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I love mons >3>
As a kid I grew up with 90's cartoons--as we well remember--Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh (to name a few) have fueled my love of monsters and now, as an adult-kid, that remains unchanged.

This is to say: I would like to draw more monster art.

The recent ongoing monster hype may be edging me on too...how can I not be excited? With so much news and reveals over Pokemon megas (I have words, but that's a whole different conversation. I'm not writing this to talk Pokemon), as well as new Digimon reveals (for the upcoming games).

You have other mon games in their spotlights, such as Honkai: Nexus Anima coming soon (super adorable monsters by the way), Aniimo (An open-world ARPG one).
Of course Palworld, being a hot topic for reasons (we all know them).
Temtem doing its own thing in the background.
Monster Hunter Stories, focusing on befriending their mons (instead of, you know, hunting them down).
Cassette Beasts (I hear good things; I would like to play this one).
Older games, such as the mostly forgotten about Spectrobes, published by Disney (Personally, I love the mons in Spectrobes! I have a soft spot for them)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (anyone remember those wii days?) had its little mon bit.

I mean, the list goes on and on. So many I didn't mention here, so many probably on the horizon yet to be revealed. Many follow the Pokemon formula, naturally, others are trying new directions and making their own unique spins on the genre.

For me, personally, the more monsters the better! I adore them, I don't care how much one is like the other. If there can be a dozen among dozens of cozy farm games, there can be dozens of monster-collecting games too (I just want my fun monsters okay ;w; )

And yes, I have my own thing of monsters too.
I just never got around to developing my concept far enough to start posting them. But maybe I will soon! With all the inspiration I have lately for monsters, maybe that'll be the push I need.

Okay, enough of drooling over monster talk haha
Made it this far did ya? Well, thank you for reading! I'm glad I didn't bore you too much. Is there a monster game out there you can recommend to me? Either to play, or draw from! That's NOT Pokemon, I mean, that franchise gets an ocean of attention. I want to draw mons from other series.

If anyone has recommendations, I'm all ears~~!

---Cat

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Finally, I have finished my long journey of uploading all my old art collections!

For now. My goal was to stop at 2020, any art after is relatively new, I'd feel strange calling them "old" for the time being. Eventually those newer artworks will be old and I can collect them as such but for now I can move on.

You would think it'd be easy--collect a bunch of art, stuff them in a large layout, upload them, call it a day. Boy, did it takes so long and so much of my focus. I had to dig out all my old artwork (which consisted of many sketchbooks, folders, paintings, large carry cases, college work, etc.), take photos (I don't have a scanner) of every single piece and organize them all (by year) into new art portfolios. After that part I had to then upload them to my laptop, pick out the best pictures of each piece and then edit them for clean up/brightness/sizing. Once the edits where completed I then could piece them into orderly fashion, similar to putting puzzle pieces together, in a large layout (but not TOO large, or else loading the thing would be horrible. That's why I have so many.).

And that's just the traditional artwork part. I had to, also, work with my digital art. I didn't have to take pictures at least, I did have to edit or censor pieces as necessary and tackle organizing them all the same. This entire process took days and weeks of my time (Keep in my mind I also work an overnight job). I did this starting with 2002 to 2019. 17 years of my artwork. And that's not even 100% of it, many pieces I could not include due to adult or gore themes (I want to keep this gallery rated General for reasons).


I thank my watchers for putting up with my collection uploads in their submission boxes! I know it was a LOT.


So, what about 2020? What about the last few years?
I do not plan to upload them in collections at this time. I plan to upload just the best pieces from the last few years, maybe keeping them in the 2020+ sub folder?, so they can have their spotlight.



P.S. I am currently juggling folders around in my gallery. I will probably, in the future, condense my "By Year" folders.
Thank you for reading~!

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Before I begin with this journal, I want to say: Thank You, Thank you reader for taking a moment of your time to read this little journal by this sleepy artist. To save you trouble please read the "Outline for this Journal" to decide if it's worth any longer of your time to read.


Outline for this Journal:
I recap my current project (Old Art Uploads)
I detail what I've discovered about my art,
And explain where I'd like to take my art.
Final thoughts


❃Since I've created this gallery I've been slowly uploading old art. It's taking me far, far, faaar too long, way longer than I intended. I did not realize how much time, 5 years!, has since passed. A scary realization to be honest. I've since buckled down, uploading my old art at a faster pace (with a cost, I have to set aside drawing time to do it).
I understand it's not very interesting to viewers. That's fine, I didn't expect it to be, I upload my old art for my personal reasons, and while I could explain those reasons in detail I would be explaining it to an empty room (I imagine it'd be extraordinary boring, expect to the few).

❃Moving on.
As I write this I'm currently uploading my 2017 artwork. I plan to STOP at 2020, it's a close enough year I do not need to continue to upload in batches anymore and can start uploading single pieces, finally. It's been a long journey but a interesting one in my eyes. I have discovered something about my current art (in comparison to my older work)...it is...fairly boring
When I say "Boring" I can tie about a dozen more words to that one word, to fully drawn out my feelings, but I will narrow it down to just "Boring" and "Comfortable". I'm sure hundreds of Artist out there can relate. When I view my old work (way before D-Art days, and waaaaaay before FA days) I see a different spark of creativity I don't see in my art today. Maybe because I had entirety different projects then. Maybe because I had less characters and less story driven demands (demands I put on myself mind you). Maybe I had more patience back then.

Whatever the reason, I just know...I actually prefer my older work. Sure, my artistic skills are further experience today, but my art doesn't capture the creative energy the same, no matter how 'pretty' my skills are. My art has fallen into a cycle of repeat. It, on the surface, appears the same over and over. It is a place of comfort I'd say. I can run through more current years, for example 2022, 2023, 2024, and find very little I'd find that stands out. It's very rinse and repeat.


I have further thoughts on this subject--such as my digital art vs my physical art, having goals vs no goals, content vs expression--but that's a conversation for another day. I would like to move on.


❃Now that I know some issues bothering me I can act on them. After I complete my Old Art uploads I will, attempt, to pick up my stale artwork, dust it off, mold it, find the weak spots, and morph it into something worth my effort. I want to "Turn the page" finally. Because if I don't try...if I don't push past my comfort hole I've dug myself into...then why pick up my pencil? This lost of spirit harkens back to my days of "Drawing isn't Fun anymore", a series I posted a number of years back (It is still up on one my galleries, a few people might recall). Again, I could elaborate further about those older days but will move on.


❃Now I will lay out my finally thoughts.
--Moving forward with my art. I need to encourage myself to step out my clockwork comfort, experiment with ideas, try to be bold, step into the unknown. Overcome my fear. Rather or not people follow me on my journey I do not know. Maybe I will create something interesting for someone. Maybe I will be just "another artist" to others. Who knows. I grow older every day, naturally I grow weary with time, but, also, give less and less...well, "fucks" as they say, and do not worry over numbers and watchers and how many favs one has over another. I continue my journey all the same, one tiny step at a time, hoping I will step onto a road more splendid and adventurous than the last.


❃Thank you❃
Again, I thank you reader for taking this moment to read my journal.
And, of course, I thank all my supporters who have followed my journey up to this point, and, maybe, will continue to still follow my works.

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I'm currently in the process of moving.
I've been expecting this for a while now, and have since packed away all my traditional artwork in preparation. That's why I haven't been able to post very much, or it's taking a lot longer to post.

After the move, after I'm resettled, I can focus again.

I still have much old artwork I want to go through!

---Cat

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Hello! I am Cat!--Artist, Writer, Cosplayer, Crafter...I like to play video games too!
My Sona is a Cat/Kaiju/Dragon mix :D

And I manage "TheCuriousKaiju" which is like my home base. From here it split's off into sub galleries, under different names but I will always have the same watermark across the galleries. My sub galleries are my NSFW ones or character accounts(2). You can also find me under TheCuriousKaiju under other platforms like Twitter or Instagram.

TheCuriousKaiju is where I want to have my general artwork, and maybe my completed crafts. I was previously known as "FurryCandyshop", which is a dead account at the moment (It's still up for personal reasons). This gallery is nice because I can link it to my website or Twitter without worrying about the NSFW parts, and if someone wants to see my NSFW art they can visit my other galleries!

❃Current project❃

I've completed posting my "Old Artwork", now I'm currently posting my personal favorites from the last few years! So there might be some repost, if you've seen them in my other galleries. Many are pieces I never uploaded here before, manly because I didn't have a place for them, until now. And some pieces have been edited to fall under a General rating, you might find the nsfw version in a different gallery of mine.


| What you may find (either now or in the future) in this gallery |

■ Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!
■ Monsters/Kaijus (Like Pokemon, Digimon, etc)
■ Landscape artwork. I love landscape work!
■ OCs. I have a lot of OCs...a lot heh
■ Fanart (Like Legend of Zelda, Mario, Godzilla etc)
■ Cosplay/Crafts. I like to create things!
■ Adoptions. I sometimes create adoptions

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_{Thank you for visiting!}

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I will be updating some posts in my gallery.
I have not put much attention into my gallery because I was annoyed at the photo quality. And the overall layout I was working with I still don't like. I have a new way of improving the photo quality, I will be updating posts soon. And then I can get back on track. Hopefully.

Thank you for your patience,
---Cat

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Information regarding my Patreon


❃+18 only❃
My patreon is +18 only due to adult content.
I do draw mature/adult work sometimes, such as nudity and adult themes.
And I also work with darker themes sometimes, such as dark fantasy.
I will not, however, post anything heavily violent on my patreon! Any art with heavy amounts of blood, or violent fetishes (for one that's not allowed on patreon anyways), or gore, I will not be posting on patreon (such art is for my gore account only).


❃What I typically post❃
I love drawing fantasy monsters/creatures so I do post a lot of that. I also post a lot of pieces that involve my own projects, I have many characters and creatures I've created over the years. If I have a comic in the works the pages will be posted there first before it's shown to the public. I typically have my comic 2 pages ahead on my patreon, and I post exclusive cover art there as well.
Most of what I post is digital work. But I do hope to start also posting more traditional works as well. I'm currently posting collections of my aged artwork from way back in the day.

I do post YCH's and Adoptions on my patreon first before the public.
Along with some adult works, but it's not the center focus.
When it comes to adult works I'm a big supporter of no kink shaming, and no body shaming,so I do I explore a variety of themes and sex/gender body types. I also post safe vore art as well.

I do make cosplay outfits from time to time!
So I do post WIP of any sort of cosplay I'm working on such as a fursuit, or armor.

I wish to write a book too,
I have, and will continue, to post concept work of my book here and there.

And lastly any sort of crafts I might work on I will post photos of on my patreon first.


❃My current schedule❃

Monday= I try to take a break
Tue, Wen, Thurs=Days I focus on art
Friday=My post day
Saturday, Sunday=I work my job


❃Will most of my art be through a paywall!?!❃
No no, 95% of the art I post on my patreon will be posted publicly at some point. That other 5% is maybe scrap work I didn't feel needed to be show to the public, exclusive art pieces such as alternate cover art for my comics, WIP cosplay photos (I only really need to post the finished product publicly), and various other little things. My patreon is more for if you want to see my art before anyone else, see adoptions/YCH's early or see what projects I'm working on before the public knows.

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