V-nigma-17

I won't be frank, or anything. But I feel like it's probably best to head out from here. As what I can claim to be, in an amateur artist, I don't sit well with how DeviantArt has decided to go ahead, and go forward with AI generated Art/Artists. Seeing it more as a way to progress forward, rather than help artists at a difficult time in Social Media, and online. For those of you who are unaware of everything going on. It's a complicated endeavor. But to touch on a few things. Twitter, one of the main places I have been for the longest of times, has been going through a lot of things, the main notation having to deal with their new head, or buyer of the platform. As for what this meant to the art word, it mainly meant that unless you could cough up an annual fee of $8 you were to go unnoticed by the world, or even your following/fanbase. The problem with what's going on with Deviant, and AI coming in. Is that it's implementing, is what some would see as a fair way for people to create art rapidly, and with little effort as with what most, if not all actual artists can produce. Art in itself isn't a simple task. It requires a lot of study, and work, to be able to create something beautiful, or even Amazing works in terms of art. But with an AI, it reduces that time dramatically, and cuts out the middle man, in this case the middle man being the artist. And it randomly generates a piece of art, fitting too, or closely resembling whatever may have been typed into the commands. The hard part about this, is that sometimes it can go beyond simplicity, and can be used to steal, or grift art from other artists. And can then be used to mark it as their own. Art thievery has been on the rise as of late. With both NFTs, and AI at the forefront. And with it, they have no remorse for whom they take it from. If called out, they'll defend themselves against these accusations. All in all it's complicated to explain. All that can be said is that if you're an artist here, and don't want your work to be stolen, you may want to find alternatives to using deviant art at this time. Until maybe later on. If the online world improves or not, is a question in itself. I feel that despite my inactivity here. I don't have to worry to much about anything, or everything. I just have to figure what I will be doing going forward from here. I think it's safe to say, that I may miss this place. But overall, it's been fun growing from when I first started. I haven't been posting much here anymore, and have neglected trying to build myself up as an artist overall. But that's just a part of life, and growing up. Sometimes you just got to figure it out, and know when to go forward with something. So going forward. I feel like I won't be leaving much behind anymore. Just enough for you to remember me by. With much Love, this has been your Friendly neighborhood Enigma. Vnigma_17. And I hope that we will come to meet each other again someday. 👍🏼

I had forgotten everything I had learned at one point, and... It came back around, and bit me hard. The sting was Temporary, but it was everything else that came after that was harder to shake, more than anything. I don't know who I'm writing this for, but if it's just for myself, just know that we're trying our best to come back. We may me just a memory, but we're still breathing, and still motivated to do what we want to do. Whether it be the right decision or not. I've said this one to many times before, but this time I feel like this is my chance to come back regardless of where I'm at at this time. I promise I'll hold onto it all, and keep going.