The interest on the new Rybie designs was great, and there was a lot of questions so I wanted to put some of my thoughts down here to be more clear about my feelings. Part of the reason I wanted to reboot the Viverse is that it had long since stopped being what I loved to do, and it was instead chugging along to vague ideas and criticisms that were no longer my own.
Recognizing your weaknesses and finding ways to get over them is a healthy system to have.
One of my weaknesses, is that outside opinions can weigh heavily on me.
I want people to enjoy my work as much as I do, I want lots of people to like what I create.
So over time I let outside opinions and critics bleed into the work, until it's ruined.
Criticism on it's own is not bad, but all works of art has a distinct vision that is exclusive to the creator.
If I end up feeling like my vision, my ideas, my core concept for something is lacking due to getting nothing but outside voices chattering away every day then I just end up losing sight of that vision and losing hope in what I'm trying to achieve.
I wanted to be upfront about this because it's more my personal mental issue than anyone's.
But it is also why I'm going to need to be more firm on what sorts of opinions I take to heart.
Such as not trying to "appease" the masses by forcing myself into making things just because people liked something from the original VV that won't be in the remake. Things that are not in the remake are because they don't work for me, or they never lived up to the potential. Or I Just don't like those ideas to begin with.
I'm sorry is this comes across as harsh but I wanted to clear my own head by being upfront on this.
It's hard enough trying to create something so massive without also having to fight mental health and the nagging feeling that everything you do will never be good enough. That even if you make the things you truly put your heart and soul into, then nobody else might like it and you will be alone in your vision. But I'm tired of doing the things I don't like just to make others happy.
You might not like everything I'm doing with Eventide going forward.
But at least it will actually be everything I've always wanted to do with these characters in the first place.
No more compromises.
Anyway, sorry for getting so personal over this.
And I hope you can still support me, even if things get a little strange around here.
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