I've been gone for 9 months already but as the title says, I am going to be mostly inactive on FA from here on out, if you want to keep up with me and such, follow me on Bluesky.

https://bsky.app/profile/magnadracomon.bsky.social

Hopefully I'll see some of y'all there.

See you next website!
Darvo.

I just have a few quick questions for y'all, my darling watchers.

1) what do you like most about my art?
2) what makes my art stand out, if anything.
3) out of what I've posted so far, what kinds of things would you like to see more of, or see me try?
4) In your opinion, what is a flaw in my art? what could be improved upon?

Feel free to elaborate as much as you want, and give any advice if you've got some. I'll be reading and taking notes with everyone who posts here.

See you next survey!
Darvo

I know this is the stupidest journal ever but like... does anybody actually give a crap about my art? It really feels that after 13 years doing shit that nobody really cares if i draw or not, and it just gives me no motivation to keep going/improve. The last thing i was told before this is that my art looked like "if a 12 year-old drew it" so yeah.

I just don't know if it's worth continuing to try if nobody really cares, y'know?

So to put it simply, in terms of art, I have not been productive much at all. Other than the odd drawing once in a blue moon nothing's come out of it. I'm much more active on social media, namely Twitter.

Basically I'M still kinda searching what i want as a creator and in life in general. I thought i had it figured out by now (I'M almost 30 years old after all) but i guess when you don't have a clue, well, nothing seems to work. I still ahve that dream of getting into game dev somehow, but right now my hopes of achieving anythig meaningful in that regard are severely limited to my computer's piss poor performance. Therefore, videogames are my muse, as they have been for the past 11 years. It kinda makes me feel hopeless and meaningless/futile, but i do my best to live on. Put on the mask of the crazy/slightly stupid friend that always wants to see everyone smile. That and now more than ever i start feeling the effects of being socially withdrawn to the point of near-hermitage for 9 or so years. AKA: I'm lonely af lol. Tbh covid has made everything super shit, from getting my computer assmebled and delivered (that was supposed to be done in MARCH, but my friend suspects that the parts ahve been stolen in the mail, therfore we are now still waiting for a refund to try another approach), to maybe try to room with one of my close friends in London, Ontario but being cockblocked by covid again, to me having some financial troubles and ahving to borrow money... I don'T feel good about myself right now that'S for sure lol. But maybe 2021 will see some bright spots in my hilarious charade of a life.

I'm not giving up hope, not yet though. If anything, I nearly did recently, I'll be straight with y'all, but i have that one special guy who brought me back from the brink. No, not a boyfriend (he doesn'T swing that way despite all the cock-sucking jokes lol) but a very close friend dear to my heart.

Anywho, I think I've rambled on enough. Gods I'm an old man.
See you next ramble.
Darvo

I haven't been here in like a year haven't I?
I know i keep saying I'll keep coming back and try to be moer active, and then I don't, and it'S simply becasue I have not been drawing much for the past year or so, aside from doodles once every month or so. That, and major art block is preventing me from progressing as an artist. I am also demotivated to post things publicly online cause they don'T really get attention... I'll still try and push for it, I guess.

See you next post
Darvo F.

Just a short journal to say I have picked up the pace a little bit and will begin drawing more often, I have gotten the motivation I needed to start actually trying.

I hope y'all enjoy what comes out of it.

See you next Artwork!
Magna Draconis

INCOMING SPAM
Seriously though, I am definitely not as active as I once was on here, mostly due to barely drawing anymore aside from doodles. I'm trying to get back into it, but you have a far better chance of running into me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/MagnaDraconis

That's all I have to say really, I will upload my most recent doodles onto here then idk.

See you next website!
MagnaDraconis

EGGMAN DOES BAD THINGS.

I want to apologize for the inconsistent uploads and infrequent updates. I've been kind of everywhere with life stuff lately, preparing for my professional course start - which is this coming Monday btw! - just all sorts of shit with having to choose a different bank to get my loan from, dealing with an agent to get onto a gov program, etc. I've also been spending a lot of time with my old friend group on Discord that we've decided to revive (with great success I might add). And of course, gaming. And not enough art due to stress and nerves. I try to draw as often as I can, but I am not always motivated or inspired to do so. But I don't know how many of you actually care enough about this anyway XD

Anyway, enough rambling. I talk way too much.
See you next stress.
Darvo

I'd be opening commissions to help pay for my professional course fees (230CAD) due June 19th, and I might not have quite enough money to foot that, and I want to avoid having to ask money from my mother if I can. So yeah,

it'd be simple character drawings, with a simple or no background, either full body, waist-up or headshots, starting at 2CAD for a headshot sketch, to 15CAD for a full body shaded, and +50% per extra character, no extra charge for NSFW, and variable extra charge for complexity. Ask me for a quote (notes)! I also accept characters with text-only descriptions.

And if you can'T grab one, sharing it around helps too, if you want to be a cool bean!

So yeah, about a week ago  krayxii and a few others have started an art group with the aim of helping budding artists with lessons, critiques, themed challenges and general helping everyone out! We've got a handful of teachers and a good amount of aspiring artists, SFW and NSFW. We're also all pretty chill overall :)
Some of our Teachers:  chromamancer  the_secret_cave  dalipuff  neoarcadianx and more

The only real rules is to be willing to participate in lessons and art challenges, be wanting to grow as an artist and not just be there and lurk (lurkers/inactive users will be purged occasionally). As well as of course being chill and civil :3

https://discord.gg/x8rQM4E <-click here to join!

Hoping to see some of you in there!

Love, Darvo~

So I've dug up some of my old drawings (some dating back to 6+ years ago) and I'll be dumping them into my scraps. I want to apologize in advance for the potentially large influx of (bad) submissions over the coming days/weeks.

Title says it all,  krayxii's tablet broke and thus he needs some emergency money that will be rewarded with art! Please chip in and help him!

Here's the donation page : https://www.gofundme.com/new-tablet-needed

Any contribution will be greatly appreciated!

Darvo~

Holy shit where did half the year go already? Feels like not long ago that I was finishing my last 2 books of maths, and now it's summer vacation! (it actually has been for me since late May but yeah) Just want to update you guys, cause I'm still not uploading much lol. I'm trying to rectify that.

I've been going through some depression from a break-up since May, which is why things have been quiet out here. Nothing to be worried about though; my friends are there for me and have helped me through some of the darker days. I'm really grateful to have them around and I wouldn't trade their support for anything in the world. So to all my friends who read this, thank you so much for being there through thick and thin.

Enough mush. Drawings are stalling a little because 1) I have a bit of trouble finding inspiration for new things and 2) I'm trying to learn Blender 3D modeling. I'm still just at the beginning of box modeling but yeah, it's quite fun so far.

Anywhoops, that's it from me for now. Hope y'all have a great time.

See you next journal!
Richard/MagnaDraconis

Right. It's been like forever since I updated anyone on anything recent around here so I'm-a do just that.

Things have been very up and down emotionally, with a bit of stress coming through and affecting my mood sometimes. Nothing to worry about though, it's just that I'm unsure when I'll be starting my professional course. Could be as far as next year, if I'm really unlucky. I really, really don't want it to come to that, cause I don't want to be spending a whole year idling around. I swear if it happens, I'll take a job for that year. I don't want to mentally rot in here. I also have a big personal project that I want to try and achieve in about 4+ years. But i have plenty of time to think about that one.

All in all things are going okay, plenty of laughs with my little squad/crew/group keeping me sane. Gaming with them is a blast as well. I literally haven't been drawing at all lately and I don't know why. I'm always gaming and "not finding the time" to draw. Egh, I need to get something going again.

Right, that's all I have to say right now. Feel free to drop me a line if you want.

See you next post.

-Richard AKA Darvo.

Happy (belated) new year!

I'm actually really glad 2016 is over, not that it was a bad year at all, but 2017 is the year that my life changes in many aspects. First of all in late February my boyfriend is coming to visit for 2 weeks, which I'm hyped for. Then I'm considering moving from my small 1 1/2 apartment into at least a 3 1/2 if I can. Will cost a bit more but I'm sure i can find a good place to live. Also I should be finishing my high school maths in a couple of months, then in September I should be in measure to start a professional course in computer/tech support. This will be a turning point in my life cause despite being 25, I still never done anything beyond high school until now. I really hope this works out.

As for the current state of things, things are going good, really. Quite quiet as usual, spending most of my time inside playing and talking to my friends online. It's not from a lack of wanting to do things, I just prefer this to anything else currently. Though as a resolution, I will try to draw more, and potentially stream more, or record a playthrough of a game with my friends (I.E. Terraria or Starbound hardcore).

That's pretty much all from me, hope your holidays went fine and that you got the presents you wanted XD Here's to the new year!

See you next journal!
Darvo

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7934908/  KrayXii

MY boyfriend is in some financial hardships atm, and desperately needs some money so he can move to Canada with me. I hope you guys can help him out by grabbing one or a few. Any help is appreciated.

See you next mission
Darvo

Just a quick little update on the state of things in Darvo-land.

-School is going well! now onto my 3rd book and got 98% on my last exam. I should be done everything by like, March next year or something.
-I'm trying to find more time for art and writing, still getting way too distracted by gaming though. Benn playing WoW for the last month so yeah.
-So many good news regarding me and  krayxii's plans of moving together, he'll be coming round in March. HYPE.


That's pretty much it, feel free to ask about anything you want to know.
See you next update!
Darvo aka DarkDragons.

Making an update cause why not.

-Things are pretty tranquil atm, school starts again in about 2 weeks and I'm getting back into a normal sleep schedule.
-I've been playing Runescape again since the beginning of the month, tbh I missed the grinding, believe it or not XD almost 90 fletching!
-thinking of getting back into WoW with le boyfriend in a couple of months if I can.
-Haven't done any artisitc stuff in a while though I might get into writing again when I'm not too busy playing games lmao.
-Awaiting pokemon Sun/Moon with hype, really looking forwards to using Alolan Marowak and Sandslash :3 might ask for it for christmas, unless mom has other plans lol.

That's pretty much it. Just some little news XD
See you next post!
Darvo.

www.picarto.tv/magnadraconis
Gonna be drawing for a little bit! Join me and chat with me! There will be music and mic.

so this is a sort of vent journal, but a good one tbh. Just want to lay down what's been going on lately and how I'm feeling. TL:DR - I'm feeling good and confident for the future.

I've been feeling quite good honestly lately, a lot of good things have happened since last time i did a proper journal. First and foremost, I've scored 83% on my end-of-year math exam at school, which is amazing. Truthfully, I skipped ONE question and the teacher that scored my exam said that I would've got 10% more if i had done it and that the mistakes were minor operation errors. But, it's still a major win for me.

Another thing that not only affects me, is that me and KrayXii/Skye are still lovers, which i couldn't be happier about. We worked things out in the end, decided that we'll keep the relationship but will do our own things until we're in a position that we can focus him getting here. That means me finishing and continuing my studies, and him potentially going back to studies himself, depending if that is available to him, or finding a job. To be honest, working on each other individually works far better than trying our darnedest to make absolutely everything possible as fast as possible. My mom might not approve of the distance relationship much, but she can't deny the positive impact he's had on my life. He's my life partner, even if we're not physically together. He's the one. And I will get married to him someday <3

next is my drawings. I've gained confidence to draw more regularly again lately, and I think I've found a style that I like drawing, despite it taking a bit longer than the old toony/anime style i had. I've also grown confident enough to start drawing NSFW peices. I've drawn only one so far but I'll try to draw some more, mainly males (vaginas still mystify me lol). I might even open cheap commissions at some point, if i can gather a following/interest.

Last thing is about my mental illness, and how that is going lately. To be honest, other than maybe a couple hours of depression once in a blue moon, I'm doing fantastic in that regard. The treatment is going well, I've started sleeping properly again, and everyone around me see how much my everything has improved. I'm so happy about that.

Long journal is long, but if you read the whole thing through, thank you for "listening" to my happy rant XD

See you next Journal
Darvo

I now have a Twitter!

www.twitter.com/MagnaDraconis

yuuuup, follow me if you want XD

I'm just curious how many of you guys would be interested in seeing me stream? I don't have a fixed schedule as I'm busy 4 days a week and try to get out and have a life XD I'd stream games and art, on Twitch and Picarto respectively. I'd most often be accompanied by my boyfriend,  krayxii

twitch.tv/magnadraconis - picarto.tv/magnadraconis

I'm just testing the waters if there's a significant interest from my watchers to see me do shit. I'd appreciate if you left a comment saying if you are interested.

That's all. Hopefully I see you guys in a stream sometime!
Darvo

Yeah, thought it was time for a late night update, since I haven't made a proper journal in several months. But people who've known me since my DA days know that I can go silent for long periods of time. No worries, I'm still alive and somewhat active (mostly favourites/watches and feeling disgusted at what kind of sick and twisted things furries can come up with sometimes).

Speaking of which, the lack of art recently comes from... well literally not having done any since last time. I've been working on a small thing here and there but videogames (mainly WoW), school, and other aspects of my life have taken their toll on my hobbies. That, and the fact that I get extremely frustrated while working deters me from wanting to work on them. So yeah. There is no new art to show still, maybe a couple of foolish scraps, but that's it.

Another thing I want to say is that I'm done trying to get popular/getting pageviews and stuff. I'll mostly be drawing if at all for me, my boyfriend, and close friends. Past that if asked VERY nicely I might consider strangers or acquaintances. And forget about commissions. As much as the extra money would be super nice (especially for getting things like game subscriptions to potentially a better tablet among others) I just can't. My art isn't worth anything yet, the best I could ask is 1-2$ pwyw things. And like hell is anyone going to give me more than that really. I mean, living off a hobby would be nice, but I'd rather it stay a hobby. If I'm going to make any kind of money off it, I'd rather it be from something like a career.

Anyway, enough ranting. I talk too much.
See you next update.
Darvo.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6955460/

He's doing comissions right now.
GO THROW YOUR MONEY AT HIM GOGO

(stolen from )

Basics

Name: Richard/Darvo
Nickname: Rick, Ricky, Darv, Darvs, Darvy, Darvelito
Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Age: 24
Height: 6ft2
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Pets: none for now, though I want a cat.
Favorite thing about yourself: Being imaginative/creative and random i guess.
Worst habit: going quiet when things get serious.
Fun fact: I can easily lose track of time when doing something I like, whether it be art or games

Identity, Sexuality & Personality

Gender identity: Male
Sexual preference: Bisexual
Romantic preference: Biromantic
"Kinsey Scale" score: 4
Relationship status: Taken
Myers/Briggs type: ISFJ
Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff

Routine

"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Neither. I go to bed somewhat early and wake up a little late.
First thought in the morning: "Five more minutes..."
Last thought before falling asleep at night: "Sleep, at last."

School/Work

Do you work or are you a student: kind of a student? Finishing my high school at adults course.
What do you do well: Cook.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: Hopefully with a decent job or in a career I like.


Habits (Do you…?)


Drink: on very rare occasions.
Smoke: No
Do Drugs: No
Exercise: Daily walk only for now.
Have a go-to comfort food: Burgers.
Have a nervous habit: holing up and shutting everything out.

What is your favorite…?

Physical quality (in yourself): my height
In Others: I don't have a favorite physical attribute for other people.
Mental/emotional quality (in yourself): Randomness I guess.
Food: most fast food, things that are spicy and/or meaty.
Drink: Energy drinks (Monster)
Animal: Geckos
Colors: Black, Dark Purple, Dark Green
Artist/Band/Group: Billy Talent
TV Show: Mythbusters
Video game: Guild Wars, Terraria, Starbound, MH4U.
Movie: Megamind, Hotel Transylvania.