So I never really posted an article before and never really thought this would be one of the main reasons. I know a lot of people have already made a ton of these, but I figured I would throw my thoughts out there as well. With the new, and frankly terrible, buzz idea they have, I can't really make any nsfw here as I never wanted to spend money on something I did just for fun. I'll still be hanging out on here to see if they either reverse this bad policy or if the site shuts down (whichever comes first). I don't mean to sound negative, as I really enjoyed making art on here, but I also never wanted to be pumping money into something I just did from time to time.
I know a lot of people feel the same way, as I have seen it all over the site in just a few hours. This is extremely sad and frustrating that we can't seem to make what we enjoy or what others might enjoy unless we fork over the money. I get that payment processors have messed with things and they have been working around it, but making so...I'm going to say somewhere around half, of their creators at least make some sort of nsfw or risque stuff now has to pay if it might show a bit more skin than a school regulation, is a bit insane. Paying should only be a choice, not forced. I know I'm not the best to be talking about this, as I haven't been on this site long enough, but this just feels like a way to alienate a good portion of your users.
Again, I'm not trying to be hateful or anything, just venting my disappointment. I'm also not leaving, just either supporting other creator's works, checking the current situation of the site, and maybe drop articles about some of my new artwork on other sites. Currently, I have an account on Tensor, and PixAI, but haven't done much with them in awhile as managing all of them for fun was a bit overwhelming. However, with how things are going on here, I guess I'll be focusing on there for the time being (or possibly forever if this doesn't change.) I do have a SeaArt page as well, but I lost my account info for that, so that page is pretty much just dead unless I make a new account or get access back to it.
PixAi: https://pixai.art/@turquoise-scales/artworks
Tensor: https://tensor.art/u/881836607030739873
If you guys read all of this, thank you for your time! I know this was long and wordy, but I just like to express my thoughts and my plans. I will say as well, this gives me a good excuse to try and get back into making my own ACTUAL artwork. That is going to be a long and slow process though as I need to get a drawing tablet and practice on making characters and anatomy. I was always somewhat okay at art (I'm very self-conscious about my art), but I know I'll have to practice and commit if I want to make my own stuff. However, like I said, this is going to be a slow process between getting better at my artwork, working, life, and stop playing video games too much (Digimon Story: Time Stranger is taking up WAY too much of my time, but it's so good, lol!)
Anyway, hopefully this all sorts out for the better and we'll be happily making art again!