Long time no see everyone! Sorry for the ghosting and inactivity. A lot of stuff happened in my life this year that I'm not ready to talk about. But I will mention about the changes to this account.
First off, a CORE membership on this account too?! Christmas came early! So I took this opportunity to change my username. I've been wanting to do that for years now. ShinanaEvangelian1 was just not a good name for a base making account imo. This account was originally a backup account but then I turned it into a base making account on a whim. So it's no longer ShinanaEvangelian1, It's ShinanaPixelBases. Think of it as Shinana, Pixel, Bases without the space and commas.
Second, thanks to CORE membership and it's awesome features, I decided to put my NSFW bases in a watchers only folder. I have not had any issues in recent times in regards of them with naysayers, but now I wish to take that precaution while I have CORE and protect them as much as possible. All I ask is please for the love of all things awesome, do NOT watch just to peek into my watchers only folder(s) and then unwatch me. I will take that as suspicious activity and block you if such happens. Only watch me because you love my bases and want to use them (but never forget the rules), not for any other reason.
That is all. Have a wonder Friday and weekend, everyone!
Hi everyone! Man I haven't been active on this account for a long time. My last base submission was... back in April this year?! Damn! I'm so sorry. A lot has happen this year for me. I work full time and have been since June, I'm being run ragged as of late, been having low energy and other times not enough time to indulge in my hobbies. In other cases, I have been hitting rock bottom emotionally from all of the shit that's happened. I hope to be more active and submit more bases, but there's only one month left. Man time flies. TT_TT
Lately I've been into Yu-Gi-Oh, well more into Yu-Gi-Oh GX than the others. Let me tell you, I'm not a fan of the English dub as it's done by 4Kids and I'm not a fan of the name changes, some VAs and puns. But I did find the sub and I don't say this often, it's better than the dub. I can't be the only one who wishes that Yu-Gi-Oh GX either gets an adaptation or a re-dub. Anyways, I wanted to make some bases from said show and that's my personal goal.
I hope everyone is well and Happy Holidays everyone! It's good to be back.
I apologize for such a journal but please read my reasons before you comment. It's been over a year since my last journal entry and wished to drop an update and been a while since my last submission. I don't want any confrontations on this post. Just getting my feelings out. If you don't agree or if this post pisses you off just pass this by.
I don't know why I still feel the way I do, it comes in waves as it seems. I don't know what this means for base making in general but I don't wish to give up on it but I'm also feeling jaded. I'm not sure how do I get out of this rut but advice would help a lot. I also have plans of posting bases that I did not trace from anime screenshots but been kinda on the fence on how to go about debuting them. I want to make some points on the matter by making them P2U but I'm not sure.
I'll try my best to keep this as tactful as possible but in return, try to look at this as objectively as possible. To people who have issues with my lack of yaoi/yuri content and my 'it's not allowed with my bases' policy, I'm gonna say right here and now that I've already learned that I just can't win with people no matter which way I do things. Even if I DID make yaoi/yuri bases, then I'd be bullied for making homosexual things.
No LGBTQ+ type artwork? "IGNORANT HOMOPHOBIC TRASH!!!"
Have LGBTQ+ type artwork? "YOU'RE AN UNGODLY HUMAN WHO NEEDS TO BURN IN HELL, STUPID HOMOSEXUAL SINNER!!!"
Well, am I wrong?
It is seriously depressing how humans seem to work. Some people are just as ugly as the insults they carelessly fling at someone. Not realizing that the person behind the screen has feelings.
Also LGBTQ+ is another precarious matter for me as yaoi/yuri fan artists will try to find it as a loophole and try to pass their yaoi/yuri pairings as "supporting the LGBTQ+ community" when in reality it doesn't. Yaoi /= supporting LGBTQ+. Yaoi and Yuri are fetishes and most of the LGBTQ+ don't like Yaoi/Yuri. I even read a comment thread on here where someone said they're from the LGBTQ+ community and they don't like Yaoi nor believe it's supporting it only for a Yaoi fan artist to even call them a homophobe. Wut?
I've found this and it's in regards to Yaoi/Yuri and even those that don't like the content. Feel free to feel whatever you want, but please being objective on the matter when you read it. Click on the picture for more info.
I feel like everything written there is important but just in case there are those TL;DR types of people, here are a couple things from it to highlight my points. However I do suggest you read it when you get the chance. Keep in mind that the words in big fonts are someone else's words, not mine.
I even asked myself, "Should I force myself to make certain things that I'm uncomfortable with just to please others?" I'm sorry but if I do that, then I'm not being true to myself and will just stop making bases all together. I would sooner quit base making if I had to do the former. I made this account to make bases and to share what I have with others, not to be expected to make what the masses want from me and be judged for what I don't make. You can't please everyone. I never meant to hurt anyone and if I did, I apologize for it. I will also say, I never went out deliberately to look for trouble or to instigate it. I never went to say insulting things to yaoi/yuri artists for the content they draw and I never will. People are free to draw what they want but there are consequences to what we draw, and I'm sure they know that too. I hate drama. Who doesn't?
So to people who just love to throw shade at base makers and bring down those who don't allow yaoi/yuri with their bases or just don't like the content, please do not be a cyberbully. You're just bringing someone down the same why others have brought you down which brings down their self esteem, and that's not the best way to go about it. Always remember, behind the screen is a person with feelings. If you wouldn't like it if someone attacked you, why do that to someone else? It won't make you a hero, it won't make you awesome, it won't make me the villain, and it won't change my mind. Treat people the way you'd want to be treated, but it doesn't have to effect my gallery's content as I fill it with what I want just like you do with yours. If you don't like what I have to offer, then please don't engage in it especially if you're not gonna be nice about it and pass it by. I've only come here to bring positivity, and share my bases with others. If that's not enough to convince you then go away. I'll always be true to those who support me.
If you offended someone and it was never your intention to offend them, you are not responsible for them being offended. Being offended is a choice.
Unless you are intentionally trying to offend them.
Instead of leaving insulting comments on someone's homepage, deviation, journal, etc please do this instead; click the back button, click Search and Discover and look something up, unwatch me, put me on muted tags, or just block me so you won't have to see my stuff. Either way, doing any of these other options won't hurt my feelings. I'm at that point where if you start acting like a bully then congratulation, you just got blocked by yours truly. I have better things to do than to waste my time with someone who wants to make a negative first impression and wants to bring me down all because they got their feelings hurt by their own volition.
Please don't worry about me too much, I was just stating what I couldn't say before.