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10 years ago
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WELL THEN! Big update going on in here :D!
First I want to address something I am most proud about; hitting well over 30,000 Pageviews! I wouldn't have done it without everyone so I thank you all the most for enjoying what you see and I hope to have more content in the very VERY near future. That said; I am going to be holding off posting any submissions as I am fixing to also hit my 300th submission and want to make that one a very special one as well... or well I hope to make it soon anyways. Which leads me into the next part.
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Life update: So then; I want to do a special commission (more on that later), but right now I need to focus on some developing life things. As some may know; I have currently placed my home on the market and am selling it... it was a hard decision, but it had to be made. The house was a multi-generational home spanning 3 generations and was also a 2 family duplex. The sheer size of it was just too much let alone the age for just two people to take care of alone. So we decided it was time to move on and hope for better things. During this time; it has given me some food for thought in regards to how things have been going on in my life as well as a new viewpoint on something I really never gave much thought on. Which happens to be the final part.
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Sona update: While BVJ was my first sona; little do people know his actual origins or how he was conceived. Dealing with my situation and having downtime between cleaning and paperwork filing left me thinking more and more on this. I finally realized that I didn't even freakin make a backstory for Baron; just created him and ran with it. Now normally for people that isn't a bad thing, but because of him being my first, you'd think one would actually have even a little bit of an idea of WHY the concept was formed.
Believe it or not; BVJ was actually a "shit's and giggles" idea. He was never suppose to get as popular as he did nor was he to become who I am today as I had originally conceived BVJ out of two things which both originated on Second Life. The first was the name "Baron Von Jackal"; this stemmed from where my first avatar was dressed in a dapper outfit and my dear SL sis and partner in crime
Cale~ started calling me "Boosh" then it developed to "Baron von Boosh!". That idea just kind of stuck and evolved from just being called "Anpu" on SL to "Baron Von Jackal". Now how did we get to the huge hunk of jackal meat that he is today? WEEEELLLLL that's the second part as from time to time I sported a very crude muscle avatar (anyone during that time period could tell you that they were all crude due to how they were only made from primitives rather than mesh objects we have today) and well another friend of mine 
drakians liked what I had and said "hey I just got a commission from this guy; you should too!" so I did and well THUMP came the big jackal sporting a "banana" dick -.- (which eventually had to get recolored and shaped in later commissions to avoid that look). After posting that image on my old account he just stuck and grew on me that I decided to make a new FA to become my more main account it is today.
SO that leads me to where I am now. After 3 years from his original inception; it's time for a much needed overhaul in his design. As many can see in the gallery; I have left it up to the artist to dictate how they would like to draw him which resulted in so many different designs, shapes, sizes, and colors abound. This needs to stop, but not in a bad way. I figured it was time to finally get things more organized, aligned with what I have envisioned, and overall conform in a unified fashion. Now what I have in mind I think some will quite enjoy, but I know others might not. That said as well; I have finally gotten to the point that I don't mind that. You like what you like and dislike what you dislike; that makes you who you are and is your opinion. Baron, up until now, was always governed by what others had in mind and I think it's time for him to live his own life if that makes sense?
I am hoping as me 300th submission that I will have a new reference sheet showing my purposed true identity of Baron will be. Some things that were there will be changing or will be removed, but the main idea of a hunky jackal will still be there for sure so don't worry about that ;)
ANYWAYS now it's time I finished this journal cause damn it's a big one! If anyone has any suggestions about Baron please speak them now and humor me cause I have always wanted to know what you guys thought; though that isn't given a free invite for your ideas to change him cause I already have what I want set in stone. I also would like to know some artists out there that is decent in price for reference sheets that does well with various sizes and shapes of muscled creatures especially of the canine species so feel free to shoot me some names of contacts out there to take a peak at!
First I want to address something I am most proud about; hitting well over 30,000 Pageviews! I wouldn't have done it without everyone so I thank you all the most for enjoying what you see and I hope to have more content in the very VERY near future. That said; I am going to be holding off posting any submissions as I am fixing to also hit my 300th submission and want to make that one a very special one as well... or well I hope to make it soon anyways. Which leads me into the next part.
---
Life update: So then; I want to do a special commission (more on that later), but right now I need to focus on some developing life things. As some may know; I have currently placed my home on the market and am selling it... it was a hard decision, but it had to be made. The house was a multi-generational home spanning 3 generations and was also a 2 family duplex. The sheer size of it was just too much let alone the age for just two people to take care of alone. So we decided it was time to move on and hope for better things. During this time; it has given me some food for thought in regards to how things have been going on in my life as well as a new viewpoint on something I really never gave much thought on. Which happens to be the final part.
--
Sona update: While BVJ was my first sona; little do people know his actual origins or how he was conceived. Dealing with my situation and having downtime between cleaning and paperwork filing left me thinking more and more on this. I finally realized that I didn't even freakin make a backstory for Baron; just created him and ran with it. Now normally for people that isn't a bad thing, but because of him being my first, you'd think one would actually have even a little bit of an idea of WHY the concept was formed.
Believe it or not; BVJ was actually a "shit's and giggles" idea. He was never suppose to get as popular as he did nor was he to become who I am today as I had originally conceived BVJ out of two things which both originated on Second Life. The first was the name "Baron Von Jackal"; this stemmed from where my first avatar was dressed in a dapper outfit and my dear SL sis and partner in crime
Cale~ started calling me "Boosh" then it developed to "Baron von Boosh!". That idea just kind of stuck and evolved from just being called "Anpu" on SL to "Baron Von Jackal". Now how did we get to the huge hunk of jackal meat that he is today? WEEEELLLLL that's the second part as from time to time I sported a very crude muscle avatar (anyone during that time period could tell you that they were all crude due to how they were only made from primitives rather than mesh objects we have today) and well another friend of mine 
drakians liked what I had and said "hey I just got a commission from this guy; you should too!" so I did and well THUMP came the big jackal sporting a "banana" dick -.- (which eventually had to get recolored and shaped in later commissions to avoid that look). After posting that image on my old account he just stuck and grew on me that I decided to make a new FA to become my more main account it is today.SO that leads me to where I am now. After 3 years from his original inception; it's time for a much needed overhaul in his design. As many can see in the gallery; I have left it up to the artist to dictate how they would like to draw him which resulted in so many different designs, shapes, sizes, and colors abound. This needs to stop, but not in a bad way. I figured it was time to finally get things more organized, aligned with what I have envisioned, and overall conform in a unified fashion. Now what I have in mind I think some will quite enjoy, but I know others might not. That said as well; I have finally gotten to the point that I don't mind that. You like what you like and dislike what you dislike; that makes you who you are and is your opinion. Baron, up until now, was always governed by what others had in mind and I think it's time for him to live his own life if that makes sense?
I am hoping as me 300th submission that I will have a new reference sheet showing my purposed true identity of Baron will be. Some things that were there will be changing or will be removed, but the main idea of a hunky jackal will still be there for sure so don't worry about that ;)
ANYWAYS now it's time I finished this journal cause damn it's a big one! If anyone has any suggestions about Baron please speak them now and humor me cause I have always wanted to know what you guys thought; though that isn't given a free invite for your ideas to change him cause I already have what I want set in stone. I also would like to know some artists out there that is decent in price for reference sheets that does well with various sizes and shapes of muscled creatures especially of the canine species so feel free to shoot me some names of contacts out there to take a peak at!
