As of late, I feel like my art been reverting pretty much back to where it started when I first began uploading it to Newgrounds, the only difference being I know how to use Ibis better than when I began. This could just be chalked down to laziness, which is definitely a factor, but I also haven't had a whole lot of time some days either, with my facing my last year of school preparing for the Leaving Cert (final exam) and days away from my first English paper 1 mock exam.
Trying to balance working on several pieces of art for Christmas and School, and still having time for myself, while also sometimes having to go to church and do other Christian things (which if I had it my way I wouldn't be doing, but that's a story for another day,) is unsurprisingly a little bit hard, and I can go no longer without addressing the issue that I've been crumbling under the weight of it all.
Not only have I been falling behind in school, but I've also gotten worse at art, which is why I haven't posted in awhile. I've fallen into a cycle of doing worse and worse at both to the point of not wanting to attempt them "at the moment" and distracting myself with playing games or using discord or the forums, watching youtube, trying in vain to mod various games, and sometimes even just lying in bed doing nothing.
All this to say: throwing in the towel as far as art is concerned, most likely only until my leaving cert is finished since art is something I enjoy and can be good at, but yeah, I can pick that up whenever I want. School, not so much. The aforementioned Christmas collection is going with it. the only piece I got finished wasn't particularly good and if I ever do post it, it will be as a bonus in a remastered, more portal-worthy version.
In other news, your gheaye exde
Yatsufusa
Life will _always_ get in the way. That's pretty much a constant. ;)
But that those drawings released 'in a state'... Sorry, but that was on you. If you are not pleased with a piece and have no deadline, then take the time you need. If there is a deadline (collabs, etc.) then you can always tell the organizer that you are not going to make it in time. Yes, it s**ks but it beats being immortalized with something you aren't proud of.
As for the religious stuff: Your folks will likely 'still' ask you to help and drag you along, even after you become a certified atheist. But you'll 'feel' better about it. And if you're feeling cheeky you can get up early an leave the church, unnerving everybody around you. ;)
Spaggo (Updated )
Sorry, I might have worded that strangely
-Yeah it probably will, but not always to the same degree it is now
-None of the drawings have been released. The latest ones I've uploaded on the art portal I like to think are good. I was hoping to get them done for christmas and, yeah, I could try getting them done just when they are done, but they wouldn't end up getting worked on rly until after the leaving cert exept maybe one over christmas break
-They would find out if I did it too many times. I go to this type of church that has stages and sort of a test of it's own before you can move on to the next. If you fail you get moved out of your group so the rest can go on, and my parents would find out because theres a lot of links between 'my' group and theirs
I do ponder it sometimes though, would be funni