Ok, I'll bite, let's be civil. Which is a redundant statement anyway because if you haven't noticed, outright trolling is generally frowned upon here.
You don't seem to differentiate between "criticisms" and "attacks;" which has made attempts to be civil and helpful in the past like beating a brick wall.
I am telling this to you as someone that has been stupid on the internet before, gaining a whole world of hurt from it. I'm not sure you realize the "kiwi farms" attention is generally limited to discussion and mild criticism.
Your life could be a whole heck of a lot more painful and craptastic. Count yourself fortunate we do not subscribe to giving out personal information to be used in trolling.
I've had an entire inbox on another forum filled to the brim with threats of harm and legitimate harassment, this happened in a corrupt place where not only did the administrators not stop it, they actively encouraged and participated in the behavior.
Believe me, without your actions and behavior being worthy of legitimate concern and criticism, you'd be just another Deviantart patron with art that is arguably bad. I was in the same boat, my art was pretty terrible back then, but nobody really paid any mind; until my completely stupid actions brought hordes of attention.
And so, what did I do? I'll tell you. I realized from some of the more civil messages in my direction that there were people just trying to help. I listened to them. I grew up a little. I learned some things are better kept to oneself on the internet. I left the forum, only returning much later under a new alias, and with very carefully worded posts.
I ended up leaving the forum for good, eventually, because it was generally a cesspit that got out of hand. But after all that, I was left alone. No hateful messages in my inbox. Nobody responding to old posts I wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of a reaction to.
The point of all this is people are continuing to discuss you because you keep giving them the satisfaction of reaction. I know you think of yourself as some hotshot big time arteest, but seriously. If you disappeared off the net for awhile, or only made very innocuous, less personal posts that were less dramatic, people would get bored in a week.
The best thing, in fact, that I ever did with my life was go out and have real friends. People that care about me, people that want me to succeed, people that legitimately help me. But it's a two way street, having friends and all that, and I think you'll have to realize that it shouldn't be all about you.
The same goes with romantic relationships. It's a two way street. You often sounded like in your chats with the trolls that you didn't really care that much about them. Heather can attest that she felt pretty crappy being with you, because her interests and general life were not being appreciated, or were actively trying to be changed in emotionally abusive ways.
You're not that hideous, but your haircut, way of presenting yourself, and your BOOMING voice can all make you look pretty unappealing to girls in real life. You could try getting involved with local theater classes to learn how to control your voice better, and act your way to a more presentable person. You could try a haircut that doesn't look unflattering on you.
But in general, yes, online relationships and long distance relationships are a farce. The person could be a troll, they could be lying about who they are, and in long distance I've rarely met people that can make it work. It takes years of dedication and hard work. I would know. I was in a online/LDR on and off for about 8 years. Things didn't really work out.
Now, onto the art.
Your art needs work, a lot of it. You need to learn some humility, and learn to take criticisms. Powerpuff Girls wasn't an invalid style...
for animation. It was drawn that way so it could be easily replicated, and animated quickly. For comic books, a simple style is not completely invalid, just take a look at Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series.
However, Scott Pilgrim and his friends still have anatomy that works. They still have proportions. They have pretty dynamic expression that can exaggerate, but not to the point of being unrealistic and creepy.
Take a look at more "simple" styles like these and practice, practice, practice. Your pages look like they were often done with very little effort in a short amount of time. The reality is it took Bryan Lee O'Malley several revisions, multiple rewrites, and many long, hard hours to complete. All that said, it took
six years for the Scott Pilgrim series to be fully published. EDIT: Technically, it's still in publication, because O'Malley is releasing hardcover, colored editions that won't finish publication until sometime this year.
But, the author has thousands of fans, had a movie made about his comic, and in general, has found all the success you could ever dream of with Hero Team.
I really hope that you take the time and effort to read my post. Please try and comprehend it, understand it, digest it. You are free to PM me and ask me anything you wish. I am not someone that will divulge our personal conversations for the behest of lulz, if you simply ask that courtesy and seek my legitimate advice.
