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CaptRicoSakara

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Yeah, today was my 42nd Birthday. Nothing special happened today. Just went out to eat at a local Mexican restaurant up the street by my lonesome and that's it. Had a free fried ice cream on the house. Dad called me, said he was sick in bed from eating too much candy I think, and I can only hope he either recovers or decides to go to the hospital to have the doctors check him out. On the good side, he doesn't need to use a cane to walk around much anymore at the moment, so yeah, here's hoping that his sickness goes away and he makes a full recovery.

Right now, just relaxing at home and watching AsmonGold on YouTube. Nothing else new.

Might as well address the Elephant in the room, and answer, "Why did I stop drawing? Where have I been for the last 4 years?"

Well, to keep things short, I quit drawing at the time back in August of 2020 because I got burnt out. Despite being a slow poke that I was, I was sick and tired of just doing commission after commission. More I did that, the more and more drawing became less fun as a hobby, and more like a chore I had to do. I hated it. It felt like the fun was sucked out of drawing in general. So, after that sexy boxing drawing of Blaze and Wave, I said "enough was enough," and quit right there on the spot. I just couldn't take it anymore. At first, I thought maybe I be burnt out for just a little while, like a month or two, but those months turned in years, and, yeah, I pretty much stopped posting altogether, and I'm sorry I quit all of a sudden back then.

Part of me wants to return to drawing, but if I ever do, I plan to just draw for myself. So don't except me to be doing commissions again anytime soon. YCH (Your Character Here) auction pics, only if I ever feel up to it, that way I at least am in charge of what poses I wanna use. But as I said, that's only if I even back in the mood of making money while drawing. As said, if I ever do come back, it'll be just to draw what I want to draw for myself. To make drawing fun again.

I'm glad to here Waccoon on FurAffinity is back in the game, and it's good to see his art again. I highly recommend seeing his art.

Anyways, I figured I post something here to let people know, 1.) I'm, not dead, just incommunicado, and 2.) I "might" come back into drawing, but not yet. And am only going to draw for myself if I ever do until I feel comfortable with YCHs and/or commissions again.

Well, here's to another Happy Birthday to me, and hoping my Dad can recover from his illness.

I want to see him and his wife Ana again soon. I love em.

Well, nite ya'll.
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Added: 4 months, 1 week ago
 
Malkino
4 months, 1 week ago
Whatever you choose to do, I'm glad to hear you're still alive and kicking!
TailsyFox
4 months, 1 week ago
Happy Birthday, honestly i'd be annoyed if people always called me or asked to do stuff with me on my birthday, it's nothing personal against them but i enjoy relaxing by myself most of the time and it feels awkward when i'm quiet during thanksgiving because i'm not to good at small talk.
as for working as an artist it sucks when you can't work at your own pace so i understand.

good to see you back!
ThaPig
4 months, 1 week ago
Happy Post-birthday! And I hope your dad has a fast recovery.

I'm another who had not drawn in a while, but I tried a little last night
( ᐢ (oo) ᐢ )
Shadowwalk
4 months, 1 week ago
Glad to hear from ya.  And happy fellow Oct. B-day!

I can fully understand your drawing situation as it's happened to SO MANY people I've known throughout these years.
Best wishes to you and yours!
terrenski
4 months, 1 week ago
Ok. Glad you are still in this place.
As for ur art . I understand your limits and demands.
Ur artstyle is great and soo intense work.
Just try to find alternative ways make ur work simpler or try Quantity over Quality.

I been experimenting eversince and it help out to try to get my work short and complete as fast as able to.
Like draw ur work on Tablet and stylus, draw in layers and color set separated if one day for recolor Or reuse sketches or concept for future work.

It is up to you on how you do art.
My advice might help you if you willing to.
Have a good day. Again glad you still here.
Waccoon
4 months, 1 week ago
Happy Birthday, and it's good to see you're still around!

I stopped drawing for a long time due to lack of motivation and working like mad on computer stuff.  Honestly, I thought I was artistically finished and would never draw again.  Then I got a bunch of new comic books a month ago, and... BAM... the motivation just came back full force.  Drawing was fun again.  My secret now is to set aside a schedule to do art and pace myself, trying to neither slack off or burn out.  It's working great for me, even though I'm not very good and it's still a struggle to make things look the way I want.

Hopefully at some point the inspiration will come back to you, and you can enjoy art again.  It'd be a real shame if you didn't make any new art, even just a sketch or something silly, because you're just SO damn good at it.

Take care, and I wish your father the best.
CaptRicoSakara
4 months, 1 week ago
That's good to hear, Wac.
I hope I get the same motivation again someday myself.
But for now, I'm just enjoying IRL things, like gaming and LEGO building in Bricklink Studio.

And yes, I hope my dad doing OK as well. He said he no long needs to walk with a cane due to a leg injury he got last year when he moved me to my current place of residence: I no longer live at Georgetown/Villias of Madison due to rent being too high, so I found subsidized housing just down the street from where I was, so I'm still on the same street and neighborhood, just different location. One of my neighbors/friends from Georgetown also moved into the complex later on. So, rent here is based on my income, which is also why I decided to quit my job, which means if I do come back into drawing, I'll have all the time I need (hopefully).
But anyways, so far, I think Dad's doing alright, and he side he go to the hospital if he didn't feel better, so either way, I think he'll be alright for now. I just hope he recovers. I wanna see him again. I hardly ever get to see him or his wife Ana, so seeing them is kinda of big deal for me. ^__^;
Sonicstefan1991
4 months, 1 week ago
I wish you a happy birthday, man! 🎂🎉🥳👍😎 And I hope your dad will recover soon. ❤️
YumiDarkwatch
4 months, 1 week ago
Happy Birthday Cap and take care ***-Hugs-***
Vinylshadow
4 months, 1 week ago
Wish you the best of luck and that you're able to make art that makes you happy

Happy birthday~
df01
4 months, 1 week ago
*hugs* It's nice to know that you're ok.
Happy birthday!
Whatever you choose to do, it's ok! ^_^
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