I think the funniest thing with industry professionals throwing a fit over small time artists fixing their art for fun is like... they and people defending them will say it's justified bc it wasn't asked for but like bro. The very act of making art in a professional lens opens it up to critiques and fixes i'm just an animation student and my art gets fixed every day bc that's how it works! And it's not just for school the industry works the same way! You have to push a pose here keep more on model there or else the film falls apart comic artists have it too good they feel the need to soothe their egos on social media bc someone dared treat them like a professional lol
ok i think this ask just made something click in my brain. like it got the hamster running on its lil wheel and everything
Like, i Really try to keep my professional life and personal life separate to stave off them merging and driving me Insane,
But I am a professional artist, thats what it says on my buisness cards and everything, and I work with a decently sized firm. I spend roughly 5 hours out of every 8 hour day making art as my job. And the thing is? On all that art, all those designs, theres At Least three or four other people who make edits along side their additions, its not uncommon for something ive worked on as artist number three to pass under ten other peoples pens before its out the door.
As part of my actual real life job, i make edits on other peoples art All the time, and they make edits on mine. and thats just part of working at any kind of firm or company.
which makes this whole situation even funnier. bc Soup Man's comic art, unless he does all his own inks, colors, shading, text laying, etc etc, has been edited by someone before its even been published.
It never once occurred to me that an actual professional would care. bc like you said, thats part of the Job. No sane professional is precious with their shit bc like, Why should they be?? you make the thing and pass it on, what happens after it leaves your desk isnt your problem anymore, and fixating on it will make you everyones least favorite coworker because you're fucking annoying and No this Definitely Is not derailing into a Vague Post about Any of my coworkers, i love them all, Definitely, 100 percent. Im Shutting Up Now.
