All… three to four of you.
I’m honestly considering handing over all my shops to someone else or just closing them up. I’m not talking about leaving gaia, quitting as a guest/item artist anywhere, or leaving any plots in the dirt but I think that at this point I should really stop trying to ignore the obvious- people hate my guts.
I enjoy doing templates, I love throwing out ideas and making people happy. I love encouraging rp in new environments and I like hiring people to play around with the artwork but no matter where I go, who I pair up with, how much I improve art-wise, or how much thought and energy I put into something it always ends up with me being flamed to hell and back for a disagreement in political issues and my friends getting blasted for even knowing me. This week was…. so nice. For an entire week I was completely unplugged. I was surrounded by people who didn’t completely agree with me on the very topics that have me harassed on a daily basis but could respect and love me regardless. People that understood that disagreement does not equate to hate. People that treated other people like fellow human beings.
It’s honestly not worth the stress. I hate watching my friends get hauled into the dirt with me because through association, they must also be ‘bigoted’. It’s not fair to anyone.
So… if anyone wants my shops I’ll be more than happy to complete what sets are out there and hand over full ownership. All I ask is that my rules be respected. Just rub my name off the front page and see if that helps anything. I think MoH was just too big from the get-go with too much thought into it and my name on the artwork was just the final nail in the coffin. SoO I can finish up and it did fairly well back in the day. Firebringer will never see completion since I commissioned those lines so I can hand them over to HoP for familiars ortryto do a few more stages if anyone wants that shop. Bottom line is, I don’t need the stress of being hated, harassed, flamed, trolled, and being made into a cliche for ‘bigotry’ by people who claim that they’re God’s gift to tolerance and love. I don’t like being angry or brought down every day I go online to relax and I can find other things to invest time in that will actually find some appreciation. I know it’s a little emo but I just want to be able to enjoy my art. I want people to enjoy my art for the art itself and not tear it down for the hand that drew it.
Comments, whatever would be appreciated. If not, no worries.