Jeez FA, what the heck.

I would have done more during that time, but FA was down so I was shit out of luck. Anyway, I have some good news! Today was my second chiropractor appointment, and it turns out my wrist was HORRIBLY misaligned, and I have a bit of tendonitis. I'm going through some laser therapy as well as some tissue work, and I have to switch some of my desk equipment around(start using a vertical mouse, lower my keyboard, use my tablet on a lap desk), as well as adhere to some stretch routines... but my wrist should heal up and all the damage is totally temporary as long as I keep taking care of it. YAAAYYYY~ With the exception of the day immediately after each treatment appointment, I'm able to work!

With that in mind, I'm back to working on commissions, and if you're waiting on something from me, I'll have it to you shortly!


Now, that said... This wrist injury has really forced me to sit back and evaluate what I'm doing with my career, and I've come to a lot of hard realizations about the realities of trying to do commissions on FA for a living. The truth is that while it can be very rewarding, and I have met some amazing people in the process, it doesn't offer me an income substantial enough to afford free time to work on personal and long-term business projects. I have to work so much to pay my bills this way, that I just don't have time for anything else. It's not healthy, it leaves me very broke most of the time, and I just don't have the time or energy to do what I really want to do, like make comics, write stories, make music, and maybe even go outside every now and then! There are so many things I can do, and so many stories I want to tell. I'm left feeling like the next step forward for me might be to give up doing art for a living, so I can afford the time to produce other things.

So, I'm finishing up what I have in my current commission queue, and while I'll probably still do a few commissions here and there in the future, I'm going to be focusing on jewelry. You'll definitely still be seeing art from me, but it'll be mostly personal art, trades and collaborative stuff with other artists.
I have some great connections both local and online in the jewelry business, and it's definitely a very viable business option for me, with much better financial prospects. You can find my jewelry blog here for now: http://excessivejewelry.tumblr.com/ There's not much posted there yet, but I'll be posting updates there regularly from now on.
I will have an etsy shop up and running very soon, with quite a few pieces up for sale right away, and more to come! I'll post a link here when that happens, and I'll slowly be creating jewelry accounts on deviantArt, Twitter, Facebook, and probably some other sites as well. Though my account here will remain focused mostly on illustration.

I'm sorry if anyone is disappointed by this news, but I feel that at this point in my life, it is the best step for me to take. I also feel that it will mean that you will all be seeing art from me on a much bigger scale, if a bit less frequently, because I won't have to work within a budget so often. My goal is to begin work on my comic within the next 6 months, and have a new page up every week, though I'll talk more about that when it's closer.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!


-Excess