/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>7020248
I always thought about this as being more tragic than it seems that first glance. It's all too commonplace for people with poor skills to get a lot of support from their family, friends, or random people who have decided they deserve it because they're "not good at art". They get a tremendous ego boost and depending on how they handle it, they may decide it means they don't need to sacrifice any piece of it in order to get what they want (consumers) And become disillusioned when the truth comes out. In this case, sacrificing ego would mean figuring out how to appeal to people other than yourself.

Now, the REAL tragic part about all of this is that people who draw this way (the sunday funnies style) on top of not realizing the only people who like this sort of thing are old people and autistics, sometimes both, IS THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO BE FUNNY to begin with. You will find thousands of comics just like his and not a single good joke between them. People will forgive a lot if something is genuinely entertaining, even this art being unattractive as it is would not be a distraction if it made everyone laugh.

I think it's fair to feel bothered when people aren't getting the interaction they desire, a lot of people feel that way. The internet is ironically a pretty lonely place. But I like to think about why a guy like this would blow up in this negative way and there are important lessons to take from it if more attention is something you want.