Hey! First off ty for your concern, I'm genuinely doing fine/ok. I don't really spend a ton of time on social media atp because I have a job that requires most of my attention and I have irl issues that I focus on more than... online drama atp which I think everyone should do imo lol. I kinda just post opinions/art and then leave if that makes sense. Yeah, it sucks also how many industry professionals are. Weirdos but I do think people have a right to know. Honestly I am kinda laying low atp and haven't really received a lotta hatred/harassment cus I kinda just mute notifs for some things I make lmao and just go about my day.
I'm a little disappointed to hear how much I'm being subtweeted, I don't follow these artists or have them blocked/muted cus A) I'm not fond of their opinions or B) I just don't like the content they make and I just curate my online experience etc etc. The fact that it's still going on? And also that they're. Tweeting about this to huge followings is a bit irresponsible imo especially since I'd assume a lot of these guys took everything at face value rather than learning both sides of the story or delving deeper into it (ie the person who made the post being good friends with an AI artist which is very ??? and kinda makes the whole callout fall apart but Idk). Again, I saw through a lot of it at the beginning which is why I'm not. Too bothered by it.
And I have a feeling a lot of these guys are people that already disliked me and have more of a reason to beat down on me (which is. Strange to say the least since my following isn't even that large.) I doubt they've seen my efforts of posting my speedpaints/processes more often to showcase my skills and whatnot because again they took it at face value and left it as that. I don't really care or want them to reach out to me since my view of them and their view of me is already negative and I have no intention of fixing relations with someone I barely know and assumed shit about me. And are willing to subtweet me to a large mass following lol.
However I haven't really been that affected. Despite that whole fiasco being a stain on my name and caused me a LOT of mental anguish especially in the first couple months it was happening, I've actually received a lot of support from friends, fellow artists, and people who enjoy my art. Like people from Artist Alley even came up to me irl in Baltimore to be like 'hey what you're going through is bullshit'. And I think having that support system definitely helped a lot which is why I still tabled in LA and I'll be tabling in Chicago as well ^^ I'm still gonna be working on my art cus I am still passionate about it, I haven't stopped drawing since that whole thing and will continue to make art.
I just have a TON of projects with my animated short film I'm helping direct/produce, webcomic soon to be launched, screenplays that need to be written and submitted to competitions... I'm really busy lol. And honestly I'm focusing on those more than what people have to say about me online. Hopefully that answers it! TLDR tho I'm ok and I'm honestly just working on my film career.
