-Time to say goodbye-

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Life is about welcoming- and saying goodbye, about coming - and leaving, and about changes, new things that are coming up and old things which shatter in 1000 little fragments. At this point I can say i struggled a lot with my decision, but i don't want to lie, it was decided in hours or maybe minutes. It breaked my heart, it destroyed so much and even more, it brought me to tears - but i will not regret it.
It happened something, which i don't want to describe more precisely, it was not the ONLY thing which brought me to this desicion, but it's the main reason. It showed me that the time has come, maybe i'm now too old or something changed my mind, but it seems that i'm not longer needed on Deviantart - especially HARPG. I  - for myself - want to focus on other things, maybe things which are now more important in my life.

A few months ago i noticed that i don't have so much time for my drawings anymore, also the fun when drawing something was gone. I want to draw because it's my hobby and I don't want to earn any profit out of it. And it's also a really important aspect to bring me down and get the stress and all that little struggles away.
This situation isn't given anymore.
When i think of drawing now i think of many things - but not fun. This is the 2nd main aspect why i have to say goodbye and includes the 1rst reason too.

Now to the real point, saying it flat out: I'll not be active here anymore, maybe forever. No events, no commissions. But don't be sad, i'll stay on harpg and will not quit drawing fully. Training Images, Daily Life Pics, Stable Stories, Stories with others, Equibreak pics, Collabs, Art Trades, all these things will stay on my account. What i want to say is, that i will just draw when i want to do it and when i'm in the mood, and not because i have to. This means i will eventually just upload a single picture in one month or even less.

I'm extremely sorry for the people out there which are affected by this...Hope you guys aren't angry and understand this decision...
Lucid-Dimensions : You can stroke my name from your awesome event AUSE, hope you are not disappointed, but i think people showed and said me very well that i shouldn't do more competition pictures. I hope the persons who wished that i get a penalty are now happy with my decision.

QuibbleCur  + Kumoulogy : I have to tell you that I won't do commissions anymore - from this minute on. I want to sorry 100 times...

I also want to say that all my horses will stay at my stables, maybe i'm breeding even more, can't tell you at this time^^  but all open breeding slots will now sold just by artworks and not longer for points - no matter which horse.
Also important is that i'm not longer admin of Barroco- Horses, i gave it to the co founders and downgraded me to a normal member.

Thank you for your understanding and i hope all of you will  watch my artworks nonetheless, even when they are going to be very rare.
Greetings to you from
-Caly

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TwiggyStone's avatar
I hate that you've gotten to the point where drawing's not fun :( (Been there, done that, it sucks big time).
I am happy that you're not completely leaving, though. Almost every other month I think about cutting shows off and just focusing on story art, which is my true love. It's good that you're choosing your happiness over continuing the stressful parts of harpg :hug: