Aww jeez do I feel stupid today! Haha, OC’s are such a problem sometimes. People don’t like it when they think you ripped them off and I don’t blame them, being ripped off sucks. But being accused of being an art thief isn’t fun. And being expected to do thorough research to make sure that a character isn’t anything like anyone else’s before drawing and posting the OC is ridiculous.
At first, I was happy when they sent me a letter back saying that it was okay, but after re-reading it a few times, the letter was kinda snarky and rude. It is pretty ridiculous right? In anime and manga, I’m sure there are a number of characters who have similar personalities, abilities and weapons correct? And I’m sure that some of them even look alike. And it’s not even like I’m using this character for personal profit or anything, they’re a roleplaying character based in the Kingdom Hearts universe, made for roleplaying with my best friend. It’s rather ridiculous.
If I had “ripped off” their character for an original manga or something it would be an entirely different story! But they’re being snarky of a roleplaying character….Aww jeez, I was sniveling at their feet earlier. I feel like a moron….
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Like you said, it was a role-playing character, not a manga or anime character. And, it’s like “fan art” anyway, they are not entirely original characters or anything. Like you are supposed to be aware of like how many hundreds of RPG characters are out there in the world?
What really sucks it that they sound like they assumed you were guilty too - with the snarky comments. That really sucks. I hate it when people are self-righteous… What jerks.
Don’t let it get you down. You are an awesome artist! :)
Can’t wait to see your gallery!
- Teresa “the Turtle” (Staffer - JAKManga.com)