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Hello everyone following me here from FA! by Skink
Not only testing out this journal system, but I want to say hello and thank you so much for following me cross-site! I'm glad to see lots of familiar friendly faces in my watch messages here and am checking out all your page - hope a few of you aren't bothered if I watch you back! I much appreciate you taking the time to add me in this new gallery <3
Since this is such a big move, I want to see this as a fresh chapter in my art development. I'll only repost a select few older pieces, and rebuild from there. My art is at a weird turning point as far as skill and style goes, and I feel best washing my hands clean of a lot of that old art, much of which also comes with baggage I'm ready to drop.
My old gallery was nearing 900 pieces before I took the personal and collected works down. I hope to put in even more work here! I'm sincerely grateful for your continued visits to my work, you all make me so happy to see in my messages <3
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<3 I hope things go well here too! I'd like to do more stuff about the animals I love, art wise, so I hope I produce things you like in the end!
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Heeeey! I'm really glad I was able to follow you over here :>
I look forward to seeing more of your art, maybe I will learn to comment more instead of just silently admiring like I did on FA.-
I am glad you are here too! Yeah, I hope to be more socially active here. It got a little hard on FA, what with the increase of creeping-on comments and generic comments like "nice!!" and "murr" etc
BTW, I think when I first talked to you, I didn't have carpet pythons. I have a pair I'm hoping to get babies from this year! They're great snakes.
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The worst was seeing "murr" or other sexual comments on a pretty non-sexual drawing. Its like going to an art museum and expressing a want to bang each person in a portrait (not the mention the good old "it'd be hotter if she had a dick" / "ewww vagina").
I want a pair (or hell even just one) of carpets pretty badly. I was expecting to get at least one high-yellow from a friend of mine before she left the hobby, but that never came to be.
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Oh. Dang! For some reason I thought you had them! I thought the snake in your icon was one my bad whoops. Mine are trophy adults with great yellow, but they're jumbo carpets. Pretty sure they have diamond in them somewhere down the line, at least the female, because she's a fucking BEAST of an animal.
If I get a lot of babies I will likely be very charitable with them so I'll keep it in mind that you wanted one should that come to pass UuU
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Yeah a lot of people think its a carpet in my icon! If I remember I /think/ it was meant to be a bumble bee ball but totally came out looking more like a high-yellow carpet. Not that I really mind, I love them both! Yellow snakes are a weakness....adding black just seals my fate.
Aaah that would be awesome for sure! uWu I'd love to see photos of your two some time.
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Been watching here for a little while, but it'll be good to see more work here, both that old & the ever-new :)
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Cheers!
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Can't wait! I've always loved your art, but you knew that :3
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and I love YOU miss flygex
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It's good to see you here. And as per usual, I'm excited to see your work. c:
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;w; so happy you're on here <3
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golly <33
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(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ:･ﾟ✧ *Throws glitter Welcome to the land of good admins and neat site-layouts!
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And much faster loading time :D
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PRAISE SPEED JESUS
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I love how compact this layout is, yeah. I kinda wish it displayed more than one image on an artist profile since the recent one is SO BIG but the bar of thumbnails is cool and aaaaaaah shiny everything I'm gonna grub it all up w/m'nasty fingers all oiling up the chrome egh
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You should be pleased to know then that they are making a major site overhaul already that will improve many of the things that people feel are iffy atm (read thumbnails, no categories etc)
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Heyyy! :D
That's a good way to look at it; a fresh start! :}===<
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You're here for yet another one! I remember you getting me out and doin' stuff on FA while I was floundering on DA ; w ;
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I didn't know I was so 'instrumental' (maybe that's too much) in getting you more onto FA and away from DA! O:
But I do still remember the first comment you left on one of my stories that was more or less about you half-reluctantly commenting on it and making an analogy about "a confused schoolboy not sure how to hide his first boner under the desk."
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YOU SAW THE ME BEFORE THE PORN HAPPY BEAST
LOOK UPON THE MONSTER I HAVE BECOME but no for real I'm glad I got more comfortable with that kind of stuff because oh my gooooood hating myself for having human urges was getting REALLY OLD
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You did indeed go from being a skink called Paint (I know, not really :P ) to being a snakemonstergirl called Skink, after all. :}===<
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Can't wait to see what happens. You've always had a really unique art style.
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djghkd shucks that is a kind thing of you to say <3
I've always felt like my style is a lot of really loosely connected pieces, and I'm trying to feel them all out and make them fit. Find and refine!
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Good luck and I hope you continue to improve as an artist first of all in your own estimation. Personally I feel the stressing of technical skill and comparison in that regard to other artists stifles a lot of artists in a lot of ways, giving them perfectionist self-doubting tendencies that can end up burning them out on their own creative endeavours. There can be ways that self-criticism is useful, obviously, but it's important to also realise when it isn't.
Also, I like your art and you ALSO seem to generally be quite a reasonable and ethical person.
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What an artist needs to do is highly individual. There are very few one size fits all lesson plans, both personal and professional, as every artist's goal is different. I have a firm technical foundation and find I refer to it infrequently - what parts I want to sharpen are different from those of the next artist, and theirs the next, and so on! Honesty with yourself over what one is unhappy with is really helpful. I feel like it's ok to not like one's own work or style, but it's not ok to let that stop you from drawing :)
And thank you! I can get very passionate and heated about some things, but I try to be a good person who isn't acting on misinformation or poor guess.
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I agree with you pretty much regarding art and such. Honestly I distrust anybody who claims that any specific technique of improvement and/or practice will work for ALL artist. Generally they have either a view of their own techniques as superior or something to sell.
I don't always agree with you on everything, but I usually tend to agree with you on most things and I consider my (not particularly vast) knowledge of herpetology and such to have been improved through information you have made available. Since I am considering perhaps one day having a pet if my financial / home circumstances and knowledge of pets and the care thereof improve enough that I feel I can support one, I consider this useful information.
(Y'know, some people, I think, really just judge animals on their personal aesthetics and can't apparently comprehend the idea that anybody could care about anything other than a mammal. It's kind of really annoying to me actually)
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Just as a warning, if you disagree with me on something husbandry related, please don't let me catch wind of it. It won't end well. Husbandry isn't really a matter of opinion so it's something I get extra fired up about.
I keep every "gross" pet out there, from reptiles, to fish, to snails, tarantulas and cockroaches. I even have beetle grubs that I've raised from eggs and that take years to mature to their adult form. People are incredibly tactless when it comes to discussing my pets and will go so far as to say the would kill them if they ever saw them. My pets! It's insane! Y'don't see herp lovers walking around talking about how they would kill someone's dog... though I have met one person who thought that was appropriate to suggest murdering my cat on sight, but in comparison to the literal hundreds of people I've had my animals threatened by over the years just because they caught wind of me having them, that's nothing.
People who can't respect the beauty and importance of living things in all forms are sad, pathetic people.
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Why would I disagree with you on anything husbandry related? Your knowledge of the subject VASTLY outstrips mine and like you say, it isn't simply a difference of opinion. I wouldn't tell somebody who has actually kept animals I have never kept how to care for them, that would be completely ridiculous.
(I think by not agreeing on everything I was thinking of different subjects, plus there are no two people who agree on every single thing ever. I can't actually think of anything specific that I strongly disagree with on in an area where I have the knowledge to argue my point, so I've no wish to argue with you on... anything, really. Hell, I've barely communicated with you at all.
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(To be fair at a younger age I myself expressed what I now consider some fairly horrible things to say about the treatment of animals and disregarded somebody's anger at hearing of an animal being mistreated (it was years ago now and I don't think I said it anywhere I've generally been known under this username). My regret over that was actually one of the significant motivating factors in driving me to attempt to be more considerate of other people online and to stop venting my own anger etc. through trolling. I didn't change my online behaviour overnight but I do recall that instance being one where I felt I had personally gone too far and said something insulting to somebody for "caring too much" about animals when I didn't even consider caring about animals a flaw and was likely partially motivated by jealousy at having never personally formed a strong emotional bond with a pet or with an animal in general. It kind of stands out in my mind as the moment of disdain towards other online that I still do not forgive myself for and the instance in which I realised that my trolling, and trolling in general, were and are not harmless fun in my opinion.
Whether a desire to make up for having said those things is a good motivation for owning a taking care of a pet (which I certainly intend to do as ethically as I can should I decide to do it) is debatable. Myself, I am not sure. A desire to make up for having said or done things I consider wrong is all well and good, but it cannot guarantee that I will or would be an ethical, considerate and generally "better" or more often good person. In and of itself a personal regret is merely a personal regret. Combined with a desire to explore exactly how one makes sure to do better by other living beings in the future, it is perhaps worth pursuing. If there is one person I know of online who I consider likely to be a good source on pet ownership ethics, particularly regarding reptiles, amphibians, fish, etc., you are probably that person. Which is not to say you are the only person worth listening to on these issues, but you strike me as somebody who is quite driven by desire to respect living creatures, particularly those who many may callously disregard.)
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You are on the right track with your desire to provide for the animal correctly, but I do feel like validating your self forgiveness for past events is a very poor reason to take on a pet. You should want something as a pet because you love and appreciate it and would enjoy to spend many more years with one under your care. You don't need any more excuse than that, but reasons without that as the single firm foundation make me worry! There is very likely to come a time where you feel healed or the work that actually goes in to caring for the animal suddenly feels less than worth the remedy you seek. I feel like you owe it to yourself, and your potential future pet, to stave off keeping an animal until you feel well with yourself, your heart is less heavy, and you are ready to share your life with them just for the joy of it.
Especially with exotics, as guilt can come fast and heavy with them, and you wouldn't want something meant to help you cope become another mark on your list of things to beat yourself up over. Sometimes despite our best efforts, problems do arise, and it's always shocking and painful.
I was actually turned to snake keeping to cope with depression and abuse, and while I did find myself and my true passion amongst my pets, using other living things as a bandage on my broken pieces did present many problems. Minimally, it added stress to my life. There was a time where I was taking care of them so I could more easily neglect taking care of myself. Not to say a comment you made years ago would drive you to something like that, I'm a very extreme example, but also a cautionary tale. I and my animals are lucky everything turned out for the better.
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I agree, which is why as of yet I do not consider myself fit to raise a pet. I would not even attempt to raise a pet I didn't have an actual connection with, nor is it right for me to raise one simply to make myself feel better. As well, I won't even consider actually getting any pet until such time as my financial and living situation could even support one.
I would say, as I have basically already said, that what I want to do in that regard could be potentially good, but the motivation is the wrong one. A desire to make amends with myself is not enough. I may never decide that I am prepared. This is not going to be a decision to make lightly if I make it at all. (I have considered mostly simply spending more time researching what's involved, if I ever decide to get any pet it could well be years before I do so.)
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Honestly, sharing all these long comments about my personal thoughts and feelings regarding pets and such was probably a mistake, but doing so has reinforced for me that for the foreseeable future it would not be the right thing to do for me to have any sort of pet. Thank you.
I have other things to worry about. Sorry for getting my irrelevant personal long-winded posts all over your journal.
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(sorry for the long posts, I guess I had a lot to say there)
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Can't wait to see what you do! :3
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Me too! Excitemeeeent
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Is a definite plus to see you moving on as an artist! And like I said before I can't wait to see what you produce here! :)
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I am SUPER EXCITED to be breakin free of old places... kinda. I still have to finish up owed works. But the ball n chain is already half off so WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. PS I super appreciate your supportive attitude
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I went to watch you over here and it turns out I already had!
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Ha! Yeah, when they first opened beta to donations, I donated in hopes of someday shaking FA off and coming over here. It didn't pan out in that moment, but look at me nowwww I'm so glad I got this screen name I can finally stop being Paint
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Wish you well, and all the snakey hugs.
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Isnt this place so shiny and cool
Lets never go back, and just have a big snake party.
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Nothing but snakes for miles. Snakes as far as the eyes can see. Snakes to the sunset and back.
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Nice to see you here Skink! ^^
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SNAKE PARTY Yes I like this plan. Also yay for art sites that actually provide motivation for drawing! Glad you're here ^^
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(Putting this one at the bottom)
If you're curious/interested, part of the reason I most likely would not get a pet at the moment is that I'm unemployed and would probably be unable to guarantee the financial resources to raise one, particularly reptiles etc. (from my research into local "exotic pet shop" type places, the amount of often fairly expensive equipment involved, the supplying of food, and so on, are basically prohibitively expensive on my current budget)I also don't know anybody who would know how to look after a pet like that if I were to be absent for long enough that I'd need somebody to.
(I also have heard that having a pet can improve one's quality of life, which would be nice! Living creatures are not around simply to make me feel better about myself, though, so if a pet is worth having it's worth caring for well, not to mention if I were to form such an attachment and the animal would just die I would be rather unhappy with that. Not only for having lost a living creature I would care about, I would most likely blame myself for not being more careful were an animal to die because of my negligence or improper care.)
Anyway: pets and the ethical concerns there of: pretty important to me in some ways, despite yet partially because of never having yet had any pet be primarily my responsibility to care for.
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Good to see you here! I hope Weasyl actually attracts a decent number of people now. :y
Look forward to seeing more of your work, as always. :>
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Also: SNAKE PARTY~!
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hi! i rlly like your art and appreciate your love for animals. ' v ')/ i look up to you too and i hope things go well for you here!!