Hello,

I apologize for my sudden and extended absence. Last Christmas Eve I lost someone very dear to me and had not expected that grief to hit me so early. I've been struggling to get over my losses since then, but it has been very difficult and drawing has been extremely difficult.

Because of this, I will closing my commissions for the remainder of the year and will open them when I am properly able to fulfill them. I will also be announcing the winner of the giveaway at that time. I am so sorry for how long it's been dragged out, but I don't feel right announcing a winner and then asking them to wait for even longer before I begin work.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding. I've never dealt with this kind of thing before so it's all blindsided me pretty hard. I've lost a lot of things that I care about since last Christmas Eve and I'm still trying to figure out how to live without them. The holidays just kind of make their absences even more noticeable.

One of my professors, a man that has worked in the industry for longer than I have been alive, said that grief is love with nowhere to go. It hurts a lot because the love and energy you've been putting into the deceased no longer has anywhere to go. The way that you work through that is to find new things to allocate those resources toward. I think that I'm still looking for those things.

For now, I am going to try and get myself in order. I'm going to do my best not to totally vanish, but I don't think I will be posting very often.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. I hope the holidays are kind to you.