hey all!

first off i just wanted to say across the board thank you for all comments and messages, and i'm so sorry that i haven't been able to respond to them yet! i see you and appreciate you so much. i've been having a really hard time hitting that reply button (i usually stare at the page for a while and then zone out lol), but i see them and want to! i wish FA had a like comment feature. honestly this is the first time i've ever had so many comments and engagements with my art. it rules and i'm so happy people like it. TwT

secondly, i just wanted to chat a bit in a journal for transparency's sake. i've been struggling a lot in my personal life, and have been having a really difficult time keeping up with the deadlines and expectations i set for myself with my commissions.

for some context, right now i'm just somewhere really fucky and i was like "hell I know what i'll do to help make ends meet" and dusted off my tablet for the first time in years after serious burnout and loss of interest in art (...due to commission overload lol).

i've felt myself starting to lose my spark again, and that gives me some serious pause. collaborating with people who enjoy similar stuff as me, having fun while creating something for my commissioners, and being friendly and social with the people who like my artwork are incredibly dear to me. when i started this gallery, i felt some serious passion and excitement for what i was doing. in the past, i always drew anthro art, feeling too scared of judgement to draw feral.. but it never really felt that fun for me, because that's just not the type of character i ever had as much drawing. i haaate drawing human anatomy, i'm a deviantart wolf art guy through and through. i don't want to burn out and lose my passion again. i want everything i make for people to be full of enjoyment to draw, and advertising myself with a fast turnaround and then trying to scramble to make a lot of drawings fast... eek! that was a bad idea lol!

that being said, i want to keep working on the projects that are in my queue! i don't want to leave any of y'all hanging. however, my turnaround time might be a lot slower than i previously anticipated, especially as i work harder on finding a type of primary income that works better for me. if you haven't paid yet and would like to hop off the queue, i totally understand.

thanks so much if you've read this far. i'll be sending out solo messages too to everyone in my queue over the next couple days. appreciate yall. woof!!!