Recent health Issue :( by Felyn < Journal | Inkbunny, the Furry Art Community

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strych9

4 years, 6 months ago

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So sorry that you have to suffer like this. I wish you well and also a speedy recovery.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ strych9

Thank you for empathizing with me and caring. I'm looking forward to when I can do activities normally again

MyNameIsOver20charac

4 years, 6 months ago

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:<
Get well soon!

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ MyNameIsOver20charac

Thank you friend <3

Ocopa

4 years, 6 months ago

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I hope you get back on your feet soon.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Ocopa

Thank you so much, I hope so too. For all it's worth

BlazeHeartPanther

4 years, 6 months ago

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Get well, my dude. You have worked hard for all of us and from what seems to be happening with you, you should rest up and do your body good.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ BlazeHeartPanther

Thank you Blaze, I believe I've been possibly trying a bit too hard and it got to me. I'm overwhelmed by the support comments, they're helping me phenomenally.

BlazeHeartPanther

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Felyn

Anything to help a friend ^^

asthexiancal

4 years, 6 months ago

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Oooow ake great care Felyn, I hope you'll be out of truble very soon!!

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ asthexiancal

Thank you dearly, I'm hoping my issue is much better than average as well.

rajak

4 years, 6 months ago

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i hope you were at a doctor. my brother had such pain some times ago like you, and wasn´t going to the doctor. it got so bad, that he couldn´t even feel his legs one day. then he went to the doctor and he "punsh" him in his spine, all pain was gone. a nerve was trapped bad in the spine(my englisch sucks, so sorry if i write bad XD also it can be, that i missunderstood you a bit^^)

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ rajak

Thanks for suggesting and sharing your story. I'm actually thinking about doctor a lot. But your experience is showing me it's probably safe and best to. I'm sorry that happened to your brother and I'm surprised it was that easy to repair.

Thank you for sharing despite not perfect English, I understood. I think it shows how much you care.

Poofwoof

4 years, 6 months ago

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I always play video games so not being able to do that by having to lay back would drive me insane. I hope you are able to recover fast.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Poofwoof

Thanks for empathizing with me, you understand what's going through my head a lot. I agree a lot

PupZephyr

4 years, 6 months ago

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Ouch. My mom's had one of those and needed physical therapy. I hope you can get well soon.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ PupZephyr

I see, thanks for sharing it must be a part way difficult condition to get out of. Thanks for your wishes, everyone's support is helping me a lot.

0Froucette

4 years, 6 months ago

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Edited 4 years, 6 months ago by Owner

Felyn, you have nothing to prove with your art and your efforts...

You will surely have many art and career opportunities,
but you only have one body.
Take your time with it.

Take care !

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ 0Froucette

Thank you for believing in me. Perhaps in ways, I have the wrong perception of what I'm capable of.
What you said is wise, I think I need to think about saving my body more than anything.
Thank you, you're amazing <3

PichuYang

4 years, 6 months ago

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I'm sorry to hear that and not talking to you lately... I hope you have received medical treatment :(
Get well soon... I don't know what else to say...

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ PichuYang

It's just been a few days ago I was in bed and suddenly I felt aches. I wished it was nothing more than small pain but it ended up being this. It's okay we haven't spoken in a while. I'm getting over my fear of asking for help and seeing how I can get medically treated.

Tomorrow I'm going to be examined by a doctor so they can see what is wrong. Maybe I'll talk to you about how it's going.

TsunderePanda

4 years, 6 months ago

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Oooof i'm so sorry to hear this felyn. I hope that you recover! D:

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ TsunderePanda

Thank you Tsundere Panda, it's nice to hear from you, I'll be trying my best to move on.

Deeridoodle

4 years, 6 months ago

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I'm sorry to hear that. I feel like I've been developing muscle problems on the back of my shoulder leading up to my neck since starting digital art, and it sucks cause I want to get better at it. But perhaps this is our bodies' way of telling us to not overwhelm ourselves and to take a break once in a while.
I think you're a truly fantastic artist, both on a personal and technical level. Even if you're willing to dedicate yourself to your craft, you shouldn't push yourself too hard. Continue doing what you love, but also love and take care of yourself. You're a wonderful piece of art yourself <3

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Deeridoodle

I like your idea, and maybe it is just like a way of telling us that we're going too hard. I hope you and your injury can get better and you've figured out how to self treat yourself. I'm thinking over what I'm doing and probably thinking of not working so hard and it's not that much worth it compared to this.

Thanks for giving me perspective on how I should be thinking, everyone's been helping me so much. I thought nearly no one would be here to help me, but this is tear-jerking.

Deeridoodle

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Felyn

Aside from being a good artist, you have a very sweet and humble personality as far as I could tell. Positive people tend to attract positive attention is all!

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Deeridoodle

Thank you, you know how to make me feel nice. I'll take your word as an honest answer. :) <3

ModestWold

4 years, 6 months ago

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Not sure how old you are but i'm 27 and I graduated at 25. Don't worry how long it takes, just do what you can do for the time being and don't worry about "lost time".

I thought I was ready for game concept art until a professional who pretty much had my situation and level at my age told me I needed two years of practice minimum to be at industry standard. He may or may not be right but "2 more years until I'm possibly good enough to be an illustrator" is an absolute bs mentality.

I'm still practicing and taking online classes, but I didn't even think video games were what I wanted to get into until I graduated. It was just the only territory I knew you could get a good paycheck. But it doesn't work that way.

Keep up your internet and social media presence, you have a lot of work that meets industry standard for light, prospective, and proportion. And not even that matters. I have work I consider "out of date" and the people who have commissioned me the few times they have inside and outside the Fandom have done it because of that work, and word of mouth from people who always enjoy my work, including some professionals I'm surprised give me the time of day.

POINT BEING, everything is luck, especially in fine arts and illustration. But the average gross income in the US for the arts is about 70 k, top 10 percent 120 k, low 30 k. It's even higher outside the states, and wherever you live in the world, there are a ton of remote jobs.

What you have is great, just keep posting it everywhere and reach out to people and places to share your art with that you would never think would give you the time of day. So you can work on the things that will help your greater audience find you. That includes the employers who will give you the income that proves you can sustain yourself in the arts by doing what you love.

DO NOT project on potential lost time, and don't acknowledge anything that will pass as lost time.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ ModestWold

Thank you for sharing your experience with me. It's good to understand someone's perspective view. I think at this point I'm feeling some difficult pain that's definitely going to impact being able to draw at all. But I'm completely okay as long as I know I have a world of time to figure things out.

Right now I'm 20, but the concern is the idea that art isn't a real job and I haven't shared my thoughts with my parents. Right now I'm studying heating ventilation and air conditioning but I really want to do art. I also really don't have any ergonomic places to be. I have a bed, no standing desk or anything similar, that and doing constant artwork probably has me getting injured.

But I thank you for your experience again, and I'm thinking about how I should guide myself from this point forward.

ModestWold

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Felyn

I'm glad I can help. I'll also put it out there that I live at home with a parent who, pardon my French, is a gaslighting emotionally abusive shit, and any time in the past year I've even told him I applied for an illustration job, would lose his shit.

An incredibly talented artist on FA I talk to lives in Russia and had to jump ship from the security of her home because her family were absolutely horrible to her because she wanted to be an artist. She had to risk not having shelter and almost ran out of money for the appartment she found. Now she has a stable job doing illustrations for apps at a phone company.

I'm not saying your parents are like that or that you're at risk for being thrown out. But if it's your fear that your parents won't approve or that you can't make it, you absolutely can make it as an artist of any kind, and I don't know what your parents are like but if you know them as supportive, they will be esthetic to hear that you want to pursue your passion as your livelihood. Even if they're uneasy at first, they will warm up to it, support you, and be proud of you.

And you're 20? Your time is nowhere near up for this livelihood. I've had that idea when I was 25 and when I talked to my professors for portfolio reviews telling them that stuff, they said that they couldn't even remember being that age. They didn't even feel ready while they were supporting themselves as illustrators.

So in so many ways, we are all in the same boat. Same assumptions, same fears, same potential, and same bright future available to us as long as we want it enough. You already have some unique technicals. I didn't have those at your age and could probably learn a thing or two from your stuff. But I will affirm what I just said, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY you are running out of time at AGE 20. XD. Can we switch ages? Lol because I probably could have appreciated myself MUCH MORE than I did at that age. And you should do the same for yourself. Believe me, these will be some of the best years of your life. At age 30, you will be like, "man. Remember when I was 20? Because I wish I did."

And it doesn't have to be daunting. Take life one day at a time and take steps. Because in less than a year, you're going to look back and say, "i didn't even notice how much progress I've made".

Felyn

4 years, 5 months ago

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@ ModestWold

Thank you, a very upbuilding message, because you have so many experiences to share to put things in perspective, and to let me know I'm not alone.

I've never told my parents I wish to do this, that is my idea of time rather than my lifetime. It's just honestly terrifying because I feel like I need to prove I can do this and that art is a real job.

I'm probably going to take it a day at a time. I have a lot of pressure. I'm studying HVAC, my mom found a loophole to get me to learn driving again. But I think I can do it. If I don't stress out and just look at the fact this is probably the only thing I want to do.

Thanks, I'll keep going back to what you said when I feel like I'm doing something stupid and impossible again. And look forward to the journey. <3

ModestWold

4 years, 5 months ago

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@ Felyn

Glad I could help ^^

bobblebub

4 years, 6 months ago

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Ouch, you need to get lots of rest too 😅, it is added stress too, to your concerns of a art career, probably my words this time can not alleviate such stress, but I really do hope things work out in your favor, if anyone, you definitely deserve it for all the hard work you do.

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ bobblebub

Thanks for all your wishes. I wish I could be already in that place too. I don't think I have an optimally healthy setup, and I'm pushing very hard, and I think it's lead to this condition. I wish if only I could feel more balanced again. But I guess this is what I have to get through. I'll try my best to keep myself healthy and power through this, thank you Regatto.

Aogami

4 years, 6 months ago

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Here's hoping your recovery is quick. We'll all miss your art in the meantime, but we'll be here when you get back. :)

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Aogami

Thank you so much, you're very kind around this community, and it makes me think about how much I appreciate it. Thanks for your wishes, I'm trying not to think about the pain, just the future when I'm healthy again. <3

Seikilos

4 years, 6 months ago

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I hope you recover soon!! You'll bounce back on the art, please take good care <3<3

Felyn

4 years, 6 months ago

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@ Seikilos

Thank you Seik, I'm going to power through it and just wait for the day I recover. Thanks for being here, everyone's helping me so much.

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