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Happy 4th! / Updates on Life, Commissions, etc.
8 years ago
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Hi, everyone! Firstly, to my fellow Americans a happy light-exploding-stuff-on-fire day! Secondly, I thought it was time I made a more general update, since one is long overdue. Read on for notes on commission progress, as well what's been going on with me lately (I know I was pretty quiet there for a few months, I'm sorry if my absense worried anybody - tl;dr: I'm fine, was just massively stressed out for awhile):
Life updates:
-Had some life shake-ups this spring; nothing too drastic, and thankfully my health is okay, but still the sort of stuff that can leave one terribly exhausted and off-balance. I'd managed to resolve most of it by May, but then just needed to decompress in June, thus a major reason why I ended up missing BLFC (I was just too burnt out!). Instead I spent some time in the woods with friends, which helped immensely, and I'm feeling refreshed and able to make art again.
-Incoming life shake-up: I'm moving at the end of July! While it'll be a lot of short-term stress for the actual physical moving, an old friend recently bought a house in a small coastal town in WA, and has offered me uber-cheap rent to go and live there. This will be a HUGE relief for me; a large part of why I've been so stressed out for last couple of years has honestly been because of steep rent hikes, which is happening all across the Portland, OR metro area where I've been living (and now my rent is literally going to be dropping 80% with this move... unreal)! After the move is done I should *finally* have the time and energy again to catch up on a bunch of older things I owe once and for all, as well as have more time for my own personal work again(!) which I am very much looking forwards to. :) Not to mention, living close to the beach again... I've missed the beach. <3
Commission updates:
-YCH Beach Bonfire: the ink linework is about 3/4 finished; I'm making progress and will be emailing everyone the last WIP as soon as it's done (should be within the next several weeks). I also have a couple of slots that ended up empty (were never paid for) that I'll be offering up at a flat price via my journal, at the same time as I post the final inks. Then it's onto coloring, but this is the fun part for me, so it will go fairly quick in comparison! Current estimate for the final color version is sometime in September, but I'll update as the situation warrants.
-Other commissions: I'm trying to get back to everybody who emailed me over the last several months; I have a lot of things that are verrrry close to being done, including most of the retro pulp pinups and color sketches, which I'll be finishing/posting more of these in the coming days/weeks. I've started sketching the halfbody slots as well, hoping to get initial sketches out to people in July. Again, after I've moved in August it'll be full speed ahead to clear my backlog, but if you're curious about the status of a commission in the mean time, you can email me at electricgecko[at]gmail.com and I will get back to you ASAP!
Got questions? Again, please email me: electricgecko[at]gmail.com
That's all for now - hope everybody's enjoying the holiday (where applicable; otherwise, just the summer) with family and friends. :D
Life updates:
-Had some life shake-ups this spring; nothing too drastic, and thankfully my health is okay, but still the sort of stuff that can leave one terribly exhausted and off-balance. I'd managed to resolve most of it by May, but then just needed to decompress in June, thus a major reason why I ended up missing BLFC (I was just too burnt out!). Instead I spent some time in the woods with friends, which helped immensely, and I'm feeling refreshed and able to make art again.
-Incoming life shake-up: I'm moving at the end of July! While it'll be a lot of short-term stress for the actual physical moving, an old friend recently bought a house in a small coastal town in WA, and has offered me uber-cheap rent to go and live there. This will be a HUGE relief for me; a large part of why I've been so stressed out for last couple of years has honestly been because of steep rent hikes, which is happening all across the Portland, OR metro area where I've been living (and now my rent is literally going to be dropping 80% with this move... unreal)! After the move is done I should *finally* have the time and energy again to catch up on a bunch of older things I owe once and for all, as well as have more time for my own personal work again(!) which I am very much looking forwards to. :) Not to mention, living close to the beach again... I've missed the beach. <3
Commission updates:
-YCH Beach Bonfire: the ink linework is about 3/4 finished; I'm making progress and will be emailing everyone the last WIP as soon as it's done (should be within the next several weeks). I also have a couple of slots that ended up empty (were never paid for) that I'll be offering up at a flat price via my journal, at the same time as I post the final inks. Then it's onto coloring, but this is the fun part for me, so it will go fairly quick in comparison! Current estimate for the final color version is sometime in September, but I'll update as the situation warrants.
-Other commissions: I'm trying to get back to everybody who emailed me over the last several months; I have a lot of things that are verrrry close to being done, including most of the retro pulp pinups and color sketches, which I'll be finishing/posting more of these in the coming days/weeks. I've started sketching the halfbody slots as well, hoping to get initial sketches out to people in July. Again, after I've moved in August it'll be full speed ahead to clear my backlog, but if you're curious about the status of a commission in the mean time, you can email me at electricgecko[at]gmail.com and I will get back to you ASAP!
Got questions? Again, please email me: electricgecko[at]gmail.com
That's all for now - hope everybody's enjoying the holiday (where applicable; otherwise, just the summer) with family and friends. :D
Good to hear things are heading in an up-and-up direction, I hope you can make it to BLFC next year!
Slightly jealous of your patron friends. :)
All alone out here in the corn fields, isolated and without any furry friends I don't have that ability to recharge unless at conventions and those always have their own drama and problems.
Good luck!
And come visit. I mean, beach! I miss living near the beach too.
And glad to hear your ok! (Stress is the worst @__@; hate what that does to my productivity!)
-And thanks for the update! shall wait the rest of the year out before e-mailing again on progress, take the time you need! ^_^/