139 weeks later...
Life has taken a lot of turns for me in the last 2.5 years since my last journal update. but hopefully this journal entry is the beginning of many marking my returned involvement in the DA community and art overall. I haven't made pieces in a long time, but my interest and enthusiasm has been renewed! It's great to be back on DA and seeing so many familiar folks after so long. I can't wait to see what you're all up to!
Ch-ch-ch-changes...
Coming back to DA, one of the first things I did was change my username. Having lost my enthusiasm in art - and a lot of other things - for a long time, having a username like ever-so-excited really didn't fit me anymore. I'm older (31 in a few months!) with a lot of big life experiences changing me inside and out. I've got new goals and priorities and I'm happy to say art is one of them. To do that, though, I wanted to do a bit of re-branding so I'm consolidating my usernames to HaleyHylia as best as I can across various platforms. I've also recently started an Instagram account for folks to follow my art and voice acting adventures. Please let me know your usernames so I can follow you guys in return!
On a roll...
I'm really pleased to say that in only the last few weeks of taking art seriously again after 2.5+ years away, I've been able to finish three brand new pieces, including two classical portrait parodies (one yet to be published). For someone whose art brain is really out of shape, I'm quite proud I was able to do this! I've gotten great feedback from you guys on these two latest pieces, so thank you for helping to welcome me back and encourage me to keep creating more.
As for the future...
Looking ahead, I'm aiming to get my feet wet with selling my works at comic/art conventions and I'll be starting with the big daddy of them all (here in New Zealand, anyway): Auckland Armageddon 2019 ~ 25th thru 28th October! I'll be setting up shop in the Artist Alley section of Armageddon (stall A19) taking my goods with me, so we'll see how it goes. I'm keen to do more but have sadly entered into it all towards the end of con season here in NZ...but who knows, I might go overseas for some, as well! So if anyone is in New Zealand, please come say hi if you attend!
For more info on attending Auckland Armageddon 2019, please visit their website.
For more info on attending Overload 2019, please visit their website.
...to all of my watchers who haven't removed me this whole time! I hope to keep uploading art you enjoy and am glad to be back into things. I've got another piece ready to post soon, so be on the look out for that! Thank you all again for your support over the last six years and here's to six more!