Today’s article is sponsored by the webcomic War of the Dogs.

If you enjoy poorly drawn stylistic art, emo cyberpunk aesthetics, and pretentious clever writing, then ”War of the Dogs” is the webcomic for you!

For far too long now, “artists” have been using “style” as a crutch for their poor artistic abilities. Have no idea how add depth? No worries: Chalk it up to a stylistic choice. No understanding of human anatomy? That’s alright: Just claim your character is SUPPOSED to look weird because it’s “artistic.”

Sure, different styles add variety, and some things can be made to look better when drawn in different ways. But most of these “artists” tend to forget that having a style does NOT automatically mean you have skill; especially when the style has no purpose or reason and is just used as an excuse to cover up a lack of skill. This excuse simply doesn’t cut it in the real world. For example – I can’t go to my office job, intentionally use the wrong numbers while putting together a presentation, and tell my boss I changed them to cover up my mistakes.

This is why these “stylistic” “artists” deserve to be told that their images are badly drawn, and that they should never be able to use “it’s supposed to look like that” as an excuse. One such “artist” is the subject of today’s article - Baconmoose (LOL what a random username!!! XD): A young man who’s “art style” makes you think he religiously watches Gorillaz music videos and plays Jet Set Radio daily.

Today’s article is brought to you by forum poster “bitchthatkills”, and was originally posted in this thread.

Ah, the wonderful world of bases. In what other form of so-called “art” do so-called “artists” submit their works, and actually hope it will be stolen by dozens of other people? What is perhaps more amazing than the fact people like this exist – without a shred of shame or artistic integrity – is how quickly the concept was accepted on deviantART. There are thousands of users on deviantART who’s galleries consist almost entirely of other user’s bases.

It should come as no surprise that some of the worst “art” on dA is derived from bases, and that most of the worst “artists” on dA are pre-teen girls who actually think that their based art qualifies as “kawaii desu.” Now, before you go accusing me of sexism for picking out “pre-teen girls,” remember what the concept of base art has it’s roots in: Barbie ”fashion dolls,” which are marketed entirely at pre-teen girls. Drawing over bases is a natural progression from dressing up toy dolls. Alternatively, it is also a viable alternative for girls too poor to afford actual toys.

Today’s article is brought to you by forum poster “PockeyAndHentai”, and was originally posted in this thread.

Much like the furfags, weebs, and other undesirables of our world, fat ugly girls also turn to deviantART to escape their miserable lives. Today, we’re going to talk about a very SPECIAL group of camwhores known as “gamer girls.” You wouldn’t think that having a gallery that consists mostly of bad photoshops and amateur modelling would draw much attention, but among the other social rejects that populate dA, gamer girls actually manage to find the attention they so desperately seek.

Their self esteem is so far down the shitter, that just a few pageviews are enough to satisfy them, and some of them even develop full blown GOTIS. Gamer girls believe that the combination of having a nasty fish vagina and a Nintendo Wii actually makes them special. In reality, they have no talent, online or otherwise. They forget that no man IRL will ever touch them.

Get ready to feast your eyes on some true ~*~GaMeR ChIcKs~*~!!!! <3

When I first stumbled upon RogueWarrior869′s profile on deviantART, my initial thought was “Finally! Someone else on dA with an appreciation for Richard ‘Demo Dick’ Marcinko: Perhaps the single most bad-assed bad-ass the world has ever known!” However, after browsing RogueWarrior869′s profile and gallery for nearly an hour, I couldn’t find a single mention of Mr. Marcinko anywhere! Instead of being assaulted by the M16-wielding “Sharkman of the Delta,” my eyes were assaulted by images of yaoi, yuri, and other assorted anime bullshit!

Needless to say, I was severely disappointed.

As something of an unofficial hype man for Mr. Marcinko, I found that it is my duty to protect his image. And what better way to do so by putting this unworthy, goddamn cock-breathed Commie motherfucker in her place? Trust me: You morons will love this.

We are currently in the process of moving to our new server. As such, a lot of shit is displaying as broken [or not displaying at all]. We’re figuring this out as we go along: We’ll get everything back to the way it was eventually.  The back-up we are running on is nearly a month old (Relative to the day before we went offline). As such, many comments / posts will most likely be missing; not only from our WordPress pages, but from the forum as well.

For an explanation of why the site went down, as well as updates on the restoration, please consult this thread.

For those of you who may have registered your forums account before the 10th of July – the date our most recent back-up was created – you will need to re-register your accounts. For those of you who have never registered an account on the METOKUR Forums, you should get on that shit already.