~Miss Panda's Art Thread~

[Amissapanda]

smooches, thank you for all the kind words amissa <333 im really sorry that happened to your brother, but i am so glad hes doing well now!!! i just know things will start looking up for you <33

and id totally pay 1k for a sketchpage if i had more TBT O:

No problem! And likewise. : ) I appreciate all of it. (You're such a sweetheart!) I'm glad that things worked out for my brother, too. And I'll keep my head up about my own situation when possible.

Thanks for the input, too!

 

[Amissapanda]

After doing a lot of thinking, I think I may leave this site for awhile. Not a permanent leave or anything and I'm sure I'll be back now and then to lurk, but to be honest, this site has become something of a poison for me in terms of art. I feel way too swayed by the general public in terms of trying to please other people and it's making me feel worse and worse about my art and the worth of my art. (Heck, I even put stuff like top commission level art on the line for site collectibles and I'm in shock with myself.) This place has started to feel like something of an art competition or 'who can give people what they want the most' kind of thing and honestly, that's the last thing I ever wanted my efforts or my art to become a part of.

I have met a few cool people here (and you guys are the best, really), but the majority of people I've dealt with are only interested in giving you the time of day if you have something to give them, be it art, attention, etc. And I just don't have the energy for that. I can't continually try to give people what I think they'll want in hopes that they'll like or accept me. I've been doing art more for others than for myself anymore. For me, that's regressing---that's going back to the me I was 10 years ago.

I'll still come by to announce Mario Kart 8 Monday Madness stuff and other livestreams (like for Super Smash Bros Wii U), but I'm going to be on the low-down, otherwise. I'll still drop a few comments here and there, so I'm not flat-out disappearing.

Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed my art and that I've gotten to speak with/chat with. I'll still be around on tumblr or PMs and whatnot if you ever want to chat. And I want to assure you that this is not a split-second decision or an emotional decision and I'm not closing my art thread or anything drastic. I just need to get away from this environment. It's honestly only making me feel worse about myself and the things I do.

 

[Shirohibiki]

ahhh ;; ill miss you, amissa!!! but i understand <3
i dont particularly feel that way myself, but i can understand you wanting to get away for a while. i say do whatever is best for you and make sure YOURE happy!!! -hugs tight- i apparently forgot to follow you on tumblr so i just did that <3 many smooches 4 u~ i wish you the best ;v;

 

[Chibi.Hoshi]

Do what's best for you Amissa, I will miss you <3
In my eyes your art will always be amazing, and I will miss seeing it around here.
Like Shiro said, be happy, be happy!

 

[Zane]

Aw, I'm sorry you feel that way. Hopefully a little break will do you good - I know you'll be back on stride with your art sooner rather than later!
Finally sent you a request on Wii U btw. I didn't know you had Smash, too. Now we gotta throw down. B)

 

[Javocado]

Saddening that you're not gonna be here on the reg anymore but I hope this break does wonders for you.
I'm going to amiss you! (lol get it)
But yeah, you're wonderful and your art is wonderful and I wish you the best.
Can't wait til' the next stream, pin pal.

 

[Amissapanda]

ahhh ;; ill miss you, amissa!!! but i understand <3
i dont particularly feel that way myself, but i can understand you wanting to get away for a while. i say do whatever is best for you and make sure YOURE happy!!! -hugs tight- i apparently forgot to follow you on tumblr so i just did that <3 many smooches 4 u~ i wish you the best ;v;

Thanks for being understanding! Like I said, I won't be gone. I'll still be dropping comments around here and there, but not nearly as often as before and at least for now, I won't be updating art stuff or shops or anything like that after my last batch of sketch pages are finished. I'll do my best to do what's good for me---I think this will be good for me, in the long run. (Thanks for the tumblr follow, too.)

Do what's best for you Amissa, I will miss you <3
In my eyes your art will always be amazing, and I will miss seeing it around here.
Like Shiro said, be happy, be happy!

Thanks a lot. I'll do what I think is best. And I won't be gone or anything. I just need to come to terms with some things about my art and remember what it was like to draw things for myself instead of just trying to make other people happy. Maybe I'll have some things to share when I'm through with my self-imposed hiatus.

Aw, I'm sorry you feel that way. Hopefully a little break will do you good - I know you'll be back on stride with your art sooner rather than later!
Finally sent you a request on Wii U btw. I didn't know you had Smash, too. Now we gotta throw down. B)

I think the break will definitely be good. There's some other things I've been meaning to do and putting off and I tend to just do art for other people lately and it's wearing me out and ultimately not doing good for my self-confidence. Thanks for the support--I really appreciate it.

I'll add you on Wii U shortly! I plan to stream Smash bros in about an hour if you're interested. I'll VM you, since I doubt you'll see this in time.

Saddening that you're not gonna be here on the reg anymore but I hope this break does wonders for you.
I'm going to amiss you! (lol get it)
But yeah, you're wonderful and your art is wonderful and I wish you the best.
Can't wait til' the next stream, pin pal.

It'll just be a break of sorts. I like this place and a fair number of the people too much to leave it entirely. I just think it's having a negative effect on my art and the lengths I go to try to do things for other people to make them happy. I'm getting unhappy as a result, so my only conclusion is that something is off and I need some time to get myself back in gear and work on some other things like LPs and such.

But thanks a lot, pin pal~ I'll be getting on that streamin' tonight. : )

 

[Amissapanda]

Streaming Mario Kart 8 tonight at 8:30PM EST! (Around 45 minutes or so.) Anyone is welcome to come and watch/join in! (But I need you to add my NNID first if you want to join, since it's a friends only room! And please let me know who you are!)

I promise this isn't all I'm bumping the topic for, though. It was my darling Dante's birthday this past Friday and I took tons of pictures of my fluffy, beautiful boy. I want to share because he's my pride and joy and has brought so much light into my life and into my family's.

You can try to tell me he's not the cutest, but I won't believe you.

Happy boy!

He's such a smart boy. I literally taught him how to beg in 5-10 minutes. He picked up on it really fast.

For those that don't know, he's an American Eskimo dog (the first purebred I've ever owned, especially for a shelter rescue).

Unfortunately, he doesn't like the WobbleWagGiggle balls I got him for his birthday. : ( But he does like looking pretty for the camera.

Chillin'!

If he was less over-protective in the presence of strangers, he'd be a brilliant show dog.

Admiring the snow and winter scenery. (Truth be told, he's the only one enjoying it.)

Somebody is getting a treat! : ) (He got lots of them on his birthday, of course. I spoil him. But it's hard not to!)

He's four years old now! <3

Full tumblr photoset post here: http://amissapanda.tumblr.com/post/108300829270/dante-is-4-years-old-today-hes-such-a

 

[azukitan]

I can lose myself in Dante's puppy dog eyes. He is utterly adorable <3 Where did you get the name from, by the way? Devil May Cry? Lol, gosh dang it. That's the first thing I think of =w=

 

[Amissapanda]

I can lose myself in Dante's puppy dog eyes. He is utterly adorable <3 Where did you get the name from, by the way? Devil May Cry? Lol, gosh dang it. That's the first thing I think of =w=

He really does have the cutest big brown eyes! X3 He knows how to use them to make himself extra cute when he wants something, too. And he'll lean his head down on your knee/leg and watch you while you eat. (It works on my mom every time. >>; )

As for the name, it's actually not from DMC, haha. My sis-in-law helped me out giving me a link to some dog names and when I came across "Dante", I instantly decided it was perfect for him and never looked back. I didn't want to go with something generic for white dogs like Snowball or Snowflake, etc.




Unrelated, I just wanted to mention that I'm going live with Super Mario Galaxy 2 in about 10 minutes! I decided to stream it for awhile tonight to try it out. : )

 

[Kairi-Kitten]

OH GAWD O_O So cute<3 I actually had with my family a gorgeous Russian Wolfhound AKA Borzoi named Dante after the artist I do sincerely miss him and all our gorgeous dog<3 I think EVERY dog is a cutie-pie and yours is absolutely no exception ;D I too have my little Min Pin girl and she is absolutely entrancing haha, she loves to cuddle too : D

I absolutely agree with the name Dante haha, it has really grown on me probably because I find it very snazzy 8D

 

[Amissapanda]

OH GAWD O_O So cute<3 I actually had with my family a gorgeous Russian Wolfhound AKA Borzoi named Dante after the artist I do sincerely miss him and all our gorgeous dog<3 I think EVERY dog is a cutie-pie and yours is absolutely no exception ;D I too have my little Min Pin girl and she is absolutely entrancing haha, she loves to cuddle too : D

I absolutely agree with the name Dante haha, it has really grown on me probably because I find it very snazzy 8D

Isn't heeeee? X3 And wow, that sounds like a beautiful dog! And I agree, every dog is wonderful. I'm just biased toward my own, as I think most of us are. Hahaha. Awwwwwwwwwwwww Min Pin is such an adorable name! I almost want to call her Minny. lol

I agree, it's very snazzy, indeed. I just felt it was the perrrrrfect fit for him. He seems happy with it, at least. lol Not that he'd have a choice.

In other news, I just want to quickly vent that it's really sucky when artists you comment/compliment to continually ignore you. Aside from Azu, Chibi, and a couple others, I feel like a lot of the other artists here just don't like me at all. I think that's another part of why I just don't fit in with the art crowd. Really sucks.

 

[Kairi-Kitten]

Isn't heeeee? X3 And wow, that sounds like a beautiful dog! And I agree, every dog is wonderful. I'm just biased toward my own, as I think most of us are. Hahaha. Awwwwwwwwwwwww Min Pin is such an adorable name! I almost want to call her Minny. lol

I agree, it's very snazzy, indeed. I just felt it was the perrrrrfect fit for him. He seems happy with it, at least. lol Not that he'd have a choice.

In other news, I just want to quickly vent that it's really sucky when artists you comment/compliment to continually ignore you. Aside from Azu, Chibi, and a couple others, I feel like a lot of the other artists here just don't like me at all. I think that's another part of why I just don't fit in with the art crowd. Really sucks.

Yass! Haha absolutely a sweetie :3 And yup, Borzoi's are these very fast, stunning beauties<3<(^_^)>Heehee I may be the same with mine 8'D Ah, she is actually a Miniature Pinscher hence Min Pin xD But her name is Aiko; precious little one : D And my gosh she sure is : O

Hehe, I agree an absolutely charming name in every way imo ;D And yup not much choice lol; my brother came up with Dante, great name choice for dogs ; )

Oh no : ( I hope that's not the case, that's positively awful for anyone to feel towards you Dx I know it may not help, but were I an artist I would respect you in every way and you are most certainly a wonderful friend<3<3 I truly hope that isn't it, you are too lovely a person to have that hate towards you</3

 

[Zane]

Aww Dante is a beauty Also I made it to your stream for 1 race yay

In other news, I just want to quickly vent that it's really sucky when artists you comment/compliment to continually ignore you. Aside from Azu, Chibi, and a couple others, I feel like a lot of the other artists here just don't like me at all. I think that's another part of why I just don't fit in with the art crowd. Really sucks.

I KNOW. Personally I find it so off-putting when you're trying to support an artist and you leave them really nice comments and they give literally zero indication that they even read it. Maybe it's just because I get so stoked when ppl take the time to say nice things to me, especially about my art. But I just have to figure they've got their own reasons - it's usually just pesky insecurity that drives us to think it's because of something we said or did. I can't see how the other artists here could dislike you when you've always had a positive presence on the forum. =)

 

[Amissapanda]

Yass! Haha absolutely a sweetie :3 And yup, Borzoi's are these very fast, stunning beauties<3<(^_^)>Heehee I may be the same with mine 8'D Ah, she is actually a Miniature Pinscher hence Min Pin xD But her name is Aiko; precious little one : D And my gosh she sure is : O

Hehe, I agree an absolutely charming name in every way imo ;D And yup not much choice lol; my brother came up with Dante, great name choice for dogs ; )

Oh no : ( I hope that's not the case, that's positively awful for anyone to feel towards you Dx I know it may not help, but were I an artist I would respect you in every way and you are most certainly a wonderful friend<3<3 I truly hope that isn't it, you are too lovely a person to have that hate towards you</3

Ohhhh my bad! I figured that was her name. Hahaha. Aiko is really cute too, though! I had no idea Min Pin was an abbreviated version of a breed. That's cute in its own way, though. XD

I felt it was better suited to him than the shelter name "Max". There's nothing wrong with the name Max, but I feel that it's reeeeeeeeeeeeally common for dogs. lol He's more of a Dante than a Max to me.

I'm pretty sure it is the case. With some artists, I even tried leaving numerous comments and they literally ALWAYS ignore mine. Plus, there was that one person who posted saying they wanted to make artist friends and completely ignored my attempts to befriend them. I guess I'll just be the only one who isn't gushing at them all anymore, because attitude speaks louder than talent to me. I don't know whether they hate me or not, but I definitely get the feeling a bunch of them don't like me/specifically ignore me. Maybe they think my art isn't worth what I got bids and stuff on for it, idk. And frankly, I don't care. At least I know who isn't worth my time anymore.

Aww Dante is a beauty Also I made it to your stream for 1 race yay



I KNOW. Personally I find it so off-putting when you're trying to support an artist and you leave them really nice comments and they give literally zero indication that they even read it. Maybe it's just because I get so stoked when ppl take the time to say nice things to me, especially about my art. But I just have to figure they've got their own reasons - it's usually just pesky insecurity that drives us to think it's because of something we said or did. I can't see how the other artists here could dislike you when you've always had a positive presence on the forum. =)

Thanks. <3 I adore him! And I'm glad you made it in for at least one! (But you could have stayed for more if you wanted to, really!)

Ugh, you get that too, huh? It's really annoying. And that's exactly how I feel! I'm over the moon if someone even simply says "I like your work" or something along those lines. It means a lot to me. Seeing what it DOESN'T mean to these other artists is really changing my opinion of a lot of people. I know we tend to assume the worse, but with a lot of them, I've tried numerous times and just gotten ignored. They won't even acknowledge it and it does really make you feel like you're disliked. And for all I know, I am. Heaven knows it happens to me on other sites. I guess because I'm kind of "loud" in the sense that I share a lot of stuff and other artists tend to not like me or think I'm very good because I have a very 'anime' style that isn't super duper unique. Frankly, I appreciate all styles of art. Anyway, I guess I'm paranoid because it happens to me a lot. General public seems to like my art OK, but other artists disdain the heck out of the sight of me/my art.

 

[Amissapanda]

Seriously.

Why do so many artists around here just not respond to their comments/compliments/etc? I'm not even just talking about the ones that ignore me, but I see a lot of other people's comments go ignored, too.

This is really making me uneasy about the art community here. Extremely. And I just keep seeing more and more of it.

As an artist myself, who absolutely loves feedback of all kinds, it's really disappointing to see other artists not caring/bothering. And I can't understand it.

 

[pocky]

whoa! amazing art
I specially love those palette challenges *-*

 

[Amissapanda]

whoa! amazing art
I specially love those palette challenges *-*

Thanks so much! I love doing palette challenges. : ) I plan to do a lot more this year. They're really fun!

 

[pocky]

Thanks so much! I love doing palette challenges. : ) I plan to do a lot more this year. They're really fun!

Those seem really difficult. Though I've never really tried one tbh, but I am pretty bad at following palettes

 

[Amissapanda]

Those seem really difficult. Though I've never really tried one tbh, but I am pretty bad at following palettes

I thought so at first too, but... you'd actually be surprised! Some people don't follow them directly to a T, either. They use "shades" of the colors, as well. There's lots of things you can do. Either way, it's actually a really interesting exercise if you ever wanted to give it a go. You can do some really creative stuff with it. This is the one I default to because there are SO many palette choices: http://36.media.tumblr.com/0c99170dc7a6506d921f00460a2b3be4/tumblr_n7l3k6ppoL1rmj5xdo1_r1_1280.png