[Talk] Is fetish art a waste of talent?

[Fairy]

So I was watching a video and I want to get some thoughts on an interesting opinion that came up.

Are people who draw fetish art / NSFW art a waste of good time and talent?

There's a lot of implications in this question so I'm deliberately going to leave it a little vague. Discuss the inherent merits of fetish art vs. art that attracts a wider audience, censorship, paid art vs. art for fun, whether or not it's anyone else's business, etc.

 

[CDB]

I think as long as the artists enjoy drawing what they do then it's a perfectly good use of their time, but a trend I've noticed is that people tend to pay more for fetish art & the like, and artists will do those commissions just because they need that extra money. While I don't think that's bad per se, it does suck when they want to draw something else but can't.

 

[Nina]

This is a question of fine arts versus art as a job and art as a hobby.

Is fetish/porn art fine art? I'd say no. Just because a work of art contains nudity or fetish does not mean that it is porn. Something something court case, judge said it best "I know it when I see it". Fetish art is drawn with the intent to titillate, and as such is porn. I don't think porn is fine art, which is art meant to invoke a higher thought and concept above it's technical aspects. So I don't think fetish/porn art fits this criteria.

Though as my professor said, there's a difference between Art with a capital and lowercase art. Art is fine art, art is work you do for hobby, enjoyment, decoration, and for jobs. art is not at all less important than fine art and is necessary for all kinds of applications.

Fetish/porn art is perfectly fine as non-fine art and I don't think is a waste of time. It can be done for personal enjoyment, therapeutic reasons, and for paid art. Everyone has needs and not everyone is pure and that's ok. I also find no issue with it being censored within public places, as it's meant for more private thoughts an viewing. Again, specifically porn arts, not art that has nudity or mature themes in it.