💼 Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

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[MEDIA=twitter]621743702856347648[/MEDIA]Why does he state "unpopular opinions" and then get salty when people don't agree with him....

[MEDIA=twitter]621758351442096129[/MEDIA]Dobson the originalist (or else)

Why is this stupid blue bear calling Superman Clark? Clark is his fake name. His real name is Kal-El.
 
You know... for no apparent reason, I was reminded of another (far more talented and educated) webcomic artist.
Randall Munroe, the guy behind XKCD, released a book called "Thing explainer". It contains diagramms like this one, that explain things only using the thousand most common english words.
So, one guy has vague ambitions to maybe someday get around to make a rhyming book centred around a video game (that, while being good, ceased being relevant years ago) whereas the other just releases an interesting book with a nice idea behind it. For some reason, that really strikes me.
It just goes to show that Dobson really has no ambition behind his art. It's really a means to an end, something to project SJW opinions to or to get money out of Patrons. He barely has anything original to bring to the table and if he does it's usually derived from something else, usually something that he's either really enthralled by at the given moment or something his beloved SJW overlords are currently spazzing about. The only real original work he has is Alex Ze Pirate and he basically markets that to SJWs due to how everyone there is basically a sexuality with arms and legs. He doesn't draw art for the sake of doing art, he does it for the sake of being recognized by others.

Which also reinforces what everyone else says: Dobson has deteriorated, and he will willingly never get any better. He holds idea behind a pay wall because you literally will have to pay him to make him do anything.

Probably super late, but...
http://tompreston.deviantart.com/journal/Leaving-DA-540029395

Wanna bet how long this'll last?

It's late, but he already broke that promise. He doesn't post things to dA anymore (iirc), but he stalks it regularly and constantly updates his feelings on people on his dA through Twitter. It's like he never left.
 
I decided to do a couple of haikus on Dobbo rather than a limerick, because they take noticeably less effort and it's weeby stuff, both of which are right down his alley.

Talent

Dobson is a hack
He hates to do any work
But wants all the fame

Against the Tide

He wants to sound cool
By being contrarian
It is not working
 
Why does he state "unpopular opinions" and then get salty when people don't agree with him....
Dobson is kind of stupid that way.
He'll happily blurt out "unpopular opinions" noone asked for and is completely taken aback when people call him out on it.
I'm pretty certain he's doing this to feel validated in some way or another.
Why is this stupid blue bear calling Superman Clark? Clark is his fake name. His real name is Kal-El.
Oh you, insinuating Dobson has even the most remote knowledge about these things.
Dobson's idea of being a geek is "Having read Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings" - as if those haven't become mainstream.
At least I'm getting strong "Poser" vibes from him.

What does that say about a person, when everything they do is so half-assed that their entire identity looks like a conglomerate of phony posershit?
Dobson's an insincere SJW, he's an insincere artist and an insincere geek. The only genuine thing about him is his douchebaggery.
 
Última edición:
Dobson has a really strange definition of Tip Jar.

I've never had a barista chase after me for "stealing" a coffee when I didn't put money in their tip jar.
 
Probably super late, but...
http://tompreston.deviantart.com/journal/Leaving-DA-540029395

Wanna bet how long this'll last?

EDIT;; put under a spoiler mark:
Hey everyone...

The Announcement

As you likely know, I’ve been struggling with this site for quite some time now. The constant trolling and harassment for years on end have pushed me to the breaking point. I’ve tried disabling comments to ease up on the hatred of me, but sadly DA is still too broken in too many ways that make it easy for nasty people to continually abuse me here. I’ve tried ignoring it. I’ve tried leaving temporarily and coming back after a hiatus... nothing works. My block list is so full I can’t add anyone else now, so the harassment continues unhindered despite all my best efforts. I continually receive death threats over incredibly petty and stupid things, and trolls seem to relish in lurking in my DA frontpage comment sections (which DA will not let me remove).

The straw that broke the camels back though was a thread on my recent Patreon Plug journal: tompreston.deviantart.com/jour… where I learned just how fucked up the people who harass me are. To make a long story short, I engaged in a conversation with someone who didn’t like my Patreon because they felt I don’t post enough for them to support it. “Enough,” as it turned out to be, was insanely more work than any sane person would be capable to handle (around 30-70 works of fully completed illustration/comics a week), and the amount they expected me to do it for was worse than the minimum amount I was asking for ($1 per month).

I think I have, at long last, outgrown this website. DA is a great place if you want to post art for free and make a start creating... but the second you want to try and actually make money for your hard work, this place turns into “artists should make art for art’s sake and not for money” backlash. And unfortunately I can’t live like that. I need money and support if I’m going to continue to make work. Twitter, Facebook, and Patreon all are doing a lot better at giving me that support (and offer a lot of tools to help curb harassment) than DA does right now.

So yeah... I think at long last I am going to leave DA permanently.

What happens next?

Now into the nitty gritty details of how this is all gonna work...

1. For starters I am NOT QUITTING ART. I want to make that clear. I am going to continue to make SYAC, Alex Ze Pirate, Skyrim, my own illustrations, etc... they just won’t be posted here on DA anymore.
2. I am not going to delete this account. I will leave it up so links to my art and gallery can continue (and to prevent further drama and parody accounts of course).
3. Art has been scheduled to be posted here from Patreon up until August 24th. So while I will no longer be here on DA as of today, for a couple months after you will still see some work from me posted here.
4. The art scheduled to be posted is automated by DA. I have already set it to post, but I am not the one posting anymore.

Places you will still be able to find me at

Like I’ve already said, I am NOT QUITTING ART. You can still find me on a number of different places on the internet. One of the best places to find me is Twitter, since that’s where I primarily interact with fans, and anything I post to twitter gets automatically copied over to Facebook as well. For your reference are are links to all the sites I’ll still be active on:

Twitter: twitter.com/ADobsonComics
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SoYourACartoo…
SYAC Website: www.syacartoonist.com/
Patreon: www.patreon.com/ADobsonComics
Society 6: society6.com/adobson

Currently both Alex Ze Pirate and my own personal website AndysArtworks are down for construction. Patreon support is what has been helping rebuild those websites and eventually they will be back up... but sadly it takes both time and money to do so, so they might be down for quite a while longer still.

The Long Goodbye

I’ve been toying with leaving for quite some time. I’ve been hesitant to because I know a lot of you really do appreciate my work and DO support me and my art. I have around 56 thousand watchers, and that’s a lot of people I don’t want to let down. I also know that it’s the vocal minority that are the haters... but unfortunately their voices drown everything else out. DA, as a website, seem to care little about fixing many of the issues that would make continued existence here bearable, and overall I have grown weary of a lot of the toxic DA culture that has started to fester lately. On top of all that, I’ve been dealing with my own issues of anxiety, PTSD, and depression... which has not made living here on DA any easier.

In the end, I think this will be the healthiest option for me, though it will undoubtedly depress a lot of my fans. There are some people who only follow me on DA and it’s unfortunate that I have to leave them behind to take care of myself.

Thank you to everyone who has been kind to me here. I have made a lot of good friends on this site over the 11 years I’ve been active here. I hope still to someday meet some of you at conventions in the future too! I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in that time, and it most definitely has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, hasn’t it? Thank you all for your support. Even if you’ve never spoken up before, I could still see you supported my work through favorites and reblogs.

Who knows, maybe someday down the road if DA decides to change some of their policies and the toxicity levels decrease, maybe I’ll return? It’s doubtful, but I do try to look on the positive side.

Anyway... Thank you everyone for supporting me, for helping make SYAC into a thing, for enjoying my Alex Ze Pirate comics, and for just being awesome and amazing fans over the years.

Goodbye.

-Andrew Dobson (aka: Tom Preston)

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You're probably right.
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Wouldn't that insinuate dropping the whole "Batman is traumatised due to his parents being fucking gunned down in front of his face" thing? As in: The core aspect of his character and part of the reason that makes him so interesting as a hero?
Yeah, Batman should be a slightly altered version of a different super hero, cause that's not redundant or derivative at all, right? RIGHT?!

I actually like Batman being portrayed as walking the edge between being a vigilante that does good and being a thug that's no better than the villains he fights against. Having Batman constantly struggle against his inner demons adds an interesting layer to his personality.
But this is Dobson we're talking about, so no wonder he wants a tame and non-threatening Batman. No struggles, no hardships, just a pleasant cruise without any hinderances from beginning to end. And lots of Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn moments...
 
Dobson really is the worst kind of nerd. The type that doesn't realize that recent changes made to a character don't retroactively ruin all of their previous stories. If he really enjoys Batman: The Animated Series so much, he should just go watch it. If he wants Batman to behave like Iron Man, he should read Iron Man.
 
You're probably right.
[MEDIA=twitter]621811636714602496[/MEDIA][MEDIA=twitter]621812225842352128[/MEDIA]'HALP, my works been stollen' *plugs patreon*
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So, Dobson would rather that Batman: The Animated Series continue as it was forever and ever. He does realize that, you know, that was marketed explicitly towards kids, right?

Or does he think nuance and depths are only things that hurt the development of characters?

... What am I saying? The guy thinks Splatoon is one of the greatest games ever (and it's fun, don't get me wrong, but Dobson treats it as the second coming).
 
So, Dobson would rather that Batman: The Animated Series continue as it was forever and ever. He does realize that, you know, that was marketed explicitly towards kids, right?
He has a boner for anything marketed towards children, it seems. He's obsessed with things that are "family friendly", as if that automatically makes something good. Disney classic sequels were family friendly, too, but most of them sucked immensely.
 
He has a boner for anything marketed towards children, it seems. He's obsessed with things that are "family friendly", as if that automatically makes something good. Disney classic sequels were family friendly, too, but most of them sucked immensely.

Wasn't his "Alex Ze Pirate" comic supposed to be kid-friendly too, despite the whole lesbian rapey overtones deal?
 
Wasn't his "Alex Ze Pirate" comic supposed to be kid-friendly too, despite the whole lesbian rapey overtones deal?
I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Dobbers doesn't quite grasp what family friendly is, despite how he throws the term around a lot.
 
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