I have deviated

Dear Reader,

I presume you have been eagerly anticipating the appearance of my next post, so I'm sorry for its somewhat tardy arrival. I shall make up for my procrastinating ways by announcing that...I have a major announcement to make. 

I have finally, finally made a decision about something I've been thinking about doing for the past few months. After weeks of deliberation, hours of sleeplessness and considerable bowel discomfort, I have decided to...deviate. That is, I have [finally!] made up my mind to join deviantART.com. I'm sure you've heard of the site before, my techno-savvy reader, but in case you've been spending the last few years hiding under a rock on some desert island, let me fill you in on the details. 

Well, DA [as an honourary Deviant, I'm allowed to use the acronym... ;p] is an online community where artists from all over the world--aspiring and already-there--can post their works, receive feedback from their fellow deviants, and ultimately grow as an artist and improve their skills. There are just so many different forms of art, and all of them seem to be represented on DA. All the categories to choose from! There's photography, traditional art, digital art, manga/anime-style drawings, film and animation, cartoony-type art, literature...the list goes on. There's even a category called 'artisan crafts'. How cool is that? 'where ART meets application!' indeed.

I see you fail to grasp the importance of this announcement, dear reader. There you go, shaking your head in derision, thinking to yourself, 'Well? So what? This is hardly a dilemma'. My dear, dear reader. Have you ever actually been to DA? Have you seen the artwork there? I'm nowhere near to even touching that kind of quality and standard and...and...eminence. Yes, eminence.

Anyway, I took so long to make up my mind because, honestly, I was really intimidated by the sheer awesome-ness of all the artwork already on display. During my periodical reference-picture hunts, via Google Images, I would usually come across something from DA. Almost invariably. So, pretty soon, I'd just skip the Google Images part and go straight to DA if I ever needed some inspiration on a particularly difficult piece.

The thing is, my preferred media is the plain ol' pencil and paper. I'm pretty old-fashioned that way. But, my scanner broke. Beyond all hope of repair. Having said that, I do in fact have in my possession a tablet and pen tool, thus enabling me to doodle straight into the computer.But I'm still new at it, so my drawings look a bit funny. I'm still a noob at colouring. And I suck at backgrounds. In fact, I don't do backgrounds. My backgrounds are all blank.

I'm sorry if this post is sending a whiny and complainy and I'm-just-not-good-enough-poor-me kind of vibe, my dear reader. It's...it's just an abysmal, jarring, and extremely humbling feeling when you realize you're not as good as you thought you were.

I'll get over it, I hope. And there's always room for improvement. Oh, man...when I look through some of the drawings I did a few years ago, I cringe at all the flaws and all the mistakes I've made. Especially in anatomy. So embarrassing. *shudders* Yes, there's always room for improvement.

The point is, I've taken the plunge. I've joined DA. Now all I have to worry about is my compulsive tendency to dilly-dally. Speaking of dilly-dallying, I should be going now. There's something I should've finished doing already. Like, yesterday. So, until next time, I remain...

Yours,

Figgy the Deviant

P/S: Here's the link to my DA page. Just click here!