HareTrinity

I think DA just removed notifications that were over a year old! I had at least 3 that I'd had long-term, and today it went down to 1 (since it's the oldest that vanished, I am confident I didn't accidentally delete them myself). Weird thing to do... Oh well, since I'm here, update time! I'm still alive and doing well and planning to get more art up here, it's just delayed by life and probably in part because I don't just leave DA signed in any more (not since it suspended my account without explanation last year). I still plan to be more active, though! The Cubone comic has a burning desire to be freed! I've still not watched any gen 5 MLP since the film, either, but I imagine I'll binge it at some point and then draw some. [EMOTE] Haven't heard much about it, but it's rare for me to not enjoy cartoons. Hope you're all doing well!

So, I had that problem with struggling to do any art, especially FINISHING it (was complaining about it repeatedly, e.g. here). As a result, of the five art bits I uploaded in 2024, four were a comic done the previous year and it just took me that long to find the energy. It was very annoying/saddening... But I'm at least somewhat back, and here's how! I managed to take massive steps forwards by: (a) Recognising what the block feels like (to me, it feels like when I get angry and part of me locks my body down so that I don't do anything wild like breaking stuff). (b) With some tips from an "Internal Family Systems" therapy page, I worked on the assumption that the part of me stopping me from arting was doing so with good intentions, and tried to work out what those intentions were. In the end, I basically just scrolled through my gallery, remembering the good and the bad (the unexpected successes, the unexpected failures), and kinda just... Told myself it's alright to risk it

First off: for some reason DA thought my account had been hacked and suspended it without warning during Art Fight, and it took a whole month to get it back. 💀 Their responses were so slow that they didn't seem automated, but also it was the exact same set of (unhelpful) responses, so why aren't they automated? They haven't told me what the "suspicious activity" was, either... It was a pretty crappy experience! Still, I did get back into Art Fightin' and it was a pretty fun time! Probably would have managed my 1-a-day goal if I wasn't bummed out over DA. This said, I feel I don't quite "get" the AF culture: Everyone comments lovely things on attacks on them (which is great), but people don't seem to respond to the private message bit or reply again, I think? Or I'm doing it wrong? The search makes it too hard to find people who ARE active but haven't been attacked much. I really don't like the cropped thumbnails! When it's just a face (or just an eye!), it makes it really hard