Getting Back to It
Hey all,
If you didn't read my last journal, I took an emotional hiatus for the past few months so that I may grieve the loss of my best feathery friend, Princess. She was 18 years old, beautiful and full of life, but she lost her battle to cancer in December, and my heart has been aching since.
However, I don't think she'd want me to be sad too long, and would want me to keep my chin up. So I'm gonna' take it a step at a time, for her sake.
I wanted to draw something in her honor, but I don't think I'm quite ready yet, so I drew a little Sans doodle to get back into the swing of things.
1. First and foremost, I'm going to work towards getting back into drawing and posting regularly. Sans will be back, don't you worry! I missed the Fire Emblem train, but it's still one of my favorite games, so I'm definitely gonna' draw some good 'ol husbandos and waifus. There is more to come, but I'll leave that for as it comes around.
2. Posts might still be spread out for a while as I figure out my living situation. As it stands, my computer (which I use to make my art) is at home with my mom, but I stay with my boyfriend in the city during the weekdays for an easier work commute. Which means I only have access to it on weekends. Not great for productivity. The plan is that I'll be moving my stuff over to his place in the next few weeks, which would be amazing!
I still have some other ideas floating about, but I'll bring it up when it's a little more solid.
In the meantime, thanks so much for your guys' patience and support. It means so much to me, and it helped me a lot!
Keep on smiling and have a great day! <3
-Nicole
Loss
Hey all,
I want to apologize for such a long absence on here, and all my social media, especially when I last said I was ready to jump back into making art.
My best friend, my beautiful baby bird, my life's treasure and most important thing in my life for 18 years, has sadly passed away a few weeks ago. Her name was Princess, and I love her more than anything. I've had her since I was about 8, so losing her is probably the hardest thing I've ever had to face in my life.
The month before that was a slow but steady decline, vet visit to vet visit... but it finally came to a point where we knew it was time to say goodbye...
I will come back when I'm ready... In the meantime, I thank you for your patience and understanding as I go through this dark time.
Finally getting settled in!
Firstly, I apologize for being MIA for so long! Moving is a PAIN. I CANNOT wait to get back to drawing. It might a little bit before I post anything, but I at least now have the means to work towards it! So stay tuned for that! Spoiler alert: it will be mostly Fire Emblem and Undertale.
I'm back in NY, which means I'm gonna be freelancing again. I start work tomorrow and from there on I will see how things how, but I want to keep up my dA and tumblr pages up to date because I really enjoy doing this on the side. I'm thinking of opening a twitter page as well. Maybe instagram? I don't wanna juggle too many pages either. We will see!
Lastly, this isn't really an update so much as it is me thinking out loud - I'm thinking of switching to DeviantArt Eclipse. Figures that after I spent countless hours decorating my damn page, they decide to go ahead and start redoing the whole website. XD My stamps! NO!!!!
So yeah, that's the most important stuff. If I missed anything else I'll let you guys know in a status update. I'm also gonna' be going through all the comments I missed being offline. I have so many messages. @_@
Thanks for sticking around!!
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Moving Back Home!
My boyfriend and I are moving back home to New York, so there's gonna' be a bit of a slow down in how often I post stuff on here. I'll still be posting stuff, just not as much as before. Granted, I also had a lot of stuff on the back burner that I never posted before that I was able to just dish out like candy, haha!
I think I've got a few more old sketches buried in my files somewhere that I can throw out there every now and then, just so there's not TOO much of a gap if I can help it.
Anyhoo, I just wanted to keep you guys in the loop! We've got a lot of things to pack, and it's gonna' be taking up a lot of my time for the next few weeks. And then after that, we're gonna' be settling in at our parents' house before moving AGAIN to our new place... yeah, it's not gonna be fun living out of boxes for the next few months. DX
Right then! Have a lovely day! Peace!