If you don't know what I'm talking about look here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14356640/ basically i'm selling exclusive artwork super cheap and everybody who buys it gets several shots of winning free full detail commissions. Think of it as a raffle with nice consolation prizes to fund a cancer operation for my beloved ferret Scud.

so after 18 hours I've raised almost 200 bucks from a small group of people out of my 3000 dollar rough goal. It's not a bad start but I got a long way to go.. I can't thank everybody who's participated enough. If this momentum keeps going i'll do the first of hopefully many free commission live drawings soon so keep an eye out on my journals for when i'll be doing that.

One thing i've found odd is all the messages and PM's of people saying they want to commission me in the future but don't feel right just sending 2 bucks for a ticket and a free desktop. That's sortof the point. I'm not looking for a bunch of big spenders here, this is sortof an attempt at crowd funding but giving a reward to EVERYBODY. Almost anybody can afford 2 bucks and everybody here likes furry smut. So if you feel like you're taking advantage of me doing that, don't!

I'm pretty sure I'm current on sending out the complementary artwork. If you've NOT received the right art or any art at all, just note me and i'll fix it. I'm not the most organized person on earth but I'm working out a system for keeping track of this.

I'm about to get back to regularly scheduled commissions now that I got a bit of time away from my mom (knee replacement surgery, been spending most of my last week or so cooking and running errands for her.) but i'll also devote a little time to something else that might be fun and sweeten the deal a bit and I'm sure all you horny bastards will enjoy it. Definitely gonna be a shift in my work here and i think you guys will like it.

Also wanted to give a Scud update, a Scudpdate if you will. So when I first even pitched this idea, i got a handful of generous unsolicited donations. Those got him to the vet for an exploratory visit and a checkup. This tumor once it started growing really fast has covered up several of the teeth behind his right front fang. They're buried inside it. Apparently this isn't a super uncommon ailment but oral surgery on a ferret is not cheap and requires a lot of meds to fight infections. What it can also do is basically partially dissolve the teeth inside the tumor. It's not uncommon for teeth to need to be removed when this happens. So my next goal is to get him in for an MRI to better assess the situation because if the teeth are severely damaged it will be a lot less stressful for the ferret AND my wallet if I can get them removed while he he's down for the cancer operation, assuming I ever come up with the money for this.

Also if anybody knows any bay area california ferret specific vets that are good by all means let me know. I'll probably shop around for the surgery.

Either way, thanks to EVERYBODY who's played, thanks to the few who've tweeted and journal'd about it. That's a big help!