After a struggle of 5 whole years, some where there was just a little fiddling, some where working 12 hours each day was common, a passion project has finally been completed. To finally have it done, to finally see it on it's unstoppable path of release, it fills me with what I can only describe as a trail mix back of emotions. Disbelief, joy, exhaustion, pride, makes one wish there was a word for mixed emotions like that.
I'll put the name of the game at the end, but I don't want this to be a promotional post, but an enlightment post for all those who have een struggling and continue to struggle with art. Please, take it from me, don't give up. You can do it. When years go by and it seems like progress is too slow, when family, friends, or both hold little to no care for your work, when it seems it all amounts to nothing but time waisted, don't give in. Don't punish yourself if it hits you for a little while. Giving up is only giving up when you're no longer on the track, not when your stopped on it. I say this because all of this I've survived through and want to pass on the strength to those who are struggling now. Whoever has that project, announce it loud and proud! Give it life that it deserves! For all ideas deserve that life, cause it came from ours! I don't know if this attempt at poetic inspiration will help, but hopefully it will.
My project: Sorcerer's Path! What's yours?
Troisnyx
My passion project was Mio/Homura ~ EXTEND Ver.
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/744701
That also took five years, a lot of begging on the part of my fiancé because I was ready to just give it up as my Achilles heel. It was a source of a lot of pain.
Now, I only think of positivity when I think about that song because of all the fruits the remake gave. It has a music video, I've come out at the top... and it only goes to show that you have every right to dream something ambitious that you may or may not have the skills to do at any given time; you'll get them and fuck all those who say otherwise.
zenygweny
Thank you for sharing and I can tell this piece had a lot of passion behind it. The two different styles merged into one song. Even though their so different, they somehow fit. Keep up the work cause we all know passion is a talent of it's own!