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Art theft is not a crime - say NO to copyrightToday, a DD was awarded to a nice acrylic painting (below left) which was painted from my photo (below right) -

Just about the only thing I don't like about is the strong cyan tint, which seems to be more associated with the photo of the painting rather than then painting itself. Overall it's definitely one of the best derivative works I've yet to see based on my photos. I really enjoyed exploring how all the little details differed between the two.
~Rpriet1 did not ask for my permission, or inform me of using my photo. A DA gallery moderator just messaged to ask whether I would like the deviation removed, and the DD revoked. I think most artists who've had their work "stolen" would be outraged, but for me the answer was a very unambiguous no. This is a complicated issue, and I think that the vast majority of the readers will disagree with me at this point, so let me explain my position carefully.
The concept of intellectual property, the way it ex

[We were motivated by religion] - TsarnaevHave you ever heard a brutal criminal say "I was motivated by not believing in god to kill these people." Not really a common occurrence, is it? Christopher Dorner was apparently a non-believer, but his actions were obviously not motivated by his non-belief. They were a result of LAPD corruption, a twisted sense of pride, a poor upbringing, and a host of other issues. On the other hand, how many times have the religious fundies openly claimed that they did it for god, or because of god, etc? Case in point, the newest addition to the list are Tsarnaev brothers from Boston.
"You can't be moral without god" they say. I can't make such a sweeping statement, but I can make a far more accurate one: "It's more difficult to be stupid without god". It's still easy, but it's just harder to rationalize and validate it internally. The suicide bomber logic: "I'm going to go blow up some random people because my imaginary friend told me so in his holy book."
Not very convincing,

Be a good Muppet todayGo ahead, be a good muppet. Do and think EXACTLY what the media wants you to. Thou shalt feel sorry for the three people who were murdered in Boston today. The next month shall be spent talking about the evils of terrorism again and discussing the stripping away of further liberties from law abiding citizens.
25,000 die from hunger every day, a million is withering away in prisons due to the war on drugs for victimless crimes, human rights violations abound, preventable disease and lack of clean water is killing millions per year, banking cartels immune from prosecution are stealing trillions, drones are blowing up children in half, etc, etc..
Fuck all that, right? The media didn't tell you to care. Take the red pill, friends, and walk away. Keep your mind under your own control. This is not a lack of compassion the three fellow human beings who tragically lost their lives today. It's a lack of respect for those who use every marketable tragedy to further their ends and profits. I

[video] Obama ADMITS Being From KENYA!I can honestly say I was NOT expecting to be staying up doing THIS video tonight, thats for damn sure. But synchronicity being what it is, dropped some golden awesomeness of research information into my lap, all of the sudden. Hole-Lee-Shizzle.
Watch on YouTube.
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United States is North KoreaSo this ex pro basketball player I've never heard of goes to North Korea to visit their dear leader as a publicity stunt orchestrated by some obscure media outlet. Apparently successful, because mainstream media is stupid enough to fall for it, since I saw it on TV over dinner. Anderson Cooper is all like outraged and shit. "How can you meet with a murderer?" Death camps, human rights abuses, etc.
Well, no doubt North Korea is a humongous shit hole, but guess what? It operates on the same basic principles as the United States. Anderson mentioned a few points, and the parallels are just too obvious to miss to anyone with half a brain. But alas, they didn't have any common decency to invite somebody to troll away their "we are the good guys" and "they are the bad guys" message. Obviously, the US is way better than North Korea, but we are talking about principle, and in that respect they are no different at all.
North Korea has concentration camps where enemies of the people are he

An Excellent Article on Gun ViolenceWell worth the read, no matter which side of the debate you are on: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-riddle-of-the-gun/

Therioshamanism: Domestic Tomato as Plant TotemWhen I was a kid I couldn't stand raw tomatoes. I thought they were too acidic and they bit my tongue. My family, on the other hand, loved them, and every summer when they put a garden in there would be ample numbers of tomato plants, mostly beefsteak and cherry. I didn't really understand the appeal until I was older; my tastebuds had changed, and I had had a chance to try fresh garden tomatoes again. They still weren't my favorite food ever, but I gained a certain appreciation for a "wolf peach" right off the vine.
In 2006 when I moved to Seattle for a year I planted a couple of lone tomato plants in our back yard, my first attempt at gardening. I had been told they were relatively easy to grow, and the young plants were cheap and readily available. The soil in our yard was hard and somewhat depleted from neglect and too much lawn, and the plants ended up being pretty stubby. But even with my inexperienced care they grew enough to produce a few ripe fruits. By the time I moved to Por

Just a note.Dear Fellow Artists,
There will always be people who are, on some levels, whether technical or aesthetic or sheer artistic talent, may be considered "better" than you are. Maybe they've had more time to practice. Maybe they have the money for expensive supplies. Or maybe they're one of those people who can seemingly just glance at their medium and make gold. Or maybe it's some combination thereof.
First of all, practice makes better, if not perfect. Over time you may be able to see your work getting better; your best bet is to compare yourself to yourself, not other artists. I can look back through my archives here and in various hard drives and see where I've improved over the years, and no doubt I'll continue getting better. While I consider myself a professional in some media, it doesn't mean that I don't have plenty of room for growth and improvement--I'd hate to think there was nothing more to do after any point other than death!
Second, in the words of Henry Van Dyke, "Use what t

Creepy Comments...This is a matter that I've held my tongue about for years.  Mostly because I didn't get many comments like this, and when I did I'd simply ignore and hide the comments, but there seems to be a massive influx of people leaving comments like this over the last few weeks, so I feel the need to come out and say something...
I don't know what it is with people on the internet feeling the need to broadcast their fetishes and sexual desires to publicly to EVERYONE.  Ohhhhh boy... some of the comments I've seen on other people's art on FurAffinity.
Believe it or not, not every artist who draws anthros does it for others to fap to.  I'm definitely among the few who do not so when I get comments saying how much you want to "fuck" a character (or anything of the like), all it tells me is that you're a total creeper.  And honestly, I find it a bit disrespectful to myself and, if the art in question is a commission, to the client that I drew the p

DeerWe have many deer around our house. They eat everything. This a is a video I took, a day ago, of one on our porch...eating... what ? Spiderwebs? ...off of our front window. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCoDoCsBaFk

What is Hetherev?*In response to this journal and the amount of join requests Hetherev received after I posted it, I've closed joining applications for a couple of days (until saturday july 7th). It's JUST for a couple of days. I want everyone interested in joining to take a couple of days to think about it. We're happy to have new members, but not too many impulse requests in one day, haha.
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This is a quick run down on what Hetherev is, because it's a question I get pretty often and I thought I would just answer it all in one journal. It's on my personal page because I get asked by watchers a lot, haha.
Sorry if the following info comes off as gruff or frank, I just want to be straight forward and not sugar coat anything.
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Have you ever roleplayed? If so, it's something like that, but with art instead of words. If not, think of it as a gathering of artists with characters they have created themselves, who enjoy drawing and writing scenarios where those chara

Wonder where I get my free textures and stuff?I woulda told you if you asked lol But I know lots of people don't usually want to ask, so I made it easy. I use media militia for random stuff I might need. Like a skull pack for reference for instance, and I use Lost and Taken for any paper textures I could want. Lost and Taken is completely free, though he wouldn't turn down a donation. Media Militia is kind enough to group their freebies together.

To be taken directly to the archives and Texture gallery. Click on Gallery in the top right. Or click the link I have below.

For all you graphic designers and such, they have lots of cool web usage stuff hidden in here. I absolutely love their paint splatter ref. It's extremely useful.

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And once again about taxidermy...Road Wolf
I know that this dispute will be eternal, but still want to repeat.
People who shout that taxidermy is disgusting that mankind is the killer and, in general, that people should be killed ... Start with yourself. I'm tired of listening to your whining. Sit at home, watch anime, Sonic, collect rubber pussy and do their own thing, keeping their negative opinions to themselves. If I show pictures of parts of dead animals, not under it wrote "tell me how you feel about that." Because I do not care how you feel about that, guys. Anything else? Oh yeah .. I am a biker, and this means that almost all my clothing is made of thick veal and pork skin, because it is tough and I need. Also on the count of me? And I love meat and animal products. If you want to eat dermontine and parsley-it's your business. I do not touch.
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Chief Don't-GO-into-the-LONG-GRASSYou know people that talk in run-on sentences? They just start talking and erngkjnekgnergnjer. Get so annoyed. Specially when I'm tired and I have no patience while they ramble for ten minutes about something that should have taken two seconds to say "It's in IK" not kjrnwgkjenrgkkjengkjergkjernkgj for forever. GRAHHHHH
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The Observation Challenge - Deadline Reminder!Hello fellow Serious Artists!
It's time for our first inter-group challenge! This challenge's subject is Observation, as a follow-up on our last blog entry, which you can find here. All members may participate! Non-members are obviously welcome to partake in the event if they so choose, but they will not share the members' privilege of being able to receive critique or advice upon request, nor will they be listed in this entry; in short, non-members are on their own, but the value of the practice remains the same for everyone!
Finay day of week 3 folks! Finish your final pieces now and be sure to combine them so I can add them to this entry . Lovely work by everyone so far, don't be yourself up over what you're doing and remember that you can still ask for critique!

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by =IvanAndreevich, Dec 23, 2012, 1:14:53 PM
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The mainstream media is fucking stupid because it panders to the average person out there. Yappy yap, yap, yap. First, let's consider the effect of the coverage. If some loony gunthumper out there is watching this 24/7 news mayhem, do you think he is incentivised to copy-cat this crime, or discouraged from doing so? I think the answer is fairly obvious. Get ready for the next one, folks - it makes for great news. Somewhere deep inside, the news anchors just can't wait for it. The NRA wants an armed guard in every school? Ha, one more casualty - just need to shoot him first. If you want to secure schools from this type of thing they need to be literally bunkers.

Does this deserve the attention it's getting? Surely, it's a massive tragedy that 30 innocent people got killed by a crazy gunman? Yes. But then again, isn't this - [link] - a tragedy also?

Heart disease: 599,413
Cancer: 567,628
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
Diabetes: 68,705
Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

What's that, 12,000 gun homicides don't even make the top 10? Oh, I think they forgot to mention that in like every report I've yet to see. Three of the top four, accounting for 1 MILLION dead people per year, are very strongly influenced by environmental factors. You could literally save a hundred thousand people per year or more with sensible diet and exercise, using sunscreen, etc. Nothing more, and nothing less.

But who gives a fuck about on hundred grand dead, when it's so easy and convenient to shed a tear for thirty, and stroke that righteous indignation part of your brain. Oh, what a monster, how terrible, what a world we live in! Those people who die because of corn subsidies and ultra cheap high-fructose corn syrup, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, tripping in the bathroom, etc? It's boring news. It's just dreadfully unexciting to hear that you ought to eat more veggies and exercise more. Here's a simple fact: removing corn subsidies would save more people than removing every single gun from every single violent person in the United States. One is relatively easy, the other - impossible.

Do these yapping little bitches whom we refer to as journalists ever report on the breadth of the situation? No. Does the hypocrite who bombs children to shreds with drones ever get called out for his bullshit? Fuuuuck no.

Obama - "Yes, John, go ahead."

John - "Ahem.. Mr. President, you seem to be very touched by the innocent victims of Adam Lanza. Did you also shed a tear for the 38 children that you have killed via drone and cruise missile strikes as part of illegal undeclared wars you've been conducting overseas since the beginning of your presidency? That just happens to be a lot more children than Adam Lanza killed today. Were they the wrong color, or were they in a wrong location to deserve compassion, justice, and sympathy? Would you comment on that?"

Obama - "Uhh.. next question please. Paul, go ahead."

Paul - "Mr. President, according to our research, the corn subsidies you perpetuate in your administration are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths from heart disease and stroke every year. It might not be a sensationalist event like what happened yesterday, but would you be willing to..."

Obama - "Umm.. next question. Wolf, go ahead."

Wolf - "Mr. President, isn't it true that a substantial number of gun violence deaths are a direct result of the failed War on Drugs? Not only here, but in Mexico and South America, this failed policy has killed hundreds of thousands of people - including innocent bystanders - in gang turf war shootouts. Don't you think it's time to..."

Obama - "Next. Bob?"

Bob - "Mr. President, the number of children killed by reckless driving is much higher than those shot by guns. Shouldn't we.."

Obama - "Next."

Bill - "Is it true that more children drown in bath tubs every year than.."

...

Obama - "OK, that's enough. Can someone hand me a gun?"

Well, here is to a fucking interview which will never happen. Any journalist who will ask such questions will be banned from White House interviews for life. Here's to an independent and free media, booyah!

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~Hanyou-from-hell Jan 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

That is absolutely ridiculous.

~JadasArtVision Jan 2, 2013

I don't understand how it is Obama's fault that Americans are killing themselves. We are the ones who choose to eat fat foods, not work out, and pop medications we are ignorant about because we are too lazy to ask the doctor a few simple questions. What do you expect Obama to do? He can't exactly make any law he wants to regarding health. Besides most of the problems we have in that area are a result of state choices and private corporations. Take my state, Mississippi. Mississippi, at least the last time I checked has the highest rates of all the bad things: most teen pregnancies, most obese citizens, etc. The state prisons health food is inspected by the FDA more often than the schools! Look where Mississippi's priorities are! I have several times gotten milk that was expired or rotten fruit. The food that was good to eat were unhealthy e.g. fries, chips, starches, etc. This is all a chain reaction of many people making the wrong decisions either because it benefits them (corporations for example) or because it is easier (politicians).

How do you suggest we solve these health problems using government? The only ways I can think of go against our Constitution. :/

~DaisyDinkle Dec 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Sometimes I think maybe you smoke a lot of pot. Just saying.

=IvanAndreevich Dec 26, 2012 Professional Photographer

Not at all

~DaisyDinkle Dec 27, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Lol.Yeah, you probably just don't smoke enough. That's likely the problem.

~CorvusCorax92 Dec 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Preach, brotha', preach!

~mellomisora16 Dec 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Totally true. The way we live these days is really ignorant. And no one is willing to fix it. If we're so upset about people dying, why don't we do anything? Because we claim it's to hard.

~veinne Dec 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

How's the corn subsidies affecting people's health?

=IvanAndreevich Dec 26, 2012 Professional Photographer

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~veinne Dec 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks!

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