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Artists and Reinventions
13 years ago
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This has always been an issue with me, and I imagine several others. As you know, Artists can be one of the most ephemeral personality types there are. Artists have the habit of changing their art style, personality, and identity of themselves and their characters at completely random times. One example has to be the redesign of the SkunkWorks girls, but I'm sure you can think of several others.
On one hand, I understand the need to reinvent characters. I've been guilty of reinventing my own persona several times now, and I'm sorry for those who may not like her new look. It does worry me that I leave people behind by changing what has been cannon for some time, but it's nothing in comparison to how people feel when long standing cannon characters are suddenly redrawn. If tomorrow Max Blackrabbit were to rewrite ZigZag, or Eric Swartz (I think I have the spelling wrong there, I'm sorry Eric) were to kill off Sabrina, I don't know how I would react. Do They or I have any responsibility to keep things as they were? In my heart I know that isn't true, but I still feel some disappointment when some beloved character is utterly changed in some drastic way.
In the end I have to repeat what other artists may ultimately say, "Get used to it". It sounds mean to say to those who we owe any recognition to, but like any relationship, individual freedoms out weigh interpersonal responsibility. If interpersonal responsibility were more important than individual freedoms, then we would just be slaves to one another, and that's no way to live one's life. The price of freedom is understanding and, when absolutely unnecessary, letting go of what we hold dear.
On one hand, I understand the need to reinvent characters. I've been guilty of reinventing my own persona several times now, and I'm sorry for those who may not like her new look. It does worry me that I leave people behind by changing what has been cannon for some time, but it's nothing in comparison to how people feel when long standing cannon characters are suddenly redrawn. If tomorrow Max Blackrabbit were to rewrite ZigZag, or Eric Swartz (I think I have the spelling wrong there, I'm sorry Eric) were to kill off Sabrina, I don't know how I would react. Do They or I have any responsibility to keep things as they were? In my heart I know that isn't true, but I still feel some disappointment when some beloved character is utterly changed in some drastic way.
In the end I have to repeat what other artists may ultimately say, "Get used to it". It sounds mean to say to those who we owe any recognition to, but like any relationship, individual freedoms out weigh interpersonal responsibility. If interpersonal responsibility were more important than individual freedoms, then we would just be slaves to one another, and that's no way to live one's life. The price of freedom is understanding and, when absolutely unnecessary, letting go of what we hold dear.
