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8 years ago
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As time approaches for me to start coming back here in full swing, I thought it would be best to know what will change.
Firstly, I will be removing my Art Blog. I didn't update at the best of times and instead I will be planning to use my scraps for any WIPs I have going on. This will make things easier for me as I would feel pressured keeping up with something I wasn't really inclined to keep up with.
It will stay up for now as there isn't that many things in there, so if there are any WIPs you want to take a look at before I close it down, feel free to look at here http://addicted-to-insanity.blogspot.co.uk/ though warning, you probably won't find much. I think there are like twenty posts. Srsly.
Alternatively, I may consider tumblr blog if and when I become highly active in the community again.
Another thing I will be getting rid of is Twitter. Again, I don't update it enough to justify having it.
Due to my interests changing, I will have a blog open for other stuff that may or may not be related to the furry fandom, would any of you be interested in seeing it? Just a thought. I have rekindle my love for sewing and design, anyone interested in that?
Due to illness, I'm tightening up requests until such a time I feel like I'm well enough to take requests. I'm limiting requests either to very close friends, or when I offer a request.
Same goes with trades. Due to health problems and changes in life I am limiting trades as well. Instead, though to close friends, I'll go by a trade by trade basis. Meaning I'll look into each trade idea individually and decide whether or not I'm able to do said trade at that point in time. This does not mean I'm open to trades at the moment. Both trades and requests are closed at the moment.
This is also equally true with commissions. Once I come back in full force, commissions will be strictly on a case by case basis until such time as I'm able to fully concentrate on them. Three years is a long time time to be away and I've spent most of that tme and longer being very ill. But as we now found out what was causing it I'm making changes in my life that will allow me to come back to doing what I enjoy.
Another thing that may also upset some people is that I will not be returning to Skype once I come back in full swing on FA. I will not delete my skype SN or anything in case in the future i either change my mind (which is possibe but I am highly doubting it) I have gotten many notes about this and after some thought I've choose not to use this medium. There are many reasons to this but to highlight a few:
1) It's too distracting and considering the amount of people I have on it, it has in the past kept me far too distracted.
2) people have given me far too much abuse for not answering quick enough regardless of ample warning that I am working at the time.
3) This also extends to people who have called me a slut (lol wut) for not video skyping with them. Sometimes after telling them "no" after they ask me to do sexual things in front of the camera.
While number 3 was a rare occurrence, still, ain't nobody got time for that. However, please bear in mind that the reason for this is not solely because of abuse or people asking for sexual favors. It really does boil down to it being too distracting for someone so easily distracted.
I'll be keeping my DeviantArt and I'll be posting there as well. I would like to start making photoshop brushes again and let them be free to use :)
I am, however, considering removing my weasyl account as I'm not using it as much as usual, however, I haven't decided on that yet. In a couple weeks' time I'll be reorganizing my front page bio. In the meantime if you are interested seeing the wips and posts I've done on my artblog/twitter this will be the best time to see it :)
In the meantime tell me how you are all doing. Or any suggestions or things you'd like to see from me. Take care all :)
https://www.weasyl.com/profile/raye
A/T
astrofenn - Something!
Firstly, I will be removing my Art Blog. I didn't update at the best of times and instead I will be planning to use my scraps for any WIPs I have going on. This will make things easier for me as I would feel pressured keeping up with something I wasn't really inclined to keep up with.
It will stay up for now as there isn't that many things in there, so if there are any WIPs you want to take a look at before I close it down, feel free to look at here http://addicted-to-insanity.blogspot.co.uk/ though warning, you probably won't find much. I think there are like twenty posts. Srsly.
Alternatively, I may consider tumblr blog if and when I become highly active in the community again.
Another thing I will be getting rid of is Twitter. Again, I don't update it enough to justify having it.
Due to my interests changing, I will have a blog open for other stuff that may or may not be related to the furry fandom, would any of you be interested in seeing it? Just a thought. I have rekindle my love for sewing and design, anyone interested in that?
Due to illness, I'm tightening up requests until such a time I feel like I'm well enough to take requests. I'm limiting requests either to very close friends, or when I offer a request.
Same goes with trades. Due to health problems and changes in life I am limiting trades as well. Instead, though to close friends, I'll go by a trade by trade basis. Meaning I'll look into each trade idea individually and decide whether or not I'm able to do said trade at that point in time. This does not mean I'm open to trades at the moment. Both trades and requests are closed at the moment.
This is also equally true with commissions. Once I come back in full force, commissions will be strictly on a case by case basis until such time as I'm able to fully concentrate on them. Three years is a long time time to be away and I've spent most of that tme and longer being very ill. But as we now found out what was causing it I'm making changes in my life that will allow me to come back to doing what I enjoy.
Another thing that may also upset some people is that I will not be returning to Skype once I come back in full swing on FA. I will not delete my skype SN or anything in case in the future i either change my mind (which is possibe but I am highly doubting it) I have gotten many notes about this and after some thought I've choose not to use this medium. There are many reasons to this but to highlight a few:
1) It's too distracting and considering the amount of people I have on it, it has in the past kept me far too distracted.
2) people have given me far too much abuse for not answering quick enough regardless of ample warning that I am working at the time.
3) This also extends to people who have called me a slut (lol wut) for not video skyping with them. Sometimes after telling them "no" after they ask me to do sexual things in front of the camera.
While number 3 was a rare occurrence, still, ain't nobody got time for that. However, please bear in mind that the reason for this is not solely because of abuse or people asking for sexual favors. It really does boil down to it being too distracting for someone so easily distracted.
I'll be keeping my DeviantArt and I'll be posting there as well. I would like to start making photoshop brushes again and let them be free to use :)
I am, however, considering removing my weasyl account as I'm not using it as much as usual, however, I haven't decided on that yet. In a couple weeks' time I'll be reorganizing my front page bio. In the meantime if you are interested seeing the wips and posts I've done on my artblog/twitter this will be the best time to see it :)
In the meantime tell me how you are all doing. Or any suggestions or things you'd like to see from me. Take care all :)
https://www.weasyl.com/profile/raye
A/T
astrofenn - Something!
I am on Tumblr so would love to refollow you there if not already and not too sure how I'd feel on sewing and stuff, but I know many here could possibly be very interested in that, though not sure personally on how many
I've missed you a lot, as a friend and as someone who always listened to my own woes so if you ever need me again I'm still around to chat to, as long as you remember me as good ol' Maxis Core, who is now and preferring Apollo
But beside all the crap going on I still keep on going and am happy to see that you are doing the same no matter your own troubles
Many hugs for you and good to know you are still fighting a good fight. You are also very brave. Skype is unfortunately being overrun by a few unpleasant people on my list who no matter ho many times I've block they keep coming back, but by all means feel free to send me notes here. It may not be as quick but I'll be here for you, pal.
While a lot of mine is a combination of mental health and physical health, I feel like after all that I've pulled through well. I'm happy to say that I think I'm a stronger person for it.
I'm so sorry about your losses but I feel you. I've lost some very good people the last few years as well. My condolences to you and your family.
During my time off I had a lot of time to think. So I will be reviving an old OC from the years before Raye came about and I'll be drawing more derps of course! At the moment I'm trying not to overhwlem myself as I have to put my mental and physical health above all else. However, I'm also open to the idea that this would change.
I have thought about that if I were to bring in sewing into the mix, that I will open up a separate account to show off my work. While no doubt they will probably cross over here I will not bombard people with something that they did not follow/watch me for initially. I'm actually good at making costumes, so my idea was to show what I can make when it comes to creating clothes that look like a character I like or admire. However, that is still being thought about and has not not passed the conceptual stage.
I will never give up and I'm glad to see you are still fighting. We rock!
I will send Notes here and I really have missed being able to chat with you and seems and might be the case we may never have left off from when you needed to take a break. At least I'd like that since like I said our chats were just a lot of fun and we always did help each other through a lot of crap going on, I've missed those days and always hoped you were doing the best you could be no matter what life might bring. OCD and damned depression are a curse for those who have it, my brother has it and it's a nightmare to him so he would understand you all too well, while I'm simply depressed and always tired on top of that due to my Diabetes
Do what comes as fun for you, that's the best I can say when it comes to doing art or sewing, you are always first and that is the most important thing to never forget, to not put anything that makes you feel stressed above your own wellbeing
I will never give up either, I promise you, I've got to this point and so have you, keep going and never look back no matter the hurdles thrown your way. We do indeed rock and we won't ever stop showing it!
Sometimes a swap is what is needed. I am sorry that Maxis is not feeling right but at the same time I'm very happy that you were able to still find some joy in a new charater.
Thanks for the well wishes. I was doing good for a while before OCD and depression took over my life. But then there are other very serious health problems I will not discuss in a public forum because it's not something I want complete strangrs to see but it really was not a good thing to go through. It onyl sunk me deeper into depression and I think I am finally in a position where I can start getting back to a normal life.
Mind you, in those three years a lot has changed. A lot. Which is why I wanted to ask about the sewing because that has become a huge part of my life now and I do more than just a skirt or such; I've made full on costumes and such and hope I can do something similar or maybe learn to make furry dolls so I can make people's character come to life in one way or another. However, I do understand that those who watch this particular space will not always be inclined to see that in this account which is why I'm considering a possibility of another account. I have not fully decided on this. It's still in the air as I'm still working on mending myself.
I'm sorry to ehar that your brother has it. So you must understand what a nightmare it can be getting stuck in a routine you cannot break anf feel like being trapped. I'm sorry you had to go throgh with that with yoru brother. I don't wish this illness on anyone. Not even my worst enemy.
But, I have been going to therapy and I have been getting better. that's always a good positive step.
I'm glad to hear you're stil fighting. Hell yea! Look at me, I'm the queen in here ;D hahaha!!
I had no choice in a way though, sadly, due to a series of very bad events that started after merely calling a friend "a dear and treasured friend" and them taking it way too wrong and to mean something else entirely, leading to a lot of confusion on my part because I had no idea why things went so badly and a lot of accusations made with myself not allowed to defend myself against them, leading to the need to swap sooner than planned but at least opening a new door for me when all that happened
OCD is just not nice at all and I understand not sharing things in a public way oh so much though for me I tend to do it if crying out for help in my own way whenever I seem to try to vent, it feels a good way to cope to let myself admit the way I feel instead of always bottling it away. Sometimes things just feel so overbearing and horrid and I guess for me to vent the way I do is a way I cope with it and get through it. My brother has the OCD due to nearly dying after being run over by two cars at the same time and being brain damaged, he hates having it and wishes he could do things normally but sadly the case is the opposite of that for him
Three years, three years passed so fast didn't they? I mean, just so much has changed for you and for me, for our friends and for others in general.
It's so shocking how it's happened and yet not surprising in the slightest but if things remained the same then life would have little meaning
And yes, you are the Queen here, I bow to my liege -bows and kneels-