First, thank you everyone for the comments and notes after my last journal. I always get the feeling that I'm being annoying or self-centered whenever I post something like that. A lot of shit has been going down in my life but it helps a lot knowing there's several people out there who seem to care about me. I'm feeling a little better now and I've already made an appointment with a psychiatrist for next week.

Second, I have one commission to finish and then I'm going to be taking a hiatus from furry art for a while. I have an art show at a local gallery coming up at the end of March and I really want to focus on that as well as some other non-furry art to try and build a portfolio of sorts. You'll probably be seeing more activity on my DA site (artizek.deviantart.com), but I'll continue to check in here.

Additionally, I've been ramping up my job search. There's nothing particularly horrendous about my current job custom framing at an arts and crafts store, but I really want to get out of retail and customer service into something that uses my college degree. You know, something with regular hours and vacation time. I'm worried that I may have to move to a big city and leave behind all the friends that I've made but unless you're in the military, there's really not much opportunity in this town and I've been stuck here five years already.

This hiatus may last a few weeks or a few months. I really don't know yet. I'll still respond to notes and comment on artwork I like, I just won't be particularly active here for a while.

Thanks for understanding.

Best,
Artizek