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Heya! It's late at night, and I have a final tomorrow, so this is obviously the best time to write a journal entry!
I finished a pretty large sequence recently. Go check it on Tumblr. Glad it's over, I learned a lot of stuff through it. Most importantly, I learned that I'm pretty terrible at drawing, and I need to hit the outdoors and bookends! Go outside and draw people, landscapes, and pretty birds. Get inside and draw some models, and possibly take some online classes too. With my current escapade in France right now, I haven't had any classes currently having to do with art. This is pretty much my fault, but I don't feel so bad about it. My family isn't too bummed either. I'm in France! What matters now is transferring into a better college for art. I know what I want to study, but that's a secret to /you guys/.
So yeah, I'm pretty bad at art, but that's not really gonna stop me from doing stuff. I'm just taking a break from furry stuff. No, I'm not gonna leave in that stereotypical fashion where I'll be coming back, crawling and gasping for air. I'm taking a hike artistically and focusing on actual stuff. Personal art. Studies. Comics. Stuff that people rub their chins at and write academic papers on.
However, there will be uploads here and there. One reason why I'm also taking this break is because I'm kinda sick of drawing my characters for a bit. I still draw them, but I need new subjects. Don't be surprised in the future if I draw your character, whomever is reading this. I'll be using other people as subjects for studying color, new things in programs I'm not familiar with, and practice with lineart. One example is my recent picture of Jacfox.
Big stuff, though? Not right now. Expect doodles. Will this last a long time? I honestly don't think so. I think before you realize it, I'll be back with a new bunch of stupid stuff, but just don't expect this stuff to be my prominent focus for a while.
Another thing is that I have a super-secret-project in the works. For here! Gad-zooks and zoinks! Now, I know what you're thinking...
Oh, what, when the heck is this coming out? I'm gonna shit out my skeleton I'm so excited!
And I'm here to tell you that I have /no idea/ when it's coming out! Either way, I have a project. It's in the works. It involves my characters and new ones too. Please don't shit out your skeleton. /Thanks./
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Hmm, while I'm here, perhaps now is the best time to bring up an issue I've noticed. Since I haven't seen this happen in a good while, now seems good to talk about it.
Now this is not something exclusive to the furry community. I've seen this across the internet. There have been moments where I bring up someone or the other, and this starts a fiery passion of hate from people. Sometimes I bring up the people indirectly, but it's the same reaction. It has differed from person to person, but usually they're already rambling about why they hate this person before I can even ask "Why? What's wrong about them?"
It's always helpful to know whom I should avoid in case they are not exactly the most trustworthy people to know, but the reactions I've come across are just as bad as the actions of these other folks. Of course, just complaining about how crappy a person is can't be that bad, but I believe it really hurts communities. The gossip already deteriorates your view of someone, whether or not you know anything about them besides that. Instead of forgiving people for their mistakes, and reminding them not to do something like that again for their own sake, some people seem fine with kicking someone out of an opportunity of a second chance with people new and old in the community. Gossiping, either privately or publicly makes you just as much of a jerk as they are- in my eyes.
That, and I don't care about your drama? You don't need to get out the microphone to shout how much you hate someone in casual conversation. Some people are good at that, but most people aren't. If I say "I wanna do art in this style," just say that you do think the style is pretty neat even though you don't like the guy who made it too much. If I get curious past that, you can wax about assholes, but you will also be one of those cheeks, because in the end /it's just drama./ Don't wax assholes. It hurts. For everyone.
And that's it. I'm off to no-yawns-ville in dreamland. Take care, everyone!
I finished a pretty large sequence recently. Go check it on Tumblr. Glad it's over, I learned a lot of stuff through it. Most importantly, I learned that I'm pretty terrible at drawing, and I need to hit the outdoors and bookends! Go outside and draw people, landscapes, and pretty birds. Get inside and draw some models, and possibly take some online classes too. With my current escapade in France right now, I haven't had any classes currently having to do with art. This is pretty much my fault, but I don't feel so bad about it. My family isn't too bummed either. I'm in France! What matters now is transferring into a better college for art. I know what I want to study, but that's a secret to /you guys/.
So yeah, I'm pretty bad at art, but that's not really gonna stop me from doing stuff. I'm just taking a break from furry stuff. No, I'm not gonna leave in that stereotypical fashion where I'll be coming back, crawling and gasping for air. I'm taking a hike artistically and focusing on actual stuff. Personal art. Studies. Comics. Stuff that people rub their chins at and write academic papers on.
However, there will be uploads here and there. One reason why I'm also taking this break is because I'm kinda sick of drawing my characters for a bit. I still draw them, but I need new subjects. Don't be surprised in the future if I draw your character, whomever is reading this. I'll be using other people as subjects for studying color, new things in programs I'm not familiar with, and practice with lineart. One example is my recent picture of Jacfox.
Big stuff, though? Not right now. Expect doodles. Will this last a long time? I honestly don't think so. I think before you realize it, I'll be back with a new bunch of stupid stuff, but just don't expect this stuff to be my prominent focus for a while.
Another thing is that I have a super-secret-project in the works. For here! Gad-zooks and zoinks! Now, I know what you're thinking...
Oh, what, when the heck is this coming out? I'm gonna shit out my skeleton I'm so excited!
And I'm here to tell you that I have /no idea/ when it's coming out! Either way, I have a project. It's in the works. It involves my characters and new ones too. Please don't shit out your skeleton. /Thanks./
----
Hmm, while I'm here, perhaps now is the best time to bring up an issue I've noticed. Since I haven't seen this happen in a good while, now seems good to talk about it.
Now this is not something exclusive to the furry community. I've seen this across the internet. There have been moments where I bring up someone or the other, and this starts a fiery passion of hate from people. Sometimes I bring up the people indirectly, but it's the same reaction. It has differed from person to person, but usually they're already rambling about why they hate this person before I can even ask "Why? What's wrong about them?"
It's always helpful to know whom I should avoid in case they are not exactly the most trustworthy people to know, but the reactions I've come across are just as bad as the actions of these other folks. Of course, just complaining about how crappy a person is can't be that bad, but I believe it really hurts communities. The gossip already deteriorates your view of someone, whether or not you know anything about them besides that. Instead of forgiving people for their mistakes, and reminding them not to do something like that again for their own sake, some people seem fine with kicking someone out of an opportunity of a second chance with people new and old in the community. Gossiping, either privately or publicly makes you just as much of a jerk as they are- in my eyes.
That, and I don't care about your drama? You don't need to get out the microphone to shout how much you hate someone in casual conversation. Some people are good at that, but most people aren't. If I say "I wanna do art in this style," just say that you do think the style is pretty neat even though you don't like the guy who made it too much. If I get curious past that, you can wax about assholes, but you will also be one of those cheeks, because in the end /it's just drama./ Don't wax assholes. It hurts. For everyone.
And that's it. I'm off to no-yawns-ville in dreamland. Take care, everyone!
