So weird, right? We all know how shit this year has been for artists. It's definitely taken a toll on my art drive and made me do some reevaluating on why I even do art in the first place. For me, it's not a money thing. (You guys who ask for commissions know that & I'm sorry I so rarely open.) The death of twitter hit me really hard. For the past decade I've been using it as my main art sharing site for better or worse. It left a void for me; made me wonder if I would even keep making art if I had nowhere to share it. I would, absolutely, but it took some soul searching for me to get there. I am on bluesky. I love it and I'm on it as much as I used to be on twitter but I'm not going to pretend it's a perfect replacement yet. That void is still there for me. Pivoting from art for sharing vs art for me has had me getting a lot more into traditional art. I'm painting and sketching and using markers and pens. It feels nice. I've been leaning away from doing "furry art" and trying to get back to fundamentals and actual practice instead of everything needing to be a finished, postable piece. As sucky as this year has been for art, I feel like I've personally grown quite a bit & I'm looking forward to continuing that in 2024.

Will I open for commissions? Maybe. I'm working on using ko-fi as a platform to manage the process and I really like it. https://ko-fi.com/cruxfat. When I do open, I think it will be through there. I'll probably post it here but most likely you'll see it first on bluesky. https://bsky.app/profile/cruxfat.bsky.social. I need to establish set things I can offer with examples. I need to get organized about it. I post on instagram too if that's your bag. https://www.instagram.com/cruxfat/

For cons in 2024, you'll probably see us at Maine's con, furcationland, and of course AC but that's probably it. I think the years of 5+ cons are behind us. Life is a lot these days.
I've been pretty absent on FA for a long time now. I'm not gonna pretend that will change but I will try to make more of an effort at posting here too, need to establish myself more on not-twitter places. Does anyone here even remember me? lol. Well I'm still here anyway. Happy 2024! :)