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STM 07-25-2012 04:16 PM

Yeah, Ghost!

Solidarity, OANST, solidarity.

Bullet Magnet 07-25-2012 04:52 PM

I'm going to ignore all that by mentioning it.

Anyway, Relativistic Baseball!

Mr. Bungle 07-25-2012 09:28 PM

http://i.imgur.com/96I3H.jpg

MeechMunchie 07-26-2012 06:17 AM

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I liked the "mole of moles" meat-planet.

EDIT: Mine. Dedicated to Kastere.





RE-EDIT: I ended up on that side of YouTube again. Will Smith seems like a nice fellow.


Hazel-Rah 07-26-2012 11:29 PM


Strike Witch 07-28-2012 01:40 AM


MeechMunchie 07-28-2012 04:41 AM

Step 4: Lifelong celibacy

Nate 07-29-2012 01:29 AM

That's a terrible tagline. The biggest issue with HIV/AIDS education in the West is that the young'uns already believe that it's different now compared to the '80s and '90s, so they don't think they need to use protection or get tested.

OddjobAbe 07-29-2012 12:20 PM


I love Max Keiser.

Strike Witch 07-29-2012 08:19 PM



I'd buy one.

STM 07-30-2012 02:19 AM

Looks like a sentry bot, I'd buy two, have them flank me while I walked down the street.

Bullet Magnet 07-30-2012 05:30 AM

This is what the Olympic Opening Ceremony should have looked like.

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...66-d4zwlyy.jpg

Strike Witch 07-30-2012 05:37 AM

Ew, Dobson. Make it go away.

Manco 07-30-2012 05:50 AM

I especially love the poor perspective, bad anatomy, dreary color scheme, godawful faces, and uncredited background photo.

e: what I’m saying is Andrew Dobson is a hack.

Wings of Fire 07-30-2012 05:54 AM

Quick someone post that Nintendo art he did!

Strike Witch 07-30-2012 06:02 AM

http://i.imgur.com/weEht.jpg

Manco 07-30-2012 06:03 AM

And that’s already more Dobson art than I wanted to see. Ever.

Varrok 07-30-2012 06:13 AM

Man, what a dick (the Dobson, of course)

MeechMunchie 07-30-2012 06:45 AM

http://whypeoplehatetompreston.tumblr.com/

Nate 07-30-2012 07:18 AM

I don't get why Harry/Sherlock/#10 had a goatee. What am I missing?

Wings of Fire 07-30-2012 07:22 AM

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I don't get why Harry/Sherlock/#10 had a goatee. What am I missing?

It's the artist's avatar.

Ridg3 07-30-2012 10:55 AM

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...03048655_n.jpg

Why not?

Havoc 07-30-2012 11:13 AM

My god, some people just need to chill the fuck out and not get so butt hurt over what someone else is doing. This is like those religious idiots who read every single page of Harry Potter 15 times and then preach about how it's the book of the devil and no-one should read it.

Wings of Fire 07-30-2012 11:14 AM

No, it's not like that at all.

DarkHoodness 07-30-2012 11:25 AM

It's a form of meme in a way. Suddenly this guy becomes a victim for a small group of people who pick apart everything he does, and then it escalates 'cause it suddenly becomes a popular thing to do for a big mass of people... You know how things are.

If I were this guy I'd research psychology and roll with it, maybe even find a way to manipulate the people who are taking the piss out of him.

Manco 07-30-2012 11:49 AM

Andrew Dobson is much like Tim Buckley in that he’s a hack who deserves every ounce of criticism he gets. He gets tons of attention and critiques and draws an audience that any artist worth their salt would kill for, and he squanders it all.

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My god, some people just need to chill the fuck out and not get so butt hurt over what someone else is doing. This is like those religious idiots who read every single page of Harry Potter 15 times and then preach about how it's the book of the devil and no-one should read it.

God forbid a large group of people agree that someone is a hack and needs knocking down a peg or two.

Havoc 07-30-2012 12:08 PM

I just don't get why people make such a big deal out of it. The guys draws stuff, voices his opinions and hasn't improved an inch over the years. People don't agree with him, they can just ignore him. He doesn't want to follow advice people give him, so fuck him. I can understand that in the eyes of professional artists the guy is a downright asshole, but that's not worth all the trouble these anti-Dobson guys are going trough.

OANST 07-30-2012 12:08 PM

Making a website about it is a bit much, don't you think?

Manco 07-30-2012 12:26 PM

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I just don't get why people make such a big deal out of it. The guys draws stuff, voices his opinions and hasn't improved an inch over the years. People don't agree with him, they can just ignore him. He doesn't want to follow advice people give him, so fuck him. I can understand that in the eyes of professional artists the guy is a downright asshole, but that's not worth all the trouble these anti-Dobson guys are going trough.

There’s a couple of reasons.

First off, the guy’s a complete and utter ass. He endears himself to no one and refuses to take criticism. This makes him a target – people can vent their frustrations, make edits of his shit, make fun of him. It’s fun and cathartic and he deserves it, so why not?

Second, because he lives off of his art. This is his day job, he makes money from it. So for him to put so little effort into something that thousands of others are also trying to do—and do far better, for far less gain—is downright insulting to creatives everywhere.

Third, public critiques also have a secondary purpose – they educate others on techniques, tools, mistakes etc. When somebody pens a blogpost saying “Dobson is a hack because he does x”, the people reading and folowing all of this are indirectly being given tips and pointers on what to do or what not to do in their own artistic endeavors. And utimately that’s a net gain for the community as a whole.

And fourth, the guy is a darling of DeviantArt and many younger artists actually look up to him, and he actually has the nerve to give (hilariously bad) advice to these people, as though he is an expert. So it becomes important to point out his flaws and mistakes so that these people do not take his advice and follow it to disastrous ends.

Besides, what good is it to ignore things you don’t like?


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Making a website about it is a bit much, don't you think?

To be fair it takes like a minute to set up a Tumblr.

OANST 07-30-2012 12:33 PM

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To be fair it takes like a minute to set up a Tumblr.

To be fair, that's about a minute more effort than I would be willing to spare.

Also, why don't you start a website about Nickelback, iCarly, or some shit like that. You mean to tell me that crap artists get recognition, and money for their crap art while the people that deserve it don't? NO WAY.