insideoutnexttonormal: lulladie: thesocialjusticecourier: lulladie: zexionlikesmuffins: waltdisneyconfessionsrage: fourth-instinct: waltdisneyconfessionsrage: schneezusweiss: drgirlset: goopglitter: vegan-pearl: stevenquartz: lulladie: I learned a lot from my post yesterday.  The first being that I should have spent a little more time on the artwork I was using to get my point across.  This one is still a speed-paint (Took me like an hour this time.) and still has sloppy flaws, but eh!  The second thing I learned is that I should have drawn her just simply white, so I took inspiration from Garnet’s theme (which feels like 60′s-70′s to me) and gave her a 70′s vibe with the beehive disco hair.  She looks like a fembot, but that’s okay.   First of all, fellow artists:  Do not let anyone, no matter their race, gender, sexuality, creed or religion or anything else tell you what you can or cannot draw.  It is your art.  Do not let anyone censor you, ever.  And furthermore, do not feel bad for what you draw.  Love your art, even if other’s do not. And to the others: Do not ever think you are justified to bully another human being because you disagree with them.  You are not superior in morals or ethics just because you think you are.  If you don’t like what someone draws, don’t look at it.  If you are offended, go somewhere else. Support artists who DO draw things you like.  You supporting them means more to the community as a whole than you targeting artists who draw things you don’t like. You do not have a “Right” to not be offended by something.  And, if you truly think that the best response to something you do not like is to harass, threaten, and bully someone – you really need to give yourself a good, long look in the mirror and think about where you stand in life. Yesterday was…well.  As I expected, honestly, though I was happy to see quite a few artists pop their heads in or message me about the issue of people trying to censor art. We need to come together as artists and art appreciators and stomp out this trend of harassment and threats on artists. Censorship has no place in the art community. As a final disclaimer, I would like to add that I am not attacking your little “Fandom”.  I am attacking art censorship, and the people who support it. this is literally the worst thing ive ever seen tbh i honestly thought this was mom lalonde cosplaying as garnet at first People being critical of bad decisions, and of the people ignoring the myriad of reasons why those decisions are bad, is not “censorship” lmfao yo op fellow artist here, its not censorship, no one is telling you you can’t draw this, they’re telling you why you SHOULDN’T and why it’s harmful and oppressive. our work in fandoms, and elsewhere, has repercussions in the real world and its really disingenuous to pretend that your whitewashing exists in some sort of vacuum tl;dr tbh just stop WARNING: MOD PINK IS AN ARTIST WHO LOVES GARNET AND WISHES THE OP WOULD TRY IT What absolutely kills me about all of this besides the fact that the artist is basically a bigot and very proud of that fact is that they truly don’t understand that what they have done is not only racist and morally repugnant, but how it contradicts their stance on censorship. Obviously, this is whitewashed art of Garnet. We don’t have to get into the history of anti-black racism to explain why this is disgusting: we can just look at it and see. I think the fact that this art is of Garnet rather than any other Steven Universe character says a lot about the artists’ choices to be honest.  Unlike some of the other gems on the show, Garnet is unmistakably black-coded. She is voiced by a black woman, she has an afro, as well as brown/dark skin. The fact that the artist would target this character out of all the others in the show for this particular “demonstration” is too deliberate to simply be a preference or a stance for “integrity”.  Obviously the artist was trying to say something with this work and they succeeded: they whitewashed a black-coded character so that they could fight back against progressiveness. Like I mentioned before, the artist is proud in their bigotry and this art is the blaring evidence of it. They picked (for all intents and purposes) a black character, whitewashed her, and then tried to act as if any criticism against it would be “censorship” or “bullying”. Had they picked say, Pearl, Peridot, or Lapis (characters that can racially be interpreted in a lot of ways), this probably wouldn’t have been an issue. But no. The artist decides to pick this character to prove to all of us that censorship is bad. It’s actually funny because the artist simultaneously plays the victim as well as the aggressor/oppressor. And about censorship. Look, I an understand people putting constraints about what you can and cannot express in your art. You do eventually have to do what you love regardless. But this is not standing up to censorship. This is thinly veiled racism and an act of violence. The reason I say this is violence is because whitewashing is erasure; essentially stripping away an identity and making it more “pleasing” or “palatable” (i.e., white). This is also violence considering what Garnet means to a lot of us in the Steven Universe fandom, especially those of us in the fandom who are black as well as identify femininely. The fact that the artist would remove the character’s blackness, make them white, and then try to pass it off as “standing up for artists” is thinly veiled anti-black racism. Finally, I want to comment on this apparent “stance” the artist has. The artist’s comment, it’s very vague; they never really say what they’re fighting against other than “censorship” and “bullying”. What’s being censored when you draw Garnet as canonically black? What’s the point in white washing her? Is it because the artist cannot feel connected to her unless she were of the same race? Is it because Garnet being deliberately black-coded makes the artist uncomfortable? Is it because somehow making Garnet white speaks to some greater “truth” in their mind about how things should be? Is it because artists not actively whitewashing characters of color is some sort of “censorship” to the artist? I wouldn’t be surprised if any of these were true. TL;DR: What the artist did here is disgusting and their “standing up for artists against censorship and bullying” isn’t fooling anyone. The choice to whitewash Garnet of all characters is grossly deliberate and is extremely anti-black. I hope that this work continues to be met with the derision and scorn that it deserves. -pink everything that you just said was based purely on presumption. you basically wrote them off as racists and disregarded their point entirely because you either disagree or don’t understand it. soooo very openminded. You “anti-sjw” types will pull that hypocritical bullshit out your asses at the drop of a hat, won’t you? What you’ve just accused my co-mod of is your entire viewpoint’s modus operandi. Miss us with this nonsense. -ren You know what guys? You know WHAT??? All right so I know all of this was already said above and they said it better than I can (thank you WDCR mods), but I suppose I’ll be repeating it for emphasis. Look, you pompous moron. You can draw this, as long as you have the free will and the tools, but you really really shouldn’t. You mentioned it having “sloppy flaws”? Well, the most glaring flaw is the whiteness, and no you should not have “drawn her just simply white”. You should never erase the identity of black people by making them white. You. Should. Not. Do. That. If you do then YOU are the one who is bullying. Admittedly, none of the gem characters have real-world races since they are blue/purple/orange/green etc and their bodies are literally projections that don’t technically exist. But you can’t use that as an excuse, as Garnet is still unarguably coded as a black character. Not only that but in the context of the show she chooses to appear black because she likes that look and feels comfortable in it. So this is completely ridiculous to draw her like she’s a white woman. You are, for all intents and purposes, erasing her identity. Not to mention that I also thought that this was meant to be Mom Lalonde cosplaying as Garnet. That’s just how dumb the design is. Draw white Amethyst, draw white Pearl , white Lapis, white Rose Quartz white whoever else (aside from the obviously non-white humans) just for the love of God don’t draw a white Garnet… The other gems can be argued to be pretty much any race you want. But Garnet is black, Garnet is black, Garnet is black, Garnet is black  DID I MENTION THAT GARNET IS BLACK???? And sure you can argue that her skin is tinted mostly red but Garnet is black, Garnet is black, Garnet is black  DID I MENTION THAT GARNET IS BLACK???? If this was any other (non-human) character, people would still attempt to argue that you were wrong about their race but it would be essentially a non-issue. THIS IS AN ISSUE. THIS IS WRONG. TL;DR VERSION – You’re dumb, you’re racist, and you’re wrong. Stop, please just stop. Only, she’s not.  Why do you think she’s black?  Because she has an afro and big lips and big hips?  Stereotyping race based on looks….Isn’t that….gasp…racism? Especially when the creator, when asked, says that NONE of her characters are race-coded. None of them. But, that’s not the main focal point, here - you completely missed that.  Like, woosh, over your head. This wasn’t me crying because “My art got censored.”  My art has never been censored or policed, besides a few very small incidents of people crying about a game character’s backstory.  This is about other artists – the people you bully. I made a shock value piece to draw attention to the fact that people like you, and those like-minded like you, are fucking scumfilled fungus bags.  You’re bullies.   This post was in defense of artists who just do things like this: Or this: They’re clearly just enjoying the characters.  They’re enjoying their art.  And then people like you have to come along, single them out, harass them, bully them, call them names that may hurt them to the core, THREATEN them (I’ve received death threats, been told to kill myself, even.  Can only imagine what they got.) and you pieces of shit think that it’s perfectly acceptable. I made this piece to let you really look at the kind of bullshit behavior you promote and think is okay. I made this piece to show other artists who get treated like shit for just drawing  that they have someone who will fucking defend them, that it’s not just ME but a lot of other people who would defend them and who want to see their art. I have had other actually black artists note me and tell me “That shit isn’t racist.  It’s just art.”  I even got a message from a black woman who doesn’t watch the show telling me that she looked up the character, and while she doesn’t like that I Tagged it “Whitewashing”, she told me “That character is purple, she’s not black.”   I’ve had ACTUAL BLACK ARTISTS TELL ME there is nothing racist, and yet annoying people saddled with white guilt or professional victim tumblr are saying “NO WE KNOW BETTER IT IS BECAUSE IT JUST IS.”  I know there are black people mixed in there too, and they’re included in the “professional victim” side of tumblr. The thing is, you are not entitled to any right that says “You should never feel offended.” Fucking feel offended.  It makes you think about things.  It makes you prioritize.  It forcibly opens your tiny, peabrained little mind.  However, anyone has the right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression – but you do not have the right to harass and threaten someone. EVER. I don’t care how oppressed you feel, how sad a picture makes you.  If you don’t like it?  Big fucking deal.  You can say “I don’t like it.” and move on.  If you’re any kind of mature, you’ll just move on.  These fucking things are not political statements.  THEY ARE FUCKING FANART.  Stop treating every fucking piece you see that you don’t like as a fucking racially motivated hate crime. People like YOU offend the shit out of me, it makes me sad such ignorance exists, but do you see me filling your inbox with hate, threats, or rallying people to come harass you? NO. I had a total of 200+ fucking hate mails and threats in two days over this.  Now, I KNEW what I was stepping into, because I am openly fighting your shitty art policing and censorship, but do you think those other artists you treated like absolute shit knew that? NO. They were just drawing characters they loved. You should be fucking ashamed of yourselves. For all you know, the artists you treated like shit for their work and threatened and bullied and harassed were fucking minors who probably didn’t think they did anything “Wrong” (Not that any of that IS wrong.)  You probably wouldn’t’ care, your heads are so far up your asses.    God. You all are disgusting.  I genuinely hope you feel fucking ashamed of yourselves. Reblogging yet again for lulladie’s glorious response to this bullshit. Y’all need to fucking rethink your lives - seriously. Every single one of you that’s turned a little racebending fan art into a full on war and forced artists into corners and made them feel shitty for their work, made them take it down or delete it - shit they worked hard on - you’re all fucking disgusting. Drag these stupid assholes, lulladie. And know, from the bottom of my heart, and I’m sure from the bottom of every other artist who’s suffered at the hands of this bullshit, you are amazing and your passion and courage are inspiring. Thank you for helping me start this conversation and taking so much shit for your part in it! It means more to me than you can imagine. I’m just doing my job, ma’am. <3 It’s art. People need to chill. BLOWNTHEFUCKOUT

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I learned a lot from my post yesterday.  The first being that I should have spent a little more time on the artwork I was using to get my point across.  This one is still a speed-paint (Took me like an hour this time.) and still has sloppy flaws, but eh!  The second thing I learned is that I should have drawn her just simply white, so I took inspiration from Garnet’s theme (which feels like 60′s-70′s to me) and gave her a 70′s vibe with the beehive disco hair.  She looks like a fembot, but that’s okay.  

First of all, fellow artists:

 Do not let anyone, no matter their race, gender, sexuality, creed or religion or anything else tell you what you can or cannot draw.  It is your art.  Do not let anyone censor you, ever.  And furthermore, do not feel bad for what you draw.  Love your art, even if other’s do not.

And to the others:

Do not ever think you are justified to bully another human being because you disagree with them.  You are not superior in morals or ethics just because you think you are.  If you don’t like what someone draws, don’t look at it.  If you are offended, go somewhere else. Support artists who DO draw things you like.  You supporting them means more to the community as a whole than you targeting artists who draw things you don’t like. You do not have a “Right” to not be offended by something.  And, if you truly think that the best response to something you do not like is to harass, threaten, and bully someone – you really need to give yourself a good, long look in the mirror and think about where you stand in life.

Yesterday was…well.  As I expected, honestly, though I was happy to see quite a few artists pop their heads in or message me about the issue of people trying to censor art. We need to come together as artists and art appreciators and stomp out this trend of harassment and threats on artists.

Censorship has no place in the art community.


As a final disclaimer, I would like to add that I am not attacking your little “Fandom”.  I am attacking art censorship, and the people who support it.

this is literally the worst thing ive ever seen

tbh i honestly thought this was mom lalonde cosplaying as garnet at first

People being critical of bad decisions, and of the people ignoring the myriad of reasons why those decisions are bad, is not “censorship” lmfao

yo op fellow artist here, its not censorship, no one is telling you you can’t draw this, they’re telling you why you SHOULDN’T and why it’s harmful and oppressive. our work in fandoms, and elsewhere, has repercussions in the real world and its really disingenuous to pretend that your whitewashing exists in some sort of vacuum

tl;dr tbh just stop

WARNING: MOD PINK IS AN ARTIST WHO LOVES GARNET AND WISHES THE OP WOULD TRY IT

What absolutely kills me about all of this besides the fact that the artist is basically a bigot and very proud of that fact is that they truly don’t understand that what they have done is not only racist and morally repugnant, but how it contradicts their stance on censorship.

Obviously, this is whitewashed art of Garnet. We don’t have to get into the history of anti-black racism to explain why this is disgusting: we can just look at it and see. I think the fact that this art is of Garnet rather than any other Steven Universe character says a lot about the artists’ choices to be honest. 

Unlike some of the other gems on the show, Garnet is unmistakably black-coded. She is voiced by a black woman, she has an afro, as well as brown/dark skin. The fact that the artist would target this character out of all the others in the show for this particular “demonstration” is too deliberate to simply be a preference or a stance for “integrity”. 

Obviously the artist was trying to say something with this work and they succeeded: they whitewashed a black-coded character so that they could fight back against progressiveness. Like I mentioned before, the artist is proud in their bigotry and this art is the blaring evidence of it. They picked (for all intents and purposes) a black character, whitewashed her, and then tried to act as if any criticism against it would be “censorship” or “bullying”. Had they picked say, Pearl, Peridot, or Lapis (characters that can racially be interpreted in a lot of ways), this probably wouldn’t have been an issue. But no. The artist decides to pick this character to prove to all of us that censorship is bad. It’s actually funny because the artist simultaneously plays the victim as well as the aggressor/oppressor.

And about censorship. Look, I an understand people putting constraints about what you can and cannot express in your art. You do eventually have to do what you love regardless. But this is not standing up to censorship. This is thinly veiled racism and an act of violence. The reason I say this is violence is because whitewashing is erasure; essentially stripping away an identity and making it more “pleasing” or “palatable” (i.e., white). This is also violence considering what Garnet means to a lot of us in the Steven Universe fandom, especially those of us in the fandom who are black as well as identify femininely. The fact that the artist would remove the character’s blackness, make them white, and then try to pass it off as “standing up for artists” is thinly veiled anti-black racism.

Finally, I want to comment on this apparent “stance” the artist has. The artist’s comment, it’s very vague; they never really say what they’re fighting against other than “censorship” and “bullying”. What’s being censored when you draw Garnet as canonically black? What’s the point in white washing her? Is it because the artist cannot feel connected to her unless she were of the same race? Is it because Garnet being deliberately black-coded makes the artist uncomfortable? Is it because somehow making Garnet white speaks to some greater “truth” in their mind about how things should be? Is it because artists not actively whitewashing characters of color is some sort of “censorship” to the artist? I wouldn’t be surprised if any of these were true.

TL;DR: What the artist did here is disgusting and their “standing up for artists against censorship and bullying” isn’t fooling anyone. The choice to whitewash Garnet of all characters is grossly deliberate and is extremely anti-black. I hope that this work continues to be met with the derision and scorn that it deserves.

-pink

everything that you just said was based purely on presumption. you basically wrote them off as racists and disregarded their point entirely because you either disagree or don’t understand it.

soooo very openminded.

You “anti-sjw” types will pull that hypocritical bullshit out your asses at the drop of a hat, won’t you?

What you’ve just accused my co-mod of is your entire viewpoint’s modus operandi. Miss us with this nonsense.

-ren

You know what guys? You know WHAT??? All right so I know all of this was already said above and they said it better than I can (thank you WDCR mods), but I suppose I’ll be repeating it for emphasis.

Look, you pompous moron. You can draw this, as long as you have the free will and the tools, but you really really shouldn’t. You mentioned it having “sloppy flaws”? Well, the most glaring flaw is the whiteness, and no you should not have “drawn her just simply white”. You should never erase the identity of black people by making them white. You. Should. Not. Do. That. If you do then YOU are the one who is bullying.

Admittedly, none of the gem characters have real-world races since they are blue/purple/orange/green etc and their bodies are literally projections that don’t technically exist. But you can’t use that as an excuse, as Garnet is still unarguably coded as a black character. Not only that but in the context of the show she chooses to appear black because she likes that look and feels comfortable in it. So this is completely ridiculous to draw her like she’s a white woman. You are, for all intents and purposes, erasing her identity. Not to mention that I also thought that this was meant to be Mom Lalonde cosplaying as Garnet. That’s just how dumb the design is.

Draw white Amethyst, draw white Pearl , white Lapis, white Rose Quartz white whoever else (aside from the obviously non-white humans) just for the love of God don’t draw a white Garnet… The other gems can be argued to be pretty much any race you want. But Garnet is black, Garnet is black, Garnet is black, Garnet is black  DID I MENTION THAT GARNET IS BLACK???? And sure you can argue that her skin is tinted mostly red but Garnet is black, Garnet is black, Garnet is black  DID I MENTION THAT GARNET IS BLACK???? If this was any other (non-human) character, people would still attempt to argue that you were wrong about their race but it would be essentially a non-issue. THIS IS AN ISSUE. THIS IS WRONG.

TL;DR VERSION – You’re dumb, you’re racist, and you’re wrong. Stop, please just stop.

Only, she’s not.  Why do you think she’s black?  Because she has an afro and big lips and big hips?  Stereotyping race based on looks….Isn’t that….gasp…racism?

Especially when the creator, when asked, says that NONE of her characters are race-coded. None of them.

But, that’s not the main focal point, here - you completely missed that.  Like, woosh, over your head.

This wasn’t me crying because “My art got censored.”  My art has never been censored or policed, besides a few very small incidents of people crying about a game character’s backstory.  This is about other artists – the people you bully.

I made a shock value piece to draw attention to the fact that people like you, and those like-minded like you, are fucking scumfilled fungus bags.  You’re bullies.  

This post was in defense of artists who just do things like this:

Or this:

They’re clearly just enjoying the characters.  They’re enjoying their art.  And then people like you have to come along, single them out, harass them, bully them, call them names that may hurt them to the core, THREATEN them (I’ve received death threats, been told to kill myself, even.  Can only imagine what they got.) and you pieces of shit think that it’s perfectly acceptable.


I made this piece to let you really look at the kind of bullshit behavior you promote and think is okay.


I made this piece to show other artists who get treated like shit for just drawing  that they have someone who will fucking defend them, that it’s not just ME but a lot of other people who would defend them and who want to see their art.


I have had other actually black artists note me and tell me “That shit isn’t racist.  It’s just art.”  I even got a message from a black woman who doesn’t watch the show telling me that she looked up the character, and while she doesn’t like that I Tagged it “Whitewashing”, she told me “That character is purple, she’s not black.”   I’ve had ACTUAL BLACK ARTISTS TELL ME there is nothing racist, and yet annoying people saddled with white guilt or professional victim tumblr are saying “NO WE KNOW BETTER IT IS BECAUSE IT JUST IS.”  I know there are black people mixed in there too, and they’re included in the “professional victim” side of tumblr.


The thing is, you are not entitled to any right that says “You should never feel offended.” Fucking feel offended.  It makes you think about things.  It makes you prioritize.  It forcibly opens your tiny, peabrained little mind.  However, anyone has the right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression – but you do not have the right to harass and threaten someone.


EVER.


I don’t care how oppressed you feel, how sad a picture makes you.  If you don’t like it?  Big fucking deal.  You can say “I don’t like it.” and move on.  If you’re any kind of mature, you’ll just move on.  These fucking things are not political statements.  THEY ARE FUCKING FANART.  Stop treating every fucking piece you see that you don’t like as a fucking racially motivated hate crime.


People like YOU offend the shit out of me, it makes me sad such ignorance exists, but do you see me filling your inbox with hate, threats, or rallying people to come harass you? NO. I had a total of 200+ fucking hate mails and threats in two days over this.  Now, I KNEW what I was stepping into, because I am openly fighting your shitty art policing and censorship, but do you think those other artists you treated like absolute shit knew that?


NO.


They were just drawing characters they loved.


You should be fucking ashamed of yourselves. For all you know, the artists you treated like shit for their work and threatened and bullied and harassed were fucking minors who probably didn’t think they did anything “Wrong” (Not that any of that IS wrong.)  You probably wouldn’t’ care, your heads are so far up your asses.   


God.


You all are disgusting.  I genuinely hope you feel fucking ashamed of yourselves.

Reblogging yet again for lulladie’s glorious response to this bullshit. Y’all need to fucking rethink your lives - seriously. Every single one of you that’s turned a little racebending fan art into a full on war and forced artists into corners and made them feel shitty for their work, made them take it down or delete it - shit they worked hard on - you’re all fucking disgusting.

Drag these stupid assholes, lulladie. And know, from the bottom of my heart, and I’m sure from the bottom of every other artist who’s suffered at the hands of this bullshit, you are amazing and your passion and courage are inspiring. Thank you for helping me start this conversation and taking so much shit for your part in it! It means more to me than you can imagine.

I’m just doing my job, ma’am.

<3

Originally posted by rtyuijhggfiyfyi

It’s art.

People need to chill.

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