Its come to my attention that there's someone (assuming its just one because they ask if everyone's hyped each time that I've seen) who really wants to get this project noticed. We definitely appreciate the effort, but at this point its coming off as excessive and its grating the nerves of the people who just want a Zelda thread without having to see the ZVN. I happened across a thread yesterday where someone said that there's been viraling going on in almost every Zelda thread lately and if that's true, that's way too much.
We can handle getting the blog exposure. At this point I'd rather not pester /v/ or /vg/ any further.
We are on the lookout for people who want to join the project and in order to do so we need people to know we exist, but we don't want to bother anyone in the process. If whoever has been viraling is reading this, please tone it down. If you'd still like to help somehow, shoot one of us an email.
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On an unrelated note:
"The artist went to the blog to say the art was great and held a poll.
Turned out no one liked the art, so he did this little post saying
"MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BE THE LEAD ARTIST WAAAAH", then he decided to
actually listen to critique and redo some of the art."
Just came across this in an archive and I'd like to address it as I've heard similar comments before. Maybe it'll just make things worse, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
Not once have I tried to say the art was great in face of all the criticism. My intention with that post I made a while back was to say "I hear the criticism. I'll redo the art. Please elaborate on why you think its shit so I can improve it, instead of just churning out more shit".
The poll was never an attempt to justify the art. Its only purpose was to see which of the sprites should be redone. That's why the title of the poll was "Which of the sprites should be redone?" I could be wrong, but I think the poll was also created at the same time as the post.
"MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BE THE LEAD ARTIST WAAAAH".
I can't deny this. Maybe I did sound like that. However, saying I should step down as the artist if my work is really that bad wasn't some pity grab. If my work is just going to drag the project down, I'm not going to keep being the artist, that's all there is to it. I was prepared to relegate myself to an assistant position if people didn't like the newer sketches. I still am if the overall quality of the work doesn't pick up.
I just... why? Why all of this? Even if the art is hated, I don't understand the reception I've been seeing for the project in general. What is it that's invoking such strong feelings?
Sorry for the wall.
