I know it's late, but happy holidays, everyone!

I'm still looking for ways of accepting payment for nsfw art. I've been a little cautious about PayPal, but also been concerned about putting my real name out there. I could create a business account, but I would have to actually have a small business and a small business license, and to do that, I would need to say what my small business would be and what its name would be and the whole thing has been overwhelming to me. In any case, that is going to be a goal next year, getting an actual business license to do... I dunno, crafts?

Speaking of crafts, I have a big craft project I completed recently, but haven't shared here yet. Was very proud of it, and I kind of want to turn it into a rough step-by-step process for how I went about designing and making it.

I've been getting a little experimental with my art lately. And by "experimental" I mean "actually trying hard." I've had pieces go from "silly idea" to "full-rendered piece". I think it's working out. People seem to enjoy the things I've been doing, but I'm also wondering if I should slow down and do more doodles for fun. I have a lot of ideas constantly bouncing around in my brain, and usually bellies are the one that make it to paper. Though, there's plenty more I wanna do.

I've also been getting a lot of requests to return back to writing this year after I posted my story draft in Scraps. I'm going to be honest... I don't like writing. Drawing is very non-linguistic, so it's really easy to do with stuff going on in the background. I cannot do that with writing. I have to have dead silence in order to focus, and I kind of hate not being able to talk to people or sit without music. Will I ever write another story? Perhaps a sequel to the last one I wrote? Maybe. But I'll have to really want it and also not be able to convey the story through drawing alone. Writing for tabletop campaigns also competes with the time I want to take for writing as well, so I'll probably have to finish my campaign first before I start writing again.

I never did do the "one new zhana with an odd bod a month" thing I wanted. I don't think I'm going to try to do that. Instead, I'll still doodle stuff, but I may keep to mostly more fleshed-out pieces. I also want to explore The Reh some more. There's a lot of lore I'm holding back regarding it, but for now, they're just silly creature and 'sona. I keep telling myself I won't give fursonas lore. And it keeps happening anyways. (The banner may have something to do with it too, shhhh)

Oh, also, Codisha I think is just going to be A Thing for 2025. Like, they're going to just be stuck like that for the entirety of next year. Any art I make or comm will be structured around them stuck together like that. That's just their life, now, and it's hopefully going to be fun to explore that.

Anyways, that's my 2024 Journal. I don't make a lot of these. Should I make more? I like talking to the people who enjoy my work as well as other artists, so don't be afraid to comment on my stuff!