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[dorky-oreo-pone-blog]

Some Artist Ramblings(TM)

First things first, thank you all so so sooo much for the support on that Dash pic! I really can’t thank ya enough, it’s nice to see so many people taking a liking to what I do.

Secondly, I have some FAQ’s that I feel should be addressed real quick, sooo~ Q: Do you take requests? A: Not really, only for super close friends and even then there’s no promises there. (The keep reading below kinda goes into detail about this sagdjfhb) Q: Do you take commissions? A: At the moment, no. This is merely a hobby for me and at the moment I’m just going to keep it that way. Maybe sometime in the future when I can get more things worked out? Q: Do you draw NSFW? A: Not entirely? I guess the idea of tubbos in and of themselves is suggestive, but for the most part nothing explicit. I’m mainly asexual so NSFW doesn’t really do much for me. ‘ w ‘

Okay... Now that that’s all out of the way, time for the rambly bits. O deer. Here we go. (This is your TL;DR warning by the by. The by. You can scroll along if you wish!)

Going into detail about question numero uno from earlier, or really all the questions in general. The stuff I do is mostly just for hobby. If I can make a little off of it from generous donations (which by the way to anyone who has done that I appreciate it more than you know), then I’m fine with that. But ultimately, the things I doodle I doodle because I want to. They make me happy and it’s nice to have that stress reliever in a time where course work picks up a lot and it makes it hard to catch breath every now and again. And sometimes the things that make me happy include, you know, doing things for other people. Not to boast myself up but I like to think I’m somewhat generous in that regard.

However, what I don’t like doing is drawing characters because I feel pressured. For example. When I post a piece of art in say a server or whatnot on discord, I do that because I think it’s nice to share it with friends. What I don’t like to see is when I post something and the response I get is “weh I’ll never get something from Oreo...” I suppose I’m addressing this not only for my sake but for other artists who feel the same bit of pressure.

Most of us I believe draw because we enjoy it, and find that we do have at least some resemblance of skill in it. However, when we get these kinda guilt tripping comments, it turns something that we find enjoyable into something dreadful. You worry about posting to places or showing anything to anyone all because someone might try and make you feel bad for not doing their character. “Artist Friend Syndrome”, as one of my closest friends put it. It’s understandable, really, and honestly I think we’ve all been there at some point. But just take this as a bit of warning... Just be cautious about suggesting what one of your friends draws. We’ll draw something for you if we want to (we being, you know, artists and artist friends), and if you’re kind about it. Don’t state, don’t ask or whine, be kind and nice about it. When I get comments of people feeling bad I don’t do things for them, not only does it not make me want to draw your character (who I’m sure is fairly cute), it makes me not want to draw, period. The amount of times I’ve had free time to draw and just haven’t because I’m worried someone is gonna get jealous or unhappy is like, too high for me to count. Granted I’m not very bright but shhh.

And I suppose some of this ties back to why I don’t take commissions. Once again this is just something that’s fun for me, I do it as a hobby. I’d hate to take a commission and end up being really late about it. Partially because I’d be stressed or partially because I’m busy with school. I hope that makes sense?.. I’m not good with words sometimes.

I’m not rambling all of this because I’m in firey flames of unholy fury or really angry, I just think it’s something that should be thought about, especially considering it’s been occurring a bit in some of the servers I’m in. I’ve been guilty of it too in the past, it’s human nature to want. But sometimes we just need to be better than nature, ya dig? It’s exhausting to feel responsible or that you’re not doing the best you can because you haven’t drawn all your friends characters. And I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way.

I hope this helps provide some insight as to why I do the things I do, or what I doodle and get up to. And to all of y’all who listened to me preach like a total nugget- well thanks. It’s not often I like to vent like this but it’s been on my mind tonight and figured I should just lay it out and be transparent on how I feel.

Also, yeah I’m ace. Don’t think I’ve publicly admitted that yet but like, hey do with that what you will! : D

Double-also, if you wanna chat with me (I’m honored), here’s my discord at the moment for you to hit me up at because ultimately I’m very bad at updating the username in my tumblr header whenever I change it oops. Dorky-Oreosaurus (B-Day 10/19)#1019 Also please don’t feel bad if I don’t respond right away, I have quite a handfull of people that I reach out to and sometimes that makes it hard to get back to everyone. Don’t take offense, I just don’t have enough attention for so many messages at once

Triple-also, yes! Birthday is on the 19th. Spooooky~! 

Okay I’m done chatting now. Thank you for listening to my ted talk. : D