Bisexual John Danziger Evangelist

You do have a phone. You don't need to buy a gadget that does the same as your phone. Just download a music player. On your phone. Put music on your phone. Heck if you don't want it on your phone because you hate your phone just use an old phone. They're usually more friendly to play downloaded music in.

Most of these "dacs" or "daps" are in my opinion too overrated for a glorified piece of plastic with software you can already have on a phone. Most of the entry level ones don't even play flac files... (not that you need or could even appreciate high fidelity anyways, trust me, i work with audio on the daily). I get that the "analog bag" is like a trendy thing at the moment and that these nostalgic little gadgets look cool and all but it is all lowkey very consumerist. Capitalism is just doing its thing and preying on your need for a "digital detox".

The creator of the site personally vets all artists that are listed, we have to send in videos and pictures of our creation and shipping processes before being accepted

The site grows more every day and gets better features for search and tags

(They also don’t charge the artists who join anything, I joined 100% free)

When I care about the fact that you traced something while making your art

You traced somebody else's drawing, in whole or in part, and you do not credit them and do not acknowledge that you traced - you try to pass this off as entirely original work.

You recreated somebody's photography as an exact copy, with or without directly tracing it, and did not transform it in any way, and you do not credit the original photograph. You try to pass this off as entirely original work.

You traced one small piece of somebody else's drawing because you couldn't figure it out and didn't have a better reference anywhere, and you do not acknowledge that you traced another artist's work, and you do not link to the original and give credit. You try to pass this off as entirely original work.

You DID credit the artist, but they have expressed discomfort and frustration with people in general or you in specific tracing their work regardless of the credit, and you do not apologize or make any effort to revise your work to remove any traced elements.

When I could not possibly care less about the fact that you traced something while making your art

You traced somebody's drawing exactly as a study because you're still learning, and you want to understand what that artist sees when they look at their subjects and how they break down their forms and shapes. You keep this study to yourself and don't post it anywhere, because it was for learning purposes only; OR, when you share it you acknowledge you were tracing in order to learn, and link to the original with full credit.

You recreated somebody's photo as an exact copy, and acknowledged that it was a study of a photo, and gave credit and a link to the photographer.

is it normal to be awoken by your bestie singing a george michael song at you on his guitar?