WHY must dA make the changes that it does? What the hell am I looking at?
Does anyone recommend a new art platform? Because I'm getting all the more closer to dipping out. But...ugh. Nostalgia sucks.
How is everyone?
It seems like anytime I take a good period of absence from dA, something new happens to it. What the hell is this layout? I see the option to switch from dark, to light, to "dinosaur", but it doesn't do much either way. It's a color palette adjustment, at best. Oh well...
With the semester coming to a close, I can see the light. Sort of. It's a bit of a blow that one of the two classes I'm taking won't count towards my certification, but....it wasn't useless knowledge. I can still use the skills and what I've learned towards my career later on. Though now I'm wondering if it's really going to benefit (the career path) because given the current outbreak....well, it's not an essential job. So that's something to think about.
Motivation comes and goes, but I found it best to do what entices me in the moment. If it's for my leisure, it doesn't make sense to have a schedule and force myself to make something. Either it wont happen or it DOES happen but it's garbage because I wasn't doing it for fun. There are still days where I hyper-focus on art stuff, it's just that sometimes it's crafts. What else does one do in a lock down, but create little projects here and there? And yes, it's been lifted, but you're not going to see me out there any time soon without a proper notice of "we have a vaccine!" ....mostly because there's no "sell by" date on a damn virus.
How has everyone been doing? Any tips on keeping sane and not stir crazy?
We recently invested in getting HBO because "there's nothing to watch on Hulu or Netflix or Disney+" .... *rolls eyes* well of course if one exhausts all of ONE genre, then there's "nothing to watch". Thankfully I'm more versatile with my movies/shows. Though, I get it. In a round about way, I sort of do.
I think if I get back into writing, I'll likely look to WordPress. I hear good things come of this and a "wattpad"? Never heard of it, but I suppose having some kind of blog would be cool. The question is, would it be for stories or like a diary? I see a lot of people doing both, but I would like to keep it to one set theme. Maybe have to separate accounts? Perhaps.
Tumblr would be an option, but I don't think it's meant for writing. It's more of an art/gif/meme sort of platform. Sure, I've seen people post fanfiction on there, but I'd hate to have a whole log of text taking away from other such content.
I need to sleep. Or get a coffee, I'm not sure. Kind of want both? But that would be stupid.
Ugh. Just end me, please.