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Full Disclosure: one of my biggest pet peeves about weblogs and online journals is people posting song lyrics. One or two lines is fine; that's just like the Personal Quote in a profile. However, posting most if not all of the lyrics is just plain annoying. Moreover, it's almost always used by the writer to reflect on a personal situation, though it won't always quite match the reality. Anyway, this isn't just about what drives me crazy, it's about the madness of another...

This is in response to a notice by [link] regarding a 40-something self-proclaimed graphic designer named Ronnie L Clark Jr., whose gallery is composed almost entirely of just-barely retouched photos (including two or three well-known publicity photos of actress Jenny Agutter, on one of which [link] he practically branded with his initials over her hip in a show of what he probably considers pure class.) and other materials he's appropriated from sources he shares no connection with.

While DeviantART's stance on journals is fairly liberal, FAQ #34: Are there any rules for the journals? , and this journal doesn't technically break those few rules, it still serves to give a little insight into his mindset and how he seems to operate.
Most of his journals consist entirely of uncredited song lyrics that are given no context or introduction, except for his name above the lyrics in a large font. This is absent from later entries as well as early entries that are not written in the custom CSS, which would indicate that he became aware of what having his name above the lyrics looked like, yet didn't bother to tweak the CSS in those particular entries.

Again, there's nothing TECHNICALLY wrong with the journal entry, but given how questionable the rest of his gallery is, it doesn't paint the most flattering picture in terms of his artistic integrity.

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Full Disclosure: one of my biggest pet peeves about weblogs and online journals is people posting song lyrics. One or two lines is fine; that's just like the Personal Quote in a profile. However, posting most if not all of the lyrics is just plain annoying. Moreover, it's almost always used by the writer to reflect on a personal situation, though it won't always quite match the reality. Anyway, this isn't just about what drives me crazy, it's about the madness of another...

This is in response to a notice by [link] regarding a 40-something self-proclaimed graphic designer named Ronnie L Clark Jr., whose gallery is composed almost entirely of just-barely retouched photos (including two or three well-known publicity photos of actress Jenny Agutter, on one of which [link] he practically branded with his initials over her hip in a show of what he probably considers pure class.) and other materials he's appropriated from sources he shares no connection with.

While DeviantART's stance on journals is fairly liberal, FAQ #34: Are there any rules for the journals? , and this journal doesn't technically break those few rules, it still serves to give a little insight into his mindset and how he seems to operate.
Most of his journals consist entirely of uncredited song lyrics that are given no context or introduction, except for his name above the lyrics in a large font. This is absent from later entries as well as early entries that are not written in the custom CSS, which would indicate that he became aware of what having his name above the lyrics looked like, yet didn't bother to tweak the CSS in those particular entries.

Again, there's nothing TECHNICALLY wrong with the journal entry, but given how questionable the rest of his gallery is, it doesn't paint the most flattering picture in terms of his artistic integrity.