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9 years ago
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Hello everyone, I am finding myself in a funny situation. What I find so funny is that when I first found this site, I had absolutely no intention of even joining. Understand that this wasn't out of arrogance, or a sense of superiority. I have never been the most social person and I thought that it would be unfair for me to join a community that I would viewing the hard work of others, but would not be contributing to myself. As time went on I found there were truly great pieces of art that I was unable to view in full without being a member. So reluctantly, guiltily, and somewhat selfishly I decided to join.
When I joined I had no intention of interacting with anyone, or contributing to the contents of the site. Once again I can not stress enough that this was not coming from any kind of moral judgement, but rather my own insecurities when it came to social situations (even online ones) and doubts in my abilities as an artist. So I remained a lurker, this is until I found the work of Dearshul77. Her story about a deeply flawed protagonist, who ends up cheating on his wife with an unseelie arch fae, and becomes cursed so that he gradually turns into a donkey every time he lies, absolutely captivated me. on her site here, she does an ask series where members of the community are encouraged to ask questions to the characters of her story. This is when I first decided to step out of my bubble and engage. I can't even pinpoint what made me decide to post as an OC Acrathia, who had been rattling around in my brain for years. perhaps it was due to the fact that Dearshul77's main antagonist Lady Moth reminded me so much of her, in origin and personality. I wasn't sure if she would respond to my post, I was just some random person who decided to post something, but much to my delight she did respond, and we have had many conversations between her characters and mine.
As the conversations continued, I noticed that people had begun to look at my site, and much to my embarrassment nothing was on it. I decided that as horrifying as the prospect was, I had to contribute in some way. I took to drawing the above mentioned OC and once I felt like it was at least somewhat decent I posted it to my site. After I did so I almost instantly regretted doing it. I had never posted any of my artwork online before and my doubts and insecurities were beginning to take over. I was contemplating taking said artwork down, when I received my first favorite. It came from a user whom I had a few, but very deep and insightful conversations with on Dearshul77's site Omnikitsune, who offered very encouraging words about my work, and made me feel like I actually had some talent. I continued exploring on this site favoriting and watching artists that I had actually been a fan of from other sites like deviantart, Artists like Evion, Virmir, and aerocat. I actually garnered the courage to post on some of there work, and when they responded, I won't lie i felt completely star struck like I had just met a celebrity.
After I received my 3rd favorite and watch from an artist who goes by SterileSubSandwich (who I have begun watching, and whose comic is hilarious) I decided ok... this is a thing in my life now. So I will start posting my artwork on here now (am working on the 2nd one now) The process I admit will be sluggish. I have a full time job, a spouce and two kids one of whom has special needs, they are the proiority in my life. Ultimately what I wanted to say to my watchers; all three of you, and to anyone else who sees this is Thank you. Thank you for believing in me and helping to foster the courage to take a risk and put myself out there.
Nerull142000-
When I joined I had no intention of interacting with anyone, or contributing to the contents of the site. Once again I can not stress enough that this was not coming from any kind of moral judgement, but rather my own insecurities when it came to social situations (even online ones) and doubts in my abilities as an artist. So I remained a lurker, this is until I found the work of Dearshul77. Her story about a deeply flawed protagonist, who ends up cheating on his wife with an unseelie arch fae, and becomes cursed so that he gradually turns into a donkey every time he lies, absolutely captivated me. on her site here, she does an ask series where members of the community are encouraged to ask questions to the characters of her story. This is when I first decided to step out of my bubble and engage. I can't even pinpoint what made me decide to post as an OC Acrathia, who had been rattling around in my brain for years. perhaps it was due to the fact that Dearshul77's main antagonist Lady Moth reminded me so much of her, in origin and personality. I wasn't sure if she would respond to my post, I was just some random person who decided to post something, but much to my delight she did respond, and we have had many conversations between her characters and mine.
As the conversations continued, I noticed that people had begun to look at my site, and much to my embarrassment nothing was on it. I decided that as horrifying as the prospect was, I had to contribute in some way. I took to drawing the above mentioned OC and once I felt like it was at least somewhat decent I posted it to my site. After I did so I almost instantly regretted doing it. I had never posted any of my artwork online before and my doubts and insecurities were beginning to take over. I was contemplating taking said artwork down, when I received my first favorite. It came from a user whom I had a few, but very deep and insightful conversations with on Dearshul77's site Omnikitsune, who offered very encouraging words about my work, and made me feel like I actually had some talent. I continued exploring on this site favoriting and watching artists that I had actually been a fan of from other sites like deviantart, Artists like Evion, Virmir, and aerocat. I actually garnered the courage to post on some of there work, and when they responded, I won't lie i felt completely star struck like I had just met a celebrity.
After I received my 3rd favorite and watch from an artist who goes by SterileSubSandwich (who I have begun watching, and whose comic is hilarious) I decided ok... this is a thing in my life now. So I will start posting my artwork on here now (am working on the 2nd one now) The process I admit will be sluggish. I have a full time job, a spouce and two kids one of whom has special needs, they are the proiority in my life. Ultimately what I wanted to say to my watchers; all three of you, and to anyone else who sees this is Thank you. Thank you for believing in me and helping to foster the courage to take a risk and put myself out there.
Nerull142000-
All the best!
Dearshul
Never feel like you're obligated to contribute to the site though, if things are looking bad or you need to put real life priorities first don't feel bad for not being able to create any artwork! Drawing is very slow when you start out, I still spend way more time than I'd like to on all my pieces! Just remember we appreciate having you around, regardless of if you're posting artwork or just commenting on people's stuff!