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So it's been quite awhile since I made a personal update on deviantART, so most of you probably haven't heard much about what's been happening. Unless you've been following my Blogger, where I give some updates, or my Instagram, where I'll post some photos of my personal life occasionally.
Let me start by talking about the project I've been working on. Because this is my senior year, and last semester at CCAD, I have been working on a senior thesis since last August (and before that actually). The project I am working on is a detective game being created in RPGmaker. You may have seen a few of my posts here talking about a project called Detective Ragger; well, that's it. I'm finally finishing up some of the final art for the demo, that is expected to come out in May. I will be sure to post an update then on where you can play the demo. Since this is such a large scale project, I don't expect the final game itself to come out for a few years, but I'm excited to finally post a demo created completely by me, so stay tuned for when that is released! In the meantime, I made a Production Blog for my game, so you can check that out here.
But in other news... This is my last semester at CCAD. Not to mention I really only have about a month left... which is super scary and a bit exciting at the same time. Quite honestly I can say that my time at CCAD was definitely the best 4 years of my entire life so far. So I'm gonna miss it a ton. I'll definitely miss the people I met there the most; definitely some of the most inspirational people and best friends I have ever made were met there. But moving on to the next stage in my life is what I need to be more focused on.
After graduation, I have plans to temporarily move out to Seattle for the summer. When I'm there, I will be working as an instructor at iD Tech Camp. This will be my second year with iD, but last year I worked in Columbus for most of the summer. I haven't really traveled much, other than going to Texas and California last year, so this is going to be a super exciting adventure for me.
Other than that, not too many other major updates for this year. Expect a blog post in May for more updates though on my thesis!
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Additionally, check out some of the important people to helping me get to where I am today:
My brother:
My friends IRL:
My friends from IRC:
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Let me start by talking about the project I've been working on. Because this is my senior year, and last semester at CCAD, I have been working on a senior thesis since last August (and before that actually). The project I am working on is a detective game being created in RPGmaker. You may have seen a few of my posts here talking about a project called Detective Ragger; well, that's it. I'm finally finishing up some of the final art for the demo, that is expected to come out in May. I will be sure to post an update then on where you can play the demo. Since this is such a large scale project, I don't expect the final game itself to come out for a few years, but I'm excited to finally post a demo created completely by me, so stay tuned for when that is released! In the meantime, I made a Production Blog for my game, so you can check that out here.
But in other news... This is my last semester at CCAD. Not to mention I really only have about a month left... which is super scary and a bit exciting at the same time. Quite honestly I can say that my time at CCAD was definitely the best 4 years of my entire life so far. So I'm gonna miss it a ton. I'll definitely miss the people I met there the most; definitely some of the most inspirational people and best friends I have ever made were met there. But moving on to the next stage in my life is what I need to be more focused on.
After graduation, I have plans to temporarily move out to Seattle for the summer. When I'm there, I will be working as an instructor at iD Tech Camp. This will be my second year with iD, but last year I worked in Columbus for most of the summer. I haven't really traveled much, other than going to Texas and California last year, so this is going to be a super exciting adventure for me.
Other than that, not too many other major updates for this year. Expect a blog post in May for more updates though on my thesis!
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Keep in touch on places other than deviantART:
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Additionally, check out some of the important people to helping me get to where I am today:
My brother:
My friends IRL:
My friends from IRC:
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Original Characters Journals Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
It's 2022!
You may have noticed that I've been less and less active on dA ever since the Eclipse downfall of 2020. To be fair I haven't been all that active online this year overall due to a lot of things that I talk about in my 2021 Recap and 2022 Plans posts on Blogger, though. To quickly recap those posts, I've been noticing a lot of burnout from not actively drawing every day/having any set focus, some things at work, and just a lot going on in life. I worked a lot on my game called Compass Nays, which is why a lot of my online posts were kept on Instagram, Discord, and other social media sites, rather than here. In 2022 I'm hoping to do a lot more drawing. I'm going to try and bring back daily drawings, though those won't be daily posts. Maybe I'll compile a bunch of them into monthly art dumps that I can post here so I can still keep you updated here though. This year I'll also keep working on game development for Compass Nays, which may not be uploaded here very often. I'll also be
Welcome to 2021
It's been awhile, but I'm still here! Ever since dA switched to Eclipse, I haven't really been all that active on here... or on the internet at all, to be honest. I've been reflecting a lot on the previous year and what's to come next year, so you can find more of my thoughts in my 2020 Recap and 2021 Plans posts on Blogger. But basically, I did a bunch of OC Art Trades at the start of 2020, but those groups were pushed away by Eclipse, so we stopped doing those once Eclipse was forced on everyone. Summer was crazy at work, I moved in September, and the past few months I've been working on my first published Eventure book! In 2021, I'll probably be working on more games, which means, it's likely that I'll only be posting in-progress shots to my Discord or Instagram, and only really sharing concept art or final screenshots here. Trust me, I loved dA, but Eclipse has really lowered my motivation to stay active here on here. I'll still be around, but make sure to check out my other
Organizing Content on dA
Hey, with Eclipse being a bit unorganized, I've put together this journal that can help you navigate my deviantART gallery (and other links) a bit more easily. Gallery Folders This spreadsheet is an organized place that holds links to all of my gallery folders. I have a lot of gallery folders, so displaying them all normally without HTML support is a bit hard to navigate. This should make it easier to find what you're looking for! Scraps This link will take you to my scraps. I post all of my sketches and less finished works here. With how hidden these are now, this might be less of the case, but we'll see! Art Improvement Meme This link will take you to this image. I like to update this deviation every year to showcase my progress as an artist, over the years. Commissions This link will take you to my information. Though I'm not advertising my commissions a whole lot at the moment, if you are interested in commissioning me, I'm open, and this is where you'll find more
Social Media Links
Hey, I know a lot of people are leaving dA at this time due to the switch to Eclipse, but I plan to still stick around, even though I'm not happy about the change. If you are one of the ones that are leaving and you still want to see my art updates, here are links to my social media pages:
Regularly Active:
Slightly Inactive, but Occasional Updates:
I also just wanted to give a heads-up that a lot of my gallery folders here on dA may be a bit broken/under construction due to HTML not being supported in Eclipse gallery descriptions. So please bear with me for a while until I'm able to get those sorted out. I don't plan to start updating the
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You rocked it hard! From all I seen you do, and all that you wrote about it sounds like you have had one amazing journey so far. And it only gets better. Harder, but better. I'm always working on art, even if I don't post it much these days, and you should too. No matter what. follow what drives you. unleash your super power to the world and be a heroin in the face of the visual arts industry.
Seattle is one cool place to be!!! It is hopefully where I will move to some day, and there is so much to do there, and see in and around the city.
I've given you a lot of advice in the past. You can count on me to give it to you again if you ever need it in any way shape or form.
Keep yourself curious, energetic, courageous, and tactical, and keep persevering towards your end goal. And when working a job you love to do always remember when seeking out a stable work/life balance:
If those who get hired are there to just do a job, they will work solely for the money and fall into misery, but if those who get hired believe what the company believes in, and taps into their passions by performing with blood, sweat, and tears, they will be the happiest and leave the biggest marks on the world.
I wish you all the best. You'll make many more awesome memories and friends yet to come. Here's to the last month and onwards!!!
Seattle is one cool place to be!!! It is hopefully where I will move to some day, and there is so much to do there, and see in and around the city.
I've given you a lot of advice in the past. You can count on me to give it to you again if you ever need it in any way shape or form.
Keep yourself curious, energetic, courageous, and tactical, and keep persevering towards your end goal. And when working a job you love to do always remember when seeking out a stable work/life balance:
If those who get hired are there to just do a job, they will work solely for the money and fall into misery, but if those who get hired believe what the company believes in, and taps into their passions by performing with blood, sweat, and tears, they will be the happiest and leave the biggest marks on the world.
I wish you all the best. You'll make many more awesome memories and friends yet to come. Here's to the last month and onwards!!!