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Hello everyone! My apologies for disappearing, I can't believe it's been already 6 months since my last post, I'm so sorry! ;A;
I've tried keeping people on my discord server as updated as I could with anything that happened (though some things I've kept for myself), but I failed to updated you guys here on FA, and I apologize for that.
This year hasn't been kind at all so far to me and my family, every month (if not every week) something would happen, from important things like almost setting the house on fire due to faulty electric system, my mom's surgery, my landlord threathening to sue me over money I had already paid, etc. to more inane things like things breaking at home, bug infestations or being constantly sick; it all adds up quickly and it's been very stressful and overwhelming for both me and my family (especially my younger brother who lives with me).
All the stress and constantly fretting over anything that happened made my anxiety skyrocket, and due to my heart issues it quickly became detrimental on my health too. I haven't drawn much in these months, mostly focusing on Patreon-owed work since I need to keep Patreon up to pay the bills, but other than that I admit I haven't got much done.
I have even stopped posting here on FA, still because of anxiety, despite having quite a bit of backlog I could have posted. I haven't even posted the sales I made in the meantime like adopts, outfits and bases, relying only on Patreon and KoFi, and it really hurt my sales, starting a vicious cycle of stressing over money issues, being too overwhelmed for public interaction with posts etc., not making enough money to cover emergency expenses, rinse and repeat.
I know this behaviour is kinda self-destructive so with this journal I'm hoping to garner the strength to get back to my online platforms and be active again ---I've honestly missed interacting with the art community too, so since a few days I've made it my goal to comment on other artists' works at least once a day and so far so good! (it's probably what gave me the courage to post this in the first place, lol)
Sappy personal stuff aside, I'll do my best to start posting my backlog everyday, or at least every 2-3 days; this includes also past sale stuff I haven't advertised in public yet, so my apologies in advance for the spam of bases/outfits! I still have to properly set my sale account desishop and after that this account will see less base stuff xP
(this is another reason I've stopped posting, I feel so awful about making only bases recently, I don't wanna be a "base artist", my main joy from art comes from playing with pretty characters and telling stories, not this, but it's what it pays the bills so I can't really complain :,3)
For the people who applied on my last commission opening and got accepted, you are still on my waiting list so no worries!
I will contact you again with a sketch WIP when I'm sure I'm able to work on your commission, so you can revise the sketch and send the payment if everything is alright!
(or since it's been so long, I'll probably send you a quick message to check your interest before proceeding with the sketch! This is why I don't ask for payment until your slot is confirmed/worked on, I know my bullshit life and how many lemons it likes to throw at me lmao so I wanna make sure you pay only when I know I'm capable to deliver your commission within a reasonable timeframe!)
My plans for now are simply hanging on no matter what else may happen, and do my best to catch up on owed work, as well as trying to make a bit more of personal art when I can! With everything happening I feel burnt out on art since so long, there are weeks where I loathe even just picking up my pen, so finding some joy in art again will hopefully do some good ♥
As always I'm always open to discuss with you about owed art and being as transparent as I can about it, we can also certainly discuss to schedule days for me to work on that, or a deadline!
You can contact me on discord (I'm DesiréeU there as well; atm my FA notes are a bit clogged due to the long inactivity, so it'll take a while going through them!), and you can also join my discord server! -> https://discord.gg/34qdeAt
I'd also be super grateful if you'd consider joining my Patreon, so that you can have access to the server's private channels and see all of my art, WIPs, sale previews, etc. as soon as I make them (+ monthly outfit/base rewards and commission discounts for the higher tiers!)! Shout out to my patrons for being so incredibly supportive during this rough year, you guys are the best ♥
https://www.patreon.com/desireeu
Well, this is long enough as it is, so let's wrap it up!
Thank you so much to those who are still following me, sharing my art with you means a lot and I really hope I'll be more consistent at it, anxiety be damned, because dang if it makes me happy being part of the art and FA communities!
Thank you so much for reading all of this, stay hydrated! ILU ♥♥♥
(TLDR; it's been a shitty year and I'm a crybaby, but I'm pulling my big girl pants on and trying to get back on track with my public activity!)
jlkfsa anyways, I'm really glad you're okay!! It was so nice seeing something from you again, and I really hope things will perk up for you soon so that you can get back into the swing of things! Best of luck!! ;~; ♥
Thank you so much for your kind words, that's very sweet of you! Likewise, I really hope 2024 will be kinder to you and your loved ones soon ♥♥♥