Doodlevolts

Wow, I'm already about to begin my sixth year on dA.
Again, I'm typing up my experience on this site; this time, it's more specific. If you're really not that interested, then skip the next five paragraphs and read below the separating line for some of my recent updates.


Year 1: 2012-2013
I was 15 and a half when I first joined at October 9. I started a deviantART account because of these two primary reasons: I wanted to compare/contrast my art with others, and I want to finally show my OCs. It was also the only artist community site I knew back then. I was actually really excited once I became an active member; it was my very first social media site (this place is partly social media). I remember talking with a lot of emoji's, typing up internet slang, making chain mail journals, and starting up incredibly long conversations I talked a lot back then. I made some close friends along the way, which I thought was kind of surprising (there are a lot of interesting people here and there) I managed to make roughly about 5000 comments by the end of my first year. I also became a pageview whore at some point. Despite being very chatty, I kept most of my personal info, anonymous. I've even felt insecure about telling people what program I used to make my art, lol I also had the mindset where I thought my art sucked, and I really regret saying that, seeing as how there are other artists that were still not as experienced as I was. It was a very cynical mistake for my part. I got enough courage to introduce my first five OCs on here, with two supposed-to-be fan OCs. At the same time, I completely lost interest in becoming a Manga Artist. Eventually, I went on my first hiatus during the summer, ending this year.


Year 2: 2013-2014
After coming back to this site, I posted some more art. Instead of commenting, I fave-bombed instead. I also remembered spamming my watchers with tag journals this time. By this point, I was fully convinced that over 80% of the dA community only care about fan-art involving the fandoms they're in (At least it's better than 99.9999999999% *coughs*tumblr*coughs*). To this day, I'm still convinced. I found it quite disappointing, especially since I tried to deny that fact on my first year. In terms of art, I continued to try out some new things, with the attempt of enhancing my own art style. I've made some drawings that I'm still really proud of, even today. I was still in the mood to draw a lot of fan-art during this point. Overall, it was a pretty good year for me I got interested in a game-making software, and I also wanted to manage my 'Daily Routine' comic skits (Named 'Bow, Cap, and Glasses' as of July 2017). Those are pretty much the only reasons why I started my second hiatus.


Year 3: 2014-2015
I came back from my second hiatus, after taking a break from game designing. Like usual, I took photos and continued exploring some other art techniques. This year was my quick turning point from lively to downright jaded. I noticed that my point of view from this site was gradually changing and finally accepted that this place was very screwed up, actually agreeing with some of the highlights from Encyclopedia Dramatica. Despite meeting some new friends, and awesome artists, I took a break pretty quickly after only filling up exactly one page of my gallery. During my third hiatus, I had thoughts about ditching this place for good. The only thing that stopped me was my overall progress on this site. I haven't even introduced all of my OCs yet and I couldn't leave my dA friends abruptly just like that. After returning from my third hiatus, which was my longest one, I realized that most of my dA friends left. Of course, I wasn't very happy about that. But hey, we have to move on at some point I guess I regret going on that hiatus. Looking back at this year, it wasn't actually that bad; perhaps I was too exposed to some of the content I resented a lot. There were a lot of fumbling idiots who couldn't simply tick the mature filter box when it was clearly required -_- Anyways, it felt a little depressing, dA-wise. I continued on to my fourth year to see what would happen next, nonetheless.


Year 4: 2015-2016
Computing Sciences (Programming) has become my major for University, so art's officially just a hobby now, unless I go into some sort of graphic design company. I plan to minor on interactive arts and technology. Like always, there were ups and downs for me in this year. This year was pretty good for most part, I guess. I met some new friends, and really improved on my art. On the other hand, I had points where I really wanted to make a vent journal, and I even made my first rant status post. There were definitely some things that happened here that implicitly affected me personally. Nonetheless, no drama stirred up. August and early September, have been really depressing for me on dA, honestly. By mid September, I've finally managed to start my 'Bow, Cap, and Glasses' comic skit series after mentioning it for 2-3 years I didn't go on a hiatus for a whole year: 2016 was actually my first summer on dA. (Take that, repetitive annual habits). At the end of this year, I was 100% sure that I now only have one goal and reason to be here: To have my OCs noticed and remembered.


Year 5: 2016-2017
I already miss 2012 and 2013. I'm getting this weird feeling where it felt like both forever, and just yesterday, at the same time Despite starting up and making progress with my 'Bow, Cap, and Glasses' comic strips, this year had a pretty rocky start (not as rocky as this year's lol), due to incredibly difficult workloads I had in-real-life. I kind of forced myself to be here for a while just to make sure I don't leave my friends this time... I've been here for some time now, and I hardly actually remember what I did during the second half of the year. Basically, I only cared about my friends, as well as watchers who actually (or used to) comment and fave my stuff every now and then. I guess watchers/friends who would just view my art, read my journals, and answer my polls are okay too. I don't know who you are, but I still appreciate it, so thanks. The rest of my watchers? Ehhh fuck'em. Overall, this was an implicit continuation of year 4, at the very least. I plan to continue maintaining even a little bit of activity in this site, even if I show signs of stopping.


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Updates
I don't really have much to say other than the fact that I'm now back here, working on art stuff, after being absent for one month or so. I've made an Instagram and Paigeeworld account. If you'd like to see them, I've posted the links on my profile page. My University life has been spiraling downwards, and I think it's too late to change most of it. Expect that to interfere with my activity on this next coming year... and several more years after. (Doing 6+ years of univ, due to work-integrated learning programs).
There's a chance that I might take another short break from my 'Bow, Cap, and Glasses' series, as I want to see if I can approach the art, expressions, and theme of the comics a little more differently. If that does happen, there will be other miscellaneous OC drawings for the time being. Photos will still come out every now and then as well, like usual.


Peace

After some pondering here and there, I've decided to make another update, and my first major update, on the comic series. This actually has a major update, and a few minor updates.

The only major update is that I am officially changing the name of the series from "Daily Routine" to "Bow, Cap, and Glasses". To be honest, I actually really liked the title "Daily Routine", and I thought it was completely spot on. However, I'd rather have "Bow, Cap, and Glasses", as it suits the comic better in a characteristic point of view, and from a personal standpoint: this title will end up being much more preferable in the long run
You may continue to call it Daily Routine if you wish, but that name may end up being abandoned sooner or later.

I am also changing the name of how I lay out the title of each comic strip.
From what you've read so far, if you have even read them......
The strips are titled as such: Daily Routine #20: Math Homework
I will now be changing them into something like this: Bow, Cap, and Glasses: Math Homework
I'm doing this because the number of the comic can give the impression that it is a series with a continuous plot-line, when clearly it's not. I'll just put the number in the description instead, to make it more implicit for now!

From the 27th comic and onward, I will change this comic strip series so that the messages I am delivering are less literal and less into-your-face. This won't mean that all of my comics in the future will be like this; just a lot more comics. The neat part is that none of you will directly see the difference :] (especially when #26 is a smooth transition)

Apologies for this major change in the series. I'm honestly not the kind of person who makes changes, like this one, on the whim; however this has been a lingering with me for a long while. I thought it was a good time to come up with the verdict while this series is still developing.

Feel free to ask questions or address any concerns.
Peace

As the journal's title suggests, this is centered around my Daily Routine comic skit series.

I'll start off with the more personal side of things:

Honestly, I actually thought this series was going to crash and burn especially when I assumed how most of my watchers/friends weren't expecting comics from me. My first thought's that I was actually going to make a new account for my comics.
I was very surprised how most of my active watcher base actually cared. My first comic turned out to be a good start for the series.
Back when I had premium, I previously made a few polls indirectly regarding the series, and I thought the results were too good to be true and almost dismissed them as a bunch of potential lies and/or exaggerations Don't get me wrong, I'm still convinced that those results were a little bogus. At times like these, I just wish my old watchers/friends, from my previous years on dA, were here as well. I kind of miss them.
Leaving 2016, I got down 9 comic strips so far. It's smooth sailing from here on out, hopefully.

It literally took over 30 rejected ideas and two unofficial strips for the intro comic ||D
I'm so glad that all of this, and 12 years, didn't go in vain. (at least so far)
2014 attempt
2015 attempt
2016 attempt - The actual first comic strip of the series

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Alright, the technical stuff, my favorite part:

I'll summarize the general part of the series now that I got the comics up and running:
Bow, Cap, and Glasses is a comic skit series that takes place in a paranormal town with conventional lifestyles. The main characters, although somewhat ambiguous, are two step-siblings: Steve and Anne, and Tikee: a loud, ignorant, and cheery guy, who is also a close friend of theirs.
Like the title suggests, most of the comic strips mostly center around certain day-to-day scenario's and common ideas often circling around, as well as influencing, these three characters. Some are more common than others, and having the paranormal town setting, I can be flexible and exaggerate some of the scenarios.
In terms of conceptualization, some of the comic strips are for comedy, and some others are there for more interpretive reasons. Partially, some of these comics are just me, dare I say it: venting. I'll just note that some of them are not meant to be funny, but rather there to make you think for a bit.
I'm always open for critiques on character expressions and other advice, for these comics. Any will be appreciated

From what I can manage so far, I'm going to keep both my art and comics on this account. You may be seeing a little less of my other artwork from now on.
Some comic strips will have a larger number of panels; others will only have a couple. Most strips will have four panels, alike to most of the ones I posted already.
Comic strips will be updated very inconsistently due to my horrendously busy life. That means the development exposed from the series and characters may end up being very slow; yes, you will get to know more about these characters throughout the progress of this series. I'm not going to reveal too many spoilers about their characteristics/story.
Nonetheless, expect comic strips to be uploaded roughly bi-weekly.
When I make enough comic strips, I'm hoping that you can remember some of my OCs names, without the mentions on the descriptions, lol. I bet you've felt that way, when someone actually knows and remembers your OC, it feels awesome.
If I do have enough time to manage, I'll see if I can fit enough room to make asks/dares for my OCs as well.

If you have any questions or comments, I'd be more than happy to know

Thanks a bunch, I really appreciate all of your support
Peace

I'm thinking of permanently closing them.
They're not providing any real benefit for me at all, and it's just attracting this annoying class of deviants
I've pretty much convinced myself that making requests are pointless for me, regardless of whoever asks...

Nonetheless, I will be taking requests, one last time.
I lost almost all of my available time by making this journal. Posting this early is just a matter of managing my time. I am willing to take a few more requests before I shut it down, since I'm going to start working on them a week or two before Christmas

Stuff to consider for the last requests I'll be making:

• Be patient. Remember, I made this journal early for implicit reasons stated above
  
• It's only going to be in traditional art
  
• No multi-panel deviations, and one character at most
  
• I'm going to be very flexible with whatever you asked: If you're picky, then make sure your request is specific enough
  
• I might put multiple requests into one deviation, because compiling stuff is a thing I do...
• If it doesn't look like something I would draw (ex. ponies, fanservice, fetish drawings), I'll turn it down (Look at my gallery). Ask anyway, who knows? I may do it. I'm pretty picky with requests though
• I'm only going to do requests for the first few people who comment on this post (roughly about 4 people I guess)
  
• Regardless of the point you just read above, priority goes to active watchers who have never gotten art from me before

I just went on here today to make a poll and this journal. Apologies for the late replies. I'll empty out my inbox, eventually