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F/Finland. Art blog. I draw a webcomic and lurk in a fandom or two!
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Jan 25 '12
Fanblargh: why are all good artists from Finland

heirterosexual:

dodostad:

zeb-the-bro:

it’s like whenever I’m on dA and I find these amazing artists and I’m like ooh I wonder where they’re from and they’re like I’m from Finland.

fuq u Finland and all ur amazing artist I don’t like you

then there’s me

but it’s pretty odd, i…

Reasons:

1. Younger generations are pretty good at English which is why we gain fame on English language sites

2. Small country; most local online art communities are so tiny that most Finns will rather go global (DA, tumblr, etc.) instead

3. Finland is a pretty chill environment for young creative people, free education etc. The decision to go for an artistic career is less risky here

The ratio of talented people is the same as everywhere else though, make no mistake

(Source: zeb-the-bro-blog)

55 notes (via dodostad & zeb-the-bro-blog)
  1. kajoi reblogged this from maariamph and added:
    Good points! :0
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  5. foervraengd reblogged this from maariamph and added:
    Although the education is free and all that shit, scandinavian artists have quite of a struggle to actually make a...
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  7. maariamph reblogged this from dodostad and added:
    Reasons: 1. Younger generations are pretty good at English which is why we gain fame on English language sites 2. Small...
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