š³ļøāš Welcome to #PrideCraft 2018! š³ļøāš
Characters, and the representation they provide, are so important to so many of us and with pride month just around the corner, I thought it was finally time for something dedicated to the WoW community!
During this month we can all share and appreciate each otherās characters and wonderful art, whether it be drawing, writing, model edits and so on!
šŗ All sexualities and gender identities are welcome!Ā šŗ
I hope to see the various colors of the pride flags alongside your wonderful characters during this month!
– Use the tags #PrideCraft and/or #PrideCraft2018Ā
clivedavinci: what the fuck kind of advice could heāve possibly given to her? how to listen to robotic synth? nobody ever approaches me for any advice
Me: man, maybe some day if I work really hard and study really hard, some day Iāll draw well enough to work on a wow comic
blizzard entertainment, in the year of our lord 2018: uhhhhhhh extendable waist jaina
Iāve got some words, I usually scroll past posts like these but I see a lot of mutuals reblogging in agreement and I just wanted to put this out there:
Admitting you want to someday make an official comic for Warcraft, while in the same breath making fun of art that was done for Blizzard in an official capacity isnāt how you get jobs from Blizzard.
Or any company.
Iām going to use myself as an example, because Iām no fantastic illustratorāIām okay, but the above image has rendering skills faaaar beyond anything I can do. But I was hired by Blizzard last year to make a short comic to celebrate WoWās 13th anniversary. I didnāt know this was even a -thing- until they reached out to me.Ā
Why me? Iām not the best artist, I donāt even actively draw Warcraft fanart anymore and hadnāt for nearly a year when I got the email. But I know a few things about myself: Iām a decent artist, I work hard, and Iām nice.
I cannot tell you how far just being -nice- has gotten me in the art side of my professional career. Itās gotten me jobs, itās gotten me followers and supporters who are happy to pledge a dollar to my patreon just because they want to see me succeed. And for all of this, Iām immensely thankful.
Maybe you can do a better job than this comic, but by publishing petty thoughts about the way this comic was drawn sure as hell isnāt going to land you a gig with Blizzard. They can see you. I mean, they saw me.
Can you imagine being the artist who drew this readingĀ āextendable waist lolā? How would you feel toward the person calling you out?
Anyway, thatās my rant. Itās fine if you disagree, but I couldnāt stay quiet.
