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In this journal, I want to display appreciation to artists who draw self-insert art. Why do I praise this certain kind of art you may ask?
Well, for a couple of reasons.
Self-insert is expression. It shows that our love for the fandoms and how much we want to appreciate the characters we have fallen for.
Self-insert is comfort. Sometimes, in life, drawing yourself in the arms of a favorite character boosts up a cheer and makes the artist feel better because it only applies to them.
Self-insert is an escape. When we want to handle something right now in the real world, our imagination can take us away, even for a little bit, before we're ready to face life.
I for one have been writing and drawing for 7 years of self-insert and I plan to keep going for my fandoms. I hope that whoever feels the need to express their fandoms in expression, comfort, or escape should continue to do so. And nobody should EVER judge, because many of us share that same fandoms.
So, if you have any artwork of such of these, I'll be gladly to display them on my page with your permission of course. Send me a link of your artwork (choose one that you're most proud of), and I will display.
There is no shame in self-insert art. I've come to believe that.
Will you?
Well, for a couple of reasons.
Self-insert is expression. It shows that our love for the fandoms and how much we want to appreciate the characters we have fallen for.
Self-insert is comfort. Sometimes, in life, drawing yourself in the arms of a favorite character boosts up a cheer and makes the artist feel better because it only applies to them.
Self-insert is an escape. When we want to handle something right now in the real world, our imagination can take us away, even for a little bit, before we're ready to face life.
I for one have been writing and drawing for 7 years of self-insert and I plan to keep going for my fandoms. I hope that whoever feels the need to express their fandoms in expression, comfort, or escape should continue to do so. And nobody should EVER judge, because many of us share that same fandoms.
So, if you have any artwork of such of these, I'll be gladly to display them on my page with your permission of course. Send me a link of your artwork (choose one that you're most proud of), and I will display.
There is no shame in self-insert art. I've come to believe that.
Will you?
Moving On
Time to make an update, I suppose. A lot has changed over the past few months, but I'll spare with a few. First off and foremost:
I'm leaving.
Well, not really leaving leaving, but more of making updates to another site. I'll keep this page up, just in case I wanna post some things up. But more of, a lot of my artwork and time will be going to my Tumblr page! So you will get updates on Midnight Game and, finally, the upcoming Persona D project, that I have been neglecting for personal reasons. So, yeah, there's that.
A big thank you to those who donated to the gofundme page on helping me get back on my feet with the robbery that took place
Thank You But There's a Major Concern
I really would love to thank all those who wished me a happy birthday as well as the gifts.
Unfortuntely, my birthday turned out to be the day when I got robbed.
I came home from spending the weekend with my family to find my door pried open and my valuables stolen. My brand new tablet for my comics and PS4...gone.
I'm sorry, but what I had promised to you that I've been working on is all gone.
And before you ask, yes, police have been notified and I have issued a claim.
There's still things I need to work on right now.
I apologize for the long wait.
I'll be back once things are settled.
My Thoughts on Gravity Falls (No Spoilers)
Gravity Falls.
What's to say about a show that has now ended its chapter? Well, a lot, actually, for me. Now, you all don't have to worry. This is a no spoiler zone, but if you haven't watched the finale, I do highly recommend it. It's out there on the internet already.
So, where do I begin? Well, back in 2012, when the first episode was aired, my first impression? I thought it was cute. The characters were likable and the story was intriguing. Plus, the jokes were hilarious. Now, came the military, and I never got myself invested into the show. Every now and then, when I came home for the weekend, if it was on TV, I would take a glimpse at
Everyone Thank You
As you can see from previous posts, I've been getting back into the habit of drawing. Everyone, thank you for being patient with me for this long. I will start up all the projects very soon.
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Wow, something like that is really nice to read.
Btw:
I have a self insert. But I don't write any Fanfictions with my self instert. I don't write anything with her/me.
In fact, I don't write anything at all. (Neither FFs nor original stories.)
So a lot of people might think: "But then ... how can you have a self insert?"
And see, that always confused me. Most of the time when I read/hear something about SIs people always talk about writers and writing.
I don't write. I'm not a writer. And I don't plan to be.
Now some people may ask: "But if you don't write or plan to write, then what did you create your SI for?"
Well, the answer to that is quite simple: I just thought it would be fun to imagine myself in this other world.
It all started with me thinking: "If I lived in this world I would join 'this' group" and then I started to imagine how it would be if I had been born in this world.
I inserted my RL-family - even asking them what they would do/be in this world.
I either took things directly from my RL-self - like my SI would be born on the 09.09. and would like to eat carrots with peanut butter (yeah, I know that I'm strange - but try it! It's so delicious! I love it!) and other things I 'translated'.
What do I mean by 'translated'?
Well, for ex. I took my hight - compared it to other peoples hight - doing research on hights in our world, calculated how tall I am compared to that, then did research on the hight of the characters in the show and then calculated how tall I would be:
My RL-self compared to RL-people => my SI compared to the people of the fictional world.
I even inserted my home 'country' in a translated version in this world.
And of course, in this world different things would have happend to me than the things that happened in RL.
But I always thought: "How would I react/would have reacted in this situation in RL?"
Then I even started to think about: "If I really was a character from that show, in which episode would I have first appeared in?" And stuff like that.
So, I didn't create an OC and realized //Omg, my OC is so much like myself!// No, I created a self insert with the full intention to create a version of myself in that world and make it resemble my RL-self as much as possible while adjusting it to the world I put myself into.
I have all of this and so much more in my head and talked about it with my friend.
And why?
Beauce it's FUN!!!
Because imagining yourself in other worlds/universes is just sooooooooooo much FUN!!!!!
So ... you don't have to be a writer to have a self insert. (And btw. also not an artist - 'cause unfortunatelly I also can't draw.
)
Btw:
I have a self insert. But I don't write any Fanfictions with my self instert. I don't write anything with her/me.
In fact, I don't write anything at all. (Neither FFs nor original stories.)
So a lot of people might think: "But then ... how can you have a self insert?"
And see, that always confused me. Most of the time when I read/hear something about SIs people always talk about writers and writing.
I don't write. I'm not a writer. And I don't plan to be.
Now some people may ask: "But if you don't write or plan to write, then what did you create your SI for?"
Well, the answer to that is quite simple: I just thought it would be fun to imagine myself in this other world.
It all started with me thinking: "If I lived in this world I would join 'this' group" and then I started to imagine how it would be if I had been born in this world.
I inserted my RL-family - even asking them what they would do/be in this world.
I either took things directly from my RL-self - like my SI would be born on the 09.09. and would like to eat carrots with peanut butter (yeah, I know that I'm strange - but try it! It's so delicious! I love it!) and other things I 'translated'.
What do I mean by 'translated'?
Well, for ex. I took my hight - compared it to other peoples hight - doing research on hights in our world, calculated how tall I am compared to that, then did research on the hight of the characters in the show and then calculated how tall I would be:
My RL-self compared to RL-people => my SI compared to the people of the fictional world.
I even inserted my home 'country' in a translated version in this world.
And of course, in this world different things would have happend to me than the things that happened in RL.
But I always thought: "How would I react/would have reacted in this situation in RL?"
Then I even started to think about: "If I really was a character from that show, in which episode would I have first appeared in?" And stuff like that.
So, I didn't create an OC and realized //Omg, my OC is so much like myself!// No, I created a self insert with the full intention to create a version of myself in that world and make it resemble my RL-self as much as possible while adjusting it to the world I put myself into.
I have all of this and so much more in my head and talked about it with my friend.
And why?
Beauce it's FUN!!!
Because imagining yourself in other worlds/universes is just sooooooooooo much FUN!!!!!
So ... you don't have to be a writer to have a self insert. (And btw. also not an artist - 'cause unfortunatelly I also can't draw.
)