So... Hedrover overreacted. Why am I only seeing this now? I was too caught up in my own mistakes to see it or believe you guys' comments about it. There's no subtle or nice way to say it, so HERE IT COMES.
I'll adress the "big" problems and then present their small, easy solutions.
1: The site. YES, it was a copy of yours. But you could have just made sure I got the message early on and I'd have remodled earlier. Also I wouldn't have "thought of ending my whole career here" over that.
The Colors! Gallery moderators will look at it as soon as possible.
Comments
03 May, 2014, 6:32 am
It ended up OK, anyway. Or at least I THINK so, because you never bothered to tell me your terms with it. It felt like you were saying "Oh hi. You skrewed up so I'm limiting contact with you and dropping my problems here for you to fix." Thanks. Half of this problem's yours, so it's great to see the support/I took this like a punch to the gut. That brings me to another quick note, I'm bringing the conflict back from the forums because no one lifted a finger there. Got it? Good, moving on.
2: ALG/Krystal
You aren't the first to do the elemental-type thing. Everyone has their own take on it, like you have yours, Avatar: TLA/LOK has its, Homestuck has its, I have mine, etc. Now these takes on it are different enough that the things are recognized as seperate, much like ours. Now I've only just began ALG(way to accuse a series that's still opening up, by the way), so not much is known. I'll make it clear: The algs are people who have died in a heroic way con.nected to their elements...
03 May, 2014, 6:42 am
...and they now protect the afterlife in a way that isn't very secretive. In addition, the group is very seperate from each other, spanning a planet, unlike
Krystal: The elementals(called Halmeryopes, a DIFFERENT thing already!) are unlike the algs in many ways, such as that they find an orb associated with their element, touch it, and then they acquire powers. They're kept secret mostly in a large group that tries to gather all 'meryopes, secretive but social. They don't serve as guardians to the afterlife.
Very different concepts if you ask me. But the MATERIALS! They're mostly the same! Yes, correct! I used the same materials found in Krystal, Homestuck, Avatar, and, most importantly, REAL LIFE. I can't just start making up materials, can I? Also, if you'll notice on the NEWLY REMODELED site, I put credit to Krystal as inspiration.
So there's that. If doing this is unoriginal for me, it is for you, too. I reccomend watching "Unoriginal Everyone" by Tomska on Utube to get the idea.
03 May, 2014, 6:54 am
...You obviously have no problem with that kind of unoriginality as you've stated you like(d) Glitch, which is comprised mostly of copyrighted characters. Very unoriginal, but not in a bad way.
3: The Realities
or should I say the RealitY? Yes, only one. This is pretty much a repeat of the previous argument.
You aren't the master of Reality Con.nections, first of all, anyone can. Second, just because they do it inspired from you doesn't mean is was ONLY inspiration from you.
Your reality con.nections: Multiple realities for each comic, each showing evidence of the others subtly. That's what I have so far, as much of it is still a mystery.
Mine: One singular reality/timeline for A-Grid. Everything happens chronologically when it's revealed how. Any other realities(M-Grid for my animations, Z-Grid for Suzy and Spark, O-Grid for Minecraft themed comics, etc.) interfere with each other in no way whatsoever. Different.
03 May, 2014, 7:00 am
4: All The Other Big Problems
What other big problems? You stated before that those 3 were just a "small detail" in the grander scheme. So please, Give some feedback. I want to know exactly what else is wrong so I can fix it.
Sorry for the aggressive tone, I'm feeling aggressive, I'm done with nice and apologetic, and I don't think you'd have read it all otherwise. Your first message about this was agressive and it affected me most.
A message to everyone else: don't mention this to Hed deliberately. If he asks, go ahead, but I'd like for him to find out himself. I'm sure he's had enough of me by now.
03 May, 2014, 7:13 am
Ok, I've had a stress bathroom break, so I've peed most of the aggrivation out. Yes, that's how it works.
This is my last message to Hedrover.
Remember when you gave me that great advice on just drawing what I wanted? About how shooting for fame doesn't help? Well, this is what I want. Sorry if it isn't what you want, but I guess I could never please everyone at once. This is really sad for me that you're the one pyissed about it, because you've been the best help to me so far on here. That's why I've been holding on to this problem so much. I miss when we were friends, and I want to fix that. Maybe that's too much to ask for(it probably is considering you've no doubt moved on), but I'm trying to at least get back to peaceful grounds. Sorry for being awful and dragging you into this when you clearly didn't want to be in it.
-R77
03 May, 2014, 2:42 pm
Amen.
Poor guys. You all need a huggle.
I MEAN THAT FACE *huggles*
03 May, 2014, 8:03 pm
You have some very great thoughts here, man. I think he'll understand... ; J
18 May, 2014, 5:14 am
^I don't think he realizes how he seems to others/how his actions affect others sometimes. Like in this problem he didn't even make sure I got the word of what was up. He posted one comment on an old-ish picture and that was it. Later I asked, and he stated the problems quite clearly(along with some mystery problems). That was it though. If he ever replied later it was just him stating things like, "I'm the bad guy, I'll leave" or "I shouldn't intervene, I feel trapped" and just not helping at all. If he's reading this he needs to know how his appearance/actions in a conflict can sometimes be annoying/intimidating/offsetting/etc.
27 May, 2014, 2:37 pm
Can you please just let it go? You clearly don't see this, but I've been stressing over this all month and it's driving me to the point of finding other places to set up shop. (I really dislike the way this community works.) I understand that you were upset by my opinion (which, by the way, you asked for) and now you're really angry with me (but also want to stay friends?), but you keep dragging this conflict out and making me look worse and worse. I'm now seeing rants about me popping up. All I did was make one honest comment after you requested it from me. You're the one who made like 5 or 6 paintings about it, so how am I the one overreacting?...
I don't want to be in your comics and I really want to stop seeing these paintings, I'm sorry but it's just kil.ling my spirit here. I guess no one's allowed to be honest here...
31 May, 2014, 5:33 pm
^Well that settles that then. Sorry for the trouble.
07 Jul, 2014, 1:21 pm
^ aaannnddd another artist bites the dust