of kawaii cuteness, proclamation of marginalized identity, or porn. And while any and all of these themes can have value, it’s kind of monotonous for them to be the sum total. Maybe we’re just in a cultural slump (those do come around from time to time), but I can’t think of a single thing that’s jumped out to me as new and distinctive in the fandom recently. The “floor” of craftsmanship has risen quite high—the base level of fursuit now is where the “amazing” ones were when I came into the fandom, for example, but they all kinda look the same.
People keep telling me that they like my art because “it looks like old-school furry,” which, I mean, I guess it would! But… what does “new-school furry” look like? Is it the painterly look of someone like Kenket? Is it 3D VR avatars? I dunno. Does my art look that different from somebody like Kadath?
I don’t know. Be more interesting, furry! XD For all the numerical inflation, you seem to have fallen into a rut. XD
-TG
PS: I did warn you they were random thoughts. XD
