Just recently I recieved a comment on one of my pictures that really irked me. To me it was a hateful comment that was meant to stop my creating. The comment came on the picture Guarding the Gate (linked if you want to see for yourself).

The comment was:
"i hate when people dont model there won shit and try to pass off as character modelers"

Being stubborn and as prideful as I am when it comes to my art, I of course replied.

"For starters, I never said I modeled these nor did I ever claim to be a character modeler. What I did was take an idea, and created it with the tools that I had available. I adjust morphs and stuff to my liking, that is MY work. But I NEVER claimed to have modeled these myself. At the same time, your ignorance is one that doesn't allow people who want to get into 3D art, a chance to start somewhere. I will ask that you never comment on any of my art again if it is going to be as hateful as this comment. Any other comment from you, will be tagged as report spam. Thank you sir and have a good day."

Though I may have gone a little far in that last part, I don't feel anything I said was wrong. But in light of this, the person who made this comment was the first to make it to my ignore list, a feature of this site I thought I'd never use and barely new existed 'cause I never saw a need to find it.

I know people are entitled to their opinions but to me the comment was unneccisarily harsh. No it hasn't disuaded me from creating. On the contrary, its makes me feel the need to make more just to prove him wrong in his thoughts. I pretty much compare the program I use, DAZ|Studios, to the pencil and canvas. No different than a traditional artist or a photographer. Now if he made his own penciles and erasers, or even if a photographer was supposed to make thier own camera, then his comment would be true.

But for now, I just wanted to say this and hope (though doubt it will happen) the word spreads of the difference between a 3D artist and a 3d Modeler.

Tsubasa Shi...
Signing off.