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So life has recently been pushing me to grow exponentially in several directions. I suddenly was handed a full time position teaching grade one and I've got a handful of students who are apt at pushing my buttons with whom I am still learning to manage. Those germ-spreading five-year-olds got me stressed out and sick with a cold for a full month because I take my work so seriously and so it's been one crazy rollercoaster ride physically, mentally and emotionally. I also found the Eros to my Psyche and so between my love life and my teaching life I don't have a lot of spare time for my artist life. If I just get really quiet until summer break rolls around, thanks in advance for understanding. In the meantime, be fearless about reminding me to update Psyche on schedule. Sometimes I will need the reminder now that I've got a big pile of other responsibilities.
Where the f*** is Achiru?!?
Hey DeviantART.
I'm sorry but I'm breaking up with you. It's been a very tough decision for me because I still think very fondly of you and all the experiences we've had together.
I remember the first time I met you. I had followed another artist I admired to this community from an oekaki paint chat board in 2004. I began sharing my original ideas and built a community here. I made lots of friends. I ran a webcomic for several years until I almost killed myself doing it. I had to detach myself from you, from my work and my old identity. I am more than an artist. I am an inspiration.
I tried to keep in touch with you but it's too much. I c
Hey I Just Met You
Hey everyone! Man it's already April~
So lots of stuff happened last month. The book sale ended and I had an art show and sold one painting. In the meantime I'm getting ready launch yet another book starring Mann and Lucky! It is titled "The House Party" and it's 255 pages long.... WHEW THAT WAS SO MUCH WORK.
If you aren't following me on Instagram or on Patreon, that's where all the story snippets have been.
I'm now going to update "Hey I Just Met You" to DeviantART on Mondays and Fridays for this month to get you caught up on their first meeting. Then I will be offering snippets of The House Party in May.
2017 February Reflection
So this past month I've finished fulfilling ALL PREORDERS ON KICKSTARTER which was a giant undertaking:
In the meantime I've gotten my graphic novel into two local independent bookstores and two local comic book shops:
Because I don't have a large publishing company behind me to do a large share of the marketing, independent stores are wary of stocking books that of course, might not sell. So they will generally consign or buy only one or two books and if they sell out, they will be confident in stocking more. I'm glad that I have a strong network to help me sell out those one or two books really fast!
FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY ON KICKSTARTER FOR
HAPPPY BELAATEEDD NEW YEAARRRRRRRR 2017
Hey everyone! I'm going to make a commitment to be more active on DA this year. Which means leaving more comments everywheerree. I mean I love all you here. I really do. I started here so many years ago and it was this community of artists and art appreciators that helped my cast family and stories grow to where they are today. I mean some of you I can still recall all your usernames and the conversations we've spawned . Like Shinerai (https://www.deviantart.com/shinerai) will forever be the designer of Callith the dragon, and Ehme (https://www.deviantart.com/ehme) helped spawn Zy the Watermelon head and Xie the murderer and all the other nicknames for these characters. kiyoshiwithpen (https://www.deviantart.com/kiyoshiwithpen) was the names
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Wow, that's amazing!
You are going to have an incredible immune system teaching those kids. Admittedly, you're going to be incredibly sick first to build up that immunity (you have been) but once you finish a few illness runs, you'll be almost invincible among the general public.
As for finding your Eros - congratulations! I'm sure your partner enjoys your company. And I do mean you and your entourage of characters.
You are going to have an incredible immune system teaching those kids. Admittedly, you're going to be incredibly sick first to build up that immunity (you have been) but once you finish a few illness runs, you'll be almost invincible among the general public.
As for finding your Eros - congratulations! I'm sure your partner enjoys your company. And I do mean you and your entourage of characters.