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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to Enzobeechance [2017-01-01 13:23:14 +0000 UTC]

Sure! You may draw fan art of her AS LONG as you give me credit for her design in the description of any art you upload of her online. Or, if you'd like, you could buy the character with points or money, that way you could draw her and keep her for yourself without having to credit me for designing her all the time.

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Enzobeechance In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2017-01-01 20:46:20 +0000 UTC]

Sure of course I would buy her with points and/or money but I don't have any lol and I don't mind at all of giving you credit for her design

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to Enzobeechance [2017-01-04 04:32:54 +0000 UTC]

Well that is perfectly allowed! I'd be honoured if you chose to draw her then.

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Enzobeechance In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2017-01-04 04:36:07 +0000 UTC]

OK cool thank you

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to Kodimarto [2016-01-26 09:57:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Kodimarto!

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Kodimarto In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-01-26 10:29:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DCLeadboot [2016-01-25 10:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Haha! I see what you did there. lol Thanks!

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-01-22 14:00:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. I knew I was going to be a bit restricted when creating a red and black OC so I was a bit flexible about the colours I chose and more lax about my own criticisms of the artwork than I usually would be. I mean, I post stuff all the time that I'm not satisfied with just because I'm too lazy to keep working on it or I think the basic idea I'm trying to convey is close enough to expressed. But this time it was pretty satisfying to create something that I'm only fairly happy with because it fits within the realm of what some people would label a 'bad' OC. All of these generalizations have to go. Any character can be a good one if it is given the time and care needed to develop it, even OCs that started off as dodgy pony maker creations. LOL Even Squiggles has roots in a pony maker! My first sona ever was made that way and I think everyone should just chill and let people create however they want to. Characters develop and improve with time, even red and black ones. Haha! Anyway, that is my insightful pearl of wisdom for the day. XD Hahaha! Next up, I think I should try to create a non-Mary-Sue-ish Alicorn!? Or something? I love to break people's expectations.

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-01-29 14:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I am the exact opposite. I am never happy when it comes to my writing. I have to change it at least five times before I’m happy, and then I usually go back a few weeks or months later and edit it again, than maybe a few months after that, before I’m finally happy. That is a good point though (that people will think that is what makes a bad OC).

I always say that too (that an OC can be good even if starting from something that is commonly seen as bad), as that is the same for all story and character types, tropics, clichés, etc.
I use Pony Maker to test out colours for OCs, and my boyfriend use it to make his ponysona. I hate that people frown on it, as some of us cannot draw and did not have the money for a commission, and unlike what the pompous artists think, not everyone can learn to draw, no matter how much they practice, as with being a good writer. Plenty of ‘artists’ and ‘authors’/‘writers’ have shown that.

Yes, that would be good and interesting to see.

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-01-30 02:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, anything can become good. I disagree about drawing, though. I strongly believe anyone can learn to be or do anything, no matter what it is. It's just that sometimes we don't have time to learn or we have to prioritize practicing the skills we already have over learning new ones so that we don't become rusty at the things we're already good at, you know? Life gets in the way of learning to do absolutely everything but I truly believe that if we really want to, we can do anything, not just draw. :3 I'm very shy about my writing but I'm sure that if I really practiced a lot I could become good enough that I feel comfy sharing my writing with people. The thing is that I really can't be bothered putting all of that time in to get that good because I'm not that passionate about writing! Haha! It takes so much work to get good at anything, as you know, being a writer yourself. It has taken me so many years to be as competent of an artist as I am (I was not even 2 yet when I started) and I seriously think I would be so much better if I had actually been devoted to improving. I have never been super passionate or been the type to practice feverishly just for the sake of practicing. Art, for me, has always been a therapeutic, fun exercise, and that is why I have stuck with it! There have been times when I haven't wanted to draw anymore, when my art teachers made it stressful by wanting me to be something unauthentic and create art that wasn't *me*. But I do it for me and only me now and that is how I keep doing it! As long as I'm doing it for me, I don't even notice I'm practicing or that it is work and the fact that I keep doing it means I improve gradually. Does that make sense? I feel like anyone can be anything but trying to force ourselves to learn to do something which is meant to be fun, makes it hard and not worth it. I have so many interests because I just can't stand only drawing all of the time. I'll never be truly excellent at any one thing, only pretty good at a few things. 

That is how I know I could never be a pony because I'll never have a talent or a purpose that could be represented by a cutie mark. I love too many things and there is too much in my life for me to just be an artist. To have a paintbrush or a chalk pastel for a cutie mark would be such an over-simplification that I wouldn't even recognize myself in the character. XD I'm not exceptional at any one thing, I like having so many different and exciting challenges and I think that is a more significant part of me than being alright at art. I guess the moral of my story is that we CAN do anything and everything we set our hearts on but it doesn't mean we SHOULD do anything and everything, it means we should be our authentic selves and if that means I spend my time improving my art, rather than becoming a better writer, then so be it. If it means you don't have room in your life to become the artist you would ideally like to be, that makes total sense! You can be a excellent writer (and probably a million other excellent things that I don't know about you xD). The thing is, I'll never be done learning how to draw and you'll never be done learning how to write because we can always improve. So, I figure that I have prioritized my life so that I don't have time to learn to write and that's no biggie. It's all good as long as we're doing what we wanna.

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-02-11 05:04:49 +0000 UTC]

 I'm so sorry for how long this took to write, and how little is in it.

Well, I suppose I could, maybe, possibly, perhaps, become good at drawing, if I had the drive for it. In addition, you said, human life is too short and busy to learn all things we would want to learn.

I was going to say that (about passion), but then you did for me .

It has taken me years to become a better writer as well. As with many of the more visual arts of drawing, painting, chalk, etc, I cannot believe how much I have improved over the years. When I look back at writing from last two years ago, (I believe I mentioned this before), I just cannot believe I thought that so-and-so was well written.
Wow, at only two? I mean, obviously many very young children like drawing, but to think, you began your passion so young. Clever little one, you were. Then again, I was only a year older (though I'm not sure if learning to read at three counts towards my passion for written, but I suppose it does, as it started my love of reading).

Oh, I am the complete opposite. My writing is my (unpaid) job. I dedicate certain hours of the day to it, scold myself for not making any progress on a particular chapter or piece, getting distracted by things like the e-mails, TV, my books, or browsing the internet, and feel frustrated if I feel I have not made the 'proper' amount of progress I should have made for that day. However, I do it for me, but in part for others, to show them more original ways of using common tropes, character types and stories (well, I hope to, but I know my written will never attract any more attention the tiny amount it gets now). I mean no offence to you, dear readers, be it original or fanfiction. I'm just making a point !
I just know that writing is my one true talent (I'm good at most things in video games, but that's not really a talent), and political discussion (not sure if being good at writing political essays is a 'talent' or just another aspect of my writing skills - nah, it's just writing skills). Some people have told me of other things I am good but, but they are not talents, but positive traits (being observant, and never taking things at face value, for example).

That's the other reason for me as well ^_^. In fact, that's part of the reason why my best friend's boyfriend's ponysona is a blank flank (the other is laziness).
I know that the show says that cutie marks show the pony's true main talent, and that's not restricting, but in a way, it is (getting a job, for example, as it’s basically a pony version of qualifications), and you have, once again, expertly explained why . 
In addition, the Aesop you just delivered would be a good one to give to children. Well, the first part is a common lesson in the first place (personally, honestly, I don't think we can do everything, as well, again, we don't have the time or the patients or the natural imagination or motor skills), but focusing on what we enjoy and love while being open to new things? That is something I believe most people live by (or at least, I hope so).
Well, it's not really that I want to be a good drawer to be known as one, rather for a more selfish reason - so my characters, weapons, armour, places, etc, can be visually represented more clearly (it's so easily for most people on DA to commission another person for art of their characters, as they have the perfect visual reference, profiles or bios, right there, by their own hand). As petty it is (especially given I'll never be able to get the money to commission someone (well, get it online), it would be nice to be able to show how my characters look like in my head, so visual crossovers. For example, one picture I recently saw was of two people's dragon OCs as pokemon trainers, and another with one of those dragons a keyblade user, with another person's OC. I can't really do fun things like that in writing, as that would be mean a whole short story, rather than a simple picture. 
Once again, I know that's blatant jealousy, pettiness, and the ultimate in first world problems.

On the other hand, I think that art makes things too 'simplistic' and restrictive, sometimes. For example, being able to draw may take away from the ability from an artist to describe something in great detail. Simple detail is easy, since you already have the visual aid, but sometimes, a more detailed description might be needed, in certain causal, processional, or important situations. Then again, that may come from the fact that I give massive, long-winded descriptions about my characters and locations, and it’s tricky for me to shorten it down for the story itself, as I just really want to make sure the reader sees what I see (unless I’m deliberately being ambiguous). However, people are free to see my characters in the way they do, like most people do anyway when it comes to books, so long as it’s not the ‘so-and-so is this race because they haven’t been described as white!’, or ‘so-and-so is this sexuality, because of this vague facts!”, or the very worst, “so and so is ‘transsexual!”. Eh, I’ll remind myself here that I’ve never be that well known.
...Am I making sense here? I should stop.

Once again, you are right. Happiness always a pursuit, but when we catch it, we must do what we can to hold onto it for as long as we can before it inevitability escapes once more....and I just ended in a very cheesy note.

Well, once again, this comment turned out is longer than expected. It's very late (or should that be 'very early'?), so good night ^_^.

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-02-11 07:25:42 +0000 UTC]

It's not too late. I think that if you want to make writing your career and become well known, you have the ability to make it so. You are more articulate than anyone I have spoken to on dA before lol. XD But seriously, if you want something don't underestimate your abilities. On another note, yes happiness does inevitably escape us but, thanks to the law of averages in inevitably returns again. Glass half full may not be more realistic than glass half empty but it isn't less realistic either and it is also kinda helpful at times.  

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-02-14 22:25:16 +0000 UTC]

I'll never be well known. I'll be happy if my friends and readers are happy to read it, and enjoy doing so .

Well, not to be arrogant, but I've always been that way. Sure, in primary and early secondary I tried to tone down my 'geekiness' to avoid bullying or make more friends, but I learn that classic Aesop "Be yourself" after longer than I would like to admit. I also suck at spelling most longer words. It's one of my main weaknesses in writing (thank you, spell check!). I also so use slang and swears, but that it's only because a more eloquent just will not suffice, or I'm annoyed.

Indeed . I've always been the cynical, pessimistic type, but my dearest friend/boyfriend is also so positive and optimistic, so he keeps me going (plus, no matter how frustrated or angry I get, I keep going to complete a task). We balance each other out. As he said, "I life you up, and you keep me grounded."

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-02-14 22:29:57 +0000 UTC]

I like that. My partner and I balance one another too. Not in the same way, but we balance one another all the same.

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-02-15 01:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Good to read. It's a needed part in a friendship or romantic relationship to me - opposites, those that consist of small disagreements to traits that are opposite, but together, are good a combination. Or is that too sappy? 

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-02-15 04:22:57 +0000 UTC]

No that makes sense. Ash and I compliment each other in more obvious (not deep) ways too. For example, I cant be bothered cooking and I'm not very good at it, but she loves cooking and she's a great cook! She is petrified of spiders so- even though I don't like them much either- I squash them for her. We're both competitive and hard-working so we encourage and inspire one-another but we are focused on very different areas of study (I'm doing Law and she's studying Science) and have very different skills (I am more experienced at arty things and she loves sport) so we are never competing AGAINST one-another and never get jealous of each-other's achievements. It's pretty great. :3 Our core values are the same.

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-02-17 22:04:53 +0000 UTC]

Heh, you rescue her from the scary, vicious spiders, and she rewards you with food ^_^. Heh, we have very opposing career directions too. I want to be an author (obviously XD), and he wants to work in construction (he has not specified a preference for one job though). And Law and science can crossover. You never know. You might be working on a case, and she might be needed to provide or collect evidence.
Ha! We are the same in that too. He does lots of outside, sporty things, and I prefer my books, games, and TV and internet. I'm not a shut in by any means, but I just prefer being in my home most of the time.

I'm not sure if this counts, but I don't like competing against him and he does not competing against me. For example, I like playing Co-op with him in games.

Oh, we have quite differing views when it comes to some political issues, then again, he is not very politically inclined (he doesn't een watch the news!), but he will debate with me or call me out if he feels he has too. When I asked him how he could know what's going on in the world, he simply replied "Jamie (his brother) tells me".

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-02-18 06:37:59 +0000 UTC]

That's cool! Yeh science and law can cross over in environmental law too :3 we could both even end up doing the same job!! Or we could end up in totally deprecate areas. I like that were different. Yeh she calls me out when she needs to too XD

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DragonKnightMirren In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-02-18 13:57:09 +0000 UTC]

Well (once again I'm going sappy), even if you do end up working in completely different places, you will always have the home to be together. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, as is said.

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to DragonKnightMirren [2016-02-18 22:14:55 +0000 UTC]

I agree. I really don't think it matters where we work. I think it might even be better if we're not always getting under one-another's feet and distracting one-another.

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Art-of-Shannon-Lee In reply to saturn-greenleaf [2016-01-22 07:15:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Saturn :3

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saturn-greenleaf In reply to Art-of-Shannon-Lee [2016-01-22 07:18:25 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome~! :3

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