Hi, I'm here because of your not so recent blog post about the lack of community here. 1, I admire your ability to code & do web design so skillfully, 2, you brought up a really good point. So I'm going to finally comment something for the sake of both thanking you and being able to acknowledge your art. I don't really care much about this site, but the overwhelming distance has always gotten on my nerves. I've seen you on forum games before, it feels lke they're the only way to make connections. This is by no means a place to even make connections in, but it's the same on every other platform.
I've become unmotivated to comment anything too, admittedly I'm not the best at responding to things I get, but I still like acknowledging other's work if it interests me. And it's no issue responding to people who compliment me, so I don't get what the problem is. I don't know what's holding everyone back from it, regardless, it really impressed me that you respond to nearly every comment on your page. It can get overwhelming, but at least you have the intention to do it. I've always been able to recognize you, and I feel it's simply because you interacted with me once or twice. Willingly! And you've always made your presence clear, helped people, participated in a multitude of things. It's really nice, and I've begun to appreciate your art.
I don't want to make this long but I'll still touch on it, it really reminds me of the early 2000's and 2010's, but revamped. The amount of detail you incorporate into your work is such eye candy to me, the quality is something I'd see in a videogame with professionally made stills. Splash art, even. I could recognize it just by looking at it. I never went out of my way to compliment you because I thought it would get buried or I just wouldn't be able to catch you, but I hope you know it's very impressive. I've always tried to show interest in other people and their characters, but it's gotten kind of difficult. I just hope 'community' will become a thing again.
Ohhh Hi there Mutonian! thanks for stopping by with such a long comment <3 you are actually the 3rd person reaching out to me about my blog post. I didn't knew people would actually read it. I just scream stuff into the void haha. But thanks for doing so, its awesome to have little convos about this subject with others who have the same or a similar feeling about this.
Yes you are very right with that statement, connections aren't really something you make much. Especially not here, but also nowhere else. out of all the areas, forum games still give you the most connections and interactions. they're still fun. here and there frustrating, but still fun most of the time.
Tbh responding to comments is pretty hard for me (unless its just "thank you etc.") , to a ton of topics/comments. I just feel like my head is pretty empty and I don't want to respond with just a few words when someone (like you, for example) writes a lot. And If someone's work doesn't interest me, I have a hard time as well. But I also see no point in commenting/forcing compliments on art you aren't interested in, that seems unneeded and very dishonest. (IF I enjoy someone's art, even then, my head is empty sometimes even though I clearly love the work, but I can still write some words and want to do it. length varies tho xD )
I also wanna thank you for the kind words about my art <3 especially because your style is very creative and I'm a big fan of it and also immediately recognize it when I see it around. You do art so effortlessly in terms of dynamics, poses, and emotions (it seems like that, pretty sure its not.. haha but you get what I mean). What I am trying to say is, its a huge compliment to me that you like my work. Because I see a lot in your work that I personally still struggle with. thanks <3 yes I too have a difficult time. I feel like if we were still more of a community, these things wouldn't be as hard. This is at least how I remember it. I had zero issue showing interest, or more interest generally in other characters compared to now. everything seems more distant kinda.
It is incredibly difficult to respond to things, I agree, so I'm making this a bit shorter and not addressing everything in full. I'm glad you've gotten responses from other people as well, it's genuinely something I want to see more of. Even if I don't interact with you or your work that often, I do read your blog posts when I have the chance. It's also very nice to know that I'm not the only one who struggles with responses. I have to muster up the brainpower even with people who've piqued my interest, even then I still like to acknowledge the people that don't. It's just a little more difficult. Everyone has something unique to offer and you are no exception, your art feels super nostalgic to me. I'm very happy to hear what you have to say about mine as well, thank you.
I hope to see you in the forum games or offtopic threads more often, I'd like to claim you or something of the sort. Recognizing people I've had good interactions with makes them more fun. But yeah, I'm glad you didn't mind the long comment. I don't want to make this one any longer, but just know I appreciate it & to not feel obligated to respond.
Sure, I'd love to! Maybe we meet/claim each other at the right time. It's definitely fun playing games with those you had a good interaction with :) I'm not too often in more complex games however but I'm sure we will get the chance.
Skykristal
Hi, I'm here because of your not so recent blog post about the lack of community here. 1, I admire your ability to code & do web design so skillfully, 2, you brought up a really good point. So I'm going to finally comment something for the sake of both thanking you and being able to acknowledge your art. I don't really care much about this site, but the overwhelming distance has always gotten on my nerves. I've seen you on forum games before, it feels lke they're the only way to make connections. This is by no means a place to even make connections in, but it's the same on every other platform.
I've become unmotivated to comment anything too, admittedly I'm not the best at responding to things I get, but I still like acknowledging other's work if it interests me. And it's no issue responding to people who compliment me, so I don't get what the problem is. I don't know what's holding everyone back from it, regardless, it really impressed me that you respond to nearly every comment on your page. It can get overwhelming, but at least you have the intention to do it. I've always been able to recognize you, and I feel it's simply because you interacted with me once or twice. Willingly! And you've always made your presence clear, helped people, participated in a multitude of things. It's really nice, and I've begun to appreciate your art.
I don't want to make this long but I'll still touch on it, it really reminds me of the early 2000's and 2010's, but revamped. The amount of detail you incorporate into your work is such eye candy to me, the quality is something I'd see in a videogame with professionally made stills. Splash art, even. I could recognize it just by looking at it. I never went out of my way to compliment you because I thought it would get buried or I just wouldn't be able to catch you, but I hope you know it's very impressive. I've always tried to show interest in other people and their characters, but it's gotten kind of difficult. I just hope 'community' will become a thing again.
6 months, 2 days ago
Ohhh Hi there Mutonian! thanks for stopping by with such a long comment <3 you are actually the 3rd person reaching out to me about my blog post. I didn't knew people would actually read it. I just scream stuff into the void haha. But thanks for doing so, its awesome to have little convos about this subject with others who have the same or a similar feeling about this.
Yes you are very right with that statement, connections aren't really something you make much. Especially not here, but also nowhere else. out of all the areas, forum games still give you the most connections and interactions. they're still fun. here and there frustrating, but still fun most of the time.
Tbh responding to comments is pretty hard for me (unless its just "thank you etc.") , to a ton of topics/comments. I just feel like my head is pretty empty and I don't want to respond with just a few words when someone (like you, for example) writes a lot. And If someone's work doesn't interest me, I have a hard time as well. But I also see no point in commenting/forcing compliments on art you aren't interested in, that seems unneeded and very dishonest. (IF I enjoy someone's art, even then, my head is empty sometimes even though I clearly love the work, but I can still write some words and want to do it. length varies tho xD )
I also wanna thank you for the kind words about my art <3 especially because your style is very creative and I'm a big fan of it and also immediately recognize it when I see it around. You do art so effortlessly in terms of dynamics, poses, and emotions (it seems like that, pretty sure its not.. haha but you get what I mean). What I am trying to say is, its a huge compliment to me that you like my work. Because I see a lot in your work that I personally still struggle with. thanks <3
yes I too have a difficult time. I feel like if we were still more of a community, these things wouldn't be as hard. This is at least how I remember it. I had zero issue showing interest, or more interest generally in other characters compared to now. everything seems more distant kinda.
6 months, 2 days ago
It is incredibly difficult to respond to things, I agree, so I'm making this a bit shorter and not addressing everything in full. I'm glad you've gotten responses from other people as well, it's genuinely something I want to see more of. Even if I don't interact with you or your work that often, I do read your blog posts when I have the chance. It's also very nice to know that I'm not the only one who struggles with responses. I have to muster up the brainpower even with people who've piqued my interest, even then I still like to acknowledge the people that don't. It's just a little more difficult. Everyone has something unique to offer and you are no exception, your art feels super nostalgic to me. I'm very happy to hear what you have to say about mine as well, thank you.
I hope to see you in the forum games or offtopic threads more often, I'd like to claim you or something of the sort. Recognizing people I've had good interactions with makes them more fun. But yeah, I'm glad you didn't mind the long comment. I don't want to make this one any longer, but just know I appreciate it & to not feel obligated to respond.
6 months, 1 day ago
Sure, I'd love to! Maybe we meet/claim each other at the right time. It's definitely fun playing games with those you had a good interaction with :) I'm not too often in more complex games however but I'm sure we will get the chance.
6 months, 1 day ago