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beandelphiki

MA NAH MA DOGPILE LOL!

Dec 11, 2007 09:46

My commentary on House fandom's elicia8 wank:

I knew that she was a huge fake all along. I mean, I gave her the benefit of the doubt...but I just had that sinking feeling, you know? I haven't been commenting to her journal lately because my workplace is trying to kill me I was really starting to feel manipulated, and I didn't like it ( Read more... )

people are idiots, fandom wank, lulz, house m.d.

Comments 9

siegeengine December 11 2007, 17:58:57 UTC

oh, that is so sad! :(
I mean, the pictures are still cool, I just don't see why anyone would try to pass them off as... well, ok, I guess I could figure that one out.

Still, sad. :(

siegeengine December 11 2007, 18:01:22 UTC

oh, nice detective work, btw. ;)

beandelphiki December 12 2007, 11:29:54 UTC

Thanks. All fandom HAS is our own honesty, you know? In a way. I mean, we don't get PAID.

The best part of fandom is the true INTEGRITY of the people producing unauthorized derivative work with someone else's characters. Where are we if we don't protect that??

I spent several minutes of my time giving uneducated feedback on her work, and I really feel used now.

t_eyla December 11 2007, 18:12:18 UTC

Ahahahahaha I can't stop laughing. I almost missed my bus this morning because of this wank. I couldn't stop reading it!

For the record: even if you trace and then "only" shade with a pencil without adding color or any stylistic variations, it's still fucking hard work. I know. I tried.

I quite distinctly remember a post on Licia's journal where she explicitly stated: DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRACE!

Ahaha. Seriously, House fandom. Could you be any more wanky?

Not commenting on the whole photoshop theory, because that one is just too ridiculous.

beandelphiki December 12 2007, 11:36:08 UTC

I'm glad I didn't start until 3 pm, because I DEFINITELY would have been late for work if I'd started in the morning as I usually do. (I was just covering a shift for someone sick. Tuesday was supposed to be my day off, boo.) My mom got SO pissed at me this morning because she wanted to check her email, and I'm in photoshop doing THAT.

LOL. Couldn't resist.

Not commenting on the whole photoshop theory, because that one is just too ridiculous.

You know, I really wish I'd seen the posts where they explained exactly how that's supposed to work. I'd like to know exactly what their theory IS.

t_eyla December 12 2007, 16:59:16 UTC

There was no real theory. There was just a lot of omg how terrible and jesus I am shocked and amazed, and then there were a couple of images with Licia's pics laid over some screenshots.

There are some links to salvaged "evidence" in the wank report on my journal here.

theclamsman December 12 2007, 09:01:02 UTC

Um.

I've been using Photoshop for...oh, since 1991.

There is no Photoshop filter that will allow you to create something like that. None.

(And yes, I read the threads of the wank you linked to...)

It's possible that she could've used the photo as a base and traced over it IN Photoshop if she has a Wacom (but even with a Wacom it's difficult to reproduce varying pencil strokes (!!!) unless you're really, really highly advanced), but no "advanced program" (WTF are you House crackheads on, anyway, to wank about something like this?) will automatically create all of that. There has to be some hand working involved ( ... )

beandelphiki December 12 2007, 11:25:42 UTC

(Breaking character to say ( ... )

theclamsman December 12 2007, 15:44:28 UTC

Re #4) LOL are you kidding me? Art is my life. :O "Real" drawing is a bit passé for me at this time because most of the crap I have to do (the stuff I get paid for) is mostly technical crap that I sketch up on paper and then translate to the computer. I do love to traditionally draw, though, so I always keep a sketchbook handy. The above drawing of Wolverine was done years ago when the first movie came out and when I couldn't think of any other way to make some quick cash (I'd no knowledge of any free freelancing places online...had I know that contests existed or whatever, I would've started back then D ( ... )