I think it's because I'm from a programming background, but now that I've been paying more attention to online art communities I find a lot of the attitudes within online artist circles to be obnoxious.
Like I just want to share my art with people. But a lot of other artists are, like, psychotically controlling over even really low-effort stuff. People will absolutely ruin their art going over-the-board with watermarks trying to make sure that no one can steal an image no one ever would want to steal in the first place.
Meanwhile in the programming community, releasing your work so that other people can use it is just, like, a common practice. There's a mentality of "Sure, take my work and build on to it! That's what it's there for brother!" Meanwhile in artist spaces people will be like "You clearly copied this character's pose from my work, you've STOLEN from me!"
Just completely different mindsets between the two.
Like I just want to share my art with people. But a lot of other artists are, like, psychotically controlling over even really low-effort stuff. People will absolutely ruin their art going over-the-board with watermarks trying to make sure that no one can steal an image no one ever would want to steal in the first place.
Meanwhile in the programming community, releasing your work so that other people can use it is just, like, a common practice. There's a mentality of "Sure, take my work and build on to it! That's what it's there for brother!" Meanwhile in artist spaces people will be like "You clearly copied this character's pose from my work, you've STOLEN from me!"
Just completely different mindsets between the two.
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@BanditoWalrus It’s because the artist identifies with their art where the coder does not. So when you copy or “steal.” Their art they respond with retaliation because they feel like they’re losing a piece of themselves.
@TenaciousGoat @BanditoWalrus If a programmer believes in the project he's working on, he absolutely considers it part of his identity. There are scores of programmers whose entire identity is contributing to the Linux kernal or some emulator they're working on.
@LivingSpaceStudios @TenaciousGoat I think the main difference is when a programmer's work gets used by another programmer, their reaction is "Oh, cool, I made part of this!" When an artist's work gets used by another artist, their reaction is "I AM OWED!"
Programmers generally love to see their work flourish, spread, and grow, whereas many artists feel entitlement instead of satisfaction when their own work spreads.
Programmers generally love to see their work flourish, spread, and grow, whereas many artists feel entitlement instead of satisfaction when their own work spreads.
