KittyLydiCatCat

Hi guys! Hope you're doing well!

And I hope you've had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Sorry I didn't make this post yesterday. The day started with a loud thunderstorm yesterday, and I was on edge for the rest of the day.

Anyhowy-who, I'd like to say that I hope you guys had a good year, but...anyone else think that this was an on and off year? <8D;; I feel that it was that way for me, not just worldwide, but personally as well. But there were some good moments that I'm happy and thankful for. <83

I don't have any goals for 2023. Although art-wise, I'd like to try doing more original art again and maybe post more on my Youtube channel again (since my last video was in 2018. <8D;; ) This is still up in the air though, it might change.

That being said though, here's the thing.

I may not post my art on DA until further notice, sorry.

So you guys know that I've disliked Eclipse forced on us since day one, and I still don't like it. I've been slow to post things due to not feeling the DA joy that much anymore. But the thing that got me is the AI art thing. I get that DA has changed the settings to prevent our art to be used by third parties that use AI, but the last time I posted, the tick box for it mentioned that it wasn't 100% guaranteed to protect our art. And I just don't feel comfortable knowing that.

I want to be 120% assured that my art isn't being stolen by AI art- maybe even 200% assured. And unless DA can thoroughly protect their users' art, I don't feel at ease posting my art here anymore. So until then, no new posts from me on here for a while.

I won't be deactivating or completely gone though, I'll still come in to check my messages and fave pieces and whatnot. I might still posts Journal entries and/or status updates from time to time.

If you'd still like to see my art, you can find me on Instagram. <83 I'm also on Artfol, but I haven't posted much on there yet. I'm waiting for the multi-image post update. <83

But thank you to everyone that enjoyed my art and my small presense. <83

I really hope DA gets better one day so that I can feel happy and secure to post my art again. But until then, you guys take care and stay safe. <8)

Hi guys! Hope you're doing well!

And I hope you've had a lovely Christmas!

Hopefully you had a good year, or at least a better year than last year. <83

I think for me it was an up and down year, but I think it was better than the previous. <8D;;

Or at least it had some 'Meh' times for me. <83

Obviously because of the pandemic. Even after getting my vaccines and boosters, I'm still nervous about going outside, but not as much as previously. <83

Thinking back, apart from drawing, I think the most that I've done is watch more anime this year, the series being:

2.43 Seiin Highschool Boys Volleyball Team (Also been reading the light novels.)

Horimiya

Jujutsu Kaisen

Fruits Basket Final Season (Beautiful, but it cut out a lot of manga content this season. T^T)

My Roommate Is A Cat

Bungō Stray Dogs

Belle/ The Dragon & The Freckled Princess (Anime film, but still. )

Blue Period (Also been reading the manga.)

Komi Can't Communicate

Demon Slayer/Kimetsu No Yaiba Season 2

I've also been playing some video games that came out this year like New Pokémon Snap,

Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, Ori: The Collection, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (which honestly, I have to admit, are the most disappointing out of all the Pokémon remakes) and the DLCs for New Pokémon Snap and Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity.

But I think the biggest highlight of the year was getting a kitten.

We believe she's a Rusian Blue X Siberian mix and we named her Mishka.

Currently, she's about seven moths old.

I have to say, raising a kitten is hard. XD;;

When we adopted Pheobe, we didn't know her exact age (I'm guessing she was about nine months at the youngest or at least a year old at the oldest), so having a seven-eight week old kitten at the time was an experience.

She's calmed down a bit now since then, either because of it getting colder recently or because we got her spayed (or both). Still, I'm doing my best to be a good cat mum. <83

My hopes for this year? I just hope for a better year that's kinder, healthier and happier. <83

And hopefully I can feel more art motivation and make more art. <83

And I hope you all have a better, healthier and kinder year too.

Stay safe and healthy guys.

Hey guys! Hope you’re all doing well!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

Usually, I’d say the same about the respective year, but let’s be honest- 2020 was an awful year. BD;;

Obviously, the pandemic was a major factor in that, but also the Australian bushfires, the police violence, the politics (although, I’m not really up to date with those, so maybe I shouldn’t include that). And depending on how you feel about it- DA Eclipse. BD;;

Don’t know the right way of explaining how the year went for me, but I’ll try my best.

Warning! Moaning incoming. <8D;;

Some of you might know from my last Journal post that the last 2-3 months of 2019 were difficult for my family and I regarding my sister’s mental illnesses. Lots of walking on eggshells. And then lockdown happened because of the pandemic.

For me personally, staying inside wasn’t a big deal for me because I’m introverted and prefer staying indoors anyway, but it was the cause of the lockdown that scared me. I was scared of planning on the long term and practically refused to go outside unless it was our garden.

And we still had my sister to worry about, who still wanted to live in Manchester despite her troubles there before. But she seems happier in the custom house that my parents redecorated and refurbished in October-November.

Then came Eclipse; maybe I’m making it a bigger deal than it should be, but during the concerns about my sister and the pandemic going on, DA was an escape for me until then.

I did try to give Eclipse a chance before it took over, but I just couldn’t get my head around it and a lot of my favourite or most used emotes and plz accounts after it took over completely.

(Also, what the heck is going on with the commission thing now? Can you only take commissions if you’re a Core member now? Unfair much?? Is it the same with point commissions? :I )

I think the worst thing was how many of my friends left because of it and I’ve somewhat left because of it as well. I still post when I can, but I feel like Eclipse has somehow leeched out a lot of my motivation.

I’ve mostly moved to Instagram which isn’t bad, but not a great replacement I don’t think, because of the image cropping, algorithms and the 'follow for follow' mentality I seemed to get here and there. And I’m not even gonna start on the comment section of fandoms. =_=;

Despite that, I’ve been hearing about this new app called Artfol which sounds promising. But I sort of want to wait until it passes the beta stage before I try to join. I also sort of hope for a desktop version, but if not, then that’s okay too.

I've been feeling rather depressed after Boxing Day, half of it was because of feeling insecure as an artist again, others was from real life concerns. But today I feel I'm slowly feeling better. <8)

However, there were some good things to come out of it. I’ve been having online video chat appointment with an autism support worker who’s been giving me advice and answers my questions of anything autism related. <83 And I’m really grateful to my parents for being understanding and accepting me not wanting to leave the house. And to my friends that I can still talk to and confide in, whether it’s DA, FB or Instagram.

I do somewhat feel that the year slowly got better near the end, now that we have the vaccines rolling out. But I'm still gonna be cautious to be on the safe side. <8)

I really hope that this year will be better, or at least kinder to all of us. <8)

Anyhowy-who, hope you all have a better, kinder year too.

Stay safe and healthy guys.