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ryeokii

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New Beginnings

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Hello everyone, It's been a while, and I hope everyone is doing well! I know I abruptly went on "ghost-mode" online, and I wish to address what's been going on my end. I want to share a few thoughts that were running through my mind these past several months. I realized I wasn't happy with myself and my art for a long time now because I forced myself to believe I had to work harder with every new workpiece. This mindset ultimately burned me out in the end, and I lost motivation to draw all together. The other problem I put myself into was pushing myself to open commissions; Generally speaking, commissions are there to draw and earn money — the concept is simple. However, this drained me in practice, and I could not bring myself to stop as I believed commissions would "motivate" me to draw and practice my skills. It turned out that was not the case; Instead, I was behind my commission schedule, and I wasn't generally happy during the work-in-progress with most of my drawings. I
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A short stream today at 4:30PM ET [mic off] Today, I'll be struggling with pearls and flowers c: https://www.twitch.tv/ryeokii
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Today, I'll be working my OC Abyss: https://www.twitch.tv/ryeokii Streaming on Twitch today! The mic will be off but I'll chat with you guys ;) I know I said I'd be working on more animation, but my comp can't handle that while streaming; I'll be working on fixing that.
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