The last time I posted art here on DA was June of last year, which was around the time where I graduated high school, a big milestone for any young adult's life. Graduation left me with a huge mix of emotions. While there were feelings of happiness and accomplishment, there were also ones of uncertainty and confusion regarding college, the future and being an "adult" now. The four years of high school have been a huge chunk of my so far short life, so naturally moving onto another stage was a scary thought, especially for someone like me who needs time to adjust to change. These latter feelings got to me a lot during the summer before college started. I wasn't feeling myself and struggled to figure out who I was. And then fall came around, where I moved onto campus.
Throughout most of my life I had an idealistic view of college. High school wasn't always my favorite place and I had the belief that everything was going to change for the better once I got to college, that so many great things would happen. But of course, everything has its pros and cons. Once it actually started not all my expectations about it came true, and I found that my life didn't change as dramatically as I imagined. At first that came as a shock to me, one that faded away very gradually. Plus, being in a new environment it took a few months to figure out things around campus and how to adjust my lifestyle to it.
I'm in my spring quarter of freshman year now and luckily I can say that I'm in a better place than I was last year. While college wasn't the utopia that my younger self had always pictured, I definitely prefer it to high school. I've made some really great friends, learned to do a lot of new things, increased my sense of independence and overall am in a happier mood. Now that I understand this new stage of my life better, as well as feeling better about myself as a person I've been wanting to draw more. Which kind of leads to the next part of this explanation (?), more about my lack of activity on DA.
I started this account back when I was in middle school, and throughout the years Deviantart has become a place where I share (mostly) digital fanart. And while I feel like fanart is something I enjoy a lot as an artist, it doesn't reflect me completely as one; it's only one side of me. And inevitably as a teenager, you will mature and change a lot in a span of five years. Middle school was when I first started getting into anime/manga and joining fandoms, so back then that was all I wanted to draw. Now that I'm older I want to explore more areas in art as well as be more individualistic and convey my feelings/beliefs with it.
I recently created an art account on Instagram, where I post artwork of different mediums and styles. I only started to actively use Instagram last summer and I really enjoy the site. I posted some of my artwork to my personal account before deciding to start one exclusively for art.
So will I still be posting artwork to Deviantart? The answer is yes, but it will most likely be only fandom-related things, since DA has become that environment for me personally. And since right now I am focused on trying out other areas of art, there won't be frequent updates here. So for anyone who still favorites and looks at my art here, first of all thank you so much! I recommend that you check out my account on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aquas_arts/. I'm much more active there and I will be posting fanart like I do there as well!
Thank you for reading and understanding, have a wonderful day!
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