Health Update. I know it's been a hot minute since I've been online or around at all.

- My doctor finally thinks after two fucking years we figured out whats wrong with me. I tested positive for Alpha Gal Syndrome (TLDR; I'm very allergic to Mammalian meat, byproducts and dairy.) and the reason I've been feeling like absolute garbage is because I've literally been poisoning myself daily for years.
I've switched my diet to avoid all red meat and dairy, but I still have some GI pain and discomfort so we're doing some additional testing to rule out chron's disease because my colonoscopy came back clean and all the samples they took came back normal as well. (we have to do additional testing because the colonoscopy scope can't reach all your intestines so we have to check the rest of them) I've been told it will take awhile to feel "normal" again. I am waiting to see a neurologist for my chronic headache (and some other symptoms) but the soonest they could even see me was December lol..I've been off most of my medication for a little bit because I'm waiting to hear back from the pharmacist if they are safe (AKA Vegan) - they have to contact the manufacturer of each of my medications individually....because for some reason pharmacists can't even tell you what the fuck is in the medication they dispense these days..... I'm still incredibly tired. I'm still just...ugh. It's hard. I pretty much take one day at a time. Things are getting better though!

Other than that my dad had serious emergency cardiovascular surgery and I was spending time with him and helping him while he was in more critical condition. AND my parents where in the middle of buying a house and moving....it was incredibly stressful and that's putting it lightly. The timing was just awful. He's healing well though and his doctor said he's doing great now so that's a huge relief because I'd gotten the "your dad may not be around much longer" talk from a few people and my anxiety was absolutely skyrocketing. I'm absolutely not ready to lose him yet. I mean fuck he's only in his early 60's.

So it's just been a lot.

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ART STATUS

* Admittedly I haven't really been able to work much on commissions much between dr. visits/ running back and forth to my parents/ helping them move house (we live 3hrs from them) I have worked when I was able and DID bring my tablet to my parents so I could work when I was able. I'm finally back home and things are settling down now at last. I may have to go back to my parents if they need my help taking care of my dad but I'm hopeful he continues to heal well!

I will be uploading some completed commissions very soon - If you have not received your commission please contact me asap. Or you can reach out to me directly on discord: Denotec

- If you do reach out to me via discord be sure to send me a note on FA to avoid confusion on my part. You're also welcome to note me as well if you prefer. I will be posting applicable wips on my trello slowly and reaching out to everyone who's contact info I have (discord, telegram, etc) sending them wips directly if I can. I will also be trying to be more active on my art discord, and I'd like to get back to offering freebies or perhaps host a raffle for fun.

- If anyone needs or wants a refund please reach out to me directly via note or discord and I will refund you asap! If you'd like your ych changed to a custom pose/idea or anything let me know as well.

Moving Forward:

I've decided that I'll no longer be taking batch YCHs and will instead focus on drawing poses and themes I like or want to explore // offering ONE slot and once its gone it's gone. or maybe attempt an auction sometime I'm not sure. I just cannot maintain the pace for batch YCH and ultimately I feel like I get closer to burnout when I approach commissions this way.

I'd also like to focus more on character design and more "complete" pieces and try more backgrounds

I'd like to focus on maybe doing custom one off adoptables??

As for custom commissions, I'm currently not going to accept any at this time - I likely will only post a ych here or there until I'm comfortable taking on larger pieces in order to facilitate refunds faster as I live on a very limited income. (I'm disabled) BUT I want to be sure I can refund anyone if they need one! - and to reiterate if ANYONE needs a refund there are absolutely no hard feelings on my part towards you if you did want one, I kinda poofed there for a second

I seriously cannot thank you all enough for the support ya'll have shown me through all of this.


UHH I'm not sure what else to add here, so for now take a really awesome youtube channel~