Rip Omar, will ilya make the same decision?

Pretty based desu.

I want Ilya to stay a punching bag though, I like shitting on him.

>>2366194

no idea what any of this is about. can someone sum up the drama/gist ?

>>2366226
Guy who literally only draws cute girls has mental break down and decides not to draw cute girls anymore

This is just the natural conclusion to these fan artists.

nobody gives a shit

/thread

>>2366199
y are you so mean anon? :c

[spoiler]how about you bully me instead? c:[/spoiler]

>>2366229

oh okay. well good for him then.

>sage
>hide

>>2366194
I watched his Journals on youtube when they came out.
I don't blame him at all for wanting to actually do something worth it.
There are only so many pretty girls you can draw.
I don't want this to happen to me, and I respect the guy.

>>2366268
I dont think i can stop man
Maybe when i reach a level of finish im happy with in a consistent basis i will think about it.

That's what will happen to all those people from porn thread and guys who want to draw "cute waifus".

>>2366194
What a faggot.

Nothing wrong with just doing pretty girls, look at Gil Elvgren, he just did the one thing and made himself the god of it, this guy isn't even remotely in Gil's league though.

>>2366231
Only for those people who have never held an actual job in their life and immediately got lucky enough to make it big as fanartists. They have no idea what the alternative is like for 90% of the rest of the world's population.

I guarantee you that anyone who has actually worked for a living will not whine about making thousands of $ a month for drawing cute girls for a couple of hours a day, getting to decide their own work hours, not having to bother with annoying co-workers, the ability to take breaks any time they want, as many as they want etc. A successful fanartist's mid-career crisis is the ultimate first world problem.

>>2366194
I'm glad getting praise for simply drawing girls constantly does in fact drive you insane.

Takes some guts to just up and do it.
I like his girl drawings but I'm cool with it.

>>2366354

It really doesn't seem that unlikely to me to have a mid-life crisis over this sort of thing.
Some people have greater ambitions than making a quick buck on drawing girls. Life isn't all about whether you can make a living drawing fan art to some people.
Given how condescending this board tends to get about what subject matter people draw and how so many people get up their own ass about having better taste I didn't think this would be hard to grasp why someone would be conflicted.

>>2366194
I had a run in with a guy like this. I pointed out how his specialty was cheesecake and he blew up "Do you know me? I'm more than that."
Not everyone is driven by the money or the popularity. They aspire to create something of their own and doing cheesecake, fanart, is just a means to an end. Him taking a break doesn't mean he's quitting it means he take a new step.

>>2366194
What a pussy cat.

>>2366344
It wont happen to me I can tell you that.

Wow I knew /ic/ had some assholes but taking joy in this is two steps below a piece of shit.
Makes me want to draw more because someday there will be some dead beat loser angry that I tried and am going somewhere.

>>2366544
Now that I think of it...it might have been this guy.
That was some years ago but I guess it either finally hit him or he's just a drama queen and will go back to doing cheesecake for Capcom.

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>artists keep calling themselves "storytellers" even if they've never written a story

>>2366558
Wow what a naive point of view.

>>2366558

what a dumbass you are

>>2366558
who let this fag out of the beginner cage

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>>2366563
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>>2366574
back off, faggots. loli has a gun

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>>2366576
Maybe you should educate yourself before saying something so retarded

>>2366518
I'm just saying, people who talk like this have never held a real job in their life. Being able to make a comfortable living as a fanartist means you have one of the easiest, least stressful jobs in the fucking world.

>>2366594
You speak like someone who has never had to freelance or run their own business before.
You're naive too.
It's not as easy or financially rewarding as you think.

>>2366594

People don't always have a crisis because their job is too hard, they have one because their work/life is unsatisfying and they're not doing what they were hoping to be doing at that point in their life. People in all sorts of professions at all sorts of incomes experience that sort of shit. The fact he's sick of it and wants to change it, and is willing to actually put his ass on the line to do it, is admirable.

Also this >>2366608

>>2366594
>Being able to make a comfortable living as a fanartist means you have one of the easiest, least stressful jobs in the fucking world.
Where did you get this idea from?
A few Patreon pages getting thousands a month? I know a good amount of artists who have to juggle multiple commissions, freelance for companies, and still make peanuts. Easiest? Have you ever sat down and churned out 5 complete piece, a dozen line drawings maybe day in and day out just to make enough? While still having to stay on your game as an artist. And there is stress. Ever heard of a deadline? When you're doing side work for Marvel and also trying to do commission then all of a sudden you get sick, injured, computer breaks, family member dies, what have you then you're set back from a deadline it's a stressful as fuck feeling. The life of a self employed artist is not simple or easy it's hard fucking work and not everyone gets lucky have a load of supporters.

>>2366625
>People don't always have a crisis because their job is too hard, they have one because their work/life is unsatisfying and they're not doing what they were hoping to be doing at that point in their life
Sometimes I forget you were all born and raised in the first world

>>2366709
Cry me a river bitch.

>>2366194
who

>>2366709
>my life is so much harder than yours
Yeah bro, I can say the same thing to you and in the end we'd both know the other's statements are bullshit. Nice try though.

>>2366709

go to bed mohammed, don't you have some backbreaking labor in the salt mines to do or something?

That's what happens when you based your entire career off of someone else's IP. Surprise you have no identity, you're just a guy that draws manga girls. How do you only realize this just before approaching your 40s?

>>2366898
How is that any different from most other artists though? If you work for MTG, big comic publishers, Hollywood studios or video game companies, you're always working on someone else's IP as well. That's just what it means to be a professional artist. You do client work, either in-house or freelance and you do your personal work whenever you can make time for it.

Why do you assume that fanartists wouldn't be able to do personal work on the side, just like any other commercial artist does?

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>>2366914
cuz dey don't, faggot

>>2366916
But that's their personal choice then and not an inherent problem with being a fanartist, you strupid fuck.

>>2366914
The difference is that MtG artists have a lot of creative freedom with the monsters and shit. If you're drawing anime fan art, then you can't really deviate or do anything original with it. Also, shows how much of a childish faggot you are.

>>2366709
hows those refugee checks workin out for ya

>>2366194
I feel sorry for him.
It also makes me want to work harder on my own goals so that I won't have to sell my soul to make a living. At least not for long.

>>2366194
Poor guy, I know what he feels like. Used to do lots of fanart too, but it's really not worth it. No one gives a fuck about your style, it's all about the character being painted.

>>2366712
>>2366799
>>2366815
>>2367328
Why did you get so mad at this?

>>2367654
Because "muh suffering" fags are literal subhumans.

>>2367656
This thread is literally 'muh suffering'

Why is it so hard to keep on living drawing fanart anon? Why? No one understands

>>2367654
>>2367656
same fag much?

>>2367664
I'm 54 and 57, not 56. It wouldn't make sense to answer myself either

>>2366576
The cringe is strong with this one

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Y'all need to watch some Groundhog Day.

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who?