It's good to be honest, Jester, I'm sorry you've been struggling with the stress and anxiety of being on these sites. I'm interested to see more of what you have over on DA, I appreciate the character illustrations you make c:

I've felt anxiety with certain sites. I can totally relate.
Furaffinity for me has become my home.

I have gained friends and admirers alike.
Lots of support.

Not like these other sites though.
I feel invisible on them, but here I feel my work is appreciated and sought after.

Your work seems like something FA would eat right up.
People should be flocking for your work.


Maybe I am not understanding.
Do you mean people are sending negative comments to you over your work?
Or do you feel invisible because of the lack of comments?

I have more followers and comm offers through FA than I do on any other site.

But I also can't fit most of the stuff I draw, or like drawing, in on FA. I mean, I probably could, but the site isn't really made for it, and a lot of my followers have just never really been interested in that stuff. But that all clashes, because I kinda get known for this one niche thing I do and post here on the side, but nothing else I ever do. And I've had stuff happen before where I HAVE posted some other side stuff, and got negative comments and Notes sent to me basically telling me to stop wasting my time with that other crap, and get back to what I had been posting here.

Stuff like that ruined my ability to enjoy art for over a year, and I had to close my FA for that whole time and just post other stuff elsewhere to be able to enjoy it again.

Coming back here has resulted in a lot of that spiked, specific interest again in certain stuff, and it just spikes my anxiety in turn. I don't know if I wanna deal with anything near that again. I don't know if I wanna be here if I feel limited, but that conflicts with the fact that - if I close the page again - I probably won't keep followers or get comm offers again.


It's a lot of nonsense that swirls in my brain too much. Not a fan. The easier and happier solution is to go where I'm happier. But I also feel like it's almost a bit of a waste to cut off something that helps support a little, too?

I can understand that.

Most people who've followed me through the years here, have basically only known me for my 'aliens.'

But I have varied interests. And I started posting those interests here.
To be fair, I didn't get a good response to the change, and that was a lot fewer favorites and comments.
It did discourage me, but I kept drawing and kept posting it. Because I enjoyed it.
But after a while, my followers started to come around to the idea of these other characters.

It hurts to hear those negative comments, but I would never ever allow anyone to tell me what to do.
And just because the few who are feeling this way, doesn't mean everyone who follows you and enjoys your work does.
You'd be surprised how tolerant the individuals are here. FA is known for it's acceptance to a lot of things.

I would post what you want here.
The site has folders, organize the interests.
Don't let others tell you what to do, feel as free as a bird here.
Because I've honestly never felt as free anywhere else but here.

At the very least you could try posting the others stuff here, see how people respond to it, but also post it because you like it and you're proud of it.

If I may ask, what is this other stuff you draw?

I don't plan on letting people tell what to draw or not draw, but it does go a long way towards me feeling like if I can't share everything and be fine, then it's not worth sharing much at all. And it's specifically been people on FA that have made me feel that way... a lot of the community here is more than fine, but it's only been people on this site that have been bad here before, too.

DA has folders to organize, too, and sections that fit all the stuff I draw well!

I have tried posting that other stuff here before - a couple years back. That's a lot of what kickstarted the anxiety overall. My gallery used to be about three times as big before I erased a bunch of it and closed the page for a year and a half. :O

...but anyway! Other stuff I draw!
3033 and I have a fantasy setting that I do occasional pics and landscapes for (those are all on DA only), then there's some occasional fan art for videogames that aren't like... non-human charas. That feels strange to put up here on FA. And then lots of random variants that don't quiteeeee seem to feel right here. Like neon glowing/blacklight variants of Asari, or lineart (<3 Lineart), backgrounds I've put in images, sketch layers now and then just to show where pics come from, etc.
And more! DA feels like a better catch-all for things made than FA, which is more for non-human sorts of pictures or stories of sorts, and the further you veer from that, the more out of place it feels to upload.

To me, at least.

I understand now..

That does seem like something DeviantArt would handle better.
I wish FA would update it's site, to better handle these things.

It's nice to see you vary yourself.
I love fantasy stuff, I love all the ideas you have.

Sorry took me a little to actually understand what you meant on the anxiety you had here.
I completely understand.

I was wondering where those goodies went and finally realized I followed you everywhere but DA so maybe expect a little fav spam coming up soon. No one has any right to tell you what to do and I'm sorry to hear some assholes thought they had the right to police you and made you anxious :( I'll follow you wherever you're comfortable. Just take care and don't be afraid to let us in when you're down to help pick things back up with you. Your audience seems to genuinely support you in whatever you want to do. Letting them have the opportunity to fight back against the vocal minority may help. Of course, do what feels best to you. Like I said, as a friend and fan I'll follow

Eh, I don't expect everyone to feel like they have to go to other sites too, just for my junk. That'd be a bit much - I don't know if I'd do that sometimes, so I can't expect other people to. Hahhaa

BUT, with that said, for the people that DO go to DA at all, that's the best place to see AllMyStuff. Everything ends up there, except explicit NSFW stuff (crops or censors or altered versions usually, but nothing SUPER EXPLICIT MODE).

We'll see how things go moving forward... I have better days and worse days, but even on the better ones, I'm kinda not feeling like I belong here. Weird to be getting older and feeling less able to manage silly small things in life sometimes. hahah