Hey Guys! Hope New Years went well for you all! I just want to give a little update and thoughts before the flurry of getting the new year started begins.

First off thank you for the kind words and patience when I got sick, it's very much appreciated! I'm still not at 100 percent yet but I am feeling much better. Being bedridden though made me think on some things (besides the weird dream trips from the fever) ; namely how much we've grown as a community and how lucky I am to have met and befriended so many awesome people. Ever since the pandemic I've been pretty much isolated from the outside world, my contact with IRL friends slowly dwindling. I admit I think I would have deteriorated mentally were it not for the peeps I found and still hold dear today. Not to mention you guys who continuously supported me even through up and downs so again thank you sincerely.

NOW onto the bulk of the update! First off I severely underestimated how many ref sheet submissions, never mind the bundles, would be sent in. There are so many ideas I definitely want to do but I don't want to burn out from trying to finish them all in a timely manner. SO I'm thinking I might bring back my old waitlist idea from years back.

Basically I will still pick 30 to do, and have them in batches as usual, but for this year, once I finish the first 30 and the requisite health break, I will pick another 30 from the submission pool. Should I finish with the second batch with time to spare I'll pick another 30 and so forth. That way there will be a flow of work and people won't have to wait for another year to submit an idea. Basically if you submitted a form, you have a 80-90% chance of having a piece done. Naturally not EVERY submission will be done, but the odds will be significantly higher this time around.

In all honesty I was rather disappointed in myself with how little comms I managed to do last year and want to do better. I don't regret the growth I've had from drawing and doing commissions, but I do regret not being able to explore that growth even more. Maybe even use this chance to go a bit more experimental than my usual stuff. Granted I haven't done this method in a while so there will definitely be unforeseen circumstances. But I think with my experience with the previous openings and with no more major life situations to handle with immediacy I can take on the work load.

So to facilitate this I'll be extending the deadline to submit forms to one more day on Jan 2nd.

Let me know if you have any questions! And once again thank you guys again so much!

UPDATE:

Main Comms are now closed!

Will be taking the weekend to sort out and pick the first 30 to do and send out notification emails to those I select! Thank you guys for submitting and looking forward to working with you all!