Without having to say anything, you can probably tell I havent had a whole lot of time for FA and art in general recently. Things have been a little tough personally, on top of a high workload for my classes in the last month or so of the semester with finals/portfolio review/etc. (I'm suddenly taking on two more majors that i wasnt expecting) Thankfully, the semester ended last week, so thats off my plate for now. I have conventions for the next three weekends in a row, but im just an attendee and only making one cosplay for all three of them, so i still have SOME time to work on art. Once June comes around, my workload isnt going to get any lighter, because ill be working through the summer on my portfolio, new merchandise for conventions, and a cosplay for November that i really REALLY want to be perfect.

If youve commissioned me in the past year, youre probably well aware of the fact that results are either immediate, or they drag on for weeks before im able to finish a piece. This is something ive struggled with for a long time, and it pains me a lot to make people wait that long for me to be able to pull myself together and finish their commissions. Its not fair in any way to have one person's art done in two days, and then another person's take two months. Its unprofessional and I cant keep letting it happen, even if it means a complete rework of how (and if) i take commissions in the future.

For the foreseeable future, I wont be offering any/many YCH commissions. At most ill offer single ones just so that i have less on my plate and can focus on just one at a time. Ive realized that if i cant finish a commission in one or two sittings, the amount of time it takes me to finish it grows exponentially-- partly because the time i have in private to work on NSFW commissions is limited to a few hours at night on weekdays if im at home.

I have ideas for what i may do instead of the commissions ive been taking for the last few years, so that im actually able to handle them, but ill save that for another day and another long-winded journal. For now, I wont be taking on any new commissions.