For the Record

If someone had told me even a year ago, that i would become mildly addicted to MLP fan-fictions, i'd have been certain they must be joking; And had they also told me it would help break me out of the creative and motivational malaise that i have been languishing in for years now, i'd have called them crazy.

A good friend introduced me to MLP:FIM years ago, insisting on showing me at least two different episodes, and while i was impressed with the rock solid production and quality of the story telling, i never took to the series; and so i largely ignored it, carrying on with what i recognized a year or two ago as a slow downward slide, into mild depression, and stagnation of the imagination.

This state of affairs had persisted for eight years...

I don't think this site and its contents could have helped me back then, i was stubbornly biased against anything MLP related, even if i did acknowledge on an intellectual level the clear and present quality of the FIM series that i observed from those few episodes i watched; but my stance has softened with time, and when i was lead to this site on a bored whim, following a story link posted in the description of a picture on DeviantArt (my usual stomping grounds on the net), i began to discover such gems of writing on this site, that within 2 days i had registered this account, and now 10 days after that, i have lost an entire nights sleep to binge reading 3 different times, with little ill effect felt.

so, the last week and a half have been a game changer for me, i haven't felt this awake and alive since high school; the ideas for my science fiction designs are flowing more easily, my focus has returned in spades, and i no longer struggle to find the motivation to get out of bed. Of course this hasn't come without cost, and such a rapid threefold increase in my activity levels, and successfully reigning in a few of my bad habits for the first time in years has thrown my whole system for a loop; but that will pass, and the benefits i have derived from this new state of affairs have been like the answer to a prayer.

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[Comrade Bagel Muffin]

What type of 3d art do you do???

[Tanis]

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Currently: science fiction concepts, spaceships, equipment, robots, and the occasional building or city; all made using Trimble SketchUp. I am currently starting to learn how to use Blender 3D as well.

A few samples of my more recent work, in order of how recent these screenshots are:
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/487900370589450241/553705083372699648/Helios_Light_Cruiser_1.png
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/487900370589450241/553704497688608788/Collective_heavy_warships.png
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/337712062505680896/559229559325851658/SYN_MBT_rework_final_1.png
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/337712062505680896/562069304322031638/GUN_Big_Foot_mk_II_1.png
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/337712062505680896/565074700871532554/GUN_Big_Foot_mk_II_variants.png

[Comrade Bagel Muffin]

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Cool!