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Re: Andy FAQ Facebook page

[(Anonymous)]

SA on second thought, I retract my shame for laughing at this - it's more evidence of Andy's deceit and the way he continues to overhype his own abilities and sell himself as an upper-tier artiste without putting in the actual effort to improve at any artistic craft. Whether it's cooking, or tracing drawing, or body painting, or cosplay, or whatever, he seems to do the bare minimum to get to "above average" in ability and then immediately start posturing like a prodigy.

It's a low-level con, and people don't call him on it because it feels awkward and mean and socially wrong - he takes blatant advantage of that social nicety and here he is doing it again.

Re: Andy FAQ Facebook page

[(Anonymous)]

For all this talk of him being talented and a genius, etc, he comes off as excessively lazy and churns out sub-par work regardless of what medium it is. Even his much vaunted prose is predictable and purple to people who are actually good at wordcraft.

Re: Andy FAQ Facebook page

[(Anonymous)]

It's another form of con artistry, one that's hard to call out without appearing like a bully - he leans into "art is subjective, your yuck might be my yum, everything has SOME audience, etc" to escape criticism when the facts show situations like those cited in the above FB post as having happened within the past month:

• His claiming to be a gourmet chef while not being able to boil an egg

• His hyping up of his costuming skills while unable to tailor a garment so it won't split as soon as someone tries it on

This is con artist behavior! It's awkward to call out because there are a lot of "delusional artists" out there who overestimate their own abilities, but this is at a level where it HAS to be conscious. IMO this is just a new version of Andy's old tricks, and he's chosen it because it's harder to call out than lies on the Bit of Earth scale. People notice this stuff and then convince themselves Andy isn't LYING, he's just a bit delusional in that harmless overly-grandiose self-important way all mediocre would-be artists are.

Re: Andy FAQ Facebook page

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT That... makes a lot of sense. In other words, it's not really a delusion on his part. He puts out just enough effort to seem like the real thing and leans on his mouth to carry the rest for him. Minimal effort, maximum reward.