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[ SECRET POST #4856 ]

⌈ Secret Post #4856 ⌋

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09. https://i.imgur.com/CfZEItd.jpg?1

I guarantee you, 2 out of 3 authors are going to be more nervous than you because they didn't get that comment.
Please comment <3

<33

Sorry for the late response! I hadn't any free time until just now to respond. Be it you mean a comment at all, or a reply back to the authors response from my comment, I completely agree! I've been working on trying to get over myself enough to convince my brain that every one of my comments, no matter how unfulfilled or wrecked, will still mean something to the author, at the very least. Even if all I manage is a single heart, or a word, because even then I'm at least able to say something. I'll still try to wrangle my heartfelt feelings for a proper response, but so long as I can give something, it'll make it okay in the meantime for when I find the words to truly give a real review.

I’m always thrilled when I get comments on my fics. It doesn’t have to be a long comment or anything. It can even be just a smiley face or a heart. I love all comments and I always comment back. I’m sure the vast majority of fic writers feel the same way and I’d probably cry out of joy if somebody made art for my fics.

Sorry for the late reply!

<333
Thank you, I did actually need this to realize that you don't alway have to give your best in order to let an author know you love their work. Personally, I just find myself at a lost for words, but honestly, just saying that might be enough to get how I feel across. As much as I want to say better, the fact that /something/ must be said overshadows that.

With the fanart angle, I have an 'unfinished' yet very talented (imo) sort of art of style. I remember a secret or two saying that when authors embed fanart into their fic, they hate the fic all the more every time they see the art, since it become's 'uglier' every time, until it ruins the entire fic for them.
I'll admit that I can only make art for fic when it particularly inspires me and my skills are willing to cooperate, but I'd never want a fic I loved to lose fans due to me being 'comfortable' in my own style;; idek at this point;;

Dude, if you make fanart for one of my fics i'll be over the moon. It's *awesome* if someone is that inspired by something I wrote that they'd do that.

Same for comments - I luff them! Even three-word 'i liked this!' comments are find and dandy.

We luff you readers!

I may be the fan who left you that Spike drawing all those thousands years ago here, and promised you a fanart for '47.25435° N, 101.73998° W'. all the while.... The truth is that I had an absolutely perfect image of Steve's farmhouse that inspired me to draw... just like that. I have never drawn scenery before in my life, let alone a home surrounded by farm land. I picked up books about how to draw homes and everything in between, but you can use as many rulers and protractors you want, but there still needs to be talent to define the lines and build them into artwork. Honestly I have dozens of failed drafts and a half portrait of Bucky retuning home, but nothing that fits like a T to what I've been trying to envision, and I am sorry for that, because this is something I have promised you for a long time now.

The secret about artwork in fanfic made me lose my drive a little, but I swear to you that you deserve that fanart. It's one I promised far too long ago, and while I cannot promise you that it will come tomorrow, I'll get you something by the morning of next week. Because you truly do deserve it.

HOMG!!!!!
*clings*

Was it this Spike?
https://imgur.com/a/2HhG1NS

I have had this picture bookmarked for ages and wanting to put it up but I don't have a name attached and I don't like to put up art without a name.

Did you tell me your name and I misplaced it?
*flails about*

If that's your Spike, you need to say how you want it credited so I can at least link it in a post. Unless you don't want it posted at all - well, you just have to say.

I am just delighted! You read something of mine and it sparked an image in your imagination and that is *marvelous*! :D

I remember doing perspective drawing in art class in HS, 'draw this house' and we had to do the thing with the 'here is where you are, now all the lines have to come from that point' so the house was in the right perspective or whatever. Amazingly interesting but also devilishly hard.

I'm just really bowled over that you're working so hard on something that you don't have to even bother with, you don't want to.

Thank you so very much! :D

If you want to talk about the Spike drawing elsewhere, just email me, tabaquij at gmail.

Yup! That's the one! I left it anon so no worries, you didn't misplace anything! Honestly I don't actually have anywhere to credit to, F!S is like the only place I interact with fandom anymore unfortunately. I used to use the handle Brittaunt as a default for most things, so if you don't feel comfortable sharing it without a name then you can use that one, I just don't have anywhere that you can link it to though. By all means though, post it to your hearts content! I made it for you so you can do pretty much whatever you like with it!

Yeah, the last time I tried to something architectural was perspective work in highschool art class, but as soon as I started reading I had a perfect image of one of those old corner farmhouses surrounded by fields. I dug up an old book of my mom's about how to draw curb appeal, grabbed the protractors and rulers, but oh boy it is hard. It kept not turning out so I started on the Bucky picture instead for a little while.
It's really just fun for me, when I get one of those images from a fic it really ignites my want to draw, something I don't do so often anymore, so if anything I should be grateful to you for restarting my muse! Obviously it gets frustrating from time to time when the picture in my mind doesn't translate on the page, (particularly when it's something outside my drawing norm;;) so it's now always easy, but I love it none the less! (it just ends up taking forever;;)

<333

I'm very shy, but I'll give you a shout out when I finally manage to finish my fanart! Be it the house I'm dead set on or a scruffy Bucky!

YAY!
I'm so glad you spoke up. I would look at that bookmark like once a week, and try to figure out a way to *figure it out*! Hehe.

Excellent.

And thank you so much (again, i hope) for drawing that! And for wanting to draw more things, that is amazing and awesome!

Whatever you do, I know I will be delighted. I hope you're having fun, at least, trying to draw your vision, and not just getting frustrated!

Thank you again! :D Can't wait to see your work.

I couldn't be more happy that I did too! I almost didn't even bring it up, but I guess the serendipity of it all just sort of cracked me out of my shell enough to mention it!
I almost feel bad since there is literally no more than three anonymous fanarts floating around the internet by me, all sent anonymously. Yours, the artwork in "Unchained Melody", and the first fic I sent art for ever! (all of which don't even share the same style)
I can just imagine your frustration trying to figure this out for so long, so it legitimately makes me happy that not only we got to sort this out, but that you liked my art enough to try to figure out it out for as long as you have! It really means so much to me! I'm all flustered!

I swear I'll get that farmhouse down! Just talking about this lit another fire under me to try again with Bucky, I'm used to portraiture, so it's wouldn't be much more than a face, my goal today was to knock some of my rust off and get back into the feel of emoting. It's still a little rough, but there are some distinct angles and emotion I want to imbue to really capture Bucky's first impression walking up to the farmhouse!

The fun is always there! Any time I get frustrated I just take a step back and reread your story, and all I can do is smile!
<3

Awwwww! :D
You make me smile. It's seriously just the most awesome thing, as a writer, to know that someone has not only enjoyed what you wrote, but has been *inspired* by what you wrote into creating something else.

YAYAYAY!

I'm so glad you spoke up.
*smish*

<3333

I'm OP of a secret i think might have influenced this one (replies to replies on fic) and... i'm sorry OP, i was just venting my ridiculous neurosis which i KNOW is neurotic and probably just me. Any author loves any comment, because it shows you loved it enough to take more action than just clicking kudos <3

No worries at all! <333

My secret doesn't exactly explain my entire issue with anxiety. Honestly, when I first saw my secret posted I realized that this could be taken in the exactly same way that I'd taken the other secrets 'I took far too close to heart.' I do not wish to discourage anyone from making secrets of any kind. We are all valid to our opinions, to our secrets, and F!S is the place that we share them!

So you have no reason to apologize at all! (and I do thank you for commenting, that was a very kind thing you didn't need to do, especially with the grace and kindness that you expressed throughout <3) You, and whoever else left a secret I referenced in my own submission, are the ones I should be apologizing to. All of our secrets are valid, if that is the way we feel, we have every right to post them. But I should have been more tactile with my phrasing for sure, so I am sorry for the mess of words I ended up choosing.

Getting a comment on my fic literally will make my day.

<33

Getting through my anxiety in order to comment has always been a challenge, but I've been actively trying so many different things in order to promise a complete response to any work!

If it helps at all, as an author whose art skills are limited to stick figures, I cherish every comment I get (and make sure to reply!). And fanart? Makes me absolutely over the moon! It's kind of a dream come true to know my words were able to inspire an image in someone else's mind so strong they had to draw it.

I read some of the other comments, and wanted to let you know, I link fanart in my fanfics. That way, people can enjoy the art if they want, but if they'd rather not see it, they won't.

I've made so many friends in my current fandom from comments on my fanfics. So if you like someone's work, please don't hesitate to comment if you wish. Even if it's just an emoji or pure keyboard smash. :)

<3

Thank you so much! I get flustered so easily that I can basically convince myself out of anything I think;; This does make me a lot happier to see for sure! Honestly, I've been trying a new thing where I'm writing a review in my notepad (i read everything on my iPod) as I'm reading so I don't miss anything and have all my thoughts on 'paper' in order to sort through in order to give a proper response.
On a multichaptered fic I'll write down my comment for each chapter in the notepad in order not to become overstressed with multiple reviews!
And the one I mentioned in previous comments where I'll leave a portion of my love for a fic until I can thing if something greater!

You make a good point with the art too, I've seen a lot of people linking, and I'll try to keep that mindset when I feel inspired to write. <33

Thank you for your comment, and sorry for the late response!

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