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...nice when you comment on my work with a coded insult.
Let me re-iterate this concept guys. Looking at an artist's original character and then immediately commenting how you think they resemble/look just like/must be based on some other character is incredibly insulting roughly 90% of the time. If you're about to type out that sentence, you better mean it as an insult, because it sure as double hockey-sticks is NOT a compliment.
Why? Because this sort of comment generally implies the following.
Your way of drawing this is not sufficiently differentiated enough from this other thing (which the artist may or may not even be familiar with) to be seen as something original.
You copied/stole that character design, right?
I, as your audience, cannot tell the difference between two characters with similar hair styles or outfit colors, and those things are forever associated with character X and can never be used by anyone else without being assumed to be the same thing.
So, unless you are certain a character is a deliberate homage to another character or person, please think about why you're saying that phrase. Not all men with short red hair are Ichigo from Bleach or a member of J.K. Rowling's Weasley family. Not all women with long dark hair are the same character.
Let me re-iterate this concept guys. Looking at an artist's original character and then immediately commenting how you think they resemble/look just like/must be based on some other character is incredibly insulting roughly 90% of the time. If you're about to type out that sentence, you better mean it as an insult, because it sure as double hockey-sticks is NOT a compliment.
Why? Because this sort of comment generally implies the following.



So, unless you are certain a character is a deliberate homage to another character or person, please think about why you're saying that phrase. Not all men with short red hair are Ichigo from Bleach or a member of J.K. Rowling's Weasley family. Not all women with long dark hair are the same character.
What is Spam? What is Harassment?
I wasn't originally going to make a journal about this, and I will not be naming names or pointing anyone to the deviation in question because I am not very often in the practice of cornering people in their personal space to harass them nor sicking mobs on fellow deviants. Besides, the user's comments have been hidden for his protection, so there's nothing of interest to be read.
But I feel the need to rant.
I hate having to block people. My block list is very short, and in every case has been of people who would not leave me alone within my personal corner of DeviantArt.
That said, I just found it necessary to block a user.
It started w
SPECTRA has been found.
Space.com: Surprise! Alien Planet Made of Diamond Discovered
"The once mythical diamond planet, which reflects the light of the universe. The light of the universe is what keeps the planets and other worlds happy and warm. Some suspect it's power is similar to that of the Sun."
"The Diamond Planet, all the light in the universe has to pass through it."
~ Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
Your life has just been made a little more complete. You're welcome. ;)
...Crap. Now that damn Princess is going to ruin color for everyone!
Urgh.
"I'm allowed to do this elsewhere." or "Nobody at X has a problem with me doing this."
Is hardly a valid argument when pertaining to something I run with no relation those other things aside from a platform.
Love it when Art Thieves get their comeuppance
Good Riddiance to Bad Rubbish, Rob Granito.
The story:
- Who On Earth Is Rob Granito? (UPDATE): http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/24/who-on-earth-is-rob-granito/
- The Ballad of Comic Con Grifter Rob Granito: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/28/rob-granito-scam-artist/
"Rob Granito is an uncommonly successful "tracer" artist, being someone who profits from the sale of other people's artwork that he has duplicated and modified in some slight way so as to make it plausibly different from the original. By tracing or otherwise recreating attractive illustrations and photographing them in a kind of "work-in-progress" fashion, Granito wa
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Well said!
Touch wood I've yet to come across this but I can agree it's both frustrating and VERY rude. Many of my OCs are inspired by characters from games, comic books and manga; I created one because I liked the idea of FFVII's Tifa (strong willed and skilled fighter, capable of looking after herself) but disliked the fact Aeris was Cloud's love interest (this was a few years back mind) JUST because Aeris was a white mage (supposedly the "Male Knight/Female Magician" cliche). But to me an original character is an idea that evolves; just because my character started off as a Tifa "expy" doesn't mean I haven't tried to move her beyond that idea.
As for comments about the quality of my art, well I'm sorry I'm still a beginner. Now I'd like it if I was born with the artistic talent of some of the best artists on this site but I wasn't, and in recent years I've built a life that prevents me from drawing 24/7; I have a job, friends and hobbies that often mean I only get an hour if that in an evening to sketch. So if my art style or characters mimics someone else's, it's either not intended or because I'm still trying to find my own voice and I am experimenting.
Touch wood I've yet to come across this but I can agree it's both frustrating and VERY rude. Many of my OCs are inspired by characters from games, comic books and manga; I created one because I liked the idea of FFVII's Tifa (strong willed and skilled fighter, capable of looking after herself) but disliked the fact Aeris was Cloud's love interest (this was a few years back mind) JUST because Aeris was a white mage (supposedly the "Male Knight/Female Magician" cliche). But to me an original character is an idea that evolves; just because my character started off as a Tifa "expy" doesn't mean I haven't tried to move her beyond that idea.
As for comments about the quality of my art, well I'm sorry I'm still a beginner. Now I'd like it if I was born with the artistic talent of some of the best artists on this site but I wasn't, and in recent years I've built a life that prevents me from drawing 24/7; I have a job, friends and hobbies that often mean I only get an hour if that in an evening to sketch. So if my art style or characters mimics someone else's, it's either not intended or because I'm still trying to find my own voice and I am experimenting.