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red 🍂

@prettypinkpansy.bsky.social

every so often i have to deal with witnessing That Fucking Conversation where a non artist complains that museums dont have real art anymore and its just some guy putting a TOILET in there or a square of abstract art that looks like it took 5 minutes!! or some shit

and then an actual artist (me) comes in and says art is inherently subjective and anything can be art and that historically speaking deciding what is and isnt art is an inherently fascist argument, that was historically applied to modern art including abstract work, by literal nazis (google "Degenerate Art")

and that a lot of the people tooting about "real art" in modern day are actually turbo fascist (see every history bro on twitter with an icon of an old sculpture) and it is on purpose because when you control what is and isnt seen as art you control who gets to speak and have valid opinions in the popular culture

and they kind of blubber and say idk and yeah i get it it's embarrassing to find out the opinion that you regurgitated from somewhere else - because how many museums have you personally been to rather than just overhearing someone shittalking Duchamp's Fountain? - is based in nazi rhetoric. but like it's exhausting

and like personally i don't even find a lot of abstract art interesting. but that doesnt make it not art. that doesnt make it BAD art. and thats like the whole thing. just say you personally prefer one art form over another. not that its bad that museums arent just mona lisas. admit your opinion is subjective or perish

July 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

Going to start making some art tomorrow~!
artfight.net/~raeartmachine!

Art Fight

An art gifting game

artfight.net

July 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

Doing artfight this year >:0

June 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

A silly Shadow the Hedgehog drawing for a friend~

Digital painting of a woman holding a baby Shadow the Hedgehog in the style of a renaissance painting.

May 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

100 Gecs drawing currently i/p c(uwu)

In progress digital drawing in black and white of 100 Gecs looking into a hole in a tree (you're a squirrel in this)

May 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

July can't come soon enough- gotta paint 100 gecs next to prep :DD

Digital painting of Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance's 'I'm not okay' music video.

May 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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cuteosphere

@cuteosphere.bsky.social

Artists feel pressured to make new art too quickly at the moment. Normalise artists fucking disappearing for months. Just walk off into the woods for a year and come back with a single sketch. It’s good for you

March 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

Medieval inspired varwolf practice!

Medieval inspired varwolf (a neopet) drawing done in procreate

April 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

April 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM

rae

@raeartmachine.bsky.social

went to see some dragons at the local sanctuary

Digital painting of a man looking into the distance in front of a fence with a sign that reads, 'Do not feed dragons!'.

April 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM

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VoteVets

@votevets.org

The SAVE Act is straight-up voter suppression.

Military ID? Doesn’t count.
Driver’s license? Not enough.
Overseas? Too bad—go find your birth certificate.

It targets Troops, spouses, and women—on purpose.

And they know it.

April 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM