Atomic-Chinchilla

God fucking DAMMIT. I am so tired of DA deciding that huge, dramatic changes to things that have been fine for years on end is a good thing by default. "If it ain't broke" is clearly something that nobody in the staff cares a damn about. And they love to proudly announce said changes with tons of fanfare while decidedly ignoring any negative criticism and concern from the userbase, only promoting positive feedback. Nobody WANTS these changes, and they're actively making everything look so much worse with tons of wasted space and removing customization options. God, everything about the new message center, gallery pages, comments, and even deviation pages just looks so BAD. I seriously think this is gonna be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of people. I know I sure as hell am not gonna keep paying for a Core membership when it gives me absolutely nothing of value in return. In short, fuck you, Deviantart staff. You're not gonna pay attention to this anyway because I'm not a yes-man paid to praise your bullshit.

In other news, my laptop is currently in the shop again. =__= I decided to put up with it last month so I could keep drawing for Inktober, but now I'm fed up with all the problems it's given me this past year. This time, it should be declared a lemon and refunded, so I can get a new one and start drawing again, so till then I'm stuck without a reliable device to draw with. :b

I also attempted to start writing Red Divide for NaNoWriMo, but as November is half over and I've barely written three pages, I doubt I'm gonna make a whole lot of progress.

Happy Halloween errybody!

Hard to believe after going the better part of a whole year without drawing anything I'd be able to churn out new pics for 31 straight days, but I DID IT I'm very proud of how these turned out, and I'd like to color a few here and there in the near future. Let's hope I can keep up some of this productivity into next year XD I also happened to make a list of 31 more X-Men characters I didn't get to this time, in case I decide to revisit this next year. ^__^

Day 5: Mystique Day 6: Wolverine

Day 31: Juggernaut

GUESS WHO'S BACK, BABY

I figured this would be the best way to kick my art block after... eight months, wow :\ ...Anyway, I'm gonna do the best I can to turn out a black-and-white piece every day in this month. And my theme for Inktober is gonna be

Each day I'll be drawing one of my favorite X-Men characters, either in my favorite costume of theirs or a new design based on details I like from different outfits they've worn over the years. So here's the kick off to X-Tober, stay tuned!

Day 1: Magneto Day 2: Phoenix II (Rachel Grey)

Day 3: Toad Day 4: Apocalypse

Day 5: Mystique Day 6: Wolverine

Day 7: Sabretooth Day 8: Meggan

Day 9: Omega Red Day 10: Blob

Day 11: Psylocke Day 12: Legion

Day 13: Archangel Day 14: Wolfsbane

Day 15: Mr. Sinister Day 16: Dust

Day 17: Mojo Day 18: Avalanche

Day 19: The Brood Day 20: Dazzler

Day 21: Longshot Day 22: Rogue

Day 23: Gambit Day 24: Mastermind

Day 25: Jubilee Day26: Gorgeous George

Day 27: X-23 Day 28: Nightcrawler

Day 29: Domino Day 30: Blink

Day 31: Juggernaut

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday today. ^__^

I know I haven't been active. Like, at all. For half a year, given my last journal was about Christmas and my last post was in January. >_> It's been a very up and down time for me, dealing with some depression and losing all desire to pick up my tablet and draw anything. It's something I hope to work through, and I'm grateful to everyone who's stuck with me thus far.