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HOW'S MY DRIVING?

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PLEASE stop using Adam Lambert and Ellen Page as PBs. I can't take Julian seriously anymore, and Ellen Page looks nothing like Jess. They both have plenty of source material to icon that you don't need these PBs that look nothing like your characters.

sorry that you feel that way.

in all honestly, i saw the complaints about using PBs in the anon thread so i've been backing off on using them in game. however, there are times when i don't have much of a choice to use them as my characters lack in certain expressions (ie. Julian actually smiling or Jessica looking more depressed). they're also partly for another game which doesn't mind using PBs for comic characters in the end anyways.

i'm sorry that you can't take Julian seriously anymore. choosing PBs is personal preference on whether the character looks like the person or not, so while you may not think think that they look like the character, other people do.

however, if this really is an issue, i'll stop using them in this game all together. my apologies, anon, and i hope that maybe you'll feel better about my characters after this.

I don't mind the use of PBs at all. The issue was that the ones you chose look nothing like your characters. That was my critique. As far as I can tell, neither character is lacking in facial expressions if you can make well over a hundred icons for them. Maybe consider other PBs that look more like your characters.

Have any suggestions for them on what they should look for? Maybe some names that is a closer match?

if you have any suggestions for more appropriate/better PBs, please, let me know. i'm all ears.

but the fact of the matter is, PBs are still personal preference in the end. Lambert was honestly a joke that went awry and that i actually considered changing (because who wants him as a PB), but didn't bother because it took too much work to find another, and Ellen Page was spontaneous and something fandom suggested.

while you may not think that they look like the characters, again, some other people do. but i'm willing to change them if you have better suggestions or stop using them completely if they bother you that much (minding PBs or not).

different anon. i wasn't going to say anything at first because i didn't want to +1 you to death but you are taking this crit like a child. your receptiveness to crit aside, i'll keep *my* crit in line with what's been posted here and not elsewhere.

i have to agree with the original anon regarding your use of pbs. i don't think they are a good representation of either character. i actively avoid your characters because of them, so it is a much bigger deal than you may think. using them is your personal choice, but you need to realize that not everyone enjoys them. by not using them the problem is solved, otherwise it's just a problem that you are going to have realize exists by choosing to do so.

as far as your receptiveness to crit, if you can't handle the fact that someone is going to have critique that you might not like or agree with then i suggest simply abstaining from posting on here in the future.

???

Take a step back. Take a break. Then re-read things carefully with another perspective. I don't see the person as acting like a child. They said sorry, and they are willing to take suggestions.

as far as you see here, yes. you're right. i was factoring in more than just that.

i've already agreed to not use them all together if it bothers that many people. i wasn't aware that it was this much a problem, but again, i'll stop using them all together and i'm sorry that my PB choice wasn't to your liking.

and i'm fully aware of how much of a child that i've been acting like, and i fully apologize for it and how much of an ass i've been making of myself. i completely regret it and in the future i will abstain from posting to HMD until i know i can handle it.

to be fair only like two of Julian's icons are pb'd? Jess has a few more, but the majority is still comics art. I pay no attention to either of these characters so I had no idea, and I was expecting to see like half of their icons pb'd based on reactions here. Is just two of them that big a deal, even if you disagree with the actor?

We're moving on now.

fair enough.

Anon I have no idea what you're talking about. I just looked at those PBs+characters to see...and Ellen might not be the best Jess PB (though I can see certain icons where they have the same baby face), but Adam is perfectly fine as a representation of Julian. Apparently you have a problem with Adam Lambert if you can't take someone seriously that uses him as a PB, and that sucks for you, but he does not 'look nothing like' Julian.

Now I've never seen either of these characters in their canon source, I admit, but just comparing their PB icons with their comic icons, I see no problem identifying them as that character's live action counter part.

/tosses in 2c

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