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i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Whatever. -shrug-
ZELDA TIME!!!
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
I also enjoyed the Oracle games.
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i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Oh brother.
1. Never offer artistic advice or hint at the possibility that the way young and inexperienced groups of artists work might in some way be flawed.
One time I actually did post a comment on Preston's site telling him exactly what I thought of his work. He deleted my comment citing the fact that I did not offer constructive criticism. This is true, I gave him objective criticism. "Constructive criticism" is synonymous with polishing a turd.
3. Humor is NOT relative/subjective.
There's a reason why the likes of Penny Arcade and George Carlin are so popular. Preston doesn't have the slightest understanding of why. He's even denied the simple concept that humor has a cadence. Preston is in good company, though, Tim Buckley doesn't understand this concept either.
6. Failure to incorporate conflicting suggestions for improvement = incapable of accepting criticism.
Preston = incapable of accepting criticism. FTFY.
7. Trying to quelch flame wars also inexplicably = incapable of accepting criticism.
Deleting comments = incapable of accepting criticism. FTFY, again.
8. Trying to explain your artistic decisions = incapable of accepting criticism.
Making excuses for artistic stagnation = incapable of accepting criticism. FTFY x3.
9. Having lots of watchers = having an inflated ego.
Having lots of fans in the real world = good. Having lots of watchers on DA = nothing.
11. Every character you draw (even ones you do for commission/jobs) = your personal opinions and beliefs which you must obviously follow rigidly IRL.
No idea what this means. I guess he's bristling at the fact that people point out his characters are two-dimensional single-trick ponies born from his narrow-minded concepts of people in general. Lesbian kick
12. Never change your opinion, even if new information renders your previous position undesirable/wrong.
hahahahah no comment
14. Never use yourself as the main character for a comic series.
DING DING DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER
If you're such an interesting person that there needs to be a comic about you, chances are you won't be the one writing and drawing the thing. Preston is trying to be facetious here but he's so off-track that he's listed something that's fact.
15. Never use the paintbucket to color your comics and instead use a tedious airbrush or magic wand layer selection technique to reproduce the same effect just slower and less efficiently.
Because paintbucket looks artificial and unappealing as all hell, especially the way Preston works it. It doesn't take much more work to flat - color your work in Painter using the media available there. Same with those damn gradient fills.
22. Suggesting that anime/manga fans could stand to learn about the underlying drawing structures to improve their artwork = hating all of japanese culture/history.
People who could stand to take one step past basic underling drawing structures and stylize: Tom Preston
23. Being an asshole to an artist without giving any sort of insightful help what-so-ever = giving constructive criticism.
Preston is right once again, but not in the way he thinks. Giving "constructive" criticism to an artist is actually an asshole move because you're not helping a bad artist at all. You're enabling his shitty habits.
can we close this thread please
it's depressing