bluedraggy: Nipples have a long and storied history here actually. I once (about 6 months ago so not THAT long ago) actually cataloged and counted each and every nip slip on the booru. Granted Kaz & mods don't want to turn it into a porn-booru (much as SOME people keep trying <- ) but as I said on a prior post:
Nipples aren't in-and-of-themselves grounds for removal from the booru. I know, I once counted every image with female-presenting nipples. It was a large number. I think the qualifier is if something else about it makes it more than just a cat boob picture. I've removed them on occasion to keep it from being an issue, but a few pink pixels up there aren't over the top.
So I'm pretty sure we're good here actually. The nippies are definitely not the focus here - well, they're not intended to be anyway. Of course, I'm no mod so others may have radically different opinions.
Zargothrax: @Makkon: Totally agreed. I think the reason why moderation on the internet is generally based on nudity is because it's easy to verify for mods, and in the eyes of an uploader, it forms more deterministic rules, therefore foregoing conflicts like "why was my image taken down while <other artist>s art that is more lewd in my opinion wasn't?". But in my opinion, resorting to such rigid (and inaccurate, as you have implied as well) moderation rules just to forego incidents like that is still timidity at best. It might be justified on websites where posts flow in at such a rate that accurately assessing the intent behind each post is infeasible, but not here.
Zargothrax: Nice painting Tabby!
I especially liked the interaction with the point-light source, instead of having a one-directional source, like the sun (that would make all shadows appear on one side of the character).
Also, clean linework is hard as hell. When I draw, first I make a sketch layer, then over it, an "inking" layer, where I try to go really precise, but I no longer have to guess where each line goes. I think this video sums it up very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc2i0ctlYqQ.
I think the reason why this sticked out to me is because of the brush. Sketchy lines are okay in my opinion, if you use a "sketchy" brush, like a pencil-like brush, but you chose a brush that is intended for inking and clean lineart.
Still, nice art, that magic spell looks badass, it looks as if you used the picture of a fractal. Something I wanted to do as well one day!
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Nipples aren't in-and-of-themselves grounds for removal from the booru. I know, I once counted every image with female-presenting nipples. It was a large number. I think the qualifier is if something else about it makes it more than just a cat boob picture. I've removed them on occasion to keep it from being an issue, but a few pink pixels up there aren't over the top.
So I'm pretty sure we're good here actually. The nippies are definitely not the focus here - well, they're not intended to be anyway. Of course, I'm no mod so others may have radically different opinions.
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I especially liked the interaction with the point-light source, instead of having a one-directional source, like the sun (that would make all shadows appear on one side of the character).
Also, clean linework is hard as hell. When I draw, first I make a sketch layer, then over it, an "inking" layer, where I try to go really precise, but I no longer have to guess where each line goes. I think this video sums it up very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc2i0ctlYqQ.
I think the reason why this sticked out to me is because of the brush. Sketchy lines are okay in my opinion, if you use a "sketchy" brush, like a pencil-like brush, but you chose a brush that is intended for inking and clean lineart.
Still, nice art, that magic spell looks badass, it looks as if you used the picture of a fractal. Something I wanted to do as well one day!