I'm continuing to post Molly Blues here, four pages at a time. Well, that's how many deviations actually show on my profile page, and usually means I advance the story a little once a week. Right now I'm really excited by the plot developments involving Tom and Sara, but their next action won't come till late afternoon, and meanwhile I've gotta get back to Molly, Rupert, and Lucy the Terrible before they reach Lucy's mom.

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Seems like more than a few artists I'm watching are going through existential bummers right now.

1) People fave without commenting.

Well, duh, it's easier to just say "I like this" than to play critic and try to figure out why. Either one is positive feedback. Quit being so grumpy.

2) A variant of this, which may be rare but was expressed quite vehemently was, Why are these people faving half my gallery? Humph! Anyone who does this gets blocked.

WTF? Does this make any sense at all? Anyone who wants to fave my whole gallery, go right ahead. I may be just that awesome.

3) Nobody hires me to do commissions.

Well, many of us are artists ourselves. I know if I want to see some drawing that doesn't already exist, I'll just try to draw it myself.

4) I hate my fans.

Oooh- kay, stepping away slowly.

5) My art sucks.

It's seldom people whose art actually does suck who say anything like this. Never let your inner critic get ahead of your inner artist. It won't make you greater, just unhappy.

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I could offer my own complaint— journal entries so overloaded with thumbnails and avatars that they take forever to load unless I'm at a really hot hotspot, but you'll just tell me to shut up and get high speed.

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It's a bright sunny day, not too hot, not too cold. The wind chimes are ringing. The sprinkler's going out in the garden. The California Blue rhododendron bush is blooming. I wouldn't quite call the flowers blue. Purple, maybe. Okay, my present girlfriend situation is a bit on the lame side, but—

I'm happily wrapped up in what I'm doing for now. No real bummers at all.