#and tbh! while there r many alternatives trying to fill the void! none of em hit right for me ):

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i miss deviantart so so so so so fucking bad rn

#oyaspeaky #like . i dont miss the niche drama stuff #but i DO miss being able to generally easily sell designs n comms & the ability to just... Be Around other artists #without having to fucking hunt for them constantly on every new social media i join . #i miss passing around the same $30 between a circle of like 5 artists comming each other... #before it went to shit deviantart was probably the most comfortable ive ever been on a “social media” type site #and tbh! while there r many alternatives trying to fill the void! none of em hit right for me ): #none of the ones ive tried anyway! #it's not worth trying to go back now though bc the site itself scrapes everything posted for ai (unless u opt out. ig) #and theres tons of people just posting ai “adoptables.” with the site's . Built In ai feature. <3 #love that. thanks #being an Artist on Social Media outside of deviantart feels a lot more . like . pressured? #it feels more like even hobbyists get treated as Content Machines and not . like. someone just drawing bc they want to... #idk! im rambling . i just have a lot of thoughts abt it... i miss what deviantart used to be #even though i met some of the worst ppl ive ever met over there. i also met some of the most important ppl in my life #thats just how itd be on any site ever i think......... #the real bottom line here is i have got to get more comfortable posting abt ocs in public i feel like a shaken bottle of soda #<- thats related. i promise . im just very tired and im not gonna explain the mental link . haha byebye #if u read all of this . i give u a BEEG forehead kiss. thank u