colourel

Okay, sort of.  I'm actually in the middle of a school semester.  So, you know, that kind of blows holes in every sort of contentedly lazy plans I had.  But I'm back!  With a new name!  (Explanation: old domain, old name. New domain, new name.)

So much has changed.  And I'd actually say it's going pretty well.  Everything's not "perfect," but is life really that way for people?  I like where I'm at, I like where I'm going, and I've decided to reintroduce art back into my life.  It's related to my major and it made me happy browsing this place in the past.  With so much going on, I need that positivity in my life.

Thank you to all the people who've commented on and favourited my few works while I was gone.  I was amazed to see how many messages there were!  It means a lot to know that people still like what I wrote all these years later.  You must have dug them up or something - they're ancient! Thanks a bunch!

I'd also like to apologize in advance to those artists I've been stalking signed out of DA.  You've a new follower and I might go back and fave all those lovely arts of yours I've been meaning to over the years...  Same applies to people I've been following for years.  Love.  *3*

According to my backlog of comments, it's been almost a whole year since I've logged into DA.

There are just far too many comments there to reply to, but I would like to say thank you to all the people who have favourited and commented on my few stories and artwork. Thank you so much. I can't get back to all of you, but it means a lot.

Thank you.

I'm not one of those super cool people who think they should have a blog here on DA. (Some people are so much more cool.) But I've got a rant for you, certain artists: this place may be called deviant art, but I'm pretty sure that's just the title and not an issue to promote real deviancy.

Not calling out specific artists, because I can't remember your names anyway, however I see it a lot with people taking the line art for Naruto: you take cleaned-up lines, change the color scheme from the original work, maybe add some little bits here and there, slap your "original character"'s name on it, and voila! Twenty minutes later people are raving up and down at your talent and the adorable-ness of your OC... when that's not your original character. It's not even your original art. That's someone else's original character and original art, and that art is copyrighted and you don't even give the original artist credit. You don't even mention, "Oh, yeah, I didn't draw this, I just colored it to make it look like my character." You just took it and called it your own, in every way. (And then mysteriously get pissed off when myself and others call you on it. Hm.)

Are we 5? Are you 5? You think it's yours just because you colored it and gave it your OC's name? If others and I can walk up to our bookshelves, pull out a manga and flip it open and see the exact same thing, it's not your original work unless your name is on the spine, cover, and inside of these manga volumes we're looking at.

It is really easy to rectify this situation, and to maybe keep the concrit (or out-right flames) to a minimum: Either learn to draw your own damn original characters or at least mention that the line art isn't yours and give credit to the actual artist. (Not just the person who cleaned the lines, you idiot.)