💼 Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

[Bassomatic]

It's really easy to give advice, but I tend to only take heed when the person giving it isn't, a mess. If he wasn't such a jerk times like this I'd pity him. He comes off like he's just spreading the love and some good advice. He's trying to asspat himself since no one else will.

I really doubt unless you run into a jerk (and they come in all ages shapes and sizes) anyone would look down on you for being a professional artist, if you were sucessful.

Also from people i've been close too, ironicly art is one thing you should really skip college and apprentice for yet what did Dobbie do? This was told to me by a pro artist, so I'm sure he knew well before I did.

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Also as a professional economist, who dated an artist. Neither field should ever try to even hint a grasp on the other. Dobbie heard that on TV so he spouts it just like I know the Mona Lisa is good because it's in a museum.

 

[SATC Vortex]

What's wrong with Hulk's ribs? Why is Batman's pecs sagging? I guess he hates Cyclops too; he's built like Dale Gribble.

Actually I want to bring this up. His lines are too thick and he over renders his cartoonish art. I also know he doesn't color in CMYK.* This will make his work look exponentially look better.

*Note: I think that has been brought up, but that needs repeating.

 

[LegoManiac]

I saw Dobbles made more Skyrim art

The ghost horse is really fucking wonky, but to be fair to him, horses are hard as fuck to draw.

Never played Skyrim. What's the joke supposed to be?

That image is a mess. First the action lines are all over the place. The horse is leaning forward with front limbs apart implying a gallop, but then it's hind legs are stiff like it's in a casual trot. The headless guy appears to be going for a dunk with an invisible basketball. If he's supposed to be chasing the horse, then he should be leaning towards it. Tie the related figures together with similar or complementary lines of action. This is basic shit.

The 3rd figure is cast in so much darkness that it comes across as a non-important background element. Putting the light source on the other side of the 3rd figure would expose the dismayed expressions and pull it onto the same plane as the high contrast ghosts. However it was easier for Dobbo to hide the light source behind the horse than it was to draw a lantern and do proper lighting and shadows.

 

[Bugaboo]

Never played Skyrim. What's the joke supposed to be?

That image is a mess. First the action lines are all over the place. The horse is leaning forward with front limbs apart implying a gallop, but then it's hind legs are stiff like it's in a casual trot. The headless guy appears to be going for a dunk with an invisible basketball. If he's supposed to be chasing the horse, then he should be leaning towards it. Tie the related figures together with similar or complementary lines of action. This is basic shit.

The 3rd figure is cast in so much darkness that it comes across as a non-important background element. Putting the light source on the other side of the 3rd figure would expose the dismayed expressions and pull it onto the same plane as the high contrast ghosts. However it was easier for Dobbo to hide the light source behind the horse than it was to draw a lantern and do proper lighting and shadows.

Dobbles said he was looking for the headless horseman (who appears randomly every night on skyrim's main roads) and he said that he glitched behind his horse

 

[Adamska]

Never played Skyrim. What's the joke supposed to be?

The joke is as always, Andrew Dobson

That image is a mess. First the action lines are all over the place. The horse is leaning forward with front limbs apart implying a gallop, but then it's hind legs are stiff like it's in a casual trot. The headless guy appears to be going for a dunk with an invisible basketball. If he's supposed to be chasing the horse, then he should be leaning towards it. Tie the related figures together with similar or complementary lines of action. This is basic shit.

I personally like Dobbo's headless horseman element, mostly because as stated earlier in the thread, it looks like he's doing a Broadway jig. But this is more along the lines of Bob Ross' "Don't believe in mistakes since they're just happy accidents" motto in why that part is entertaining. The horse's motion is as stated quite crap.

 

[Positron]

Batman doing the old-school crotch grab is actually kind of funny and I'm not sure why.

He's relieving jock itch.


I see adapting new technology and business model (namely, an e-begging account) hasn't done him much good either.

 

[Chan the Wizard]

I'm just going to point out that literally every single model pose he chose for the men is based on an ad, yet he still fucked up the anatomy even with a reference. I wonder if he does any kind of drafts before settling on a final design? (spoiler: no)

I'm sure there's lots of struggling artist turning to Dobby for advice on how to get a job and be successful. Just look at him, he can't keep up with all of the commissions and job offers being thrown at him...

Edit: "Adults" Dobby you're in your mid 30 years. You're almost at midlife, it's time to stop pretending you're a teenage lesbian.

 

[SATC Vortex]

He's relieving jock itch.

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I see adapting new technology and business model (namely, an e-begging account) hasn't done him much good either.

My eyes have rolled out of my head and wounded up on a hospital on Guerrero Street.

 

[Daario Naharis]

This one is interesting, because Dobson presents it as 'us versus them' (them being adults), so it seems like he doesn't consider himself an adult. Dobson is in his mid thirties, so he's been legally an "adult" for nearly half his life. I think the fact that he still identifies as a child explains a lot about his fascination with children's cartoons and his personality in general.

I've said it before, though not in these exact words, I'll say it again. People like Dobson and MovieBob have this weird... Perpetual adolescence thing going on. I don't mean in a "Wife and I live with Parents because economy is shit." way, I mean...

"Don't let those nasty adults tell you what to do! I'm a little boy forever!"

... sort of thing.

I mean, I like plenty of shit that is meant for kids (Adventure Time, for example) but I don't walk around talking with this weird "Us vs Them The grown up world is the enemy." mentality.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

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I see adapting new technology and business model (namely, an e-begging account) hasn't done him much good either.

Maybe he should take his own advice and learn how to do 3d modelling like that guy who also went to the same animation college as Dobby and now works at Disney.

 

[Daario Naharis]

Maybe he should take his own advice and learn how to do 3d modelling like that guy who also went to the same animation college as Dobby and now works at Disney.

Chesworth? For what it's worth, his 2D animation is freaking spectacular as well. Have you seen his Demo Reel? It's magnificent.

Can't find a video of the whole thing, but a lot of the other stuff is in the sidebar on Youtube. Invisible to You is simultaneously tear-jerking and amazing. Miraculous animation, creepy content.

 

[SATC Vortex]

Maybe he should take his own advice and learn how to do 3d modelling like that guy who also went to the same animation college as Dobby and now works at Disney.

He didn't even get supplemental reading to learn new techniques. Any animator should know Preston Blair and Richard Williams. These two have written books that have been used in Animation courses, Williams in particular. They teach the fundamentals which also translate into a Disney style for Dobson. Even in his webcomic he can use that.

 

[Stud2Stud]

He didn't even get supplemental reading to learn new techniques. Any animator should know Preston Blair and Richard Williams. These two have written books that have been used in Animation courses, Williams in particular. They teach the fundamentals which also translate into a Disney style for Dobson. Even in his webcomic he can use that.

Yeah, but does the book contain hot girls where Dobby can pretend they're lesbians? That seems to be the deciding factor for most Media Dobbles consumes.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

He didn't even get supplemental reading to learn new techniques. Any animator should know Preston Blair and Richard Williams. These two have written books that have been used in Animation courses, Williams in particular. They teach the fundamentals which also translate into a Disney style for Dobson. Even in his webcomic he can use that.

Kinda late for him to start trying that I feel. Seeing as how even if he did start applying those tips, his art would either stay the same. Or somehow get much, much worse than what it is now.

And that's a terrifying thought.

 

[MayMay]

I think the main problem with that Skyrim pic is not that the action lines aren't right, if anything they aren't there at all.
Like I get that movement can be difficult to portray, that's you you need to exaggerate... which you should be doing anyway if it's for humour. Seriously, that horse isn't running, it's toppling over.

And oh yay, another "woman draws comic book men in little clothing and makes those evil cishets uncomfortable". Those aren't hackneyed or overdone or anything. Gotta agree with some of the far better ideas presented in this thread, the punchline being the exec is gay/bi and is just like "I'll take it!" like, it'd be new. It'd be funny, especially if you had the artist get annoyed that they failed to ruffle feathers for femmynizm!

 

[Chan the Wizard]

To be fair, those images are making me uncomfortable too. Because of the fucked up anatomy. I guess Dobby could make it in comics.

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[Adamska]

To be fair, those images are making me uncomfortable too. Because of the fucked up anatomy. I guess Dobby could make it in comics.

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If he could stop sobbing into a tub of lard every day, even with his lack of technical expertise, he could get into many of the second-string companies like say Archie or anything about there. But that requires two things that he refuses to do: work on a schedule and listen to superiors without tantruming like a child.

 

[Jared]

 

[Stud2Stud]

I somewhat resent the notion of this comic. I mean, isn't calling Dobson a tool insinuating that he's actually useful to someone?

 

[Dudeofteenage]

Maybe he should take his own advice and learn how to do 3d modelling like that guy who also went to the same animation college as Dobby and now works at Disney.

It's easy to give people vague, generic advice like "Everything's changing! Embrace change!".

It's much, much harder to give specific advice about exactly what that changes means for groups, individuals, or to advise them specifically how to make that change work for them. The latter is something that consultants get paid six figure salaries to do. The former is something that goes nicely under a picture of a whale on a poster.