Hecko Leaves Daily Draw
Just today, I was asked to leave the Daily Draw because of friction between me and some of the other members. It caught me by complete surprise since I wasn’t aware of this, but then again, I am pretty oblivious to a lot of things…
After a short dialogue with Kaiki, where I had asked what I had done to fuck up so badly, she explained that I had pretty much come off as an arrogant know-it-all intent on showing people that I’m right and they’re not and overall was making people feel bad about themselves. Obviously, this was NOT intentional… However, if I really came across that way, then it is fully understandable why some of the members would want for me to leave, so I have no hard feelings about it.
I would therefore like to sincerely apologize for apparently having come off as such a jackass, I honestly feel terrible about it. Had I known that my comments made me appear that way, and that people felt hurt by them, I would’ve STFU. So I’m truly and deeply sorry for any distress I may have caused. I wish the Daily Draw community all the best in the future and much success with their art.
After a short dialogue with Kaiki, where I had asked what I had done to fuck up so badly, she explained that I had pretty much come off as an arrogant know-it-all intent on showing people that I’m right and they’re not and overall was making people feel bad about themselves. Obviously, this was NOT intentional… However, if I really came across that way, then it is fully understandable why some of the members would want for me to leave, so I have no hard feelings about it.
I would therefore like to sincerely apologize for apparently having come off as such a jackass, I honestly feel terrible about it. Had I known that my comments made me appear that way, and that people felt hurt by them, I would’ve STFU. So I’m truly and deeply sorry for any distress I may have caused. I wish the Daily Draw community all the best in the future and much success with their art.
Sep 28th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Don’t worry, it sort of caught me by surprise to. Well, at least you didn’t seem like a arrogant know-it-all in my comments :D
Sep 28th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
*was clueless till this afternoon*
I didn’t think you came off this way at all. I found your comments quite entertaining and helpful.
Having reread some of the posts on DD, and your blog it seems there was a misunderstanding about stylistic preferences that got blown up out of proportion? I know this can be a touchy area for artists but I think it was obvious to me that you didn’t mean to cause offence
Sep 29th, 2009 at 2:23 am
Thanks for the kind words, both of you.
@Arcadia: Maybe that too, I don’t really know. I was never approached by any of the members who had an issue with my comments, so I honestly never knew my comments were making people feel uncomfortable until I received the email from Willie asking me to leave the DD. By then, it was unfortunately to late for me to do anything about it, other than say my sorries and leave.
Sep 29th, 2009 at 3:48 am
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