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You guys can now find me under Jdan-S/@JDanuel_S on Twitter. Also, now you know what my first name is and where I got my nickname. 
I opened a Twitter account way back in 2013. But the thing is, I haven't been using it at all. It was created for the sole purpose of linking it with the mobile rhythm game Cytus to unlock the song Halcyon. I never even bothered to personalize it!
But in the past few months, I've been seeing a lot of updates on Twitter that I actually want to follow, mainly those related to open source projects and game genres that I play. So I decided to try and access my old account again and set it up properly this time around.
I opened a Twitter account way back in 2013. But the thing is, I haven't been using it at all. It was created for the sole purpose of linking it with the mobile rhythm game Cytus to unlock the song Halcyon. I never even bothered to personalize it!
But in the past few months, I've been seeing a lot of updates on Twitter that I actually want to follow, mainly those related to open source projects and game genres that I play. So I decided to try and access my old account again and set it up properly this time around.
ArtStation and Other Accounts
When I'm not here at Deviantart, you might also find me at:
Twitter - twitter.com/jdanuel_s
Sketchfab - sketchfab.com/Jdan-S
Pixiv - www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=30168886
ArtStation - www.artstation.com/jdan-s
Even though I haven't been updating this account, I've been keeping tabs on what's happening at Deviantart. The site has been acquired by Wix, and the new Eclipse design has been appearing on and off when I visit. I've been here at Deviantart for more than a decade and have seen the site slowly evolve over time. Although the past changes were easy enough to adjust to over time, this latest change seems to be the most dramatic thus f
Struggling to create
New job
I mentioned before that I've resigned from my outsourcing job as a web content writer and graphic artist back in 2017. I was hard pressed to find a new job, and then finally decided to give teaching a go. I spent one semester as a part-time philosophy instructor in my former high school teaching senior high students. It was manageable, but I felt that I was too soft-spoken for the job.
In mid-2018, my experience in teaching and as a writer paid off because I was hired as an editor for a local publishing company that focuses on academic books. Compensation and benefits are fair, but the working hours are rather long though, since I'm
Patreon Rewards and Tier Price Revisions
(Above: an example of what the new $7 Artbook tier contains, in addition to access to $3 rewards)
It's been five months since I opened a page at Patreon, so I've had time to test how I go about uploading rewards and see what approach seems best. One of the first things I've adjusted was to eventually unlock the rewards for the two lower tiers ($1 and $5) over a set period of time. This way, non-patrons wouldn't be permanently locked out of the bonus content, as per my general philosophy of wanting to keep my art as accessible as possible for everyone.
But over time, putting in the extra effort into making these rewards feels like it's slowi
Patreon paused
I'm pausing my Patreon page for a while because I need some time to reconsider the rewards and the content I'm currently offering. Some rewards have proven to be too time-consuming, and I'd like to revise things so that I could use that time instead to focus on my next project in queue more quickly.
It's also probably going to get busy since it's nearing the end of the semester for our university. And as a newbie part-time philosophy instructor, it might take me a while to get familiar with how documents and student records are supposed to be organized and submitted.
In short, I need to focus more on career-related matters at the moment. Pa
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And followed! I'm more active (some would say "far more active") on Twitter than DA so bonus!