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Published: 2017-07-23 02:22:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 2235; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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Description I fucking love Joshua
I forget how much I adore drawing him, he's the best

Joshua's the character I've actually kept alive for the longest time, and I've not once felt tired of him. I used to be an adopt maker, and that meant that most of my ocs were bought from other adopt makers. Although they were beautiful, the designs never carried any sentimental value to me, even after I would set them a personality and, occasionally, a story. None of them stuck, and I don't regret selling them all off. I don't know what I'd do without Joshua, I don't know where I would be, especially art-wise. I'd probably still be drawing sparkly girls with weird anatomy. When I was drawing adopts, there was this whole community around me, but now that I've gotten out, it feels like it didn't really mean anything. That's just my own view on it though. Coming back to Joshua, I've always felt a very strong connection to him, and even though I'm not sure why, I'm thankful for it. I was once told that I could be putting my feelings into my characters, and I think it may be true to some point. To be honest, I love how bruises look, and I like to get hurt. Where I and Joshua diverge is that he likes and yearns for the pain, while I hate it with passion. Personality-wise, Joshua and me aren't alike either, and I like it a lot that way too. 

I wouldn't have Joshua if it hadn't been of Rachel though. At that time, I was growing more and more tired of trying to live up to the sparkly shiny art style. Then I discovered her art, and it changed my whole world. I remember the first time I drew fanart of her oc Hunter, I was in my grandmother's basement. And I'm back here today, in her basement, talking about how that drawing I made me, I believe, a happier person. So I made Rachel a fanart, then an other, before drawing Joshua for the first time. To be honest, I had only drawn him because I wanted to have a cool character, different from what I had made my entire art journey, a character cool just like Rachel's babes. But then I drew him again and again, getting closer to him, creating more of a story to him, making him more alive to me.

More than making me happier art-wise, Joshua's made me happier feeling-wise too? I've learned how to manage my emotions better, and I've made great friends along the way too. Friends like Rachel, Naki, Liam and Haru, whom I love and cherish very much, smooches sent to all of u i lov u
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Comments: 3

Blvck-decay [2017-07-24 12:13:15 +0000 UTC]

Aha, I seen this until now. To see you improve a lot and even push forward is an amazing thing. I remember you being in such a hate/distaste for your art and just- I'm happy you got back to doing what you loved. It shouldn't feel like a chore.

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mr-scaletta [2017-07-23 02:24:17 +0000 UTC]

it's rad that you have a character like him everyone should have an oc that they cherish :0

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gunboats In reply to mr-scaletta [2017-07-23 02:45:58 +0000 UTC]

they should!!

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