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Rockman Series / Re: Megaman New Horizon shuts down.
« on: March 26, 2011, 07:26:01 AM »
I think the question of: Would you put so much effort into fan material? to be one that plagues a lot of people in fan communities.
The most common example that I see is aspiring artists who have their roots in being fanartists. Anime and fanart will not further your portfolio, so you might as well, quit, right?
But why do we draw fanart in the first place? It's a tribute to the things we love. We do it because we want to. We put effort into it because that's how we feel. If you love something so much that you want to dedicate the effort into making these tributes, then it's alright, right?
And to make things worse, fanart is always going to be more popular than original art. Because it targets and already established community, so you can be sure that someone will always 'appreciate' it on the basis that they're also huge fans.
And so we come upon a dilemma. Do you want to be recognised as who you are, or a creator of fan material? Honestly, it's a matter of goals and motivation. You should do whichever one you feel you want to. But you also have to understand how each will have different results.
By the way, New Horizon looks good. The web design needs work though. Not very pretty and rather user-unfriendly.
The most common example that I see is aspiring artists who have their roots in being fanartists. Anime and fanart will not further your portfolio, so you might as well, quit, right?
But why do we draw fanart in the first place? It's a tribute to the things we love. We do it because we want to. We put effort into it because that's how we feel. If you love something so much that you want to dedicate the effort into making these tributes, then it's alright, right?
And to make things worse, fanart is always going to be more popular than original art. Because it targets and already established community, so you can be sure that someone will always 'appreciate' it on the basis that they're also huge fans.
And so we come upon a dilemma. Do you want to be recognised as who you are, or a creator of fan material? Honestly, it's a matter of goals and motivation. You should do whichever one you feel you want to. But you also have to understand how each will have different results.
By the way, New Horizon looks good. The web design needs work though. Not very pretty and rather user-unfriendly.
