Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

[Pinball Lizard]

So, Do we know the source of the bear character? Is Dobby a furry?

 

[Meowthkip]

I'd kill to see Dobby in leather and chains, especially in chains.

But grunge was from the 90s...

You'd think Dobby would be able to remember the fashions of the 80's, considering he's old enough to have memories of it.

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Also, FUCKY YOU DOBSON, RIPPED JEANS AND FLANNEL 5EVER.

I will dress 20 years out of fashion and nobody will ever stop me.

 

[Sunny-D]

So, Do we know the source of the bear character? Is Dobby a furry?

I'm pretty sure it's because he used to use a human character that looked like a version of himself that was a preteen animu character rather than the fat balding slob he is in reality. For a while he was drawing himself like this:

...And when he got the inevitable questions of "why are you drawing yourself so young" "why are you drawing yourself so thin" "why are you drawing yourself with so much hair", he tried to insist that the character wasn't supposed to be him. Despite - you know - obviously using his comics for nothing other than expressing his own opinions and telling dumb anecdotes from his own life.

Eventually in response to that - instead of doing something halfway reasonable like either drawing himself more accurately, or drawing shit related to things other than his own life - he went "fuck you I'm a care bear now".

Edit: yup, found the original appearance of the bear, that is basically exactly what happened.

 

[tepid]

I wish Dobson was a good animator so he could draw Kawaii-Dobchan morphing into Classic Dobson and finally morphing into Dobbear. In a Jekyll/Hyde transformation style.

 

[SATC Vortex]

Does anyone know why Dobson closed down his SYAC comic's website?

 

[Pinball Lizard]

That's so utterly random. "The story won't change no matter what I look like, THEREFORE I'M A BEAR!"

 

[AnOminous]

That's so utterly random. "The story won't change no matter what I look like, THEREFORE I'M A BEAR!"

No wonder his fursona looks completely assblasted at all times.

 

[Positron]

But I thought you didn't like cheesecake in your games, Dobson???

He prefers cheese soufflé.

That's so utterly random. "The story won't change no matter what I look like, THEREFORE I'M A BEAR!"

It is also childish. "You complain I don't look like my representation of myself? Hmmmmph! I can be ANYTHING! I can be a BEAR if I want!" No wonder he is an SJW.

 

[Philosophy Zombie]

I'm pretty sure it's because he used to use a human character that looked like a version of himself that was a preteen animu character rather than the fat balding slob he is in reality. For a while he was drawing himself like this:
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You know, I don't have much knowledge of anatomy, but the man on the left's arms look disproportionately short. And why is his tie so tiny?

 

[Ian Brandon Anderson]

You know, I don't have much knowledge of anatomy, but the man on the left's arms look disproportionately short. And why is his tie so tiny?

Ya know how hard it was just t pick up a pencil that day?

 

[Sunny-D]

You know, I don't have much knowledge of anatomy, but the man on the left's arms look disproportionately short. And why is his tie so tiny?

Easy: because Dobson can't draw.

You're right though. Normal human hands end up about mid-thigh level when a person is standing with their arms hanging to their sides, that guy's hands barely reach to his waist. Hell, he couldn't reach to scratch his opposite shoulder if he tried. Barrel chest to end all barrel chests, and then to top it all off, his legs are disproportionately short, too. Maybe his tie is tiny because he's a freakishly mutated gorilla monster wearing the tie of a normal human.

 

[Philosophy Zombie]

Easy: because Dobson can't draw.

You're right though. Normal human hands end up about mid-thigh level when a person is standing with their arms hanging to their sides, that guy's hands barely reach to his waist. Hell, he couldn't reach to scratch his opposite shoulder if he tried. Barrel chest to end all barrel chests, and then to top it all off, his legs are disproportionately short, too. Maybe his tie is tiny because he's a freakishly mutated gorilla monster wearing the tie of a normal human.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Easy: because Dobson can't draw.

You're right though. Normal human hands end up about mid-thigh level when a person is standing with their arms hanging to their sides, that guy's hands barely reach to his waist. Hell, he couldn't reach to scratch his opposite shoulder if he tried. Barrel chest to end all barrel chests, and then to top it all off, his legs are disproportionately short, too. Maybe his tie is tiny because he's a freakishly mutated gorilla monster wearing the tie of a normal human.

I heard he can't even (or dosn't even know that you can) use layers
my best friends 13 year old sister knows how to use layers on photoshop, I mean really. For a "professional" he sure doesn't know shit about art programs

 

[Bugaboo]

I heard he can't even (or dosn't even know that you can) use layers
my best friends 13 year old sister knows how to use layers on photoshop, I mean really. For a "professional" he sure doesn't know shit about art programs

I watched a video of him drawing, he uses layers but he doesn't use layers for coloring and lineart instead doing both on the same fucking layer which I will never get over. I asked him why he does it on twitter and he said it's because it's faster and easier, but when you do that you can't play with the colors after to make them look nice so he's screwing himself over.

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

I heard he can't even (or dosn't even know that you can) use layers
my best friends 13 year old sister knows how to use layers on photoshop, I mean really. For a "professional" he sure doesn't know shit about art programs

He's said something along the lines of how it's "his style" and how he prefers to do things and that he'd rather not learn something different that he's uncomfortable with.

Normally I'm all about individualism and if you have something that works for you and doesn't interfere with what you do, then more power to you, but if Chris tried to sell me on his BRILLIANT DRAWING TECHNIQUES, I'd kindly call him out on his bullshit.

Basically, Dobson refuses to learn how to improve because it's out of his comfort zone. 'Course, we kinda already knew that.

 

[Sunny-D]

I heard he can't even (or dosn't even know that you can) use layers
my best friends 13 year old sister knows how to use layers on photoshop, I mean really. For a "professional" he sure doesn't know shit about art programs

Yup, I watched that same video and the only thing he did use layers for was to have the background on one layer and the foreground on another. At one point he said when he scans the physical drawing, he sets it in black and white only - not even greyscale, no antialiasing, nothing - and then uses the fill tool to put in colors. He claims that resizing the image after it's done smooths out the jagged edges of the lineart - you can see how well THAT works out.

He also uses diluted black to shade absolutely everything. Which is terrible muddy bullshit that no one should do under nearly any circumstances. It's why all of the colors on everything he does look so dull and greyed out in the shadows.

 

[MrsFrizzle]

Does anyone know why Dobson closed down his SYAC comic's website?

Maybe he's figured out that he isn't actually a cartoonist?

 

[Sunny-D]

That's probably the most amazing thing about Dobson in my opinion - he's not any good at any aspect of drawing. His anatomy is terrible, his coloring is terrible, his techniques are terrible... but not only that, he doesn't even seem to enjoy creating art. 90% of his comics or more are devoted to complaining about how much of a pain in the ass it is to do comics and how many problems he has because of his drawings. He admits he doesn't do backgrounds because it's so HARD and life is so HARD and he can barely manage to do art.

So why the hell did he decide to attempt to do this for a living in the first place?

 

[Null]

So why the hell did he decide to attempt to do this for a living in the first place?

 

[Big Nasty]

Barrel chest to end all barrel chests, and then to top it all off, his legs are disproportionately short, too. Maybe his tie is tiny because he's a freakishly mutated gorilla monster wearing the tie of a normal human.

I like to think that that guy is the result of a failed attempt at drawing WWE's Big Show.