Recent Complaints

Bloody Tears and Pretentious Smears

There isn’t much respect for “edgy art” on the mainstream circuit. To casual art fans, the ideas of enema painting or jacking off onto paper and calling it a completed piece seem to be ridiculous extremes to take, even for the sake of “expression.” Surprise surprise: The mainstream might be onto something for once. But [...]

Pray for Death

The Beautiful Death 2 by ~thebeautifuldeath76

Why is this portrait titled “The Beautiful Death”? Is there a sniper off-screen about to blow this chick’s brains out? Or is it simply because this hideously deformed mutant girl wishes for death? I’ll admit: If my neck was double the size it should be, [...]

Shocked by Toxicity

I found this gem while browsing through deviantART’s most recent submissions. To those of you out there who sort your frontpage submissions by “popularity”, I would encourage you to sort by “most recent” instead, as doing so gives you a better perspective of what dA has become: A breeding ground for the self-indulgent and overly-defensive.

Kindergartners are Better Artists than Tartlets

The picture above is the amalgamation of just about every kindergarten student’s “family portrait.” It shows no concern for proper lighting, demonstrates a complete lack of detail, and a blatant disregard for transparent overlapping. Yet, despite all this, more warmth emanates from this simplistic crayon creation than the vast majority of submissions to deviantART.

Take a [...]

A Veritable “Wall of Text”

Beautiful Songs by ~eclipse-of-you

I know what you’re thinking: “Is this a picture or a poem?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is deviantART, the most obnoxious user-generated content service in the world, and can make you want to [...]