"who am i to judge if character development is lately only judged by how big the melons and hips are, right?

Right?

Right."

That was a comment i made lately which brought a stone rollin.

Im serious to say that since at least the last 5-3 years, character development between artists feel like its getting worse and worse. insteed of great looking characters with detail, backstory and like, we getting oversized monster-mini-mashed and totally oversized characters which are created for one thing only: sexability.

No offense, I cant show a sample here - but at this point and time im sure people saw and know what im talking about.

A lot characters (again, "as of late") look like they could be created by the same person. NOT drawn maybe but created.

Big hips? Boobs as the size of the whole body? bimbofied? Maybe shortstacked?

Yea, as of late, a lot - and i mean a L O T - artists to draw their characters that way and im sure not just me could be counting up at least 2 hands full of artists which do that "as of late".

This is not wrong if you do it "for" said purpose... IF some of the characters WOULD actually be "USED" for that purpose as well because some of the charcters were actually "changed" into said style or are still kinda used to resamble something like a "character" which doesnt fit at all anymore into the story which they "were" in or are trying to be told "with" them.

If i use a shortstacked, oversized, oversexualised character for a story this character sure doesnt "suit" into the theme the story "wants" to be told, it feels WAY off.

"This" can be handled if done right but, again (and srsly, come on...), "Those creations" are not created for that but literally for fanservice only.

Another problem is if people not just do it with "their" creations but also imply it on other, copyrighted characters like Lola or Renamon.

I never get pictures out of my brain. i saw THINGS i didnt want to...

I would L O V E to show and name samples but not only do i hold myself back not to do so, im sure on the pages im posting this journal, it would count as name-shaming but than again, i would L O V E to see comments about that and what you think about this whole situation. I understand that i might be in a boat that my characters are as of late drawn with to much nudity for sure and even i said to myself, i wanna fix that but imagen i would also have changed their proportions to..."those" things...urg...

So yea, leave a comment and we can have a nice talk n shit about that.

I know you dont name-shame and im sure at this case, it doesnt count anyway.

But i have to be serious here:

https://www.deviantart.com/furzone1

This Guy is creating AI art. From Copyrighted characters.

This might be not a great deal for now because lets face it, DA is overrunned by this sheat anyway...

but...

Here is the deal:

Said guy is also selling this AI copyrighted characters...

as ADOPTS.

And i thought patreon artists which uses copyrighted characters were bad but this is literally next level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKyxkfj8ak

Welp with Febuary over, Lemmings month is also done.

Being honest, im a bit disapointed. I had sadly not the time for it as i thought and the people i messaged seem have forgot about it as well...

Again, i cant force people to join in but its still a bit disapointing - MORE disapointing is that i wrote 20+ people and maybe only 4 answerd. I know that sometimes, people get a lot notes but, come on, i can see you "opend" the IM, at least write back ok?

Anyways, as i said, im only disapointed but not mad, i dont force people to join this little thing since its for pur fun :3 Im still glad for the people which enjoy my stuff and the month overall with the Lemmings theme ^^

As other side note, this month is another "hard" month for me for 3 things mostly:

- First will be most importantly my health problems. I have a lot things in schedule this month about that at all (going to the doctor, driving from A to B, getting stuff checked, going from one doctor to the other one at the same day, etc) which leaves me to the next problem.

- Time.

Like nearly last month, with all the stuff n schedule going on, i will not have a lot time to "do" stuff. So i might will not be able to draw or work on stuff i normally "wanted" to sadly. :c

- Money.

Yes, this month WILL be hard for me money wise. Medicin is expensive - and doctors also want their money. Next to this, my Personal ID needs to be updated this month as well which will also take a HUGE bite out of my wallet (i still duno why you HAVE to pay for something "that" much which is basically your duty to have with you here in germany but hey, stupid laws are stupid laws) which i totally forgot about, gladly a friend reminded me so no worries there, i do it in time but...yea, shits expensive.

Without "begging" for money im just telling it how it is that baaaaasically i think i will not even be able to run this month with 300€ this month heh ^^; which means i can get at least my fridge full with that but else? Yea... ^^; seems like only "FOOD" this month and nothing else XD

I had worse but eh, i hope i can make it, else i pull ma belt a bit :3

But yea, thats all for now! :D im glad people enjoyed Lemmings month. As for this month, IF i have the time for that, i sure need to draw my Lynx Lady next since, yea guess what, its THIS day already, again! haha XD back to back right? :3

Next up, i "wanna" try to draw some other nice pin-ups but also wanna draw some Spy Vs Spy pictures to calm myself at this really busy month (at least for me).

...oh well i guess ^^ Hope everyone else is doing alright! :D

Leave a comment if you have questions ;3

EDIT!

OH i forgot!

Last month i updated my main Carrd-page a bit so it looks now a bit more updated n fancy. hope you enjoy ^^;

https://watheanum.carrd.co/

Being honest here, i know might ruin this for some people but as of late, "such" days dont feel like they are "magicial" anymore.

Valentines day was for me always a big one.

In every store, they are selling their "love" shit like there is no other day to show someone you actually love them - like the OTHER 364 days in the year.

Again, no offense, but i can show my beloved one every day how much i love them. There is no need for me to put it all on one day or show the store my money only to by overpriced heart-shaped chocolate or similar.

maybe im growing to old but lets face it, the older we get, the less magicial do such "events" feel, same with side things so it feels...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1G01KAcC38

WELP!

After my latest picture with my lucky lynx lady (say that 5 times in the row~ XD), i sure began already putting my mind into the game of this years LEMMINGS MONTH!

Sad stuff first though ^^;

From the Notes i sended to advertise said Lemmings month, not many answerd, sadly :c Only "some" said they would do something for Lemmings month but again: you cant force them to draw something they might dont want and Lemmings are sadly not Blue - well they dont have blue fur~ (Yep, thats a hint hahahaha ~~~)

But than again, you can always go with another "nail" for art so that people "fall" for it (another hint for sure XD). :3

Well than, more to do for me! ^^

As usual, that means from now on i draw for the month only Lemmings to go with the full theme of this month of course.

I got also very often a question asked from a LOT people as of late :3

"But...but whyyyy thouuuuugh?"

Why i draw Lemmings? for some reasons.

For one, i love nostalgia and for the second, i like lemmings for sure. For me, as i said a journal before, Its a childhood memory and i try to share that with the people which grew up around my time-line which would be 80s/late 80s/early 90s era.

I dont draw or do that for money NOR do i do that to "promote" myself unlike others. I sure could make that whole thing a "me" thing but thats not why i try to create and use said month to promote nostalgia.

Sure, i could change thinks like making a pricepool or something but than i think people would only and only do it for the money and thats not what the message should be.

As i hinted, Lemmings are sure not everybodies cup of tea but i dont like if people ask me oh so often "why" i draw them - I could also ask you "WHY" you draw Krystal and i can tell you for sure not even 60% of the people which use and draw Krystal know her originals or played one of the games shes in ever so about that.

So

With that all said, i dont wanna fall into a "rent mode". I try to share nostalgia and fun here so as i said before, people are free to join if they sure want to. I know for sure at least SOME people got the message and im really very glad about that ^^ You might will see who i asked if you see one of the green-haired people from someone else drawn than me hahahaha ^-

Anyways, stay tuned, take a cup of tea everybody and enjoy LEMMINGS MONTH 2025 hehehe ^^

This is an oddball of journal because normally its Lemmings month and i might go for another journal for THAT one but as of late, i runned into a lot logic things where i was mostly "hinted" and "pointed" at where i mostly, as i am, was like "this feels not just wrong but somehow misses something".

You know, those things.

A sample.

A lot people which create an "18+" account, channel or...you know, something which is for people which are, well, 18+, use this sign here (well or similar):

https://media.istockphoto.com/id/894875560/de/vektor/unter-eighten-verbot-durchgestrichen-zeichen-im-roten-kreis-vektor-icon.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=7qcm8mv7IeMPplDGL0a0tRoElnBQf0YZvGY4GO-TvCw=

The old 18+ crossed-out sign.

...if this account is FOR 18+ members...shouldnt it NOT be crossed out? shouldnt it be more like "if youre BELOW 18, get the f out of here"? I mean...more something like this, IF even:

https://images.emojiterra.com/google/noto-emoji/unicode-16.0/color/1024px/1f51e.png

This is very similar BUT had the most important part in it: if you ARE B E L O W 18, this is not a place for you, easy as that. just using a crossed-out 18+ makes this look out of place and feels more like 18+ people should not be there hahahaha.

...Wile im on this topic i read also stuff on peoples accounts like "Do not interact with my NSFW stuff if you are a minor"

...than...why are you uploading it in the open, in the internet, for everyone, to see, for free, to click on, to download and even more? X´D

No offense there but...its 2025 not 1999 anymore. we are living in the big wild internet times. if you dont "lock your stuff up" than everyone WILL click on it AND will see it. saying stuff like "DONT YOU INTERACT WITH MY STUFF IF YOU ARE LITTLE!" sounds for me TO a little person more like an invite than anything else - next to this, if you wanna something, you will get to it anyway. This was back already in the day with beer or Smokes - people underage wanted them and they always found a way, and the internet doesnt really make it harder to get such stuff anyway so such words doesnt help in the slightest.

I had some other brainfarts as of late but those were some where i was just thinking "why".

Anyway.

I think im just getting old. Time to go and watch some "Juippiki no Neko" again i guess. XD

As of late i noticed my art (and other stuff) is getting vote bombed. What i mean is that normally, i dont get a lot "votes" on my art but as of late, most votes go into the negative - so to speak.

I duno "who" does that but the whole "Voting" on NG is for me a riddle anyway.

You see, im pretty much "unknown" and somehow not scouted anymore - both good for me to be in the background so to say - but again, it seems like as of late some people "found" me and began to downvote my stuff for whatever reason.

So if youre a watcher of mine, and really DO enjoy my stuff (not forcing to no worries), maybe vote my stuff with a honest feedback, mostly said here, feedback will help me more than a vote only. I love to read the comments and reviews and like so i can update and work harder on my things.

Even for my games i make, some people already told me they are "hidden gems" and NG just doesnt know. I mean i dont say my games "are" that good but looking at how some games got frontpaged wile games like Daredevil 2 are basically sitting in the dust.

God i love me my Newgrounds favoritism...

Well in germany its shortly after midnight so haaaaappy new year from me here! ^^

I know, i know, its being a hot min that i wrote another journal - infact, normally i would say i write ones per month but as of late, i dont feel the urge or need to write one.

No offense, maybe im just getting lazy, i duno.

Anyways with that out of the way, I sure wish everyone a merry christmas. Hope youre healthy and well. get some nice gifts and be surrounded by your beloved ones ^^

wish you some happy holidays hehehehe :D

Is it time already? Is another year gone by? Seems like it.

Do i feel older?

Eh, i guess with the old comes the knowledge of ignoring those day.

Duno, back in the day i was super happy when ever my B-Day was about to happen, nowadays i think i just wish to be over soon.

*shrug*

Duno, i guess i can only hope to be a good one ^^;