[just a yap journal, feel free to ignore]

I dunno, I've been thinking about how I dropped drawing dragons some time in highschool. I think between getting it hammered into my head that "too many people draw dragons" by art class teachers, and getting into circles that just didn't really draw dragons, it kinda got beat out of me for a while. Which is sad! Because I've always really loved dragons a lot.
Looking back, it was a weird thing to get told that I wouldn't get anywhere if I kept drawing dragons anyhow. I've literally seen so many people keep the lights on through drawing basically nothing but dragons.
Whether it's through freelance in the furry fandom, or because they landed a job at a big studio or something. I do think experimenting with subject matter was a good thing for me over-all, but it's also just like... not like I wasn't already doing that? So beating the love out of me for something was super unnecessary.

idk this thought just pops into my head every now and then. And it makes me happy that I started drawing and creating stuff with dragons again.
Mostly it manifested in me making both old and new dragons into avatars on SL, but I've also just beend rawing dragons a bunch again in general. When I can, at least. I have been struggling to draw a lot lately outside of small commissions. I'm trying to get back on the saddle, though.

So I guess this is a short love letter to dragons. And a huge thank you to dragon artists that helped me find my love for them again after so many years.