W-wow...I wasn’t aware of this, I assumed they were still working for DG since I saw them post DG related things on Twitter recently but...they really did leave, their farewell post is here...Aah damnit they were my favorite DG artist/designer...Aaaah I hope they still had enough time to draw Ittetsu’s uevo before they left OTL I’m suddenly super worried about Ittetsu, if it’s UCMM or Yuurin drawing him now it should be fine, Beikon might be good too, but Omika...Omika’s artstyle is nice, but I really can’t see it for Ittetsu... ;A; aaaaah damnit whyyyyy Shiratoriiiiiii
As for Yuurin...honestly I don’t know, it’s probably because they drew the uevos of several beloved characters designed by Ichinose and fans didn’t like the result or thought it was too different from the original ( well DUH it’s another illustrator doing them now, also when the last Knights’ uevos were released I’ve barely seen comments about them just looking WILDLY different from their original artwork when it’s so freaking jarring?! what the hell )
Like...I could understand people not liking Yuurin’s style (imo the main problem of Yuurin’s artstyle is that they try hard...too hard, they try to make their designs as unique as possible but, they add too many details and often it becomes a huge mess), and I could understand people being bummed that Ichinose is not drawing their own characters anymore ( UCMM is a wonderful illustrator but...I’m still not completely happy with them being Akane’s illustrator now tbh ) but...hating their guts constantly and even wishing for their death and posting all of that on Twitter is not okay, freaking hell...
Here’s a nice (not) example of that stupid hate, that I saved for some reason:
Rough/Approximative translation:
- Shiratori: “I will do my best!!” Yuurin: “I will do my best (small voice) “ What’s that “(small voice)” ? A gag?
- It feels like they were trying to show they had no confidence with only words.
- Maybe it’s because they think users would rather tell them “Don’t do your best”
- If you can only say something like “I will do my best” with a small voice, then don’t do anything and just leave it to another artist
?????? Yeah of course they wouldn’t feel super eager to show their motivation if there are assholes like these who try to hate them for the smallest thing?? What the hell is their problem...
...Ah, you can read these kanjis as ‘Beiikon’, well I guess that settles it then (maybe...it’s most likely the same person but who knows) Wow they really improved a lot didn’t they...I’m looking forward to what they will draw next.