Hello cats and kittens,

It's time for a change. My life's been on a pretty steady plateau of gray and depression lately, and so I'm taking this opportunity to make as many changes as I can to help improve myself, be them small or big. One said change I've decided is to take my art in a new direction.

I'm not going to change mediums or anything extraordinarily radical (my fragile little heart can't take too much!). But I know I'm not the only one who has noticed the downhill spiral dark art on DA has been on in the last several months. I've been silent on the issue, just quietly protesting by being pickier about my comments/favs/watches, but it's getting to the point where artists I greatly admired and respected are basically regurgitating each other's works or elements, and it's incredibly depressing. As a whole, I know I have avoided a great many of the clichés that dark art has fallen victim to, but to prevent what I feel is creative laziness in all of us due to A) attention over purpose and B) convienence of materials for said clichés, I've decided to make changes with how I view myself and my art, and thereby how my art will look when it's finished. I may not be one of the "art mirrors" we all are aware of, but I choose to stop that crazy train before I even get close to thinking about considering it. I'll never copy someone's art, but giving into convienence of materials is an evil all its own, also.

The changes may be so subtle, you may not even notice; who knows. I have a strong "genre" definiton in my head, as it were, but I choose not to share it at this point in time; waiting till I get at least one piece done. This decision I'm making, however, will definitely effect the timely manner in which I can complete a piece. My submissions for the next little while, at least until I get my bearings, are going to be a lot less and farther between. This is an unfortunate sacrifice I have to make to do these changes justice, but one I feel will be worth it in the end.

Some of you guys may not like the changes I make; I know a great many DA lurkers and artists are completely comfortable in the niches and clichés we have created, and that's okay; I understand the human attraction to comfort just fine. But I hope some of you will find the direction I'm going refreshing. And I assure you, the darkness of my work isn't going anywhere. I may even, as a 'break', return to some of my old stylings and comfort zones in between. I definitely don't consider this any sort of permanent goodbye to the identity I've created; just an add-on.

I have my first "new" work planned; I hope to have it up within a few weeks. And I hope you guys are still around when I do. Thanks again for all your support, you guys are tremendous and I love each and every one of you.

Stay creative. Regurgitation is bad, mmkay?


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