Posted

Mar 22nd 2005

Mood

Work-A-Holic

Music

CCR - "Mustang Sally"

Hell yes! Only about 30 images to go and I'll have finally completed my transfer from DA to SA. Sorry about the huge influx of older art you may have seen before; I promise I've got new stuff ready to post once I'm all caught up.

I've discovered that SA has recently enabled a "comments disabled" option when you submit a piece. This pleases me tremendously because it was the one feature from DA that I thought was really handy and that I knew I was going to miss. And now it's HERE. MWAHAHAHAH. I only wish there was a way to set this feature for art that I'd submitted prior to the change, but it's not among the editing options yet.

Along these lines, I've only started disabling comments as of yesterday and already I've got people asking me why I don't want comments. On one hand, I don't feel I owe anyone any explanations -- especially strangers. Whether or not I choose to enable comments is my business and I don't see why it should concern anyone else. But I might as well clarify so I don't have to field the same question over and over again.

1) I spend very little time online nowadays. Reading and responding to comments quickly becomes a chore for me and I'd often rather just shut them off altogether.

2) A big portion of my gallery consists of stuff that I've transferred over from DA. I've been at DA for over three years and I'm pretty well-set in terms of comments on most of these pieces. After a while, people just end up saying variations of the same thing.

3) I'm at a point in my life where I no longer need feedback in order to feel like my art is any good or to get a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment from it. I know a lot of people have trouble understanding the whole "Why post art in a public community if you don't want feedback?" concept, but I still get a form of feedback when my work is faved. It means someone liked my art enough to fave it, and that's really all the support and feedback I could ask for.

There are other reasons too, mainly just minor irritations that add up enough to outweigh the positive side of enabling comments, but those listed above are the main ones.

I don't disable comments on all of my artwork -- often it depends on the piece, or on my mood that particular day. And it's not that I don't appreciate the kind words people offer me -- I really do! I just don't have a NEED for comments like a lot of folks have. It's nice when I get some thoughful, funny, or useful ones, but I don't feel like any less of an artist without them, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, that's my stance on the matter. I hope it clarifies things a little bit. Thanks for understanding!



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This is the fictional modern-day "were-creature" clan created by my lovely friends...
(Melissa Miller) and
(Kat Bongard)
...and of which I am now part. The three of us are collaborating on artwork and stories, and it just made sense to have a joint account to upload all of our stuff in the same spot. So that means there's goodies in there you might not see in our individual galleries. Be sure to check it out! We're having a blast putting the whole thing together, and we hope you enjoy it too.

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THE REN ESSENTIALS

For the love o' criminy! PLEASE READ MY F.A.Q. BEFORE CONTACTING ME OR COLORING MY ARTWORK. I will no longer be answering e-mails or notes that refer to questions already listed there.

My website, yo! Info about prints, originals, commissions, and trades can be found here.

Please, don't ask to color my work. If I want something colored, I will go looking for someone to do it, or I would do it myself. This is in my FAQ, but I get asked often enough that it bears repeating.

I don't comment or interact much because A) I am shy, B) I don't have enough time, and C) commenting out of obligation is no fun and makes being online feel like a chore. But rest assured I love ya just the same.

I do not critique, and I am not here to be critiqued. There are plenty of folks here who appreciate having their art dissected, but I'm not one of them. By no means do I consider my art perfect, but I don't feel there is any right or wrong way to draw and I resent it when someone suggests something about my work looks "wrong" because it doesn't suit their personal tastes. I don't feel I have any authority to tell someone else how to express themselves artistically, so I don't critique, even when asked. Please respect me enough to extend me the same consideration.

CURRENT BUSINESS STATS

COMMISSIONS -- Closed again while I work on the following:
1) Misc. commissions for Angela. In progress.

ART TRADES -- Closed until further notice. If I'm interested at all, I will ask you.

That about sums it up for now. Thanks a bunch for the +watches and support!

Renée