PK birthday extravaganza (by lexyeevee)
if you want to watch me say “oh my god” and laugh like an idiot for 12 minutes about the elaborate book of birthday art from people that i didn’t know shit about until..
well i guess the video is pretty self-explanatory, im still kind of shocked by it and i almost wanted to cry when i wasnt laughing HAHA
thank you eevee and thank you list of awesome people
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I really do not like finding out that someone who’s casually done some group work gets crucified over something stupid. It can be upsetting when you see people copying you, or being super influenced by you, and not crediting you. Believe me, I know this too well. However, it’s a really bad idea to go after them publicly about it, because it only leads to nastiness and spite, and it leaves more people with a sour taste of *you* even if you’re the one being copied— in some idea, in coloring, or otherwise.
However, it makes me really mad when shit like this happens under the umbrella of the group. Don’t do it. If it can’t be handled privately, it definitely should not be handled publicly on tumblr of all places. If people want to sit and copy you, that’s their loss, because they’re not working on something to distinguish themselves. I won’t stand for calling all that to attention in a public light though when the group is supposed to be a friendly place for anyone, even people who are misguided enough to just copy others. It’s really annoying, but it doesn’t hurt anyone.
It makes me really unhappy to see members of the group driving someone out, even someone who does the thing I hate of not linking back to their inspirations for particular pieces.
For future reference, if Mike isn’t handling something in a way you like, ask me about it. If we have the same verdict, please follow that within the group!
Above all, I don’t want there to be a buttload of personal drama here. It’s not fun. For anyone. I try very hard to keep that stuff totally away from the group, even when there are groups out there totally copying PMD-e and whatever - that sucks, but it would be really shitty to go and have a bunch of people attack them, you know? We don’t want to promote that type of stuff. We want to be promoting getting along with others, or, if that’s simply not possible, ignoring people who drive us nuts. (That’s what real life is about, anyway!)
If you have no idea what any of this is about, that’s okay, and don’t worry about it.
today I got some ties and a couple of shirts
I’ve wanted ties for years and years so I finally decided to get some
So, with the sickness from last week having hit me really hard, I had no time to work on the necessary materials for the next part of the comic/story. I tried, but I was too out of it for days.
SacAnime was really busy and I’ve just recently (tonight) become part of the DoujinPress staff, and I’m going to be representing the business owner in selling doujins/prints/buttons from a lot of artists, as well as my own stuff. So that’s a lot! I’m very excited by this, as I have a ton of plans for more comics, and hopefully I can encourage more skilled artists to start making more doujins, too.
But, back to the PMD-e topic..
The event needed an extention because, well, here’s my schedule:
I fly home tomorrow morning and arrive at around noon. And then 2 days later, I leave at midnight for Mechacon.
So, yeah - I can either choose to finish the next part and get the event concluded, or I can work on as many prints/buttons as I can in 2 1/2 days so that I have lots of new and beautiful material for everyone to select from. I really wish I could do both, but I cannot. Working on making money now for Mechacon ensures I’ll be able to put out a ton of PMD-e stuff in October.
And then, when I get back from Mechacon, I have another 2 days of rest before EverfreeNW, a pony convention. Guess what I’ll be making? Prints. But, also, over Mechacon, I’ll be finishing the prologue comic that needs finishing and editing the letters that need editing. Basically it’s just a matter of posting everything when I get back, and then the event will be concluded.
By the way, letting everyone know, there will be about a day period where there’s no event and no mission because I’ll be traveling. People were crying over the extension, so I’ll make sure to not extend it twice. I’ll just end it early.
At the very least, I will scan the prologue I’ve done so far and have pieces of story and comic posted each day during my absence until material runs out, so that you guys get to see how the event ends even before it’s officially closed. Please do not let this drastically affect your comic, however, as I won’t have the most important parts ready to be posted until my return.
Anyway, that’s that! I’ll make another post later, but this is life at the moment.
Time to get another 4 hours of sleep (just like the last 2 days)…
i hate so many fucking confession blogs. what a waste of time. I kind of despise seeing them occasionally pop up on my dashboard because people are such supreme dickheads to other people. they’re always about hating on someone, bashing someone, or making art into some sort of stupid competition.
why isn’t there a blog about embracing lots of types of artists and things they do?? instead of complaining about people who are trying to create? sure sometimes shitty things can get on your nerves, and sometimes artists are lazy liars, but I don’t think there needs to be a “confessions” blog about normal people who are just trying to enjoy themselves and make a living on their art
god it just makes me so agitated
don’t like the artist??? get the fuck off of their page. look at art you DO like, and stop focusing on hating other people. don’t give them attention if you don’t think they deserve it. don’t even talk about them. but don’t be a douchewad to them for no reason. having bad art, having commission prices you don’t like, drawing subjects you don’t like — these are not good reasons to be a douche. there’s never really a good reason to be a douche.
the first step to not becoming a hateful shithead is to not follow blogs where people are just nasty. surround yourself with beautiful or inspiring things, ignore anything else
it’s not like I’m saying “don’t call people out for being dumbasses” though because I mean, tracing and lying about it, shit like that, is wrong — but still doesn’t merit attacking anyone. but don’t just BITCH about people; try to do something about it (I suppose like making a post, hopefully to move people to ignore petty and spiteful posts? who knows)
lord knows there are tons of things which absolutely tick me off concerning other artists and their (in my opinion) unmerited popularity, but I wouldn’t say anything unless they were being a dickhead about it or abusing popularity systems (like on dA) - inSTEAD, what I like to do is make parody art because it helps me vent the annoyance and also is pretty concise about what bothers me.
so, I dunno, I think there are much better ways of going about this stuff than just making stupid snippy image-text posts. first of all you should probably assess if your complaint just makes you look like a gigantic tool, cause if so, you prolly shouldn’t post it.
turns out it wasn’t con crud, it was eevee bringing home sickness from being out at his office last week >:( and I have so much M7 stuff to do and prepare before sacanime…
I feel really ill and I can’t even sleep, cats keep waking me up, or the headache does
I want to cry but I can’t even work up to that
blaugh
I feel like making a followup post.
So, I’ve been to Anthrocon three times, and Rainfurrest once. Gonna go to Rainfurrest again, even though it will probably make me angry and upset by the end of each day, simply because it’s a good place to make money. Don’t get me wrong - there are nice people who go to furry conventions, but a good chunk of the time, they’re either artists themselves, or not very heavily involved in the community. I mean.. that’s just a thing I’ve noticed. The nicest people are always the artists who come up to say hi. In general, Anthrocon has given me so many headaches I don’t even really want to discuss it in detail - but the staff is just almost always a gigantic pain in the ass to deal with, they’re always mistrustful, and have their heads stuck way too far up their asses. AC always feels extremely poorly run.
I have to wonder if it’s because the staff just suck, or if the furries actually drove them to be that way? Because the furries tend to be pretty obnoxious. They’ll go out of their way to spite the staff and give them trouble for no reason. It’s a fucking horrible positive feedback loop that escalates out of control, I guess, making each successive AC less fun for me.
I still like the parents and kids who come to my table, or the artists who come by and say hi - that’s always really nice, and a refreshing breather. But.. there are just so many skeezy people at furry conventions who think I give a shit whether or not they ejaculate to stuff I draw. Fuck. I just want to sell my art, man, please don’t tell me about that stuff. Please don’t hang out at my table and act weird. Please don’t (etc etc)— I don’t know. I’m sure if you just go with friends, you won’t really see some of this, but furry crowds just…
I don’t know. Furry conventions seem super self-absorbed, too. Everyone wants to get art of their character, which is… okay, but it makes for a boring convention atmosphere when the theme is poorly designed OCs, basically, I guess. I don’t really consider myself a part of that, though I still like drawing fuzzy animals and whatever.
But… EverfreeNW? The pony convention I just finished this weekend?
There was only one guy who bothered me at the table, and he got removed by staff almost immediately after doing so. Everyone was super lax. Everyone was super nice. People were always smiling and laughing, and no one was trying to grief anyone else that I personally saw. Maybe other people have a different story, but the whole atmosphere of the place was just super laid back and really enjoyable. I didn’t get to look around TOO much, but… I’m not even joking! Everyone was just so nice, I hardly have much more to say about it other than “would do again in a heartbeat”! All of the staff were super awesome and great and constantly asked everyone if they needed anything and were okay. I’ve never been to a convention that does that.
The anime cons I’ve been to so far have been Mechacon, Anime Expo, and No-Brand con, so only three so far. But each of those, people have been nice to me at. I dealt with minimal weirdos. Staff seemed more than willing to do their best to help out without fucking bullshit red tape all over the place.
I just don’t know. All I do know is that the furry cons I’ve been to have been overall shitty for me, with the occasional cool person coming to my table, and that the other conventions have been all basically stellar and really fun. I’m not sure if I’m just biased against furry conventions, but I would like to think not - I wasn’t sure if the pony con would make me super uncomfortable for the people involved, but it didn’t. I don’t get it man.
In short: extremely happy to have attended, hoping my next month of conventions (all FOUR of them?!) are just as great as this one was. Even if one is Rainfurrest. Guess we’ll see?
