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Any Help with other webcomics?
jeph:
The name isn't a coincidence if I came up with it first.
Comics where I'm an obvious influence or whatever is fine. I can recall a time when QC pulled heavily from the style of some of my favorite comics. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery and all that. But it does bug me when people wholly appropriate ideas or artwork from my strip and claim it as their own. I've seen at least one guy who literally just traced a couple of my characters and then started talking about what a great leap forward his drawing abilities had taken. That's pretty weak. I'm not even that good an artist! There are so many people better than me that they could be ripping off! Gah!
nursethalia:
--- Quote from: jeph on 27 May 2007, 18:37 ---The name isn't a coincidence if I came up with it first.
Comics where I'm an obvious influence or whatever is fine. I can recall a time when QC pulled heavily from the style of some of my favorite comics. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery and all that. But it does bug me when people wholly appropriate ideas or artwork from my strip and claim it as their own. I've seen at least one guy who literally just traced a couple of my characters and then started talking about what a great leap forward his drawing abilities had taken. That's pretty weak. I'm not even that good an artist! There are so many people better than me that they could be ripping off! Gah!
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Meh, the only reason I say it could be coincidence is because I went through a phase back in high school where I added the words "of doom" after every noun I could think of. And yes, Jeph, you ARE a good artist. Just take a look through your own archives and see how much your art has changed. Even in the past few months, your sense of proportion has improved greatly! I know very few people who'd be willing to work as consistently on their particular style as long as you have. And after four years you're still seeking to improve your technique, and that says a lot about you!
...By the way, every time my mum ever told me imitation was the sincerest form of flattery I seriously contemplated punching someone! My little sister had a bad habit of tracing everything in my portfolio and showing it off to her friends at her own...annoying yes (I suppose that's what younger siblings are for), but not nearly as frustrating as coming across a picture of something traced from your own works!
jeph:
I've definitely IMPROVED but I'm not what I would consider "good" yet.
Maybe in another four years.
Emaline:
No offence to anyone, but that strip was pretty much the suck.
nursethalia:
--- Quote from: Emaline on 30 May 2007, 13:43 ---No offence to anyone, but that strip was pretty much the suck.
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I think they got cute after he stopped using coloured pencils.
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