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Bobert-Rob
All I do all day is make cartoons in various programs. Comedic animations, parodies of movies and video games. EGO FI.

Robert Winchester @Bobert-Rob

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Posted by Bobert-Rob - April 30th, 2008


Yeah, so I'm not always great when it comes to research. I'm going through reviews of that whole 'Mac VS PC' parody thing I did, and there are a few who really REALLY didn't enjoy it. Now, I'm not about to say it's a masterpiece, but it's got some highlights. Good for a chuckle or two.

But this one reviewer was like "Damn you Rob, Linux isn't a computer producer, it's an operating system. RESEARCH, DO SOME.". This is one of those moments where Rob realizes he probably should've done a wee bit more research before commiting to an idea. Most people enjoy the whole Linux addition, though, so I can't say it was a MISTAKE... but I could've at least brought that whole factor to attention somehow.

But everybody makes mistakes, so whatever. I'm not sure why I'm choosing to make an entire news post about it... just thought it might be something worth noting. Regardless, I'll go ahead and bring up something else that's kind of related, but not really.

Did I use any 'street talk' in Episode 5 of Siblings? One abusive reviewer said the brothers were a bunch of 'white boys talking street' and I honestly have no idea when (if at all) any of us talked street in that animation. Am I just forgetting a vital part, or is that just a bunch of complete bullshit? I'm thinking bullshit, but who knows.

I'm not going to let a few negative nancies ruin my opinion of my own work, of course... just like how I won't let a lot of really positive petes make me think any higher of myself. I'm just an amateur animator who's still learning his trade and hoping to make a living out of it someday. That's all I am, no matter how successful I get or how good I get at it. Well, until I get a job doing it, anyway. That'll probably take awhile, though... if it happens at all.

On a completely unrelated note, happy Pico day everyone. No, I'm not doing anything special for today... I've been releasing too many things as it is, what can you expect?

Here's a drawing I drew last night. Took awhile to do. I'm not done with it (thinking of redoing the background), but I'll let you guys see it anyway.

Blah blah blah I'm done.

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Nice picture, would look great in the Heart and the handpt 2

Yeah, but this picture won't be in it. That IS supposed to be Glenn, the guy from that, but it's a different lady. This belongs to another story entirely, so... yeah. Glad you enjoy it. If you like that style of art, you may like some of the art I have on my dA page. Although a lot of that art is varied (some is cute, some is creepy, some is funny), there's some art of 'the Heart and the hand' on there that's sort of like this. Thanks for the compliment!

Street talk? Mine ears they hear no nothin about any street talk. Ignore the guy. he was high on something. Awesome pic btw.

That's what I'm thinking, yeah. And thanks, I enjoy it as well. I just need to redo the background so it matches the perspective on the characters... the building back there is kind of flat, whereas the characters are all... not.

i dont get ur picture ....but hey i dont get anything these days

There's no hidden message, if that's what you're refering to. It's just a drawing, plain and simple. There's a story, but I'll not get into that.

Maybe you should make a full animation with Siblings with Just street Talk in :]
Then maybe the reviewer will say "White Boys Talking Normaly" ^^

lol, yeah, I'm sure they'd appreciate that. But eh, I'd rather not draw more attention to that idiot anyway, let alone do an entire animation devoted to their misconceptions. It'd be funny, though.

Lol yah read a few reviews of your front page items.... guess its something to expect when your on front page. Cant understand why some one would get so mad cause you werent "politically correct". Its kinda hard to be funny and politically correct. the guy oughta be happy that you didnt make fun of any kind of computer. first good mac/pc/linux parody I saw that only made fun of the way they present there products and not the product its self. some people just dont under stand difficult it can be to make a flash animation with a good plot... Oh well, and as far as the siblings episode Im pretty sure he meant curse words lol. whats he expect its in the rating (I think). But on another note: love the drawing you have a very unique (in the good way) style that makes it look real without anyone being able to say "THAT LOOKS LIKE ANIME" yah see that way to much. well I guess I better shut up now before I use up all my space and bore you all to death. Nice drawing and keep it up with the animation!

Yep, front pages tend to attract all types. And I welcome the actual criticisms, but come on, the criticisms need to make sense or at least explain their views. Just saying something and not backing it up with examples that help me doesn't do me a bit of good. Oh well. And yeah, the style is coming along nicely, thanks for noticing.

"Steal that Chocobo!" maybe? People will always over analyze your work to find minute flaws to make themselves feel better, so don't take it too personally.

Hm... possibly. She complained about the GTA reference, too, for whatever reason. A simple joke, that one. And yeah, I'm over it now, it's just one of those things left over from the review that made absolutely NO sense to me, heh.

Street talk? I didn't hear notice any street talk, and I've watched that so much, I've memorized the script.

Awesome pic, by the way.

Thanks, yeah, I enjoy it myself. Still need to remake the bg, I think, but the characters themselves look pretty good.

hmmmmm. . . ."street talk" eh? i watched it and noting,forget them. probliy jelos or something? stupid people always get on my nevres? >=[ oh well, their are wayyyy more people that like you stuff(like me)then others that... idk hate your stuff? idk see why?

but hey,we need them abusive reviews... we get better whistle for them. mine's a garbarg >=[

but hey,whens "the heart and the hand p1" going to be done? no hurry,i just want to know?

It's on hiatus at the moment... too many other things going on at the moment, you know? But it WILL be completed, trust me, as it's the best animation I've done to date (I personally believe), so I won't let it go anywhere until it's completed.

I don't see the problem. The adds aren't Dell vs Apple, It's WINDOWS vs MAC. The battle isn't between comp0uter pruducers, it's about operating systems. Linux fits in just fine.

Well, it's about the operating system AND the external computers as well, usually. But this shouldn't rule Linux out, I suppose. And yeah, Linux WAS a penguin, so it's not like he's technically an equal to the others anyway. Just because he doesn't have his own computer dedicated to himself doesn't mean he should be ignored.

I absolutely agree with the guy above me, Linux is perfectly suitable, as Windows, Mac and Linux are all OS's. The guy who told you to do research was blowing smoke out his ass, don't let it get you down. Love your work by the way, you're one of my favorite artists.

Yeah, I suppose. The commercials don't fixate on JUST the external computers, they talk about everything. Quite truely.

White boys talking street? Sounds like someone out there has been smoking something too much. You should understand that there are all sorts of people out there, including ones that have no idea what they're talking about. Comments like that shouldn't bother you as long as you have a good enough grip on reality.

True. Still, sometimes people come up with bizarre accusations like that which leave me confused as hell, heh. Hell, I should do an episode where they just talk gangstery just for the hell of it. Maybe she saw 'Pop a Cap' and was disappointed that it contained no street talk at all despite the title... heh.

check the highst rated things in the portal...

What do you mean, the Pico stuff? I saw a couple of the ones that made front page yesterday and some of them were pretty good. If you're refering to MY work, yeah, episode 5 is still on the top 50, so yay for that.

yeah man go to the flash portal, and see the best of the week ok.

...what, do you mean my recent thing getting third place? Yeah, I noticed that.

Another day in the world of Bobert-Rob eh? The I hate mac ads was a quick laugh, but nothing really special. O well.
To address the "white boys talking trash" thing, wats there to say, some people r so picky about words and how they could be said in different ways, blab blab
Anyhoo, thats really just life, theres yes n no.
One thing before in quit, a sappy song like "Before It's too late" should be played in the second part of the heart and the hand. (Just a though =))

Remember, an entire fan base is watching u =0

I'm not familiar with that 'before it's too late' song you're referring to, but I'm wanting all the music to be done by me, so... yeah. No actual commercial songs in that animation. And it's nice to know I'm being... watched. *pulls the blinds* :D

O yea "before its too late" is by the Goo Goo dolls =(

Ah, well, good to know. I forget if I've ever heard the song or not, but I'm familiar with the band. Good band, that one.

I saw that 'street talk' comment and I was confuseded. Since when has Bob-Rob ever used street talk? Well...you might've done in a flash of yours I havn't aimlessly watched yet...

I don't think it really matters if Liniux is an operating system or company, it's still there, UNLESS you actually SAID it was a company in 'Mac vs PC parody thing', then you can continue on saying you made a mistake :D

Amateur? I think not! You can draw AND animate! I can draw, but I can't animate because I'm finding almost impossible to find a flash tutorial that doesn't tell me how to do gravity, jumping, or fire! I KNOW THIS! I'm going to be learning Java soon anyways, so I might be able to get some things onto NG's and join the 'we got blammed' team...yay being blammed :D

Well, I'm going to start ranting soon, and I have about 7365 characters left, which I would just love to fill up, but, as I am posting a comment, and not a 3000 word rant, I'll just idle on to H.O.T.M again, and finish it.

PS: 'Mac vs PC parody thing' gave me 3 chuckles!

PSS: SPOOKY CASTLE!

I just mean amateur in the sense of me doing it just for the hell of it and not for money. Professionals get paid to do it, but I don't get paid for it, so I'm still an amateur. That sort of thing. And no, I didn't specifically say Linuxwas or wasn't a computer company, but it's assumed since both Mac and PC is a brand of computer. But whatever, nit pickers will nit pick, it's what they do best.

Ep. 5 was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo trite and cliche!!!!!

Oh, wait that lady was crazy and doesn't know what she's talking about.

I'm going to add onto another person's comment by saying not only can you animate and draw, but you can voice act and have creativity and humor. But I understand where you're coming from with the not letting what the positive petes have said go to your head. I mean, you love what you're doing, and it's great that most people, or at least a large number of people also love it. You don't need to think higher of yourself because we are all jumping on the "Rob kicks ass" flashwagon, but at the same time I'm glad we all have the opportunity to tell you exactly how much ass you kick. All those 8s, 9s, and 10s aren't swarming your review boards for nothing, you know.

Truely. I just don't want to become overconfident, you know? Being overconfident sucks, because then I'd become a conceited ass and I don't want that to happen... plus, I never want to stop improving my work, because the moment I stop improving my work, the moment I get bored of this and stop doing it altogether. Lets hope that doesn't happen anytime soon!

I think I know where the very slight "street talking" part was.

Could it have been "Why the hate vibes?!"?

Hm, perhaps... although that line is actually "Why the hate, Bob, why?!"... Danny pronounces Bob weirdly, so I can see how you'd misinterpret. But who knows.

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