It stands to reason that then the best way to make friends with artists is, in fact, to avoid censoring yourself and being worried about who sees your stuff. Instead, be honestly and openly into the things you like and enjoy, and show your enjoyment to others. Being genuine is a very desired trait - ThreadSky

jackalstyle.bsky.social • 3 days ago

It stands to reason that then the best way to make friends with artists is, in fact, to avoid censoring yourself and being worried about who sees your stuff. Instead, be honestly and openly into the things you like and enjoy, and show your enjoyment to others. Being genuine is a very desired trait

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NSFW People get nervous that their sfw/vannilla art idols will somehow find and view their most embarrassing kinky art posts somehow, and I'm here to assure you that in my experience this happens 100% of the time and they KNOW it's funny and freaks you out when they do it.

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puchibelly.bsky.social•3 days ago

The amount I initially like someone is 100% correlated with their freak! Especially if they're polite/flustered about it hehe

fen-uwu.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's honestly a comforting thought-

Not really to befriend artists (I'm much too shy) but just interacting, I always wind up thinking "Ohhh they do cute simple sfw, they'll look at my weird fetish art and judge me" if I comment on their artwork

clovercamden.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Unless you’re one of those dreaded cake farts fetishists.”

Me:

jackalstyle.bsky.social•3 days ago

I made a cake farts video for my birthday last year 😭

clovercamden.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gawdamn lady

Can you be any more my hero!?
Leave some for the rest sheesh

theholidaycrew.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeeeee this is pretty much how I know all of my artist friends !

scrungothedog.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can confirm, I’m a genuine ass mf, you get the whole authentic experience with me. Something I do really appreciate about you too lolol

wuffaf.at•3 days ago

And like, yeah, some people may not like all parts of your genuine interests, and that's ok! Either they find out now or they find out later or you live your entire life squirreling parts of yourself away so that you can pretend to be not you.

theholidaycrew.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah most of my friends now just make subtle jabs at me to tease my, and friends to xD

geckonori.bsky.social•3 days ago

So many of my closest friends found me or started talking to me because of the weird stuff I love to make. You HAVE to create the art you desire.

drazelleverse.bsky.social•3 days ago

*Shared life experience unlocked!*

zonedragon.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's entertaining EVERY TIME when you just start being friends with an artist and you go back and forth showing favorite pictures you've done and giggling like a hyena about all the details and fun scenarios you could see with each others characters.

taciturndeer.bsky.social•3 days ago

senorpapel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Being open with your freak self is healthy.

tubbytiger.bsky.social•3 days ago

Being genuine requires a lot of vulnerability, especially nowadays. It'll always be put under scrutiny by nature of Internet, but it also shows the ability to trust your audience to handle itself and what it wants out of its experience

None of it is easy, but nobody else can do it for you

jackalstyle.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's true it can be nerve-wracking!! I still get nervous sometimes when I post stuff >w<;;

tubbytiger.bsky.social•3 days ago

In some ways I think it used to be a bit easier back in the day when you had to search for what you wanted to see. It limited things initially, but also gave people reasons to be curious and reasons to create things to be curious about

coaster14.bsky.social•2 days ago

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aubrietarose.bsky.social•3 days ago

I always figure it like this - make the art you want to make and don't worry about it appealing to your idols. The right people will find your work - and you and they will both enjoy it far more than trying to be something you're not to appease someone else.

gravitysecretagent.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's kinda hard to make friends in artist circles when you don't make art.

You never really get invited/included in that crowd even though you are a content creator yourself. It really sucks when you feel left out because you lack artistic ability.

I agree though, being genuine is the tits.

xaviette.bsky.social•2 days ago

I go so far as to say "there are probably people who like ME but don't enjoy my weird fetishes and I'm not going to shove them in their faces so I'll keep most of that to an AD" but it's not at all something I keep secret because why be ashamed of who you are tbh

thedrunkcoyote.bsky.social•3 days ago

ive recently open up publicly about that specific fetish but I got significant backlash. However Im not gonna hide it

corneliousrr.bsky.social•3 days ago

As you shouldn't have to, people need to stop acting like kink is so damn disgusting and alienating people ya know?

majatek.bsky.social•3 days ago

And honestly? Just have fun. Even if what an artist drew isn't necessarily your thing and they're making it clear what the drawing is suggesting, then lean into it. Let the artist know that they did a good job illustrating their thing by enabling them and replying with a short fanfic-style comment ❤️

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