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tl;dr -- no longer active

shouldn’t be surprising, but I’m planning to log off this account (and all associated social media accounts) by the end of Friday this week (11:59 PST 08/13) and won’t be logging back in after. This blog (and my side blog for the, like, 5 people who follow it) will keep on existing, but only for archival purposes. I’m not sure if anyone was trying to interact with me on twitter, but in case you did try to dm me... I forgot my twitter handle and the password a long time ago and never logged back in after I got auto-logged out... sorry :(

I was planning to keep updating occasionally, but after a lot of thought, I’ve decided to retire this account. I’ve had this blog for ~6 years so, even though I’m sure nobody is actively following anymore, I wanted to give my reasons for closing it for documentation purposes. If anything, it’s so that I can verbalize why I’m no longer interested in posting on here:

- This account has been found by people who know me IRL. My reason for being on the internet, especially in fandoms or non-mainstream sites, is so that I can express things/interests that I wouldn’t normally be able to express (for whatever reason) in real life. Basically, I like being online for the anonymity and I take my anonymity seriously. Unfortunately, I didn’t really appreciate how much I valued anonymity until recently, so in my ~*youth*~ (aka as recently as 2 years ago) I gave out my blog name to a few IRL friends like a dumbass. Not long after, I became pretty uncomfortable/very self-conscious about posting at all and it felt that this account had been compromised. It just didn’t feel good to post anymore. Please note, though: my friends didn’t do anything wrong (they were just very excited to see my digital art and wanted to support me). I just didn’t realize at that time that I liked posting mainly because I was anonymous.

- I’m working full time now. I’ve graduated from a 4-year program, found a job as a developer, and moved to a different state. Unfortunately, I don’t have as much time/energy to actually draw or be active online now.

- I’ve changed as an artist. This blog was created so I can post digital art, fanart, and anime-style drawings. I’ve gained most of my followers through my drawings for @danguy96​, DrakenNier, or RWBY. I’m still into Drakengard/Nier, anime, etc., but I’ve moved onto traditional mediums and less fanart. My old fanart still gets the occasional follower/like/reblog and I think it would be really disappointing for someone to checkout my blog through my fanart only to realize that I’m not posting that stuff anymore. It would just be better to start fresh.

Moving forward: I’m still gonna be on tumblr. It’s not what it used to be and the staff hates money and non-negative profit margins, but they haven’t irreversibly fucked up the microblogging aspect of the site (......yet) and I’ve been here too long to move to a different site. I’ll be creating a new account (that’s actually anonymous this time).

On that note, the reason I’m not immediately shutting down this account is so that my followers have a chance to follow my new account, if they’re interested. Be warned that it’s not gonna be very active or fandom-y, and I’ll be mostly posting to build a catalog of my stuff rather than an actual internet presence. If you’re interested, please DM me before Friday, and I’ll give you the link to my new blog. It’s empty right now, but I’m planning to post my sketchbook doodles and anything else I want. 

I remember how excited I was when I hit more than 100 likes for the first time, and I’m still amazed every time I see a like/reblog of my old art. Thanks for following my blog for this long despite the fact that there wasn’t much to follow or see. Maybe we’ll cross paths again in the future :’)

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low quality aki sketch i did on mspaint because i’m burnt from homework ;-;

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WIP. i’ll finish it...someday...

anyways, chainsaw man is pretty dope. i’ve kinda dropped out of keeping up with anime/manga recently, but i read all the chapters (so far) in like 2 days. 

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Trying out the new-ish csp pencil

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Sketches of some old ocs I had a million years ago

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Hope you guys are staying safe and taking care of yourselves! 

I’m taking some art classes this semester, so here are some of the sketches I’ve drawn for it. First 2 are 10-20 min with highlighter and the 2nd one is ~1 hr with a micron pen.

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Got a new tablet. Here’s a quick sketch

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source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ParkJihyo/comments/btcifw/jihyo_in_red/

general update stuff below because I haven’t posted in like 10 years

I’m not the type to give general life updates, but I basically switched majors, got an internship at a tech company, and took 2 semesters of 18 credits. I’m pretty much taking max credits (and desperately networking for a decent job lol) for the rest of my college life, so I won’t be able to actually draw or post much. Thanks for those who’ve stuck it out with me and I’ll try to draw more stuff over winter break!

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WIP

the best part of painting is your sketches can be god awful but still fixable

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Hi there, I'm glad you don't regret drawing this Popola and this Devola because they're gorgeous?? Your art is so good?? And they're so happy and that's what they deserve, thank you for drawing them

Thank you so much!! :D

Honestly, I can’t listen to Song of the Ancients without getting super emotional... T^T

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The last 7 hours have been an endless stream of kpop, indie rock, and drawing. I regret nothing.

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I have 2 programming projects due next week and I literally don’t have time to draw this, yet here we are...

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WIP for my submission as program art for the game orchestra I’m in. I’m legally and ethically obligated to make Devola/Popola fanart since we’re playing Song of the Ancients this semester.

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2019 vs. 2016

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Back when I drew the original, I was pretty proud of how it turned out. It’s wild how much my sense of color and proportion has improved.

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go watch gridman 

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Original pic

portrait practice

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I’m a sucker for the anime sad gurl style. Like the one where you listen to lo fi beats or future wave and nothing else.