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Kinda missed saying that.

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Yeh. I forgot I was logged in to DA on my iPad…


Anyway, I guess after hernia surgery you can’t really sit normally for a while. So I’ve been unable to post any real updates from my PC.


Never the less. Outside of being unable to sit normally and being incredibly sore, I’m fine.


For the most part, I’m just lying in bed either watching TV, or playing games that don’t require me to sit up to focus. I’ve also been trying to get a bit of walking around my house for 10 minutes in each day to help myself heal a bit faster.


….damn I’m tired.

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I'm told it's a 2-6 week recovery, so I'll likely be gone for a good, long while!


...Though I imagine people are used to me disappearing for a while.

Either way, I figure I may as well give a heads up.


Peace out, all!

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Nope! I'm not 41! I'm 25!

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I BEEN HERE FOR YEARS!!

I'm ROCKIN' MY PEERS, PUTTIN'S SUCKERS IN FE-


Yeah.. I never really left. I just lurked around for all this time. I mean...


So... what happened to KonekoRyu? Why did he disappear? Is he back?


Well, 1st off. Thanks to a combination of overworking myself to burnout on commissions (not the fault of the commissioners themselves), carpal tunnel, and overall chaotic life stuff I hit a really massive art block that was topped off by a deep depression.


During that time a lot of stuff happened art and life wise. New experiences both good any bad, frustration about not being able to draw, family losses (the closer you are to a relative, the harder it hits), anxiety so bad it came to a head this year when something triggered my PTSD and a portion of my beard fell out. For the first time I saw what my constant anxiety was doing to the outside of my body (thankfully it filled back in within 2-3 weeks). It was then that I decided to start therapy to fix my head. Fortunately I can report that it seems to be working well. (It's amazing to learn how trauma from a messed up childhood can affect you as an adult).


I'm still struggling somewhat in the art department. I can draw again, but it's at a much slower pace than before. There's actually a ton of sketches lying around in a few sketchbooks in my room that I've been debating on posting. But we'll see. It's mostly just me trying different forms of expansion I've either seen others do, seen in media or rarely come up with on my own. And while my drawing has been slowed down, my gaming certainly hasn't!


Now. As for the commission thing? I... I dunno when or if I'll ever come back to them. Like I noted. they were one of the reasons I had a burnout. Now I can't stress enough that it was[i][b] NOT[/b][/i] the fault of the commissioners themselves (some of the ideas I got were actually really fun to draw and provided me with a good learning experience). It was because of my bad habit of overworking myself and feeling the need to rush everything that caused it. Hell, I'm [i]still[/i] struggling to deal with that damnedable habit. So until I feel the urge or a whim, commissions are closed for the time being.


It's gonna be a slow process for me to get back to my more cheerful, normal self again. I may have been somewhat active in the art community, but it's just been random comments on artwork I like but I'd like to post a bit more regularly if possible. At the moment, I'm basically a hermit trying to come back to a community I've been away from for so long.


To be honest, I had been telling myself that I'd start posting again for the last few years. But this time I finally got myself to do it. I feel that it's a good way to celebrate my 40th birthday.


..So yeah... I wanna start posting again, but it'll likely be nowhere [i]near[/i] as sporadically as before.... at least I hope not...


(On another note, I never realized just how popular the Astarte sequence was. It's amazing the kind of attention a random enemy in a Casltevania game can get '_'; )

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