before i start this rant i want you to know that i do dearly love this site, i've been coming here for 3 years and i do like it. There's just one thing that always kind of annoyed me and now i'm going to be bold and say it outloud.
I HATE the lack of Originality I see on TheOtaku
If there is one thing in the world that pisses me off its seeing a portfolio with like 50 gifts, over 150 subscribers and nothing in their gallary but Bleach, Naruto, One Piece choose your poison. It is my firm belief that we should not copy our heroes but instead be simply inspired by them. For instance if you really really like Tite Kubo's style then dont draw ichigo over and over again, study it learn from it, use it to your advantage!
I Love OCs and i especially love Original Manga. I'm not gonna lie, i really dont like fan comics about how if you were a naruto character you would be all dark and brooding and part of the akatsuki and all that crap. I love original comics like Murcury's I C DED PPL. If there's one artist I really miss its Murcury, I rarely ever saw a fan art off them.
I know this rant wont change much, Hell i don't want it to I meerly want my rant to reach people on the site and say "please dont copy your heroes, be inspired by them"
thanks for reading...
Twiliwolf
*Edit 1/13/11:
I now understand that this is a Fan Art site and that that means most art will be fan art. I also have come to realize that for budding artists fan art is really useful, even the bane of originality Tracing is great for beginners. I just don't like seeing the artists with a lot of talent wasting time on naruto when they could be drawing their own original stuff that I KNOW they have the capacity to do.
