INFLATION ART FAQ

What is inflation art
Basically a kind of art where a character is drawn as if he/she were bigger, through fattening, or inflating like an air balloon.

What kind of inflation art exists
There are a good number of different kind of art:
1 - The normal fat people art, that is not even considered inflation art, just art about larger people, the kind you find on the streets near your house.
2 - Weight gaining, where a thin character grows fat, or an already fat character grows even fatter.
3 - Inflation, where the character actually blows up like an air balloon, and that style has several variations: expansion of specifics parts of the body, use or gas or liquids, and others.

The main question: Why you guys draw it?
Even among us, we don’t know exactly why we have this fascination. Some of us just likes the fat people, others like the look of an inflated person, in a comical way, others find it sexy, and a few others fantasize about growing themselves into butterballs, or hot air blimps. The only real answer is that its all about fantasy art.

Why you like fat women?
For the same reason everyone else likes skinny women.

Your art degrade women. You show them only as pin-ups, to satisfy your weird fantasies.
This is the most common line I see around. Well, for starters, there ARE women that are into this. Some of them are even artists! And a good portion of them draw inflation art, using men as their subjects.
And just to make it clear, I see a lot of "normal" artists making pin-ups, of both women and guys, especially the called Bishounen, in several degrading situations. Should I start to bitch about it?

You are sick, for liking those ridiculous things.
I think sick are those drawings about drugs (I saw a lot on DA), war, death, mutilations…

What you do is not art.
Lemme see… Lines… colors in some cases… forms, people, places… it transmits ideas… yep, its art alright. Unless some primary forces have changed, its still art, don’t matter how weird it is.

You do this weird stuff just for popularity.
You think I'd do this kind of stuff if I thought its disgusting for me? Be real.
I draw because I like. And I post it online, because I have friends that like this kind of stuff. Otherwise, I could just keep it for myself, and not show anyone.

You draw in that weird way because you don’t understand anatomy?
To tell the truth, it is very hard to make this kind of art. You need to know a lot about anatomy. Drawing a circle, and draw a face on top it easy. Make it look like a person, in an expanded way, is very complex. Just compare works of beginners and more experienced artists, and you'll see what I meant.
To make a long story short, we draw this way because we DO understand anatomy.

Okay, I understand if you think chubby people are cute, especially women with larger breasts and butts. But sometimes you guys draw a person so fat they can't move! And they shouldn't even be alive, even less look "cute" that way!
In one word: Fantasy! It's just for fun, a person that gains so much weight he/she can't walk. There's no real meaning for it. And if you say they shouldn't be alive/walking/be pretty, and all that stuff, remember its all about fantasy. We have giant monsters, super heroes, and others freaks on movie/comics/cartoons, but no one complain that they shouldn't exist.

Oh my god! You guys get turned on by this?
Yes. What is wrong with it? I mean, I see people getting turned on even by "normal" stuff. There's no telling what kind of art can turn a person on. I saw people getting turned on by images with blood and mutilation. It freaks me out, but I just don’t care for it.

What is it about WG (Weight Gaining)? Doesn't normal girls looks good for you? You need to force your definition of beauty over others?
Again, this is about fantasy. The idea of a girl gaining weight is just a thing we do for fun. Like a woman doing a "boob job" to have bigger breasts, and therefore be more beautiful, we work on the idea of a woman gaining weight all around the body. Same idea applies on the artists/writers that use it with male characters.

Okay, and what about inflation? What is the fun in a woman swelling like a balloon? That’s stupid!
Once again, is just something we do simply by fun. Some people fantasize about their partners growing a part of their bodies (or the whole body!) as if it were inflating with air (or water). Others have fantasies about themselves inflating into floating blimps. Why? No reason. Its just for fun. You can work on erotic stories about the feelings a person can have, turn the story into some kind of sport (like flying), have more violent stories where a person inflates against her/his will. There is not a real reason. And it shouldn't be taken so seriously.

If you like fat men/women, it means you don’t like the skinny ones?
Wrong. We never said we didn’t like them. Actually, many people I know that are into this stuff have skinny girlfriends/boyfriends.

You do this art because you are against society?
No. I couldn't care less for society. I'm not drawing a fatty girl to be different from others that draws only skinny girls. I draw it because I LIKE fat girls. Simply as that.

You go after fat girls because they have low self-esteem and would date any guy that says she's beautiful?
Once again, no. I don’t look for them because they are "easy", but because I do find them beautiful. I know many fat people that have high self-esteem, and I admire them.

You guys think you are best than us, for having an "open mind"?
No. I don’t think. Actually, I know some people inside this "community" that are very irritating, and are jerks to everyone. So I say we're not better, just different.

You think I should gain weight?
I was asked this more than once, and my answer is… no! Why, you ask? Because gaining weight is not a joke, it can harm your health. "But you said you like fat girls." Yes, I like. I find them beautiful. But gaining more weight than you already have is as dangerous as trying these "quick-result" diets to lose weight.
And believe me, I already got into arguments with people in this community about it. A guy even sent me a message calling me a loser cause I was not giving incentives for a girl to gain weight in a forum. I said she should not gain weight just to be "accepted" inside a group she hardly knows, and that guy got angry I was not trying to convince her to gain weight, and even called me a loser. Two days later, said girl complained how some guys just paid attention to her because she said she wanted to gain weight, that she felt used as an object, and never again went back to the forum. So, I'm the loser? That’s this kind of thing I try to avoid.

Alright. I do understand this thing turns you on, but I dont need to like it
Nopes, you dont need. We dont want you "normal" people to like it or even understand. We just want to be left alone. We meant really no harm to anyone.

This is a quick fad that invaded DA and will disappear anyway
Wrong. This thing has been around for many years, even before DA existed (4 years, right? I'm into this stuff at least 5-6 years now). We didnt meant to "invade" anything. We just wanted a place to post our works for our friends be able to see. We used to use places like Yahoo and MSN groups, but they have serious limitations, and DA works fine to making galleries and the feedback system is the best there is.

Well, there are other galleries like DA now. Why dont you leave and go to one of them?
I'd love to... but I have too many friend on DA, and since flammers started to annoy the inflation artists, I decided to stay just for spite.