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((Rant)) People Who Demand More Content From Artists
11 years ago
I just wanted to get this out here before I fell into a nice NyQuil-induced coma for 10 hours. I've seen it a lot lately and it's really bothering me, especially since it's something I have experienced.
If a person is making free content, whether it be songs or animations or comics or whatever, you as a viewer don't have room to bitch when the creator doesn't upload as quickly as you deem fit.
Don't get me wrong, if you pay for a service (like subscribing to a comic network) then you probably have a case if the artist gets really laggy or uploads far less than their best. But if you're an average joe who demands entertainment from creators, then you might suck.
Any creator of high quality content will tell you that every song, animation or drawing takes hours. It's a labor of love that they put out for their fans with no expected return other than praise and intelligent feedback. Some get paid, but most don't. They just do it because they love it, and because they appreciate their fan base. But many of these creators have lives (full time jobs, school, kids) that take up a lot of their time. Sometimes they don't feel like drawing or they're too exhausted to work on a project. And what do they get from fans when they don't quite make a deadline? Bitching. Even if the creator finds a bit of filler to tide their fans over they will bitch about that too.
Jaltoid, a semi-popular animation team on Youtube, has said that they feel less and less inclined to produce content when all their fans do is bitch about how long it takes for them to pump out a high quality 4 minute video. Many artists have said similar things. The constant negativity turns their labor of love into an obligation for an ungrateful fanbase, and many stop creating all together.
Even in my own experience as a fan fiction writer, constant begging for updates and new content made writing a chore. It seemed that no matter how much I put out it wasn't enough. There was no sympathy for me when I got sick or had major school obligations, these were simply tagged as "excuses" and added to their growing list of complaint of how I was a "lazy" writer and didn't deserve my fans.
What these complainers don't seem to understand is that their constant whining actually makes creators want to put out less. They start to feel as though whatever they do is wrong. Put out new content and it's criticized for being low quality or filler. Don't put out new content and you're suddenly a lazy bum who sits around all day eating Cheetos and lying on the couch. It's time to cut it out. These creators aren't your slaves and they shouldn't be treated as such. They don't have to update for you and you should feel grateful when they do, because it means they spent hours and hours doing something for free that'll get ripped apart in the comments anyway.
So do I wish Tamyra put out more Tristan comics?
YESSSSSSS.
Do I have any right to demand them and harass her for them?
no.
If a person is making free content, whether it be songs or animations or comics or whatever, you as a viewer don't have room to bitch when the creator doesn't upload as quickly as you deem fit.
Don't get me wrong, if you pay for a service (like subscribing to a comic network) then you probably have a case if the artist gets really laggy or uploads far less than their best. But if you're an average joe who demands entertainment from creators, then you might suck.
Any creator of high quality content will tell you that every song, animation or drawing takes hours. It's a labor of love that they put out for their fans with no expected return other than praise and intelligent feedback. Some get paid, but most don't. They just do it because they love it, and because they appreciate their fan base. But many of these creators have lives (full time jobs, school, kids) that take up a lot of their time. Sometimes they don't feel like drawing or they're too exhausted to work on a project. And what do they get from fans when they don't quite make a deadline? Bitching. Even if the creator finds a bit of filler to tide their fans over they will bitch about that too.
Jaltoid, a semi-popular animation team on Youtube, has said that they feel less and less inclined to produce content when all their fans do is bitch about how long it takes for them to pump out a high quality 4 minute video. Many artists have said similar things. The constant negativity turns their labor of love into an obligation for an ungrateful fanbase, and many stop creating all together.
Even in my own experience as a fan fiction writer, constant begging for updates and new content made writing a chore. It seemed that no matter how much I put out it wasn't enough. There was no sympathy for me when I got sick or had major school obligations, these were simply tagged as "excuses" and added to their growing list of complaint of how I was a "lazy" writer and didn't deserve my fans.
What these complainers don't seem to understand is that their constant whining actually makes creators want to put out less. They start to feel as though whatever they do is wrong. Put out new content and it's criticized for being low quality or filler. Don't put out new content and you're suddenly a lazy bum who sits around all day eating Cheetos and lying on the couch. It's time to cut it out. These creators aren't your slaves and they shouldn't be treated as such. They don't have to update for you and you should feel grateful when they do, because it means they spent hours and hours doing something for free that'll get ripped apart in the comments anyway.
So do I wish Tamyra put out more Tristan comics?
YESSSSSSS.
Do I have any right to demand them and harass her for them?
no.
