Hey all,

Just giving you a heads up: I'm done with deviantART. As I've stated before in another journal entry, deviantART has become too commercialized for my tastes...it has also became a MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr in one, which isn't what dA used to be. Instead, I'm going to be a big part of Shadowness, a community that is somewhat like dA, but instead, revolves around art. There's constant drama here, the community is completely off the hook, and it's going downhill at a very fast rate. I don't know how many times I've been browsing the art through here and had a pop-up come up to ask me if I wanted a subscription.

There was a once upon a time that I used to be a subscribed member, but now that life has hit me hard, I have no money to spend it on such things. Not to mention that I would get more for the same price by being a subscribed Shadowness member, which is something that I plan on doing as soon as I get some money in. I have a better chance of getting commissions there too. It's too damn hard to find work here, mainly because the newer artists charge a lot less for work, especially for points, which puts artists like me out of business.

I do hope that dA will change for the better, and soon. I'm almost positive that dA will start losing artists because they're going downhill. I've been a part of the dA community since I was 12 - 7 years ago this September even though I've changed accounts - and I can't lie: I will miss it. Now, granted, I will continue to browse the artwork here because there is a lot of inspiring work and priceless tutorials, and I also want to keep in contact with my little brother [~ProtoCross ], but I'm pretty much done with this community.

If by chance dA picks up the slack, I may return, but from now on, my work can be viewed on Behance, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Shadowness, and my own personal domain: AeriasDesigns.com. Once I have all of my account links, I'll post them here, haha.

Good luck to everyone here on dA. I'll still be around sometimes, but that will be rare. Cheers! :)

Melinda