💼 Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

[SATC Vortex]

He's truly an artist without the artist's creative itch. That's why his illustrations come across as lazy- He doesn't even want to draw them.

Dobson needs to re-think his life. Why does he continue to do something that he hates?

In his twisted reasoning, it's glamorous. He loves the attention in a way. It's like a singer who doesn't like to rehearse, record, or put together a show, they just want to party and get paid. This has been said before, but Dobs wants the fame without the effort. Being a famous working artist is glamorous; putting out content that is good, marketable enough to make money, and trying to make a career is the hard part. There is a French artist who blogs about how he works in comic form; his name is Boulet. He makes enough work to travel around the world and do real published work, including a children's book with Zach Weinersmith. His recent comic's tagline was this:

"Being your own boss means you have to work with an idiot."

In other words, Dobs is his own worse boss. He lets himself goof around and not work. He makes no con appearances, makes no (marketable) content, blocks people, only uses Twitter, has no website, and has no soft skills. A lot of employers can't find people who have no soft skills which is be presentable, be timely, courteous. Artists are one of the oldest entrepreneurial professions. The internet has made it easier for people, even in the highly competitive industries. And Dobs has been an example on how to fuck it up.

 

[Stud2Stud]

If I haven't said it before, I believe Dobson's interest in social justice issues is entirely because it's the trendiest movement on social media. He'd just as easily jump on the bandwagon of white nationalism or religious zealotry if he thought those could make him relevant. Come to think of it, in a decade or so he might...

I don't know if there's any way to verify what his upbrining was like without violating his privacy, but the mental picture I've built up for Dobson is that he grew up spoiled by constant asspats. Didn't he want to work at Disney after getting out of animation college? I'm confident what happened was that they rejected his art since it didn't meet their standards, and that punctured his ambitious ego so badly that he ended up slumping into his current state. Pride going before a big fall and all that.

I'd wager his ego was punctured pretty much during his college days. I have this feeling the moment he had to compete with people that could meet him on the same level, he got frustrated. I mean, the way he talks about his college days makes it rather obvious he was used to being "the comic guy" and suddenly, he wasn't the only one - and in fact, there were people that seemed to be way more talented. It's another recuring theme in some of his comics:
The people that just have a natural grasp on comics, people (like his incredibly racist depiction of his room mate) that just happen to excell for no other reason than to be 'gifted'.

I'd bet the farm on it: Dobson was comparatively well at arts before entering the animation-college, but the moment he had some competition, his ego faltered and he started to come up with convenient lies to explain why he's no longer top notch in his arts class.

Oh god, that hit me right in the feels. Suddenly i understand! Dobby lost his drawing hand in a terrible cheese grating accident and that's why his art hasn't been good. Sorry Andrew, i hope i can call you Andrew? I applaud your titanic effort to learn to play games and draw again with your only remaining hand.

I personally like to imagine that his hand got stuck in a claw-like shape while clutching a bike pump.

What else is he doing to do? He's made such an ass out of himself, anyone in any cartooning/animation industry will have heard of him and his shoddy work ethic and will want nothing to do with him. He could get a "real" job in a non=artistic venue, but it isn't going to take him long to figure out he'll be just as miserable there as he was drawing care bears with flying eyebrows.

There's actually 3 reasons why Dobson will never be employed by Disney or the likes:
1) He pretty much spent the past decade building the most toxic internet presence imaginable.
2) Even during his peak, his art wasn't good enough to get him into a famous company... and his art only deteriorated from then on.
3) Take a look at his protfolio, could you see any of those be adapted into a series for TV? His comics are awfully derivative, boring and unremarkable.

Reason #1) isn't that big of a problem as long as his works are good, but #2) and #3) are dealbreakers. He's simply neither creative enough to make his own shows nor is he good enough to warrant being picked up for his skills.

 

[Chan the Wizard]

Dobby is just a shit artist. He peaked at DA-quality and has gone down since. He still draws his characters in the cardboard cutout stance, still doesn't draw on model, and makes no marketable work. That he's an asshole is secondary to being untalented. If he was doing it for fun it would be one thing, but he's not, he hates it.

 

[Gensdupays]

Forget just peaking at DA quality. Dobson peaked in high school as a whole.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

There's actually 3 reasons why Dobson will never be employed by Disney or the likes:
1) He pretty much spent the past decade building the most toxic internet presence imaginable.
2) Even during his peak, his art wasn't good enough to get him into a famous company... and his art only deteriorated from then on.
3) Take a look at his protfolio, could you see any of those be adapted into a series for TV? His comics are awfully derivative, boring and unremarkable.

Reason #1) isn't that big of a problem as long as his works are good, but #2) and #3) are dealbreakers. He's simply neither creative enough to make his own shows nor is he good enough to warrant being picked up for his skills.

Honestly, I kinda surprised he never tried his hand at web animation. Would he actually try to give a damn (seeing as animation's harder to do than just simply shitting out fan art)? Or would he simply not try () and get even more hate?

I was also going to say that while Dobbo could have been hired by Disney as an in-between animator. Though at this point, I'm pretty sure it would be pointless since 1) they don't have a 2D animation team anymore and 2) he'd probably fuck that up somehow.

 

[Gensdupays]

Dobson could easily have gotten employed and could still get employed at many companies. It's just that he'll accept nothing but Disney animation-wise and nothing but DC or Marvel comic-wise. Artists and writers a lot worse than Dobson work on lower-tier companies, usually as a way to climb the ladder. Dobson never wanted to climb the ladder, which is how the industry works.

 

[Curt Sibling]

Even with his semi-ugly art style, he could get a syndicated gig as a newspaper cartoonist. Or any number of comics, zines, etc.

There are so many avenues Dobson could go down...
But ultmately, he may end up going down actual street avenues begging...

 

[Zvantastika]

The problem is always the same, he has the talent (he draws better than your average Joe, not good enough for someone with a degree though) to be employed and have a stable nice job BUT he lacks the attitude.
He can still learn new stuff and make his art way better, but his shitty idea of "I'm already the best, why try harder?" is gettting the worst of him.
His ego won't let him see he's sinking, not because of haters but because he won't take any responsability on anything and just stick with what he already know, which is not saying much because as a human being you're supposed to keep learning and being better at whatever you're doing (especially your job if you actually like what you do).

He reached his limit and right now it's all downhill for Dobson, we're just expectators on his fall and, personally, I wonder how hard and how low he can possibly get.
So far, he already lost his DA fanbase, even when there was not a lot of it, the moment he decided to block all the comments and basiclly ignore everyone there, he lost one of the easiest places to be noticed... strike one. Now with his obsession to Splatoon, he's ignoring all his duties and he's being more lazy than usual, which is making him lose the few Patreons he had because of the lack of uploads and the few things he uploads are really shitty... strike two. I'm guessing that sooner or later his Patreon will be a big fat zero and he's going to close it down and then... then what?, what else there is to lose?, he won't be able to keep his webpages up (paying for something that's giving you no money is not a good idea) and probably will let them to die, he'll get desperate and he'll probably try to go back to DA but when he does, it's going to be already too late because his reputation is on the floor and his uploads are certainly not good enough to attract new people so it's basiclly Game Over... strike three. Yeah, I think that Dobson is not aware of (or don't want to accept) his situation or probably I'm the one making it dire, but as I recall, last year he was a bad artist but he wasn't AS bad or desperate as he is right now.

TL;DR - Dobson sucks, he's throwing away his potential, it's just a matter of time to hit rock bottom.

 

[Stud2Stud]

Dobson could easily have gotten employed and could still get employed at many companies. It's just that he'll accept nothing but Disney animation-wise and nothing but DC or Marvel comic-wise. Artists and writers a lot worse than Dobson work on lower-tier companies, usually as a way to climb the ladder. Dobson never wanted to climb the ladder, which is how the industry works.

Entitlement issues and pride.
He thinks he deserves being handed the perfect job on a platter and he's too proud to take anything below his incredibly inflated expectations.
It's a bit like Chris Chan with his sweethearts. Chris is a fat slob, but he repeatedly expresses his desire for a sweetheart which basically would boil down to a rich super-model that mollycoddles Chris to no end. The difference, though, is Chris would easily settle for less.
Dobson wants to be head animator on his own projects - and noone should be in a position to criticise or meddle with his work. And he won't even consider taking a more humble job and working his way up.
And as already said: Without trying to be mean or snide, Dobson just isn't good enough to be in such a position. Full stop.

Honestly, I kinda surprised he never tried his hand at web animation. Would he actually try to give a damn (seeing as animation's harder to do than just simply shitting out fan art)? Or would he simply not try () and get even more hate?

That's pretty much what makes me wonder, too. I guess the necessary software and stuff to make animation is rather costly, but Dobson never made any indication he'd want to release animation or anything on his own.
There's quite a few people that do animation for (say) youtube and they have their fair share of success with it.
I would genuinely like to see him do animation, but if his Patreon video is any indication, I doubt it's gonna be that impressive.

 

[Chan the Wizard]

He did put out one video of him playing video games with Link and Link destroying the TV. I'm sure someone could dig it up. Dobby doesn't exactly have a YouTube personality.

 

[MayMay]

Honestly, I kinda surprised he never tried his hand at web animation. Would he actually try to give a damn (seeing as animation's harder to do than just simply shitting out fan art)? Or would he simply not try () and get even more hate?

SYAC the animated series!
Brought to you be GoAnimate. Money pls.

 

[Stud2Stud]

Oh for fuck's sake.
Why did I look up Dobson and 'anime' on google?
Seriously, to those of you who were annoyed by Dobson making an image of something you love mixed with his shitty uncare-bear or his lackluster crossovers, I finally know that feel.
God fucking damnit... without further ado, I present to you:

Spoiler: rage fuel from 2008

And it even comes with an extra serving of condescending hypocrisy right from the Dob himself:

Alright Anime, you’ve had this coming for a LONG time. LOL. Don’t get me wrong, Anime is awesome and all, but I have to admit that certain anime are starting to get on my nerves. Not to mention it’s corrupting a lot of great American cartoons by being so popular we feel the need to copy Anime so we can ride the fan-waves. [emphasis added] So enough is enough and my characters Danny, Sara, Spot, and Peggy the Pirate (who are all very Disney influenced) take on some of the more prominent Anime personalities... BAM! POW! WHAP!

This is dedicated to anyone who, like me, has gotten tired of the Anime fan-base and wish younger people could stop and appreciate great classical animation (like Disney before they fired everyone). And to the Anime fans who might find this offensive... man... it’s just a cartoon. Have some FUN, yo!

And again:
"Not to mention it’s corrupting a lot of great American cartoons by being so popular we feel the need to copy Anime so we can ride the fan-waves."
Since this artwork is from 2008 and Avatar (which drew heavily from anime) ran from 2005 to 2008, I'd say it had something to do with this art.
And 4 years later, he's sperging over "The Legend of Korra". What a clown.

But what really gets me is Doraemon being punched by Spot. Now, I know what it is like to have something you enjoy defiled by Dobson. Now I know the annoyance some people here expressed when Dobson made his shitty fanarts about some popular things.
I'm not even a huge fan of Doraemon, but I consider it to be a really smart, creative and funny comic... and Dobson feels a need to have his generic Frankenstein-abomination knock him out? For fuck's sake, Dobson, for fuck's sake.
I guess it's just some sort of powertrip fantasy. The alternative would be to assume Dobson thinks he can actually chastise anime like Naruto, Dragonball and Doreamon with his shitty Garfield-ripoff. So, it's Dobson's Mary Sues beating up things he doesn't like. And Dobson behaves like this accomplishes anything or like it's giving anime a well-deserved comeuppance. I can't even put into words how fucking pathetic that is. It's literally en par with the Sonichu Sub-Episodes where Chris showed himself getting "hog-timed" by "jerkops" and then beating them up with the help of his imaginary friends and magical superpowers.

And on a sidenote:
Lum gets her bra stolen by Peggy the pirate. Lum is one of Rumiko Takahashi's Characters, whereas Peggy is a blatant rip-off of Happosai (another popular character by Rumiko Takahashi). And Dobson has the gall to claim his characters were inspired by Disney, when most of them are rip-offs from everything but Disney. Smooth.

 

[chimpburgers]

Look what happens when one of his fans gets impatient because Dobbo the Bear takes forever to finish something.


Dat excuse tho.

 

[Stud2Stud]

Look what happens when one of his fans gets impatient because Dobbo the Bear takes forever to finish something.

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Dat excuse tho.

I guess it felt particularly "right" when Dobson released his "make it pho" image where he neither bothered to draw a background, nor a table or chair for Picard to sit at.

 

[Too Many Crooks]

Oh for fuck's sake.
Why did I look up Dobson and 'anime' on google?
Seriously, to those of you who were annoyed by Dobson making an image of something you love mixed with his shitty uncare-bear or his lackluster crossovers, I finally know that feel.
God fucking damnit... without further ado, I present to you:

Spoiler: rage fuel from 2008

And it even comes with an extra serving of condescending hypocrisy right from the Dob himself:

And again:
"Not to mention it’s corrupting a lot of great American cartoons by being so popular we feel the need to copy Anime so we can ride the fan-waves."
Since this artwork is from 2008 and Avatar (which drew heavily from anime) ran from 2005 to 2008, I'd say it had something to do with this art.
And 4 years later, he's sperging over "The Legend of Korra". What a clown.

But what really gets me is Doraemon being punched by Spot. Now, I know what it is like to have something you enjoy defiled by Dobson. Now I know the annoyance some people here expressed when Dobson made his shitty fanarts about some popular things.
I'm not even a huge fan of Doraemon, but I consider it to be a really smart, creative and funny comic... and Dobson feels a need to have his generic Frankenstein-abomination knock him out? For fuck's sake, Dobson, for fuck's sake.
I guess it's just some sort of powertrip fantasy. The alternative would be to assume Dobson thinks he can actually chastise anime like Naruto, Dragonball and Doreamon with his shitty Garfield-ripoff. So, it's Dobson's Mary Sues beating up things he doesn't like. And Dobson behaves like this accomplishes anything or like it's giving anime a well-deserved comeuppance. I can't even put into words how fucking pathetic that is. It's literally en par with the Sonichu Sub-Episodes where Chris showed himself getting "hog-timed" by "jerkops" and then beating them up with the help of his imaginary friends and magical superpowers.

And on a sidenote:
Lum gets her bra stolen by Peggy the pirate. Lum is one of Rumiko Takahashi's Characters, whereas Peggy is a blatant rip-off of Happosai (another popular character by Rumiko Takahashi). And Dobson has the gall to claim his characters were inspired by Disney, when most of them are rip-offs from everything but Disney. Smooth.

"People like stuff I don't?! What an outrage!!1! I'm so pissed that these characters are far more popular than mine, and always will be!"

Just when I thought I couldn't loathe that dumb blonde guy and that insufferable Heathcliffe wannabe more.

Funny how this was drawn by a degenerate, hypocritical pervert who repeatedly drew repulsive inflation porn of underage anime characters while pretending to be a 16 year old girl.

 

[Ti-99/4A]

Squid Kid Sketches

 

[Korilakkuma]

One of them looks like a middle aged woman

 

[Stud2Stud]

Squid Kid Sketches
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These are made by Dobson? Aside from a few admittedly minor details, they are actually rather nice. Credit where credit is due, I say.

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but check out that rack on alex ze squidgirl... why, that's not creepy at all!

All the more reason to wonder what's actually making his art look so horrible when it's finished, these sketches look genuinely ok. I guess it goes to show: a huge problem is the way he 'inks' his works and the flat and dull coloring.
His other stuff tends to have stiff poses and lackluster backgrounds (which obscures small details that might otherwise look good), so they look bad overall.
Kinda sad, this shows there is quite some potential to tap into, but Dobson's too stubborn to learn how to harness it.

 

[PacSol]

First thought: you know, these aren't that bad...
Second thought: Trigger discipline...

 

[Naamaleipuri]

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