NinoSatori

Not sure what the status on dA accepting links to Patreon are still but I'mma do it anyway!

Short sweet and too the point: Reward Tiers are re opening soon! all the information you may ever need is in a Public Post here: www.patreon.com/posts/tier-upd…

The long and short of it, I've made some Locked rewards for you all to maul over for a bit until Monday when they'll unlock for any and everybody! Take of this info what you will~

Thank you all for the support~

Just to Bluntly come out and say: I have a problem.

It's almost been 10 years since I've been doing art for the ABDL community, and even longer since I've just been a part of it~

It's been quite a ride, I've seen so many changes in artists I watch, it's almost hard to believe some of them I watch are the same artists they've grown so much~

But we've also lost a lot of them too...even more so much recently. Artists leave yes but the frequency has been picking up rapidly...which brings me to this Journal.

There is without a doubt a very special relationship between creator and their fans. In reality it's because of all of you that we've even made it this far. That is something I hold dear to this day. For this reason I thank all of you for the chance to grow and show what I'm able to provide to the ever growing community of Artists who want to draw.

As I said, within the past few years we've had quite a handful of artist say goodbye. And if you've been paying attention you might of caught a common phrase or two: "It just doesn't feel like I'm growing, I'm doing the same thing over and over." ect.

Honestly I'm starting to feel the same thing. To be Blunt again: In terms of Commissions and Rewards or anything I receive to draw from someone else, it's a majority of the same thing. An amorphous blob of a hyper diaper.

It's got to a point where I'm known for this...and it sucks. It's not what I want to be known for.

Back when I started and even before then, community Artists were not know by this measure, hell I think Hyper was hardly even a thing save for a select image or two. I think our Resident Hyro was usually the client to most of that and even then it was not nearly to the extent it is today.

From an Artists looking at other Artists works, it's almost rare to Not see Hyper art in someone's gallery unless they nipped that concept before they started. This fact to me is very very concerning.

I should Preface this by saying I DO enjoy the concept of Hyper, it has potential to be nice, and even cute sometimes. I have commissioned it or asked for it as a reward from supported artists, but It's not all I ask for.

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This Journal is very ill planned, it's a lot of my thoughts just kinda flowing out of me. I guess if you want a quick breakdown on what I'm trying to say it would be the following:

-As an Artist for the community, I always do my best to please anyone who is willing to support me. It's just good practice, social or otherwise. However, and putting this as gently as possible, the same concept over and over and over again...just really drains...well just about every and anyone. It's simple and pure enough to draw diapers on characters OC or otherwise, but "Character fills diaper to absurd levels" on a persistent level...it can and has taken it's toll. Having grown from nothing to an artist people actually weirdly throw money at =u= remember I used to be, and still am, one of you guys who likes just pure and simple diaper art~

-Specifically with people who commission me, I will always appreciate your support, you all do take the time to consider how I feel especially lately. I do implore to Explore! There are plenty of woefully unused situations or concepts that could turn a subject from repetitious to fun with just a few changes~ 

-Hyper Art...has hit "dull" Status. Like a sword, it's been used a little too much. I will Still draw it, people who have been to my stream know in lieu of this I will most likely simply charge more for Hyper given it's demand. If it dramatically decreases for a while then that will go away but until then, measures have to be taken.

This is not a journal to shame or put anyone down for getting Hyper art. I understand the trend and concept is nice but I hope this gives a better understand behind the Artists own POV on how this looks and feels.

I know this will sound weird but I want to shed the tag "Hyper Artist." For while I will draw Hyper Art I do not consider myself a "Hyper Artist" Nor do I really wish to be. 

Enough ranting and Raving from me. gonna go...eat a sandwich or something...BYE!!

I know it's not fun news to hear but I unfortunately have to make a hard decision.

The remainder of Escaping the Box will not be hosted here anymore. Due to content that could be misunderstood as bad. (Even through I never had any intention of anything that could be considered Risque) 

So instead the pages will be posted on Pixiv soon enough, it'll feature other things I've done as well as of recent.

I'm sorry to do this but it's been weighing on me and I can't in good conscious post the remainder here without feeling my dA profile will be in jeopardy.

I hope you understand. If you do enjoy what I do, I have been posting to my patreon as well, and all links are on front page~

Thank you. 

Having a night to think on this, I'm going to approach this subject in a different manner than I had intended before.

Simply put, for those of you who know who "Yuhi-Tan" is you might know they no longer exists on dA. They do still have a Pixiv and Patreon. While the Pixiv is fine, the Patreon is what urks me, and here's why.

If you Support Yuhi on Patreon I want you to think about this very carefully before you decide weather or not you want to continue doing so. I will not tell to un-sub from them, instead I will give my perspective on why I don't find it ethical.

Yuhi is very well known for getting content out at an alarmingly fast rate. And at what looks like is good quality, and it is! but the reason being is that a lot of the art is Frankenstein pieces from other pieces of art, Vector traced to suit the picture. For those unaware, Vector is a line tool that lets you put lines down and manipulate them without the need of tablet. Very useful for those who only have a mouse but still want to do art. Vector Art is not the problem though in this situation, the problem is that Most, if not all, the art they pull from is traced. And this has been proven time and time again.

More recently a WIP has been seen from Yuhi themselves and within minutes of seeing it and looking up the character, I will not say what the character is to avoid nondisclosure for patreon reasons, I was able to find Multiple pieces of the character line for line traced, with slight adjustments. The problem is, Yuhi has gone on record to say that what they do is okay, that they are 'happy' to provide this level of content to those who want it and because they 'spent time' on it, should get paid.

What this is would be defined as the Artists Rendition of Plagiarism "Taking pieces of content and work that were not originally yours and altering it slightly and redistributing it as your own."

Now please don't misunderstand. Tracing on its own is not harmful. Artist use this technique to develop muscle memory or to simplify something ridiculously complex, and there are plenty of cases that I find this passable in my book. I will not demonize the act of Tracing as a whole. Hell I used it to line my own art back in my early days. But even so, it's not even their art that's being traced.

This case is dealing with someone who has admitted to these practices and asked people to support them despite a lot of the work being cherry picked body parts and poses from other artist and sold as "their skill."

The reason this upsets me is that it's very easy to get away with, Yuhi's almost earning 300$ a month for it. And this isn't personal information, you'll see it first thing when you visit their page. I will never downplay anyone's skill, Yuhi can color well, I'm more than sure they've traced over enough pieces that they have an understanding of anatomy, or at least some bit. but if they have no idea, that should be your answer. Artist who are truly determined will 'learn' and improve when using these techniques. If they've been tracing all this time and have absolutely no understanding of human anatomy then it just proves they've just been tracing for the sake of attention. They refuse to stream because if they're just tracing over someone else's art how would that look to you?

Once more I will not tell you to un-sub, I highly encourage Yuhi to use references but do not trace, Everyone uses references and that's fine. But Yuhi's Art is nothing more than lies of "Original ABDL Art" when it's essentially stolen from others with a diaper slapped on and hidden behind a paywall.

If you're friends with Yuhi, I'm sorry. If you like their work, I'm sorry. But I've been in this Art Community for more than a Decade and the last thing I will let get by is Extortion. It's unfair to you, me, anyone that pays them, and all the other artist who actually try to establish themselves with their own style and grow, who cry because at times they don't feel like they're good enough, who become inspired and draw like no tomorrow, who smile because they feel they did a good job, Who don't settle with just being 'okay'.

What Yuhi does is not okay, and the sooner they change their ways, the better.

I won't close comments, I know some might want to say something. Positive or Negative I don't care. This was something I'm passionate about. It's up to you all to fix it. I'm simply here to speak my mind.

And If you manage to some how see this Yuhi: "You can do better, You can make something of yourself that doesn't involve tracing other's works. That is what I believe."

Thank you for listening.