Starting Point: The Hunt for That Artist
Okay so I got obsessed with finding artwork from this “broken ring this marriage will fail anyway” artist after seeing snippets online. Zero clues about the real name or where they posted original stuff. Started simple:
First Attempt: Obvious Places = Fail
Jumped straight into mainstream art sites and DeviantArt clones. Typed every combo of “broken ring marriage fail artist” – nada. Kept getting fan art knockoffs or marriage counselor ads. Like bruh, AI algorithms clearly never heard of this artist.
Rabbit Hole Phase
Switched tactics – started hunting through obscure forums where people trade underground manga scans. Found this 3-year-old thread mentioning the artist by some untranslated Japanese nickname. No links though. Dead end.
- Tried Discord: Asked in 7 art servers. Got one dude saying “oh yeah they quit after 2021” but zero sources
- Tried Pinterest: Found reposts with tiny watermarks leading nowhere
- Even tried booru boards: Tags gave me unrelated hentai garbage
The Reddit Miracle
Almost gave up till I stumbled on this archived NSFW subreddit. Someone commented “OP’s style looks like marriagefail-ring’s alt account” under some deleted post. BINGO. Reverse-searched that username across platforms:
Actual Free Sources That Worked
Turns out the artist mostly posted fragments across lesser-known sites before nuking accounts. Here’s where I eventually found uncensored pieces:
- Image boards focused on indie artists: Specific communities not indexed by Google
- Crypto art dumps: Random NFT drop included their early works – nobody saved metadata but images were there
- Korean webcomic portals: Had to dig through “completed” sections using translators
Biggest lesson? Artists like this exist in web fragments. Search engines suck for niche art – gotta go human-level detective mode. Still never found their real identity though. Probably for the best.
