Look out, Gordon!
Posted 4 months agoHotted SNOOBS up ahead! SNITS big ones!
Happy Snaketember!
Posted 9 months agoMay this month be filled with slithery serpents for everyone, don't forget to show them your love ๐๐
Snaketember approaches...
Posted 9 months agoSnakes be upon ye...
Happy World Snake Day!
Posted 10 months ago๐๐๐๐๐
That is all.
That is all.
my twitter account got suspended lmao
Posted a year agoNot sure what happened, just browsing twitter and looking at art, opening a few things up in tabs like I've done 1000 times before. Start getting notifications about being rate limited which I just ignored thinking I was loading tabs too fast or it was a bug or something. If you've ever opened a few tabs too quick on FA and gotten the 503 you know what I'm talking about.
5 minutes goes by and I get an email telling me my account is suspended for violating the "Developer Policy and API Restricted Uses Rules on multiple applications."
Now, this could just be Elon's fuck up of the week banning me for browsing a bit too fast. But, somehow my account could have also been compromised in some way and being used for something without my knowledge. That's a bit worrying right? So I go to the security settings to change my password and/or log out of active sessions or see what other sessions are open, and guess what! Can't change your password, can't see the other places you're logged in, and can't even LOG OUT OF ALL OTHER SESSIONS when your account is suspended. You're locked out of ALL THE SECURITY FEATURES. How pants on head, ass backwards and upside down is this?
I don't even care about getting banned from twitter, sites a shithole anyway, but holy fuck at least let me check to know my account didn't get stolen, is that too much to ask?
I don't use that account for much more than following artists and getting/retweeting comms so it's not very big, but if anyone comes along wondering what happened to it now you know.
5 minutes goes by and I get an email telling me my account is suspended for violating the "Developer Policy and API Restricted Uses Rules on multiple applications."
Now, this could just be Elon's fuck up of the week banning me for browsing a bit too fast. But, somehow my account could have also been compromised in some way and being used for something without my knowledge. That's a bit worrying right? So I go to the security settings to change my password and/or log out of active sessions or see what other sessions are open, and guess what! Can't change your password, can't see the other places you're logged in, and can't even LOG OUT OF ALL OTHER SESSIONS when your account is suspended. You're locked out of ALL THE SECURITY FEATURES. How pants on head, ass backwards and upside down is this?
I don't even care about getting banned from twitter, sites a shithole anyway, but holy fuck at least let me check to know my account didn't get stolen, is that too much to ask?
I don't use that account for much more than following artists and getting/retweeting comms so it's not very big, but if anyone comes along wondering what happened to it now you know.
Thank you for 1000 Watches!
Posted a year agoThank you everyone for the big milestone, and for all the support over the last few years!
Merry!
Posted a year agoMerry Christmas, Snitsmas, and any other festivities you enjoy this snowy season, and happy new year!
Happy Snaketember!
Posted a year agoSnektember draws near.
Posted a year agoTime, Mr. Freeman? Is it really that time again?
I still don't know what I'm going to do for it, if anything, but hey, snakes right? ๐
I still don't know what I'm going to do for it, if anything, but hey, snakes right? ๐
New Year!
Posted 2 years agoHappy new year everyone, and I hope you all had a merry Christmas as well! Iโd also like to say thank you for 400 watchers! Iโm surprised at how quickly it happened, managed to squeak it in just before the end of the year too. Thanks again, and best wishes to you all in the new year. :D
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Posted 2 years agoThank you all for another milestone, and just in time for the 3 year anniversary of the account too! Thank you to everyone who enjoys my work and/or supports me here and especially thank you to the friends who have come along with me. I appreciate you!
Discord Server
Posted 2 years agoI know everyone and their mom has a discord server and everybody is probably in a million servers already, but I was curious if there would be any interest in one here. A place to share and talk about art, sneks, furry stuff, shitposting, hobbies or just chill and hang out. I may also share doodles and WIPs there that I don't really post anywhere else on occasion.
If you're interested link is below (18+ only please), if not that's fine too, let me know your thoughts!
https://discord.gg/898ze33mKd
If you're interested link is below (18+ only please), if not that's fine too, let me know your thoughts!
https://discord.gg/898ze33mKd
Thank you for 200!
Posted 2 years agoThank you all for 200 watches, 2000 page views, and for all the great comments and nearly 2000 favs as well. I appreciate you all coming along with me on this weird little endeavor. I hope to continue it, and maybe share some more and different things I enjoy, as I continue to experiment and get more comfortable doing so. Thank you all again :)
SFW only alt account?
Posted 3 years agoI don't really do SFW content that much, but when I do I always enjoy sharing it. It's really awkward though when somebody asks if I have a gallery expecting to see more of whatever SFW content I've shared, and all I have to link them to is this page full of snitty.
So I figured I'd make an alt account only with my SFW stuff on it and ask some opinions about it.
Should I just keep posting everything here like normal and forget about the alt?
If I do use an alt should I post everything here, and just omit the lewd on the alt, or only post NSFW here, and only SFW there?
The biggest concern I think I have is since I only really make one or two pieces a month, one account is gonna sit dead while the other gets content, depending on what I make. And since I mostly make NSFW then the alt account would just end up collecting dust a lot of the time, and I wouldn't check it often for notes or comments and such.
I'm currently leaning towards continuing to post everything here, so if you only want to follow one account and see everything, you can and nothing will change for you, and just omitting NSFW from the other so I have a "clean" gallery I can link peeps to should the need arise.
Anyway, input would be appreciated, thanks!
So I figured I'd make an alt account only with my SFW stuff on it and ask some opinions about it.
Should I just keep posting everything here like normal and forget about the alt?
If I do use an alt should I post everything here, and just omit the lewd on the alt, or only post NSFW here, and only SFW there?
The biggest concern I think I have is since I only really make one or two pieces a month, one account is gonna sit dead while the other gets content, depending on what I make. And since I mostly make NSFW then the alt account would just end up collecting dust a lot of the time, and I wouldn't check it often for notes or comments and such.
I'm currently leaning towards continuing to post everything here, so if you only want to follow one account and see everything, you can and nothing will change for you, and just omitting NSFW from the other so I have a "clean" gallery I can link peeps to should the need arise.
Anyway, input would be appreciated, thanks!
The Big 100
Posted 3 years agoI'm a bit late on the milestone but I just wanted to thank all 100+ of you for watching, I appreciate it!
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you all as well, and I hope its a good one for everybody :>
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you all as well, and I hope its a good one for everybody :>
Thank you for 500 favs!
Posted 4 years agoJust wanted to say thanks for the support.
I try not to put too much weight on the numbers but I can't deny it feels nice to know that people appreciate what I make enough to click that little button.
Thanks again!
I try not to put too much weight on the numbers but I can't deny it feels nice to know that people appreciate what I make enough to click that little button.
Thanks again!
April Recap
Posted 4 years agoA bit late on this one, I'm not sure if I want to keep writing these or if anybody cares to read them so this might be the last one.
I've made it through Marco Bucci's Digital Painting 2 and 3 "workshops." Honestly I can't say I recommend them, they're very long and without much solid technical instruction. They're more multi-hour long painting demos where he just talks about what he's doing and why. You aren't missing out if you just watch his free youtube stuff. I started a composition course as well but have really been struggling with it and haven't made much progress on that front besides getting through a few basic studies.
I've spent more time working on that same digital project that's been in my WIP folder for months now, reworking it for probably the 7th+ time. The sunk cost fallacy is real and I just can't let it go or start over, as many times as I probably should have. There's a couple large glaring issues with it still that would require basically another rework to fix so I think I'm just going to finish it up as is, upload it anyway and call it donein another 3 months.
Lastly I've picked up some small kits of different traditional paints to try out, and have been playing with making little paintings with them. I started with acrylics, which I really do not like and have yet to make anything decent looking with. I've given watercolors a try too which I actually really enjoyed and will probably continue to mess around with, so you might see the rare watercolor upload in the future. Lastly I have a gouache set coming in the mail soon, and a small set of oil paint which I have yet to open but will also be trying eventually.
Anyways, I hope you all are doing well and staying healthy, and thanks for reading.
Peace
I've made it through Marco Bucci's Digital Painting 2 and 3 "workshops." Honestly I can't say I recommend them, they're very long and without much solid technical instruction. They're more multi-hour long painting demos where he just talks about what he's doing and why. You aren't missing out if you just watch his free youtube stuff. I started a composition course as well but have really been struggling with it and haven't made much progress on that front besides getting through a few basic studies.
I've spent more time working on that same digital project that's been in my WIP folder for months now, reworking it for probably the 7th+ time. The sunk cost fallacy is real and I just can't let it go or start over, as many times as I probably should have. There's a couple large glaring issues with it still that would require basically another rework to fix so I think I'm just going to finish it up as is, upload it anyway and call it done
Lastly I've picked up some small kits of different traditional paints to try out, and have been playing with making little paintings with them. I started with acrylics, which I really do not like and have yet to make anything decent looking with. I've given watercolors a try too which I actually really enjoyed and will probably continue to mess around with, so you might see the rare watercolor upload in the future. Lastly I have a gouache set coming in the mail soon, and a small set of oil paint which I have yet to open but will also be trying eventually.
Anyways, I hope you all are doing well and staying healthy, and thanks for reading.
Peace
March Recap
Posted 4 years agoI'll start this one off by saying the virus hasn't really affected me or anybody close to me in any significant way so far, so everything's okay for me for now on that front.
I managed to finish 2 pieces of art this month which I've uploaded, and made good progress on another. I also kicked around a character design for a bit but haven't yet put too much energy into it. The piece I'm working on now feels like it just won't quit though. Every time I think I'm getting close to finishing it I see or change something that leads me into re-working or redoing large areas of it. I'm way past the point of thinking the end result will be at all worth all the time and effort, but I'm going to finish it eventually even if it takes me a year.
I'm also still slowly working through Marco Bucci's "Digital Painting II", but I've been neglecting that gesture drawing course and drawabox.com for a while and drawing in general as well. I've been spending all my effort trying to finish this digital piece and haven't really been sketching anything.
Lastly I finally replaced my really old and crusty TN panel monitor with a (hopefully) properly calibrated IPS panel display. The colors and viewing angles on that old monitor were really bad, even for a TN panel, so having a nice display with the extra bump in resolution is a nice quality of life improvement.
That's all from me this month, it was pretty uneventful. I hope you're all staying safe and healthy out there. Peace.
-RA
I managed to finish 2 pieces of art this month which I've uploaded, and made good progress on another. I also kicked around a character design for a bit but haven't yet put too much energy into it. The piece I'm working on now feels like it just won't quit though. Every time I think I'm getting close to finishing it I see or change something that leads me into re-working or redoing large areas of it. I'm way past the point of thinking the end result will be at all worth all the time and effort, but I'm going to finish it eventually even if it takes me a year.
I'm also still slowly working through Marco Bucci's "Digital Painting II", but I've been neglecting that gesture drawing course and drawabox.com for a while and drawing in general as well. I've been spending all my effort trying to finish this digital piece and haven't really been sketching anything.
Lastly I finally replaced my really old and crusty TN panel monitor with a (hopefully) properly calibrated IPS panel display. The colors and viewing angles on that old monitor were really bad, even for a TN panel, so having a nice display with the extra bump in resolution is a nice quality of life improvement.
That's all from me this month, it was pretty uneventful. I hope you're all staying safe and healthy out there. Peace.
-RA
End of February Update
Posted 4 years agoAgain not a lot to show. Still feel like garbage most of the time and don't really have the energy to do art regularly.
I feel like I've forgotten half of what I've learned and I struggle to sketch anything that isn't disappointing.
I haven't given up yet though, and have made a bit of progress on the few digital pieces which I've had going for months at this point. (the sketch for one was from October of last year, although I've reworked 70% of it) I'm still trying to figure out some sort of process for digital stuff, for the time being I've just been winging it, experimenting a bit and trying to find a style and method that I enjoy.
I finished Marco Bucci's "Digital Painting 1" which, although labelled as a workshop, was more just a demonstration with commentary. There's not much for you the viewer to do besides watch and learn. I do feel like I took away some lessons from it that may help me improve somewhat though. What I really need to do is studies of more fundamental stuff like anatomy but that could not be less appealing to me right now.
I also want to do more fully rendered pencil drawings in the future as well. They're more difficult, due to lacking the luxuries of digital that have spoiled me, but also more enjoyable in many ways. Hopefully when the weather improves and I can take a sketchbook outside again I'll make some more of these.
Until then, thanks for reading.
Peace
I feel like I've forgotten half of what I've learned and I struggle to sketch anything that isn't disappointing.
I haven't given up yet though, and have made a bit of progress on the few digital pieces which I've had going for months at this point. (the sketch for one was from October of last year, although I've reworked 70% of it) I'm still trying to figure out some sort of process for digital stuff, for the time being I've just been winging it, experimenting a bit and trying to find a style and method that I enjoy.
I finished Marco Bucci's "Digital Painting 1" which, although labelled as a workshop, was more just a demonstration with commentary. There's not much for you the viewer to do besides watch and learn. I do feel like I took away some lessons from it that may help me improve somewhat though. What I really need to do is studies of more fundamental stuff like anatomy but that could not be less appealing to me right now.
I also want to do more fully rendered pencil drawings in the future as well. They're more difficult, due to lacking the luxuries of digital that have spoiled me, but also more enjoyable in many ways. Hopefully when the weather improves and I can take a sketchbook outside again I'll make some more of these.
Until then, thanks for reading.
Peace
Quick End of January Update
Posted 4 years agoI don't really have much to show here at the end of the month. I've been kinda dry on ideas and haven't really had the desire to sketch anything. Most of my energy for art has been going into a couple fully rendered images that are taking forever, and some practice stuff.
I used to set deadlines for myself to finish pieces but lately I've been going with a more "when its done" approach, and I'm still figuring out a process to do these digital paintings so things are slow. I've also been dealing with some stuff mentally that I won't get into that always seems to crop up around this time of year, which can be really energy draining.
I did manage to finish lesson 0 and 1 from drawabox.com as well as their 250 box challenge this month though, I've started on lesson 2, and I've been slowly working through a gesture drawing lesson as well.
Hopefully I'll have something to show in the coming weeks. Until then thanks for stopping by.
I used to set deadlines for myself to finish pieces but lately I've been going with a more "when its done" approach, and I'm still figuring out a process to do these digital paintings so things are slow. I've also been dealing with some stuff mentally that I won't get into that always seems to crop up around this time of year, which can be really energy draining.
I did manage to finish lesson 0 and 1 from drawabox.com as well as their 250 box challenge this month though, I've started on lesson 2, and I've been slowly working through a gesture drawing lesson as well.
Hopefully I'll have something to show in the coming weeks. Until then thanks for stopping by.
Thank You - Milestone Update
Posted 4 years agoYou peeps have just put me at a couple of nice round numbers on here.
50 watchers
over 500 page views
and 300 favs
Thank you again to anybody who takes the time to look at, fav, watch or otherwise interact with me or my stuff. Thank you also to those of you who offered words of encouragement and support, compliments or critique, it's really appreciated. I hope to continue trying to improve and making stuff, and I'm thankful for those of you who decided to follow me on this silly endeavor. even if its just for the crudely drawn tiddies
Until next time,
-RA
50 watchers
over 500 page views
and 300 favs
Thank you again to anybody who takes the time to look at, fav, watch or otherwise interact with me or my stuff. Thank you also to those of you who offered words of encouragement and support, compliments or critique, it's really appreciated. I hope to continue trying to improve and making stuff, and I'm thankful for those of you who decided to follow me on this silly endeavor. even if its just for the crudely drawn tiddies
Until next time,
-RA
Yo, Merry Christmas (Small Update)
Posted 4 years agoJust wanted to say Merry Christmas and happy new year to everybody. I hope the holidays treat you all well.
I've got a few more digital pieces in progress right now but I've also just been enjoying just doodling stuff for myself that I'm going to keep private, so progress on them is going to be slow. I'll probably pick up working on these WIPs after the holidays, so expect some more sneks in the future. I've also been playing around with a simple character design that I've come to like. You'll see them if I finish these WIPs, but I'm not sure if my interest in them will last long enough to actually make them a recurring character. Only time will tell.
I've also mostly come out of the bad mental state I was in that catalyzed that last journal post. I think I'm going to refrain from posting similar stuff in the future and just use an actual physical journal or something instead. I know everybody's here for the lewd and not my self pity essays, and I don't really feel right posting them anyways.
I might continue to make little update posts like this every month or two going forward as well if I have stuff I want to share. I'll try to keep them short(er), more light, and spaced out so I'm not spamming.
Anyways, cheers lads, I'll see you in the new year.
-RA
I've got a few more digital pieces in progress right now but I've also just been enjoying just doodling stuff for myself that I'm going to keep private, so progress on them is going to be slow. I'll probably pick up working on these WIPs after the holidays, so expect some more sneks in the future. I've also been playing around with a simple character design that I've come to like. You'll see them if I finish these WIPs, but I'm not sure if my interest in them will last long enough to actually make them a recurring character. Only time will tell.
I've also mostly come out of the bad mental state I was in that catalyzed that last journal post. I think I'm going to refrain from posting similar stuff in the future and just use an actual physical journal or something instead. I know everybody's here for the lewd and not my self pity essays, and I don't really feel right posting them anyways.
I might continue to make little update posts like this every month or two going forward as well if I have stuff I want to share. I'll try to keep them short(er), more light, and spaced out so I'm not spamming.
Anyways, cheers lads, I'll see you in the new year.
-RA
December Thoughts and Ranting
Posted 4 years agoThis is mostly going to be me complaining again so if you don't care you can stop reading here. I don't like sharing my emotions with other people and putting my problems on them but I'm not in a great mental state right now and I feel like writing some of this stuff out will help me to process it.
I've surprisingly had a couple of people express interest in commissioning artwork from me. If you saw my last post you know I said yes to one of them. I don't want to say this was entirely a mistake because it meant I got to meet them and talk and everything, but from an art standpoint it was a mistake. To put it bluntly it was a shitshow on my end. It took an entire month to make that, and personally I really don't like it. It should have taken 2 weeks tops and it should have turned out way better than it did. I was completely unprepared and I feel like I made every beginner mistake I know of. I feel like an asshole having given that to them and saying it was done, it wasn't and I should have thrown it in the trash and started over. They deserved better and I should have done better, but having spent so much time and energy on it I just felt so worn out working on it. Seeing the other great artwork they commissioned of that character get finished really doesn't help either. I know everybody says not to compare your art to others', but its hard for me not to. It takes me so much effort and time and scrapped sketches and reworking to get something that to me even looks presentable. It's one of the reasons I don't share WIPs or sketches, they look awful and often don't look anything like the finished piece. It makes me feel like a fraud.
I used to be really into the idea of getting good enough to do commissions for people. I've since learned that I was mistaken, and I was just using the idea of commissions as an excuse to hopefully meet and talk with people and maybe make friends and such. I might try again in the future if somebody really expresses interest again, but I don't really feel comfortable with the idea of taking a month to produce a hot mess with the presumption of getting paid for it. It's a different beast than just doing whatever I want and being able to just change whatever, whenever in the piece, and just go with the flow so to speak.
If you haven't noticed I don't really have any. I basically just make them up as I go along when I make stuff. I really would like to get a 'sona or a mascot character or something though. Something I could commission artwork of or use for the odd YCH or to have show up in a collab or with a friends character or something. I've tried making one myself but it didn't go well, and I don't think I actually know what I want enough to pay somebody else to do it for me. I'm quite jealous of the people who seem to have made an account 10 years ago, plopped their character ref sheet down and have been using that same character for years. I feel left out not having a character to call my own. I want something that clicks with me like that. I haven't found it yet and don't think I ever really will, and I don't want to rush it and hastily buy or make something that I don't really like, but I also don't want to wait forever for perfection to show up at my door, because I know that's not going to happen. Maybe if I make enough different characters I'll be able to frankenstein bits of them together into something I really like.
I really have a hard time expressing anything about myself beyond surface things to people. I feel like anything I share beyond surface level stuff is just going to be thrown back at me later as ammunition in an argument or to put me down (which I've learned from experience from my family who do this constantly) or that I'm going to be shamed, judged or thought of differently because of what I enjoy or feel. Its one of the reasons I haven't given up on drawing yet even though I want to all the time. Beyond the obvious sexual content of the stuff I make its a way for me to express certain ideas, emotions, events or fantasies. I'm still afraid to post even the most vanilla of stuff though, and constantly have to fight with the idea of just deleting 70% of the stuff on my account because I'm embarrassed by it or see it as cringeworthy. I still don't know if posting my stuff publicly was a good idea or not. I want to get better and get critique, and maybe use it as a way to meet people but I feel like I'm just setting myself up to have it thrown back in my face or making a fool of myself. I wish I was one of those people who just have a "fuck it" attitude and don't care what other people think and do whatever they want. I used to think I was one of those people but I realized a while ago that I'm not.
Sorry for the wall of text. If you read this, I don't know why you would but thank you. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm fishing for compliments or crying for somebody to fix all my problems or begging for pity, that's not my intention but I guess those things are always implicit in a post like this on the internet. I'm sure I'll regret posting this in like 20 minutes.
Commissions
I've surprisingly had a couple of people express interest in commissioning artwork from me. If you saw my last post you know I said yes to one of them. I don't want to say this was entirely a mistake because it meant I got to meet them and talk and everything, but from an art standpoint it was a mistake. To put it bluntly it was a shitshow on my end. It took an entire month to make that, and personally I really don't like it. It should have taken 2 weeks tops and it should have turned out way better than it did. I was completely unprepared and I feel like I made every beginner mistake I know of. I feel like an asshole having given that to them and saying it was done, it wasn't and I should have thrown it in the trash and started over. They deserved better and I should have done better, but having spent so much time and energy on it I just felt so worn out working on it. Seeing the other great artwork they commissioned of that character get finished really doesn't help either. I know everybody says not to compare your art to others', but its hard for me not to. It takes me so much effort and time and scrapped sketches and reworking to get something that to me even looks presentable. It's one of the reasons I don't share WIPs or sketches, they look awful and often don't look anything like the finished piece. It makes me feel like a fraud.
I used to be really into the idea of getting good enough to do commissions for people. I've since learned that I was mistaken, and I was just using the idea of commissions as an excuse to hopefully meet and talk with people and maybe make friends and such. I might try again in the future if somebody really expresses interest again, but I don't really feel comfortable with the idea of taking a month to produce a hot mess with the presumption of getting paid for it. It's a different beast than just doing whatever I want and being able to just change whatever, whenever in the piece, and just go with the flow so to speak.
Characters
If you haven't noticed I don't really have any. I basically just make them up as I go along when I make stuff. I really would like to get a 'sona or a mascot character or something though. Something I could commission artwork of or use for the odd YCH or to have show up in a collab or with a friends character or something. I've tried making one myself but it didn't go well, and I don't think I actually know what I want enough to pay somebody else to do it for me. I'm quite jealous of the people who seem to have made an account 10 years ago, plopped their character ref sheet down and have been using that same character for years. I feel left out not having a character to call my own. I want something that clicks with me like that. I haven't found it yet and don't think I ever really will, and I don't want to rush it and hastily buy or make something that I don't really like, but I also don't want to wait forever for perfection to show up at my door, because I know that's not going to happen. Maybe if I make enough different characters I'll be able to frankenstein bits of them together into something I really like.
Self-Expression, Other Things and Closing
I really have a hard time expressing anything about myself beyond surface things to people. I feel like anything I share beyond surface level stuff is just going to be thrown back at me later as ammunition in an argument or to put me down (which I've learned from experience from my family who do this constantly) or that I'm going to be shamed, judged or thought of differently because of what I enjoy or feel. Its one of the reasons I haven't given up on drawing yet even though I want to all the time. Beyond the obvious sexual content of the stuff I make its a way for me to express certain ideas, emotions, events or fantasies. I'm still afraid to post even the most vanilla of stuff though, and constantly have to fight with the idea of just deleting 70% of the stuff on my account because I'm embarrassed by it or see it as cringeworthy. I still don't know if posting my stuff publicly was a good idea or not. I want to get better and get critique, and maybe use it as a way to meet people but I feel like I'm just setting myself up to have it thrown back in my face or making a fool of myself. I wish I was one of those people who just have a "fuck it" attitude and don't care what other people think and do whatever they want. I used to think I was one of those people but I realized a while ago that I'm not.
Sorry for the wall of text. If you read this, I don't know why you would but thank you. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm fishing for compliments or crying for somebody to fix all my problems or begging for pity, that's not my intention but I guess those things are always implicit in a post like this on the internet. I'm sure I'll regret posting this in like 20 minutes.
1 Year, Thank Yous & Some Thoughts
Posted 4 years agoI'll try and keep this as short as possible. No promises though, I'm not used to this kind of thing.
It's been about a year since I made the decision to make this new account and start uploading some of thetrash stuff I'd been making. I'm generally a very private person both IRL and online, so deciding to share something so, lets say "less than mainstream", was a big decision for me. Nobody I have a relationship with IRL or online knows that I even started learning art, let alone doing furry/scalie stuff and I really wanted a place I could share and talk about this kinda thing with other people.
I find it hard to sound genuine with this kind of thing over text but I deeply appreciate anybody that's taken the time to interact with me or my stuff on here in any way. I know it's not supposed to be about likes and watches but it does feel nice to see the little notification counter tick up one, and to have somebody tell you they like your stuff or that something you made looks good. It's validating in a way, especially after thinking something belongs in the trash and that I shouldn't even bother during the whole process. As of writing this I've gone over 30 watchers, 300 profile views, 1600 upload views, and 150 favs. It's kinda embarrassing that many people have seen my uploads. Shout out to the people that actually read the little recaps I put in the description of my stuff too. I know they're mostly negative, and I'm working on that, but It feels good for me to just vent the experience of that piece and collect my thoughts about it to move on to the next one. Lastly, thank you for reading this far (and hopefully to the end) if you have.
Critique
One of the reasons I started posting was to hopefully get critique on the stuff I upload, but sadly I've gotten very little. People have their reasons for not wanting to, I get that, but I would love more critiques on my stuff, especially objective stuff like messed up anatomy and perspective (which I mess up a lot).
Community
I was hoping to be more involved in some kind of community by now, but I haven't really succeeded. I'm still kinda on the island of this account and nowhere else. I would like a place or people to share ideas or WIPs or talk shop or collaborate on art or whatever else but I haven't found it yet. I've got my discord listed on my profile and I've set up a Picarto page to maybe do something with in the future, who knows.
Commissions
I've considered trying commissions or similar a few times but I'm still not confident enough in my skills (that is if anybody would even want to commission me). Maybe I'll work my way up to it some day.
Questions
If anybody has any questions they'd like to ask me or wants to get in touch about anything post them here, I'm happy to oblige. I'll answer just about any question as long as it's not too personally identifiable.
You're a trooper if you made it this far, so much for me keeping it short. Now that I think about it, it's kinda weird writing something this heartfelt about smutty drawings. I think furry/scalie art is still art though and comes with the whole experience of "normal" art and then some. I'd probably be writing the same stuff if I was a landscape painter. Anyway, peace for now.
Thanks again,
RA
1 Year
It's been about a year since I made the decision to make this new account and start uploading some of the
Thank Yous
I find it hard to sound genuine with this kind of thing over text but I deeply appreciate anybody that's taken the time to interact with me or my stuff on here in any way. I know it's not supposed to be about likes and watches but it does feel nice to see the little notification counter tick up one, and to have somebody tell you they like your stuff or that something you made looks good. It's validating in a way, especially after thinking something belongs in the trash and that I shouldn't even bother during the whole process. As of writing this I've gone over 30 watchers, 300 profile views, 1600 upload views, and 150 favs. It's kinda embarrassing that many people have seen my uploads. Shout out to the people that actually read the little recaps I put in the description of my stuff too. I know they're mostly negative, and I'm working on that, but It feels good for me to just vent the experience of that piece and collect my thoughts about it to move on to the next one. Lastly, thank you for reading this far (and hopefully to the end) if you have.
Some Thoughts Going Forward
Critique
One of the reasons I started posting was to hopefully get critique on the stuff I upload, but sadly I've gotten very little. People have their reasons for not wanting to, I get that, but I would love more critiques on my stuff, especially objective stuff like messed up anatomy and perspective (which I mess up a lot).
Community
I was hoping to be more involved in some kind of community by now, but I haven't really succeeded. I'm still kinda on the island of this account and nowhere else. I would like a place or people to share ideas or WIPs or talk shop or collaborate on art or whatever else but I haven't found it yet. I've got my discord listed on my profile and I've set up a Picarto page to maybe do something with in the future, who knows.
Commissions
I've considered trying commissions or similar a few times but I'm still not confident enough in my skills (that is if anybody would even want to commission me). Maybe I'll work my way up to it some day.
Questions
If anybody has any questions they'd like to ask me or wants to get in touch about anything post them here, I'm happy to oblige. I'll answer just about any question as long as it's not too personally identifiable.
You're a trooper if you made it this far, so much for me keeping it short. Now that I think about it, it's kinda weird writing something this heartfelt about smutty drawings. I think furry/scalie art is still art though and comes with the whole experience of "normal" art and then some. I'd probably be writing the same stuff if I was a landscape painter. Anyway, peace for now.
Thanks again,
RA