I'm sorta thinking Anthrocon may not happen after all. I don't know what my plans are this year. There are some ... Problems that have popped up that are not conducive to good uses of PTO.

I'm going to try to accelerate my art output, best I can anyways. Can't let my skills degrade.

Nothing new to report other than general grumpiness.

So next year I am proported to go to Anthrocon to meet up with a community I've been a part of for several years now, 8 months away. While I am looking forward to it I have a fear that a new expense popping up is going to hamper any vacation plans I have. Taking it day by day for now.

Been trying to get creative again but art comes slow. I've had too much on my mind.

Hoping to resume populating my gallery more efficiently over the next while, but in the meantime I'm just working on keeping my head on straight and not letting all the bad news destroy me mentally.

Stay tuned.

I have been pretty occupied with my mom's health situation the past few days, but I just feel like I need to say "something" related to this past election.

So something like 13 million fewer Democrats voted this year in an absolutely critical election, and it just really makes me realize how criminally broken this country is that 13 million people plus some 60 million eligible voters decided "Nah, can't vote for a woman" or "Nah, there is this one thing she didn't say so ain't voting".

How broken a citizen of the United States can you be that you can't be bothered to realize that by not voting you give more power to the opposition who not only isn't on your side but will absolutely be worse for you and everything you care about in addition to the thing you think your candidate won't address?

I can't shut off the firehose of bullshit that will be coming out of the politic sphere for 4 years and all this shit is gonna stress me the fuck out, so let it be known I did my civic duty and I would absolutely have held Harris to the fire as is everyone she would have shared an office with. For all those non-voters, the ones who thought she was just too evil, too unknown for you? Get ready to live in the hell of your own making because you just couldn't be bothered to not let a selfish, criminal asshole take over the entire country.

Dude is already gearing up to fill his entire cabinet and every once useful department of government with people cultishly loyal to him, but not actually competent, knowledgeable, smart, or compassionate. All a bunch of opportunists, not civil servants by any stretch. We are going to lose so much.

At this point I have come to a somber realization. It ain't Don. It is a massively uninformed, selectively forgetful, cultishly loyal fanbase that never, ever questioned the intentions of the people they vote for coupled with at least 13 million Democratic voters laser focused on electoral purity that we will never have, and as long as this purity test bullshit continues, our country will forever be ruled by the MAGA cult long after Don is dead.

I don't know what to say that hasn't been said better by other, more knowledgeable people. All I can say is... take care of each other. Life is finite. We are ephemeral beings. We are here for but a moment that only lasts so long, and well... we have to make the most of the time we have.

Be kind to each other, please. Spend time with your friends. Don't forget the people that love you and care for you. Reach out if you can, say hi to someone you haven't spoken to in awhile. The connections we make in this ephemeral life we have matter. Friendships matter. People matter. It's these connections that make memories and form the legacies we will leave behind. We don't get to choose when we go, but we can at least choose what we do in the time we have.

Rest In Peace, Dragoneer. You will be remembered and missed.

So I kinda liked doing these character references I have recently posted up... I was thinking I might do a couple commissions for fun, if there is any interest? I would probably have to give a hard cap on the number of requests I can take on but...

I guess before I say I WILL do them, I should find out if anyone finds them interesting enough to pay me money for. So... is there any interest? Basically I'd do a front/back shot, one "action" shot, one "casual" shot, and unclothed versions of each (I'd probably charge extra if you want some lewd content there, otherwise it would be tasteful nude with no bits or speedo). What say y'all? Any takers? And, of course, stats or fun information. I mean I'm thinking D&D or Pathfinder stats but I could probably do pretty much anything.

Burnout has struck me very hard this year. My enthusiasm for creative output is virtually non-existent. Too many hours working and I have little energy left for creative pursuits in between. It's really bad this time around. I'm working on it. Mostly been distracting myself with shows, streams, and occasionally VRChat. You might find me doing that from time to time.

I haven't died or anything but creativity is really hard right now, I'm sorry to say. I will come around eventually, I hope. Bear with me.

Since some people have expressed concern about my good friend Endium, I have a small video I will share extracted from a world in VRChat.

Two of these avatars are still a WiP and were made by  endium, with Unity coding and tweaks by  fixerdragon.  elastosaur did the recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BZFDc0vV8

All of my friends are beloved and hardworking! Endium is working on something and doesn't want to share until he has something really good to share.

I have several things I have been working on and have merely been lazy about putting them up. I'll get around to it soon once I have more content to share that people would find interesting, I promise.

I am not dead. I also have unfinished art and some finished but not polished art I haven't uploaded here. I'm just in kind of a funk that has been kicking my tail for the past few months. That said, new art is eventually coming, and I appreciate any and all support I have received. I love all you guys and I thank you for being there.

More coming soon.

I know it's been a year since my last one. I intended to carry on the comic for a few pages but got kinda distracted with other projects. I plan on making a few more pages and depending on how things go I may make some more cameo slots, if there is enough interest. I'm playing it by ear so I have nothing official at this time. Keep an eye open for more of that comic when I get off my lazy ass.

Thanks for watching, y'all.

Look this is just not a complicated issue.

If someone says to call them Dr, Ms, Mrs, Sir, Madam, you call them that, right?

So if someone asks you to refer to them as him/he or her/she or hir/shi, you can do that!

Just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean you get to dictate to everyone else what they 'should' be called because you have been asked by the owner of the title to call them X. Stop this madness. Just be considerate with people, okay?

Peace.

I'm not doing 'nothing'. I have been doing Telegram stickers for myself and a few select individuals in my free time. Still working on commissions and Crimson Dervish cards on the side, just wanted to update my journal for a more 'official' kind of voice.

I'll try writing some longer journal entries at some point once I find a way to put words to the insecurities and concerns I have as it relates to the current world. Suffice to say though, Independence Day did not feel like anything worth celebrating and I've celebrated it in some measure every year except for this one.

I need inspiration and grateful recipients to drive me. Wanna be a kobold? Cuz I wanna draw a kobold. Post here and I might have something to draw over the next few days.

[slots full, I don't want to get overwhelmed.]

Dude's got a fun style. Commission my friend  omni-aura, he's doing some Valentine's Day commissions on the cheap! Go say hi!

Ignore this post.

Will post a proper update eventually when I get around to it.

Couple of new images in my gallery. Garanixx's perspective is off and I screwed up my savefile, so that's how it's just gonna have to stick. I'm still seeking self improvement, and I can't keep putting off that tailhug trade I promised. I've been focused more on trying to replicate pose references found online and been getting tutored here and there. Hopefully I will stop sucking and get my act together to make something people will actually like. ;)

I almost feel like it's something 'I' will have to initiate, because there's like no new Killer Instinct art rule 34 or otherwise, and the game has been out for 3 years already. It's weird! The new character designs are spot on and beautiful.

Where are all the Killer Instinct artists at? It has:

A werewolf.
A dinosaur.
3 different aliens.
A muscular toad.
Orchid.
A shapeshifting AI.

Among others... and yet there's no new KI art being uploaded? Get to it!

Forgot to update. Not much news to report at this time.

My desktop is currently unusable and I need some new components. I will open up for a couple of commissions so I can get back to being lazy.

I'll try to draw anything, except for illegal things.

$20 base. My character is free. Additional characters are extra depending on complexity, starting at $10. Backgrounds are extra depending on complexity starting at $15 because they tend to, for me, be very time consuming and I am not well practiced in them, but am willing to try.

Moving right along.

Star Wars The Old Republic is as addictive as ever.

Help.

My local friend Paradox's house burned down nearly to the ground and he lost everything inside. If you have a bit of pocket money to spare, please consider helping him rebuild using his GoFundMe. It's a worthy cause. He's a good fellow.

https://www.gofundme.com/e54vrywk

Here is a personal challenge I am going to set for myself. Give me a few fun sounding single picture ideas to undertake for Halloween. If the idea appeals to me, I'll try to draw it! Depending on how quickly I can get one done, I may do a few! Just post here in the journal for me and you might get some free art.

Feeling pretty good lately. My art block has crumbled and I find myself looking forward to drawing instead of dreading it. I have been using references and studying musculature a little bit more closely and that seems to have done wonders for my self confidence. Might be able to fulfill all my obligations this time around.

Also, hi and hello to all my new watchers. Don't be afraid to leave me comments. I want to improve and eventually catch up in skill to those I've been drawing alongside for all these years.

Feeling pretty good lately. My art block has crumbled and I find myself looking forward to drawing instead of dreading it. I have been using references and studying musculature a little bit more closely and that seems to have done wonders for my self confidence. Might be able to fulfill all my obligations this time around.

Also, hi and hello to all my new watchers. Don't be afraid to leave me comments. I want to improve and eventually catch up in skill to those I've been drawing alongside for all these years.

I totally know what it means, but I just felt a need to say this.

Bondagize and Bondaged are not real words! Don't get me wrong, I understand what they mean and why people say it, but I don't think some people actually know the correct grammar because these words gets thrown around a fair bit within the silly community.
'Bondage' is a state of being. It comes from the root word, 'bind'.
When you 'bind' someone, they become 'bound', and then they are in a state of 'bondage'.
There is no such thing as to 'bondagize' someone so they become 'bondaged' into a state of 'bondage'.
It just sounds so ridiculous saying that out loud XD

Here are correct uses.

Kaliak binds Erinsis in rich silk.

Erinsis is bound in rich silk.

Erinsis enjoys his bondage.

This has been a public service announcement.