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Future of this Account
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Hey everyone, been a while huh...
First of all wanna wish everyone a happy Pride Month and may it be very awesome to all of you and now I'm just going to tell you all what has been going on in my life and what I want to do with this account.
Since my last post which was all the way back at the beginning of 2021, I've moved on and I'm nearly on the verge of finishing high school after being set back for a year!! After this I plan to head on to university and to study geography and I'm really excited about that. I've also gotten a weekend part time job which I'm really enjoying. There's also been drama here and there but it's all been dealt with now.
Anyways as for this account, you know I've said multiple times I would try to revive it but to be honest that felt like a chore to me, and if I really wanted to revive it I would have taken more time and effort into doing so. I felt as if I needed to revive it for you guys and not because I wanted to be happy and have fun sharing my work. This probably started when I got many messages and notes from people doing requests. Doing those requests put me off from creating art because it felt as if I had to do it cause I have to plus someone told me to which took the fun out of it for me. In addition with not doing the requests as quickly as the person wanted, I feel as if I would get bad rep for it. Plus by also doing these requests, I never had the time to draw the stuff I wanted to draw and that really saddened me especially when I had so many good drawing ideas I really wanted to do. Eventually, it got to the point where going on this website was like a burden or a thorn in my back cause I knew someone wanted me to draw something, so I just slowly stopped using it all together.
With that in mind I've made my final decision and this is to archive this account for good. Maybe once my exams are over I'll organise my account and stuff to properly archive it for closure causes. But I'm happy that I'm finally doing this so it can put that tiny thought about my deviantart account at the back of my head finally to rest. If you're wondering if there's a possibility this account will be properly revived, then don't get your hopes up. If there was going to be a revival then that'll be in the very distant future like years and years. But I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout my joutney on this website and to all the wondeful friends and people I have met, I really love and appreciate you all from the bottom of my heart and I will never forget you. However if you still want to keep in touch, you can add me on Discord ( Username: Daracoon911#9270) or Instagram (Username: dara_the_fandom_girl) as I am more active on these apps.
Without further ado, it is time I end this journal update. It's been a pleasure and this is Daracoon911 signing out for the very last time.
Peace! 
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Time for a Major Life Update
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Hey guys Daracoon911 signing and apolgies for not doing my 'Quick Reviews of the Month' I don't really have an excuse 
So now I must update you on what has been going on and what's gonna happen next
January
New year, new decade! Oh how it went downhill worldwide and in my life. School is just assesments, revising, homework all the usual stuff. But there was one week in particular which nothing went right. For a while I was interested in someone but it all got ruined when someone told him about how I was feeling, had a breakdown and avoided him for a week but then apologised him because my feelings started of as a really bad joke with a close friend but on the bright side this developed into a healthy, fun, good and entertaining friendship though. In that same week I had to deal with racism in my history class which took a toll on me and the whole week was a shambles and a write off. So much for cutting out irrelevant people and starting afresh.
February
Mixed bag but overall still going downhill. School was school as usual despite the fears of Coronavirus growing as it slowly spread across the UK. Then we had a ton of storms, one being so bad it blew a tree down on the school gates. Got my Ghanaian passport renew kinda topic as my decided to head back home for two weeks at the end of Feb. There was also a serious accident on my road when coming back from school one day, not really pleasant site. Then to top it all of I started having friendship problems which haven't been really resloved
March
Now this month is the most eventful one. I know we have a week and a bit to go but let me tell you what's happened so far because I highly doubt that nothing will really happen for the rest of the month unless the Government gives more info about Corona. So cases of Corona have increased rapidly in the UK and has even come into the area where I live which has resulted in panic buying, people looking at you weirdly if you cough or sneeze and everything else. My dad thankfully got back from Ghana in time before they put in travel restrictions. School was carrying on as normal but so many people were self isolating and class numbers were falling. F1 also has been suspended unti the end of May/early June which made me even more depressed. Had an assement week last week which didn't make much of a difference because I had gotten to the point with everything going to shit and most likely going to die soon, is it worth it trying?? Then this week the school shut for years 7-9 which really annyoed me at first, then we got the annoucement that all schools will close this Friday which did cheer me up a bit but my school had to close yesterday as a parent of a student had tested postive for Coronavirus and I've been at home ever since.
The quaratine life overall is not so great but I understand why we have to do it. I miss going to schooland my friends so much, we've made a ton of group chats and doen video calls but it doesn't feel right there are so many questions about what is going to happen for my year group in particular as well but I have no choice but to stay at home find a balance between the work my teachers are setting online and trying to not be bored. There's also the fear factor as well becuase anytime someone in my family goes out we are all putting ourselves at risk as well. Overall I just want this to be over
Deviantart
So what does this mean for Deviantart? I'm going to be at home until further notice, my best guess is until September because that's when the new school year starts. So now I have a huge amount of time on my hands, yes I'll still be doing school work but I'll be uploading drawings more frequently if I don't get hit with waves of laziness and tiredness. I'll see if it's still possible to carry on with my plans for
this year and finish of any to-do list drawings and reogranising my account here and there if needed
In conclusion, if we want this terrible pandemic to be over:
So now I must update you on what has been going on and what's gonna happen nextJanuary
New year, new decade! Oh how it went downhill worldwide and in my life. School is just assesments, revising, homework all the usual stuff. But there was one week in particular which nothing went right. For a while I was interested in someone but it all got ruined when someone told him about how I was feeling, had a breakdown and avoided him for a week but then apologised him because my feelings started of as a really bad joke with a close friend but on the bright side this developed into a healthy, fun, good and entertaining friendship though. In that same week I had to deal with racism in my history class which took a toll on me and the whole week was a shambles and a write off. So much for cutting out irrelevant people and starting afresh.
February
Mixed bag but overall still going downhill. School was school as usual despite the fears of Coronavirus growing as it slowly spread across the UK. Then we had a ton of storms, one being so bad it blew a tree down on the school gates. Got my Ghanaian passport renew kinda topic as my decided to head back home for two weeks at the end of Feb. There was also a serious accident on my road when coming back from school one day, not really pleasant site. Then to top it all of I started having friendship problems which haven't been really resloved
March
Now this month is the most eventful one. I know we have a week and a bit to go but let me tell you what's happened so far because I highly doubt that nothing will really happen for the rest of the month unless the Government gives more info about Corona. So cases of Corona have increased rapidly in the UK and has even come into the area where I live which has resulted in panic buying, people looking at you weirdly if you cough or sneeze and everything else. My dad thankfully got back from Ghana in time before they put in travel restrictions. School was carrying on as normal but so many people were self isolating and class numbers were falling. F1 also has been suspended unti the end of May/early June which made me even more depressed. Had an assement week last week which didn't make much of a difference because I had gotten to the point with everything going to shit and most likely going to die soon, is it worth it trying?? Then this week the school shut for years 7-9 which really annyoed me at first, then we got the annoucement that all schools will close this Friday which did cheer me up a bit but my school had to close yesterday as a parent of a student had tested postive for Coronavirus and I've been at home ever since.
The quaratine life overall is not so great but I understand why we have to do it. I miss going to schooland my friends so much, we've made a ton of group chats and doen video calls but it doesn't feel right there are so many questions about what is going to happen for my year group in particular as well but I have no choice but to stay at home find a balance between the work my teachers are setting online and trying to not be bored. There's also the fear factor as well becuase anytime someone in my family goes out we are all putting ourselves at risk as well. Overall I just want this to be over
Deviantart
So what does this mean for Deviantart? I'm going to be at home until further notice, my best guess is until September because that's when the new school year starts. So now I have a huge amount of time on my hands, yes I'll still be doing school work but I'll be uploading drawings more frequently if I don't get hit with waves of laziness and tiredness. I'll see if it's still possible to carry on with my plans for
this year and finish of any to-do list drawings and reogranising my account here and there if neededIn conclusion, if we want this terrible pandemic to be over:
- Self Isolate/ remain in quarantine (At home)
- Wash your hands more often for about 20 seconds
- As hard as it is, social distance and avoid close phsyical contact
- Only travel if it's absolutely necessary
- Stop panic buying/stock piling
- Listen to offical updates
- Catch your coughs and sneezes with tissues
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Plans for the Year
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Hey guys, Daracoon911 signing in, for what I feel might be a quick journal so, let me tell you what my plans are for 2020!
To tell you the truth, I don't really have a solid plan for what I want to do for this year but I'll tell you what I have come up with so far, if I plan something new I'll tell you in a new journal.
For previous years, I have always told myself to be consistent when it comes to uploading drawings and I believe that doing 2-4 drawings a week put a lot of pressure on me which leads me to not enjoying drawing at all and with school making it a tight squeeze as well. I've now learnt that I need to focus more on school and I should draw whenever I feel like it as it should be enjoyable, so I don't have a drawing schedule planned for this year and I'll continue drawing for the fandoms that I'm apart of
I think that's the main thing I want to talk about and now for my next point.
Another plan I have is that I'm constantly trying to improve my drawings and this year I want to focus on it anatomy wise since my anatomay has majory improved with my art style since I joined here but there are a lot of inconsistencies still and I don't want to take the lazy route by copying and pasting. Thankfully when I got my drawing tablet for Christmas a couple of years ago I got even a book which is like a beginner's guide to photoshop, and when I've flicked through it I saw that there are loads of pages on anatomy. So I plan to flick through it again and try to use the techniques from the books into my drawings. Don't worry I'll still maintain my chibi/cartoonish/anime style though but I'll probably start doing this in my school holidays as I'll have more time.
And now here are some drawings I have thought about doing:
To tell you the truth, I don't really have a solid plan for what I want to do for this year but I'll tell you what I have come up with so far, if I plan something new I'll tell you in a new journal.
For previous years, I have always told myself to be consistent when it comes to uploading drawings and I believe that doing 2-4 drawings a week put a lot of pressure on me which leads me to not enjoying drawing at all and with school making it a tight squeeze as well. I've now learnt that I need to focus more on school and I should draw whenever I feel like it as it should be enjoyable, so I don't have a drawing schedule planned for this year and I'll continue drawing for the fandoms that I'm apart of
I think that's the main thing I want to talk about and now for my next point.Another plan I have is that I'm constantly trying to improve my drawings and this year I want to focus on it anatomy wise since my anatomay has majory improved with my art style since I joined here but there are a lot of inconsistencies still and I don't want to take the lazy route by copying and pasting. Thankfully when I got my drawing tablet for Christmas a couple of years ago I got even a book which is like a beginner's guide to photoshop, and when I've flicked through it I saw that there are loads of pages on anatomy. So I plan to flick through it again and try to use the techniques from the books into my drawings. Don't worry I'll still maintain my chibi/cartoonish/anime style though but I'll probably start doing this in my school holidays as I'll have more time.
And now here are some drawings I have thought about doing:
- Amelia, Lily and Cornstalk Redesigns +Re-writing bios
- Precure drawings
- Gifts
- Drawings from my Summer redrawing challenge
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2019 Summarised
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Hey guys, Daracoon911 signing in for the final time this year and this decade. Wow can't believe it! 
It's had its ups and downs but the future is bright! So let's review the year as a whole!
January
Crying over my mock results and applying for colleges also laying out my plans for the year and uploading some drawings
February
Pretty uneventful month. Bit of friend drama and watching some new anime while experimenting with shading techniques with my drawings
March
Drama between my classmates, I had a bit too (cringy relationship drama, don't worry I've solved it and I'm over it) Get summer exam timetable and the thought of doing these big exams hasn't hit me yet and I'm hyped that the F1 is back
April
Easter holidays and does completely no revision, get my prom dress and the final countdown to exams. Also celebrates F1's 1000th race
May
Completes final full day of mainstream education and start the big exams. Thought they all turned out pretty bad but now that, I'm in college I actually want to go back and re-do them again because college is sooooo hard
June
Finish my exams and with that, I've finished mainstream education. Had a sad but sweet final draw of school before the start of my 3 month Summer. Had my prom and it was the absolute best! All of this, I also lay out my plans for the Summer on
July
Realised I lied to myself about having the best summer ever and I stayed inside apart from going to Barcelona at the end of the month.
August
A month of celebrations
Sweet 16th and finding out that I have passed all my exams and I'll be going to college in September on Results Day.
September
A chaotic Enrolement day but I managed to get into my school's college despite being seemingly pushed away and I slowly settle into my new school life. I also cry about the Steven Universe Movie and download the entire movie soundtrack
October
Getting to know the new people at my college while stil settling in as my parents go on holiday
November
First assesment week doesn't go too well and I'm just straight up tired from now until the end of term
December
Festive Friday and we start our Christmas holidays early as our tecahers couldn't get into school on the last day. Been to a Christmas Party and received presents and had dinner with my family. Been relaxing up til now.
Overall, 2019 has been a good year all around with many great moments just with some negatives dotted in between. I myself could've made it better especially in the Summer and if I actually revised for my exams but, we move. Don't know yet how I'm going to spend this new year but Thanks to everyone on this wonderful website for making this year amazing I wish you a very
and new decade and nothing but the best for all of you in 
this is Daracoon911 signing out and I leave you with a very inspiration quote from the Steven Universe Movie which I'm trying to go by in 2020. :bademoticon:
It's had its ups and downs but the future is bright! So let's review the year as a whole! January
Crying over my mock results and applying for colleges also laying out my plans for the year and uploading some drawings
February
Pretty uneventful month. Bit of friend drama and watching some new anime while experimenting with shading techniques with my drawings
March
Drama between my classmates, I had a bit too (cringy relationship drama, don't worry I've solved it and I'm over it
) Get summer exam timetable and the thought of doing these big exams hasn't hit me yet and I'm hyped that the F1 is backApril
Easter holidays and does completely no revision, get my prom dress and the final countdown to exams. Also celebrates F1's 1000th race
May
Completes final full day of mainstream education and start the big exams. Thought they all turned out pretty bad but now that, I'm in college I actually want to go back and re-do them again because college is sooooo hard
June
Finish my exams and with that, I've finished mainstream education. Had a sad but sweet final draw of school before the start of my 3 month Summer. Had my prom and it was the absolute best! All of this, I also lay out my plans for the Summer on
July
Realised I lied to myself about having the best summer ever and I stayed inside apart from going to Barcelona at the end of the month.
August
A month of celebrations
Sweet 16th and finding out that I have passed all my exams and I'll be going to college in September on Results Day. September
A chaotic Enrolement day but I managed to get into my school's college despite being seemingly pushed away and I slowly settle into my new school life. I also cry about the Steven Universe Movie and download the entire movie soundtrack
October
Getting to know the new people at my college while stil settling in as my parents go on holiday
November
First assesment week doesn't go too well and I'm just straight up tired from now until the end of term
December
Festive Friday and we start our Christmas holidays early as our tecahers couldn't get into school on the last day. Been to a Christmas Party and received presents and had dinner with my family. Been relaxing up til now.
Overall, 2019 has been a good year all around with many great moments just with some negatives dotted in between. I myself could've made it better especially in the Summer and if I actually revised for my exams but, we move. Don't know yet how I'm going to spend this new year but Thanks to everyone on this wonderful website for making this year amazing I wish you a very
and new decade and nothing but the best for all of you in this is Daracoon911 signing out and I leave you with a very inspiration quote from the Steven Universe Movie which I'm trying to go by in 2020. :bademoticon: "I'll be ready everyday, for as long as I can say.
Here I am in the future with my friends!
(I can make a change)
And that's why...
Happily ever after never ends!"
Here I am in the future with my friends!
(I can make a change)
And that's why...
Happily ever after never ends!"
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Where Have I Been?
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Hey guys Daracoon911 signing in and mydays it's been forever since I've been on this website! So here I'm going to quicky sum up where I've gone these past few months.
September: After getting my exam results, decided to enrol in my current school's sixth form (or college, I'll call it that so everybody can understand) Nice seeing the majority of my classmates again and I truly miss those who left. Enrolment day was a bit of a mess though sadly, I wanted to study history, Spanish and physics but there were some difficulties with that. Physics I didn't meet the entry requirements for it but I was hoping with my science grade practically being an A they would let me onto the course, thankfully they did but Spanish is what annoyed me the most I had passed the entry requirments to do it but my teacher was doubting me saying that I would struggle with it and not be able to handle the workload. She did let me on the course only because of the uncertainty of me not doing physics. Enrolling into history was fine, I swear if they told me that I couldn't do it even though I got the top grade in it I would've walked out the school.
Couple of days later, I start college but I swapped Spanish for geography because it was another subject I did well in and my dad said that it would be in my best decsion, at least my geography teacher from the past 2 years was happy to have me back in class
So practically from September till now, just been settling into college life.
October: Parents go on holiday for a week leaving me and my sister behind. Still settling into new school life and meeting and becoming friends with new people and enjoying all my subjects apart from physics because of my teachers who are not the best at teaching and I get my well needed half term since starting college I've been more tired than ever
November: First assesment week and it doesn't go too well. I fail my phsyics assesment but I do under par in my history and geography assesments. They say that the at the beggining of college, there is a dip in grades but it usually picks up after that, I shouldn't really worry but I'm scared that my grades won't pick up and I might have to repeat the year again!
December: First school report doesn't go down well with my parents. Also have Festive Friday where we got to dress up Christmassy! I'm just longing for the term to end and it did this Friday after flooding and the teachers couldn't get into school so we were all sent home
Just yesterday as well I went to a Christmas party!
So that's the past couple of months in a nutshell and with me being on holidays for two weeks what to expect? Now that I have fully settled into college, I know how to manage my time, so once I go back I should be able to upload often. Also expect some uploads these holidays and my 'Review of the Year' Journal coming up. I've also got a lot of schoolwork to catch up on so I'll also be making time for that to make sure I'm ready for the next term and the new year As for 'Countdown to Christmas', It'll be a lot to catch up on so this year I'll do 2 big drawings for Christmas Eve and one for Christmas day and maybe show you some of the festive drawings I had planned for it
I think this is all I have to say for now, drawings coming real soon! This is Daracoon911 signing out!
September: After getting my exam results, decided to enrol in my current school's sixth form (or college, I'll call it that so everybody can understand) Nice seeing the majority of my classmates again and I truly miss those who left. Enrolment day was a bit of a mess though sadly, I wanted to study history, Spanish and physics but there were some difficulties with that. Physics I didn't meet the entry requirements for it but I was hoping with my science grade practically being an A they would let me onto the course, thankfully they did but Spanish is what annoyed me the most I had passed the entry requirments to do it but my teacher was doubting me saying that I would struggle with it and not be able to handle the workload. She did let me on the course only because of the uncertainty of me not doing physics. Enrolling into history was fine, I swear if they told me that I couldn't do it even though I got the top grade in it I would've walked out the school.
Couple of days later, I start college but I swapped Spanish for geography because it was another subject I did well in and my dad said that it would be in my best decsion, at least my geography teacher from the past 2 years was happy to have me back in class
So practically from September till now, just been settling into college life.October: Parents go on holiday for a week leaving me and my sister behind. Still settling into new school life and meeting and becoming friends with new people and enjoying all my subjects apart from physics because of my teachers who are not the best at teaching and I get my well needed half term since starting college I've been more tired than ever
November: First assesment week and it doesn't go too well. I fail my phsyics assesment but I do under par in my history and geography assesments. They say that the at the beggining of college, there is a dip in grades but it usually picks up after that, I shouldn't really worry but I'm scared that my grades won't pick up and I might have to repeat the year again!
December: First school report doesn't go down well with my parents. Also have Festive Friday where we got to dress up Christmassy! I'm just longing for the term to end and it did this Friday after flooding and the teachers couldn't get into school so we were all sent home
Just yesterday as well I went to a Christmas party! So that's the past couple of months in a nutshell and with me being on holidays for two weeks what to expect? Now that I have fully settled into college, I know how to manage my time, so once I go back I should be able to upload often. Also expect some uploads these holidays and my 'Review of the Year' Journal coming up. I've also got a lot of schoolwork to catch up on so I'll also be making time for that to make sure I'm ready for the next term and the new year
As for 'Countdown to Christmas', It'll be a lot to catch up on so this year I'll do 2 big drawings for Christmas Eve and one for Christmas day and maybe show you some of the festive drawings I had planned for it I think this is all I have to say for now, drawings coming real soon! This is Daracoon911 signing out!
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