"When-I-Sleep"?
The name of this site is 'When-I-sleep'It's called this because the webmaster likes sleep/dream themed things. The webmaster also has a tendency to sleep for a long time – and spends more hours of the day asleep than awake.
Also, I was listening to my bloody valentine while trying to think of a site name.
Why did you make this site?
At first, I created the site just to dick around with html/css once more. I needed to learn a new hobby.I needed to learn more html so I could make toyhouse templates for my ocs.
The last time I messed around with html was in highschool, where I made an anime site for current seasonal anime (at the time) for an assignment. It was pure html as that was all we learnt, it was not public nor was it saved on my computer – It's likely lost to time.
Anyway, I thought it'd be fun to make a cool looking site.
I was inspired by browsing old geocities sites, old myspace, neocities, spacehey – stuff like that.
So I guess the nostalgia factor was what pulled me to neocities.
I just think that the sites I saw told me a lot about who made it.
I guess.
It probably was just nostalgia.
That was good and all, but I didn't really have a use for this site other than to try and make cool layouts.
I added anime girl graphics – yes, that says a lot about me.
But I actually was debating myself in the first place as to whether I should make a neocities or not – because I have nothing to put on it.
So essentially, this site was made on a whim.
However, I remembered that some weeks/months ago I was frustrated.
"Aghh. Why do all the webcomic sites have such strict guidelines (regarding nudity and such)!!!"
"Apple is to blame!!! And why are they all in scrolling format!!! The compressions makes my art look awful!!!"
– something like that.
I realised that I needed somewhere to put my cringey comics and such.
Somewhere that seems a little less 'public'.
From a long time ago, I've have plans to make oneshot manga – but I didn't really have a place to post them optimally.
I also wanted to experiment with different story themes and artwork that would be unsuitable to post on social media.
Or at least, it'd make a sane person go "who the fuck made this?"
Actually, the first time neocities got on my radar was due to a webcomic hosted here.
And rarebit as an alternative webcomic hosting thing.
"So it's just to post your comics then?" – is probably what you're thinking.
There's a bit more than that.
For the longest time, I've always been struggling to express myself.
I have trouble with words and conversations, every conversation feels like I'm fighting a duel, with the other person as my competitor.
I struggle to talk about things I like because of this.
I also just tend to forget a lot of things when I talk to others.
And though I draw, I struggle to put my feelings and interests in my art.
I often find myself thinking, 'how do I inject this song I like into this art piece?'
It always wraps back to music.
I realised, I could have to songs I like play on my site.
So that's what I'm doing.
I also thought about branching out, trying different art styles, creating 'animated' series (slideshows), animating my nightmares, etc etc.
And a place to shitpost would be really fun, I guess.
So in the end, this site would get used for all kinds of things.
TLDR: Needed a place to post my OC yaoi art.
How's this site organised, anyway?
It's split into an art and blog section.Essentially, art stuff is for pictures, the blog stuff is for text.
Obviously, this can overlap, so there will be quite a few links that cross sections.
I wasn't thinking about the sitemap much when in the making of this site (lol).
About the blog
I'm quite lazy and quite crude. My vocabulary is limited and it's hard for me to convey my thoughts, so the stuff on this site may be painful to read.I also aplogise, as my life isn't very interesting.
Actually, I think it's best when it's not interesting, so I take back the apology.
My life is uninteresting, and I have nothing interesting to say, so the written stuff on this site will be me pulling stuff from my ass I guess.
