I feel like it's been awhile since I updated customers and general followers as to what has been going on the last few months. It has certainly felt like I have been working steadily along with blinders on to keep me on track and in gear. So what have I been up to?

September was a blurr of cons. I attended Dragon*con with  silverhuskywolf and  wolfish42 It was a real blast and motivated me to want to make costumes and props the way cons used to do. Although I do not think I will be attending next year, I have full hopes to attend D*C again in 2017. The end of September was Rainfurrest. It was nice to see some old friends and hang out with folks... but this was my last con of the year. after 6 cons, I admit I was a little worn down and ready to stay home for awhile... a long while... in fact I do not have another con planned until May 2016.

October launched the announcement of ANOTHER group project.... because I love to torture myself >_< The Seasons of Red Pandas project will be a group of 4 redpanda fursuits with art by the lovely  synchra I am very much looking forward to debuting these pandas at BLFC next year. :3

October also turned into a month of little work. Although I have a full queue, I had the misfortune of breaking a part of my sewing machine. The feed dog plate broke, which required me to order a new plate. Since I could not find a plate to fit my machine locally, I had to order online. This meant a 2 week hiatus while the part arrived (hurrah to the slow-ass Canadian postage service). With no back up sewing machine, I had to occupy my time with other endeavors... in this case, a Comic book.
I haven't worked on a comic book in (checks the date).... 3 years! Yeesh! I had a comic script written by my friend  voice for a few years which I never had time to work on. My broken sewing machine turned into an excellent opportunity to get that comic book drawn. :3 Unlike previous comic work, I chose to draw this book a little differently; in the past I would draw out each page on an 11x17 comic page, then scan, edit and letter on my computer. This time I chose to draw each panel out individually, scan and resize and arrange the pages digitally. It was both easier and harder in many ways. The comic was fully drawn, edited, toned and lettered while I waited for my sewing machine part to arrive, and now that it is done I believe I will do a small print run of the comic to sell at Fur-Eh 2016.
I did learn one thing from drawing the comic, which was a bit of a revelation to me; I don't want to draw comic books anymore. Years ago I wanted to be a comic book artist. It was due to various reasons I leaned more to costume making in the past few years, but always expected I would do both as time went on. Now, going back to draw this comic, I have discovered I don't have the same joy in drawing like I used to. Costumes hold a much greater appeal and it may be some time before I choose to explore comics again. I still love reading them.... but I don't feel that pull to be drawing them like I used to.

November brought on a birthday and I am now 1 year older. I'm starting to feel and look my age more than I used to. It's not entirely a bad thing, but it certainly puts life in perspective. I still love my job and love where I am in life. I hope I can keep creating and I can still put on a costume and play no matter how old I get :3

I have also been taking a lot of dance classes lately! For the fall I have been taking Jazz, African and er... some sort of Variety dance thing. Part is for exercise, but part is for the love of dance. Jazz used to be my favorite style and I am working hard at getting better... but I am finding my new favorite dance is African. I hope my next dance comp entry can show off all the fun things I have learned :D

Phew! Well, that's the last 3 months or so of my life.
I have a lot of new costumes I will be working on in the weeks ahead, and hope everyone will stick around to see the fun things I am working on.