Am I the only one who sees Deviant Art as kind of stressful?

No?

So maybe it's just me...

Deviant art is a site I seem to barely check anymore and whenever I log on, there are just more and more comments and journals and favourites and whatnot (which I'm flattered to get, and enjoy reading and such) and I find myself running away from it cause it's just so overwhelming.

Mostly though, I find myself embarrassed because I am terrible at leaving comments on artwork and replying to comments that I receive. I know I should leave comments, especially thoughtful and helpful ones. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at thinking up things to say so I rarely leave comments (especially when I'm going through the huge amount of lovely deviations that pile up in my inbox). There's so much wonderful art here on DA, but I'm horribly shy...

So that leads to a little bit of fretting and stress.

Lately I've been thinking of Deviant Art as a chore rather than something to have fun with. Another problem recently I've noticed of mine is that I hardly draw anything worth posting anymore. And if I do manage to make something nice, I usually don't finish it. I've got a heap of cruddy doodles and Works in Progress, but nothing worth showing anybody. But that I can work through on my own.

The only problem that I've mentioned that I'm stumped on solving is the writing of comments. Does anyone have any advice on leaving good, helpful comments on people's work, or ways to gradually get better at it?

Banksy
It's summative season at school, and I need to finish designing a chair for art class in only a week and a half! -panicking- But it's worth it because I get to work with more paint and design and whatnot. Plus we have to design our chair with the art of a famous artist, and I chose to do Banksy! If you don't know who that is, he is amazing. Here is his website [link] and he has a book too, Wall and Peace. His art is orgasmic! And very, very clever. I recommend checking it out.

Teapots
Also, I got a piece of art into a gallery. Well, actually it's a museum. My whole art class did a clay unit, making teapots that have to do with genome (genetics)and we have them now displayed in the local Children's Museum. The display is called "Geee in Genome" or something like that. In fact, most of our art department have their works in the show. o u o Great fun.

Printer Paper
o n o We've been out of printer paper for months now at my house and I really miss it. I don't know why, but I love it for making comics (which is something that I really really want to do at this very moment) and I can't stand using my sketchbook paper for them. No idea why... at all. OTL And I don't mind making comics digitally, but it's not the same as paper! Pencil on paper feels so smooth and lovely, and it looks so cozy, too. = u = I miss it dearly.

Does anyone else love printer paper, or is it just me? XD

I've missed DA so muuuch!!~ >n< Forgive me for not being around time after time! But I got carried away with school (has dug herself into a very busy, but enjoyable, hole) and whenever I came on to answer messages and check out deviations and journals I got overwhelmed and went "okay, I'll just answer them all later."

But yeah, forget all that crap spewing I was doing a month ago about having a bad time. I'm having sooo much fun! I've met so many people too, and I love them all! -huggles everyone- Gosh I have so many stories to tell... I think my favourite one is when Mac grabbed Alex's face on the bus because he couldn't find anything to hold onto. XD Silly stuff, silly stuff. -wipes away a tear- Anywho, I've already filled up a sketchbook and have been meaning to work on some pictures >_< I have, I really have! I'll upload them soon! >u< I'm also going to go through all my messages and all of my friendzies deviations because I've been neglecting you sweetbeans. -hugs your legs-

Oh yeah, go see "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"!!! Do it! XD I loved the book and I love the movie just as much!

Todays my birthday! X3 yay!

It was so lovely. A little too hot (31 degrees celcius!!!), but other than that a really good one. I went to see my grandparents and we ate steak and homemade chocolate cake that was just to die for. And then I found out that my dad ordered me a laptop!!! Boy, I did not expect thaaat! but I can't wait! It's gonna be here tomorrow! -glee!-

XD And now that I'm 14, I can officially be excited over high school! Gonna be sooooo fun!

And to top off my excellent weekend, yesterday on Saturday, I went to ~Jellin's birthday party. :3 I had such a blast. XD Thank goodness she had air conditioning.



What a wonderful world!

I found this and felt that it had to be shared.

Homophobia and You: They're people too! Stop the hate and spread the love!

-I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
-I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a woman.
-I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
-We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
-I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
-I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
-I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
-I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
-We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
-I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
-I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
-I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
-I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
-I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
-I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
-I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was .
-I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I did not have to always deal with society hating me.
-I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
-I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
-I am the person who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.
Re-post this if you believe homophobia is wrong. Please do your part to end it.