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Horoscopin' Time! - December 2009

=Vynnx:iconVynnx: reports, November 30
With the holidays at hand, this can be a stressful time of the year. Everyone is busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. But do take a moment to check out these relevent glimpses into the future.

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Explicit Content: Has dA become a porn site?

~Fenris-of-bloodmoon:iconFenris-of-bloodmoon: reports, July 21, 2007
deviantART aims to provide a place for any artist, photographer, or writer to exhibit and discuss his or her works. It also provides a community of like-minded individuals and is visited by 1.5 million individuals per day who view approximately 35 million pages. As of June 2007 the site consists of over 4.5 million users and over 39 million submissions, and receives around 60,000 submissions per day.

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We all know that the title deviantART has its name well-founded, over a long period of time I have begun noticing more and more...well...strange, pornographic things floating about. Recently I was speaking with several friends and when I spoke of dA, they immediately regarded it as a porno site. What a shame.

I believe the increasing photos and artwork of nudity and drawings of yaoi and sexual themes have become somewhat of a problem. Not only is dA recieving a bad image, but I'm not fond of seeing half naked females with over-sized breats appearing on the most popular deviations.

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Apparently, that is considered art. O_o In the real world, this would be deemed the production of a hormonal crazed male with no sex life.

Art is a form of expression. Art is a way of conveying one's feelings. Art is many things...but when art becomes mere photos taken of women exposing themselves...then I don't know what to think anymore.

Now I consider this art, even though it is nude.

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I also consider this art:

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Again, this is just an opinion based soley on what I have seen. I'm not pressuring anyone to have something done about. I would like to hear everyone's views and opinions on the matter if that is possible.

It's clear to me that a lot of Deviants here have sexual fetishes.

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:iconfenrisfc:
I agree with you there! :nod:
:iconperelandra:
I agree completely. Too often I browse the art galleries here... and now I'm seeing more and more adult blocks on them. Not for violence, but for nudity.
Nude photos are for artistic purposes here on dA, and some people (a LOT of people) are abusing that. Like the example you put up. It's just repulsive, the picture itself and the way anyone could consider it art.
While I hate to say that, and rag on other people's personal 'art,' I really have to. There is no art in that picture, just a naked woman dressed up like a badass. It's raunchy.
The other two, however. Notice how the focus isn't really on them, but on their emotions. That's what I want to see in a nude portrait, not some girl's huge breasts or... something else (I'm not mature enough to even type it).
Nude portraits have always been about emotion and self-realization, not sexual fantasies. But that's what they're turning into, which really is a sad thing, because I've always liked TASTEFUL nude photos, the ones with meaning in them.

Thank you for bringing this to attention, Fenris.

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:iconspinegrinder:
I believe the increasing photos and artwork of nudity and drawings of yaoi and sexual themes have become somewhat of a problem. Not only is dA recieving a bad image, but I'm not fond of seeing half naked females with over-sized breats appearing on the most popular deviations.

What do you consider over-sized and what does the size of a woman's breasts have to do with artistic merit in first place. Are you saying big boobs are pornographic? =p

Apparently, that is considered art. O_o In the real world, this would be deemed the production of a hormonal crazed male with no sex life.

Everyone has their own definition of art and pornography and just because an image like that would naturally arouse most men as well as some women does not mean it can't be considered to be artistic. And believe it or not, there are men that can look at nude women without turning into dick-driven robots. And there are men with a sex life that also like such imagery.

Art is a form of expression. Art is a way of conveying one's feelings. Art is many things...but when art becomes mere photos taken of women exposing themselves... then I don't know what to think anymore.

Now I'm laughing. You are obviously biased. I think nudity is one of the strongest and most natural forms of self-expression, if not THE strongest and most natural.

Now I consider this art, even though it is nude.
Even though? :roll:


I mean if you have a problem with women exposing themselves like that then that's your thing, but this news article does not help your argument because your bias is just too obvious.

ps.: Turn on your Mature Content filter. Problem solved. =p
FAQ #93: How does the hide Mature Content option work?

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:iconsoundslikerain:
Thats a very good reply, I hope that it is read by many people who are thinking the same thing :)

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:iconpickupjojo:
I agree, even if a like nude art!
(give a look at my favourites, and say me)

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:iconspinegrinder:
Thanks you. I simply don't understand why so many people have a problem with nudity and sexuality. :p

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:iconnoctam-bulle:
I like your response much, because you're pointing out the things that disturbed me in such an article. Nudity may be art, because it is nudity, not even though it's nude.
I just don't believe that nude could be a bad way of expressing oneself, even though I think there's some limits to find, some frontier to draw between pornographic and nude.

Fenris-of-bloodmoon, I think you melt these two things. A bit maybe, but for me, you do melt it. Some shot can show the totality of
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of a body and be artistic as well as the shot you proposed us to see. :)

Bye !
:iconwhitewolfen13:
I agree Theres kid on this webesite adn they shouldnt be exposed to this

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:iconnekonotaishou:
I agree with you. The sheer quantity of yao and 'inflation' deviations is escallating into something much more than a popular trend.

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