Been meaning to write a little something ever since I came back.
5yrs plus is a long time to be away, life & health got more in the way than I ever would have expected.

But I'm honestly so shell-shocked at the "art" landscape I've come back to.
I feel like 5yrs ago, people did art because they loved it & wanted to share it other artist.
A couple commissions here, An Adoptable there... but it was art for art-sake.

Now, Especially on Deviantart where AI posting is quite literally taking over like a virus, people don't just.. draw :(
They saw someone make some money off it, & jumped on the bandwagon. Every other piece in the browser is adoptable
.. not just something they made for them.
More power to you I of course if you can make a living with it, I've bought plenty adoptables myself.
But I miss when art was something for the love of it & not the next money grab.
Much of the "adoptable" Ai work I see looks so similar, very few are unique (which is the most sad to me, because should be individual to you).

Please don't think I don't like you if you do adoptables btw. As I said, have bought plenty from those with a better imagination than I.
Just miss the old community.

Feel free to comment your thoughts & feelings, just needed to get this out.
Loves to All!!