So I've finally purged this mountain of surplus art supplies (at the urging of family members lol) and I can finally see the surface of our coffee table again.
Sold some and donated the rest to a group that allows people with low-income to pick and choose said decent to high-end art supplies for free. They deserve to try them out as I have, also being low-income (minimally used and brand new, including this pack of Sennelier Oil Pastels..!)
I still have a good amount left I'm using them though not in the way I typically do.. Fell into the black hole of coloring books being constrained by lack of time to be creative x_x Nothing wrong with them but I can't scan and post them as my own.
Maybe I'll dive into art supply introductions and reviews on YouTube..! Maybe hot artist takes? I'd need a stand to mount my phone on; can't handle shaky cameras on a video for too long.
Colored pencils, markers, watercolor... dry and oil pastels.
I still have a small Wacom tablet to do digital art on but it doesn't call my attention for anything other than coloring in traditional outlines (like the Master Uppercrust entries on Tumblr I've been ignoring up to this point but maybe I'll start it up again)
I need to get to uploading stuff in general. Apart from DA. Instagram is my most active platform but Pixiv is my favorite for free expression of ideas.. also on FurAffinity if anyone's interested.
Wish my eyes didn't hate the monitor so much after a 9 to 5 job where I'm wearing computer glasses most of the time. Oh well~
~ IZZY
P.S. Thanks for relieving a burden that was the GoofTroop-MaxBradley group, hacker person (that I may have suspicions on but won't post); go bury your head in a meat grinder to be a treat to someone~!
Here is my more active account, cracked139: cracked139 - Hobbyist, General Artist | DeviantArt
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Let me get this out into the open: I have a clear conscience knowing I didn't vote for this absolute shitshow of an Administration currently occupying the White House
Now back to what I was supposed to talk about if you haven't tuned out already~
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I'm still imagining; I'm still drawing and writing at the ripe age of 30. I thought that I would make more time to spend online to upload material and interact with fellow artists. With a full-time job that isn't possible; I am still uploading whenever I can. Please understand that I prefer to be on cracked139 as of late. I feel more "free" on there.
It has been difficult to get back into the swing of things upon some observations. For one, deviantART now feels more like Instagram with all the memes / shitposts which somehow gain more attention. I'm convinced that a lot of users aren't even artists and / or writers. The Eclipse system makes it very easy to "fave" works simply by scrolling and selecting what you like. Artist's Comments are ignored (What point is there to link to certain deviations in a certain order if a user won't bother to look under the image?). Feedback has been reduced to a couple words; it would be lucky to see a full sentence in reaction to the work being shared. deviantART used to be a site made by artists for artists of all walks of life.
Instagram doesn't like to support large / vertical images; Tumblr's community is toxic (and I'm pretty sure they've got their tendrils in IG and Twitter--I'm not even on the latter for the guaranteed bombardment of ignorant statements if I did join). I'm only on Tumblr to archive Bradley Uppercrust x Beret Girl / Max Goof x Bradley Uppercrust images n' stories and to *try* and answer questions in the Master Uppercrust Ask Blog (trying to keep focus on several projects at once).
I've been more focused on work and home life overall (AKA family), spending time reading and/or relaxing watching old shows and cartoons / anime since I now see art as more of a chore. Lately, I've had glimpses of my past artsy self actually enjoying what I do to the point of engrossing myself in the process (I used to draw forgetting to eat, sleep, etc.) At the very least I got back into a certain series that I haven't seen since it aired; I got the twitch to draw the characters for the first time. Take a guess..! (Xiaolin Showdown; forget Chronicles don't bother mentioning that to me I'm "too old" and Disney shouldn't have bothered picking the show up >_>')
I'm still into certain shows and movies and I keep telling myself to contribute something. I should be drawing more anime / manga in my own style among other things. My thoughts unfortunately are not as free-flowing when my pencil / pen hits the paper; I keep blaming that on these meds with the pleasant side effect of dulling my brain. That and probably just a general lack of motivation. I'm honestly more concerned with what's been going on in the world, not just this country as everything is connected, and everything didn't just come out of thin air.. I'm generally frustrated with a society that doesn't bother to connect the dots and would rather escape into their fantasy lands to preserve their emotional stability. I enjoy imagination as much as the next person but I know there's a little thing called responsibility in the real world. Now I'm just rambling..
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I'll be on this site until I'm no longer able to be for whatever reason. If you want, please visit my Pixiv for better quality images and exclusive images (this site is a haven for my stranger ideas): IZZY-CHAN13 - pixiv
.. Sorry if this post was aimless. Ttyl.
- Izzy
***Despite what you may think I'm still active***, mostly on cracked139 - Hobbyist, General Artist | DeviantArt
Popping in to say "hello"~ Leaving links to other sites here:
IZZY-CHAN13 - pixiv [Fanart, Original, Exclusive Images]
IZZYCHAN13 | Archive of Our Own
Artwork Gallery for IZZY-CHAN13 -- Fur Affinity [dot] net
Ask Mr. Uppercrust (tumblr.com)
Brad x Beret Girl (tumblr.com) [Archive]
Those Darn Canines (tumblr.com) [Max Goof x Bradley Uppercrust Archive]
I'm working on several personal projects--at the moment trying to complete this here Kids!AU Max n' Bradley fanfiction (it will have to be fully reuploaded later; StashWriter's dead for editing pre-Eclipse documents..!):
***EDIT February 2021: Gather Wood is COMPLETE >3<***
Thanks for reading~ Wishing everyone well, even if the sentiment isn't reciprocated xP
- IZZY
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~ IZZY-CHAN13