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When it comes to Bakugan, I am deadly serious.
Hello!! I would like to preface that this does not affect this account because my name is still (and always will be) "Hydron", but I figure it's good to announce regardless if anyone has any will to follow my works elsewhere.
In short: I've changed from [HydronDrachen] → [PrinzHydron] across my social medias, and my signature will be changing as well to reflect this. Any accounts with just the name "Hydron" (like this one) are not affected.
Unfortunately this is not the case for all my social medias, as some don't allow for username changes (which is stupid), but the ones I'm currently active on either already have the shortened name "Hydron" or allowed me to change my name.
I specifically waited until after Art Fight to do this, in order to keep the signatures on my attacks consistent, but the downside is now all those signatures are outdated. lol whatever!
For the (admittedly few) people that have been following my stuff for a while on other platforms, or at the least have been aware of my presence online, I hope this change isn't too jarring! I recognize that I've had that specific username for around 6 years now, so a change like this is kind of a big deal — I've been meaning to change my username for quite some time though, as I became disgruntled and somewhat antsy with my old one for reasons I can't quite define. At the very least, it's nice to have shaved a couple letters off, since I'm always aching for shortened usernames (I truly wish I could be just "Hydron" on every social media, but despite how relatively unique the name is, there are still others that use it and have beaten me to the punch...).
As for my signature, one thing that really made me hesitate to change my username was the fact that I've really hammered my "HydronDrachen" signature to perfection (in my eyes) — I find it has a fun bit of stylization while remaining perfectly legible. The lowercase variant doesn't really change much because my username still ends in "n", but the uppercase variant will take some time to settle into something that works and remains just as legible (believe me, I've been workshopping it quite a bit). Please bear with me through the potential inconsistencies, this will be quite a growing pain...
In any case, that's enough yapping from me (for now). Thank you for your time!
WOW OKAY. WHAT A YEAR!!
I'm just a little guy, but I got attacked so much more than I was expecting... I struggled so much to keep up with revenges, between how many attacks I got and motivation issues and fatigue, it was kind of absurd. I feel incredibly fortunate, but also just so tired!! While the whirlwind was fun, I'm honestly looking forward to focusing on making art for myself for a while and not having to worry about deadlines. I have a lot I want to work on, both ideas and areas for improvement... uagh
For the sake of my own sanity though, if this happens next time, I might have to cut back on my policy to revenge absolutely everyone I can. I really want to give back just as gratitude for deciding to draw something for me, but I didn't really get much chance to attack who I wanted, either! I am unfortunately a slow artist, so I have to make some kind of compromise. But, that's for my future self to consider, because there's a whole 11 months between now and the beginning of the next event. For now, I will just take it easy.
May we have another great event next year!
Since team reveals happened and team pre-registration is started (and to follow up on the last journal), I figured I should announce I sorted on team Seafoam!!
It was a fairly hard choice for me 'cause I am very fond of both the stars and the ocean (I let the site sort for me in the end because I knew I would've stressed over it until the event started) ... I plan on attacking / revenging regardless of team though, so it's not that big of an issue for me :]
Here is my link again in case you missed it! I'm hoping to hit 31 attacks again this year (as is my goal every year), but I will absolutely do more if I can handle it! I really want to revenge everyone ... I will do my best!!
Figure I might as well say before the site eats shit after team reveals: I'll be participating in Art Fight this year!
Typically I spend this month shuffling around my character lineup, and scrambling to make (or remake) references before the event starts. So tune in... if you want to! :-]
Additionally, I will (try to remember to) upload all my attacks here, since in previous years I've been spotty when it came to actually posting them to social media. I think I actually feel comfortable enough posting here that I might be able to do it. We shall see!!