O shit, thanks for the head's up :O

What if I use holy water on your holy flame?

Why are you going to purge it? Just asking since I've seen a lot of
artists doing the same recently. ^^

I just. cringe when I look at it.

Shame, you've got some really nice stuff in there. But you got to do
what you got to do. As long as you don't disappear from the site like
many others. ;D

are you doing this to your deviantart too?

Getting away from the internet is always a good.

That clicking sound you can hear is me saving ABSOLUTELY FUGGEN EVERYTHING.

Also I just realised I totally ripped off putting black borders around stuff from you o.O

holyshit my subconcious is a plagiarist @.@

A good intermediary step is to instead move all the old stuff to Scraps. :3

^ Agreed.

Your art is fantastic, fuck anyone else that says otherwise. Take some time off, chill out, and stay frosty

You could abandon this acount, leave stuff up for future art-seekers, and start a new alt account and just focus on that. Like http://www.furaffinity.net/user/3d3n did.

Ok ok now wait here ok i go... *hurries to save thingies* ... ... ... ... OK, now you can blast it with piss xD

Wish you have a good time but please come back one day, as you're really awesome artist! I'm totally in love with your art - from the day 1st i saw it ^___^

*sends kittens to distract until the week is over...and then some*

Not completely applicable, but there are some bits in here to keep in mind when it comes to nuking your gallery... http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2521115/

you'll have to forgive me for disagreeing completely with the application of your journal to this. I know you mean well, but. I don't think it fits this situation at all.

this has absolutely nothing to do with what people have said or because I don't feel appreciated. neither am I RAEGQUITTING FA; I'll still be here, involved with the fandom and looking art. I, however, have come to a point where I, personally, feel that I simply do not want my art in the public domain any further due to my own opinions of it. I also feel that comparing nuking a gallery to someone committing suicide is highly insulting and ignorant in regards to people who deal with suicide on a daily basis. the idea that suicide victims are always quiet about their issues and simply off themselves is a bit of a pretentious myth. many, many people will seek help and discuss their feelings before the inevitable hopelessness takes over and they decide to take their own lives.

that being said, warning one's watchers about a potential gallery clearing is not so much a cry for attention but rather the opportunity to give them the chance to save whatever images they enjoy, so that they may continue to enjoy them, regardless of whether or not there is a gallery online for them to view them on.

I suppose I should have said which bits were applicable. Appreciation not being one of them. Nor ragequitting.

Apologies for the insult, but apparently your experience and my experience with suicide are different. I've personal involvement over the decades with several cases of 'we had no idea...' type events.

I'm only stating opinions from the other side of the fence, the people that watch the creators and their work. Of course it's your work and FA neither charges or penalizes for whatever action you take, but it does leave several watchers scratching their collective heads as to why someone would do this.

As I stated in the second, unconnected post, being able to see where an artist came from, their 'roots' in creativity, is one of the nicer aspects of online image boards such as this.

I'll put it this way, I personally value what you've put online, and I have referenced your creation and photography to other people, especially those involving aviation, as: 'See, that's what I mean, that's what it feels like.' So, to see something removed which I can personally identify with, hurts. And it hurts even more not being able to reference it with other people.

Of course I could save every last image, but if I was to do that, with every image/gallery I found worth saving... I would quickly run out of drive space, not to mention become an impossible task of indexing.

Anyway, such if life and entropy reigns supreme. I was only wanting to offer some differing opinions.

hey, I'm sorry if it seemed like I was raging at you for your opinion, it was not my intent, though I cannot deny being in a rather tense mood[have been for the past month]. I understand and respect your opinion, I just. feel rather defensive about all of this[the situation, not your comment xD].

I didn't want to go into detail because I just. don't want to start up any potential drama or get dozen of comments trying to convince me otherwise of my decisions and why I've chosen to make them. I too, know what its like to follow various artists and be utterly confused as to why they would keep deleting their galleries or just sporadic works without notice. but ultimately, I've also come to learn that as you create art, you develop personal attachments to your work- various images have various meanings and memories behind them. sometimes something will happen to an artist and a certain image, or even their whole gallery will bring back some bitter memories that are best left forgotten.

for the longest time, art was always a priority in my life and truth be told, I have paid dearly for that. I've lost a lot of friends, reduced my social life, gave up other hobbies, and failed school on multiple occasions because all I'd rather do was art. it was like an addiction that seemed rather benign at first but ultimately proved to be seriously detrimental, and as my life has progressed, I've been growing more and more aware of that fact. it's an incredibly lonely life when all you do is draw and talk to people online to feed your social starvation. incredibly so, and as someone who battles with depression on a daily basis, it's taken a serious toll on me mentally, to the point where. I just can't draw anymore, which feeds into a vicious cycle where I must feed into this addiction, but I'm far too exhausted to.

in that regard, I feel as though looking at my gallery is just a painful reminder of what I've given up and what I've lost in the name of creating art. why would anyone want to keep something around that only brings up painful memories? when I say my gallery makes me cringe, its not that I think my art is bad, but rather because it hurts me to have to face it on a[or almost] daily basis.

and like my entry edit states, I'm going to take my friend's advice and just. step away from everything for awhile and see how I feel about it when I come back. my initial intent was to just delete everything except the pieces I've drawn for others after a week's time, but I think she's right in suggesting that I take a break and try to think things over.

No need to apologise, it's pretty clear you're not feeling the best and have been doing my best to detail the other side while being respectful.

I completely understand how personally attached one can become to their works, and how they can reflect their lives, the associations and memories which are brought up.

I appreciate your taking the time to explain your position (I'm sure many others here do as well) So I can offer only this bit of advice:

Nothing quite offers fresh perspective like temporarily removing yourself from the equation. I think your friends advise is well warranted, and we'll all still be here when you return. :}

In addition, I find images like 'Whiskers' and 'Life scene no.253" to be rather well done. However the real reason I like your gallery is pretty much anything involving an aircraft. You've got quite an eye when it come to things.

Seeing the progression of your art, from the first to the last, takes the viewer along for how you improved and changed over the years. You might hate your older work, but it helps the watcher connect.

Thanks for the heads up, hope you feel better about it soon

Time away is always good, but nuking is also theraputic. However, the few times I HAVE nuked, I always wished I hadn't later.

however this may turn out in the end: a honest thank you for warning us and posing the ultimatum, and also for explaining your motivation to do so, this is highly appreciated. *bows*

also, i hope you are doing well. my best wishes are with you and your kin <3

[on another note: i wanted to send you a post card, so i PM'd you about a month ago for your postal address - you're gonna answer that some day, right? not stressing you there, just wanna make sure it's not been lost on the way...]

holy crap, sorry about that. D=!

now that I remember, I have an e-mail in my drafts I was typing up before being called out to work. I WILL FINISH IT. and confirm all the details and shtuff.

*tips your shoulder*

Some advise from someone who has in the past decided to delete everything... You'll look back later and regret it...
Most of my art is/was stored online... There are many times I think back to a piece, or wish to compare to what I do now... but it's all gone..

Like others have said, once it's gone along with all records of it, there is a good chance you'll miss it in the future. I've nuked an entire website of my art before, and I'm still regretting it because a hard drive crash erased all evidence of the art I had removed from my gallery. I agree with Phantasmagora, a break is probably a good idea for the time being. Now, this is just my personal experience; but I've had a lot of trouble in life involving my single-track nature and I've found that time and time again; destroying relics of your past is always more painful in the long run than accepting the memories attached to said relics and building yourself up from the lessons they taught you. However, this is just how it is in my case; I can't speak for the experiences of you or others. I hope you can get things sorted out soon.