End of the Line
Although I still upload artwork here, this account has become rather dead, hasn't it? I mean, unless you go through my Scrap gallery, whomever is reading this might think I haven't done anything with this account in years and that I've long moved on!
The fact is... yeah, I've pretty much moved on and I'm indeed done here. I've been done with this site ever since the Eclipse UI update so many years ago; even now, I think it's absolutely abhorrent and the most user-unfriendly interface I've ever had the displeasure of navigating, with everything feeling like it requires more clicks to do here than it would on any other site. I kept hoping it would improve over time and I could be won back, but... it's clearly not gonna happen any time soon, and I've just about called it quits on this site.
However, I do still see the value in keeping an account here and I'm not about to remove all of my old work, as poorly-aged as most of it is. Besides, there's always the possibility that I may come back or want to look back on some of those old works, or perhaps someone new might come along and like what they see (unlikely as that may be)! And there's no denying this is still a good place to post high-resolution versions of drawings without fear of them being downscaled like on, say... FurAffinity. So, until further notice, this is what I plan to do with this account from now on:
This account will stay active, as will the predecessor account that came before it (I won't openly share that one, since I haven't touched it since my teen years and the artwork is even worse than what you see here, but I'm sure those who want to see it will find it if they look hard enough).
If I make a new drawing, be it a sketch or an honest-to-goodness digital drawing, I will be sure to post it here in its respective section.
If I get a comment or note of substance, I'll make sure to reply to it when I discover it. Most likely, I'll be alerted via email a day or so after the comment/note is sent, as I only come on here nowadays to upload whatever new doodle I made at work.
Aside from that, I consider my time on this site largely done and have such for several years now. Those looking for me in a more... active state can find me at these places:
FurAffinity - For artwork, both stuff I've drawn and stuff I've commissioned/been gifted. Can you believe I used to shun this place? Ironic that its reluctance to change is now what draws me in.
Twitter - Also art, including sketches and WIPs! But I talk about other stuff there too like guns and video games... be warned I sometimes post politics too, though I've been trying to cut down on that.
And that's it. I also have a Discord, but don't expect me to be very responsive unless we've gotten relatively acquainted elsewhere prior. Same with places like XBox Live and whatever online service Nintendo uses for their console. Should this site ever decide to make itself more user-friendly and aesthetically appealing in the future, I'll be more than happy to come back proper and actually comb through my inbox for neat work to fav, but until then... this is just another place to archive my drawings.
Anyway, you all have yourselves a nice day.
Trash Drawings.
Should I post them here? Keep in mind that these things are very rough; because of their hastily-drawn nature, they're going to be rife with anatomy flaws and perspective issues, among other such obvious flaws. I usually try my best to iron such things out when it comes to digitally inking and coloring them, but if anyone here still wants to see them, I'll gladly post them.
Keep in mind that if I share them here, these drawings would be posted to my "Scraps" section. After all, they're just super rough sketches.
A statement regarding blocking.
But I just want everyone reading to know that regardless of your political affiliations, I will never, under any circumstances, block you because of said affiliations. Whether you're liberal, conservative, centrist, or even one of those extremist morons (nazi scum, commie retards, antifa hypocrites, etc.), know that even if I don't agree or even outright abhor your beliefs, I will not consider that reason enough to block you. Unfollow you, maybe, but certainly not block you. If I ever do such a thing, I want one of you to link me back to this entry (or screencap this shit, if I become such an unscrupulous turd to delete it) and show it to me; call me out and remind me of what I said.
I will not (purposefully) confine myself to echo chambers or political hugboxes, and let it be known I frown upon anyone who is petty and fragile enough to do such. That is all.
First entry of 2017.
This journal is mostly to remind anyone who still cares that I'm still trying to get back into drawing. You may have noticed I posted something new back in December? My goal this year is to keep at that and to try drawing every day or almost every day, regardless of how little (if anything) I get done and regardless of whether or not I even have any ideas. The best way to get back into it is to force yourself into it, I've learned, and forcing myself back into has gotten easier over time. But I've got to keep at it. I'm hoping I'll be able to deliver at least one colored drawing a month, while still providing updates both here and on Twitter.
Feedback so far has been... minimal, with me just getting a handful of favs and goading a comment or two out of my friend. Hopefully, over time, I'll be able to win people back, doing bigger and better projects. At least, that's the idea with my current WIP, an update for which I posted back on Christmas - I know it doesn't look like much now, but it's proving to be a bit tougher to get down than I had anticipated, due to the pose I've chosen, but I'm going to keep at it and hopefully provide an update for it soon. I'm still a bit out of practice and I'm still trying to learn and re-learn a lot.
I'd also like to remind people that I'm still open to the idea of art trades or even commissions. I don't have any real prices or terms set at the moment, but if you're really interested, you're more than welcome to contact me and we can see if we can't work something out. I'm not expecting any takers, but I'd just like to get that out.
Anyway, this journal was little more than an update from my last one, but I do hope you all had a good holiday and let's hope this new year is a good one!
Don't call it a comeback.
So... how's everyone doing? Well, I hope? That's good.
This is an account I've been neglecting for too long. Some of you might be pondering where I'm uploading all of my art nowadays, the answer to which is... nowhere, because there isn't any. The past few years has proven to be rather... rough. I won't go into too many details here, but it largely consisted of me entering a downward spiral riddled with debt and disaster. Fortunately, the worst (or most of it, anyway) has passed and despite a rough start, 2016 has proven to be a year where I finally started getting my shit together again. And if I was gonna start getting my shit together again, I should try and get back into my old passion: drawing.
Yes, drawing! As some of you know, drawing is that hobby that I sort of lost all interest in and stopped doing because I was no longer enjoying it. A hobby I've made several attempts to get back into, only to stop because I realized how rusty I had become and was too disgusted with myself to continue. A hobby in which I realized just a few months ago that I need to force myself back into and do what I can to shake off the rust rather than despair about how far I've fallen. You may have seen that reference I posted earlier? It took quite a while to do - in between working a full-time job, I also found myself having to relearn a lot about drawing (yes, I was that rusty), and a good portion of that picture was subject to frequent edits, if not getting totally redrawn. Hopefully, future drawings won't take as long. Yes, I do plan to draw more! I... I have to figure out exactly what I'm gonna draw, but details...
I must, however, warn viewers not to expect anything overnight - remember, I'm still working a full-time job with a schedule that's all over the place. When I was doing the Melee reference, I was also posting updates regarding my progress on Twitter. If you'd don't like the shit I tweet and retweet (now that the election is over, I'm hoping politics will become a topic I talk about a lot less... keyword being "hoping"), you could always just go to the account and click "Media" - most of the pics I've been uploading to Twitter lately are just drawing updates, anyway, so there won't be too much shitposting in that regard. Anyway, that's just in case you're interested in seeing what I'm drawing and how far along I am with it.
So... don't call it a comeback. I'll try to stick around and I'll do what I can to keep drawing. If I begin to falter, I'm hoping at least one of you will call me out on it - I don't draw every day, but I've been drawing most days and I would like to make that a habit. Even if it's only a little bit or goes absolutely nowhere, I realize now that I have to try.
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Now, before I end this, I noticed that my last entry involved me asking about commissions. I remember I did make a half-hearted attempt at that quite some time ago, but I had no buyers. No doubt because I clearly didn't think things out very well or maybe because I may have been asking too much for too little. Hmm, unfortunate. I'm still open to the idea of commissions, but... tell you what: If you're interested, let me know and we'll work something out. Alternatively, I'm also not against art trades. If I'm going to keep up the regimen of drawing regularly, I will need ideas, after all. Just... don't expect results overnight, okay?