I haven't been active on dA for quite some time.
My last artwork has been submitted in May 2011.
Naturally, a lot of things on this site have changed for me during the past year.
To set it straight: I really like this place. Many things have been improved when it comes to the browsing experience, organizing your stuff, and so on.
Furthermore, it's exciting to see, that there are apparently even more active users on dA than in the past.
But there is something else, that bugs me quite a bit.
I don't visit the frontpage of dA that often anymore. And I'm not really sure if I even want to.
The standard settings are set to display the most popular deviations submitted up to 8 hours ago, if I'm not mistaken.
And that's just what I see.
The most popular stuff, faved by the majority of deviants.For example, there's the typical eye once every week, often with some melting/dripping blobs or other kind of twists.
Then, there are plenty of cat deviations, of course. These don't even need a special addition. Plain cats will do the trick.
And there is fanart of any kind.
Now, don't get me wrong. There are very good images of eyes, cats and fanart out there.
But they often get washed away and overrun by the clichéd stuff we see everyday.
I guess that's because there are a lot more art appreciators in contrast to artists registered on dA than in the past.
And somehow, I have a feeling that they like to drink from the mainstream, i.e. most of them are probably cat lovers.
Too bad, because undiscovered artists often stay unnoticed.
But that's just how it goes. Life is hard. Especially if you want to achieve something. And that is a good thing.
What is your opinion on this?
Well, I know how
TobiasRoetsch thinks about this.
Again, please keep in mind that this is just my personal opinion.
And I'm not really bothered by this, because I can just avoid checking the frontpage to solve my problem for now.