Artistic impact....
So...a while back I made a tribute post to Carl Steven (the actor who played Freddy in A Pup Named Scooby Doo). Turns out he died in 2011 at the age of 37. Finding out that a guy with so much talent (he helped re-define Fred's character when he was only 12-years-old) died so young made me very sad. So I thought it would be nice to post something to express how much I admired his work.
I didn't think anything of it until today. When Carl's mom left a comment on the page saying that she loved the picture and thought it was a great tribute to her son.
....yeah. When I saw that comment, I almost burst into tears.
It never even occurred to me that one of his family members might see that post (if it had, I would have drawn it better). And it just blows me away that his mother not only saw it, but actually liked it and felt compelled to let me know.
I guess this goes to show that you can NEVER predict what kind of impact your work will have once you put it on the internet for all the world to see. Even if said work is just a piece of Scooby Doo fanart expressing your love for a 20-year-old kiddie cartoon.
In case you missed the original post, here's the picture:
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I didn't think anything of it until today. When Carl's mom left a comment on the page saying that she loved the picture and thought it was a great tribute to her son.
....yeah. When I saw that comment, I almost burst into tears.
It never even occurred to me that one of his family members might see that post (if it had, I would have drawn it better). And it just blows me away that his mother not only saw it, but actually liked it and felt compelled to let me know.
I guess this goes to show that you can NEVER predict what kind of impact your work will have once you put it on the internet for all the world to see. Even if said work is just a piece of Scooby Doo fanart expressing your love for a 20-year-old kiddie cartoon.
In case you missed the original post, here's the picture:
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