~SilverFangAranX

Hey everyone. I’ve been gone for a while! I’ve missed you. Despite browsing FA daily I've hardly posted here, or on my DA.

I’ve been absent for a while, and I apologize to anyone who was upset at my abrupt disappearance. I’m not sure if I will ever be super active, but I know I cannot and will not stop being an artist. Some of my absence has been in part of Deviantart Eclipse being such a shitshow to navigate and even receive notifications for any ARPGs. The emergence of AI art and various instances of art and character theft that I’ve had to deal with have made me take a step back as well. I am now going to be taking measures to protect my works (nightshade, glazing), and all future works. So many artists I’ve looked up to since the beginning of my art journey have been calling it quits, and it’s been discouraging to say the least.

Where are y’all congregating now for art, by the way? Bluesky? I know Cara was/is a thing? FA was down and DA is a minefield (both of which are the only 'art sites' I'm on currently.

Secondly, I had a falling out with a close friend who was also an artist in the same space. I looked up to them and spent a lot of time trying to be ‘worthy’ of their friendship. The experience left me heavily traumatized and disconnected me from my love of art and my characters for an embarrassingly long period of time. It made it almost impossible to channel a creative spirit. I still struggle with it, but I’ve taken avenues to care for myself and get the help I needed. My relationship with my characters and art is different now, but life will do that right?

Speaking of life, I’ve been pursuing other things as well! I’ve started streaming/recording games, art, and scale model building for over a year now. I legit have no idea why I never advertised or posted here v.v
I am in scale model groups that are super supportive, and the newfound energy has been really inspiring! I don't have as much time to dedicate as I’d like, but I do hope that ironing things out in the back end will provide more leeway soon.

I just wanna say thank y’all for the support over the years and I will be working on updating old, more ‘sampled’ illustrations with nightshade/glazed versions. And then I will be uploading some more recent works over the coming weeks.

I also have commissions open, and links to other social media/youtube/twitch are on my website! Check them out if you’d like <3
www.silverfang053.weebly.com