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midnight21

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hey everyone it's mid. i'm sorry that i had been inactive through the year but after doing a lot of thinking i have decided to retire as an artist due to health issues. in 2018 i suffered a stroke and the right side of my body was really numb. i got most of the feeling back but my hand still wobbles too much when i draw which has become a problem for me. rather than leave deviantart altogether, i decided to leave my art up for anyone who still wants to see my work. from now on i'll be the occasional lurker just like how i got started here on DA.


thank you for stopping by, leaving comments and the feedback you left behind. or simply liking my work. it is very much appreciated and i won't forget you! I wish you all the best ❤️


sincerely,

🐭 midnight

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1- How long have you been on DeviantArt?
I joined in July 2003 so that would have been 12 years.

2- What does your username mean?
Midnight was the first BMFM OC character I created so I used her name to create this account. However, since the name had been already taken, I put 21 after it because that's how old I was when I first joined DA.

3- Describe yourself in three words.
Empathetic. Survivor. Resilient.

4- Are you left or right handed?
Right handed

5- What was your first deviation?
Charley Davidson by midnight21  I think this might be my first bmfm deviation... the rest of them were badly drawn dragonball Z characters that don't pertain to me anymore.

6- What is your favourite type of art to create?
Anthro art, preferably from the BMFM series. Though any type of anthro would do just as long as it's not a reptile.

7- If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?
Realism. I have decent anatomy skills but my coloring can use a lot of work.

8- What was your first favourite?
Throttle posing for Morning02 by blackstorm I think it's this one by :iconblackstorm:. I just grabbed the first one i saw from my favorites page.

9- What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?
Fan art

10- Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?
Hard to say... probably :iconbriannacherrygarcia: :iconherisheft: :iconty-chou: :iconunconventionalsenshi: :iconartaith-21: :iconhumon:  and :icontc-96:. There's many more I should list, but I better stop here. 

11- If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?
I wish I could meet all my old and newer DA friends in person... at least once.

12- How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?
I met so many wonderful deviants here and they have all impacted my life in a special way, especially through some of the most difficult times in my life. Thank you so much for your love and support. I am forever grateful :hug:

13- What are your preferred tools to create art?
Mechanical pencils, fine inking pens, paint shop pro 7 and photoshop cs6.

14- What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?
I spend long hours at my living room desk working on drawings from late at night to early morning hours. My living room is quiet and so are my neighbors so that kind of works for me.

15- What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?
I always appreciated it whenever I get the opportunity to work on collaborations and trades. I'm especially thankful for the gift art I received as well. I still cherish them. Speaking of which, I owe a few people some gift arts... Maybe I'll attempt one next week and see how it goes.
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just as I had predicted, deviantART has made a change and many deviants are furious about it.

I'm pretty open to change since change brings growth to communities, but I admit, I was slightly put off by this at first. My main complaint is that these changes came with little or no warning, which is probably the main reason why so many people had reacted so negatively to begin with. I'm fine with the colors, even though orange isn't my favorite color to say the least. I'm fine with the term "core" since we members make up the very core of deviantART and without us contributing to the community then the site wouldn't be where it is today. Then there's the larger complaint, the price increase. I understand why people are upset about it but really the prices haven't gone up that much. I guess they did it to cover the rising server costs due to inflation, which is completely understandable. Look at the difference 10 years made on these common items.

DeviantART has become a huge business, just like many others. They have offices, headquarters, massive servers, and staff members. I don't know if every staff member gets paid or not, but they still need to cover the costs of their business like I mentioned before. If they can't make money somehow, then we don't have a website to display our art. Any artist, especially the ones who don't have the knowledge to build and code websites would know this so deviantART still has value to its members, change or no change.

As always, deviantART accounts are free and always will be free, just like facebook. There's no invite code like on deadjournal or some other required method of entry. You can upload whatever the site allows with the exception of extremely violent and pornographic images. There is no limits on bandwith. You get 2gb of stash where you can store or hide your deviations. you get free access to prints where you can earn money that way and it doesn't cost you a penny. you can even customize your page to an extent and many art sites don't allow that. You can also use deviantART's stamps in your biography section like I have in my front page.   And you also have access to chat rooms and forums where you can meet other deviants and communicate with them.


Yes, paid membership does come with better perks in the customizing department, which can help you sell your art better, but free accounts are still completely usable and I've been using the free accounts for the past... 10 years or so.  And if you use DA as a  large source of your income, is it really that bad to pay a few dollars extra to help support a service? If not then there's still many other options like Weasyl. I have an account there too. I love the features in that community like the blocking feature and the ability to make your work friends only but for some reason I don't use that community like I should and still prefer deviantART. It's what I've known for the past 12 years and met so many wonderful people on here so it will take more than a few changes to make me leave.


Of course, no community is perfect and there's always someone complaining about something. For me, DeviantART is fine for the most part but my only complaint is that they need to improve their blocking system and make it more like facebook, especially when deviantART is becoming more like facebook anyway. On facebook, neither party can see what they post, which means there's no drama, abuse or harassment. On deviantART, a blocked person may not be able to comment on anything in your profile or send you private messages, but they can still stalk you (which is illegal) and see everything you post and use it against you in their journals, which causes humiliating journal wars and painful smear campaigns that can ruin your life, your health, your friendships and your reputation. You can ignore the stalking and abuse all you want but the abuser usually doesn't know when to quit and will keep provoking you until you finally snap. Once you do, the abuser will use that against you and suddenly you're the bad guy. Worse yet,the abuser will make fake apologies and promises to you, only to betray you and use you again and again. They will lie about it to others then  eventually accuse you of character theft or other things they've done to you when they know damn well that you created the character. You desperately want to tell your side of the story as well as the truth to others, but you're expected to stay silent and act as though nothing is wrong. If you do speak up, then you'll get yelled at in their journals, putting you through even more drama and smear campaigns. In the end, you feel devastated, like you're numb and broken. You lost your credibility as an artist because of the drama you were subjected to against your will. You lost several friendships and you end up feeling alone. You don't know who you are as a person anymore after the abuser tried to change you to become a mirror image or twin of themselves and you have nothing left to call your own anymore. It can take up to five years or more for the victim to heal mentally, emotionally and physically, but even if you do heal, you'll never be the same again. I know how victims feel and I understand their pain because I've been a victim too, dealing with this ongoing problem since 2009.  This is why stalking, harassment and defamation need to be addressed appropriately, rather than ignored.  I know that deviantART will have a hard time recoding the system from the ground up,  but I really hope that this is something that they will consider in the future for the sake of every deviant who wants freedom, privacy and peace.

Regardless of my complaint, deviantART is still my home and I am  here to stay. I'll be looking forward to the growth and changes this community will have in the near future...
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Draw this again

With a little bit of help, I finally got around to doing this meme. Feel free to check it out =)
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As a chapter of my life comes to a close after being here for 12 years, a new one begins as I continue to make a full recovery of my art. I think my art skills are back to where it should be and I'm working on a new drawing of Luna Speckman as we speak. She is in scraps right now but I spent the past night shading this piece so it should be done in a few days. I've also been working on character redevelopment as well, undoing the damage godmodding had done to my characters in RPGs. I have a couple profiles made already but I still have a long way to go before I make a full recovery with that too. Regardless, maybe this whole thing could be a blessing in disguise. I am free to express myself through character and genetic development, make my own choices and the changes I need to so that I can finally have characters that actually work for me instead of being forced to use concepts that don't. It's been so nice being able to do things for myself for once without being faced with demands to change it all back or else.... and I have something to call my own again.


It's been a very long journey here on deviantART. I met a lot of people here and made some great friends. It also helped me enrich my art as well and it made me a better artist. Unfortunately, I've had some very bad experiences here too that almost made me leave deviantART, but in the end, it taught me the value of respect for others and myself. It also helped me become a better person.  For me, this community is all about growth and change and I've learned to embrace it instead of always trying to fight it.  With that said, I'll be looking forward to the growth and changes made to this community in the future and I intend to stay for as long as this site remains online.

Thank you for your love and support through all these years. I appreciate it and it means a lot to me.

Thank you.

Link to new drawing! <da:thumb id="548899671"/>
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