Hey all,

July was a hell of a month...

I want to thank all of you who commissioned me, had interest, even a few who didn't quite make it in time, especially everyone in the latter half of the month who tolerated how long it took me to get to you. There was a 4 or 5 day stretch in the middle of the month where every waking moment was dedicated to Initial Sketch work; I'd get the idea sorted from one person to begin sketching, and about 2 minutes into that I'd get a message from someone else. I'm not saying that as a negative. If that level of interest in commissioning me was guaranteed every month, I could make a set in stone schedule for how and when I handle working between paid-for commissions & Initial Sketching.

For the three of you that are still waiting on four non-Juicy July Initial Sketches - Mr. Cooler, Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Imp - if you're reading this prior to me getting in touch, know that I am now working on your Initial Sketches, free and clear. I doubt I will be opening myself to any other work than these 4 throughout August... there's some other things that need done ASAP. As in, every-minute-is-a-minute-lost, level of ASAP.

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There was also a monumental reason I was held up in July, an unavoidable topic I had to keep a track of minute-by-minute: the UK's Online Safety Act.

While I have my political opinions, you don't follow me for them. Which is why I make the political decision to not bring them up or do commissions with political imagery/slogans - even if I agree with them. There is only 1 topic I will ever bend that rule for slightly in times of absolute crisis; freedom of speech.

I have been hot on UK freedom of speech cases for almost a decade now, ever since I learned we don't actually have Freedom of Speech in the UK... politicians will say we do so long as we fall within the law, which means we don't. This law, while fast-tracking itself to be exactly what everyone warned it would become and needing to be shown the door, is merely just one part of a larger political issue here.

But here's what matters right now for you and I: So far, there is only 1 site in the circles you will find "FangTime" that has even acknowledged and followed through on this Act that I know of. That being Rule34 dot com, which is one I don't upload to anyway. There is an apocalyptic, unified backlash to this law across all political persuasions here in the UK, as well as a variety of legal cases being brought from the US. I wish those legal teams well.