Unpopular opinion:

vultureculturecoyote:

“Edgy” art is not inherently bad or cringy.

I hear a lot of talk about people art being “edgy” and I want to let people know that this isn’t necessarily an insult. 

Good edgy: Intense artwork, often with a dark accent and implied sense of drama and depth. Sometimes potentially graphic themes, blood, violence, anger, fear, and sadness to invoke a sense of deep emotion in the viewer. If done successfully can be very thought provoking, and engaging.

If not done well, at worse… kinda meh. Not every artist is going to make a masterpiece, and working with intense subjects can be hard. They are learning!

Bad edgy: Purposefully making artwork, stories, or posts, as culturally insensitive and offensive as possible because you want to look “dark” and “twisted”. Creating things purposefully for shock value. Failing to tag potentially graphic or nsfw works.