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I’ve finally got a new sketch that I want to colour, but I’ve got a new printer and I’ve found it hard to get the lineart coming out crisp/smooth enough for colouring in PSP8 (I know, it’s an old program, but I don’t want to spend a lot of money on something I might not use often), so I was thinking of trying it on my iPad, as I have the pro with pencil, which sounds like it would be good, but I can’t seem to find an app I can import the line art in with, plus I’m a bit new to colouring with the iPad anyway and am quite honestly, a bit lost with it all, so was wondering whether anybody here had any suggestions.

Many thanks.

A few years ago - well, more than a few - I took down most of my Sonic fanfiction as I really didn't like how it was going and did so with the idea that I would completely rewrite my series and start over. Well, partly due to my innate laziness and partly due to struggling with my anxiety and depression, I never really did and haven't been writing anything at all for a long time - other than short bursts that come from my brief obsessions with fandoms, but tend to consist of (a) whumping the character I like or (b) finding a way to put Aura in there, so they never come to much.

However, I decided to go through my collection of memory sticks and CD's with my fanfiction on, including countless small snippits that weren't finished enough to publish and reading through them, I was suddenly struck by something.

They were actually good.

Not as good as those of people I idolise and with a LOT of editing and reworking needed, but still, I read through them and thought - this is better than I thought it was, I can see where I went wrong - too much description, too much mushiness, overabundence of emotion - but I no longer feel like throwing it all away. I had a lot of good ideas there and while I want to rework the order of them, the plots feel solid.

I can still see a lot of work to be done, but for once, I'm looking forward to it.

...and around, though I've not uploaded anything, art or fic-wise, for a very long time.

Long story short, life has been a bit difficult the last few years and I've lost a lot of motivation for everything I enjoy doing. Without going too deep into it, I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression several years back and was put on medication, which has helped a lot, but I just havn't felt like uploading anything. I guess I'm also wondering where my fanfiction and art are going, whether I should continue as I am or change - I need to improve on anatomy for a start - no more characters holding their arms behind them for a start and try some new fandoms for my writing.

On that note, if anyone is interested in any sort of exchange, lew me know - a good kick up the backside would really help ^^

Also, I'll be 30 next week.

Wow, I still feel like a teenager sometimes, but it's a pretty big milestone ^^ I've already asked for one of those massive badges with the number on - no shame here ^^

Okay, I'm going to sign off now, but this will not be the last thing I post for another year.

HONEST! 

...until I leave my 20's behind.

Yep, I'm now twenty-nine years old, though a lot of the time I still feel like a little kid (watching cartoons will do that to you) and I certainly don't class myself as a 'grown-up' (who does?) even though I've got a lot of those traits going on - a job, a flat, bills to pay.

So, who's still resisting the trappings of being an adult?

As you might be able to tell, I've not uploaded anything for quite a while and think my problem might be motivation and what is a better kick up the poverbial a**e than an exchange.

So.... Anybody interested?