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About Me Member Fantasy Writer Joanna Howes25/Female/United Kingdom Recent Activity Deviant for 4 Years
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Confusion! (It's such a terrible thing)

Tue Nov 3, 2009, 4:01 AM
  • Mood: Lust
  • Listening to: She Wolf - silly but addictive!
  • Reading: The DaVinci Code
  • Watching: Family Guy
  • Playing: my trump card
  • Eating: leftover Trick or Treat chocs
  • Drinking: Juice
OK, this is just a little random purely because I'm slightly baffled by what constitutes art nowadays, as opposed to a photograph of someone who happens to be naked in a variety of poses :omg:

Don't back off, folks, I'm not really a prude ... it just sounds like it at the moment.

Anyway. Example. Well, I typed in a harmless keyword into DevART's search engine. Honestly: "Doorway". You couldn't get less sexual, right? Wrong. The entire first page of results were ALL of doorways (yes) but each with a naked woman standing by it/draped across it/cavorting in front of it. Can I not search for anything in this place without coming across a load of freakin' tits and dicks?!(excuse my French)

I'm honestly not a prudish person. I'm not against nudity; it's a foundation for all anatomy studies. It is art, I agree ... at least sometimes. But I think it's taking the michael a bit at times. I don't need to see some girls boobs in order to appreciate a "doorway" any better. In fact, I don't want to. What I really want is the feckin' doorway! Alone. No boobies please. Stop placing these women in front of inanimate objects and calling it art! Grr. :shakefist:

Again, let me reiterate that I'm not against nude art pictures. (OK, I've never produced any art like that myself, but that's only because I get the giggles when I start drawing the fiddly bits! :blush:) And if I were a bible-bashing stuff-shirt then I'd have the "mature content filter" on, wouldn't I? But there must be a difference, right? I mean, just because you're naked doesn't make you a work of art. And just because you took the photo of a naked person certainly doesn't make you an artist. I don't particuarly want to search DevART for the word "tunnel" and find myself looking up some woman's jacksie! :wtf: (I'm not kidding, I have seen photos of that ilk on this site, and surely that's just pure porn!)

So I'm confused and frustrated because all I want is a painting or drawing of an interesting doorway without having to push past a lot of naked girls! Is that too much to ask? Sigh. :roll:

That is the end of my rant. Hope you enjoyed it folks. Now run along and play with your porn stash ...

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:iconqueenofrohan:
Thank you!

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:iconcydienne:
:):) my drawing is happy to have your fav on it :P

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:iconbooklyrm:
Beautiful gallery! I'm impressed by the variety in your artwork--there don't seem to be many artists with more than one style!

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:icondegare:
Well, thank you very much :D I'm trying to experiment and improve as much as possible. Also, you should check out :icongreensprite: and :iconbriarthorn: for two artists who excell at variety :)

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:iconbooklyrm:
Thanks for the recommendations! I'll be sure to check them out!

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:icondotkk:
Thanks for the fave...xoxo
:icondegare:
You're welcome :)

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:icondegare:
You're very welcome :)

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:icongalhad:
Your art is very promising!

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