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Akiba was the first artist I stalked watched here on Gaia. Not only did she make huge strides in improvement in the time I knew her, she was also really quick in filling orders, faster than most other artists I've come across. I used to credit that to the fact she had a tablet, but even after I got a tablet, I haven't been any faster really emotion_facepalm I don't think she's been active on deviantART either. I haven't really checked recently, but it seemed she dropped from there around the same time she dropped Gaia. I like to think she's still doing art, though, and would completely blow our minds with her level of skill now.

I had something like that happen to me early on in my days of digital art emotion_facepalm It's made me hyper aware of remembering to save I think. Getting up to get a drink? Save. Going to take a leak? Save. Switching out music? ********' save. I don't so much as switch to another window without saving first, even if it's just to reply to someone on skype. Ctrl s is about as much of a staple as ctrl z now.

Looked over the avatars and one definitely sticks out to me. If I don't punch my computer for being so goddamn loud and annoying, I might actually start on it tonight. Glad I at least don't still have the same anger issues I had a couple years back. Not sure I would have even been able to handle being on this computer at all with how thin my patience was.

It's cute! cat_xd You chose the avatar that I'm working on a picture for now.

I don't think it sounds that bad to get the freebies done on the old computer. I think it makes sense. I at least don't expect as much quality from a freebie as from a paid piece.

References and details. I wouldn't mind drawing your current avatar though if that's fine with you.

I'm fine if you're fine with this avatar. Pretty proud of it due to having it equipped since the legs first appeared. Hhmmm, details..... Aside from my usual pissed expression and cigar, I can't think of anything. You can reference the piece in my sig for skin tone and hairstyle, but I think that's about it. You can do whatever you want stance wise and the knife is optional, since I only wanted the arm mod not the weapon.

*feels a frosty glare* ......You know you want more art of me emotion_dealwithit

Card came in today and I just popped it in a few moments ago. And let me tell you, it feels soooo... ********... good... to be back on this computer. Quiet as hell too. I tend to not noticed just how much background noise stresses me out until it's not there anymore. Hell, when I lived in MD, I didn't even notice there was so much background noise until I came back to CO, but that didn't stop it from interfering with my sleep.

Anyhow, will probably spend most of today reveling in having a computer that works, then tomorrow it's back to work on Icy's piece. On a side note, since I felt like arting yesterday but had no patience for drawing, I took to writing a wall of text in my Gaia journal about the psychological significance of my characters. TL;DR version: Taus needs to ******** everyone. The end.

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Clearly fell out of art mode. I have made some progress, but not much. I think what I'm going to do is try to push myself back in by doing some sketches or something. Feeling like I shouldn't do art if it isn't finishing Icy's piece {even though I damn well know she doesn't mind the wait. My brain is just being weird} is probably contributing to the slump, so in theory, I just need to get some other ideas that I've had floating around in my head out and I'll be more motivated to pick Icy's piece back up where I left off. I mean, I could also just suck it up and plow through it, but I'd feel like a d**k for half-assing the rest of it. And I know Icy's told me herself before that she'd rather have something that I actually wanted to work on.

Damn... just typing that out is starting to make me want to work on it... too bad I already made plans to help someone with questing tonight gonk