Draikinator | ICON // Animation Meme @Draikinator | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
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People often leave comments on my artwork or send me messages and tell me I'm an "icon" or I'm their "idol" or their role model. I know when people say this they mean it as a compliment and I'm supposed to be flattered- but the reality is these kinds of statements.... Absolutely terrify me.
I'm not an icon. I'm not a role model. I never set out to be emulated. I just wanted to express myself and work as an artist. But I am a deeply troubled person, I have some pretty significant mental health issues, I'm incredibly socially awkward and inept at conversations, I can be careless and scatterbrained and avoidant. I'm not an icon, in just Some Guy.

The weight of people's expectations is crushing- if I fuck up something that might have at one point only caused me any suffering, now I have to worry about all the people I'm disappointing.
With this I wanted to express my feelings on this topic- the depictions of un-iconic things I do like my trashy bedroom and the amount of acetaminaphin I chug on a regular basis. And then I wanted to depict the struggle with paranoia and scrutiny, the constant feeling of being watched, and finally, the self loathing that comes with being able to see your own flaws but not force yourself to stop having those flaws.

Q. What's with the Advil?
A. I'm basically always experiencing some frustrating low level pain for some reason. At one point my wisdom teeth impacted and it was six years before I could get them lut. At the worst part of that I was taking like 1800 ml grams of acetominephin every day. I have a notoriously high pain tolerance so that's certainly saying something. Anyway taking painkillers every day is awful on your liver. So I dont recommend it.

Q. You forgot to draw the blush in shot!
A. I didn't forget, I just chose not to do it there

Q. the animation in the part where you're walking is pretty weird
A. yeah I know

Q. do you really live like that
A. yeah

Q. is this for real?
A. I literally sent this video to my mom

Q. I've called you my idol/icon/inspiration before! are you upset with me?
A. nah it's more of a cumulative effect than anything anyone individually is responsible for. don't sweat it

Q. What did you animate this in?
A. Entirely in Clip Studio Paint EX. I cheated on a lot of the shading by copying the animation folder, clipping a single colour to it, offsetting it and setting it to multiply. ;)

Q. what's your gender? is your fursona the same gender?
A. I'm agender. my fursona is the same. I go by they/them. thank u

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