So all things come to pass.

I think I know why I've had such a hard time staying inspired to draw...or better yet, finish what I start.

I'm not overly interested in anime or manga anymore.

While this may not seem like a very big deal to some, it's kind of a big thing for me. One look through my gallery could tell you why. It has been the form, the template for everything that I've done. Go look, I'll wait *lol*.

I'm not sure when it happened. I think...I think it finally started to sink in when Inuyasha ended (manga ended, mind you). Maybe it was symbolic. After all, Inuyasha is the show that took from beyond DBZ and other super popular, kiddied-up fair (bear in mind, I saw Inuyasha when it very first came on, before it caught on in the US and everyone with a anime fixation had a Sesshomaru plushie). My fascination with the subject ending with the series that started it isn't so bizarre.

It's not like I hate it. The shows I watched and loved, I still love (and watch, lol). But there is absolutely no interest to see or watch anything new. There was a time I'd scour the Internet looking for new series. I now follow Gantz, Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece, mainly because I just want to see how the stories end at this point (except One Piece. I still genuinely enjoy every single chapter of that I read. Can't explain why either). With those exceptions...I genuinely could care less. I walk by the anime section of the Best Buy I work at and don't even give it a second glance.

I think, also, another part of it has to do with my progression as an artist. As those of us who strive to improve and learn...anime just doesn't present a challenge anymore. I mean, I'm not the best anime artist on the net (faaaaar far from it), but the medium doesn't hold the allure, the sense of accomplishment it used to. And don't even get me started on cel shading...I've actually fallen asleep trying to cel shade recently (not a joke, I actually fell asleep).

I don't regret my interest in Anime and Manga. It was during a very...unstable part of my life, and it brought me great comfort and satisfaction at times when I had no other means to do so or have it.

But I've moved on.

I'll still remember Yu Yu Hakusho and love the good dub and characters. I'll still remember Ghost in the Shell and be amazed at such a complex and intelligent plot every single time I watch it. I'll always remember my favorite, Rurouni Kenshin, and be amazed at how moving black ink on white paper was to me. I'll still smile every time I see the unparalled style of Cowboy Bebop, where true coolness will never go out of style, and heroes go out with a "Bang".

But in my memory is where they will stay, forever lodged in their greatness, because I no longer feel the need to replace them, or add to them.

Arrivederci, sayonarra, adios and goodbye.

Till next we meet peeps,
Asmodeus

Hey, guys, Asmo here, not dead or retired or anything like that.

I realize I've been gone for a while. The reason is simply that I've had no willingness to draw anything for about 3 months. I've just...not felt like it.

That all changed a couple of days ago, though. I bought myself one of the Bamboo drawing pads...and man are they awesome. They feel sooo much better than the Graphires, I'd have hard time going back to one. So expect some new stuff, and some finished stuff, from me here in the near future.

I'm also in a transitory period where I might be changing the job I've had for the last 3 years to go into a job that will fall in line more with what I'm wanting to go into professionally. I'm just sick and tired of retail, and there is no way in hell I could do this for the rest of my life.

That's about it for now. See ya around guys.

Asmo