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KinkyRomance

Dear artists, we love your old art

Even if your art from 20 years ago are scribbles in MS Paint with full disregard for anatomy, composition and colors, it's still valuable.

Just think about it: we, your watchers and your fans, started following your art back then. We saw it as good, interesting, promising. We didn't subscribe to notifications about your uploads hoping that you'll get good 10 years later, we subscribed to watch your art now. If we liked it then, we still like it now.

Compare it to the old games. As someone born in the 80s, I still like the games of the 90s, even if their graphics are ancient by today's standards. I may disregard Atari games and people born in the 90s may disregard DOS games, but we all remember our old favorites. As long as I'm alive, they'll never get "too old" for me.

With the art, it's the same thing. I remember all these pictures. They're part of my memory. They're part of me.

For new artists, the stark difference between then and now in your galleries is what makes them believe they can learn and progress too. It's harder to justify learning if every artist around you is miles ahead. Seeing that artists you're fan of started from the same spot and took their time makes it easier to grab a pencil and start drawing.

And there's one additional factor for old farts like me. Back when the Internet was new, when we were thirsty for every bit of knowledge, when information wasn't temporary fast food with built-in self-destruction mechanism — back then, we valued what we have. Just like you shared your art, we shared our comments, our emotions, clicked the "fav" button. Even if I have your old picture saved, I can no longer see everything that surrounded it, so it's less alive. Nuking surroundings from high orbit devalues contributions of your fans, meager as they are.

Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. Maybe I love one part of your art and not the other. Maybe I love your art drawn since some arbitrary year. But I do love it. And for others, it's a different part and a different year. But if we, your fans, unite, then I'm sure no picture of yours will be left unloved.
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Added: 4 years, 2 months ago
 
whitepawrolls
4 years, 2 months ago
Yea drives me nuts when you see "I'm clearing out my old stuff cause I don't like it anymore even if everyone else does". I usually have to scramble to dl stuff before they wipe it. :p
KinkyRomance
4 years, 2 months ago
Sadly, news of gallery wipes are usually of the "I've just wiped my gallery" kind, not the "I'm going to wipe my gallery in a week" kind.
thecooler
4 years, 2 months ago
you are wise young leopard! and you are right in many things,
I recently discovered that some people uploaded some old drawings
of mine on R34.org and they are not as good as my newer things
how ever I am kinda glad they actually tag my artist name, some
pour eye critics wold say they are bad they are awful and they are
worth nothing (even tho every single one of them where commissions
cheap yea but payed) but I know that for each awful thing I did I would
only make greater in the future but only If I keep on going! and only If
I do take the good advice and critics, but throw away the "I want you to
do things the way I want you to do things with out telling me why you should"
kinda critics. you all artist out there maybe you will not be famous,
maybe you will never get commissioned but if you do art you do it cause
you love art!, you love the things you express in art, not because you can
make some thing out of it. as i always say and is my slogan
Keep it up and keep it kool!. (thats how I end all my youtube videos to XD)
Razrien
4 years, 2 months ago
Thats why I try to save and horde everything I can from the people I really love.
Never know when one of thems gonna get a hair up thier ass about something and hit the big red 'delete everything' button.
drucifer
4 years, 2 months ago
Same lol
caramelthecalf
4 years, 2 months ago
im starting to regret deleting some of my very very old art. x3
moyomongoose
4 years, 2 months ago
I've got stuff in my gallery I've created several years before we even had internet.
torchlight
4 years, 2 months ago
Yeah, it's sad when people decide to remove their old works
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