So... Hedrover gave a very good reason for unfollowing:
I've become HedrovO77. I've copied so much of his stuff that I think i need to SCRAP most of it. I have one thing to say in my half-defense/half-apologies:
Hedrover, or anyone else for that matter, Thanks for the message. I had no idea I was f**king up so badly. If I hadn't gotten it, I'd have plummeted into the pit of horrible people who tried too hard to be cool and ended up just being plagarists. To Hedrover.
The Colors! Gallery moderators will look at it as soon as possible.
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24 Apr, 2014, 1:24 am
(Continued) In case it wasn't obvious, I had no idea I was doing this, I acknowledge that I was the one who effed up in the situation, and I AM SORRY. When I started art I really wanted to do my own thing and be different. Now I'm being the thing I didn't want to be most when I first entered art:
a copier.
I'm trying really hard to end that.
This started out as inspiration from Hedrover. A little inspiration is harmless, right? Right. Then I took a few more ideas. Then a bit more. Then more and more until my entire storyline was one big KML-"based"CLUSTERF***. I'd crossed the line between inspiration and "copy/paste and add new faces, places, and names" so far, there seems like no going back. So when I found out today what I've done, it was too late. I've copied so much I could just adapt Hed's style and people would mistake me for him. And that DISGUSTS AND UPSETS ME BEYOND ALL REASON AND I WANT TO STOP IT. You're right that I've gone too far and done bad things. I want to stop.
24 Apr, 2014, 1:32 am
(Continued) That was all I had to say to specifically Hedrover.
Now this really is making me seem and feel like a whole bucket of very negative adjectives(more than I already do), but I need to just say it because I've f**ked up and I need to fix it.
I don't know how to fix this.
I don't know what to do.
I can't fix this by myself.
Help.
24 Apr, 2014, 1:36 am
I need time to think about this and fix what I can, so I won't be on here much.
24 Apr, 2014, 2:01 am
Dang.
When I read Hed's comment it made me sad for some reason. D-;
24 Apr, 2014, 2:16 am
DON'T DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.
Your a FANTASTIC artist and you can bounce back. I know you can. BECAUSE YOUR DE BEST.
(RetracO77 <- De best)
Please... Don't do anything major like deleting your account or quitting. Your awesome!
24 Apr, 2014, 2:29 am
I was thinking what Meepers said...but ONLY if you think that'll help...I'm not sure what to say...
24 Apr, 2014, 2:31 am
Everyone, please just listen. I'm not going anywhere. That wasn't said by me, was it? No. Only believe the things about me said DIRECTLY BY ME. I'm sorry for my extreme emotions, I just hate myself for doing this. I've actually cried a little about it and skipped dinner just to finish that apology. I just want to fix this because It's awful of me, horrible to others, just plain INSULTING to Hedrover, and I really don't want to do that to anyone.
24 Apr, 2014, 2:42 am
...Your still De Best though.
24 Apr, 2014, 3:35 am
I don't exactly feel comfortable dealing with confrontations, plus I feel like the bad person here so I'll just let everyone else decide :oS
24 Apr, 2014, 4:16 am
NNNG I dunno how to help so I guess imma stay out of it..
24 Apr, 2014, 4:25 am
Well, listing the problems would help:
The site is ripped off of Hed's.
ALG is, so far, way too similar to Krystal.
con.necting the storylines is pretty redundant to the KML.
Now for solutions. The first problem can be fixed easily, I could just redo my entire structure of site. The others... I don't know. I don't want to alter storyline too much, but I'll do what needs to happen.
24 Apr, 2014, 4:49 am
Hmm...well, I would pitch unnecessary story parts that somewhat relate to Hed's works (maybe change that whole reality thing?) if there are any. And I would probably make adjustments to ALG to add more of YOUR spark. It can still have that inspiration, just not mimicry. C:
And Hed...I hate to say this but to be honest Im a bit disappointed in your comment. The least you could do was help a little and suggest what you would like to see changed considering his ideas are nearly copied from yours, and you would probably know best in what to change. : / But oh well.
Retrac, you can restart only if you want to, that option is totally yours to make. Dont stress too much on this, inspiration can turn into copying quite too often and you just have to be careful. I accidently mimicked a scene from UU into FEED, and I was horrified when I found out. u_u' So I simply changed it, and learned to be more careful.
I'll try to think of more ideas to help later if you want.
24 Apr, 2014, 9:56 pm
Yeah...I would try to tweak your website's structure and ALG... ; /
25 Apr, 2014, 3:18 am
Just change your OC. That way he won't look like HEDROVER. Problem. Solved.