10-09-2025, 03:45 PM
Wow...
It's been awhile, folks. Ain't been on here nor all that active in the community for...
...some time...
That's a long story, there's been a ton o'stuff goin' on in my life (wild-story kinda stuff, not gettin' into it, here, but I've written/posted about it in other spaces), but I'm glad to say I'm at a place where I've got the time & means to jump back into doin the sorta work I been always wantin to do
So that’s what I’ll be doin
I’ve got a workin stream setup, now. I’ll do most o'that over on Youtube (@ my OG DeviantArt handle, "Watemon") & maybe also on Facebook; I’m nowhere near where Dave was whenever he’d first started broadcasting his studies & stuff & I ain't aimin, necessarily, to be where he was nor go that route, myself
But his steadfast dedication has always been an inspiration since first comin across his livestream back in 2008, and I’d like to try channeling that commitment to showin up & gettin to work. I can't say how I'll be doin all that for myself re: my own ambitions, but I'll do what I can to keep it movin, to focus forward, show up & keep pushin towards somethin' worthwhile
I'm still on DeviantArt @Watemon, I ain't posted there in a minute, but I have reason to get back to it, and I'll try keepin this space updated as well, see about followin' back in the footsteps & legacy o'this group & the principles by which Dave & Dan would first catalyze this movement
Dave referred to it as "living the vital life"–
The vital life vitalizes
I've been needin' some o'that in my own life. Hadn't known how to find any o'that or get my back to it, but I've always been walkin that path. So here I go, on my way, traversin' the long & winding road...
I've been jumpin into some sketches, workin up some SUPER old line-art found lyin around in some sketchbooks dating as way back as 2004-05
It's been good practice, especially in developing some technique & refining my workflow/strategy; It's also been hella empowering as far as self-encouragement goes. Especially reviewing timelapses of my progress workin on these pieces (link to TikTok for those)
Anyway, it just feels really good to be back, to get back to all this. I can feel it, the relief, whenever permittin myself to just abandon all pretense to the moment, lettin myself just indulge in the work & the process.
Just need to keep up that moment, is all
We shall see.
— χEsmail
Find me on Patreon @Prototypograph
It's been awhile, folks. Ain't been on here nor all that active in the community for...
...some time...
That's a long story, there's been a ton o'stuff goin' on in my life (wild-story kinda stuff, not gettin' into it, here, but I've written/posted about it in other spaces), but I'm glad to say I'm at a place where I've got the time & means to jump back into doin the sorta work I been always wantin to do
So that’s what I’ll be doin
I’ve got a workin stream setup, now. I’ll do most o'that over on Youtube (@ my OG DeviantArt handle, "Watemon") & maybe also on Facebook; I’m nowhere near where Dave was whenever he’d first started broadcasting his studies & stuff & I ain't aimin, necessarily, to be where he was nor go that route, myself
But his steadfast dedication has always been an inspiration since first comin across his livestream back in 2008, and I’d like to try channeling that commitment to showin up & gettin to work. I can't say how I'll be doin all that for myself re: my own ambitions, but I'll do what I can to keep it movin, to focus forward, show up & keep pushin towards somethin' worthwhile
I'm still on DeviantArt @Watemon, I ain't posted there in a minute, but I have reason to get back to it, and I'll try keepin this space updated as well, see about followin' back in the footsteps & legacy o'this group & the principles by which Dave & Dan would first catalyze this movement
Dave referred to it as "living the vital life"–
The vital life vitalizes
I've been needin' some o'that in my own life. Hadn't known how to find any o'that or get my back to it, but I've always been walkin that path. So here I go, on my way, traversin' the long & winding road...
I've been jumpin into some sketches, workin up some SUPER old line-art found lyin around in some sketchbooks dating as way back as 2004-05
It's been good practice, especially in developing some technique & refining my workflow/strategy; It's also been hella empowering as far as self-encouragement goes. Especially reviewing timelapses of my progress workin on these pieces (link to TikTok for those)
Anyway, it just feels really good to be back, to get back to all this. I can feel it, the relief, whenever permittin myself to just abandon all pretense to the moment, lettin myself just indulge in the work & the process.
Just need to keep up that moment, is all
We shall see.
— χEsmail
Find me on Patreon @Prototypograph