I don't mean this to be an angst-journal, but you guys deserve to be informed of my inactivity. I'll try to be brief.

I've been realizing lately that there's been some change going on in my personal life right now, and I've been feeling the need to adapt to it all.

What's going on with me right now:

-My grandma got her first shot of chemotherapy today; her birthday was two weeks ago.
-I've been feeling discouraged with all my secondary hobbies lately (singing especially).
-I said some things I'm not proud of at school and it's starting to be exaggerated through rumors.
-I feel like I'm losing friends and making new ones all at the same time.
-I'm only knee-deep through my college process and it's still overwhelming as hell.
-In two words? Crush issues.

While all this is going on, I still feel like me and my art are the only things that are remaining the same, and it's starting to bore me. I've realized that I've hit a point where I'm drawing too much of the same thing, and it's not benefitting me at all.

So the whole point of this journal is not that it feels like my life sucks right now; it's that you should expect some changes in my art from here on out, at least content-wise. I'm going to finish a few more pieces lying around, and after that, I'm going to be drawing less fan art, with the exceptions of Ask Sully and some occasional sketch dumps. Don't get me wrong, I love drawing fan art and meeting fellow fans through it, but as an artist, it's discouraging to me when I upload original works and it ends up being overshadowed by my fan art. I feel like I need to start settling down and start focusing more on my own characters, because lately, drawing all the same characters and worlds that aren't my own is starting to bore me. Plus, I have a college portfolio to consider; it's time I start doing things differently around here.

So I advise you if you only watch me here because of my Uncharted, Okami, Adventure Time, etc. art, to feel free to stop watching me...I won't be offended if you leave.

Thank you for reading and understanding.