How I REALLY Feel About FANART
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I feel like there's two things anyone knows about me: 1. I love poop green
and 2. I hate fanart... and only one of those things is true. Let's put it to rest, this is how I REALLY feel about fanart. Whether you like or dislike fanart, both are valid feelings as long as we enjoy creating what we enjoy creating.
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I love fanart myself and I make and consume it regularly, but I am also a very firm believer that it is still important to make original stuff too.
this is so true. i've been drawing so much fanart in the past months that my original ideas have dwindled significantly.
you still can use fanart and make your own AU and chang ethe characters how you want it.
@@glasperle77 Yeah, you definitely can. I've seen people draw characters from Bluey in their own art styles and it looks really beautiful and cute. I'm a huge fan of 90s WB cartoons like Animaniacs and I also love Bluey and I plan on making fanart of the Bluey characters in that art style once I improve my skills.
Why
@@soupy55 Because if you really want to be successful in the creative field, you have to come up with new stuff.
For me, fanart helps me share my love of a show and I have fun making it BUT the downsides are that I often get frustrated that my rendition doesn’t live up to the original and I’ve noticed I sometimes force myself to make fanart of a show to prove my love of it. Fanart has brought me fun but has kinda… sorta.. killed my creativity and makes me feel like an art machine (also I love the yapping style video!)
its really interesting seeing like the polar opposite of how i consume media- i basically get into fandoms BECAUSE of fan made content and completely hyperfixate on whatever it is for a while, i had a good few months where i was obsessed with loki because i saw fanart on pinterest and that is not a rare incident lmao
Omg yes I’m like that too! The best part about content is seeing what the fans make with it!
i def agree!
@@lovisafryden5576 i agree here! i absolutely love seeing all the different fan interpretations of a character or show. i love seeing how a character changes across different peoples art and seeing people add their own headcanons or aus and such.
i'm the opposite. i literally need to restrain myself from watching new things or i'll go into a void of obsession and stop caring for myself and other things and even get depressed from the media or it ending. ah, the wonders of autism and adhd😭hyperfixations aren't fun at all, i actually envy you! if i don't write a million fanfics and draw as much fanart as i can i combust. it'd be nice if i could be less extreme. it's out of my control though.
bro I feel this so much, I'm literally making a whole ass fanfic comic cause my autistic ass gets so obsessed with things that I'll actually get nauseous cause of how excited I get about them
I feel this SO INTENSELY!!
I’m also autistic and have ADHD. I get so hyperfixated on certain fantasy worlds and characters, and get so emotionally attached to them that it’s all that’s on my mind and I can’t focus on anything else. it is so intense and I wish it didn’t have such a strong hold over me.
of course, a part of me loves it - loves getting so much joy from other peoples’ creations and how much it gets my mind whirring with creativity and ideas. but I get too lost in it sometimes, and I want to live in the moment more. it’s something I’m working on.
I understand not getting into fandom, i think that’s honestly very normal in spaces OUTSIDE of the internet. I don’t often draw fanart, but I do quite enjoy it + fandom because I’ll get into particular characters and character dynamics, and I like to see the creative interpretations people have of them. Like when people redesign characters, or write fanfic in a completely different AU, it’s fun to me because I get both the familiar/comforting feeling of the characters i already know I like, but with a new person’s perspective behind them. This is especially nice for me bc I’m a bit “picky” and find a lot of major media to have unappealing characters or character dynamics. Honestly, a lot of my own original ideas spring up from going “well i liked the story/world/some element of this media, but i didnt like the characters/politics/some other element” and then imagine my own story taking the elements that I like and weaving it together with elements I’ve liked from OTHER shows. In the end, to me fandom and fanart is at its best when it’s being very original, sort of like making a collage with the elements the original media provided. That’s how fandoms like Merlin are still alive years after the show ended with no new content to speak of.
But again- I understand why that doesn’t appeal to some folks! It’s great to support new creations.
I prefer original art but have found myself purchasing fan art on functional items because it is often cooler than your standard merch you can get here in the states.
Maybe it's my autism, but I can't enjoy media in a regular way. If I love a character, I need to draw them or I feel like I will explode. Currently obsessed with bg3 and yah I may have been drawing them daily for weeks now and have bought anything even slightly related to it that I can find. Couldn't even leave my students alone with it, they now know too much about bg3. But we also need people who make original stuf so it's always nice to see those who focus on that
Making fan art is a compliment to those who made the thing in the first place. It always was. Selling fanart is another thing tho. I don't get attached to stuff easily, don't care about the "current thing" and if I enjoy something I don't go searching for fandoms.
Absolutely loving these! But I also understand somewhat that indifference in other fandoms and mainline franchises. I am someone who emotionally connects to characters and gets pretty attached, so I'm quite different. However, it's really interesting to see your side of things. But I've always loved how abstract and unusual your work is, and your ants are adorable little baby men!!!
But I do have a sort of question/ query. That is one, when you're going to draw Hatch? Kind of miss the little blue goober!!
Also, two, as you have drawn fanart of mainstream characters, will you ever make any videos like you did with the collaboration with Lavendertowne. It was really interesting to see how you and someone else interpreted each other's characters and styles.
But I hope you're doing well Kasey! And thanks for reading.
I'd say fanart helps you get better at art, and original art helps you get better at creating. Fanart's easy to learn the basics like anatomy, colors, shading and lighting because the character's already there, you know what to draw, you just have to draw it the best way you can. Original art is when you apply what you've learned and you can have a little fun with it, put your own stamp on there.
I hate drawing fanart but I LOOOVE consuming it!!! I love media and want to draw fanart for it, but the motivation never lasts. I get way more excited for my original stuff
For me, fanart was kind of a gateway into the world of illustration and character design. Taking characters that already exist and reimagining them and/or trying to replicate a style of a show I really loved and create characters in that universe really helped me hone my skills and find my style. I find that as I've grown as an artist I have slowly but surely gravitated out of drawing and consuming fan art.
So you simply just dont go through hyperfixations or excessively obsessed with fandoms or media like most would, which i can appreciate you for because i also wish people enjoyed original content and art more often úwù
Casey hyperfixates in other ways. It's fun watching her phases and seeing how her style comes through in all of them. I like watching people enjoy their thing and content loses that if creators force themselves.
Sometimes fanart is not "be crazy about something" but just "oh I liked this thing, let's make a tribute out of it" and then moving on until the next
Fanart wins because its got a hashtag/searchability. Original art is hard to Find and for some its not easy to understand or relatable. Its sad to see original works get no attention or appreciation but wjth the way the internet and media is structured... Its inevitable :(
i used to do fanart so much more when i was into more media and now i still do it occasionally, but since alot of my interests have changed, i’ve been doing so much more original concepts and drawings and while i find it more fulfilling, it bothers me how without a pre-existing fanbase it is nearly impossible to get engagement without doing fanart 😭
Hullo Kasey, I do enjoy your Art and videos and I get so many comments on your pins and I am super happy that I was able to support you in your art journey even in the smallest way! I even have a couple of your prints pined up in my home! Yes I pined them up as I am horrible at framing things and If I want to see something regularly I gotta get it up and a pin or tape is the way I go most often! I did get some art framed this year as my Wife took charge and asked what I truly wanted and she did them! I do have 40+ years of collected artworks it can be hard to choose favorites. I do have museum frames that allow you to switch out flat artworks! BUT you gotta do the work to change it out! Keep this train on the track and making videos Thanks Kasey! Oh I will plug your Ants and ask when we will see that book? I am hopeful I will get the chance to buy it before I pass away? Any chance we will see the end of the Prompt Book Series?? Yep Questions, Questions, ????? You be safe out there!~
I think i find joy in fanart because it definitely drove my creativity and interesting making art. Creating scenarios in your own rendition of a show/movie and seeing how people would render them. How the animated style would translate into your own etc
Theres a time and place. The thing to worry about is definitely in regards to plagarism and making money off it.
I love seeing fanart, I love fandom and getting really into and excited about things
usually the only fan art I make is of my friends' content, for my own drawing I vastly prefer to work with my characters, my ideas, ect
the closest I've gotten to fanart of a traditionally published piece of media was food studies after getting into dungeon meshi, I can get hugely excited about a piece of media, without that excitement showing in what I create.
theres a typo in the back of the comic it says "a children's books" when i think it should say a children's book.
I love Katamari Damacy and I love the drawing you made!
I love fanarts but god I hope I can dedicated myself to fandom 😭 I get bored so easily so yeah back to original in the end
Here's a comment for your numbers. Also, your creativity is more attuned to making new things than re-hashing existing things. I always really loved your Tokyo Treat character designs. Those were goofy, but occasionally there was a corker in there! (and of course a transparent drink character).
Request: Pinkfong Wonderstar Fanart
Can we have gens 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Pokemon from memory?
I've always felt bit left out of the whole Fandom thing as well. I love some stories, movies, games, but I don't often feel the need to buy or consume more than the original creation. Some people sometimes seem like their entire personality revolves around liking someone else's creation and buying stuff related to it and it worries me a bit :D
Fanart at least can be enjoyed without spending money on dozens and dozens of plastic thingies, so that's something I sometimes can relate to, but there are parts of it that are pure consumerism and it's scary :x
On the other hand, I'm aware that's I'm missing out on the feelings of community around Fanart that seems like a great thing. You win some and you lose some I guess :)
I’m confused. Fanart doesn’t have to be something that extends the world / universe or backstory of characters lol??
Good video. 👍🏻
damn
Here at 55secs😅
poor you, why do people cara so much if you dont like fanart T.T you dont have to like it
The only thing I'm offended at is your pronunciation ofnthe word "fanart" 💀
So as a fanart enjoyer, I don't think I look at fanart because I want more of something I like/love, it's more I like to see art, and fanart is just common and it's interesting to see someone's take on character designs , I have got into stuff because of artist I follow doing a lot of fanart of it.
drawing fanart is what made me improve my skills, i was so obsessed with a video game (still am 5 years later) that i was drawing every single day without fail. thanks to that, i landed my very first job illustrating a novel, with absolutely no education in art lol, so fanart is very precious to me! the thing is, it might be easy to write off fanart as not as original or creative as drawing your own characters, but when you get really deep into a fandom it's not just drawing an existing character as is in front of a white background. it's exploring sides of the story that haven't been touched on, relationships we didn't get to see, putting a part of yourself in the characters you love most. that being said, i am also just autistic lmao, so special interests tend to do that to you. i don't even participate in fandom anymore, yet i still draw and create things related to that game, because it stimulates my creativity more than it stunts it! at the end of the day, as long as you're having fun, you're doing it right
I 💯 relate...I always thought something was wrong with me because I've never gone "fandom" for things that I like. I like a lot of things! And prefer some over others, but to create fanart can feel a bit of a chore at times. I'd rather watch the thing than draw the thing, or make my own thing.
I do create fan art when I'm feeling creatively stuck - when I want to draw but don't know what to make, I'll turn to my favorite characters/shows and take inspiration from there ✨
Finally, somebody I can relate to 😭😭
I always thought that I was weird for not getting super sucked inside fandoms like my friends do, I feel better now :,D
If fan art is done in wholesome fun, there is nothing wrong with it! It’s technically illegal to sell fan art without licensing rights, so that is up to the creator to take those chances. Just like smaller artists, larger corporations have the right to protect their brands like smaller artists - since at the end of the day, there are still plenty of characters that started as someone’s baby that eventually got to join a major corporation
Very reasonable and understandable. I think this video made me appreciate original art even more.
Also, your original art is so good. You have such nice cartoony and unique art styles!
I'm someone who does their best at trying to support creators with whatever original art they made. Matter of fact, I also make my own comic and go to events to sell saod comic. Sadly alot of people dont even look in my direction unless I have fanart of some sort just to draw them in. And the fanart I have is stuff I personally enjoy as well. I am grateful to anyone that has bought my stuff, but sometimes the fanart is needed just to pay the bills like Kasey said or to just break even at events
I feel like whenever i try to draw fanart i get too into the detail and i end up making something that isn’t even mine. Thats why your point of drawing original stuff stood out to me, because i never finish the fanarts i start. I want to make something thats for me that I’ll like. This video was a great eye opener for what I want for my art (even if that wasn’t your intention lol) thanks Kasey!!!
I as a person who also does not get super into content. I really wish folks would not confuse an opinion with a personality. Enjoy what you enjoy and don't get personally offended if someone doesn't like the thing you do.
I relate to this muchly. I’ve never been much into fanart or making it myself. Like, I have characters and stories that I love, but I’m only really interested in seeing the creator’s works. I’ve seen plenty of amazing fanart, but don’t feel a pull to request it for myself.
One part of it I like is as a learning tool for new artists.
6:50 I'm not a fan of merch clothing either. As someone with an hourglass figure and large bust the characters always distort terribly when I wear clothes like that. As much as I find my head and hindlegs only My little pony T-shirt hilarious, I don't enjoy wearing it.
I completely understand why you're not a huge fan of fan art and fandoms. I don’t understand why people are so mean about it. I personally love seeing existing characters in other peoples styles, I think it's really fun and interesting, plus I get really hyperfixated on some fandoms 😂
„If someone asked you to draw corn would you?
Okay bad example Im sure some of you said yes. „
THE WAY I CACKLED IT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD
Also all the fanart is super cute! Such cutie patoties!
i actually like writing fanfic because the characters and setting is already established but I can put my own ideas into it as well, I'm currently working on a fanfic that uses the multiverse theory when the original show is just a regular police dramady, but through that I'm able to explore different concepts and relationships between the characters and get better at writing, and it's just writing rn but im going to make it into a comic later
At the end of the day, we as artists should draw the things that we enjoy and respect artists who have different interests than us. Some people love drawing fanart and others hate it. We need to respect that.
i love the yap content
I’ve always been more of a fanartist than an original artist, to be honest. I do make original stuff from time to time(mostly doodling in class that gets out of hand), but it’s always been difficult for me and takes a lot longer.
A big part of it is that I enjoy fantasy subjects far more than realistic ones(hard to draw a still life of a creature or object that doesn’t exist), but also have at least some degree of aphantasia. This means I can’t really sketch anything, since the whole “break down your idea into shapes first” doesn’t work when there’s no “visual” aspect that I can break down to begin with. Rather than my starting point being specific, I’d start off with the idea of “I want to draw a dragon” and then everything else gets filled in later. At most I’ll draw a few circles to plot out, say, the location of the head and where the limbs will connect on a dragon, but everything that comes after is improvised; pose, shape, proportions, background when I have the motivation to include one, etc. Step one draw a circle step two add detail pretty much.
In contrast, it’s a lot easier to draw designs that already exist because they can appeal to what I enjoy drawing, and I can memorize what’s there and not have to make up everything as I go. I do at least prefer to reference official sources more than fanart, though it makes things a bit harder because 99% of the designs I like drawing are ones that get little attention or aren’t even consistent in official material. My profile picture, for example, is fanart of the Lor Starcutter from the Kirby series, a character that lacks official artwork in poses from the front or back, and is mostly depicted with 3D renders on top of that. I can also draw the Galactic Nova from the same series from memory, though it took a long time to learn(but I’m consistent, unlike official artwork that always leaves out the globe that’s present in every game appearance Nova makes, including the unused error message from the Japanese version of Mass Attack, but I digress…) My point is, fanart is more accessible to me because it takes out one of the bigger stumbling blocks I have to deal with when it comes to creating in general. Given that I get burnt out extremely quickly, ease of creation is a pretty important facet of the conversation for me.
It should go without saying that fanart can be a great source of practice for creating original artwork in many respects. If you think about it, redrawing something like, say, official artwork of a Pokémon is going to accomplish many of the same things that drawing a still-life would, provided the artist isn’t outright tracing. It’s not exactly the same, sure, but can still help you practice a lot of things, training things like observation skills, the basics of line stability, or even more complicated stuff like anatomy, perspective, and texture. Skills learned by doing that can then be applied to more complex works, acting as a foundation that’s easier to built than starting from scratch. Art is something that improves with practice, and I don’t see a problem with someone using a method of practice that’s easier for them and also serves as art in its own right, so long as they don’t treat it as wholly original.
Also, I’m of the opinion that the argument of “fanart is lazy because it’s just rehashing something that someone already made!” is bullshit. Is the same thing said about paintings of forests and oceans? Of stories about love and loss? Is it lazy to write about surviving a terrifying ordeal because so many others have done so already? One of the greatest things about art is that it serves as an avenue of self-expression, but another is that it serves as a way to express interpretations of others’ expressions! Even if little is contributed, is it truly so bad to restate or emphasize something that resonated with you? Can a piece of music translated to a different genre not evoke entirely new feelings? Is this aspect of my comment unoriginal because it shares the same idea as the classic ‘Two Cakes Theory’?
Plus… Sometimes people want to appreciate more of the same, like making the same order at different restaurants. Sometimes they want to see something familiar from an unfamiliar perspective, like looking around at the height of someone shorter or taller and seeing how different the world is. And finally, sometimes a person can just be happy that someone else also appreciated the comparatively complex design of a character that serves more as a mcguffin than a character while bringing about vague but intriguing implications regarding the lore of that world.
my fanart problem i love good fanart but i cannot do it for the life of me. it actually makes me insecure and activates my imposter syndrome when i draw popular cartoon characters in my style hence i stick to my original projects and i only relegate fanart to doodles/cooldown/art block. the other thing about fanart for me is that if i invested significant time into them, i would feel like crap. i realized as a creative, i prefer to make my own bodies of work.
Comment number two to separate my thoughts-- and help with that engagement: I do see your point though. In fact, it amuses me to hear you lament about people making you feel like the odd one out since I'm used to growing up in an environment pre-internet social media where casual enjoyment is the norm. It was very isolating as a child finding out somebody else enjoyed the same show as myself, only for them to be weirded out when I asked questions about why they liked the show. What characters were their favorite? What thoughts did they have while watching? Did they ever imagine the kinds of adventures the characters went on, off camera?
Of course I've since learn that everyone enjoys things differently, and that there is nothing wrong with casual entertainment. And finding friends that do like talking and creating 'what ifs' with me helps me feel less isolated and alone. But I do also understand the reverse of creating original content or branching out in a surrealist mood and not receiving engagement from that. It has the impact of going 'oh, maybe this isn't as interesting as I thought it was of a concept' and can make you push ideas to the side from rejection sensitivity.
I feel the exact same way as you kasey. Cant get into anything in particular. But can enjoy everything once then move on. Same goes for art trends and challenges. It feels like a combination of boredom and a desire to just not follow other people. I could gladly create original nonsense all day long. But on the flip side, I'm not very social and this has its drawbacks too 😂 so for that reason, I also wish something could draw me in, just to feel included.
this is so interesting. As someone who basically lives and breathes fandoms and fanart (i have about 2 ocs, for scale) i kind of assume that that's the norm.
the majority of my friends i have made are because of fandoms and fanart. i love it, and i love making content and art about things i love. it gives me something to always rely on, really.
Fanart is a love letter to other artists and i find that beautiful.
What i dont love is fandom. People going crazy over different interpretations and stuff. The amount of hate i see on artists art over such silly headcanons is gross. I remember being so stressed when i used to post publicly and make more fanart. I have such respect for fanartists.
We share pretty much the same view of fandoms! Even the stuff I ardently adore I almost never wanna do fanwork for, I have too much stuff I wanna do of my own stories and characters. I had a few years where I did a TON of monster hunter stuff though, haha. Taught me a lot about drawing armor. I still end up drawing a lot of fan stuff though via commissions and kofi supporter sketches
Not offended in any way just to make that clear, but I am the complete opposite way. I dont even have to be too into that thing to enjoy the fanart. I just have to have even the loosest understanding of the lore at play to get so interested in how people take that lore and twist it around to something new based off the original thing.
I also do just get obsessed with things, collect figures, and stickers, and all that.
Fun how people are different huh?
Although I love fan art, I can totally relate to liking a person's original content more. I feel like so much fan art is simply pretty versions of an existing character that often lacks a lot of the heart the original creator put into them, making them feel kinda "flat" in comparison. Original content seems to express deeper meanings than just "cool character in cool pose," most likely because the artist felt inspired by a lot more than just interesting character design to make them. This might be why you love the original works while not being into the fandom side of things; you can feel the passion of the creator emanating from their own original work, but fan art often seems to blanket that passion as if you are experiencing the art second hand. Obviously I'm not trying to shade any specific fan artists here or say all fan art lacks soul or anything, there are absolutely some incredibly passionate fan artists that create art that is just as meaningful as the original creation, just pointing out a trend that I have seen in fan art over the years that I personally don't care much for.
Fanart (and fandom) is a beautiful expression of pure love for a media and a great way to practice new styles youve never have tried otherwise, but ultimately its just for FUN and NOT the ONLY way to do so! Its just one way. If you consume media differently or experience passion in other avenues (like in original art) thats great!
I think the only problem is if ppl are judgmental or try to create a feeling of moral superiority out if it. But just not consuming or being into fanart itself? Thats iust a preference and totally valid
You finally put words to my experience. I like things, but not so much that I want more! It's nice to know I'm not alone in this. 😊
When u sell art/prints stickers whatever at fairs fan art always goes first and like crazy. Kinda sucks when cool original art gets over shadowed by a nightmare before Xmas sketch tho.
i'm sorry people have been deranged towards you about fanart. i can't relate to watching something and NOT falling down a rabbit hole in the universe and characters. but i respect it, you must get so much more done not getting compleat brainrot from a show😅😂. i find something and it's constantly in my head and i read fanfics, look at fanart, and rewrite the story and make au's in my head. i get so sucked up in it, it's almost draining. so i respect not getting into fandom or fanart, even if i can't for the life of me relate 😅🥰
I couldn’t agree more. I’m more in line of new and original content than fan art, but I’m a little hesitant to draw the latter.
I think I fall under the same umbrella as you.
I personally have never become such a fan of something (video game, cartoon, anime, etc) that I would want to make art for it, and therefore I have never felt the need to make any fanart. I love looking at fanart, but that is not because of my love for the fanmedia, rather a love for the artstyle, use of colors, lineart and just my own subjective opinions of what looks aesthetically pleasing. When I draw, I often draw my own characters and scenes, as that is the only thing I am a "true" fan of.
I hope what I wrote down made sense.
I agree with you. Drawing something you don't want to makes it a little souless.
And in a way you are making art and selling it...or are you not profiting off this video?
I like your world view, it's so chilled out and relaxed. I think its fun you draw original content, and I love your art. I love making fanart (mostly ship art haha), not super into fandoms. I like drawing fanart for me, and then more original things for sharing.
I totally agree about people liking what they like and not worrying about whether or not other people do.
Personally, i get really into fandoms, but i never create fanart of... pre-existing characters. Instead, i make OCs for it lol! I love making OCs for fandoms I'm big in, especially games- since games usually leave a lot of space where you can fill in characters.
I just enjoy creating my own worlds a lot... and having a base for designs and story helps
I feel exactly the same! I haven't seen anyone express this opinion, so I've just been convinced im the odd one, but it feels really nice knowing other people feel the same
I’m a BIG Pinterest user, I love looking there for inspo for characters I adore, but also for OCs. Honestly, because I’m pretty out of touch with a lot of media these days, since there are just soooo many options, a lot of the time I come to realize after the fact that a lot of art I “pin” is actually either fan art or based on/inspired by a series I just didn’t recognize! 😂
I love fanart and I actively seek out art from fandoms I am passionate about (like Zelda) but I don't enjoy creating fanart myself. I prefer drawing my original characters :)
Also, I like this style of video!
I feel similarly about fanart! I don't mind it, but I'd much rather see original characters and ideas & that's also what I'm here for (as well as watercolours, haha). I find it difficult to find arists that are really dedicated to their own creations, but it could be because I'm not very social media savvy.
That Garfield is amazing, though. Looks better in your style in my humble opinion!
As diverse and open minded the internet is most of the time, there's still unfortunately a loud group of people who get very butthurt when someone has a different opinion to them. Sorry they've been giving you grief, you do you!
I always saw fandom more as a medium of storytelling. Expressing feelings that I have trouble saying as myself, without the issue of feeling boggled down by the logistics of world building. I enjoy making my own stories, making my own art with my own characters... but sometimes I am so exhausted that I don't want to be in my own head and just want to make jokes through characters I love.
That said, I've also created fanworks specifically because of being so caught up by seeing people interpret characters in a way I didn't agree with. And when it floods a fandom, that being the only interpretation of said characters or ship, it drives me up the wall to the point I go 'I need to do this right'. Which usually ends up inspiring more works of the interpretation I do enjoy, and I can finally crawl back into my cave and enjoy being a consumer again. Very much a feeling of swooshing my cape and going 'my work here is done'.
Only making original art or only making fanart. Or even both I actually love that I can see that someone has a lot of fun making their art ✨️
Many artists start out creating fanart...which is totally ok! And I frequently want to create fanart myself. However, I also have gotten very burnt out from fanart, and I do feel that it can be creatively limiting. I think it is important for artists to use fanart as a fun tool, but also branch out to create original content. Kasey is extremely recognizable because of her style and personality, not just the content she draws. And I respect that! It helps teach a lot of important skills and can be just as rewarding. And who knows, maybe your original creation can get popular enough where people are making fanart of your stuff!
"Something about my star-sign being in gatorade" 😂😂😂 love that.
I completely understand what you mean. I used to not get super into fandoms, either. And wanting NEW things/designs and supporting small artists is 1000% understandable!
Interesting to find this out I suppose, a lot of points I understand, for myself, I love consuming fanart and more of the media; not only does it give say younger creatives a chance to come into their own ever changing style. But it also just is more to (love/hate). My take away is, enjoy what you like, fandom* wise but having original characters and art work are just as important!
I relate to this. I've never been part of fandoms and dont reallt care much about fan art. I know it exists and sometimes i loke to someones elses take on a character.
I think the biggest block i have with any fanfom stuff is people get emotionally invested and attatched to characters and that makes absolutely no sense to me. I cannot for tbe life of me decouple the idea of a character from the fact it was created by someone to fullfill a narrative role, and so that character can never be emotionally 'real' to me.
And to be completely honest i do find it a little uncomfortable/unsettling when other people have very intense emotional reactions to fictional media 🤷♂️ but hey people are fullfilled by it and i dont have to understand it.
@justmeherethereandeverywhere I think that's totally normal. I get really fixated on historical stuff and activities like making art and crafting
I have requests for you: next fan art video, draw Mickey Mouse, SpongeBob SquarePants and Hello Kitty.
It sounds like I'm a lot like you when it comes to fan art.(also the occasional commenter here.) I too just enjoy the fandom but I really don't go head over heals over it. I consume it but usually that is where it ends. I do occasionally draw the fan art but I prefer to draw my original characters I do too.
I have my original content, but creating fan art really is comfort for me, and it inspires me. It’s like a standard I can hold myself to as I draw and create. It’s like paying homage to it, or giving me things to glance at and remember how much I love something. But most of the people around me discount the hard work I put in, the skill in art, the story behind it… just because it isn’t my “original work.” Like bro I still came up with my own idea and drew it and colored it, … … … but it doesn’t make it any less valuable, right?
I’ve been marketed for something I’ve created, (I’m not saying what, on the internet, I don’t want any more attention for that project.) so I know I can create original content and market it. Yet people still disregard what I make, because it doesn’t deserve respect, because it’s fan content. Stars, it Hurts. I’ve learned so much technical skills about drawing through my hyper fixations. I guess I’m kind of venting. I’m weary of trying to defend my loves, when I shouldn’t have to defend myself on anything. No one should have to. It hurts. (And I am also creating original work. Problem is, to put it out there, it gets rough. There comes a lot of attention, and fighting for copyright rights to be protected, and getting your content out there…… it’s a process.)
I totally get it! Especially how you were saying like, you would love to be the kind of person who gets so invested that you *want* to draw fanart and stuff. I always feel weirdly jealous of people who get so attached to something that they’re drawing it loads, making up these interesting fan theories and fan stories about them, or just simply beautiful art for these characters they adore. Because just like you Kasey, I watch a show or movie, I enjoy it.. and then my interest ends there. I don’t really have much that passion beyond that to drive me to make fanart and so I almost never draw it even for things I ADORE! For example I looovve Good Omens, but I’ve drawn maybe like 2 Crowley sketches and one was because my friend asked me to lol. And that’s it. But I consume Good Omens fanart from others on the reg. I don’t know why, it just doesn’t scratch that brain itch for me to draw characters despite my love for them and love for seeing others draw them too. It’s a shame because I would love to just crank out drawing after drawing of silly guys from things I love and never get tired of it.. instead I’m cursed to always be like ‘man, idk what I wanna draw today’ 😂
i love and enjoy your content. your art style is very unique and can't get enough of it. i totally agree with you, i am not a huge fan of fanart as something i want to collect or make with my own creativity. i love the journey of my growing my style and developing my original creation. you keep on doing you and ignore the haters, they always just need someone out there in front of them to attack. 🥰
Drawing someone else's character in your style is a tad bit easy but to come up with your own characters takes more creativity. Starting off with fan art is fine but to really call What you do art is to imagine something original
I relate to this video.
I love so many games, movies, etc, and while I do enjoy making fanart every once in a while, I mostly enjoy making my own stuff
There are people who dedicate themselves to fanart, which is amazing, but I just can’t, my brain’s just different ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don’t get why people make such a big deal about it though
Something I feel a lot of people would be bothered by is the fact that I love Star Wars, Star Trek and Stargate equally.
I also don't like Game of Thrones.
If people disagree with me, that is fine.
Sometimes it is important to just let people like or do different things (to a certain degree and without harming someone in any way of).
I feel that. Telling people I don't like 'Game of Thrones' or 'Stranger Things' is wild. They assume because I'm a nerd I have to like it, when I just raise a brow and go 'my interest is cartoons and cartoon-esque properties.' The co-relation isn't there, man. They also lose their heads if I mention I don't care for the mcu, despite enjoying Marvel and comics in general. Like, broski... I read Howard the Duck and Slapstick. I'm a different audience.
seeing garfield in the thumbnail made me watch this video... i've loved garfield for way over 30 years and i appreciate fanart of garfield ..but i don't draw it myself. i might draw the pokemon chancey.. but that's the limit of my fan art. i love your style, kasey golden
Since I’m ND I hyperfixate on things, so when I’ve absorbed all the official media I can, I move on to fan art. Now since a hyperfixation is when a piece of media kinda takes over ur thoughts I’m going to interact with that media as much as possible. I wouldn’t give this up for anything, but I do think it limits my ability to be original. I’ve only had one hyperfixation that encouraged me to be original and that was because it was on an oc I made 😔
I’m glad you made this video and addressed your point from 7 (wow) years ago. I’ve been watching your channel since back then and I can’t lie it made me think that you looked down on people who had fun drawing fan-art. I will say two points though concerning this. The first being that art of characters someone loves doesn’t always have to be “unoriginal” just because the character is pre-existing. Sometimes the way people do fanart has so much more involved that it’s unfair to say it’s uncreative because they can make up their own facets of a character’s story and flesh them out more or even deviate from what the original creator had planned for them. For example we see a lot of queer coded characters who have no screen time actually having romantic or meaningful moments in their identity having those parts of them explored by fans via fanart. Which brings me to my 2nd point which is when someone finds a character they really love and their story makes them feel seen. Just because a character becomes popular doesn’t mean they weren’t once someone’s original idea. All characters are someone’s original creation technically, so celebrating fan art is still enjoying someone else’s creative expression. If someone makes a character and that character fills you with endless joy, I don’t see why it’s important to make a bunch of new characters who wouldn’t scratch that itch for you anyway since the role is already filled by a pre existing character.
I've only ever drew fanart thrice. One about a dream I had with Foxy, Glamrock Freddy and Gregory... and one for a vtuber that I like.. during and after his graduation (traditional and digital).
I take in fanart from time to time but I can't ever draw the thing I want as I picture it like all the fanartists. Same goes to drawing original stuff as well.
what is that feyn art you are talking about? never heard of it
What sucks the most about today’s online landscape is you’re proper alienated if you don’t make fanart, idk about anyone else but my “original” stuff (which i do the most) does so much worse than when i rarely do fanart. Idk that’s my rant of the day
This entire video could be summed up by: "different people enjoy different things" kinda sad that u had to clarify something that shouldnt even be a big deal!!
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My current take is, I'm over the age of doing fan art because I've started doing original art and naturally that's what I will put most of my effort into. And in the case I do fan art, that's because I want to make joke on something so I get a low effort "shitpost" kind of fan art and call it a day. It's never meant to be serious and never meant to be sold, and I just don't put much effort into drawing it.
In a way I'm doing meme, just hand drawn and often without text.
I dont like fanart because i like the art so much i wanna see more. I just think fanart or fanfiction is just another form of art, that i detatch from the original, i look at the art as something inspired, and beautiful just as valid as the original art. Theres some fandoms im a part of, but dont care for the source content, its more of the content people create.