- Important note -
7 months ago
Hi, and thank you for stopping by to read what I've to say.
I’m not someone who talks a lot, and honestly, I don’t like talking about myself.
But I have something heavy weighing on my heart that I need to share, as it concerns my future and my art.
I don’t recognize myself in what I do anymore.
Before the holidays, I thought I had found a new workflow to lighten my load and be able to create poses without draining too much of my energy.
Ironically, it had the opposite effect and only weighed me down more.
I started dreading work, and it caused me a lot of anxiety. Even though the quality was there, just the thought of doing more made me feel nauseous.
I was really desperate and sinking into dark thoughts, wondering how I was going to get out of this.
I thought long and hard about what to do, and in the end, it became clear to me that it’s time for a change.
I need to make a 90° turn, work differently, and review everything I’ve learned to start fresh.
It may sound small to some, but for me, this was an incredibly heavy burden to carry. Drawing is the only thing I have.
This idea of real change lightens both my heart and my mind, for sure.
And don't get me wrong, I still love what I've done and proud of it, and will always be!
I’d like to move toward a style like
or
—it’s a style that really moves me. It’s sketchier, livelier, more spontaneous, and that’s what I need!
So, thanks to them for existing because their art gives me strength and hope!
I’ve started working on this new style (The student Spirale and Juno one), and I feel like I can grow and offer so much more by drawing inspiration from it.
I’m confident that it will only improve my quality. I’ll still be creating NSFW, but I’ve been missing that touch of life in my work.
I also need to learn to slow down and perhaps take more time to finish my pieces.
I work very fast, but it takes a toll on my energy and morale. I come from a family that has always worked hard, and you could say it's in my blood—changing that is hard. But it’s necessary.
Now comes the part that scares me the most: prices.
This has always held me back because I wanted my art to be accessible to as many people as possible by keeping my prices constant. I was (and still am) afraid of losing my clients.
In the end, I was putting others' comfort and security before my own. Thinking "Nah, It'll be fine!", and it strikes you back at some point.
I won’t hide the fact that there will be an increase, and these prices may no longer be accessible to a lot of people.
But I have to take this risk if I want to evolve and help my art grow too.
As for payment plans, I’ve thought about it, but I can only consider them once I’m more financially stable myself. Not before.
I want to thank those who are ready to work with me, and I’ll do everything I can to give them my best!!
The start might be a little timid, but I have high hopes of growing more confident in myself and my art.
I’ve been working in the furry community for 15 years now, and I need to finally accept that I’m no longer the artist I was yesterday,
and the artist I’ll be tomorrow needs more space and renewal to grow and thrive.
I’ll probably take fewer commissions so I can focus more on personal art, which I’ve missed terribly (oh, so much).
I’ll post the next YCH pieces this week, and I think you’ll see a difference compared to the older ones.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you enjoy my upcoming work! Thank you for your support!
Wishing you a happy new years and your loved ones, cheers!
See ya!
Spirale.
I’m not someone who talks a lot, and honestly, I don’t like talking about myself.
But I have something heavy weighing on my heart that I need to share, as it concerns my future and my art.
I don’t recognize myself in what I do anymore.
Before the holidays, I thought I had found a new workflow to lighten my load and be able to create poses without draining too much of my energy.
Ironically, it had the opposite effect and only weighed me down more.
I started dreading work, and it caused me a lot of anxiety. Even though the quality was there, just the thought of doing more made me feel nauseous.
I was really desperate and sinking into dark thoughts, wondering how I was going to get out of this.
I thought long and hard about what to do, and in the end, it became clear to me that it’s time for a change.
I need to make a 90° turn, work differently, and review everything I’ve learned to start fresh.
It may sound small to some, but for me, this was an incredibly heavy burden to carry. Drawing is the only thing I have.
This idea of real change lightens both my heart and my mind, for sure.
And don't get me wrong, I still love what I've done and proud of it, and will always be!
I’d like to move toward a style like


So, thanks to them for existing because their art gives me strength and hope!
I’ve started working on this new style (The student Spirale and Juno one), and I feel like I can grow and offer so much more by drawing inspiration from it.
I’m confident that it will only improve my quality. I’ll still be creating NSFW, but I’ve been missing that touch of life in my work.
I also need to learn to slow down and perhaps take more time to finish my pieces.
I work very fast, but it takes a toll on my energy and morale. I come from a family that has always worked hard, and you could say it's in my blood—changing that is hard. But it’s necessary.
Now comes the part that scares me the most: prices.
This has always held me back because I wanted my art to be accessible to as many people as possible by keeping my prices constant. I was (and still am) afraid of losing my clients.
In the end, I was putting others' comfort and security before my own. Thinking "Nah, It'll be fine!", and it strikes you back at some point.
I won’t hide the fact that there will be an increase, and these prices may no longer be accessible to a lot of people.
But I have to take this risk if I want to evolve and help my art grow too.
As for payment plans, I’ve thought about it, but I can only consider them once I’m more financially stable myself. Not before.
I want to thank those who are ready to work with me, and I’ll do everything I can to give them my best!!
The start might be a little timid, but I have high hopes of growing more confident in myself and my art.
I’ve been working in the furry community for 15 years now, and I need to finally accept that I’m no longer the artist I was yesterday,
and the artist I’ll be tomorrow needs more space and renewal to grow and thrive.
I’ll probably take fewer commissions so I can focus more on personal art, which I’ve missed terribly (oh, so much).
I’ll post the next YCH pieces this week, and I think you’ll see a difference compared to the older ones.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you enjoy my upcoming work! Thank you for your support!
Wishing you a happy new years and your loved ones, cheers!
See ya!
Spirale.
However, I am very interested in this more expressive and more illustrated format you've got in mind for drawing in. Granted, I always felt you had heavily lively and strong artwork before....but if you've in mind to expand on that even further, then I'm excited to see just how much further you'll push it. ^-^
Me too for sure, I'll do my best to make it work! Thank you for your support!
Petit toast pour 15 ans a venir de découverte et de renouveau !
En espérant que ce soit smooth, merci pour ton soutient vraiment!!
Cheers!!
You'll do great I'm sure!
Yeah I really thought it'd be fine, even if I was quite use to, looks like reality caught me up! I'll really try to listen more to myself now!
I'm glad to see there's always an exit door somewhere, gotta move forward to the future haha!
Thank you for your lovely words Sushigoat!!!
Thank you for your nice comment shadowflareon, it gives me strength!!
J'éspère que cette année sera plus positive !
Je ne sais pas si je saurais suivre, mais si je peux te soutenir, je le ferais!
Hâte de voir comment ton art va évoluer dans tous les cas !
Merci beaucoup j'espère qu'elle sera bien pour toi aussi!
Pas de souci, savoir que tu me suis est déjà énorme, merci pour ton support en tout cas je vais faire de mon mieux!!!
That said, I'll never begrudge an artist upping prices as they need to. Before anything else, you need to make money to support yourself, and make a fair wage doing so. Hopefully with the new prices, you'll continue seeing a good flow of customers! Worse to worse: they save for an extra month or two lime I do when I wanna comm an expensive piece ::3
Yeah time for me to go to the next level, and see how it'll goes! Thank you for your encouragement Xander!!
With commissions you may feel you need to deliver consistency, you could feel like you need to stick to a specific style and deliver something while being efficient with your time, this often leads to stagnation and sticking to a formula that doesn't evolve much.
Keep experimenting, and do some personal work and grow. This is how you break a skill plateau, and I admire this new direction. I can relate to this post allot since im facing the same issues but on a smaller more amateur scale.
Keep it up :)
Yeah this is exactly what happened before vacations, the quality was still very good, and I'll always be proud of it but it was just time to change indeed!
Thank you for your support and your kind words, it gives me the big smile thank you!!
And, regardless of what style you use, someone is going to love it.
I'm sure you will be able to get your work and your work flow as you want it to be c;
Yeah gotta keep the head and heart up!!
But personal happiness comes before the happiness of people online.
Yeah you're right, I'll try to think a little more for my comfort now!
I love it when artists do the stuff that's more comfortable for themselves, because I find it lets them produce better art in general! <3
Yet, does this mostly effect your Paetron or Subscribestar ratings, or general commissions?
Are you planning more parody or original content?
Maybe try simple methods like bust or emojis to practice this new style first?
We're cheering on for ya, but it feels like you're under a lot of pressure.
People do change so it's natural to try new things.
But whatever you plan, I am certain it may work out.
Yeah I'll try maybe more fanart and more Spirale pics if I can!
I'm not a big fan of bust, emoji's or stickers tbh! When I try the simple way, I always ends with something bigger than expected haha!
But I do tiny stuff for myself, between 2 big pics to breath a little
Ayee I hope the future will be good for sure! Thank you!!
Have a nice day!
Wish you the best of luck with what you do next and I hope your new workflow brings ya more happiness, roo!
Thank you for your sweet words I truly appreciate them thank youu!!!!!
If art is your way of communicating youe inner self to the world, disregarding work and embracing your own desires is the ONLY wat to go, but I comolwtely get how hard that is when art pays the bills and keeps a roof over our heads ;w;
Can't wsit to see you expand to other artistic horizons!
Ooh that some very powerful words you said there wow, it really makes me heart vibes thank you so much I'll do my best haaaaaaaaaaaa thank youu!!
I hope you find a good balance. :)
Always a joy to see your work.
Thank you Dastardly_Devil!!!
This has always held me back because I wanted my art to be accessible to as many people as possible by keeping my prices constant. I was (and still am) afraid of losing my clients.
In the end, I was putting others' comfort and security before my own. Thinking "Nah, It'll be fine!", and it strikes you back at some point.
You HAVE to put your own time and income first. Raise those prices :)
If you want to make your art accessible then run a special every now and again with reduced prices for new clients. You've got so many options!
But if you just burn yourself out, or only earn enough to make below minimium wage because you aren't charging enough, nobody will see your art!
Good luck! <3
Thank you for your support WhiteKitten (also a big fan of your icon haha!!)
My advice: Don't do something silly like deleting all your old art - anyone who tries to forget the past is bound to repeat it. Move forward! Experiment - try to draw half a dozen "study" type pages. Just sketches, not fully colored/shaded work. Try to evolve your style.
make the muzzles you draw more "full" - you tend to draw very slim muzzles, especially if you want to look a bit more like Meesh's style. that could be a place to start
Oh no I never planed to delete my old art, it's what forged me today and like you said, you'd be silly to do that choice! Even if I can understand those who decide do it, everybody has their way to deal with their past!
Ha for the style I'm more looking for the colors and image composition than really looks like him in the shapes of bodies or face! Tho I agree a "full" muzzle for males would be nice!
Thanks for your advice and support Webkilla, truly appreciate it!!
I will be looking forward to seeing your sketch studies here
Also, make sure that for your income you have it to something your comfortable with.
But yeah, again wishing you the very best and I hope you and your loved ones have a happy new year!
Ha yes I've seen a bit what happened, I saw it ends well for some artist thankfully, I don't know for the rest.
Thank you for your support, I wish you a happy new year as well and the best with your art too!!
but don t be afraid we support your decisions ^^ and if that new style is easier to you and bring you joy is the most important thing ,
besides new muzzles are very cute.
Wish the best for you and your life
and hope to conmission something from you this year ,if is not stressfull for you and have time ^^
For sure I'd be happy to draw for your again in the future!
Take care!
As for pricing, if you want affordable, there are some options.
- Cutting down on level of finish, maybe some flat colored or lined auctions.
- multislots, more slots means more sales. And it can justify a higher price for unique one of auctions
Do what you enjoy doing and make sure you're happy doing it
Haa for both option, that what killed me honestly haha!
When I do flat, I feel I don't do enough and when I do multi slots I feel I'm doing too much haaa!
But in the end, I'll find the right balance and do go with what I'm happy with, just like you said! Thank you for your support again!!