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Blog_001: DeviantArt and Comics

[Blog Entry under the Cut]

So I've done the unthinkable - I have starting a blog. On the blogging website. Heresy, I know. Just stay with me for a minute.

I mostly am creating this blog in order to record my thoughts and steps along what I can only describe as my "artistic journey" and my attempts to be a better person - whatever that means.

The main thing weighing on my mind is that I'm grappling with reopening my DeviantArt page. I haven't used it since the whole "AI scraping" thing, but now that the "noai" tag is the default, I feel a little better about posting there once more. There's really just not an alternative in terms of the "vibe" of the site. Artstation is a portfolio, not a place to archive and store your art (in a public way) and pretty much every other site has social networking as a focus instead of the art.

Ugh. Kind of hate this shit, not gonna lie! But right now gaining "exposure" is going to be one of the ways to start gaining a client base for my commissions. I can't lose sight of the prize: stable housing and having grocery money every week!

I also just want to become a better artist and challenge myself more by putting myself out there and drawing bigger and better things than I used to. I really did enjoy editing my latest video on youtube, so maybe making speed drawings is important for my growth and happiness? Who is to say.

I've also started working on my comics again, which is a feeling. I am loving Eden Deception once more and I want to continue with the story and world I am building within it. And then I have a NSFW comic titled "The Prince and the Paladin" that I've fully scripted and thumbed out, so now I'm just sketching out the page's art. I really enjoy having a shorter project to fall back to when I want to procrastinate Eden Deception lol.

A lot of it also stems from connecting with a fellow comic creator - she's great and I love her <3 - which has reminded me of the love I have for the medium. Also a person (who shall not be named) who I have had minor beef with in the past has finished their comic, and that's a lot of feelings too. I'm so happy for them and the fact that they have finished their comic! It's really awesome to see! But it also motivates me to finish mine in a weird way.

There's also just a lot to be said for HAVING FUN with the art I'm making and uhhhh I haven't been doing that a lot lately, oops. I do enjoy working on Eden Deception though! I'm starting to feel the spark again!

I want to feel proud of my art again. that's another goal I have, alongside of getting enough clients to make commissions an actual JOB. Doesn't have to pay my bills on its own, but I know my husband would appreciate the help. I'd gladly get a "real" job at retail or something but being physically disabled is a nightmare, whoops.

Oh well, I'll deal with those feelings later.

End Entry May 24 2023

[axoqiii]

pony thieves 💥💥

au notes ⬇️

[userarmand]

louis + grounding armand when he starts to spiral

2.04 / 2.06 / 2.05

[babacontainsmultitudes]

He's a used car salesman. He has a heart of gold. He can't parallel park. He has two gay witch italian dads. He chops the wood. He has a magical talking cat mom. He's an assassin. He isn't an assassin. He's actually the cat from earlier. He's trans (female cat to male human). He's been shot through the heart. He was in Dewar. He was not in the war. He was in Dewar. He's on his last of nine lives. He just had a marble shoved down his throat. He's even bisexual. I didn't say his name, but he popped into your head, didn't he?

[nat-20s]

The specials have fully 100% convinced that Donna could've one-shot killed The Master. Not even through anything physical she would've just vicious mockery'd them so hard that the regenerate into less of a shithead

[radifemsara]

Women were never created from men's ribs, not ever. It is HE who emerges from HER womb. Framing the father as the life giver is a patriarchal lie, it's not true.

[poofbark]

how can you look at me like that

[sangled]

sequel to this

[chilikit]

hey, fat people. you don't need a reason to be fat. you don't need to make excuses for your body. don't apologize for taking up space. i love you.

[egophiliac]

well, I can't say I expected the new chapter to feature Idia (metaphorically) going to (metaphorical) hell, getting a pep talk from his (metaphorical) Phantom brother which helps him finally move on once and for all from his brother's death, and (metaphorically) overblotting again to fight his way back out of (metaphorical) hell, only to have his darkest fear (non-metaphorically) come true when his mom goes through his computer and finds all his secret files. but I am glad it did!

also this is all a flashback for the purpose of explaining to our group what the heck is going on (whether or not any of it is getting through is another matter)

[factual-fantasy]

conceptsketchesconceptsketchesconceptsketches--

So after I patched up the Princesses a bit.. I realized that the Koopa family has its fair share of plot holes and redesign needs too.. Mostly in Kamek and Bowser--

So I took some time to doodle the koopa kids and experiment! I thought a lot about their body types, their biology, their sibling relationships and dynamics.. and though I still have a long ways to go, I think this was a nice start! :}}

[kyurochurro]

"gentlemen i believe... we are lost."

(entering the new year with a stv drawing since im still on a st movie kick from the marathon my dad and i had HEHE >:D)

[ladeldee]

I just like the idea that once Missa hears Phil has another "kid" he'd try and do whatever he can to help and Phil feels emotions about it

[talktonytome]

Bobby picks up on the third ring.

“Bobby, do you know where they sell the saffron Evan likes?”

“Why hello to you too, Tommy. I’m fine, thanks for asking,” he mutters, amused.

“Sorry, hi Bobby. It’s just, I’ve been to like five different places and none of them have the one he prefers,” Tommy sighs.

Bobby chuckles and Tommy thinks it’s kind of mean to be laughing at his agony like that. This is serious business!

“Tommy, he’ll be okay if you bring him some other saffron. It’s not a big deal. A good cook can make it work with what he has, and I taught him well.”

Tommy can almost picture him nodding proudly.

How does he explain it without sounding ridiculous?

“I know, I know but-”

“But what?”

Tommy sighs, knowing he will never hear the end of it, but oh what the hell? “You’re right, he can make do and he won’t complain and his food will taste amazing, but he gets this adorable little smile and twinkle in his eye on the rare occasion he can get his hands on it. And I love seeing it. So.”

The line is silent for a few seconds and Tommy thinks Bobby might have hung up on him.

“Bobby?”

“I- I’m here,” Bobby coughs and Tommy can hear Athena’s muffled chuckle in the background.

“That’s really sweet, Tommy,” Bobby says. “And I get it, I’d do the same for Athena.”

“So you’ll help me?”

“Of course. I know a place. It’s a little ways out though,” he warns.

“Doesn’t matter. It’s worth it,” Tommy says decisively.

“You know what, I better go with you. The owner is a tough old lady and I just got her to like me. I’ll sweet-talk her for ya. Pick me up in thirty?”

Tommy laughs, because he can hold his own and he’s sure Bobby knows that, too, but he appreciates the gesture. Besides, he likes spending time with Bobby. He smiles, thinking of their inevitable dad rock jam session on the way there and back.

“Thank you, Bobby,” he says softly. “See you in thirty.”

[godbirdart]

i've been so used to the online space where if you like a series or fictional character that someone else hates they will openly berate you and cut you out of their life and tell you to Go Die so when i got into a thing that a friend really didn't like and their only reaction was "i do not like it" and left it at that with no over the top reaction or lecture on Why The Thing They Don't Like Is Bad, honestly i felt like i met god

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Never gonna live that down.

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