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Inane Questions, gogogo!

Sun Jul 5, 2009, 9:48 AM
Feature Meme is still here: [link]

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I AM still around, guys.

I haven't been doing a lot of art stuff; been occupying myself with a million things. Like work and translating and job training and trying to sell my hair (I've been offered 1800 to buzz it all off). And girlfriend. I haven't been COMPLETELY useless though, artistically speaking, so I think I will update soon. Sorry if anyone thought I died (again).

Couple questions before I update though:

:bulletblue: Recently, various places have been doing a serious crackdown on what is and is not considered 'child porn'. In light of this, I have to ask--would a piece of art portraying a full or partial front shot of naked little girl in a non-sexual manner be a bannable/reportable offense here on DA? The fact that other pictures have children/child-looking characters in little or nothing and really, er, questionable poses/actions unfortunately won't cut it for me as an assurance, since I know that popular devs can sometimes get away with that. =/ Just wondering what you guys think.

:bulletblue: Does anyone have any interest in my photography? I've been going through my pictures from the cross-country trip a few years ago and thought of posting some/a bunch. But if no one has interest in them, I would be loathe to flood your inboxes with the stuff.

:bulletblue: Can anyone here make those animated Carameldansen thingers? I love the Saiou + Moonbaby one I'm using, but if anyone ever found or threw together one involving Goatface!Darkness and one or more of his minions, seriously, I would draw you anything you want and send it to your doorstep along with little pieces of my soul. It would be epic. You know it would. I've tried doing this myself and faaaailed.

:bulletblue: Do you know the muffin man?


Also.
I FOUND THE OTHER GREEN SNOWBIRD BALLPOINT MY GIRLFRIEND SENT ME. AND IT YET LIVES. I HEREBY NAME IT 'GOD PEN JUNIOR', OR 'JESUS PEN' FOR SHORT. :heart::heart::heart:

  • Mood: Cheerful
  • Listening to: Supreme Beings of Leisure--Everywhere

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:icondancingkirby:
For the first question...I wouldn't think so, but then again my picture of past!Yubel as a pregnant child bride was deleted, and she wasn't even close to naked. > <
:icondatenshikurai:
...That's more likely on account that you portrayed a pregnant child than that you portrayed a child at all, regardless of any state of undress. It's an explicit assumption of sexual engagement with a child. You DO know how pregnancy takes place, right?

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"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one." Mary Kay Ash

It's far too easy to pull the wool over the eyes of sheep who yield in the stead of mediocrity. They'll never realize they've seen it before.
:icondatenshikurai:
1) I think a nude child, portrayed sexually or not, would at least be removed from dART--though, I'm not sure whether you'd be suspended or banned for it.

2) Of course we'd love to see your photography. [/the choir inquired, who's hoarding all his nature photography from the past six months in hopes he'd ever really feel up to posting any of it]

3) Rofl, Moonbaby iz bestest friend~ ...But making a Caramelldansen? Template! [link]

Also, "God Pen, Jr."? Is it named this for its reliability or its resurrection powers? :laughing:

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"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one." Mary Kay Ash

It's far too easy to pull the wool over the eyes of sheep who yield in the stead of mediocrity. They'll never realize they've seen it before.
:iconrhodanum:
Normally, if there's no sexual content to the picture itself, I don't think that a semi-nude or nude child should be a problem. However, keep in mind that I'm coming from a culture that's far less hung-up on the 'oh noez, we must protect teh innocent children at all costs!' principle. We're just as adamant when it comes to harassment, molestation or exploitation of children, but at the same time we're far less likely to whip the whole thing into an overblown frenzy as is the case with the West right now, from what I'm seeing. Some of the latest 'crackdowns' make me wonder if I'm watching one of those films that glorify idiocy.

I'm not sure what to say, really (other than the fact that some people need to clearly learn of the difference between deliberately sexual portrayals of children and non-sexual ones, regardless if they might contain nudity or not).

Secondly, photos are always welcome. XD I'm tempted by the idea of posting some shots myself, but my photography skills are completely nonexistent and the results show it clearly.

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'The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.'

- Robert Heinlein
:iconthe-mad-poet:
I figured it might...though some quick checks on DA have shown that a few pictures of naked children are running around, I'm not sure if that's because they're acceptable or just flew under the radar. I'm wondering if I shouldn't put it up to find out and see what happens. Though being banned would suck if it came to that.

Post your photography, sirrah. I love your photos.

Dancing Goatface is probably the only thing I would ever get rid of moonbaby for. It's such a delightful little affront to nature! Thanks for the template, that might help my cause. XD

I thought it was God Pen come back from the dead! Until I realized the lettering hadn't worn all the way off the sides and checked the inkwell. Since God Pen Jr. hasn't run out of ink yet I don't know if it too will continue to draw for tennish years even with an empty inkwell. XD I fully intend to find out though. We can accuse it of being a false prophet if it lets me down~

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I used to have a pretty good handle on the Big Picture in life.
Then I got distracted by all the small shiny parts.
:iconsamcybercat:
With the naked child picture I feel similar to others, I can't see how a non-sexual picture would cause so much offense personally but with dA being as shaky as they are it'd probably be better to be safe than sorry.

For the photography I'd love to see more. I don't tend to comment on a lot og photographs, which is wrong of me, but I'd certainly enjoy seeing them.

Kurai already beat me to the Caramelldansen template. But oddly enough since I first saw them I really wanted to do one of zombiegoat and Trueman, like many things I never got around to it though.

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Ryo Marufuji :heart: Fubuki Tenjoin

Face it Zane, it's anime--even with 4Kids to protect you, sooner or later there'll be tentacles.
~*SmudDragon
:iconthe-mad-poet:
Maybe when I'm more popular I'll be able to post it. 8D That's the criteria they use to decide what goes and what stays, right?


That would be...epic. Also, at some point I have to take pictures of Trueman (my snake) with his goat skull. And post them here. Because ohgod, Trueman and Goatface. :heart:

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I used to have a pretty good handle on the Big Picture in life.
Then I got distracted by all the small shiny parts.
:icondancingkirby:
Well, yeah, I know WHY it was deleted, but it was supposed to be a sad picture. It was inspired by a photo essay about Afghan child brides, actually. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
:iconsamcybercat:
So very true. X_x Even y!gallery and it's "take everything down!!" policy is less biased than that. XD

You need to do that, then Trueman love would spread out to more places than just your LiveJournal. =3

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Ryo Marufuji :heart: Fubuki Tenjoin

Face it Zane, it's anime--even with 4Kids to protect you, sooner or later there'll be tentacles.
~*SmudDragon

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