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Vuurstern
Hobbyist Digital Artist

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Obligatory statement on current events. Yes, I will keep uploading my art here. I have done it for years, and I'm used to crossposting to multiple sites at this point. For those who are staying, no worries. I'm here too. If you're looking to migrate elsewhere, I post my art on the following sites:
Twitter - FurAffinity - Tumblr - Toyhouse
SpitfiresOnIce on all of these. Considering reactivating my Weasyl and/or Furry Network accounts, but it might be a lot of work for sites with relatively little traffic.
For a full list of places to find me, including personal accounts:
Places to find meI'm not going to stop posting here, this is simply a list of other places where I am also active, both art-related and personal! If you prefer to use another art site, or you want to add me in non-art related places, this is where you can find me. Art-related DeviantArt: @spitfiresonice You are here! I post mostly everything here, if not to my main gallery then to Scraps. I haven't been as interactive here as I used to be, but I hope to improve that someday! Twitter: SpitfiresOnIce I post my own art and share art by other artists here. Sometimes an unrefined sketch that doesn't make it to DA will be posted here. I try to be interactiv...
TL;DR NOT LEAVING, but my socials are here if you are planning to leave and would like to stay in touch elsewhere
Don't worry about reading below the cut if you don't want to, it's nothing important.

I don't know. I knew this was coming, but I'm still sad. This site has been my online home for many years. I've pulled back from it a little at times, but it will be incredibly bittersweet to see it change so drastically. I spent so much time on it, looking at my friend's galleries, interacting with people, building a social circle. Many people I cherish, including my best friends and my partner, I met everyone here. I went to Germany, the UK, Canada and the US because of people who I met here. That is an incredibly wild thought, and I will never forget about it. I know many people I know will stop using this alltogether. That's fine. I'll always miss it for what it was, I suppose. And I'll likely proceed to upload my art here, because... all my art is here. DA is a massive archive of my artwork through many, many years. If I keep uploading, I hope I can look back on it one day to see the evolution. Hopefully I can be proud of what I've accomplished.

I take the occasional commission, and I'd say 90% or more of my commission inquiries are from this website. I know that after May, with a portion of users leaving, that is likely no longer a guarantee. It's upsetting to see my side income (likely) disappear, but it is my own fault for not exploring how to sell on other sites more. I've used Twitter and FurAffinity for years, and I never tried pushing sales there too much because, well, I suppose I didn't really have to. It's completely on me, and not on anyone else. I will try to change this, but I know there is a chance it might not work out. I put in a lot of interaction and time here, and I know that in this moment, I do not have the capacity to do that to the same degree anywhere else anymore. It is what it is, I'm afraid. My commissions will remain open, but I expect sales to be harder to come by from here on out. That is my problem to figure out.

I know I got lucky in my interactions on DA. I always had at least a few active commenters, whether I deserved them or not. Truth to be told, I know for many years my art was fairly... stagnant or even regressing, especially while I was a Muro user. Even then, I still had a lot of interaction here, which likely came more from loyalty and reciprocated interaction than from me really deserving them. Even so, I am incredibly grateful for it. I know I'm currently still in the average area, artistically speaking. I don't know if I'll ever progress beyond average. Nevertheless, I sincerely appreciate everyone who supported me through the years. Even if slowed down, I will proceed to draw.

I think that's all I had to say? I have to be honest, I'm not really at a level of energy where I feel like discussing Eclipse and its flaws at length, so apologies if my replies are lacking in that area. To sum it up, I'm sad to see the old site go. I hope you've all been well!

Whee