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©2008-2009 ~Gorsecloud
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Made this after seeing yet another example of it.

You know, I've only had this happen to me once, and very faintly at that, but all the time, I see artists (comic artists in particular), like :iconilarvitar: (and I know there are others, plenty of them) who have their own lives, their own interests, and yet all many people seem to be able to do is ask when will their work be updated (her comic, in iLarvitar's case).

Now don't get me wrong, I like her comic too, and am happy when it's updated. But for goodness sakes, people. You do realize that when that's all you ask her about, when that's all you say to an artist or a writer is "DO MORE NOW PLZ," you're giving the impression that you don't give a DAMN about them. Only about what they do. And while you may say "Hey, that means you're popular, you should be happy!"

I fail to see why ANYBODY should be happy about being turned into a comic-, art-, or story-making machine by their viewers.

Appreciate the person behind the art, not just the art itself.

P.S. I'm not saying it's bad to ask how someone's progress is going every once in a while. But when you nag, and that's all you ever talk to the creator about, that's when it becomes a problem. There's also a difference between "How's the comic/story coming?" and "Update soon!"

P.S.S. Oh goodness, I forgot, I apologize. The stamp template came from $zilla774

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:icontyt0alba:
Amen to this. ^^;

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"How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?"

"... Why, I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
:iconkikirini:
I agree. Although, as a comic artist who updates pretty regularly, I don't like seeing artists who pull "I'm not in the mood to update," as an excuse. Simply because, in my opinion, if you're going to start a comic, you should work on it as often as you can (once again, if you've a busy life, that's a fine excuse), as people are reading it. But, I guess I understand... I'm just a loser with enough time to update... XD

Nonetheless, it's a good point that people should understand. We're not professionals, we have lives after all...

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Everyone loves me!...except for the people who don't.

My comic: Kuro Shouri
:iconrandypandy:
Amen. I've been asked before to hurry up an update a fic I'm writing so many times that I seriously got annoyed. So... I completely know how you feel.

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:glomp: If you read this, you have now been glomped!
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:iconforcestar:
Too true, Gorse, too true. Even though I am an author, not an artist, I understand the feeling of being under pressure from others about your work, and having people only care about you because of what you've written. Darn them all!

(And I hope you've never felt this from me, either)

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The Force is my ally.
ExSer!
:iconmel-p:
I love you for this *_*

Oh God this happened to me allot in the past. I even had like 10 fucking people in a chat room wanting me to insert them all. Does it ever occur to people that maybe I have no fucking USE FOR THEM? :iconimhappyplz: Its like they think you'll change the whole story structure just to fit them.

8D and then people only liked me for my fanart... I deleted it and said "I hate this fandom. byebye" and they still insist on asking me where the shit went... and watching me expecting more... and considering me a (fandom's title)-artist. -_-'

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:| I haet you.
:icongie:
I am so using this. :0

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I'm Jack Levin in ~F-Zero-club
-I know that the human beings and fishes can co-exist peacefully~
:icongorsecloud:
That wasn't exactly what I was talking about (I was referring to people who are like "Why aren't you working on this? Update it soon, I want to see what happens next!), but oddly enough, a similar instance to that was part of what inspired me to make this. I don't get why people think someone would want to mess around with the perfectly good plot they already have just to accomodate some random reader-made character. Which is pretty much what you said.

That's a challenge too....

Anyway, glad you liked it. ^^

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:icongorsecloud:
I haven't felt it from you, but you and I have had a similar enough experience, though not with our creative works. But the overall concept of being treated more like a machine than a human.

Do the words "There's another one in Random Babble!" ring any bells?

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:iconmel-p:
LOL well people nag me to finish things too XD; Or ask when I'll update a 'webcomic' when I've announced it as a preview 9_9;;; It all kinda goes hand-in-hand. Annoying fans without any sense of how WE feel and can't take the answers provided.

You're welcome :heart:

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