User talk:Lamboroll
Original review author: | Lamboroll |
Webcomic name: | StarWarriors |
Author: | Scott "Sukotto"/"VoidSlice" Fraser |
Start Date: | 19 June 2015 |
End Date: | Ongoing |
Genre: | Furry |
Defining Flaw: | Incoherent storyline |
Rating Summary
Background
I saw an ad for this somewhere. It didn't look great. I decided to read it anyway, and I wish I'd made a different choice.
You hear that? I made a wish, guys, that means a StarWarrior/Star Guardian needs to come grant it or guard it or make it come true or whatever the fuck it is they're actually supposed to do, otherwise it will contribute to the destruction of the universe. Come change time for me so I can unread your stupid, nonsensical shit. Or, wait, is it just that the wishers need to not give up on their wishes? Because I can do that. I can hold onto that wish indefinitely.
... I have no fucking clue how any of this is supposed to work and in over 100 pages, this comic that's specifically about wishes has yet to tell me, and really, that's its biggest problem. Nothing gets explained.
Downfall
It's always sucked. From the concept, to the execution, to the moment I realized the first couple pages are nothing but cameos from other (better) comics and by real, existing people that have nothing to do with the story as a whole. It doesn't make sense, the art hasn't improved at all in the two years it's been going, and on top of that, this man thinks he's a professional artist.
Story and Plot
I can't figure out how to summarize this because literally nothing happens. As you read, it makes you question so much shit, to the point where you're definitely sure you missed something, and then answers nothing. It just gives you things, doesn't flesh them out, and then moves on immediately.
Art review
Critique the artist's ability to convey their message and style artistically. Doe]]s the artist have a style? Is it worth two shits? Can the guy make his characters look unique from one another? If he can't, fuck his comic up. Rip it the fuck apart. Treat it like you would treat a man that's just shit himself.
Writing review
Make a clear, concise review of writing here. Detail all the important things about the artist's writing abilities, or the writer's as the case may be. Do the characters act realistic? Does each have a distinct personality? Think about it this way: Even bad movies have decent characters. Even in the dungheap anime "Inuyasha", Kagome acts like a fourteen-year old girl, Inuyasha acts like a man-child, Miroku is a serious if horny monk, etcetera. They act like real people. So, does your webcomic artist have realistic characters? Do they act differently from one another?
Also talk about storyline. Is it cliched to all unholy fuck? Have you read anything like it, or seen anything like it in the movies? Is it ripped directly from Harry Potter? Does it make any sense? Finally, does the writer leave any loose threads in his story? Rip these comics apart if they commit any of these sins. Ripoff artists are not artists, they are literary slime.
Author biography
I didn't know a thing about this artist before doing some research to write this review. He's pretty average.
Scott is a Canadian creator of Latino descent. Having apparently resided in Chile for a good portion of his life, his first language is actually Spanish, not French or English, which would explain (but not excuse) quite a bit in regards to the awkwardness found within the pages of Starwarriors. He spends his days looking for professional employment in the animation industry as a Production Assistant.
In the meantime though, he lives with his parents, works on Starwarriors, suckles on those Patreon dollars, and occasionally goes to a convention or two. He also appears to have another project in the works called The Wizard's Pets, if his Carbonmade portfolio is anything to go by. Judging by the "animatics" (that are actually storyboards, because of course a professional artist wouldn't know the difference between the two) it's going to be just as great, if not greater, than Starwarriors is. And by that I mean it's also a confusing mess.
Did I mention this guy is almost 26 years old? Yeah.
Before his foray into original work, Scott pretty much solely did fan art. He drew a couple short fan comics, namely about Undertale and Five Nights at Freddy's. There's an example script for a Steven Universe episode in his portfolio. I found a Pokemon fanfic on his deviantart. None of it's great, but it makes more coherent sense than his original work, most likely because the backbone is already there. Really, this guy has just made me understand why some artists never do anything original with their work: It's because they can't, they know they can't, and they have enough sense not to try, because they know they'll just embarrass themselves.
But Scott's a furry, so of course he has no sense, or shame.
Conclusion
I just feel sorry for this guy, really. He's clearly an enthusiastic, nerdy hobbyist who mistook his hobby for a profession, and nobody seems to have ever given him a real sit-down talk about it.
That said, I don't think he should stop working on his projects, but I do think he needs to be more critical of his work. StarWarriors could easily be something cool. The concept is there. It just needs a lot more work.
But since furries will toss money at anything, there's no incentive there for him to do so, and he probably won't.
Links
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