#2 owned/won by @PotatoTheMoose #3 owned/won by @MatchaMelonStudios
Emotional thank you below rules if you care to read. Space or click to see next design. What is a 'draw to adopt' / dta ? You draw the design for a chance to win it. You can make your entry a meme or animation if you feel like going the extra mile. Okay, what are the rules? The design isn't yours unless I say so at the end of the contest. You have to include what you plan on naming the character in your entry, a few personality traits for em wouldn't hurt either. No using bases. No tracing. (this means you can't trace anything, even the drawings in this project.) You can only enter for one! You don't have to ask to enter, or even let me know if you plan to, so, please don't. No guilt tripping. You might think guilt tripping just looks like 'how dare you not give me the design, i'm sad now' , it also looks like 'awh, I'm not a good artist at all, and with all these other entries I won't win.' and 'I know I won't win, but I had to give it a shot.' Please don't say anything like that that could make other contests or me feel bad. This is for fun, and I want everyone to enjoy themselves! <3 This ends the 30th! Okay so now that's out of the way: Thank you. 10k is pretty unbelievable, and I really appreciate all the support over the years. I've pretty much grown up with scratch, since I started when I was 12 and I'm 18 now. Time flies, yet it somehow feels longer. I've met my best friends on here, I see comments every now and then that really makes me smile, I love seeing projects dreamt up by such creative people. Growing up I was, and still somewhat am, pretty isolated, and scratch gave me a good window to just socialize and learn. You've taught me strength, patience, and dedication. For that I cannot thank you enough. I respect you enough to not lie to you though, it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows. Scratch has helped me but at times it was a crutch and I was overly dependent on the praise and more fueled by anxiety than passion for the art I do. It took a toll on my mental health for a bit, but I don't plan on letting that happen again. Going through art theft and guilt-tripping was never fun, but I appreciate the lessons I've learned throughout. Scratch was and is an experience. The highs and lows crafted by my own mental state and the people around me. Sure, 10k is amazing, and I'm thankful, but focus on what you love more than getting followers. What you make is fun, and it's nice because you made it, you put effort and joy into it and other people will see that. It may take a while, and maybe it's only a few people, but it's worth it in the long run. Don't ever try to be someone else. You're enough. Not for your followers, it's rare to please anyone completely. But you're enough for you. Your passions, your hopes, your dreams, those are yours to follow. And that's what matters more than anything. Thank you for an amazing five and a half years. You might've noticed I haven't been as active, and that's because I've found a lot of other websites I enjoy, and I'm following other interests. I honestly don't know where that will lead, back to scratch or away, but for now, I'll continue posting about once a week/whenever I feel motivated to and trying to answer any questions or comments you might have for me on my profile. <3
