[Originally posted to dA]
It's funny how some artists within my lifetime online used to be my heroes/the reason I started art until they stopped fitting that bill or I'm not as enthusiastic about them as I once was. It's hard to admit, but I've stopped looking for people to look up to, and so far it's boiled down to just "if I like your work enough, I'll make a collection for it-- heck maybe I'll shout you out if something I created was made with the thought of your own art." OR maybe if it gets me hyped like a monkey in the middle of a boring day and I get noise complaints celebrating your work, then that's the closest amount of childhood-level, parasocial joy I can ever provide to some stranger's artistic expression.
No friggin way thank you to whomever did that! I think it's @/DaxDoodles (idek if functioning usertags are a thing here now), but hot DAMN am I grateful! That piece was the first thing I posted here and not too long ago edited with a filtered version that I liked way more.
I'm absolutely stoked as it's really made my night. Never thought anyone would enjoy it that much since for the longest time I'd felt that my art hasn't been cut out for this site, even if I've had folks complimenting it. Mostly drab, not much vibrance, and trying a lil hard to be raw or spooky, but that's... the best I've done as of late, and I don't usually get to draw at a reasonable hour.
I hope y'all like the next one I have stocked though- it's still about them XD