EDIT: Yeah, okay. So I lied. I have no idea when I'm actually going to upload artwork again. I keep having second thoughts every time I hear about some art thief. Not that my work is worth stealing, but I work too hard on it; art and writing. I don't want to have to worry about the work I choose to post on the internet, so I may not do so at all. Even though I would like the exposure, feedback, and such, I just can't help but see my work being used without permission. It used to be a risk I was willing to take, but now that I'm getting more serious with my work and maybe considering taking up writing/illustrating as a profession, I don't really want my work online anymore. If I were to become a professional and be able to copyright all my work, than it wouldn't matter 'cause I'd just sue their asses if they stole my work. I've been an artist for about 9 years now, and I've never once "officially" copyrighted any of my work. Heh. I suppose it may be time to start pretty soon. I don't see myself as being very successful later in life, with writing or drawing, but that doesn't mean I'm just going to give my ideas away and let someone else take all the credit. Maybe I'll upload completely unrelated artwork one of these days. Just random pieces based on my dreams (or perhaps nightmares). I guess it's a good thing no one actually watches this page, waiting for something.



Well, my b-day has passed and I have new art supplies. I wasn't able to get what I wanted, but I'm probably not ready for more professional supplies yet so it's alright. I just tend to get carried away when looking for certain things. I got new Prismacolors, markers and colored pencils. Bristol and inking pens. I plan to start drawing again soon, just need to sort out some photo references on my PC and I still need to ask some photographers' permission to use a few.
I have a lot of practicing to do before I start on these two really big pieces I've been dying to draw. It's been almost a year since I've drawn anything. I might start with some Fan/Gift art, there are so many wonderful characters and creatures fellow artists have created that I'd love to draw. I think it'd be good practice to try my hand at some new things. Like *AlectorFencer's Plant Spirit. That would be such great practice at drawing with major detail, not to mention it would be so much fun to color.
I don't know where all this confidence comes from, I usually don't think very highly of my own work, yet I'm willing to tackle something as difficult as the Plant Spirit. I most likely won't draw it for a while, I'll start out with some simple pieces and work on developing my own characters more. All I have are brief written descriptions of them, except for Crucerein, but I'm still in the process of deciding a permanent appearance for him.
I never stick with the same characters, I constantly change names and looks. I have so much artwork that is completely unrelated to each other. I'll probably start uploading some past pieces in another week or so.
I could use some watchers and feedback; get back in the community again. I was never really popular, but that isn't what matters to me. I just want be social in the art community, learn some new things, get advice/critique, and just have fun with art. This isn't the best place to do that in, I must admit from what I sometimes see here, but there are still some wonderful artists and art lovers here. I will most likely look for some other art galleries later, but this is the first place I joined, back in like 2004 or something, so I'd like to stick around.