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7 years ago
I don't know why people ask me questions in shouts, 'cuz I don't have any good way to respond to them, but there are a few hanging out in there that I feel are worth addressing.
Why don't I post more frequently?
I'm simply not a full-time artist. Unlike many of the very good and much more prolific artists on this site, I do not take commissions and my livelihood is in no way related to my ability to produce art at a reasonable pace. I typically only draw when I get motivated, and that only happens once in awhile.
Exacerbating the issue, I've been coping with depressive episodes, sometimes spanning months, for the last several years. I'm basically incapable of accomplishing creative stuff when I'm in one of those funks. You'll usually see me post several things in a short timespan when I get a brief burst of motivation, then I'll hit a slump and stop producing for awhile.
I'm currently taking steps to try to address this problem, but I'm in the very early stages of finding what will work for me, and even if I do get it under control I can't promise that I'll be a more prolific furry porn artist. Porn was always kind of the "easy out" for me creatively during and after college, where I felt I could still draw without having to have a big, grand idea behind it. I'm hoping that in the future I may be able to go back to some of those more intensive and creatively satisfying projects in the future.
Where have my streams gone?
I still do them on occasion, when the mood strikes me. Back when I started I was having an unusually long upswing in my mood, and I became a bit obsessed with streaming. I simply can't keep up that pace. They'll continue to be pretty intermittent for the foreseeable future. Sorry.
Will I start a Patreon / KoFi / taking commissions?
Nope. I'm financially stable without taking money to produce art, and I'd like to keep it that way. As soon as I start taking money it will become more of a responsibility to actually produce results, and my sometimes-hobby will morph into a job, and that just seems awful.
Why don't I post more frequently?
I'm simply not a full-time artist. Unlike many of the very good and much more prolific artists on this site, I do not take commissions and my livelihood is in no way related to my ability to produce art at a reasonable pace. I typically only draw when I get motivated, and that only happens once in awhile.
Exacerbating the issue, I've been coping with depressive episodes, sometimes spanning months, for the last several years. I'm basically incapable of accomplishing creative stuff when I'm in one of those funks. You'll usually see me post several things in a short timespan when I get a brief burst of motivation, then I'll hit a slump and stop producing for awhile.
I'm currently taking steps to try to address this problem, but I'm in the very early stages of finding what will work for me, and even if I do get it under control I can't promise that I'll be a more prolific furry porn artist. Porn was always kind of the "easy out" for me creatively during and after college, where I felt I could still draw without having to have a big, grand idea behind it. I'm hoping that in the future I may be able to go back to some of those more intensive and creatively satisfying projects in the future.
Where have my streams gone?
I still do them on occasion, when the mood strikes me. Back when I started I was having an unusually long upswing in my mood, and I became a bit obsessed with streaming. I simply can't keep up that pace. They'll continue to be pretty intermittent for the foreseeable future. Sorry.
Will I start a Patreon / KoFi / taking commissions?
Nope. I'm financially stable without taking money to produce art, and I'd like to keep it that way. As soon as I start taking money it will become more of a responsibility to actually produce results, and my sometimes-hobby will morph into a job, and that just seems awful.
Overall, I think things are better, but really only in contrast to how bad it was before.
As with people who are messaging you in Shouts they are probably just making sure that you are okay or alive in general.