💼 Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

[Adamska]

Babby's first Elder Scrolls.

I say that as someone who got into Elder Scrolls through Skyrim.

Aye, Skyrim is very user friendly compared to the other games. It also allows him to project his stupid sperging about muh 'social justice' since you can legit create a lesbian black, err, Redguard, lady warrior bad ass. The one thing it misses for him is a consistent lesbian kick move and an inflation spell, but I bet both can be found as mods.

 

[Jared]

 

[Smokey]

Over in the SA thread I found some advice from CattyN that evidently Tom Preston never took to heart.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

I think Dobs legit has depression, but he's a complete fuckstick for not getting the help that is almost surely available to him. I have a friend who is a psychiatrist in low-income rural communities, and people with no money and no resources will do whatever they can to try and get help for themselves and their families. Dobby just likes being a victim, so he's going to wallow online.

Maybe he knows deep down that he's the only one who can get himself out of his rut?

It's way easier just to blame other people for your problems.

 

[Ohoolihan]

Over in the SA thread I found some advice from CattyN that evidently Tom Preston never took to heart.

Shades of Connor in this one. He already complains about having to meet society's expectation of adult behavior. Next he'll be tweeting Molly Ringwald.

 

[Henry Bemis]

I know what sucks, Dobby. I really do.

Vacuum cleaners?

 

[Chan the Wizard]

Vacuum cleaners?

Vacuum cleaners often have a reverse button...

 

[Treblinkachu]

He already complains about having to meet society's expectation of adult behavior.

how dare we impose on him the rules and expectations we impose on pretty much everyone else over the age of 21

he's only 30whatever we just need to give him time to grow up

 

[Meowthkip]

No! That's what he wants you to say, Mistress.

I draw the line at stuffing a bicycle pump up his ass.

Over in the SA thread I found some advice from CattyN that evidently Tom Preston never took to heart.

I wonder, was Dobby always like he is now? Or was there some brief moment where he was passionate and willing to improve before he became a bitter, loathsome manchild?

 

[Lalala]

I draw the line at stuffing a bicycle pump up his ass.



I wonder, was Dobby always like he is now? Or was there some brief moment where he was passionate and willing to improve before he became a bitter, loathsome manchild?

He sounds like one of those kids who was considered really good at art in school,got told that over and over by adults, figured he could breeze into a career as a cartoonist because of all the positive reinforcement and then reached the crossroads every creative person does at some point; finding out there are people who are a thousand times better than you at what you're best at. The choices are either work hard, improve and fight to make a name for yourself or give up and choose a different career/hobby to pursue.
Dobson chose to lie down in the middle of the crossroads and cry.

 

[Gensdupays]

He doesn't need to improve his art to get hired. He just needs to send his work somewhere and produce work on time.

 

[MayMay]

He doesn't need to improve his art to get hired. He just needs to send his work somewhere and produce work on time.

Maybe if he showed any willingness to listen to people, maybe he could learn the ropes of show styles and be one of those artists that get hired to do those middle frames?

Like I think they get a higher-up artist to do "key frames" (basically say, the start and end of someone swinging a sword) and have several lesser artists fill in the blanks and make it all smooth right? He could probably do that if he had any work ethic at all.

 

[Gensdupays]

No, he could get hired as is in pretty much any non-DC/Marvel comic company. He might be on second or third tier material but he'll be able to say he works in the industry.

 

[vertexwindi]

Maybe if he showed any willingness to listen to people, maybe he could learn the ropes of show styles and be one of those artists that get hired to do those middle frames?

Like I think they get a higher-up artist to do "key frames" (basically say, the start and end of someone swinging a sword) and have several lesser artists fill in the blanks and make it all smooth right? He could probably do that if he had any work ethic at all.

In-betweens get outsourced a lot if I'm correct.

If Andrew got his shit together he could work at an animation studio. Key word being if, because he seems content putting in a minimum amount of effort.

 

[MysticMisty]

Maybe if he showed any willingness to listen to people, maybe he could learn the ropes of show styles and be one of those artists that get hired to do those middle frames?

Like I think they get a higher-up artist to do "key frames" (basically say, the start and end of someone swinging a sword) and have several lesser artists fill in the blanks and make it all smooth right? He could probably do that if he had any work ethic at all.

Drawing inbetweens would never be good enough for Dobson. He'd want to be hired as a key animator or even a character director. Practicing to improve and working your way up are beneath the great and talented Andrew Dobson.

 

[Stud2Stud]

I like how he uses his alleged mental problems as an excuse to become lazier:
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What amazes me most is how he's trying to have his cake and eat it too with this "Woe is me, how am I going to work with all this terrible stress, anxiety and depression?"-bullshit. People are supposed to overlook mistakes and flaws in Dobbles images cause "it was so hard to pick up a pencil that day" but he still pretends he should be given a job at Disney or whoever is making SU or something... cause his work is just that good.

I wonder, was Dobby always like he is now? Or was there some brief moment where he was passionate and willing to improve before he became a bitter, loathsome manchild?

Before he started to assume that he's infallible and that his style is beyond questioning, he was willing to accept input to change/improve his skills, I'd say.
Unfortunately, at some point he started to consider himself above criticism from non-pros and that's where he started to stagnate.
Unless you're a professional working at Disney and having at least half a dozen big titles under your belt, you're simply in no position to really criticise the Dobs.
Another aspect of this attitude is his stance on his art as well. In the distant past (it seems), he thought he had to practice to become good. Then, at some point, he decided he was 'good enough'. Hence, he stopped trying to improve himself...

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

In-betweens get outsourced a lot if I'm correct.

If Andrew got his shit together he could work at an animation studio. Key word being if, because he seems content putting in a minimum amount of effort.

That's mostly for Japanese productions and TV cartoons like The Simpsons. Last I checked, the only time Disney ever outsourced any of their work on their features was on The Little Mermaid, where they did all the bubbles in China.

As for getting a job in the industry. Dobsy's got really only a chance at either a low-tier comics company like Dynamite, or just go freelance. The only problem would be his commitment (or lack thereof, in this case).

 

[benzodiazepine]

Dobby is known across the internet as a lazy sped who rarely gets off his Dew-fattened ass to draw his fedora-wearing fursona bitching about how hard it is to do nothing all day. How, then, did he gain any sort of following whatsoever? He seems to be uncharacteristically popular for an artist of such low quality. I've seen obscure and extremely autistic webcomic artists on Newgrounds who have more technical skill and produce more content. It's a bit like how everyone hates on Nickelback but their albums always sell in truly titanic quantities, and nobody can figure out why.

 

[millais]

Years ago, he used to be far more prolific in terms of producing content in a timely manner, and that was when he developed a following that has now substantially diminished.

 

[Jared]

Yes, I'd say his woefully low Patreon shows how far he's fallen from his most popular days.