Comment by hollerith

I'm going to lay it out straight, too.

Sounds to me like you are on a reckless path and that your "art" is making you and society worse.

Yes, I realize that there are probably communities of interest on the internet in which your path and your style of animation is completely normalized (and probably considered virtuous if executed skillfully).

Although I would prefer that you stop altogether all viewing of "cartoonish, exaggerated, artistic violence", failing that, I would be glad if you have to start to work harder to continue to access that state, e.g., by going back to drawing your animations by hand.

I get it that this sudden change (made without any warning by a very powerful corporation) is very painful to you, but maybe you can view it as a blessing in disguise, similar to how it would be a blessing in disguise for a social-media addict or online-gambling addict to find himself without a way to access social media or online gambling. In all 3 cases, thirty days of abstinence is generally enough to reset the brain's motivational circuits such that ordinary daily life and ordinary concerns like making sure you go to the dentist often enough starts to feel interesting and motivating again.