so I’ve decided to set myself a (modest for now) goal of losing 15kg by bronycon. This will get me substantially closer to my suitable weight (I’d need to lose about 25-30kg for that)
Of course, with this decision comes the obvious changes. fortunately, for a large part, I’ve recently been doing ok. But it means essentially cutting junk food out completely, along with soft drinks. I’m also going to have to try get into the mess each night so I can have a proper meal every day.
But the big one for me (because I suck at commitments) will be making sure I visit the gym every day after my shift for at least half an hour to an hour.
But i figure that if I can at least stick with it, I shouldn’t have a problem reaching my goal (after all, it’s only 3kg a month..)
If people care more about your art than the fact that you’re going through some shit, erase them. They are not worth your time and not worth the stress.
You don’t have to kiss an artist’s ass, but don’t be such a self-absorbed dickhead that you disregard the fact that they’re fucking human.
Artists can get sick, get sad, get tired, go through real life drama just like anyone else.
We are not fucking robots. We don’t have to do shit for you. Don’t treat us like we have an on/off switch.
Urrgh. No no no. Creative works belong to the creator.
I think people should be free to make fanworks and derivatives – up to a point, recolouring and stuff like that is not derivative – but even then it should be done with respect and credit to the original artist.
I would contend that anyone who doesn’t understand that is not a creator. I’m no artist, but as a writer with a built-universe I base my stories on, I’d be like “sure, you can write a story in my universe if you want, that’s awesome, but no, you may not define canon… it’s my world. I make those rules.”
Art is the same, I think it’s okay to draw other people’s (fan or official) characters and say ‘I love this character by XYZ!’
But direct tracing, recolouring, not giving credit and all that – no, you clearly don’t understand the work you’re meddling with.