oreana

It's time for me to move on. I was hoping maybe something would change, but I know it won't. While I can click a button and say 'don't use my art', it doesn't exactly make me feel safe. I've been on this site for 19 years now... And boy, I can tell you how much it has changed. From artists I wouldn't imagine commenting and supporting my work, to NSFW content allowed freely, to the two major site creators duking it out till it slowly began to fall into a pit of despair. It's been a wild ride. I've made friends, lost friends (even lovers), seen people suddenly go silent to where I wonder to this day how they are. I have 550+ followers, but I can easily tell you 90% of those people are dead or deactivated. I'm sharing my art with who, exactly? 4 little favorites and maybe a comment or two? To suddenly have a bot to run into my DMs asking me to help with their latest scam? Eh, it's not worth it for me to stay. There's not really an audience I am disappointing. The more I thought