Arcius's posts

@MimikyuToo: sai's compatibility is absolutely beautiful, tbh.
I loved how simple it was, tbh!

clip is a bit more towards like comic related stuff, although has a whole slew of wonderful features also included that ive yet to play with!
it's been around for a good hot bit now

another program worth looking at is Krita as well!
i adored the ever loving out of krita!

@MimikyuToo: Yeah.. wee bit of a pain on that front, although i think most of the issues i had have been since resolved? or i hope anyway xD

Sai is an awesome program! it's been a while since I've used it, but it is awesome!
I've been using a mix of photoshop and clipstudio when i do make things!

@MimikyuToo: I've been running with a brand called XP Pen for a few years now, the customer service department isn't my most favourite, but their It department is phenomenal omgomg
price wise, I'm a big fan, and product quality is absolutely wonderful as well! biggest draw-back i have is in terms of the software, when i first started running with XP Pen, there was a metric boatload of stuff i had to disable in the windows registry to make things function properly due to the fact that windows 10 is suuuuper fussy with software that is more or less "3rd party" or not issued by Microsoft. it's reallly stupid ackk
but, XP Pen is my brand! I'm overall really happy with it ; u;

(Although, photoshop also isn't a big fan of xp pen from what ive noticed, but it functions beautifully with any other program I've used!)

@Qiqi Agatha: this is true! c:

@Totalanimefan: I do recall being on for a handful of older events, it's been a while since I've hoped on and pushed to get event items though oof
I gotta get caught up on those things ; u;

@MimikyuToo: i honestly had a lot going on and not enough time to make anything orz
almost constant burnout state, it's fun ;u;
I've at least been able to upgrade from a standard drawing tablet to one of the big digital screen ones, but it's taken me a hot minute to get adjusted to it to say the least xD


@Totalanimefan: i loved the fact that it was easier to connect with people from all around, it's not as easy on standard social media nowadays imo
they've become ultra sketchy places x.x

@Totalanimefan: lol i have no social live just about
so with working that much, i very rarely had time to breath let alone function.
it's so weird not working that much now?? because i got incredibly used to it xD

also, 40 hours a week or more does absolutely suuuuuck omg, don't be sorry one single bit! <3

also, i do remember how popular they once were, not that far back, but, i still remember some of the golden years omgg

@MimikyuToo: not a problem!
and thank you! it's been a bit since I've done any creating, kills me that I've still got fan art of tifa just chillin, waiting to be finished c':

@MimikyuToo: you absolutely can! I don't remember if my username is still arcius on deviant art, but! linky
absolutely wouldn't be weird at all to lurk! c:

@Totalanimefan: i was working about 6 days a week, which were usually 12 day stretches with minimal to no sick days :s
it was absolutely gruesome truth be told. i think I'm down to about 25-35ish hours a week, which is a really nice change to working the 50ish hours a week i was working! i think for a good month or so, i was working about 70ish hours? it was painful, but it was between 3 jobs basically

i do wish avatar forums were more popular, absolutely ;u;

@Totalanimefan: i don't know if it's a hiatus persay, mostly cause i do a lot of drifting normally anyway when it comes to forums, but i think the last time i was actually like actively posting here was 3 years ago? most of my focus was on caedon was i was still artist admin, then that shifted over to pantheon until life kinda hit the fan for me, then i've been drowning in work the last like.. close to 2 years now lol

just recently started a new job that has a lot less for hours across the board, it's nice having a break omg

@MimikyuToo: i know there's been a couple times where i would restart my forum adventures almost entirely in the market place or art boards xD
but i feel it though
it's difficult to figure out where the heck to start when you''ve fallen out of the game orz

@Totalanimefan: thank you! it's been a bit since ive seen you around! I hope you've been doing okay!

@niceknuckles: wysp is a good one for that!
There's a whole slew of art/artist based websites though, it honestly makes me so happy seeing that realm expand omggg

I always found though, that when i was active on forums, it definitely kept me a bit more inspired.

@Spider: I was more of a devious lil bean on gaia in my youth, admittedly xD

but i remember pulling all nighters to lurk the/chat on the forums, both on gaia and a handful of other places. nostalgia is strong, oof

i agree though, the death of flash definitely didn't help any at all, along with it becoming a money grab across the board x.x

@Spider: ive definitely seen the general decrease in traffic on forums the last few years, to say the very least, they have no where near the same traction that they used, and it breaks my heart.
it was such a massive part of my childhood omg

on top of that, i miss having time to dedicate to making pixels and art ack

@niceknuckles: im admittedly hoping i can become maybe even somewhat active here regardless of aspect.
hoping really, that it kinda sparks my creativity again, yaknow? i feel dry in that aspect x.x

@niceknuckles: I dont know how many times ive lurked gaia since my young years ; u;
its no longer the sameee

@Justice: same here, tbh
same here ; u;
i wish i had been more active with creating in the long run, but maaaaan, life kicked my ass something fierce.

now i have no idea where to go in the forum realm aaaaaaaa

I kinda fell off the map from everything in the last like year, my goodness.

(work took over my life the last close to 2 years, and with Pantheon closing, I've fallen off the forum map near entirely, oof. Long story short, I miss being on forums intensily ; n; )

as one of the tenured artists for Pantheon, although not active a huge amount the last few months because life is chaos, it kills me to see Pantheon go :'c