nardinayu

Comments and creative criticism are something that can really boost an artist's confidence and push them towards progress...
Therefore, I've made a personal goal to post comments at least three times a week, at least 5 comments each time, and at least two sentences per comment.

I want to do my best to help encourage other artists to do what they love, because honestly, I've never had that much encouragement or support from the two people I really want approval from.
It's sad. Sometimes I feel like I could have gone so much further with my art if they were more supportive.

But I'm really glad to have support from the friends and acquaintances I make on sites like dA. I'd like to thank all of you. Your kind words and encouragement are really what's been keeping me going with my art.

So I'd like to encourage you to comment on pieces, aside from adding them to your favorites. It's really nice to know what people think.

So, it's simple. I have several fanfics that I've been working on- and I'm thinking of putting them on here aside from on Fanfiction.net.
What do you guys think?
They're for the Big Hero 6, Assassin's Creed, Transformers, and Naruto fandoms. (odd mix, I know XD)
All of them are still in progress though.

Any suggestions for doing this? I know the insert text part of submitting art, but it's been a while since I've submitted literature.

_{I know you're a private person, so I won't put this on display where people know me. You'll probably never see this, but I still hope you do. I just don't have the guts to send it to you either.}

After so long, I've climbed so high. I've finally been pushed to try and jump. Our friends are crazy, aren't they? But we still love them. We love them because they're as crazy as we are. They nudged us toward the edge.

Why do we have to jump anyway?
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<sup>Because that's what people do... they leap.
And hope to God that they can fly. Because otherwise, we just drop like a rock... wondering the whole way down..."why in the hell did I jump?"
- Hitch (2005)</sup>
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I jumped. And it was one hell of a leap too.

I didn't get to fly.

You didn't jump with me either, and the direction I'll have to take is down now.
I'm not going to drop like a rock though, but I guess I'll have to enjoy the glide down as best as I can.

I don't regret it. No. Not at all.
Taking that leap. Jumping when I guess I already knew I'd go down.

Standing at the edge with you though, even if you were looking somewhere else, I don't regret that either.

That rush... is something I'll never forget. It's something I'll always be grateful for. Because it was as close to flying as I've ever gotten.

When I reach the bottom, and you find someone to make you fly, I'll still enjoy walking along if you need a friend.

Take care, you. Never think that you won't fly. You just need to find the right one for you. Find that someone, because everyone needs to find that someone. 

Even if that person isn't me.

And one day, I'll find that next climb, reach the top, then I'll jump again. Maybe I'll fall and crash. Maybe not.
But I'll keep jumping.
Because one day, I'll find that person who'll make me fly too.

Even if that person isn't you.

<sup>HEY EVERYBODY!
I ain't dead yet!

Things have been super busy for the past few months- finishing the school year (with most of my friends graduating, while I'm still delayed) T^T
Oh well... I can't dwell too much on that now, can I? There's no use in depressing myself or anybody else with my moodiness if I get low.
Oh yeah... What else have I been busy with?
My summer job, which is working at the family cafe in the province- which means very slow internet. I have to share bandwidth with all the tourists in the morning, and the signal doesn't get much better at night. D: Which explains my very text-based journal entry (those who know me also know how much I usually love to spam my entries with plz icons), and why I haven't been able to upload much lately, or reply or comment much here on dA. I've been tired and lacking sleep, cuz my work hours are from 5 AM to 5 PM (not counting prep time and cleanup time before and afterwards... XD)

Good news though, is that I've just discovered the magic of a tablet with a pressure sensitive pen. My bro gave me one of his older tabs- a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

I've never used any sort of art app to make a piece from scratch. I always started with the traditional pen and paper, scanned it, then edited...
Until now, that is.

I've come to appreciate the convenience of modern tech when it comes to art like this, but my appreciation for traditional art has also doubled.
There is no "UNDO" when dealing with pencils, ink, and paper.
I'll edit this and post links at the end of this entry when I post the three pieces I made.</sup>