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1st things 1st... I'm pretty stressed out. I'll save details why, but yes... the green clown-a-saurs man thing is stressed. Aren't we all at some time in our life? So things really really bother me quite fast, these days. Normally, I'm pretty tolerant at ignoring stupid things, but right now, no. Even though things bug me fast(temporarily, until life's stresses are handled), I'm still a nice guy who wishes to be respectful... But people are really pushing it. :/

Now... about dA, and some people here(not dropping names)... I don't mind being friendly and helpful to people. I don't mind being a source of inspiration to people. I don't mind just chatting with someone here and there. But with those qualities I have, there are others here, and there, with qualities of an over obsessive fan. Someone who copies every damn thing I do, and makes characters very similar to my own, just so I could express interest in their -copied-design, and draw fan art of them..... or so other people will possibly like them, since my characters are so likable. No..... copying what someone else does does not help you in that regard. People don't like copy cats. They like originality. (This coming from a guy who named his online persona "YoshiMan"... like there aren't 40 billion other -Character-Man characters out there.) It's really sad how many YoshiMan copies I've come across in my years. A Yoshi with a floaty hat, and a "shirt" with numbers on it, with loose jeans and sneakers. And a few of them were ACTUAL friends of mine, too. Not people who keep calling me their friend, just because I replied to a comment of theirs, a time or 2. :/ 

People think that just cuz I'm a fairly well known Mario/Nintendo fan artist, "who is liek... sooooooo populaaar"... I think I'm too good to reply to people not as "populaaar" as me. If you think that, you're wrong. I'm tired of getting the "OMG, you replied to my message! This is the most greatest day of my life, ever. We are best friends now because you replied to me. :3"

........ really? :/ It's nice you appreciate my reply, but it's nothing special. I'm just a damn dude who draws stuff. I'm not rich, and I'm not famous. (at least in my opinion, I'm not famous....)

This leads into the next thing that's bothering me. Too damn often these past few months, people have been commenting on my page asking why I'm not replying to their posts? And getting all angry over it. I don't have time to answer every comment I get, for starters. I'm not keeping 1000 stacked on messages to sit there for hours, replying to every last one I get. Reading them is enough. I'm thankful for every last one of them. But if I can't think of something witty, or add something interesting to think about to your post, I don't reply. Don't force me to reply to your post by asking me why I don't reply to your posts. Especially if you're gonna add angry emoticons to it... From this day forward, I'm not replying anymore messages like that. If you wanna ask why I ignore your post, you'll be the reason why I don't reply. Not your message, itself.

Another thing that people aren't paying attention to... I DO NOT DO REQUESTS! I've got too many people who are asking for them. Asking me to make characters for them. Draw their ideas. Make gift art for them just because they made something for me. If I'm gonna make gift art, let me do so because I want to. Not because you made me something and want me to return the favor. As nice as that would be, I don't do that. That said... if I feel you're a respectable enough deviant, and I actually like what you're about...(no... it has nothing to do with art skill)... then I'll consider returning the favor. If you want something from me, I have commissions open. 

Speaking of commissions, some people aren't understanding them. I apparently just typed out that entire journal for my health... not for any valuable information... If you want to commission me, follow the commission guidelines in my journal. It doesn't have to be perfectly set up the way I exampled it. Just as long as I can tell what service you want, and the  accompanying details, then it's good to go. Not just telling me you want art, then out of nowhere claim it's a commission. And not like too many people will read down this far, but if you have... good, cuz I'm done ranting about stuff bugging me.

Last time I made a ranty type journal(like 3-4 years ago?)... people had bad thoughts of it. I don't entirely care what is thought of this, at the moment. Perhaps later when I regain my senses... I'll feel like I shoulda kept this all to myself.......

tldr; expected...... hope y'all like the simple pimple art associated with this practical journal in art form...

I need a break from this place....... :'

ps- I can't... can't... CAN'T STAND IT when people make RP posts on every single picture they see. It's annoying to have my ideas be made into a completely unrelated RP of your characters, and my characters talking about something that I have no idea what the hell it's about. Please stop it. :'