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I’m going to start making slots and limiting how many comic commissions I take on due to the fact I continue to get a lot dumped on me, especially last year when I had whole bunch dumped on me at the end of December and it’s taking up so much of my time and energy where I‘m unable to work on things like The Slendytubbies or SSS comic.


I’m going have 2-3 slots for comic commissions open every couple of months and once those are filled up, they’re filled up and I will not accept anymore comic commissions until those are done.


I’ll still accept simpler ones like character designs and illustrations, but good god I’m so tired of drawing comics for other people every single month and having zero time for my personal projects.


I will set up the slots on DeviantART and on Discord once I finish the current comic commissions I have.


Until then I am not accepting any and all comic commissions until further notice.

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Hey everyone


I know recently I’ve been pretty inconsistent with how often I upload stuff. One big factor is my work schedule and how exhausted I am after a shift. The other is a more recent thing that I’ve finally decided to put my foot down and get help for.


A couple years back, I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and was also beginning to show early signs of depression. I took some medication for it at the time and while it helped to an extent, the anxiety never entirely went away. It was still manageable though.


Well recently, starting about last year, I’ve been having a lot of depression spells and my anxiety has become so bad that I’ve had panic attacks over very minor things. This has effected my ability to finish and work on artwork and comics. Because due to my anxiety disorder and depression, I keep heavily criticizing myself and assume everyone is or already hates me and doesn’t really want to support me.


Which I know isn’t true, I know you guys love my work and do what you can to support me. This is just one of the ways my anxiety affects me.


My friends have managed to convince me recently that what Is happening with me isn’t normal and that I should really talk to a professional. I am currently in the process of signing up for therapy sessions to discuss what causes my anxiety and depression and hopefully figure out ways for me to cope.


While this is going on, I hope you guys will be patient and supportive as I continue to work on my mental health and continue to work on my stories.


These videos by creators I like do a very good job at talking about anxiety and depression. A lot of what they describe is similar to how I feel and what I go through.I’m hoping their videos can help give you a better understanding of what I’m struggling with.


Thank you.

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Hello!


I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates on comics and stories as well as my infrequent posting.


I’m still working on finishing scripts for the comics I’m currently working on, I’m finishing up commissions that I owe and overall my retail job has been taking up a lot of my time and energy.


I promise that I’m trying to find time to work on pages for comics and stories. Especially the Slendytubbies comic since the script for that one is pretty much finished.

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Hey guys. Just thought I would make an update journal so you guys know what to expect for the new year.


First of all, I will be raising my commission prices. After some encouragement from friends and family and after doing a lot of thinking, I realized that I really should be charging more for my prices. I have not decided what those prices will be yet, but until I do, commissions are temporarily closed.


Second, many of you may have noticed that I have been pretty slow with updating comics. This is because I’ve decided to pay more attention to my scripts and have friends and family review them so I can give you guys the best story I can. This includes my original comics, like SSS and Lucky and Friends, and my fan comics, like Slendytubbies 3. The comics are still going on, I would just like to focus on improving my writing and making sure I have a clear idea of what I want for each chapter and I’ve so I don’t get art block.


Third, I am currently searching for alternative websites besides DeviantART. Due to the recent AI stuff and the fact DeviantART seems to be randomly marking my art as mature content without any reason, I’ve started to dread posting on here. i haven’t found a new website to post to yet, but I have been trying to be more active on sites like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. There is a possibility I will start a tumblr as well if I really start considering it. I will continue to upload to DeviantART until I find a suitable replacement though.


Fourth, I am giving my YouTube a complete revamp and will start posting more videos on there. This includes animations, PMVs, speeddraws, and story time videos. I plan to upload a video introducing myself and my new assets before the year is over, so look forward to that.


Fifth, If and when I do find a new website to move to, I will keep this account up. Mainly because I know a lot of you enjoy my old artwork and I do not plan to move that to a new website and only focus on my new content and comics. Like I said before though, I have yet to find a website like DeviantART that I enjoy posting on.

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Clarification

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Hey so, as many of you know, Bendy and the Dark Revival came out recently and with that I’ve had people asking me if the game is enough to get me back in the fandom and work on Curse of the Black Ink again.


The answer is no.


While I did like the look of the game and the game has a lot of things I would have loved to see in the first game, I’m afraid how the fandom has treated me and certain personal situations that happened while I was in the fandom previously has damaged me too much to get back into drawing fanart or creating fan comics for the series.


I still love Bendy and I credit it a lot for how my art style and comic style developed. I still love the games and enjoy playing them, but I’m afraid there will be no new Bendy content from me. At least not publicly.


I know there are plenty of very talented artists who are doing Bendy content and enjoy it. I highly recommend you seek those artists out and give them some love.

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