Personally i feel you stick to a very narrow range of colors within each pic. I feel even adding different colored backgrounds could help make a character stick out and pop more rather then a bland white/grey that makes the whole thing feel homogeneous. That's probably the major thing for me that sticks out.

As for the comm stuff... while it would be nice to have the ability to get something from you I do understand where your coming from. I opened (writing) comms for like a month and felt it was way more stressful than any request ever was and it just soured the experience for me. I feel that if your similar in that regard and this IS a hobby that makes you happy and your enjoying it as is... i feel there honestly isn't any harm in continuing to do things the way you are (that is until someone drops a ungodly amount on you and you question these beliefs xD )

So yea, just do what makes you happy dude

I've given this a bit of thought - some of my images are quite pale or lack vibrancy but I refrain from doing bold backgrounds for these as these requests are intended to be done quickly and I think that such a bold background would highlight the lack of colour range of the character themselves and making the image as a whole much rougher in quality than intended.

Although I am reminded that with my recent Alluring Nymph image I wasn't going to give it a proper background initially and if I hadn't it would certainly look not as good as it is now (I also did a bit more work on the monster's texturing and lighting as a result of the background). Maybe next time I do a character lacking lustre I'll add in some vibrant colours into the background.

Now the thing about this hobby is that commissions are the only source of work I have. I am in a very fortunate situation with having a supportive family and live in a country with a social benefit system that mostly works most of the time. I've never had a job. I spent so many years in the unemployment system I had a mental breakdown and been on social benefits ever since.

I do hope to one day to be in a better spot career wise but for now I get by OK with doing requests and personal images. It feels really good to get paid though. The feeling of accomplishment and independance is fantastic for someone who is all too familar with the self loathing of being on benefits long term.

I also hope for the day a kindly stranger surprises me with a huge amount of monies that I could comfortably sign off benefits for the rest of my life. ¬¬

I find it's hard to stay on task with distractions at times. I've worked on art before, and I spend a significant amount of time on art theory but I don't have alot of suggestions for you dude. All I know is discipline overwrites motiviation which is fleeting, but habits are quite difficult to form.

Do you hang out with other artists and share ideas? I know when I was doing things in college I loved hanging out in my art groups. More things tended to get done that way.

In any case, I hope you return to your best self. Always eager to see your work

Um, no, I don't belong or join in on any art groups. FA, Twitter and Bluesky are really the only places I actually interacted with any art communities. I've tried to be more social a few times before but that never went far. My social anxiety always get in the way both in public and online.

Many years ago I was offered a place on a course at an art uni but I couldn't afford it at the time. I never tried again so I just learned by myself.

Gotcha gotcha.

Your art is so good that i really don't know what i would suggest in terms of improving it. All i could suggest is, try drawing a wider variety of kinks maybe, see what inspires you? Maybe try some internal views too?

What other kinks do you want to see?

Well, urethral stuff, vore/unbirthing, belly bulges, size difference...that sort of thing? I don't want to assume to know what you are in to personally, but those things are all quite popular and i like them a lot.

Maybe some comics or sequences too. I like your lore things, but sometimes it's nice to have little comics that show off certain aspects of monsters and things. Comics/sequences in general are better at showing an idea than individual images are.

I like your stuff.

Maybe find the Etherington Brother's 'How to Think When you Draw" Tutorials, there are a bunch for practicing all sorts of things, including hands! They're on Twitter and also do a Kickstarter every once in a while where they print a bunch of books. If you need a link I can dig one up.

I really liked the Cryo pic, and the 'how do hands work'. I also like restricted colour sets.

I'll have a look.

Would you like a full sized JPEG/PNG copy of Old School Legging It (the Cryo pic)? I can chuck one up on Dropbox if you fancy putting it in your gallery or elsewhere.

Oh yes please! Note me the link?