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Hello, Watchers! Long time no see, for those of you who are still around, of course. Just want to give an update so you know that I have not disappeared off of the face of the earth.
Basically, the new academic year at my university started last month, and it's been quite a busy quarter thus far. Only two out of my three classes make me truly busy, but only one out of those two steals my energy and has been giving me intense stress. Long story short, with school started back up again, my creativity levels have taken yet another plummet. I want to reassure those of you who still take a peek at my page that I do still think quite often about my collection of stories and their characters, even if some are present only subconsciously. This inactive phase may continue for some time, unfortunately, but I am still here and still wishing to get back into drawing and writing. At times, I experience moments of inspiration...but motivation is an entirely different thing, especially once I get home and get homework done all I want to do is sit around and play my computer game and watch TV or a movie. (In case anyone is interested, this quarter I am taking German 203 (the stressful class), Colonial North America, and The Vikings.)
I am hoping that things will get better once this quarter ends in early December, and that winter quarter will be less frustrating (again, it is basically just one class this quarter that is driving me mad!). Still think heavily upon Blood and Ashes, Kazekiri, Wind Bird, the characters of A Soldier and His Maus (ASaHM), and a fresh story tentatively titled FireHeart. All I need now is the time and motivation to actually get progress done, or even a simple drawing related to any one of these stories.
In addition, quite stressed out and worried by current events in the world, and feeling an overall displeasure with the human race, particularly those without any common sense. I want very much to live until the Mars mission of the 2030s, tyvm!
So, there you have it. I am not dead, but my creativity energy currently is.
PS: Absolutely hate the new look dA has given itself. All I will say...
Basically, the new academic year at my university started last month, and it's been quite a busy quarter thus far. Only two out of my three classes make me truly busy, but only one out of those two steals my energy and has been giving me intense stress. Long story short, with school started back up again, my creativity levels have taken yet another plummet. I want to reassure those of you who still take a peek at my page that I do still think quite often about my collection of stories and their characters, even if some are present only subconsciously. This inactive phase may continue for some time, unfortunately, but I am still here and still wishing to get back into drawing and writing. At times, I experience moments of inspiration...but motivation is an entirely different thing, especially once I get home and get homework done all I want to do is sit around and play my computer game and watch TV or a movie. (In case anyone is interested, this quarter I am taking German 203 (the stressful class), Colonial North America, and The Vikings.)
I am hoping that things will get better once this quarter ends in early December, and that winter quarter will be less frustrating (again, it is basically just one class this quarter that is driving me mad!). Still think heavily upon Blood and Ashes, Kazekiri, Wind Bird, the characters of A Soldier and His Maus (ASaHM), and a fresh story tentatively titled FireHeart. All I need now is the time and motivation to actually get progress done, or even a simple drawing related to any one of these stories.
In addition, quite stressed out and worried by current events in the world, and feeling an overall displeasure with the human race, particularly those without any common sense. I want very much to live until the Mars mission of the 2030s, tyvm!
So, there you have it. I am not dead, but my creativity energy currently is.
PS: Absolutely hate the new look dA has given itself. All I will say...
2020 Update!
I know I have not been active on this account in a long while, but I want to assure everyone that I'm still alive and kicking, and still wish I could draw again. Not only had I been feeling a general slump in my creative motivation/energy, but then the pandemic hit, and staying home for the foreseeable future has really messed with my mental state. I in no way believe I am clinically depressed, but motivation to do anything besides playing video games and watching YouTube videos has been sapped from me during this time. I do hope to try to snap myself out of it, even if it means dabbling in fanart again.
New Project: Kazekiri
As many of my active Watchers might now be aware, I am starting a new graphic novel project. Well, "new" isn't exactly the right word, for this is a reboot of a graphic novel I tried to work on 10+ years ago (my, how time flies when you're an adult!). My progress, of course, has been pretty slow, as I can only work on a page when I have the time and energy, and that mostly ends up being on the weekends. But I'm really going to push myself to move forward with this, especially since I have a written story that is pretty far along, so...no reason why I can't stick with this, too! I'll only consider it a success once I manage to get up to/past t
Back to the saddle again...?
Whew! I know it's been a very long time since I was last active on this site, and a lot has certainly happened in that time! What hasn't changed is my current job, which I am quite happy with even when it throws frustrations my way. But between getting into new video games, beating Bloodborne with blood, sweat, and tears; planning my first tattoo, working on a fantasy novel, and traveling to Canada for the first time, I've definitely been busy.
I do want to apologize to my Watchers for my inactivity, for it certainly would have seemed that I just dropped off of the face of the Earth for a while there. I can't say whether I will be able to ge
INFO: I deactivated one of my accounts
Wanted to let my followers and friends know that I recently decided to deactivate my dA account "Katrya1941". I wasn't using it anymore and wanted to move away from the baggage that had come with it. My first-ever account, "Moyayuki", still exists, even if I haven't done anything in it in years. For now, this is my main account.
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I'm also almost never writing when I'm home. Instead, I write all my chapters when I'm riding the train. It's a phase where I'm not working yet oder anymore, but not at home relaxing either.