Anivethia

With DA's latest scummy promotion of an AI scammer earning 12k in less than a year off selling AI images, I think they're saying the quiet part out loud. They hate real artists. They hate art. At least, the ones running the show and calling the shots. You check their profiles and it's nothing but AI. There are some who are not, and for them I know it's just their job and I hold 0 ill will toward them. But I absolutely loathe the powers that be running this site. I'm not going to hide the fact I'm viscerally angry at them for doing this, for reminding me how low they think of us. That we're nothing to them, yet our handcrafted art is everything for their generators. They would not exist without us, yet we're treated like absolute garbage. Not just by DA - every single fucking site is doing this. I'm so tired. I'm not leaving DA, there's still a strong artist community here, and I want to believe they'll be sold to someone/s who actually give a damn and are real artists

This is, of course, in response to dA's recent advertising of 'deviantart sellers' that, like it did to so many others, repulses me and gives me second hand embarrassment. If it weren't for all the years of great memories, the people who are still here who I can't follow elsewhere, especially those who take the time to share thoughtful comments, and all my dear watchers whose names I have come to recognise even when they simply favourite my work (yes, quiet followers, I see and appreciate you too), I would've considered leaving like so many great artists have already done. I understand if you want to leave as well (including those who would have read this, but have already left), but for those of us who are still here, let's stick together and keep alive the slumbering flame of community while it's still here. And for those who do wish to leave soon, you can find me in other places too: https://linktr.ee/foxofwonders None of them quite feel like home the way dA felt, though. This