Major correction to my thread guys: When I said that the lolicon artists won't tell you that they're using real kids as reference, I was assuming they had some self-preservation instincts.
Turns out that some of them will just openly beg for "gravure photos of children"
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Tanuki_tan@EepyRacoonAgent
Replying to @realNikandros
mind you, an illustrator that used to work in blue archive, the game that became the base of the lolicon community, had to be kicked out of his job because he was reported to police for tracing his art out magazines that included prepubescent girls in lingerie