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why complain about something free?

Someone recently contacted me,
about the way I choose to lay out my models,
see below:

“nice template...but why the hell did you have to put all the blue writing around the template, I would've made it if it wasn't for that...what a waste of ink!”

And it made me think,
1. Why the hell complain about something you get for free?
2. If you choose not to make it, fine, it don’t bother me.
3. I think it’s important, that an unmade design sheet, should look like a work of art, I like to see people have put a little more thought into things, than they have too, it shows they care about them.
4. I know some of you may be on a budget, and see the superfluous as a “waste of ink”. If so DON’T build them, just appreciate them.
5. It seems some people are more concerned with voicing negative opinions, than anything positive.

Thank god for NPT where any criticisms seem to be constructive.
(I don’t know if my message came from a member or not)

Any one disagree with the above?
If so do it constructively 

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Comment by Dré on July 30, 2009 at 7:48am: My site with paper toys has been online for about three years now.
Here's some of the complaints/questions I've received;

Why aren't your paper toys bigger?
Why aren't yopur paper toys smaller?
Why are they coloured?
Why can't my printer print your toys on larger paper (no joke)?

Some even sillier.
You could feel offended about people complaining about what they get for free.

But maybe you can think of it like this;
If someone takes the effort to contact you about your designs, even to complain; it means your stuff has meaning for them. Otherwise they wouldn't even bother to contact you.
So if you look at it that way, the moaning about ink (cause it is, of course, still moaning) is still a compliment.

Dré
paperboxworld

Comment by Anna Blume & Henk Engst on July 30, 2009 at 7:35am: What I like a lot about this scene/site is the kind&nice attitude people have, and that includes having a lot of respect for everybody. Respect for the craftsmanship of some, the ingenuity of others or the enthusiasm of the many. That said, I admire the finesse of some of the templates you make, so just keep on going, Mr Chiba! As said earlier here, even a simple MSpaint can erase stuff you don't want to print out, and doing that will take less time than sending an email to the artist who made the template :)

PLUR!
( Paper, love, unity & respect )

Comment by Luke 'Glood' on July 29, 2009 at 12:09am: I do disagree with you slightly. It is when the full piece of paper behind the paper toy is completely a block colour that I think - What is the point? It is a waste of ink. The simple solution is this - I f you dont want it remove it in photo shop or someting before printing. Really though you are wotrking hard to give people FREE paper toys. Even if they have complaints they should keep it to themselves. Either take it or leave it.

Comment by hankd on July 28, 2009 at 11:01am: I love it when people complain about FREE stuff. Really its not entirely free, there is some work involved with it. But someone else did the work and all you have to do is print, cut, fold and glue. And you have a nice little toy that you are able to do what you want with it. You can collect them, you can smash them, you can even set them on fire. But the people that complain about getting a FREE toy should really stop and ask themselves,

Hey did I design this? NO!
Did I create the template? NO!
Am I getting something for nothing? YES.
Did I leave a nasty comment for the person that put all the work into doing something nice for nothing? YES.
So what am I really doing? Just printing it out so that I can make a toy for FREE.

The world is full of naysayers. Don't let them get you down. Just keep on, keepin' on....

Comment by Jamie Gillett on July 28, 2009 at 9:30am: Printing costs aren't a concern for me - they might be for my bosses though ;). However I did cut and paste the 808 model onto a blank page to print that out even at work (still haven't put it together yet... one day). I would say that a lot of the people that come across your paper models primarily want to build the models rather than admire the stencils and using ink unnecessarily may factor into deciding whether to build your model or not. IF you are concerned by it putting people off building your models you could always put a note on your blog...

IF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WASTING THEIR INK PRINTING THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN EITHER:
1. Copy/Paste onto a blank background
2. Don't build it

As I said, IF you are concerned about it (but why would you be).

Comment by Alex Gwynne on July 28, 2009 at 8:55am: your right! i normaby put nice background on my papertoys but then people wont make them! i do agree that i dont like printing thing with alot of ink going to wast so i edit the background out, leaving me more ink to print more artwork with i like the art enugh to find away around it, if people cant be bothered to use a brainsel to get what they want then they shouldent have it (i hope thta makes sence)

Comment by Bryan on July 28, 2009 at 8:23am: hahaha. that's pretty funny

its a double edged sword really and it all comes down to what the artist wants to do considering there's no money being made imo. i see where they're coming from, but i'm not sure printing papertoys is the most important use of ink at all if you're that worried about it

it's a slightly valid concern tho.