azul-j:
āThe Queenās Furyā
I normally donāt post finished art here unless itās canon fan art, but WeirdHyenas has been such a huge influence to me since before I started the Skylanders Dragons project. I had followed her blog for a little while but never really read into it. A couple months ago I decided to go all the way to the beginning and read her blog from there. Doing that alone had reawakened my love for Skylanders as it had died down since I went on my trip to England to visit my fiance. Not only that but her character development and the creation of the Kuros and their history inspired me to work on my own universe with my dragons like I should have done so long ago. They had just been sitting there with character bios and not being fleshed out at all. Now Iām doodling them more often and building up their personalities and itās a lot of fun! Along with a few other artists Weird has had a huge influence on my art, though not shown through my art visually but the meaning behind it, the drive to continue to do what I do.
It was her work that inspired me to do the Skylander Dragon project, and to be honest I shouldnāt have let the comments on DA get to me so bad. What with my history with my family and deviantart Iām very easily discouraged if I receive comments like those. It makes it so hard for me to keep drawing the subjects I enjoy drawing. Iāll be happy to say I wonāt let it stop me anymore, even if I donāt really feel like drawing much Skylander stuff at the moment, you can bet your butts Iāll do it again.
so hereās a little something that I hope youāll like ;u;. I tried to keep it with the Skylander style I was doing for the t-shirts and I hope you like it! Keep on being awesome!
Big shout out to the lovely deviant artists who had my back, especially A7X-Sparx and WeirdHyenas.
OOC : *incoherent screeching noises*
OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THIS PRETTINESS! FEUR LOOKS SO MAEEEEED ;U; Oh the noises I just made, good thing kurtās listening to his music loud because I made some borderline demonic noises of glee. Omg, this is just so beautiful, I have a new background for my phone!
The comments, too, I feel you hon. I grew up with a mother who liked to tell people I drew ponies and kittens (literally) while Iād actually be drawing dragon like wolves fighting and taring each otherās throats out. She, to this day, will beĀ āso proudā of the art I do, yet still tell me that sheĀ āwished I got a real job and kept art as a hobbyā. This woman made me so self concious, poking fun at me to be more aware of what other people saw me and how I came off. Appearance was important to her, physically and personality wise, and welp that made me so scared of people and what they think of me. If it wasnāt for my husband, Kurt, his badass-Iāll-kick-your-teeth-in-if-you-talk-down-about-how-different-we-are irish family, and my amazing friends Iāve met online… Iād be living in constant fear underneath my desk. Itās because of everyone Iāve tried to beat my anxieties, even though Iām still very introverted and struggle with said anxieties.
I was doing the same thing, even though I thought I had beaten that part of me that was afraid to draw what I wanted to draw. I drew Skylanders despite the LoS toxicity towards it, a toxicity that I wonāt lie I was a part of for a time, and thought I was strong for doing so. And yet… I let the fandom make me discouraged to draw anything LoS related or FD related. I was still letting them control how I felt, and I too feel shame for it. But at the same time, Iām so very happy to hear Azul that you arenāt letting them get to you anymore! I love your work no matter what you draw, itās utterly beautiful, and I canāt wait to see more, and holy SHIT I feel so freakn honored you went through all that hard work to read the blog, AND draw fanart. I just… fuuuuuuuuuuUUUUH THE FEELS MAN, THE FEELS ;U;
Thank you, hon. Thank you so very, very much.I really cant wait to see more of your purdy purdy artsies ;u; Funny, how you would post this today, when I just so happened to have gotten a thing in the mail >u>
~Weird Hyenas