Bloody hell. Doesn't feel like it was that long ago that I hit 300 watchers. I don't know what to say! Thank y'all for hanging around to see what this silly bird gets up to. :heart:

On a different note, though... I'm sure just about everyone's seen that trailer for Half-Life: Alyx (or at least heard of it) by now, yeah? Personally speaking, I'm pretty hyped. Half-Life (and Black Mesa) is one of my favourite games, and HL:A looks like it's going to hit on the same kind of "survival horror"-y notes as the original, which is very, very good in my books. Plus, I mean, new Half-Life! That's a pretty big deal in and of itself!

Having said that, I don't own a VR headset. Until now, I haven't been particularly interested - they look neat, sure, but nothing had really jumped out at me as a compelling reason to drop over a grand on one. This, though... Even putting aside the whole "new Half-Life" thing, I've been eager to play around with Source 2's tools for a long time now. Coupled with how immersive HL:A looks as-is (I know, trailers build hype, etc. etc, but still) I'd most definitely like to get my hands on an Index.

Problem is, I don't really have a lot of spending money on-hand, and I'm unemployed - not exactly great circumstances for saving up for an expensive new toy. My mom's getting some money soon, and she doesn't mind me putting my share towards an Index, but damn it, I'm tired of feeling like an economic leech like this.

To get to the point: I'm considering trying to open up for commissions sometime soon. The keyword there is considering - I'm still not very confident in my art, and kinda unsure of how I feel about charging for it, but I figured I'd make this journal to gauge interest. I'm thinking I might offer sketches (black and white and coloured) alongside flat-coloured pieces. Pieces with backgrounds I'm not so sure about, though...

If I were to take commissions, I'd probably take them one at a time - I'm still a very anxious individual, I don't think I'd cope well with having to juggle multiple pieces of art in a timely fashion, hah. I've also got a high-priority writing project to work on, so there's that, too.

My gallery's a pretty good guide for the kind of stuff I'm interested in drawing - simple SFW stuff, bondage (I'm fine with going more explicit on this, though still a bit inexperienced there), and a predilection to birds (though I'm more than open to other species as well, of course!)

So: Would anyone be interested if I were to open for commissions, and how much would people be willing to pay? Again, not promising that I will start taking comms, because I'm still more than a little nervous about that, but still.