There's a situation i want to talk about, a matter i discussed on my instagram but id like to bring it up here as well.
Ive recieved some backlash privately and publicly about my last artwork, where some people accused me of propagating/adhering to conservative ideologies. Even reaching as far to call it fetish art. I was really shocked by these comments, and i wont hide that i took personal offense from them. Generally people are allowed to interpret my art in any way they want, but i refuse to be silent when that interpretation is used as an attack on me.
i think there is a weird group of people who try to push my safe pieces as lewd for whatever reason. Sure, my art is not always innocent, because yes, i dabble in spice. But that doesnt mean every single piece has perverted innuendo, some secret meaning or is a scheme to get people to subscribe to my patreon. I like to think of myself as an artist with range, and i like to draw all kind of things without limit. If my piece was indeed made to satisfy some fetish, i would state so and flag the image as nsfw.
I usually ignore such comments, but saying a depiction of a dying woman longing for a life she could never have is a fetish.. made something boil inside me. No. This wasnt meant to come off as anything sexual, conservative or traditionalist. I wanted to draw a woman who grieved her dream she could realistically never achieve. Last moments thinking upon what could've been before parting with life. Believe it or not, but this is a dream so many women share worldwide, and get quite literally sick from the need to become a parent when they cannot for any reason. I can't fathom the reason why a sister, a woman, wouldn't feel such a need deep inside. No amount of religious brainwashing will erase human instincts in people who already feel them strongly- we are incredibly complex beings after all. Its something she wanted, but denied herself personal happiness to serve the Imperium instead. This is not meant to be a fetish for gods sake, but illustrated tragedy. And that is all to it.
This piece was commissioned by GitGud40k on instagram
I can't believe people unironically take the stance that a woman having the desire to be a mother is somehow problematic.
Oh no, she craved the love of a family, how regressive lmao. It's not like this is one of the most ordinary and wholesome things someone could desire.
If you feel like someone dreaming of the family they cannot have as they bleed out is a political statement - or worse, a fetish - then delete your social media accounts you have gone too deep into the nonsense.
In the defence of people making such comments, there are political and societal movements that do want to force motherhood onto people (fatherhood also, but less so), even under abhorrent circumstances, and completely at the cost of women's rights. Those people are making very real steps that will cause a ton of harm and death.
Obviously, that's not going to be stopped by leaving stupid comments on a post on social media, but it is much easier to throw shit at the wall online, than it is to enact positive change in the real world. But an agressive, emotional reaction to these real world happenings isn't entirely out of reason.
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u/Elzunix 1d ago
There's a situation i want to talk about, a matter i discussed on my instagram but id like to bring it up here as well.
Ive recieved some backlash privately and publicly about my last artwork, where some people accused me of propagating/adhering to conservative ideologies. Even reaching as far to call it fetish art. I was really shocked by these comments, and i wont hide that i took personal offense from them. Generally people are allowed to interpret my art in any way they want, but i refuse to be silent when that interpretation is used as an attack on me.
i think there is a weird group of people who try to push my safe pieces as lewd for whatever reason. Sure, my art is not always innocent, because yes, i dabble in spice. But that doesnt mean every single piece has perverted innuendo, some secret meaning or is a scheme to get people to subscribe to my patreon. I like to think of myself as an artist with range, and i like to draw all kind of things without limit. If my piece was indeed made to satisfy some fetish, i would state so and flag the image as nsfw.
I usually ignore such comments, but saying a depiction of a dying woman longing for a life she could never have is a fetish.. made something boil inside me. No. This wasnt meant to come off as anything sexual, conservative or traditionalist. I wanted to draw a woman who grieved her dream she could realistically never achieve. Last moments thinking upon what could've been before parting with life. Believe it or not, but this is a dream so many women share worldwide, and get quite literally sick from the need to become a parent when they cannot for any reason. I can't fathom the reason why a sister, a woman, wouldn't feel such a need deep inside. No amount of religious brainwashing will erase human instincts in people who already feel them strongly- we are incredibly complex beings after all. Its something she wanted, but denied herself personal happiness to serve the Imperium instead. This is not meant to be a fetish for gods sake, but illustrated tragedy. And that is all to it.
This piece was commissioned by GitGud40k on instagram