💼 Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

[MrsFrizzle]

I, too, am bored with the "women and/or children associated with good guys used as hostages or proxy victims by bad guys" theme in media. So I just don't bother to watch or buy said media. It's like magic!

 

[Von Clausewitz]

For an example of his "animation portfolio," look at the video on his Patreon. It starts with his stupid blue bear doing rote hand positions straight from those "SHIT NOT TO DO" tutorials. It looks utterly terrible. And this is the video that's supposed to convince you to give this fat bastard money.

ETA: link to video

https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1ErslzQ1do

Wow! Even his "Please Give Me Money!"-video is lazy.

 

[Gensdupays]

So did Dobson just give up his dream of working on Steven Universe or was applying too hard?

 

[MMX]

So did Dobson just give up his dream of working on Steven Universe or was applying too hard?

If he did actually apply he never got an interview.

 

[MayMay]

Don't worry, he'll have a new lifelong dream as soon as there's another popular cartoon with possible lesbians.

 

[fishercat]

Oh my god look at his Youtube avatar. It's Caramelldansen.

 

[CrimsonKnight]

For an example of his "animation portfolio," look at the video on his Patreon. It starts with his stupid blue bear doing rote hand positions straight from those "SHIT NOT TO DO" tutorials. It looks utterly terrible. And this is the video that's supposed to convince you to give this fat bastard money.

ETA: link to video

https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1ErslzQ1do

I'm not in animation, but that reeks of laziness. That last bit with the blue bastard, the frames don't match up. I kinda expected him to sound like the Nostalgia Critic with all his raging.

 

[Ruin]

I, too, am bored with the "women and/or children associated with good guys used as hostages or proxy victims by bad guys" theme in media.

Yep. Its almost like villains are supposed to do bad things or something. If Dobby was in charge Lex Luther would spend all day whining on twitter and donating to lesbian charities.

 

[Stud2Stud]

So did Dobson just give up his dream of working on Steven Universe or was applying too hard?

I think at some point he tweeted about how his trolls mocked him for never making it, so he got the blue bear blues and played splatoon instead of applying.

 

[Kabobs]

A more fitting situation and voice?

 

[Silvana]

Im sure it's been posted, but Dobby literally says he could do 3d animation just as well as anyone else so long someone else does all the work in making the models, textures, and skeletons. You know, everything that would go into making 3d animation.

This. The number of people I've heard say variants of, "if only I had the time and equipment and people to write my stuff, produce it, publish it and publicise it - if only I had those things - ohhh, just think of what I could achieve!" The reality, of course, is you do the best you can with what you've got. And even if the end result isn't all you'd hoped it might be, the fact that you're clearly prepared to put the effort in tends to be enough (in my experience, anyway) to convince others to help you out with their time, effort, skills (which you do your best to absorb and learn from) - and yes, even money. But no. Much easier to make excuses and hold your work to ransom. That's the Dobson way.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1ErslzQ1do

"I just want to have the freedom to keep making comics for everyone". Gimme a break...

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

I never usually feel the compulsion to say this but:

No one, not anybody on this planet, ever chipped his tooth with a left or right hook to the mouth? He sorely needs it.

 

[Ruin]

I normally don't advocate violence but damned if Dobson isn't the prime example of why if your kids are getting bullied instead of solving the problem for them you should tell them to deck the little fucker. Otherwise they turn into overly sheltered and utterly broken human beings, unable to solve their own problems.

 

[MMX]

I normally don't advocate violence but damned if Dobson isn't the prime example of why if your kids are getting bullied instead of solving the problem for them you should tell them to deck the little fucker. Otherwise they turn into overly sheltered and utterly broken human beings, unable to solve their own problems.

Years ago i bumped into a guy who bullied me for my first year of high school.
He apologised for being a bit of dick, we had a beer, talked like grown ups and since then we've been pretty good friends.

Now i reckon if it had been dobbie in that situation he would have either

A: muttered under his breath and scuttled away
B: Screamed rape
C: Got out of there ASAP but drawn a comic where his blue bear put the former bully in his place
D: Shit his pants whilst yelling how great hes doing

Life lesson folks - let stuff go

 

[The I Scream Man]

Here's an update from Patreon regarding the question I asked a few days ago:

Hey <TheIceCreamMan>!

Thanks so much for writing in. We love all questions, no matter how "out there" they are, so we appreciate you taking the time to reach out!

And in fact, your question is a very good one. In general, creators retain the rights and remain owners of their artwork. Patrons are not buying artwork in the traditional sense, they are pledging support to the creator directly, so that the creator can keeping making cool things. Patreon is not a paywall.

Of course, each creator is different. Some may in fact try to go for more of a physical store-style method of putting out content. in which case the patron may "own" more of the piece. It depends on each case, but we've found that this system is far less common than the one mentioned above.

I hope this helps! If you have additional questions on this, your best bet would probably be to reach out the creator directly as they can speak more to their particular actions and intent.

Thanks my friend! We're here if you need anything else.

P.S. Duly noted on the "curious" tip!

Best,

Dave

So basically what he's saying, if I'm reading this correctly, is that there isn't even SUPPOSED to be any incentive available. Patreon is not a paywall, indeed...if that's the case, then it really is a revolving indiegogo or something similar, where people donate money for the nebulous promise of more content and there's no real reason to make the shit in the first place.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Here's an update from Patreon regarding the question I asked a few days ago:

So basically what he's saying, if I'm reading this correctly, is that there isn't even SUPPOSED to be any incentive available. Patreon is not a paywall, indeed...if that's the case, then it really is a revolving indiegogo or something similar, where people donate money for the nebulous promise of more content and there's no real reason to make the shit in the first place.

So the tl; dr version is that Dobson actually has no idea how Patreon actually works.

Why am I not surprised?

 

[Silvana]

Here's an update from Patreon regarding the question I asked a few days ago:

So basically what he's saying, if I'm reading this correctly, is that there isn't even SUPPOSED to be any incentive available. Patreon is not a paywall, indeed...if that's the case, then it really is a revolving indiegogo or something similar, where people donate money for the nebulous promise of more content and there's no real reason to make the shit in the first place.

Sounds to me like Patreon is supposed to be a "tip jar" - and though there's no explicit rule forbidding Dobson from keeping his work behind a paywall, such behaviour really isn't in keeping with the spirit of Patreon.

Trust Dobson to try and game the system to his own advantage...

 

[Stud2Stud]

So the tl; dr version is that Dobson actually has no idea how Patreon actually works.

Why am I not surprised?

Now, come one. It's only his main platform to make money with his chosen line of work (tm), why should he bother finding out how exactly it works, how to best make money off of it or what the actual legal basis for that service is. The dude's very busy playing Splatoon and wanking to underage cartoon lesbians, there's no time to do the petty legwork of finding out anything about Patreon.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

Years ago i bumped into a guy who bullied me for my first year of high school.
He apologised for being a bit of dick, we had a beer, talked like grown ups and since then we've been pretty good friends.

Now i reckon if it had been dobbie in that situation he would have either

A: muttered under his breath and scuttled away
B: Screamed rape
C: Got out of there ASAP but drawn a comic where his blue bear put the former bully in his place
D: Shit his pants whilst yelling how great hes doing

Life lesson folks - let stuff go

Well he had an old bully (According to Dobby) add him on Facebook and he made this comic:

 

[Von Clausewitz]

[MEDIA=twitter]623154452749381633[/MEDIA]Blue bear is back to bitching about Batman.

No!
Sit!
Bad Fedobear! Bad!
Sit and Stay!

Don't even think of going there! This is one of the best stories in comic history and unless you suddenly transform into a amalgamation of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman, you are not allowed to even indicate, that you might not like the idea of a Animated The Killing Joke Movie.

By the way, I also didn't understand the outcry around the recent Batgirl/Joker Cover.