My region is currently experiencing a heatwave, which I really, really do not do well in. Especially since my home doesn't have central air and we have a few small air conditioners but not one in every room. It was so hot today my favorite lotion bar *melted*, it is too warm to pick up it's just falling apart in my hands. Which, are pretty soft now but I would prefer for this to not have happened.

In my previous journal I announced that I'm running a 25% off sale for references (which you can see pricing and examples for here https://www.businesswolfstudios.com/commissions ) but didn't go too in depth as to why. It's my 15 year anniversary for me taking commissions AKA me starting to do artwork as a career. The sale is to celebrate that achievement and give folks an opportunity to commission me at the lowest rate ever that one of my most expensive options is. (And a sale like this I don't plan on doing again, at least not for a very long time.)

I've completed over 400 commissions over these 15 years! From people's first artwork of their characters to their most recent reference to update their designs, and everything in between. I *love* doing commission work, and I'm hoping to be doing this for another 15 years.

That being said, I also like making art for people outside of commissions and I'm definitely going to be participating in Art Fight again this year! (If you're curious it's an art event where you join one of two teams and "compete" to see which team can "attack" and make the most gift art for the other team, more info here https://artfight.net/info/faq ) I love doing this event and I have so much fun experimenting with new things and drawing characters I might not think to draw otherwise. (I'm on Team Crystals and will be posting my team card soon!)

Not too much else to report on, but I'd like to get things set up to make some video content and get back to streaming soon. But that might have to wait until Summer is over. ^^; Oh yeah, Pokemon especially the TCG has a death grip on me right now, expect some more Pokemon content from me as I cope with the ridiculously difficult to obtain cards by drawing instead of getting merch.

-Raynier