DragonKeeper333

Where do I begin here?

I don't know what other artists define as an "art block", but I consider what I'm dealing with to be an art block
because the amount of "art" I normally have put out since the day I got on DA, is being "blocked" and diminished
in output number. Or simply that I'm not doing as much art as I used to do (drawing or writing wise).

I've chatted with some friends on and off about this as well as one or two DeviantArtist's that were kind enough
to send me a private message, wishing me good health and asking how I'm doing with the art block situation. It
wasn't until I talked to these individuals that I realized...

...I've never had an art block in my life.

I've had hiatuses before, but those were simply temporary situations that either barred me from working on art, or
I simply needed a break. Otherwise I've been drawing on and off non stop since 1999 when I fell in love with
anime and I have been writing on and off nonstop since high school. Never once have I ever had an actual
art block that completely diminished the amount of art I've done on a normal basis.

This started around December 2012 and has continued since then, but as of the last maybe...couple of months some
very personal things in my life have changed and it completely affects my moods for art altogether.

The reason I feel this might be permanent is because this hasn't gone away. I feel it might never go away. As
an artist with a lot more followers than what I started out as, I at least want to keep you guys in check so you're not
wondering what the hell is going on with DK333.
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...HOWEVER...

Do not interpret this as my way of saying that I'll never do art again. No, no, no, no, no. That's not what I'm saying. It's
just simply my way of explaining, at least for people who have been with me for a while, that the amount of work I've
normally put out is going to be drastically smaller in size, at least if you haven't already noticed. I still get
moods to draw and write. Hell, I'm still currently in a Devil May Cry mood. It's not dead, but simply just not what it used to be.
So please don't take this as a way of me telling you guys to stop following me, just simply that I'm not writing and drawing as often.

And yes as promised in the last journal about my art block, I will indeed update "Behind Closed Doors" after I get back from
my convention at the end of May. You guys have waited too long so I will definitely update it even if I'm not really in the mood
to. <3

Live Stream Account www.livestream.com/dk333

--The Main Purpose--

Ever wanted to watch how I color my stuff? (Which is pretty much 99% of what I do now in regards to coloring lol),
then come on in and join the chat, listen to my mew-siks, or just watch us fart around lol. Don't be afraid to ask me
any questions and don't be afraid to speak up about the music being played. I have a TON of different variety of
musics so if it ends up just being me and one other or two other people during a session, I don't mind playing something
you like in particular, just to help give you incentive to stick around lol.

NO DRAMA LAMAS! You start bullshitting around or trolling, instant block. I want my peeps to have fun while I
work hours on the same stuff I always do lol. So be nice.

This is also a great way to give any person that commissions me a way to watch a live broadcast of me working on their
commission and give us a chance to chat around

--Streaming Times--

I'm in California, so that's west coast pacific time. My streaming times will be at random, but I'll try to give 1hr-2hr heads
up of when I'll be streaming my next session. I'll try to do it in the early afternoon too  to make up for time differences.

I will post a journal of the stream event. When the event is over, the journal will be automatically deleted. That includes
Tumblr event postings.

As I stated in the artist description of one of my recent drawings, I don't even know what to tell people
anymore in regards to my drawing/writing art block. I mean yeah I'm in a current Devil May Cry mood, but
its not a normal mood. Usually when I'm in the mood for something, I pump out a large amount of drawings
and fanfiction, but right now I'm lucky if I can even get myself to do much of anything and it's been like this
for months starting back in like late November to December 2012?

This is mainly due to personal emotional crap that I've been dealing with my entire life. Art is based
on motivation and mood and if I have neither of the two, then I don't feel like doing anything. As badly
as I want to do more updates for "Behind Closed Doors", I just can't. This is extremely frustrating mainly due
to the fact that certain fanfiction pieces like "Behind Closed Doors" have a ton of readers that have been waiting
a very long period of time now. I want to update it for you guys, but the motivation just isn't there.
I started it Jan 2012 and worked on it for a nearly a year straight without much of any interruptions for updates.
So this is the first time I've had a major art block in the longest, longest of times.

I'm not stressed or worried over the fact that I can't get my motivation to click back on for it, but it bugs me
because I care about my followers. Sometimes the simplest things in life give us a sliver of enjoyment
to escape the bullshit of our lives and I'm pretty sure my story "Behind Closed Doors" has been that kind of
enjoyment for some of my readers and because I know what it's like to be attached to something like that
emotionally, it almost hurts me to know they're hurting because it's been so long since an update. Knowing
I've given that kind of joy to people, even if its just a select few, it bugs me that I haven't continued to give that joy.
The reviews and comments for the story have been the biggest gift to me and I want to continue that, especially
since the story is in its final arc.

I know that sounds really retarded to some people, but on an emotional level, I completely get the stress
of when updates have too long of a wait.

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So here's what I plan to do. I have a major convention I'm going to, coming up at the end of May. I'm mainly
using my free time to work on costumes to prepare for the con, but once the convention is over that will give
me time to work on art/fanfiction.

I promise here and now to my followers of "Behind Closed Doors", that after the convention...even if
I'm not in the mood to write it, I will update the story again. I know it's 2 more months of wait, but I'm busy
with Devil May Cry related things (while the mood is striking), and costumes that need finishing. Got like 4-5 I'm
working on on and off.

"This tie-in comic to the all-new game universe, takes place 3 months before DmC Devil May Cry
and reveals the unmissable backstory of Dante's twin brother Vergil and the mysterious Kat! "

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For those who haven't both played the game and read this little comic, the review will act as a
spoiler or might not make sense to you at all.
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Overall I give it a B- rating. I thought it was good with a rather interesting story to explain what
was going on with Dante before the events in the game. Remember when the first DmC trailer
came out and it showed Dante chained up in some dark room while being interrogated by a man
demanding to know his name? If not here's a refresher www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhoNEu…

The trailer shows him, while being interrogated, to be very young. The game doesn't show that
cutscene whatsoever like it's shown in the trailer, but the comic fills in that gap completely and
explains the trailer cutscene. Makes a hell of a lot more sense now in my opinion. The comic fills
in quite a few gaps actually and because it fills it in so nicely, I'm guessing the comic is considered
canon from the company? Or at least mostly canon.

I loved how they portrayed an actual gentle side to Vergil, 3-4 examples shown of him holding Kat
when she's injured, still stuck in astral form, or holding her in general. It didn't feel out of character
and it was very nice to see this other side of him that I believe is just as possible for his personality
in the game.

It fits his personality because DMC 3 Vergil is a rational thinker. He comes off a lot more cold and stiff,
but the personality they gave him for DmC comes off as much more feeling oriented with natural genuine
smiles and laughter that you practically never saw DMC 3 Vergil do. So those moments of him comforting
Kat or at least gently holding her in the comic? I felt that was pretty fitting and real. I'm a feeling
oriented personality myself, I know a feeliac when I see one LOL.

Despite that fact however, here's the main three issues I have with it:

--Vergil's devil trigger actually changes his personality?--

I like the concept idea of this, that the demonic nature of the devil trigger would make him more
aggressive and meaner in personality. However, this is contradicting to the game entirely. If the devil
trigger were to affect the personality of its user, making them darker in choice and action, than Dante
would be affected too. But clearly as we see in the game, his personality seems to go unaffected and
he uses his devil trigger a hell of a lot more than Vergil ever does. Stating that Dante wanting to kill his
brother at the end of the game while in devil trigger mode, is not a prime example to debunk this. Dante
was just simply very pissed off. In fact, if the devil trigger were to affect him in personality negatively
then he would have most likely completely ignored Kat's plight to let Vergil live and then go about killing
his brother…but he didn't. He let Vergil live and actually helped him to stand back up without attacking
him further.

So yeah, I have a pretty big issue with the comic's concept of a devil trigger affecting personality since
clearly that doesn't happen in the game.

--Comic Book, Kat vs Game Version, Kat--

In the game I get the sense that Kat is, not necessarily mousy, just rather withdrawn and shy. She has
her set beliefs, but she's not one to verbally or physically force her opinion on people. Two examples that
immediately come to mind is when Dante is brought to the order and Vergil is trying to persuade him to
join their cause. The persuasion isn't working and Kat tries to say something, but Vergil interrupts her with
a simple hand gesture. She backs off without hesitation and stays silent. Another example is at the end of
the game when Vergil and Dante are arguing and she again tries to jump in, but then Vergil yells at her and
her response? Back off immediately and sit and huddle into herself upon the ground. She backs down without
a hint of a fight or anything, like some loyal/willing dog (for lack of better words).

In the comic book? She comes off a lot more brash with a punk kind of attitude, doing things like holding Vergil
by the jacket panel when she was pissed about him being the cause of her going to jail, or cussing and
overall showing a much more extroverted, opinionated brashness. I know art and words can be interpreted
in many different forms, but if you read the comic book you'll see what I'm talking about. I just get a different
vibe altogether about Kat in the comic book than how she is in the game.

--Kat and Vergil Romance--

Sighs. As much as I'm all for the idea of Vergil having a romance, it didn't feel quite right the way it was presented
in the comic book. Although Vergil is more feeling oriented this time around in the game series, it still didn't fit
quite right for him. The romance felt almost rushed and out of character, both for Kat and for Vergil. They seemed
to just kind of haphazardly fall into it. What was even more irritating is at one point Kat says, "Oh Vergil, stop. The
sentimental card won't work with me, but I like seeing you so human, at last." *kiss*

First of all, whether Kat was speaking metaphorically or not, her statement is kind of ridiculous since Vergil isn't
even human. But yeah, yeah I know…she was speaking metaphorically. And Vergil? Sentimental? LOL Right. Maybe
a little bit, but only with his brother. I guess what gets to me is, if their feelings tie together so closely and at such
a quick rate, even if Vergil erased their memories, wouldn't their feelings resurface naturally again in the game
anyway? Just because you erase a memory, doesn't mean you're devoid of going through that same memory all
over again. History can be repeated. So…yeah, the comic romance between the two feels rushed and out of place.
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And that's it folks. Despite the contradicting, misrepresented discrepancies, I thought the comic book was overall
pretty cool and worth owning. It fills in gaps and I'm all for gaps being filled since Capcom brilliantly failed on filling
in gaps the first time around with the series.

Tumblr Account keiasufoto.tumblr.com/

--The Main Purpose--

Just for the hell of it! I felt like doing it, a few of you said you'd follow, so I did it :3  Venture around!
Frolic in the link forest of oblivion! FOLLOW ME AT CONVENTIONS! Whatever works for you lol.

I won't be using the account to post all photos though, only my favorites ones. It'll be mainly to keep
in touch with conventions I'll be showing up at with what costumes, and any new costumes in the works.

Enjoy 8D