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Is there a way to completely stop people from following you? I've had to block so many bot accounts these last few days and I just want them to go away x.x

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Short animation I made for school. The subject was “Glass weather”

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People who are in self quarantine really have no idea how weird it is to be a base level essential worker through this whole thing. I don’t mean a doctor or a nurse or someone else working round the clock to put a stop to it or find a cure. I mean a truck driver or a gas station attendant or a retail clerk. Because everything is basically normal, only a little bit off, and then again not as off as it should be.

Every day I get up. I go to work. I sell people things. There are fewer people coming through and they’re buying more because they’re stocking up or they haven’t been shopping in a month, but there are still lines, like always. There’s plexiglass between the cashiers and the customers, and no dividers, and we have to continually yell at people not to put their items on the belt until we’ve finished the previous transaction, and they ignore us or argue with us, same as always. The more rules we have, the more rules there are for people to ignore. And the longer it goes on, the more normal it gets. Pretty much no one thanks us for coming in to work anymore. People are starting to act like we should never, ever run out of an item. It’s just blanket assumed that we will have hand sanitizer and soap and toilet paper and people are shocked when we say we’re out.  But there are still ads on the TV in the break room telling us all to stay home and the more the customers ignore social distancing, the more management puts pressure on us to set a good example, until we’re expected to follow standards that are physically impossible.

The longer this goes on, the less ‘essential’ I feel.

And then I come home and get online as always and there are all of these people asking what you’re doing while you’re stuck in quarantine and coming up with fun things to do when you’re in quarantine and talking about what you’re going to do when this whole thing is over and you can finally, finally leave your house. Everyone just seems to assume that you, the person reading their words, are in quarantine, because everyone’s in quarantine. It’s like this big, international, universal experience that you’re not a part of.

It feels like fifteen years from now everyone in the world will be looking at each other and asking “Remember what it was like to be cooped up in the house? Wasn’t it awful?” and I’ll just be sitting there going “…….no, I don’t. I didn’t do that.” And people will look at me and wonder how I could not know.

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The Girls

Its been so long that I can’t remember if I ever really posted them before. These 3 are my main MapleStory 2 characters :3

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So Global MapleStory 2 is shutting down...

Hiya, sorry for the lack of...Well anything lol. I’ve been caught up with a lot of life stuff for the last however long I’ve been gone and kinda just a loss of interest in a lot of things really. I remember a while back talking about getting a bunch of models & whatnot from MS2 and I guess now is the perfect time to pick that back up? I dunno ;-; Also I made a twitter a while back that doesn’t really have any Maple2 stuffs on it at the moment but a buncha things I’ve made in Koikatsu. Check it out if ye want. Its lewd(18+) so if you aren’t into that stuffs then dun go there. https://twitter.com/MissNyaran 

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Hi everyone! My commissions are officially reopened!

Without getting too personal, I’ve recently returned from vacation and have been reminded that my current living situation isn’t ideal for me both mentally and emotionally. Unfortunately, my only other current living options aren’t suitable as well. I am grateful to have a place to call home because not everybody has that luxury. However, if I want to improve my mental and emotional health, I will need to find a much more stable living environment as soon as possible.

Freelancing is my only source of income, so in addition to my usual expenses (bills, travel, groceries, etc.), I will be doing what I can to raise money so that I can finally move to a happier and healthier home along with my boyfriend, Mike! 

Check out this link for more examples of my art, my terms of service, and additional information. Keep in mind that I have a slot system implemented with a maximum of 5 slots. To check slot availability, check out the front of my DA page.

I also have a Patreon! This is an awesome way to support me and my work on a monthly yet inexpensive basis while gaining access to some early/exclusive content.

Additionally, I have a Ko-Fi page where you may leave inexpensive tips/donations! It’s another great way to support me and the work I do.

If you’re interested in doing business with me, the best way to get in touch is by sending me a PM or email: duckyscommissions@gmail.com

I know things are tough for many of us these days, so if you aren’t able to commission/pledge/donate, signal boosts are also highly appreciated and helpful as well!

Thank you for taking the time to read this! Have a wonderful day!

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Some old ms2 art I had saved from a while back.

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Found a few model screenshots lying around! Which reminds me I need to go back and update the current set of models I've uploaded with a few missing textures. I found out what the strange looking dark textures are for ;-;

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Have another portrait! More map packs coming soon as well! The current one I'm working on now is mostly made up of common items found in every area so it might be a bit longer before I can get it out! In the meantime I'll probably start working on some of the other areas and pack up some more models as well! I don't think I ever mentioned this before but I'm still kinda new to a lot of this stuff but it's been a really nice learning experience for me and I hope to really make some nice content with what I've been working with for you all! Thank you all so much for the likes, follows, and reblogs as well! It really brightens my day seeing those pop up :3

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Sorry for the lack of any major posts!

Hiya! Sorry for the lack of any major big posts, model updates, or map bit updates. Work has taken a major toll on me lately, only 5 days in and I feel like I'm back at my old job... Both somewhat similar but this one being on a much larger scale. With black Friday and Christmas coming up things have just been...hell. My training for the job just kinda stopped after the 2nd day but now with the rush coming up people have been really tense around here and there's only so much "don't take it personally" a person can do... Plus our guests can be a tad bit rude what with the holidays coming up and me still being pretty green here I just kinda feel awful.

I'll do my best to get back to some regular posts soon! I'll also try to keep these posts as infrequent as possible, I just really needed to get this out there to someone.

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Literally the cutest

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Project MS2

Hiya! This post will be a little different from the others. Recently I started digging around aittle more and found the models for the games individual blocks and props, and that gave me the idea for something. What I'd like to do is go through and create packs for each locations blocks and whatnot so they can be used for something like making a map in TF2 or Garry's Mod or whatever really. I wanted to make a ms2 themed deathrun map a while back and now that I have these tools I guess that can happen now! Just like the models I'll be uploading them to a folder on mega if anyone else is interested

https://mega.nz/#F!s4hkVYZR!On1JM2izxlrkiA5nBBlMmQ

Please let me know if there are any issues, or if you end up making something cool with these or the models! I'd love to see what gets made from these;

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Wizard!

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Another part of that last batch