Name : ~ziinyu
Music : "You are Goodbye" - Holly Conlan (Bird EP)
Mood :

So the time is at last upon the congregation of us, I have decided to close this account. After [great] thought and consideration I have come to the conclusion that I need to start afresh in my artistic endeavors. This being said I still appreciate the community of devART and all of the support of you who are reading this. Honestly, I miss the unique and interconnected society of this place, and I'm unwilling to give it up, however, I also can't let myself get tied down to all of my prior inhibitions and links to the past present in this account, under this identity. It is really a love/hate relationship between me and this account, we've seen a lot of progress, and I feel guilty dismissing it simply because I don't want reminders of the 14-year-old me that created this account, but this conflict is something with which I need to come to terms.

As most of you [who have a long enough memory to recall the name on this journal] know, I have switched to pseudo-lurker status the past few years. I have not submitted much of anything in the form of art and have fallen off the grid when it comes to mutual critique presence. I severely apologize for this, there are some extenuating health circumstances upon which I will not yet elaborate which have been hindering my ability to function [quite] normally, but I won't try to make this into an excuse. I am sorry to abandon devART for so long, that was negligent to all of you whom I have grown to call friends. I am also looking for a fresh start from this perspective, the ability to reverse a bit and revert to the sort of critiques that I would provide on a regular basis.

For the above reasons I have decided to transfer my devART existence to the portfolio account I started a little while ago, ~ziinyu. I want to re-fortify my presence a bit and start submitting regularly again and once again fully submerge myself in the artistic community.

I am not going to destroy this account, because from an organization and layout standpoint, that's just a bit absurd. I want a blank slate, but I don't want to clear this one. I won't delete deviations, journals, or comments. I won't shift anything into scraps, change anything to be hidden, or move anything to ~ziinyu. I want to be able to go back and step into the past from time to time, but I don't want it to define the direction my art takes from here. I am instead freezing this account, when I am finished with all of the preparations for using only the new account I will no longer perform any actions here. Any responses I provide will be through the new account. This will not be an instantaneous process by any means, so I've created the following schedule of events for the transference:

Timeline :
next-few-days
1. reply to all loose comments
2. start watching deviants through new account
3. provide accompanying ~ziinyu journal
next-few-weeks
4. send out notes to all watchers
5. stop watching through this account
6. new compilation linking to key deviations here
next-few-months
7. prepare and submit sketches for ~ziinyu
8. comment on watched deviations (333)
9. lock this account completely

I have quite a few projects in the works and things scanned but not submitted, so I should be able to keep ~ziinyu afloat and ahead of the game for a little while. All requests and commissions will be performed through the new account.

Thank you for your support in this transfer, I hope to see you on the other side,

Sincerely,
~ziekdog42