The Aisha/Nex Kiss Fan Art is Popular on Pinterest
When I uploaded my Aisha/Nex kiss fan art commission to Pinterest, I didn’t expect much activity on it. But as of the date of this post, it’s been saved at least 900 times. Plus, someone else pinned a copy of it.
I know not everyone who saved it likes Aisha and Nex. Some of them just saw the painting and said, “Ooh, pretty!” That’s the default reaction to art of this couple. The Winx fandom can appreciate the aesthetics, but they don’t care about the subject.
Regardless, Aisha and Nex need more fan art. I haven’t checked in months, but I bet Koohihime is still one of the few people drawing this couple. (Check out her artwork here!) The rest of the fandom still doesn’t wanna draw them. ? (Of course, if you have seen other fan art, let me know!)
I prefer to commission art instead. The kiss painting cost me $130, though, so I can’t afford something else like that right now.
But that’s about to change.
Get ready. There will be a ton of new Aisha/Nex fan art this year. ?
I need to learn how to draw. Then I can create what I want without asking people to draw something for me.
It’s a shame 99% of the artists want money to draw something from Winx. I bet if you requested illegal stuff (like lolicon/shotacon or bestiality) they would do it for free. ?
By the way; Is it normal that I feel lonely when I’m thinking about the Winx fandom? Like, it used to be active up until 2016 or so.
Yeah, I feel the same way. I wish I was good enough to draw anything I wanted. But I’ll never be able to make something as gorgeous as that painting. ?
I don’t see charging money for drawing Winx as shameful. It’s just business. You pay money, you get a product. Artists have to eat, you know. ? (And I don’t think the subject matter makes a difference. Not everyone agrees to draw that kind of stuff.)
Also, I haven’t commissioned anyone from the Winx fandom. It’s not that I don’t want to. There are a lot of amazing artists in the fandom. But if they draw Aisha and Nex, they’ll probably feel the need to assure everyone they only did it for money and/or clarify which Aisha pairing they like better. Their followers would probably complain about it, too.
Basically, an artist from the fandom would make a big deal out of it. I don’t want that. Plus, if they hate Aisha and Nex, they won’t enjoy drawing them even if I’m paying them.
So it’s better to commission an artist outside the fandom because A) they have no opinion of Aisha and Nex, so they’re just drawing a couple; B) because they’re focusing on the drawing, not the couple, they might enjoy it; and C) they won’t feel the need to downplay Aisha and Nex’s relationship in order to keep their followers happy.
As for feeling lonely when thinking about the fandom, I do, too, but for a different reason. But I think it is normal. The show is dying, so the fandom is, too.
Personally, I think it’s for the best. Let everyone go their separate ways, so they can come back in a decade or so and look at Winx Club with fresh eyes.