Can't say I agree with glorifying toxicity as the basis of what makes art or artists "better." I also don't agree with the implication of promoting ideas that other's self expression (or your own) is inferior because of less technical understanding or execution. Art is simply the genuine desire to create and express yourself, and that should always be innately positive and rewarding. That doesn't mean you won't learn new things as you keep going, but I will tell you that I am far more interested in the emotion than any final result. I remember my stories and why I chose to create, and hold my past expressions with the same appreciation that I do for my current artwork. I am simply happy that I chose to create, and feel the same way when others do too.
Honestly I tend to value the people with lower experience more, because I know they are choosing to open up and share their stories even when it's clear they don't do so frequently or comfortably yet. Everyone should feel like they can participate and be who they are without being shredded alive for technical performance. It was daunting to get over my anxieties and share anything a long time ago, and if I was met with such vitriol then, there is absolutely no chance I would've continued to express myself and gain more self confidence as a person and an artist. I would've simply accepted that I was inferior. Why would we want to promote that culture, to crush the vulnerable?
If you catch one, does that make you a carrier pigeon? If so, congratulations courier!
Lucky cards have helped my econ many times. Literally just win $20, it's that easy!
Thanks for source, though it's still appreciated to put the name too! Thejenkinscomic
No worries, thank you!
I guess that's one way to have some self love.
Thanks for source, though it's still appreciated to put the name too! ZackWhitefang
"Good bi son"
Closes door
As a long time supporter of SaveAFox, it's hard to really even process this. I am sure being an online personality to try and fundraise isn't easy, but never did I dream that there was such a degree of hate lobbed at Mikayla that she'd decide to end her own life. Someone so kind and devoted to the lives of creatures who are constantly exploited and cannot save themselves. It's just despicable, and all I can really hope for is that Mikayla's mission continues on in spite of such significant loss.
You did link a source, but still good to put the name too: lazylynxboy
As an update, just checked again and it looks like according to the modlog they are now actively deleting messages which point this out and link the original as spam. That is to say, instead of explaining themselves or considering why pawb.social members aren't thrilled with the /r/RealFurryHours post lifting, it is deliberately being obfuscated.
Sharing posts is normally fine, but this sort of deliberate attempt to pass things off as original, and also the subject matter of stealing other's personal concerns they want answers to feels very icky. There's no particular site wide rule I can point to, so really all I can say is any hope of that community growing to form fruitful discussion is entirely poisoned.
Happy 6/21 everyone! Keeping up the tradition of a yearly Esix for the big day.
This is kind borderline for furry_irl, but I think with people memeing about 6/21 a bunch and with how small of a window it is, I'd prefer it here over furry. What are your tag(s)? >:3
On flag day I checked out to a No Kings protest near my area and put on my bi pride shirt while I was out an about. I wish I could say I did more than just walk around for a bit and have my heart pounding, but it was really nice to see all the different signs, the people, and the surprising amount of cheering and positive honking people were doing as they went by. A small bit of positivity in a world filled with hate, and something I really needed to see.
Anyway, since it was flag day I was inspired to sort of take it back a lot like the idea of protests, and draw myself holding some flags. This is the bi flag but I also made a No Kings varient too.
If you've never played, Mario Maker allows people to place comments directly into levels. Due to its very limited abilities, the vast majority of comments you'll see tend to be random scribbles or a few words, but there are some who are drawn to (pun-intended) actually sitting down and working within its constraints. Something about heavy limitations, and spur of the moment inspiration while in a stage, gives me desire to actually draw when I otherwise wouldn't.
The story for this one is pretty wholesome, and all starts from a comment I received. I hadn't opened the game in months, but a few days ago someone by the name of Alastor simply said "Ur an amazing artist!" on one of my levels I commented art on:
When I went to their profile, they seemed like a younger person who also made a lot of level art, and some art comments of their own too. They had a few recent levels dedicated to Hazbin Hotel, so I decided to look up the cast and see if I could give them a nice surprise for whenever they log in next. I settled on Niffty because she seemed to fit the MM2 pallette the best, and also was one of the main characters not drawn yet. Hopefully Alastor gets some joy from it, and maybe that you do too!
A redraw of the original feelings of power meme by @iamnotanartist_ by me.
The moment in question:
It took WAY too long to get access to a flush planet card for observatory's 1.5x effect, oh well. I got lucky enough anyway lol.
Draw your own while you still can, I'm sure you know where to go. Happy April Fools!
Truth really is stranger than fiction.
Source: Mastodon
A few of the recent posts I've seen here were about custom jokers, so I figured I'd share mine and ask others here. It doesn't have to be drawn out, but if you ever spent some time thinking about one, I'm interested to hear about it! Speaking of, here is what mine is about:
Ain't Goin Nowhere infodump
This card is a homage to those people who overload their trucks in hardware stores, the ones who will tap the vehicle and say "That ain't goin nowhere!" It's a magical incantation, and something I thought would be fun to represent as an effect.
I tried to make it clear enough with the limited typing space you'd get, but that leaves out a lot of the tangential info of course. When I say Joker chips and mult can't decrease, think about the many cards which offer an unconditional trigger of these things in a given hand. When the trigger is unconditional, there tends to be an external condition which needs to be fulfilled, which can either decrease or reset (e.g. Hit The Road Jack, Ride The Bus). A joker can also be perishable and lose chips and mult over time (e.g. Popcorn, Ice Cream). Ain't Goin Nowhere would effectively prevent any of these from providing less than the maximum mult they've given since when this Joker was added to your run.
An important note though would be that these cards would still both perish and reset or decrease as normal, but would never provide that lower value, instead waiting for you to meet the conditions to increase it beyond your current maximum.
The second aspect of the Joker is that you cannot sell other jokers (as in, only this Joker can be sold while it's in play). This is functionally related to ratcheting down everything, and also a penalty to work around if you want to try and work with the potentially quite powerful effect. If you have fewer than the maximum amount of Jokers, you can buy more, but once bought, they are stuck there unless they either perish or are destroyed (e.g. Gros Michel, Ceremonial Dagger). You need to be mindful of anything you pick up, or you'll have to sell this card and change your strategy.
The best time to get this card would likely be once you have some established Jokers, and a rare conditional xMult card (e.g. Campfire) or an economy card like Bull or Bootstraps. Something that has synergy in a way where you can just massively inflate it and lock it in for the rest of the run. Verdant Leaf would destroy you though.
Credit: Typeface is m6x11plus by Daniel Linssen.
Welcome to Furry_irl!
This post will serve as a more detailed version of the sidebar rules for the community, and also as a place for community members to leave meta comments (e.g. discussion about rules to add, things to change, etc).
Rule details
0. Code of Conduct — Follow our instance rules.
The Pawb.social Code of Conduct and it's included CW Policy cover most of the basic stuff you'd expect regarding illegal content, bigotry, harassment, marking obvious pornographic material as NSFW and the like. Regardless, do read through it if you haven't already. In regards to the CW policy, here are some addendums for this community in particular:
Overt suicidal themes — Characters depicted as imminently or having already committed suicide must be CWd (on Lemmy this means marked as NSFW, and with text in the body such as 'suicide' such that users can filter it). More absurd Wile E. Coyote type slapstick like a falling grand piano or rocketing to the sun are fine as is, but if it features methods people typically use to actually end their lives, please be courteous.
General weed usage — CoC 5.1.4 mentions all schedule I and II drugs. I believe weed is still erroneously labeled as a schedule I substance in the US, despite having medicinal usage, and also being fully legal in many states. If your furry meme comic has a bong in frame, or your character has red eyes, I'm not coming after it if it's not CWd. This obviously doesn't extend to depictions of abuse / misuse.
1. Post formatting — All titles should be a single word, followed by _irl. An emoji may substitute the underscore.
If you're familiar with other irl communities, post formatting rules like this are likely second nature already. Pick any word (typically something vaguely related to the post) and you're golden. If you're not sure, just title it furry_irl. Capitalization doesn't matter.
2. Credit artists — If it’s not your art, include who made it in the title or the post body. Links are appreciated, except to X/Twitter.
Artists should be credited when you share their images. At a minimum, include an artist's username when rummaging about your phone to dump your furry memes. This can be in the title (e.g. Furry_irl (by UserName)), in the post body, or both. Furthermore, direct links to where the artist is are greatly appreciated in the post body, unless it is to the Nazi owned platform Twitter / X. Do not link there, or to any website which scrapes its data (e.g. xcancel).
If you're posting your own art to Furry_irl, first off, thank you! Second off, please give some form of indication it's OC in the title or post body. Anything from just saying the word, to talking about drawing it or taking the photo. You could also put a link to where to find well, you, if you'd like!
I do not expect specific artist credits for captioned images sourced from large corporations, such as big TV shows, movies, or video games. This rule is to ensure indie artists are given their dues, and can be discovered by others easier.
3. Stay on topic — Images should contain or be related to furries. Images should be relatable or a meme. This isn’t the place for general art posts.
There isn't much to expand upon here, but here are some explicit examples of furry posts to avoid for this community:
4. Avoid AI images — Our fandom has countless artists, please share their (or your own) labors of love instead.
We have a vast artist pool, and that vast pool tends to absolutely hate anything to do with generative AI. Please be courteous to them and others by not posting such generations here. You should know explicitly who made the art before posting anyway, so this should be a fairly simple request.
I do not condone AI witch-hunt accusations. Don't be antagonistic in post comments. If there is definitive proof a sourced image is generated, include relevant link(s) in a report. I will not act on 'vibes'.
Some posts made before 2025/02/18 are likely breaking some of the new community specific rules. They will be considered grandfathered.
Posts that break the rules will be removed at moderator discretion. If you do not include artist credit, I may request you add it, and give you some time to modify the post first.
If you make a habit of me removing your posts, I will remove you from being able to post.
Meta discussion
Any questions, comments, critique, or suggestions regarding this community can be posted here and discussed openly.
I am trying to provide some sensible supplemental rules, and write down things people seemed to know already (such as the furry_irl post formatting style). If community members think something isn't a good fit, I want to hear about it so it can be evaluated. Overall, I feel the community has been decent about self regulating, and I'm not expecting the supplemental rules to change much, besides a request for who made some art here and there.
I am also adding some basic flair to the community (an icon and banner) so that it is no longer barren. Please consider these placeholders instead of anything I am particularly dead-set on keeping around. It's just some basic vector graphics I created in Krita. If you have ideas, or wish to submit art (it must be your own art), I highly encourage you to do so. If several people are interested, we could turn it into a community vote event, or make it some sort of collab!
Please share your voice, I want the community to have a proper say in how it looks and is run. Thank you!
PS: The post image is OC, I drew it specifically for this write-up.
I got an email on Tuesday from the FSF that today was I love free software day, so I decided to make some art in appreciation of a community responsible for creating and maintaining so many wonderful programs! Thank you dearly to KDE for all that you do. As an artist, I use Krita so often for all sorts of things, and I am so grateful it exists.
I could gush about a number of projects under your wing, but to keep this short, you empower people like me to have a freer digital world in so many ways. I appreciate you!
PS: I read the art guidelines, and license this as CC-BY-SA
I sketched this out like a week from the inaguration, but it took until today to finish it. I feel worse than when I made the sketch, but at least I got it done.
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Sometimes dumb ideas don't leave until I draw them.
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