Hello!

As you may have noticed, the influx of request art has slowed dramatically. This is due to a variety of things, from the end of the school year to moving to a new art platform for non-pixel art. However, the main reason is due to a change in interest. I first started doing requests as a means of getting new ideas on cool, fat-themed art I could do, but it has since derailed into me essentially giving out free commission work. (I will take blame for this, since my advertising somewhat promised this.) This, combimed with the data loss described in an earlier journal, meant that I lost motivation to do many of these requests, thus shifting my focus to a mix of suggestion art and self-influenced art. I didn't and don't want to be known as the "free-commisions guy."

Rather than being a complete Negative Nancy and infuriatingly keeping you all in the dark, however, I decided to make some changes to suggestions. I feel like I should exercise my right to silence projects more and, to not seem like a complete jerkface who builds up false expectations, avoid commenting my progress on art after getting a request or being questioned. I will mention if I don't think I can do a piece of art to avoid being too mean, as well. I will also use less of a strict guideline, as there are many exceptions to most of the rules I posted as to what I'll work on and I don't want to keep restricting recurring requesters when I don't upload a new tbread in two months. I might also request themed requests at times, such as something fattenable other than a Pokemon to avoid burnout.

What does this mean for all of you?

First off, don't assume a suggestion is off the table because of time. Sometimes I just don't know the best way to tackle a subject and it takes me longer. Even if I say it is canned, it may,return eventually, even if the odds are slim. Also, feel free to request whatever you want whenever you want. If it breaks my rules, I'll try to make it work rather than tossing it out the window. Finally, while this hasn't really changed, you can always get your art prioritized over everyone else by doing an art trade of some sort.

Before I end this, however, I have some questions about what you think would be best for these suggestions.
1. Edit: Two comments in w/ a resounding "yes," so this question closed. It was about being transparent w/ art pieces being stuck in development hell.
2. Would you partake in themed suggestions?
3. Should I continue to do flat/cell-shaded non-pixel art? I feel like it comes out worse, honestly.

Thank you for your understanding and for reading this gargantuan journal. Here's to the future!