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Abusiveness - Insparation Vs. Copying
8 years ago
I promised I wouldn't make another "Rant Journal"(Actually I don't consider this a rant) but this needs to be heard because I am so sick of dealing with this guy.
Once again http://thebloodstainedrose.deviantart.com/ is getting under my skin. First outright stealing MY OC "Adam Cruz" then lashing out at me like this >>>
A short rant on the situation with TheGamerDracul
As I'm sure you're all aware, my friend Darian (InabiUchiha98) and I just dealt with a user by the name of TheGamerDracul, who is probably best known for his OC Adam Cruz. Originally this character was supposed to be part of Castlevania as the father of everyone's favorite reincarnated vampire, Soma Cruz.
I first met TheGamerDracul here on DA quite some time ago when he was still known as WolfDude11 and I criticized him mainly on Adam's design. Seriously, the guy just took Soma's design from Dawn of Sorrow and gave it longer hair. Talk about lazy -.- That's almost as bad as the all the Sonic the Hedgehog recolors on this site. He also has some kind of dragon OC persona named Dracul, I'm guessing to tie into his username. Guess what? Dracul is the alias used by Gabriel Belmont, an OFFICIAL Castlevania character. Just goes to show you that the guy has 0 creativity. He also has a vore fetish, which I could never understand how someone
So I took the gentleman's approach and read his lovely letter to me. And so, I will point a few things out, not just to get it into his thick skull(Not that it matters) but to also hopefully give you all some more information because I hardly talk about my ideas of stories or characters.
Anyway, starting from the beginning...
Evolution of my Characters
'Adam Cruz' was a character I made back when 'Flipnote Hatena' was still a thing. I got jealous seeing all my friends with their own OC's or Sonas, so I made my own. At the time I was heavily into 'Castlevania', so I based him off my fave character of the franchise: 'Soma Cruz', even giving him the backstory as him being "Soma's father", way before 'Aria of Sorrow' took place. Call it copying but this was at the time I had trouble with coming up with original ideas, back when I was young, so give me a break will ya. Eventually I made a Dragon form for him which in time became 'Dracul' you all know today.
Over time Adam has has gone through many changes and eventually I completely took away the "Soma idea" as well as most of his features and made him his own character. Just a simple 15 year old who befriends the King of Vampires: Dracul.
Like Adam Cruz, Dracul has also gone through MANY changes. However he was never based off of anything that had to do with Castlevania. Surprising right? Ask my old friends if you don't believe me. Even the name wasn't taken from Castlevania, which this guy seems to think so even though the name Dracula, Alucard AND Dracul can never be copy written. Dracul, although similar to Dracula, basically means "Dragon", so again how am I copying? Oh wait because Gabriel Belmont is called that in Lords of Shadow 2? Well then I guess he should also bitch at Konami for stealing that name because the name "Dracul" was created WAY before even the first Castlevania came out. Again ask my friends because I'm pretty sure I came up with the name 'Dracul' way before Lord's of Shadow 2 even came to existence.
Inspiration VS. Copying
My characters now, as well as the story I am creating are inspirations of the game I grew up with and love with a fiery passion.
Same as how Yooka-Laylee, Bloodstained and Mighty No. 9 are inspirations of Banjo-Kazooe, Castlevania and Megaman.
I wanted to make something similar, but fresh. I wanted to revive the joy and awesomeness those games gave me, because Konami obviously has no plans for a new Castlevania any time soon.
While I'm talking about Inspiration Vs. Copying, did you know Konami basically drew inspirations from Vampire Hunter D? Don't believe me? Check out Vampire D and I'm sure you'll see the similarities. Also keep in mind, Vampire Hunter D came out way before the first Castlevania game.
What I'm getting at is, there is a fine line between being inspired and just outright copying someone's work. I have seen plenty of anime/manga with stories or characters that are similar to others. A good example would be Pokemon and Digimon(Sorry Scav. =v=; )
Same with other TV shows, movies AND games.
As an Artist I think I speak for everyone when I say we gather inspiration from other artists, which is not a bad thing. And I can tell you right now I can name quite a few artists. Even myself, again, not a bad thing.
I'm sure you'll find similarities between art. You just need to look hard enough.
Anyone can copy anything these days. But there is a huge difference between inspiration and copying. BIG difference. It's not like I'm literally copying Castlevania's plot as well as characters(Like this... >>>
Castlevania: Dusk of Sorrow - Chapter 1
It was a beautiful autumn night in Chiyoda, located in Tokyo, Japan.
Soma Cruz had just gotten done going out to dinner with his girlfriend Mina Hakuba at one of the many local restaurants after a fun filled day of traveling around the city with her. They were now sitting down, relaxing by the moat in Chidorigafuchi Park, an area around one of a total of twelve moats that surrounded the Tokyo Imperial Palace and that was known for its splendid cherry blossoms every spring. Late in the cherry blossom season, the surface of the moat would become almost completely covered in pink petals. Strictly speaking, there was no actual park in the area. There was a cemetery, a path, a boat rental house, and this moat.
"Anything else you want to do?" he asked her.
Soma was young, only 19-years-old, with short, pearly-white hair and rather pale skin. His fairly large, almond-shaped eyes were smokey-hued under thick brows and framed by long eyelashes. He was normall
)
Few of my characters maaaay look similar, but the story is way different.
Other Stuff...
Now for the last few things. First, "My 0 Creative Skills"...
I shouldn't, but I am infuriated by this. Just look at my gallery. It's small but surely you'll find some creative stuff in it. This guy has the nerve to say I have no creativity? Just look at his gallery >>> http://thebloodstainedrose.deviantart.com/gallery/
NONE of that is original, just gifs and snapshots. Honestly this guy is the pure definition of COPYING, and 0 CREATIVITY and is in no position to be calling ANYONE uncreative.
Lastly, my "Vore Fetish". Welcome to the WORLD bud. 90% people have weird fetishes(He obviously has a Soma Cruz fetish), some that go waaaaay beyond(I'm not judging)
It's not a rare thing. I'm ALLOWED to like weird things. Not everyone has to like the same things y'know...
I'm sure this guy has his own fetishes he just doesn't want to admit it. We all have our weird interests in things. Don't lie now. -v-
I'm not hurting anyone by being fascinated with Vore, so Bleh.
I hope you guys understand a little more now and I thank you deeply for reading all of this.
Again I'm sorry for posting this but I just needed to get this off my chest. If it hurts my rep by making me out to be a whinny little brat then so be it. If anything I am speaking from my heart, and THAT takes courage to do these days.
Thank you all deeply ~From Adam and Dracul
(This probably holds little relevance here in FA but I'mma post it anyway =v=; )
Once again http://thebloodstainedrose.deviantart.com/ is getting under my skin. First outright stealing MY OC "Adam Cruz" then lashing out at me like this >>>
A short rant on the situation with TheGamerDracul
As I'm sure you're all aware, my friend Darian (InabiUchiha98) and I just dealt with a user by the name of TheGamerDracul, who is probably best known for his OC Adam Cruz. Originally this character was supposed to be part of Castlevania as the father of everyone's favorite reincarnated vampire, Soma Cruz.
I first met TheGamerDracul here on DA quite some time ago when he was still known as WolfDude11 and I criticized him mainly on Adam's design. Seriously, the guy just took Soma's design from Dawn of Sorrow and gave it longer hair. Talk about lazy -.- That's almost as bad as the all the Sonic the Hedgehog recolors on this site. He also has some kind of dragon OC persona named Dracul, I'm guessing to tie into his username. Guess what? Dracul is the alias used by Gabriel Belmont, an OFFICIAL Castlevania character. Just goes to show you that the guy has 0 creativity. He also has a vore fetish, which I could never understand how someone
So I took the gentleman's approach and read his lovely letter to me. And so, I will point a few things out, not just to get it into his thick skull(Not that it matters) but to also hopefully give you all some more information because I hardly talk about my ideas of stories or characters.
Anyway, starting from the beginning...
Evolution of my Characters
'Adam Cruz' was a character I made back when 'Flipnote Hatena' was still a thing. I got jealous seeing all my friends with their own OC's or Sonas, so I made my own. At the time I was heavily into 'Castlevania', so I based him off my fave character of the franchise: 'Soma Cruz', even giving him the backstory as him being "Soma's father", way before 'Aria of Sorrow' took place. Call it copying but this was at the time I had trouble with coming up with original ideas, back when I was young, so give me a break will ya. Eventually I made a Dragon form for him which in time became 'Dracul' you all know today.
Over time Adam has has gone through many changes and eventually I completely took away the "Soma idea" as well as most of his features and made him his own character. Just a simple 15 year old who befriends the King of Vampires: Dracul.
Like Adam Cruz, Dracul has also gone through MANY changes. However he was never based off of anything that had to do with Castlevania. Surprising right? Ask my old friends if you don't believe me. Even the name wasn't taken from Castlevania, which this guy seems to think so even though the name Dracula, Alucard AND Dracul can never be copy written. Dracul, although similar to Dracula, basically means "Dragon", so again how am I copying? Oh wait because Gabriel Belmont is called that in Lords of Shadow 2? Well then I guess he should also bitch at Konami for stealing that name because the name "Dracul" was created WAY before even the first Castlevania came out. Again ask my friends because I'm pretty sure I came up with the name 'Dracul' way before Lord's of Shadow 2 even came to existence.
Inspiration VS. Copying
My characters now, as well as the story I am creating are inspirations of the game I grew up with and love with a fiery passion.
Same as how Yooka-Laylee, Bloodstained and Mighty No. 9 are inspirations of Banjo-Kazooe, Castlevania and Megaman.
I wanted to make something similar, but fresh. I wanted to revive the joy and awesomeness those games gave me, because Konami obviously has no plans for a new Castlevania any time soon.
While I'm talking about Inspiration Vs. Copying, did you know Konami basically drew inspirations from Vampire Hunter D? Don't believe me? Check out Vampire D and I'm sure you'll see the similarities. Also keep in mind, Vampire Hunter D came out way before the first Castlevania game.
What I'm getting at is, there is a fine line between being inspired and just outright copying someone's work. I have seen plenty of anime/manga with stories or characters that are similar to others. A good example would be Pokemon and Digimon(Sorry Scav. =v=; )
Same with other TV shows, movies AND games.
As an Artist I think I speak for everyone when I say we gather inspiration from other artists, which is not a bad thing. And I can tell you right now I can name quite a few artists. Even myself, again, not a bad thing.
I'm sure you'll find similarities between art. You just need to look hard enough.
Anyone can copy anything these days. But there is a huge difference between inspiration and copying. BIG difference. It's not like I'm literally copying Castlevania's plot as well as characters(Like this... >>>
Castlevania: Dusk of Sorrow - Chapter 1
It was a beautiful autumn night in Chiyoda, located in Tokyo, Japan.
Soma Cruz had just gotten done going out to dinner with his girlfriend Mina Hakuba at one of the many local restaurants after a fun filled day of traveling around the city with her. They were now sitting down, relaxing by the moat in Chidorigafuchi Park, an area around one of a total of twelve moats that surrounded the Tokyo Imperial Palace and that was known for its splendid cherry blossoms every spring. Late in the cherry blossom season, the surface of the moat would become almost completely covered in pink petals. Strictly speaking, there was no actual park in the area. There was a cemetery, a path, a boat rental house, and this moat.
"Anything else you want to do?" he asked her.
Soma was young, only 19-years-old, with short, pearly-white hair and rather pale skin. His fairly large, almond-shaped eyes were smokey-hued under thick brows and framed by long eyelashes. He was normall
)
Few of my characters maaaay look similar, but the story is way different.
Other Stuff...
Now for the last few things. First, "My 0 Creative Skills"...
I shouldn't, but I am infuriated by this. Just look at my gallery. It's small but surely you'll find some creative stuff in it. This guy has the nerve to say I have no creativity? Just look at his gallery >>> http://thebloodstainedrose.deviantart.com/gallery/
NONE of that is original, just gifs and snapshots. Honestly this guy is the pure definition of COPYING, and 0 CREATIVITY and is in no position to be calling ANYONE uncreative.
Lastly, my "Vore Fetish". Welcome to the WORLD bud. 90% people have weird fetishes(He obviously has a Soma Cruz fetish), some that go waaaaay beyond(I'm not judging)
It's not a rare thing. I'm ALLOWED to like weird things. Not everyone has to like the same things y'know...
I'm sure this guy has his own fetishes he just doesn't want to admit it. We all have our weird interests in things. Don't lie now. -v-
I'm not hurting anyone by being fascinated with Vore, so Bleh.
I hope you guys understand a little more now and I thank you deeply for reading all of this.
Again I'm sorry for posting this but I just needed to get this off my chest. If it hurts my rep by making me out to be a whinny little brat then so be it. If anything I am speaking from my heart, and THAT takes courage to do these days.
Thank you all deeply ~From Adam and Dracul
(This probably holds little relevance here in FA but I'mma post it anyway =v=; )
