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Lear-is-not-amused — Krooven the Ranger
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Published: 2018-06-15 06:21:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1475; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 0
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this is a redraw of a super duper old ref I drew of him when I was... what? 15?he looks a little younger than he does in my head, but whatever.
for those of you wondering what my first ever redwall OC looked like, here he is! super simple design
he is featured in this little story of mine here fav.me/dbqp3sy however, he actually isn't simple because I designed him to be completely covered in scars for when he becomes "Krooven Bloodstream" after he loses his memories. but I decided to not have a go at that as in the story that's posted he just has the small scar under his eye.
actually no, he wasn't the first redwall OC cause that was a rat character, but she never got as much focus as Krooven, so he's my star
art and character are (C) Lear-is-not-amused
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Wow! It's actually really interesting to see your current take on an old character design. I'd be curious to see what the original looks like (sometimes it's rather entertaining to look at old art). He seems pretty cool, but I think your newer character designs are a lot more interesting and unique.
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well he looks exactly the same, I didn't change anything... he's just DRAWN better.
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Old art! I love seeing old art! I think at 15 I was also in that 'redwall' mindset too lol, must've been a thing
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This isn't the old piece, this is a redraw... the older one was done with colored pencil and ballpoint pen and was far more scratchy and lopsided looking lol
It was a bit of a thing, especially since I was on a redwall forum for my humble internet beginnings
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I obviously did not read the description thoroughly lol. It doesn't look up to the same level as your current skill though.
I was on one of those for all of one day, I think.
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lol i could send you the actual ancient one on drive sense it's on there.
well... i did try to emulate the previous image... just improved.
wow a whole day?
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If you like, I don't mind
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alrighty, sent it to you
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I'll check my email, I'm bored
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Oh... are you mad at me?
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your responses have been very short lately. it's probably just me being anxious and overthinking things...
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Oh! I guess I've been trying to keep things brief these days, dA is not enticing me to respond in the same 'massive walls of text' way it used to. I have long comments still sitting in my inbox that I look at and then shy away from because the motivation to be chipper and devote the deserved attention to them is not really there
So basically, it's just me being a melodramatic brat!
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i'm having trouble like that... sort of.. honestly I want to answer the lengthy responses but get overwhelmed when I look at them
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It's sad because I'm seeing it happening to a lot of people, maybe it's summertime blues?
If you start feeling overwhelmed, my advice is just delete the comment and start fresh. You shouldn't be feeling pressured or overburdened, and that is also something I've heard happen to a lot of people who had to leave the site because the overwhelming feeling was just too much. Your friends will understand if you don't respond to old comments, I will, I'm going to clean out my inbox because of that too, and start fresh.
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well to be fair my creative streak is at night, but I've been scheduled to work every night pretty much at my job so i don't get any art or writing done.
I don't want to though, cause there's some stuff I want to continue... cause it was interesting but the comment just got too long and i wasn't sure how to answer it.
i've decided i'm going to just wear one or two reply threads down until there's nothing left to say and thus work my way through slowly
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Hmm well view it as an oppertunity to 'refill the tank' as it were. Without drawing or writing, the ideas and desire to get to them, will fill up and overflow, so when at last you're free to draw or write, you'll have tonnes!
Ah ok, then just answer the bits in the long comment you want to, it may come accross as abrupt at first, but you'll have narrowed it down to the juicy bits.
I went through all of mine today and just hit 'delete'. I feel so liberated! (And a bit depressed seeing '5' up in the number of notifications lol), but I do feel much better now that it's all clean and fresh for new things
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honestly though, i have no ideas i'm dying to write or draw.
i do have an art trade that I owe though, and some old sketches i should work on
so none of your old stuff interested you at all?
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You might after a while, the good thing is that your work will take your mind off of it and allow you to think of other things without even knowing it (alas mine doesn't as I have a whole 7 hours with absolutely nothing to do) madness is coming.
You mean the comments? I had some I wanted to reply to but I just deleted them all anyway, to wipe the slate
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honestly i'm not feeling any more inspired than I ever did. work is just something to do. I need to make money, but as soon as I make it, i have to put it into bills.
I don't enjoy doing anything for myself and if i do stuff for others it goes unappreciated. so whats even the point?
nothing ever changes and I'm going in the same loop hoping things will be different the next time.
if i just stop, no one will miss me anyway. it's not like I amount to anything.
so now that the slate is clean, what will you do?
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It takes time, perhaps think of other things and not characters? What I meant was, the fact that work is keeping you occupied, takes your mind off of trying to force motivation for art (we're all just in jobs for money - I think very few people actually LOVE what they do)
Hmm...I can't really help you with that, I've been feeling pretty much the same and have been trying to tell myself that I shouldn't care, and that drawing is for fun and it doesn't need to fill any other holes...but it's difficult and is a problem I am seeing many people have. I personally believe it's an issue born of social media - I mean before you started sharing your art, you felt fulfilled and motivated right? I know I did - now we need feedback otherwise we feel miserable.
And you shouldn't let your feelings about your art, or at least, how it makes you feel, dictate your self worth.
Well, just respond to what comes in, leave comments on new art, and draw things I want to draw without caring about how they'll be received. I think if I try hard enough then I can break out of this toxic cycle. I'll stop comparing my stuff to others, and wondering how some art gets more likes or faves, I'll try to stop being jealous or angry, I'll just draw for me. I already have crappy sketches in a notebook where I told myself I'll draw what I like and not care about mistakes (I have a crappy sketch of Rapture looking at Ender from behind lol, I'll show you if you like, but I'm not caring about it's mistakes), it's making me feel better. I'll try not to let dA dominate how I feel, it's become such a huge part of my life that it's difficult, but I think it will be good for me to be able to distance it from me again. I'm trying not to think 'I need to make this perfect for upload' - because I think that is a huge limiting factor which squashes motivation and joy.
Just draw what you want and don't care about how it looks, or making it pretty for uploading, draw it with the mindset that you're not going to upload - also don't feel like you have to upload something within a set time (I have always felt the need to rush through things to upload, and that contributes to the feeling that I worked really hard on something with little appreciation being shown - when really, no one was forcing me to upload by a set time) - so I'm taking my time with pictures now and working on them when I feel like it, not to upload, but to finish.
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Heh, good looking otter-dude there!
Love his costume and design!
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I love his design! The way he's all elongated, it's a cool look
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yeah that's how he looked in the old drawing of him, and I liked that aspect so I kept it, lol. I was very inspired by a certain artists style back in the day
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