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Copyright 2012 Andrew Dobson
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Doing fanart is both rewarding and frustrating. It's rewarding because it's a great way to draw in new fans and viewers by showing them something they're familiar with.

It's frustrating because your original characters and series can often get overlooked or be not as popular as a fanart piece you produced in 10 minutes. I've seen some really talented artists fall down that slippery slope and struggle to get back up again.

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*Katrina20Lin10 Feb 3, 2013  Student General Artist
see what you did there....just can't stop drawing mascots. they're just my obsession
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:iconwolfbytes:
Mood: Joy ~WolfBytes Dec 23, 2012
Ha ha! I see what you did there...
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:iconanimeotaku4444:
~AnimeOtaku4444 Sep 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Ahahahaha! I always said that yellow rodent was evil! XD *dies laughing*
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~ExMedal Aug 6, 2012  Student
yes
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=FiendPets Aug 3, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
But be careful. A few years ago, someone requested a picture for their best friend's birthday of a character from One Piece. I wasn't a fan of it personally, but I helped out anyway. Posted it to my dA gallery once the friend had been properly surprised. That picture alone has more views than all the rest of my stuff combined (and more favorites too) It has more views than my profile, so I know people aren't even interested in the rest of my stuff. I struggled with whether to leave it up because it was the most popular thing I'd ever done, or take it down because it wasn't a real reflection of my work and didn't belong in my gallery. I left it up, but I now use the term "One-Piece'd" to describe when an artist has one manga fan art in their gallery and you can hear crickets in the rest.
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~ChelseaStory Jul 26, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
Not all Fan Art is evil
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I like flowers
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~Gundamfanatic123 Jul 11, 2012  Student General Artist
Pikachu you evil bastard XD

He's just evil. And I'm going to agree with you on that one. It really is that frustrating that fan art pieces seem to be so much more popular, and I think it's because it's more well known and some people just aren't fans of Original Characters & Series.
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~Big-The-ED Jul 3, 2012
My girlfriend tries her hardest not to put up her Pokemon drawings, because they tend to be her most viewed and faved, simply for being Pokemon, while the rest of her stuff goes unloved.
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~HectorAdame Jul 2, 2012
So you recomend to stick with your own characters and projects more often than making fan art?
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Mood: Humor ~waj317 Jul 1, 2012  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Wlth pickachu it either you get pushed or zaped.... but you will fall in...( evil smile)
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