Hiatus

I got a lot of commission inquiries while I was busy with medical checkups, administration and stuff, but after I was done with that, I started working full time. I work 8-10 hours a day from Monday to Friday plus I need to get to work and get back home. I know it could be a lot worse, like I could work 12 hours every day, but I already have zero motivation to start drawing in the little free time I have on weekdays.
I'll see how much drawing I can get done from Friday afternoon to Sunday, but depending on my speed and willingness to draw, I may need to cancel commissions. (I'd still like to try next week but it wasn't going well at all in the last 2 weeks.) I'm sorry.

Also, I may not post anything in November and December since I'm working mainly on commissions and I doubt anybody is really interested in those works aside from my commissioners. To be honest, I'm no longer motivated to share my work on deviantART. I remember I used to look forward to comments and faves with so much excitement, but lately it's just like "I posted this thing a day ago and only 1 person commented" or "I got only 30 favs in total when I used to get over 100 even on originals".
Don't get me wrong, I don't post things to get faves, but if I don't even get comments, it does become a bit pointless to me. It's a strange thing. I'm a fanartist because I'm really enthusiastic about the things I like and I have no close friends irl to discuss these things with, so I draw and post the thing online so I can share it with others who also love the thing and then we can TALK about it. This feeling is actually so strong in me that drawing almost seems like an excuse to me to find people who like the same series and characters I do. And not just that, I also love having long conversations with people on DA about art in general, our life experinces or anything trivial. It may sound ridiculous but it's a way for me to make friends.
However, if I stop getting feedback on my works (or anything else I post), it becomes meaningless. I know I'm at fault too, though. I watch a lot of people (and groups) and I often leave deviations in my message center with the intention to go back and comment/fave later, but by the time I'd go back, I have even more and things just get lost in the ever growing pile... orz
I think my best time on was around 2011-2012. Then I started working in 2012 and since I couldn't draw or come to DA as frequently as before, my activity decreased drastically and my messages piled up. I haven't managed to get my pace back ever since then. I just can't get below 1,500 messages and I'm afraid if I seriously decided to look at and comment absolutely everything and say thanks for every fave/watch, even 48 hours a day wouldn't be enough.

Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who is still here supporting me. It seriously means a lot to me.


"Status report" on inner fangirl:
On one hand, I'm finally beginning to lose interest in Pandora Hearts. I adore it, it's my favourite manga, but since there is no new material to look forward to any longer, my interest is gradually waning. Instead I'm starting to get into the Vanitas hype (MochiJun's upcoming steampunk vampire series), though I really don't want to because I'm afraid I'll be very disappointed if I expect too much right in the beginning.
On the other hand, my love for Magi has probably reached its peak. While I have some doubts and worries about the last arc, the Kou Empire Arc was probably my favourite big arc in the entire series, so I'm hoping Ohtaka won't disappoint us. I'm only a little sad because the 1001 Nights inspired setting was a major charm point for me in this series, but the sudden futuristic changes seem to have taken some of the initial mood away. (Then again, we'd already got some Harry Potter in the Magnostadt arc.) Anyway, I can't wait to come home to Magi spoilers on Monday and Sinbad spoilers on Tuesday. It just makes it easier to survive throughout the entire week. XDD
I've been watching a few anime episodes on weekends but I couldn't really get into anything since Magi.
I also tried watching Miraculous Ladybug to refresh my French knowledge a bit, but didn't like it at all. The characters are cute, but I've never liked classic magical girl series.

Ok, rambled enough for now. I'll still be hanging out on tumblr and twitter posting sketches and wips and - before anybody starts panicking - I'm NOT leaving . Bye~

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