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I AM BACK
3 years ago
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Greetings, everyone!
Oh, how good it feels to finally type that out.
The year has finally passed. My not-so-voluntary 12 months of military service have come to a close and I can finally return to the regular way of life. It's honestly unbelievable.
There are no words out there to describe just how much I missed all of you. This year has been tough. It's not easy, being detached from everything and everyone you cared about for such a prolonged period of time, especially with how much of a disaster 2022 turned out to be.
I'm back, though. Back safe and sound. This little chapter of my life can be closed shut and forgotten as if it was a bad dream.
I also cannot thank all of you enough for the continued support and appreciation of the work I've put out. It really helped me through some of the rougher days.
So... what now?
I'm slowly but surely getting accustomed back into regular, everyday life. It's kind of amusing how much we're taking this all for granted.
Having adjusted back, I'll get back to the thing I love doing most, drawing. Got a lot of ideas boiling up in that head of mine, lots of fun concepts to explore and, hey, I've got a lot of fun T.A.D. related content to work on. I'm sure you'll love it. Also, it's worth mentioning that I've done some scribbles here and there throughout the year and, perhaps, I'll share those if you're interested.
However, at the moment, after a year with basically zero income, I'm in the awkward spot of needing money. That brings me to the topic of opening up for commissions, buuuut.. stuff's not as simple.
About commissions
I'm sure you all are well aware about what's happening in the world. Current world events made it so most services and businesses have pulled out from my home country, Russia. Thus, talking about commissions and whatnot is inherently awkward, seeing as I currently don't have any reliable ways of getting money from customers.
This is where I have to ask for your aid. If any of you people have any ideas of what could be used instead of the handy PayPal I've been using before, I would love to hear all about it.
Help is very much appreciated, seeing as figuring out how to get paid for my work again would help me regain footing immensely. I'd also just love to be able to dedicate more of my time to drawing in general.
Focusing on DeviantArt
Since the Internet landscape isn't quite as easy to traverse for me nowadays, I'll be forced to give way less attention to my profiles on sites like InkBunny and Furaffinity. Accessing anything is somewhat of a chore and I don't see myself jumping through 20 hoops for every site every time I want to post a status update or something of the sort.
DeviantArt functions relatively fine, so it will be my "main" site for the time being. I'll write journals here, post updates here, showcase my art here, dump sketches, scribbles and all that jazz. If you want to keep an eye out on what I'm up to, do follow me on DeviantArt.
https://www.deviantart.com/darkman-zero
https://www.deviantart.com/darkman-zero
https://www.deviantart.com/darkman-zero
Closing remarks
So - yeah! I'm back and I'm filled to the brim with all the creativity.
Some stuff may not be as easy as it was before, but I'm sure we'll break through all the hardships and it will be as if I never even left. At least I'm certainly optimistic.
Looking forward to sharing more stuff I've come up with regarding my own projects and, in general, more art.
It is good to be back.
Oh, how good it feels to finally type that out.
The year has finally passed. My not-so-voluntary 12 months of military service have come to a close and I can finally return to the regular way of life. It's honestly unbelievable.
There are no words out there to describe just how much I missed all of you. This year has been tough. It's not easy, being detached from everything and everyone you cared about for such a prolonged period of time, especially with how much of a disaster 2022 turned out to be.
I'm back, though. Back safe and sound. This little chapter of my life can be closed shut and forgotten as if it was a bad dream.
I also cannot thank all of you enough for the continued support and appreciation of the work I've put out. It really helped me through some of the rougher days.
So... what now?
I'm slowly but surely getting accustomed back into regular, everyday life. It's kind of amusing how much we're taking this all for granted.
Having adjusted back, I'll get back to the thing I love doing most, drawing. Got a lot of ideas boiling up in that head of mine, lots of fun concepts to explore and, hey, I've got a lot of fun T.A.D. related content to work on. I'm sure you'll love it. Also, it's worth mentioning that I've done some scribbles here and there throughout the year and, perhaps, I'll share those if you're interested.
However, at the moment, after a year with basically zero income, I'm in the awkward spot of needing money. That brings me to the topic of opening up for commissions, buuuut.. stuff's not as simple.
About commissions
I'm sure you all are well aware about what's happening in the world. Current world events made it so most services and businesses have pulled out from my home country, Russia. Thus, talking about commissions and whatnot is inherently awkward, seeing as I currently don't have any reliable ways of getting money from customers.
This is where I have to ask for your aid. If any of you people have any ideas of what could be used instead of the handy PayPal I've been using before, I would love to hear all about it.
Help is very much appreciated, seeing as figuring out how to get paid for my work again would help me regain footing immensely. I'd also just love to be able to dedicate more of my time to drawing in general.
Focusing on DeviantArt
Since the Internet landscape isn't quite as easy to traverse for me nowadays, I'll be forced to give way less attention to my profiles on sites like InkBunny and Furaffinity. Accessing anything is somewhat of a chore and I don't see myself jumping through 20 hoops for every site every time I want to post a status update or something of the sort.
DeviantArt functions relatively fine, so it will be my "main" site for the time being. I'll write journals here, post updates here, showcase my art here, dump sketches, scribbles and all that jazz. If you want to keep an eye out on what I'm up to, do follow me on DeviantArt.
https://www.deviantart.com/darkman-zero
https://www.deviantart.com/darkman-zero
https://www.deviantart.com/darkman-zero
Closing remarks
So - yeah! I'm back and I'm filled to the brim with all the creativity.
Some stuff may not be as easy as it was before, but I'm sure we'll break through all the hardships and it will be as if I never even left. At least I'm certainly optimistic.
Looking forward to sharing more stuff I've come up with regarding my own projects and, in general, more art.
It is good to be back.
hugs
With regards to payments, I've seen a large portion of the Russian user base switch to Boosty, however I haven't used this so cannot advise if it's an ideal replacement.
The elephant in the room is you're going to have people telling you to try to get out of Russia. Obviously that's not going to be easy with no income, but I would strongly recommend talking it through with your family if possible. Don't want to get into things in FA comments, but you are at risk of being pulled back into service if things continue as they are.
If you find a way to reliably get money from folks here I would strongly recommend considering a fundraiser of sorts to try and get away from things.
Sadly, I don't think anything of the "moving out" sort is possible for me at the moment. I've got other methods to safeguard myself and those close to me, though, and I hope they'll be enough for the time being. I deeply appreciate the concern.
As for Boosty, it may just be the service I'll end up using. A lot of people keep suggesting it and I'm positive it should work flawlessly on my end.
ad hey your back just in time for christmas