Watashi-no-kibo

So hey remember fav.me/d2s9ir0 (this)? Or maybe you've seen these fav.me/d2s9i06 (sharp) fav.me/d2s9hdr (pieces) of fav.me/d2s9b5z (work)? Maybe I didn't mention it often enough, but they're all crafted by my Bro, and I've been hoarding them on this account for reasons neither of us are quite sure of. Maybe it just made sense that he use my DA account while I took over his photobucket account.

What does make sense? Him kingjiggles.deviantart.com/(st… his own DA account). So make sure to stop by and give him welcome! His works here have repeatedly enjoyed the highest pageviews among everything in my gallery, so I'm sure he'll do well. (Feel bad about having to take them down here, though; I'm so sorry, everyone who's already faved and commented on them! ;_; ) I'll be taking them down in a week or so.

Oh, and the new Homestuck album? So. Awesome. This beautifully exhibits the remarkable talents of every fan musician. It's just incredible to listen to, and it gets me psyched to contribute whatever I can to MSPA. At the moment I'm limited to dragging my laptop around the apartment to listen to it, but one of these days when I'm particularly imaginative I'll close my eyes and pretend I'm not stupid-poor, and use an obscene amount of money in exchange for this album.
Just you wait.

Anyone else feel fulfilled by the EOA?

Thanks to the newest update to draw me back to the internet. Just to let you all know I'll be making myself scarce around these parts for....hopefully only a month. (Oh god, I hope this takes only a month. D: ) I'm working a little project right now, and I'm trying to limit my distractions. So don't think I'm being a dick, I'm just being slow. (Or keep thinking I'm a dick, if that makes you more comfortable. )

Let's see.... in other news? Blueberries. Shit yeah we're getting into summer. Can't wait for the Farmer's Market to come around so I can eat nothing but farm-fresh fruit all season, at dirt cheap prices; and it's a boon in a social, economic, and environmentally responsible way, to boot! I count this as one of the great things about summer.

So yeah. You'll hear/see little of me, much less fan art (D: !!!), but boy, will you guys like what's in store. It's probably worth it.

It's Drawing day! Which means, a day chosen arbitrarily by my Bro and me wherein we sit down, pull out our tablets and draw the day away. Usually we'll have string of movies to play in the background, last time we ran a 'stupid action flick' theme, but it was really more of a 'respectful homage to Arnold Schwarzenegger'. On that day, he and I both produced watashi-no-kibo.deviantart.com… and watashi-no-kibo.deviantart.com…, respectively.  

So we'll probably do something Homestuck again, and not feel bad about it! Who knows! Fun times ahead for me, that's what!

Here's a text conversation my Bro and I had today. ( I need to record this somewhere because it's made of fun stuff and my shitty inbox can only hold 50 texts at a time.) Anyway it started innocently enough, then we must have gotten a whiff of some asbestos being recycled (for big ups for mother earth, yo) that opened a new world in our minds; a world where douchebags with hats and skateboards gave games terrible reviews. Frankly, I'm surprised we went this far, or stopped while we were still civil and not replacing every word with 'bro'. We came close.

Bro: Let it be known that I ... can't ... stop...listening... to... Homestuck music!
Me: Dude, I diagnose you high ... on Homestuck! *Running shades app*
Bro: FatalException Stop Code 0x00000BRO: You don't own any shades.
Me: Oh noooooo!
Bro: Looks like you may have to purchase a new Brocessor. You know, a new Central Brocessing Unit.
Me: But I just bought my Brocessor! I got the Bro version at a sweet Brogain!
Bro: Bro, your CBU just experienced a serious Brotastrophe of Broriffic Broportions. Don't screw over the rest of your Brotop Broputer simply because you're too cheap to help a Bro out.
Me: My Brorranty won't Brotect this, Bro! I don't mean to Broplain, but this isn't like Brophesy to anyone.
Bro: Look-- chill, Bro. Bro one's saying you need to Bro (Bro)ke for this Brochine. Just straight up Brotend you Bropped your Broffee cup and it Browed all over the keyboard.
Me: Bro, noBrody's gonna Brolieve that! I'm Bro better off than I am with a (Bro)ken Brocessor! I'm Broing home!
Bro: Fine, bro. Broject my Broving Brovice.
Me: Bro, there's such Brotastic Broacracy involved with so many PRICES and VALUES, it's takes Brobably years to get a new Brocessor. Not Brorth it.
Bro: Alright, Bro. I Brocede. It's Brobably not Brorth Broguing with you. Brospecially since I Brotter get Broing to my GLBROT studies class. But just so there's no further Brofusion:

The Brocessor ruse....

WAS A DISTRACTION!

Me: Gog DAAAAAAAAAAMN!

So I guess I'm not going to ignore all your comments.

But really, how could I? Everyone has been so nice to me here, and incredibly supportive. Maybe you didn't mean it as much as I felt it, but holy hell has it counted.

A little personal history: this account is 5 years old, but I dropped it cold two years in.

The important thing is, come senior year of high school, I had an emotional breakdown. Absolutely a nervous wreck. I was taking lots of art classes during this time, and art or the act of expressing myself through art became associated with the that time. Putting a pencil on a blank paper and my mind would go blank and I'd start to panic. That's the jist of it.

So I didn't draw, more or less, for three years. Didn't touch my tablet for two. Talent wasted, sure, but I was trying to stabilize my life. Got into other things, browsed the webs, got into webcomics. What amazed me about webcomics at the time was how often so may of them updated, which implied they drew. A lot. Then there came MSPA. I could say a lot about what I find amazing about anything entering orbit of this comic, but I don't want to come across as desperately obsessive. What does matter is this comic drew me in, and got me to like it, like to the point of  saying, "I want to draw that".

And I'm very grateful.

I'm especially grateful to everyone who, whether here, on the fora, or on Facebook, has said anything: anything at all. The fact that you've all said wonderful, funny, encouraging remarks is heartening beyond description.  

Thank you, very, very, much.


On a lighter note, pretend you're a rocket spinning freely in Earth's upper atmosphere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVUcW-…