Inactive Andrew Dobson / Tom Preston / CattyN - STOP DOING SEXIST CRAP

MerriedxReldnahc said:
I don't know who "Angus McDonald" is so I don't know what he's supposed to look like, but I'm assuming not like this.
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It's apparently a character from something called Adventure Zone, and while he looks truly exceptional , he still doesn't look like Dobson drew him.

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What is it with Dobson and head proportions? This is the second or third one this Inktober with a skull shape that looks like it could send them slumping over from the immense size of it compared to the width of the rest of the body.

Art degree my--Oh hell, you guys already know.
 
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Alto said:
What is it with Dobson and head proportions? This is the second or third one this Inktober with a skull shape that looks like it could send them slumping over from the immense size of it compared to the width of the rest of the body.

Art degree my--Oh hell, you guys already know.
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I think he's trying to draw chibis, but even that is too much effort for him to do right.
 
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Alto said:
What is it with Dobson and head proportions? This is the second or third one this Inktober with a skull shape that looks like it could send them slumping over from the immense size of it compared to the width of the rest of the body.
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He seems to have done all of his "Inktober" stuff in his own lazy, misunderstood version of the chibi style. Which Dobson thinks is just "take character, make short, give big head", and... no, that's not how that works. Whether you love, hate, or couldn't give a fuck about chibi, there's still a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it, like any art style, and Dobson is, of fucking course, doing it the wrong way.

It's just like how he uses speed lines, expressions, facial lines, everything else. He sees other people doing these things but is too stupid to comprehend how they're actually being used and too lazy to do it right even if he does comprehend, so he just takes some basic surface level impressions and goes with it. "Small body, big head, got it." "Lines around their bodies convey movement, got it." "Artists are popular and make money, got it."
 
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RomanesEuntDomus said:
Dobson has remarked a few times that it was paramount to his self-perception to be the "comic-guy" who was skilled at art. When he entered artschool, he was confronted not only with the fact that he now was only one of many "comic-guys" but also that his skills were average at best.
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This is similar to the reason why a super football-prospect that blew away records at his High School and was an All-Star in college gets on a pro team and..... flops..... Because, unbeknownst to him, he was only setting records with casual ease because he was the only "pro" caliber athlete in his High School, and one of only maybe 5 on his college team.

When he walked into an NFL locker room, everyone, all other 10 guys on his line and the 11 on the other side are ALL "pro" quality at WORST and "legend" at BEST.

You see the term "Failed to transition to the pros" a lot, and that's what its' referring to, these guys have had it easy their whole lives and suddenly, when faced with an environment where they aren't number one, lack the personal discipline to assume the "rookie" status, seeing it as an affront to their "natural talent" and feud with coaches, piss off teammates and ultimately, are chucked out the door as there are 40 guys behind them waiting at a shot to take that roster spot and aren't too proud to humble themselves.

So you get the frustrated "vet" returning to his hometown after a 5 year flash in the pan career getting a "pity" job as a school coach and between his daily health class lectures and the bar, he rails to anyone and everyone who'll listen about how he got so screwed over by racism, the "good ol boys" network, idiot management and anyone else he can pin the blame on when people ask "Man, whatever happened to you?" and he ends up pining for those "glory days" when every time he flicked his wrist, another record fell...

Well, that was Dobson, top of his class standout in school, but in art school, (the "pros") just another student who didn't appreciate his new place in the scheme of things and flamed out when he couldn't adapt.

Notice how all the inktober stuff he's doing this time around are hopelessly obscure children's characters from grade school "educational" grade toons? That's the degree to which he has to go back to relive the last time he was happy.... and how adverse he is to doing anything but reliving it over and over and over again.
 
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Alto said:
What is it with Dobson and head proportions? This is the second or third one this Inktober with a skull shape that looks like it could send them slumping over from the immense size of it compared to the width of the rest of the body.

Art degree my--Oh hell, you guys already know.
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Well we all remember how he feels about body proportions...
 
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Ah yes, another one of my favorite things a lot of animators tend to do; not only make hands hold everything with a clenched fist, but make them look like potato-mashers, with the thumb acting like a spare 2-dimensional hotdog with no connection to the rest of the hand. Classic.

Seriously, I see this SO MUCH. His hand/wrist is most certainly broken if you can see the fist like that...and that magnifying glass is beyond embarrassing. If he's doing these digitally, the least he could do is make a perfect circle.

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that outfit Dobson gave this kid truly is just something else! None of it makes any sense and i can't believe this fucking cartoonist still hasn't learned anything about appealing character design.
Those fucking feet too. For the love of god someone teach this middle aged man how to draw any other kinda feet positions.
 
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