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Put the torches and pitchforks away. Take it from an animation professional.

There are a few reasons why you shouldn’t whine every time there’s a reboot of something. Let’s use the new Thundercats as an example.

1. Thundercats doesn’t deserve to die. It’s a beloved property that should have a fair attempt at reaching a new generation of kids. Don’t let a misplaced sense of ownership to something that isn’t yours in the first place ruin a show for other people. You like the original? Good. You can always go watch it. A reboot of Thundercats doesn’t mean the original never happened. Think a reboot should be more action packed and play older? They tried it in 2011 and turns out viewers didn’t want it.

Consider that the new Thundercats Roar may actually do well because…

2. …it wasn’t made for you. The tastes of today’s kids are different than ours, just like how ours was different than the generation before us. Test yourself by watching the original Thundercats. And by watching it I mean actually watching several entire episodes from start to finish. Most likely you’re going to get bored and want to change it to something else. A comedic adaptation of it could just be what revives interest in the Thundercats.

3. You already know and trust the artists. You trusted them when they helped make shows like OK KO, Motorcity, Rick and Morty, etc.. They’re bringing that passion and expertise with them to Thundercats Roar.  You’d be surprised at how much a network relies on the artists’ unique voices to make their shows stand out. Just from TC Roar’s sick intro you should know that this show is bringing something to the table.

4. It’s opening doors for the things you love. Whether you like it or not, reboots like Teen Titan GO and Ben 10 are successful and kids love them. While you don’t have to love them too, you should appreciate them. It’s because of the success of shows like these that networks can have the resources to explore new original content. This is how progress is made. This is why cartoons aren’t just cat and mouse chases anymore. Who knows, maybe a network will even end up developing an original show so successful that in 10 years time trolls on the internet will hate its reboot.

5. If you’re an aspiring artist, this isn’t a good look for you. Go through your favorite artists’ twitters and tumblrs and see if they have ever said anything bad about any animated shows. You’ll find nothing, why? It’s because this is an industry of cooperation and support for your fellow artists.

A good portion of the people I follow online are artists trying to break into the industry. We see the things you say. Your rants don’t make you sound like an animation connoisseur. It makes you sound toxic and jaded about an industry you haven’t even set foot in yet. Why would a production want to commit to hiring someone they think will just be rolling their eyes at the designs the whole time?

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Moon Child 🌙

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Stronger Together - Some Steven Universe fan art for AWA. 💜

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Soulsborne Maidens 🔥🗡🌕👹

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Embracing my #dadsona

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Princess Mononoke fan art for con season. No animated movie has spoken to me like this one.

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Super stoked to get to post this shirt design I drew for theRadBrad! Been working with Brad for the past couple of months on a few projects so there is more to come. You can grab this on TeeBlaster: https://www.teeblaster.com/spacesamurai

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When I was a kid I used to have this reoccurring nightmare. In the dream I'm roaming down these endless hallways, rounding corner after corner as this buzzing white noise that sounds like whispering continues to build. Finally, I round the last corner and there she is, floating in the pink mist. She speaks in a droning voice that I hear echoing inside my head, but when I wake up I never remember what she'd said.

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Besties

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I finished The Last Guardian recently. What a genuinely enchanting. experience. Here's me and Trico, remembering the good times...

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My first Procreate drawing. A self portrait for my 28th birthday. Using the new style no less.

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Uther Pendragon. A new character for my Arthurian series. www.patreon.com/mobalart

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Yo.

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Realized I never posted this Witcher 3 fan art.

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A Shovel Knight print for MAGfest later this week.

#art #fantasyart #fan art #shovel knight #shield knight #shovelry #artists on tumblr #illustration #digital art #line art #magfest 2017

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Happy New Year!

I am extremely excited to share with you that I have been featured in the FXpose gallery the February 2017 issue of ImagineFX. I submitted back in June and they contacted me a few weeks ago to let me know that I would be in the issue. It is on sale on their website as of December 30th, 2016. And should be on shelves here in the U.S. by late January.

Not a bad way to start the year :)

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Some Moana fan art because this movie filled me with joy and tears and tears of joy.

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