The Mysterious Mr. Enter

His video review of Kung Fu Dino Possey

It looks extremely bland, to say the least.

Thanks for including links on that list, Smasher. I honestly thought "Stand By Me" referred to the Timon and Pumbaa short until I moused over.

I remember seeing that show on the So Bad Its Horrible page, and I now know why it's on there. At least Dino Squad looked decent and had a okay villain.

I've seen this pilot before, I think. Didn't know the stuff about Nick treating its employees like shit, but I suppose that's not surprising.

Micah Wright had a story once about seeing Mitch Schauer with Norbert and Daggett plushies and learning that he had to get them from Toys R Us. They didn't let him have any of his own show's merchandise for free.

edited 15th Feb '16 9:10:05 AM by Aldo930

More fair use hashtag stuff, as has been going around.

I don't understand why a lot of content creators don't understand that reviews fall under Fair Use.

They do know. They either don't care or are actively stealing ad revenue

Maybe it doesn't count if they show all the good parts and enough to walk you through the whole plot.

King Star King Atrocity Video

Not for those with weak stomachs.

edited 27th Feb '16 7:32:09 PM by ScottPilgrim2013

Ahaha, I'm glad someone reminded me of how awesome that show is.

....This looks like Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon was on acid and decided to have a child with Mr. Pickles.

And out popped up this show that would be kinda interesting to look at if the character designs and needless gore didn't make me wanna gouge my eyeballs out.

edited 28th Feb '16 2:26:25 AM by Bleddyn

I figured I might as well as bring to light his memoirs on some of his creative projects: Epic! The Humorous RPG, Little Cassie, and the new kid on the block, a Deconstruction of the Dom Com and its common Cliches called Alone Together.

• Epic! the Humorous RPG
• Little Cassie
• Alone Together

It appears that Alone Together has supplanted Growing Around as the work Mr. Enter's gunning to make his Magnum Opus. I admit I find it a lot easier to get behind. As such, he's written up his plans for the series and a few episode drafts:

• Overview
• Pilot
• Oscar Breaks a Ball

And also here's a poem he recently wrote:

• A journal of disillusions

edited 3rd Mar '16 11:45:01 AM by Noah1

He could just be putting it on the backburner for now.

Jesus dude don't even wait to jump on this stuff and declare it'll suck.

Aldo do you have some kind of problem or vendetta against the guy? You're passive aggressive unsubtle jabs are really starting to get annoying and detract from a positive and unbias discussion. We've had this issue before you need to relax on this.

anyway, more copyright stuff:

Companies are going all out these days with the copyright stuff in social media. I feel old saying that I remember the old youtube days were that wasn't as common unless you posted a popular song or something.

....Although youtube was pretty shitty back in those days for a completely different reason (aka the videos would buffer very very slowly).

A general update of things.

VLog on art practice. Apparently, Mr. Enter has been practicing for years and hasn't managed to improve. What he needs to know is how to practice.

edited 17th Mar '16 8:54:44 AM by Noah1

He said a year, to be precise. Which is a long time in art terms, but how many days of that year was he practicing, and for how long? You do genuinely improve if you just draw a lot, I'm getting the impression that he's seriously underestimated how long it actually takes to become competent at art and is frustrated because of it. Getting better is a slow and grueling process. It IS important to think about how you are practicing and what to do, but I can't shake off the impression that he's doing too much thinking and not enough drawing.

I left a long comment on the video explaining exactly what the problems he's facing are, so I do hope he reads it.

edited 17th Mar '16 9:41:57 AM by wehrmacht

Somehow it doesn't surprise me.

But you can't really get better in a year if all you do is practice by yourself. Taking an art class, for example, could help you get better quicker. You can learn skills that you can include in your drawings. You have to learn new skills, otherwise you'll stagnate.

I've taken art classes myself, and while I'm more competent at art than I was a decade ago, I'm still not that good. Maybe drawing just is not for him.

edited 17th Mar '16 11:39:45 AM by Aldo930

It really depends. Some people can improve just doing something on their own, some people absolutely need outside help. Depends on how you work and how self-aware you are, as well as your natural skill level.

Eh, you can learn plenty on your own, you just have to know WHAT to practice and how to get the skills you want. There are plenty of resources available from extremely skilled instructors available for free (legally or otherwise) on the internet which give you all sorts of guidance and reference, from there it's just the work you put into it.

It IS true that it can take you a MUCH longer time to learn from mistakes on your own than with an instructor. And you learn much faster with feedback from other people too, which is why a lot of people recommend you to join some sort of art community if you're actually serious about improving (like conceptart.org and DA, though I think both of those sites aren't so good for that anymore, i don't know where the kids are hanging out these days). It's just the nature of the craft, sadly.

To me it seems like Enter's problem is a combination of

a) overthinking the issue more than just sitting down and drawing

b) not understanding how long and difficult it is to actually become competent at art (see: years of grueling struggle of thousands of pages of mistakes)

c) possibly not consulting the right resources. Admittedly, it took a relatively long time into my art journey before I finally found the actually good resources I needed; before that I spent years relying on mediocre/subpar tutorials and references on deviantart and other places.

edited 17th Mar '16 4:22:41 PM by wehrmacht