03-30-2003, 08:04 AM
Lately, it's been asked repeatedly on this board as to why there seems to be so much anti-Renamon sentiment. I've decided to take it upon myself to explain this phenomenon, as both the issue, and the roots that have caused it, are starting to discourage artists here. Now, this may seem like a discussion topic, but I put it here because I think that the people who are most affected by the issue are here.
As I've explained several times before, the anti-Renamon sentiment isn't really due to Renamon herself. Here's how it is: back when we were still on the DaD03, Renamon hentai was king (or queen). She was the sacred image, the golden cow, as it were. And it got to the point where, if you were an artist, then God forbid you should do anything that wasn't Renamon-related.
And what few non-artists seemed to understand was that artists can't just snap their fingers and make images appear. The artists have to draw the art first, and, let's face it, if you're not a Renamon fanatic, then she's really hard to draw. And, when the art is done (drawn, scanned, AND cleaned up, which can sometimes be a very time-consuming process), there is still the matter of hosting. No matter how good an artist you are, most cheap hosting will eventually drop you if you use them for posting hentai. Hell, even Prophet, who's so good an artist that he could probably make Linda Tripp look sexy, has been beaten by the hosting problem on more than one occasion.
Art has to be made. And making art, and more importantly, posting it here, takes time and effort (and sometimes also money, for supplies). And, since artists here can't get demand money for their work, they were essentially posting on the basis that they're going to get encouragement. And for those who drew Renamon, encouragement was plentiful. But for those who didn't, encouragement was less common.
Praise. It was all that was asked of the viewers here. Praise, for some of the newer artists, means acceptance. Praise is the fuel of hentai artists. But if an artist posts a pic and receives no praise, they have essentially spent a good deal of time and effort, and have gotten themselves another step closer to being expelled from their hosting service, with no return on the investment. And, when this board opened and the DaD03 closed, some artists decided that they had invested so much into their hentai art, and gotten so little appreciation in return, that they just didn't follow.
And there was the beginning of the anti-Renamon sentiment. Those artists who left had friends, and the friends wondered what drove the artists away, and they looked at the old board, and saw Renamon everywhere, and thought, "Renamon is to blame". And all an idea needs is maybe four believers, and then the idea becomes self-sufficient. In no time at all, Renamon went from hentai icon to public enemy #1.
Does that mean she's to blame for the lack of artists? No. It means she was an easy target. The fault, in reality, lies with EVERYONE. Let's face it. Only a few people are getting praised, and others are just getting ignored. It's not impossible to fix. Those of you who aren't artists need to start responding more. I mean, for God's sake, when someone posts a pic that gets viewed 150 times, but only generates 2 responses, then there is something wrong. So everyone, to help bring back the artists, stop blaming Renamon, and start commenting more. Simple as that.
As I've explained several times before, the anti-Renamon sentiment isn't really due to Renamon herself. Here's how it is: back when we were still on the DaD03, Renamon hentai was king (or queen). She was the sacred image, the golden cow, as it were. And it got to the point where, if you were an artist, then God forbid you should do anything that wasn't Renamon-related.
And what few non-artists seemed to understand was that artists can't just snap their fingers and make images appear. The artists have to draw the art first, and, let's face it, if you're not a Renamon fanatic, then she's really hard to draw. And, when the art is done (drawn, scanned, AND cleaned up, which can sometimes be a very time-consuming process), there is still the matter of hosting. No matter how good an artist you are, most cheap hosting will eventually drop you if you use them for posting hentai. Hell, even Prophet, who's so good an artist that he could probably make Linda Tripp look sexy, has been beaten by the hosting problem on more than one occasion.
Art has to be made. And making art, and more importantly, posting it here, takes time and effort (and sometimes also money, for supplies). And, since artists here can't get demand money for their work, they were essentially posting on the basis that they're going to get encouragement. And for those who drew Renamon, encouragement was plentiful. But for those who didn't, encouragement was less common.
Praise. It was all that was asked of the viewers here. Praise, for some of the newer artists, means acceptance. Praise is the fuel of hentai artists. But if an artist posts a pic and receives no praise, they have essentially spent a good deal of time and effort, and have gotten themselves another step closer to being expelled from their hosting service, with no return on the investment. And, when this board opened and the DaD03 closed, some artists decided that they had invested so much into their hentai art, and gotten so little appreciation in return, that they just didn't follow.
And there was the beginning of the anti-Renamon sentiment. Those artists who left had friends, and the friends wondered what drove the artists away, and they looked at the old board, and saw Renamon everywhere, and thought, "Renamon is to blame". And all an idea needs is maybe four believers, and then the idea becomes self-sufficient. In no time at all, Renamon went from hentai icon to public enemy #1.
Does that mean she's to blame for the lack of artists? No. It means she was an easy target. The fault, in reality, lies with EVERYONE. Let's face it. Only a few people are getting praised, and others are just getting ignored. It's not impossible to fix. Those of you who aren't artists need to start responding more. I mean, for God's sake, when someone posts a pic that gets viewed 150 times, but only generates 2 responses, then there is something wrong. So everyone, to help bring back the artists, stop blaming Renamon, and start commenting more. Simple as that.
