4 stars ain't a bad score at all! True you're playing to kids who'd rather be looking at porn, but even serious subjects are given due consideration. Like the dude below me said, you lit up the minds of a few people who really appreciate your work :3
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When I wrote this the score was at 3.70, now it's at 4.15.... Think I'll just shut up now :P
"Long distance" huh? Personally, I've been brought far away by that dream :D Genuine feel of liberty and sadness, with a simply beautiful art style :) Thank you !
nice work. you have a nice touch and grace to your line work
It is the truth that parodies and pop-culture reign supreme... and it isn't just on NG; it is everywhere. I don't see this as a bad thing though, just as reality. Remember that parodies take advantage of the fact that the origin subject has expended MILLIONS of dollars to make the average person aware of them.
All I can say is...
1) If you look at your production as "work", you have already failed. You have to love it, and the idea of making it a part of your daily life should be as natural as taking a shower or brushing your teeth. It should be to the point to where you feel a void in your chest if you don't nurture your talent.
2) The value of your work far exceeds your audience reception. Even if you think your work is absolutely terrible, you take away experience, skills, and possibly leave yourself with art assets that you may use 10+ years from now.
3) Know your audience and always be on the lookout for places that would welcome the niche style you are trying to portray. Use a specific software to create your work? See if there are forums that the software company has that you can post your work to. For example, I use Lightwave 3d, and I post my Lightwave works on the Lightwave forums. NG should never be the only place you look at... for exactly the reason you said; NG has a certain type of audience and is more receptive in some subjects in comparison to others (My guess is young-to-mid aged males primarily browse NG).
4) The amount of work it takes to get something that is unknown into the mainstream... without a lot of cash to advertise and a lot of knowledge in MANY areas requires a herculean effort that ~99.8% people aren't capable of... the other 0.01% is luck.
Just remember that not everything made off a parody was always known... there's plenty of examples out there (including this website you're looking at right now), where it was just some person working in their basement or wherever, doing what they thought was cool.
I agree with a lot of the things you say. Thank you for the input :)
Subscribed! Also I hope you win;) Good luck!
I don't know if "Dreaming High" got off to a worse start than imagined, but now it is frontpaged, has 4+ stars and the lowest review rating is 3½ over 14 pages of reviews. That is impressive.
Did you expect more? ^^ Even Egoraptors Awesome Compilations, which is stuff that really caters to NG'ers, didn't do this well.
Nah, I'm happy now that it has gotten a little more love here. At first it just seemed like it would fade away, but now things are going better than expected :)
Hvilken serie er det forresten du skal til at animere på DK TV?
..and now, prepare for new accolades for "Don't Look Back', deservedly so.
Sure, why not :D?
Labraxadores
Look man, don't care if 9000 people don't say "OMIGAWSH IT'S AWESOME!". If you know that there is even only one man, dog, cat, or left shoe that likes your work, do it. That's all that counts.