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2 years ago
Yesterday I was losing my temper about the garbage policy but looking at some of my friends' reactions over it, I can now understand that this garbage website is falling down... If I do get banned here, so be it. It just means I will be losing thousands and thousands of my audiences and followers that I poured my soul into and perhaps this may be a new refresher to start all over again. But for now, my own business will continue as usual... For now... However, I will start cleaning up my own gallery and make sure that it is consistent like it was in my DA days (when I left there since 2017ish). It sucks hard that I may have to start from the beginning. Especially as a writer myself, it is very VERY hard to get new readers out there. I noticed most people in this community out there don't like to read which means that it will be much more difficult for me to attract new readers. I've read some really good stories out there that I feel are much better than mine and they don't get as much attention as I do. So it really hurts seeing this policy coming to play and I'm extremely disappointed in it. This really affected most of my artist friends that I've hung around with at Germany's Eurofurence. They stake their lives in these art projects and get a lot of clients who are willing to pay for their art so I am honestly not sure what will happen in the future but I want to say that this policy is absolutely wrong in so many levels. They explained this whole situation absolutely poorly and it makes no sense at all. Yesterday I was infuriated (and you can probably tell I vented hard on my own Twitter about it) but after leaving about it to take a rest, I was completely calm and I'm going to try and be 'professional' about it. If this is the way they want to do things, so be it. I will take my leave and move out if they decide to ban me. There are a lot of artists that I will extremely miss such as livinlovindude (which the commissions I literally started from the very very beginning) and it's too bad that I haven't met him in-person. But we talked pretty frequently about ourselves and interests (it's also too bad I'm not a WOW fan either but I dislike Blizzard). I will admit, the Arbok and A duo has really got me inspired and I decided to say Vanilla and myself (author) as the duo. I thought it was fun for a while but then I went way deeper into my stories. I thought the whole script-style was lame but people really dug right into reading them for some reason. So I tried something new with my characters once in a while to challenge myself and sometimes it works and other times... well it doesn't usually work. I had my fair share of controversies and my mistakes and I wish I can go back and apologize to some people that I irritated but I have to remember the past is the past and we have to move on to life.
Unfortunately, the Internet is the only place where I can reach to all of my friends so I rely on it all the time. I am considered an introvert and I run out of batteries very quickly when I try to socialize. I am literally quiet as a mouse when I have to deal with people. And the old job that I used to work for... it was high-school all over again. I hated it. It was drama after drama at that sawmill and dealt with their bullshit for too long when I stayed at that place so perhaps that's where my temper comes from once in a while (and the fact that I am also short-tempered). And I also apologize for the lack of uploads but I've been really busy trying to get myself out the door for another job and I've also been drawing to keep myself calm and collective and it really works. I've been super proud of myself for all the projects that I've been doing. The worse thing I admit to myself that I try to compare myself with others too much and I admit that I made that big mistake. I despised myself for that. I am not completely lost to myself and it's not as worse as it was like nearly 3 years ago. Like I'm starting to feel a bit more happier about myself than waaay before (even after revisiting Germany) so I think that does count with something. The only thing was holding me back was I just just applying myself for any job out there but I still get really nothing so it has been a bit of a challenge since I rather be looking for a new place rather than looking for an old place I've worked before.
Another reality check is... You can't really make a living out of fan-made works (I've read SpottedSqueak's journal the other day) and some very good points about it. You absolutely need networking and that's really hard to do. Even today I have troubles doing that now. I'm surprised to this day my laptop is still alive and kicking but it crashes once in a while due to the age of the hardware. I've been using it for a very long time. I've been debating myself on getting an iPad Pro someday but that all depends if I get a job at all lol. But anyways, off-topic of things, I will point this out again, this policy is garbage cause it literally takes away creative freedom and it is extremely concerning to everyone's galleries. Look, I don't condone 'child porn' at all. It's fucked up. And I'm also not a fan of cub porn at all. However.... We are ALL confused by this policy considering the whole 'Pokemon/Digimon' situation and when they said they had no list... it's kinda backwards and they weren't even thinking about it. It really scares away potential new artists out there and it even scares me too... I don't get it and I'm not sure if my gallery will be affected considering that I haven't posted here often. I share my works mostly on my own Discord server and my friends' servers (considering it's a safer place without such polices). But it IS nice to come here and and share my works here too. I DO have my watchers following me here so I do still do things once in a while but I admit I have been doing my projects waaaay more quietly and privately than ever before. Perhaps this is also because of my 'anxieties of the past' and they've been coming back since my younger days when I was a dumb teenager. In those days, I drank but thankfully I never smoked. But it was still dumb.
There's a lot to talk about me but once again, I've been too descriptive about this journal. I can curse and rage even more but it doesn't matter.... What's happening right now is absolutely disgusting and there are memes popping up everywhere through Discord and Twitter over this (and rightfully so). I'm not exactly sure WHERE I'll be sharing my works but I do have some accounts (which I never used). If there are some suggestions about sharing stories/arts in someplace else, I will follow wherever my friends go.
Thanks for your patience with me. What do you think of the policy? Are you concerned for your gallery or about your favourite artist out there?
In case everything goes downhill please consider following me through Twitter. I have a different method in how I'm gonna share my stories there. It won't be as fancy but I do have a following there. I'm honestly not sure if I'll use these accounts (and they're actually fairly new since the policy is announced but I do plan on uploading my works in those places.) If you like these projects, consider giving me a watch/follow.
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dragonx1010
My Aryion: https://aryion.com/g4/user/DragonX1010 (Hardly use it. I might end up starting over from this one considering it's the oldest and nonused account ever).
My Inkbunny: https://inkbunny.net/DragonX1010 (It's literally brand new. Not sure I'll use this but it's there. Lemme know your opinions about Inkbunny)
My Furnetwork: https://furrynetwork.com/dragonx1010/ (Not sure about this one but it's there.)
My Itaku: https://itaku.ee/profile/dragonx1010 (Again. Brand new. Not sure I'll use it but it's there.)
My Weasly: https://www.weasyl.com/~dragonx1010 (A bit older but no submissions at all.)
My Picarto: https://www.picarto.tv/VanillaTheKitten (For vibing art streams once in a while. NSFW purposes.)
My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vanillathedragon (Might use it but I just go there to watch my friends stream once in a while. I play video games as well but unsure how I'll approach this one. We'll see.)
That's 6 FREAKING furry accounts to track down. I've never had this much accounts before in my life and it's a big ass headache for me. However, I am thinking about growing Aryion more considering that seems to be a bit more interesting considering it's a vore community in there and it seems a bit safer. The only thing that may be lost is my watchers/followers if I do get in trouble here for some godforsaken reason. And if FA staff is going to act like a bunch of babies, screw 'em. Yes, I said it aloud. It's been a fun road while it lasted. I guess my 2,000 watches and my hard work don't mean shit to 'em. For now, I'm gonna continue on with my stories here as usual but I WILL officially start uploading my works in those places one at a time... It's going to suck considering I need to network myself all over again. Thankfully I got a following at my Discord (maybe Telegram) but still... What a shitty way to end things here.
Give these artists the loves they deserve and thank you to the following artists/friends that inspired me in this road:
livinlovindude Huge inspiration and how it started it all for me.
rai-kun Amazing person to hang around with (even in RL). Hope we share a hotel room in the next EF for a third time :3
sparkythechu A dorky chu but an extremely nice one at that. :3
dweet-tea Gonna miss the style. Certainly wish I can com more for this artist.
incredibleediblecalico Incredibly amazing style. Very proud of all those YCHs and the coms.
And there are many others that I've wanted to list but every piece I receive goes directly to my art file. And they never get lost and removed from such garbage policies like these. I haven't uploaded any gifts (regrettably) but I do think about them too. Well, I think I've said all that I can... I hope that these polices are reversed but the way the staff is behaving.... I am starting to doubt it now.
Sorry for the looooong vent but it must be said and done. It doesn't matter now... It's like losing your job like the whole thing is going to shut down on you. In reality, no job will last forever and this is the honest truth and you have to move on. Thanks for having me around once again. It has been an honour writing/drawing for you all.
Keep up the fight or leave it there,
~DragonX1010
Unfortunately, the Internet is the only place where I can reach to all of my friends so I rely on it all the time. I am considered an introvert and I run out of batteries very quickly when I try to socialize. I am literally quiet as a mouse when I have to deal with people. And the old job that I used to work for... it was high-school all over again. I hated it. It was drama after drama at that sawmill and dealt with their bullshit for too long when I stayed at that place so perhaps that's where my temper comes from once in a while (and the fact that I am also short-tempered). And I also apologize for the lack of uploads but I've been really busy trying to get myself out the door for another job and I've also been drawing to keep myself calm and collective and it really works. I've been super proud of myself for all the projects that I've been doing. The worse thing I admit to myself that I try to compare myself with others too much and I admit that I made that big mistake. I despised myself for that. I am not completely lost to myself and it's not as worse as it was like nearly 3 years ago. Like I'm starting to feel a bit more happier about myself than waaay before (even after revisiting Germany) so I think that does count with something. The only thing was holding me back was I just just applying myself for any job out there but I still get really nothing so it has been a bit of a challenge since I rather be looking for a new place rather than looking for an old place I've worked before.
Another reality check is... You can't really make a living out of fan-made works (I've read SpottedSqueak's journal the other day) and some very good points about it. You absolutely need networking and that's really hard to do. Even today I have troubles doing that now. I'm surprised to this day my laptop is still alive and kicking but it crashes once in a while due to the age of the hardware. I've been using it for a very long time. I've been debating myself on getting an iPad Pro someday but that all depends if I get a job at all lol. But anyways, off-topic of things, I will point this out again, this policy is garbage cause it literally takes away creative freedom and it is extremely concerning to everyone's galleries. Look, I don't condone 'child porn' at all. It's fucked up. And I'm also not a fan of cub porn at all. However.... We are ALL confused by this policy considering the whole 'Pokemon/Digimon' situation and when they said they had no list... it's kinda backwards and they weren't even thinking about it. It really scares away potential new artists out there and it even scares me too... I don't get it and I'm not sure if my gallery will be affected considering that I haven't posted here often. I share my works mostly on my own Discord server and my friends' servers (considering it's a safer place without such polices). But it IS nice to come here and and share my works here too. I DO have my watchers following me here so I do still do things once in a while but I admit I have been doing my projects waaaay more quietly and privately than ever before. Perhaps this is also because of my 'anxieties of the past' and they've been coming back since my younger days when I was a dumb teenager. In those days, I drank but thankfully I never smoked. But it was still dumb.
There's a lot to talk about me but once again, I've been too descriptive about this journal. I can curse and rage even more but it doesn't matter.... What's happening right now is absolutely disgusting and there are memes popping up everywhere through Discord and Twitter over this (and rightfully so). I'm not exactly sure WHERE I'll be sharing my works but I do have some accounts (which I never used). If there are some suggestions about sharing stories/arts in someplace else, I will follow wherever my friends go.
Thanks for your patience with me. What do you think of the policy? Are you concerned for your gallery or about your favourite artist out there?
In case everything goes downhill please consider following me through Twitter. I have a different method in how I'm gonna share my stories there. It won't be as fancy but I do have a following there. I'm honestly not sure if I'll use these accounts (and they're actually fairly new since the policy is announced but I do plan on uploading my works in those places.) If you like these projects, consider giving me a watch/follow.
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dragonx1010
My Aryion: https://aryion.com/g4/user/DragonX1010 (Hardly use it. I might end up starting over from this one considering it's the oldest and nonused account ever).
My Inkbunny: https://inkbunny.net/DragonX1010 (It's literally brand new. Not sure I'll use this but it's there. Lemme know your opinions about Inkbunny)
My Furnetwork: https://furrynetwork.com/dragonx1010/ (Not sure about this one but it's there.)
My Itaku: https://itaku.ee/profile/dragonx1010 (Again. Brand new. Not sure I'll use it but it's there.)
My Weasly: https://www.weasyl.com/~dragonx1010 (A bit older but no submissions at all.)
My Picarto: https://www.picarto.tv/VanillaTheKitten (For vibing art streams once in a while. NSFW purposes.)
My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vanillathedragon (Might use it but I just go there to watch my friends stream once in a while. I play video games as well but unsure how I'll approach this one. We'll see.)
That's 6 FREAKING furry accounts to track down. I've never had this much accounts before in my life and it's a big ass headache for me. However, I am thinking about growing Aryion more considering that seems to be a bit more interesting considering it's a vore community in there and it seems a bit safer. The only thing that may be lost is my watchers/followers if I do get in trouble here for some godforsaken reason. And if FA staff is going to act like a bunch of babies, screw 'em. Yes, I said it aloud. It's been a fun road while it lasted. I guess my 2,000 watches and my hard work don't mean shit to 'em. For now, I'm gonna continue on with my stories here as usual but I WILL officially start uploading my works in those places one at a time... It's going to suck considering I need to network myself all over again. Thankfully I got a following at my Discord (maybe Telegram) but still... What a shitty way to end things here.
Give these artists the loves they deserve and thank you to the following artists/friends that inspired me in this road:
livinlovindude Huge inspiration and how it started it all for me. 
rai-kun Amazing person to hang around with (even in RL). Hope we share a hotel room in the next EF for a third time :3 
sparkythechu A dorky chu but an extremely nice one at that. :3 
dweet-tea Gonna miss the style. Certainly wish I can com more for this artist. 
incredibleediblecalico Incredibly amazing style. Very proud of all those YCHs and the coms. And there are many others that I've wanted to list but every piece I receive goes directly to my art file. And they never get lost and removed from such garbage policies like these. I haven't uploaded any gifts (regrettably) but I do think about them too. Well, I think I've said all that I can... I hope that these polices are reversed but the way the staff is behaving.... I am starting to doubt it now.
Sorry for the looooong vent but it must be said and done. It doesn't matter now... It's like losing your job like the whole thing is going to shut down on you. In reality, no job will last forever and this is the honest truth and you have to move on. Thanks for having me around once again. It has been an honour writing/drawing for you all.
Keep up the fight or leave it there,
~DragonX1010
The whole situation is honestly pretty stupid. Especially considering the fact that most fanart is fictional characters in fictional situations. I'll make sure to follow you through.