For anyone wondering: no, I did not get "acquired by Disney". I don't think we live in a world where a giant corporation sees some random dude online drawing smut, and they offer them a job. Also, it's wild to me seeing over the years some people that I never spoke to once, that claim I'll "never be the same" based on some batshit headcanon they made up.
I've still been drawing and practicing all this time, just in private. I've learned a few things and improved, and feel like I've gotten a better grasp on stuff along the way. Hopefully that'll be evident in the near future.
Stay tuned for more, though all I ask for is patience. I'm still cautious and nervous about posting again, even through the JunglePack group. Definitely support the rest of the JunglePack team too, they're extremely chill and nice people! Thank you for all your words of encouragement as well, they do honestly mean a lot to me. <3
I don’t know if you’ll be able to read any of this, but I want to wish you nothing but the best and hope time has treated you well.
This all may come off as cringy, and I don’t want to risk belittling TB or KV’s contributions to this team as they are also both great artists, but you’re the one who has been away for approximately a decade, so I’d like to try and express how f**king happy I am you’ve returned.
I think the reason people believe in that “acquired by Disney” theory was that your art was legitimately THAT good to people, enough that it was at least plausible, which says something.
It also says something how anxious you sound (via an encrypted message no less) at the prospect of rejoining the community after so long, and also that you felt a need to leave it all behind in the first place. We lost a number of talented artists in the mid-2010s, which sucks, and you were probably my favorite of them all, having myself joined as a lurker near the start of the decade.
That isn’t to blow smoke up your a** or guilt trip you or anything of the sort. To this day, and I know this is all based on personal preference, but I don’t believe anyone draws a better Simba or Spike or Kit or honestly any number of characters than you did back then. Again, that’s not to put any unwanted pressure on your shoulders; I just think your grasp of anatomy and character expressions was legitimately that good.
Truth be told, I’m just glad you’ve never stopped drawing during your time away. When it comes to any creative field, I can’t think of anything worse than losing passion for their craft over outside interference. While I’m absolutely ecstatic to see what you post given the belief you have in your current ability, you could have regressed to drawing stick figures and I’d be cool with it so long as you were enjoying yourself, and I mean that.
As far as I’m concerned, this place is better with you involved in any way, shape or form. I agree with Rimusk in that, please, take all the time that you need. At the end of the day, we are not entitled to seeing your works and anything you guys post should be done at your leisure.
Regardless, welcome back! I really do hope that didn’t sound cringy. ^^;
I don’t know if you’ll be able to read any of this, but I want to wish you nothing but the best and
I'm easing into things like dipping toes in the water while having a deep phobia of drowning. I've got pretty bad social anxiety which was exacerbated by a lot of drama that happened in the lead-up to fully disappearing.
I don't think there's anything that could happen that'd make me stop. Drawing turned into and has remained a sort of therapy for me to cope with a lot of issues that I never managed to get professional help with, to learn how to "properly" cope. I've always struggled with self-esteem/worth, and ended up tying "well I just need to get better, I'm not good enough yet" to my self-worth as if that'd manifest something in the void. It's a sort of passion, but not one stemming from something untainted by mental health issues. It does mean I can't stop, though. I aim to keep improving until the end, for no good reason at all, just to see how far I can go. … My awful aging trapezius muscles be damned.
Thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot. <3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Not to be the stone in the shoe but could you explain how we can trust this PGP key? It’s new (created today) and I don’t think that there's any prior public disclosure of your public key.
Not to be the stone in the shoe but could you explain how we can trust this PGP key? It’s new (creat
That's an excellent point, and I… don't have much to say besides the awful opsec fail "just trust me bro". The keys were generated around the start of this year to better match my identity (CobaltSynapse wasn't who I am, it was more of an attempt to mimic a type of stuck-up professionalism that I fail at, because I thought that was expected of me). Certify is kept offline on encrypted storage with no expiry, and each subkey (SEA) is on a yubikey for shits and giggles and expires/renews every 2 years starting 2027/1/1. I'll see where I can put the public key since it's not got an email, just a Mastodon handle.
I'm very happy this was asked though! Best I can offer is being cautious moving forward, but hopefully it'll be more obvious as time goes on. I can also write about the entire awful experience I had in this fandom with specific people which was the impetus for me disappearing if that'd be an indicator that I am myself, or have older stuff reposted. I'm not sure otherwise, and I'm sorry! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
I just asked because, well, it’s kind of unusual for an artist previously known for being a little bit public to take some precautions before posting again. I’d love to hear all the things that transpired during your absence, but that’s only my gossip side talking. I’d say you don’t owe anyone an explanation regarding what happened while you were away. Maybe re-posting older stuff is a good idea, just to have it in HD or closer to the source quality—but still, that’s just me being a fan of your work. Either way, your explanation seems logical, and as I said before, you don’t owe anyone a detailed account of what exactly happened in the past (This in hopes to avoid drama and stuff).
I just asked because, well, it’s kind of unusual for an artist previously known for being a little b
