Do you even get to draw often? Or are you usually too busy or doing other things like gaming?

Definitely not as often as I used to, I've been dedicating my creative time to other personal projects, mostly because I had been neglecting them in favor of padded stuff for a bit too long.

What's your favorite Pokemon to pad? Mine is Sylveon!
Also, did you ever take requests or art trades in the past? And would you consider doing them again, perhaps in streams?

Nowadays, that's a tough one, but I used to be big into padded Lucario.

I did use to take requests and such, nowadays I just call them suggestions. In that sense I really have to like someone's idea to consider drawing it, so it's more or less about knowing what appeals to me.

I'm a little more open during streams, but even there, personal appeal will always determine if I draw one idea over someone else's.

How do you feel about your growth as an artist over the past 7 years? I personally find it to be very inspiring (especially when I look at your first post: http://vj5pbopejlhcbz4n.onion.city/.....ire-k_bfwa.png), and I wanted to hear your views. :3

Good god that is not something I wanted to be reminded of.

Ahem... anyways, it seems I've always been my own harshest critic for the most part, so I often feel I could've gone a little further than I am now had I dedicated more time to drawing. And there's a lot of tendencies in regards to my work that I haven't been able to get rid of after all this time. Don't let that discourage you, though.

As for my reaction to that picture, it's not so much the technical aspect but the fact that it reminds me of what I used to be at the time, deliberately bringing down my drawing style into this awkward cartoony look because I had only recently joined the community and was trying really hard to fit into the conventional babyfur crowd. It took me a handful of years to realize I... simply did not really care for it (no offense meant to anyone who does fit and enjoy that demographic, of course). Eventually I just sort of ditched it and went on to something I was a little more comfortable with.

I probably went off on a tangent, but yeah, there you go.

Yeah I understand, I feel the same way about my art a lot of the time, I'll often look back at one of my previous drawings and cringe either because of the poor quality of the artwork or the the memories of who I was as a person at the time; the latter is usually much harder to swallow. Also I don't draw nearly as often as I want to/should which has led me to that same feeling of regret when viewing the progress I've made.

But you know, despite the fact that I could have made more progress or that I could have spent more time drawing, I'd rather use it as a source of inspiration. For instance if I made that much progress in x amount of years, how much could I improve if I doubled or tripled the time I spent drawing this year, or if a larger portion of my time was spent on figure drawing or anatomy studies, you know just putting it into a different perspective and acknowledging the areas you fell short on while putting a positive spin on it and working to improve yourself in the present.

Sorry that I went on a bit of a tangent myself, I guess I just kind of felt a connection to what you were saying and I wanted to justify having a positive outlook on something so inherently negative. I really appreciate you being so open and honest in your response and hopefully there will be a time where we can both be happy with our art. :)

Over the time you've been here, you've almost exclusively drawn padding. Are there other things you've wanted to attempt drawing that are out of your personal norm?

There's plenty of other things I like in that sense, but none that I've really felt any need to draw, or share if I've already drawn them.

Have you ever thought about trying to diaper the legendary genies in Therian form?

I've already padded the only one I've really felt compelled to drawing.

Oh really?

There's been plenty of times where I've questioned these things, more so in the few instances where I neglected my more work-related stuff in favor of drawing fictional creatures in diapers. I'm not sure I can entirely explain "why", though I imagine part of me is nonetheless aware of how 'weird' these things are from an outside perspective.