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Moving - New Year, New Account
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12 years now.
I've been on this website, on this one account, for 12 years. I've been uploading to the same account since I was 14 years old (as you can probably tell from that very edgy-teen-username). It's seen a lot of change, it's seen a lot of stagnation, it's seen a lot of new friends, it's seen the loss of old friends. This account is immaculate to my history as both a writer and an artist.
444 uploads
3,511 comments
17,654 pageviews
(at the time of writing this)
That is pretty huge. Not as big as some. More than others. I've never had anywhere near an actual following, even for as long as I've been here and as much as I've uploaded, but this account has a lot of history to it, nonetheless.
But.
All good things must come to an end. And I think it's time I moved on to a new account.
For the longest time (and honestly, I still am at the current moment) I was debating moving away from deviantart completely. It's changed a lot over the years, a lot of people have left, and honestly... the current staff and the recent changes and the looming eclipse don't exactly fill me with the MOST confidence about the future of this site, especially as an older user... but, frankly, there aren't many better options. I've been on deviantart for this long for a reason. Hidden as it may be sometimes, the community is still there and looming changes aside, it's always been an optimum site for uploading everything from art to writing to photography to even simple flash games. (Looking at you, early emo/goth dress-up games)
A lot of people moved to tumblr over the years, myself included (solely because my friends moved there and stopped uploading here) but with tumblr's (well-earned) recent demise, I'd like to move back to the site I've always preferred. Especially as a writer, there aren't a lot of options, that other people are moving to, for writers. Twitter, instagram, pixiv, even Newgrounds, none of those support writers very well. Or at all. And I'm a writer first and foremost. We're far too often a commonly forgotten demographic and while dA isn't the BEST source for us, it does at least have the ability to upload literature, unlike many others.
Anyway, my point is, while dA is currently a very uncertain landscape, it's still better than most. Currently. I don't know how I feel about Eclipse yet. Some big, drastic change to how the entire site works as a whole but only a tiny, itty bitty portion of users even knows what it really looks or feels like. And given dA's stint over the past handful of years to completely ignore the community, I'm not sure about such a thing.
But that's a whole other horse to tackle at a way later time. Eclipse isn't out yet, we don't even know when it will be or what it'll be like at that time, maybe they'll listen for once to what people are saying about it and it'll be a revitalization for the site rather than a death sentence. But again... different horse.
For now, my focus is my own revitalization.
As I mentioned way up at the beginning, I've had this account since I was 14. I'm now 26. A lot of things change over the course of 12 years... a lot of things stay the same. But I think this account has run it's course. I've realized a lot of things over the past couple years and the biggest thing is that, throughout my years of publishing content on the internet, I have a bad habit of spreading my work across several names. I have no real umbrella name people can search my work by, that thing big companies like to call "your brand", I suppose. And I have a sneaking suspicion that's part of why I've never been able to gain any kind of a following. Everything is posted under something different.
So that's the first change I'm planning to make at the beginning of the year. Everything I do is going under one name. I'll be making brand new accounts across the different platforms I use, dA, Twitter, Instagram (though instagram is the one that already has said new name in use so it won't necessarily be a new account) and I plan to implement a more regular upload schedule based on my new goals for the year for these new accounts. I do a LOT of work. But I haven't posted hardly any of it in a year. With everything going under one name, there should be a solid amount to upload.
That said, this account, with its 400+ uploads, won't be going anywhere. I don't intend to erase 12 years of history, so I'll keep this account up, it just won't be active. There'll be some re-uploads to the new account that I've got here, a handful of my favorite pieces, but everything will be new from there on out.
So, what will you find on the new account? Well, I can't foresee everything I do in the future, but at the current moment here's my general idea:
- Fanworks
Because of course. I still draw fanart, in fact I probably more now than I ever did, so there'll be plenty of that. There may even be some fanfics if they're short or one-offs. But, I'll likely keep those on AO3 for the most part.
- Main Novel Artwork
Concept designs, creatures, maps, all that good stuff, but it'll likely be sparing because I'm planning something special and specific elsewhere for all my novel-based work. That'll be a future installment, though. For now, my best pieces and full art for my most well-known characters will go there.
- Video Game Development
That's right. I'm getting into game development and I expect there to be a good bit of progress work on that this coming year. Concept art, backgrounds, character art, sprites... anything non-spoilery, I'll be posting on the new account. I'm really excited about this current project so... keep an eye out for that.
- Poems and Short Stories
Anything not part of my main novel, one-offs, poems, blurbs, all that fun stuff, I plan to post to the new account as well. That may change to the novel-focused thing later on, but this is where the majority of it'll be for the time being.
- Crochet Works
Because I still do that regularly, I'll of course be uploading pics of the things I make.
- Art Dumps, Collabs, Trades, etc
All the extra stuff that I plan to do a lot more of in the coming year will also obviously be on the new account.
And that's about the gist of it.
I've built up a lot of momentum over the past couple years that I intend to keep going and I think a whole new start with a lot of things is exactly what I need to really kick it into full gear and set off. There's a lot I've struggled with throughout life and there's a lot I'm still struggling with, but I'm finally feeling like this is the moment to hit the ground running. I know what I can do. I know what I'm capable of. I'm excited to learn even more and I'm excited to show everyone else.
It's been fun, now let's get on to bigger and better things next year.
So here are the links you've been looking forward to:
(thank you if you read all that, btw, I know it was a lot)
New DeviantArt Account: KittenFuzzArt
Archive: KittenFuzz/Disrepair House
Thank you and love you all! Hope to see you on the new account!
12 years now.
I've been on this website, on this one account, for 12 years. I've been uploading to the same account since I was 14 years old (as you can probably tell from that very edgy-teen-username). It's seen a lot of change, it's seen a lot of stagnation, it's seen a lot of new friends, it's seen the loss of old friends. This account is immaculate to my history as both a writer and an artist.
444 uploads
3,511 comments
17,654 pageviews
(at the time of writing this)
That is pretty huge. Not as big as some. More than others. I've never had anywhere near an actual following, even for as long as I've been here and as much as I've uploaded, but this account has a lot of history to it, nonetheless.
But.
All good things must come to an end. And I think it's time I moved on to a new account.
For the longest time (and honestly, I still am at the current moment) I was debating moving away from deviantart completely. It's changed a lot over the years, a lot of people have left, and honestly... the current staff and the recent changes and the looming eclipse don't exactly fill me with the MOST confidence about the future of this site, especially as an older user... but, frankly, there aren't many better options. I've been on deviantart for this long for a reason. Hidden as it may be sometimes, the community is still there and looming changes aside, it's always been an optimum site for uploading everything from art to writing to photography to even simple flash games. (Looking at you, early emo/goth dress-up games)
A lot of people moved to tumblr over the years, myself included (solely because my friends moved there and stopped uploading here) but with tumblr's (well-earned) recent demise, I'd like to move back to the site I've always preferred. Especially as a writer, there aren't a lot of options, that other people are moving to, for writers. Twitter, instagram, pixiv, even Newgrounds, none of those support writers very well. Or at all. And I'm a writer first and foremost. We're far too often a commonly forgotten demographic and while dA isn't the BEST source for us, it does at least have the ability to upload literature, unlike many others.
Anyway, my point is, while dA is currently a very uncertain landscape, it's still better than most. Currently. I don't know how I feel about Eclipse yet. Some big, drastic change to how the entire site works as a whole but only a tiny, itty bitty portion of users even knows what it really looks or feels like. And given dA's stint over the past handful of years to completely ignore the community, I'm not sure about such a thing.
But that's a whole other horse to tackle at a way later time. Eclipse isn't out yet, we don't even know when it will be or what it'll be like at that time, maybe they'll listen for once to what people are saying about it and it'll be a revitalization for the site rather than a death sentence. But again... different horse.
For now, my focus is my own revitalization.
As I mentioned way up at the beginning, I've had this account since I was 14. I'm now 26. A lot of things change over the course of 12 years... a lot of things stay the same. But I think this account has run it's course. I've realized a lot of things over the past couple years and the biggest thing is that, throughout my years of publishing content on the internet, I have a bad habit of spreading my work across several names. I have no real umbrella name people can search my work by, that thing big companies like to call "your brand", I suppose. And I have a sneaking suspicion that's part of why I've never been able to gain any kind of a following. Everything is posted under something different.
So that's the first change I'm planning to make at the beginning of the year. Everything I do is going under one name. I'll be making brand new accounts across the different platforms I use, dA, Twitter, Instagram (though instagram is the one that already has said new name in use so it won't necessarily be a new account) and I plan to implement a more regular upload schedule based on my new goals for the year for these new accounts. I do a LOT of work. But I haven't posted hardly any of it in a year. With everything going under one name, there should be a solid amount to upload.
That said, this account, with its 400+ uploads, won't be going anywhere. I don't intend to erase 12 years of history, so I'll keep this account up, it just won't be active. There'll be some re-uploads to the new account that I've got here, a handful of my favorite pieces, but everything will be new from there on out.
So, what will you find on the new account? Well, I can't foresee everything I do in the future, but at the current moment here's my general idea:
- Fanworks
Because of course. I still draw fanart, in fact I probably more now than I ever did, so there'll be plenty of that. There may even be some fanfics if they're short or one-offs. But, I'll likely keep those on AO3 for the most part.
- Main Novel Artwork
Concept designs, creatures, maps, all that good stuff, but it'll likely be sparing because I'm planning something special and specific elsewhere for all my novel-based work. That'll be a future installment, though. For now, my best pieces and full art for my most well-known characters will go there.
- Video Game Development
That's right. I'm getting into game development and I expect there to be a good bit of progress work on that this coming year. Concept art, backgrounds, character art, sprites... anything non-spoilery, I'll be posting on the new account. I'm really excited about this current project so... keep an eye out for that.
- Poems and Short Stories
Anything not part of my main novel, one-offs, poems, blurbs, all that fun stuff, I plan to post to the new account as well. That may change to the novel-focused thing later on, but this is where the majority of it'll be for the time being.
- Crochet Works
Because I still do that regularly, I'll of course be uploading pics of the things I make.
- Art Dumps, Collabs, Trades, etc
All the extra stuff that I plan to do a lot more of in the coming year will also obviously be on the new account.
And that's about the gist of it.
I've built up a lot of momentum over the past couple years that I intend to keep going and I think a whole new start with a lot of things is exactly what I need to really kick it into full gear and set off. There's a lot I've struggled with throughout life and there's a lot I'm still struggling with, but I'm finally feeling like this is the moment to hit the ground running. I know what I can do. I know what I'm capable of. I'm excited to learn even more and I'm excited to show everyone else.
It's been fun, now let's get on to bigger and better things next year.
So here are the links you've been looking forward to:
(thank you if you read all that, btw, I know it was a lot)
New DeviantArt Account: KittenFuzzArt
Archive: KittenFuzz/Disrepair House
Thank you and love you all! Hope to see you on the new account!
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Crochet Rant - Freehanding
2 min read
Sometimes I love freehanding a project (obviously, I do it a LOT) but then, other times... I seriously fucking hate it... and that's usually because there isn't an existing pattern for what I'm doing and I have no choice but to freehand it rather than freehanding by choice. On top of the fact that I'm trying to get into the habit of writing down the pattern for everything I freehand, either so I can post it and maybe help someone else out or because I might need it again later and it'll help to have the pre-written pattern down, but it makes for a very frustrating project in general.
My current project is not only taking forever because I have to figure everything out entirely from scratch, but it's also not quite looking the way I want it to and it's bothering me. I know exactly why it looks weird, so I know how to fix it (sort of) for future reference, but that doesn't really mean I want (or can) go back and fix it considering how far I've already gotten. Not without completely starting over... which I really don't wanna do.
I plan to alter the pattern so in case I ever end up making it again I can make it better next time but man... the initial process is fucking draining. Add to the fact that I've got three other projects waiting while I try to finish this one up and you've got a serious problem child of a project. I'll be happy when it's done, I tell you what.
Anyway... I just needed to rant it out a bit. Does anyone else have this issue with freehand projects? I can't imagine I'm even remotely the only one, but if ya'll got some suggestions to make this more tolerable I'm all-ears. Honestly, if I wasn't over halfway done with this damn thing I'd just throw it out completely and start something else... something with a fucking pattern. Ugh.
My current project is not only taking forever because I have to figure everything out entirely from scratch, but it's also not quite looking the way I want it to and it's bothering me. I know exactly why it looks weird, so I know how to fix it (sort of) for future reference, but that doesn't really mean I want (or can) go back and fix it considering how far I've already gotten. Not without completely starting over... which I really don't wanna do.
I plan to alter the pattern so in case I ever end up making it again I can make it better next time but man... the initial process is fucking draining. Add to the fact that I've got three other projects waiting while I try to finish this one up and you've got a serious problem child of a project. I'll be happy when it's done, I tell you what.
Anyway... I just needed to rant it out a bit. Does anyone else have this issue with freehand projects? I can't imagine I'm even remotely the only one, but if ya'll got some suggestions to make this more tolerable I'm all-ears. Honestly, if I wasn't over halfway done with this damn thing I'd just throw it out completely and start something else... something with a fucking pattern. Ugh.
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HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!!
2 min read
THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER RETURNS!!!
And by 'prodigal' I mean... shit, bruh, my shit's iight, I guess.
xD
But! I do return. After 2 years of dealing with a shitty ass internet, then everyone moving over to tumblr, then trying to get a grasp on that shit-ass site, and finally going crazy looking for a better alternative... I've finally decided to just come back here.
So, with that said, my Gallery is getting an overhaul; old, irrelevant things are being moved to the storage, other things are being removed entirely, and still more are going to be moved to scraps. Then I'll be completely reorganizing the folders, and, finally, queueing up an asston of work from the past couple years.
So be prepared, watchers, because your notifications are about to blow the fuck up.
AND WITH THAT SAID.... HELLO AGAIN, DEVIANTART! DON'T DISAPPOINT ME.
Seriously.
I am tired of this website-hopping bullshit.
And by 'prodigal' I mean... shit, bruh, my shit's iight, I guess.
xD
But! I do return. After 2 years of dealing with a shitty ass internet, then everyone moving over to tumblr, then trying to get a grasp on that shit-ass site, and finally going crazy looking for a better alternative... I've finally decided to just come back here.
While I'm still not fond of where the site, itself, has gone over the years, the community, for the most part, has remained relatively the same. On top of that, the overall details of the site keep it one of the best out there... somehow. How a corporate office so out of touch with its user base can keep a superior design for its user base, I'll never know, probably the same way Goldemort couldn't completely tank Gaia despite how hard he apparently tried. But either way, between the wide variety of arts, the folders, the actual notification system (seriously, I am so fucking sick of dashboards and news feeds, they are god damn useless), and the sta.sh system... I've decided, cautiously, to return to dA. Because I'm going insane not having a place to post everything when my productivity has skyrocketed over the past few months.
So, with that said, my Gallery is getting an overhaul; old, irrelevant things are being moved to the storage, other things are being removed entirely, and still more are going to be moved to scraps. Then I'll be completely reorganizing the folders, and, finally, queueing up an asston of work from the past couple years.
So be prepared, watchers, because your notifications are about to blow the fuck up.
AND WITH THAT SAID.... HELLO AGAIN, DEVIANTART! DON'T DISAPPOINT ME.
Seriously.
I am tired of this website-hopping bullshit.
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Drunk.
1 min read
or buzzed. Fuck my life today.
I need more booze.
It's already wearing off.
Fuck.
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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!
1 min read
And I'll drink if I waaant to!!
XDD
Happy 21st Birthday to meeee, I'm gonna go get druuuuuunk!!! >D
Now I gotta go finished making a time schedule for today.
That is all
XDD
Happy 21st Birthday to meeee, I'm gonna go get druuuuuunk!!! >D
Now I gotta go finished making a time schedule for today.
That is all
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