05-27-2015, 09:15 PM
I think a lot of it is that some people, myself included, have a need for approval. So we end up getting into a rut of spriting things and then putting them up fast so that we can bask in the views, favorites, likes, thanks, etc.
I'm trying to break free of that tendency and actually put some serious work into my... work. But it is a hard rut to break out of. Since this regressive sprite culture is a lot of people's first exposure to the art form it becomes the norm for them, throwing them straight into the rut from the get go.
The question is, where does my stuff fall into the categories? what can we do to encourage people to make more ambitious stuff, especially if they're just starting out and don't even have a grip on the basics yet?
I'm trying to break free of that tendency and actually put some serious work into my... work. But it is a hard rut to break out of. Since this regressive sprite culture is a lot of people's first exposure to the art form it becomes the norm for them, throwing them straight into the rut from the get go.
The question is, where does my stuff fall into the categories? what can we do to encourage people to make more ambitious stuff, especially if they're just starting out and don't even have a grip on the basics yet?