So. My creative mind has imploded. Seriously. Except for making some skins for PCE I am out of creative juices. I know I wrote something like this a week or so ago, but I feel I need to explain a bit what is going on.
First. Life. I got my house(YAYYYY!) But I've been spending almost every free minute after work laying down floors and painting walls. It's taking a lot of time and energy to make that place livable.
B.... Lost my will to art. I blame myself really, I was looking at Cintiq knock off brands on amazon, found one that looks promising, and now I'm waiting for this house fixing up to be over to assess my finances so I can buy the damn thing. I really do draw better when I'm looking directly at the paper, and I think a tablet-monitor is the best way to go. It's hard to progress or feel passionate about what I'm doing when I'm disappointed in the tools I am using.
Three...I've lost all interest in all of my stories. Lion King, Rehistoric, some unknown projects not yet known to you guys... Complete loss of interest. And whenever I go to work on any of them I get frustrated and annoyed, like doing them is an obligation. That's not a healthy way to view my art. So I think I need a bit of a break.
SO! Yeah... That. I will get any commissions or contest prices I owe done, of course, but I'm sort of on a drawing hiatus at the moment. And I don't know when that's going to change.
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A Word about Discrimination: No! (LGBTQ+ Focused)
So I don’t like when I have to bring up a sensitive subject such as bigotry or intolerance but it’s time to just go over this again. I rarely have to worry too much about this in the comment section or from my followers as most creative types are pretty open minded, but it seems that whenever I post anything that has the slightest thing to do with gender identity or sexuality there is always at least one person who needs to post comments that are either subtly or blatantly ignorant or prejudiced against the LGBTQ+ community, or often more specifically gender identities. This happened when I revealed Dotty and Digger were together and raising Spotty as their own. This also tends to happen whenever I post anything about my own status within the LGBTQ+ community (pan, not sure about gender but I go by she/her or they/them and there wasn’t as much education growing up about the different gender identities so I don’t really know where I fall in regards to my gender- and that’s okay too!).
Life Update (Sorry for Delays)
The month of April has been a.... Painful one. My partner had to have his tonsils removed, which as an adult seems to take a while to recover- which is not fun. I also got some stupid flu the day after his surgery which is finally just breaking. And I did something stupid to my back on Tuesday (I think it's muscle spasms, it happens sometimes this is just a really bad flair-up). It's seriously like a death by a thousand cuts, haha. Mentally I'm doing better, the anti-sad pills seem to be helping- my manic highs aren't so manic, and my deep sads aren't 'stay in bed all day questioning the pointlessness of existence' bad anymore so... That's good! But physically? Man, my back is killing me and it would be nice if my nose could unclog... Anyway, It's been hard to fulfill my commission obligations and get pages out these past couple weeks, but rest assured the patreon will get pages, DA will go back to the 5-7 day structured upload, I will start chipping at my commissions again in short
Let's Talk AI - The Robots Will Destroy us All
So… This AI thing… I wasn’t sure if I was going to talk on this issue or not, and what it means for me, the future of art as a career, DA, and my opinion on it and stuff. Buuut it seems everyone is talking about it, and some people are leaving DA as a result, so I just wanted to let you know where I’m at. First off, AI itself is a mixed bag of…. Meh. As we know, AI generators can not actually create unique and creative images out of no-where. Like humans, it creates what it has known and observed. Unlike humans, it’s not observing things from real life and instead observes data and images online. Unfortunately, that means using the images and data of art from real-life artists that were posted online. For the sake of reference, learning, exploring ideas, and so on, I actually think AI can be a really good resource, but in no way is clicking a button with key words your own original content. It’s a hodgepodge of images stolen from real artists online, and that’s where the issue with AI
I'm Aware of the TikTok
Hey guys! So! Yesterday evening into today people have been linking me a tiktok video of a person showing off my drawing of Alastor from Hazbin Hotel. I printed it off for the person in the video, but granted didn't know they'd make a tiktok about it. I spoke with them today and they are allowed to keep the video up (I gave them permission), so please don't think they stole it from me- it was actually a gift to one of my students and I really don't want any hate being sent her way. Also, I normally try to keep my real life self separate to my internet activity here on DA and normally I do not give my students access to my socials until they graduate for their own safety and my anonymity- I just didn't predict this would happen or that it would kick off on TikTok. The video does not reveal any personal information about me or the student, but if you see it please be kind and be aware that they have my permission to post it. Also, hi to all the new watchers I've gotten as a result XD
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That's fine yo. I just moved and i'm in the middle of unpacking and soon to be painting. It's rough as heck and drains the creativity right out of you including most of your energy so I relate. You just need some rest and to focus on something else until that spark pops back in.