Hi guys!

I'm sure some of you have noticed I've been a little sparse for awhile. That's mostly because battleferrets was here visiting for a month and a half, and it turns out cuddles and smooches are really distracting in the best way possible. I had to stop streaming for a bit at the beginning of the visit for Furpocalypse, then I did a little bit, and then I stopped again because I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible for the last week or so. But, now he's back home safe and sound in Canadialand so I should have my schedule back to normal by next week.

I also want to get back to more furry and monster art, and also diversify beyond what I do already. As I'm sure you all know, I kind of got hooked on Overwatch, and then my Overwatch art became really popular on Tumblr pretty much overnight. That motivated me to draw more of it, but it's kind of....all I've been drawing for about 6 months lmao. And don't get me wrong, I still love drawing it. I don't plan on stopping Overwatch fanart any time in the forseeable future. I just don't want to be just The Overwatch Artist. I've always been that way. I don't like being pigeonholed, because I don't like being limited in what I get to draw. I get bored if I do the same thing for too long. That hasn't happened with Overwatch yet, but I want to re-diversify before it does.

So yeah, I'm going to be doing more furry art. I hope to be opening commissions soon, and I have two Christmas-themed YCHs planned that should be up within a week or so. Also, we went to the Philadelphia Zoo this past weekend, and that's got me wanting to do more wildlife art (I got some amazing photos of the Siberian tigers, snow leopard, lowland gorilla, and a few snakes that would make awesome artwork). And on top of that, my boyfriend being here and playing Arkham Knight rekindled some of my love for the Batfamily and Rogues Gallery, so I might try to do some fanart of that too. I've got a picture of Poison Ivy in mind...

And finally, I've been dipping my toes into the merchandise pool. I have Genji dakimakuras that were a surprising success, with at least one or two more OW characters lined up. Maybe I'll end up doing some other fandom characters, or some generic furries, if there's enough interest. It also got me thinking about other forms of merch. T-shirts, bags, electronics cases, etc. I already have a RedBubble that lets you put my art on all of those things, but they're extremely limited in the content I'm allowed to upload due to copyright and content laws. That wouldn't be a problem if I was printing and shipping it all on my own. And now with my Storenvy up and running, it's not overly difficult to do that either.

I actually have a few questions for you guys in regard to merch:
- What kind of merch do you buy? Shirts, posters, phone cases, etc
- What kind of art do you buy on merch? Fanart, generic furries, wildlife, fantasy, etc
- Are there any pieces I've done already that you'd be interested in as merch?

I think that just about covers it. I do have a couple big projects coming up this month that I don't want to talk about just yet, but I'll announce them soon enough. I'm super excited about them ;)