My Art Boiiiii

author's note

before i officially end this book, i would like to leave a quick thank you to anyone who has kept this in their library up until now

i truly appreciate each and every person who has taken a moment to look at my artwork. i've had this book up since freshman year, and i've changed a lot as a person and artist since then

i feel like a lot of the stuff i have said in earlier chapters isn't a good reflection of who i am now

so, i will likely be unpublishing this book, not now, but maybe by the end of the month. i may change my mind (hence why i said likely) but at this point i feel it's for the best

i WILL be making a fourth art book, one i hope to update more frequently. i will let you guys know when that is published

but i would like to thank everyone who has taken time to read my pathetic rants, listen to me ramble about my personal life and problems.

i was in a very dark place mentally two years ago, when this book was first published. i was incredibly depressed, and suicidal. i didn't have many friends. i was being preyed on by a creep i didn't have the heart to block, because i was so lonely i didn't want to lose the only person who texted me, even though he asked me for nudes daily, despite me repeatedly telling him no. i had gone from being bullied in middle school to having only one friend in high school, who i only saw for 15 minutes every day.

i'm in therapy now, and doing so much better. while i'm unsure of what exactly to call the emotions i feel when i think of myself then, and some of the things i've said since then (it's like?? both sadness and embarrassment??? i guess???) i'm very grateful i at least had a place i could express my feelings, even if most people reading this book were only here for the art

what i'm trying to say, is all of you matter to me. thank you for letting me at least pretend 4.75k people have given a shit about me for at least a few seconds.

i hope to see all of you in the next artbook, but you are in no way obligated to read it.

thank you all for letting me feel important, even if it's just for a moment when i see a notification telling me two people have voted on a chapter.

-katori <3