General Update-type Post (Patreon)
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For one thing, my Tumblr got deleted. Almost 30,000 followers and over 500 posts, gone (although I have all the artwork saved myself, so that's not really lost). It happened because someone claiming to represent Nintendo (but almost certainly not actually Nintendo) submitted complaints to Tumblr that I was harming their copyright. I got three strikes in short succession, and the only way to submit a counter-claim (and save my site) required me to give both Tumblr and the complainant my actual name and physical address ("for legal purposes"). Suffice to say, I'm not giving away my personal info to some strangers on the Internet, so my Tumblr was deleted.
As such, my new "main site" is my Twitter -- http://twitter.com/akairiot
I'm also strongly considering deleting my Facebook page. I don't enjoy posting there at all anymore, and the environment there in general is awful.
In happier news, I passed 1,000,000 page views on DeviantArt this month! Which is more than I ever, ever thought I'd get. I can remember going on DA for the first time and seeing artists who had millions of pageviews and thinking, "WOW! How does someone even accomplish that?" Turns out the answer is to just keep drawing, and eventually you get lucky.
In other very happy news, I've finally started taking the time to truly learn the fundamentals of art -- especially anatomy. It's something that I've been putting off for a long, long time. I've been at a sort of plateau for awhile now, and I firmly believe the best way to push myself to the next level is to learn the basics properly. I've always gotten by, thus far, by figuring things out on my own, or if I do any deeper study, it's only been just enough to get by. What I've been practicing and learning thus far has been, I feel, tremendously helpful. I'm really looking forward to learning more.
The bad news about me taking the time to improve my skills is that I haven't spent as much time actually getting artwork finished and posted. I want to apologize to you all for my low artistic output this month, and I promise that I'll have more to post for next month.
Thanks for reading, and again, hope you're having a great Halloween!