Possible overhaul
4 years ago
Hey guys, wanted to do another brief update while I was thinking about it.
I forgot to mention, I have an 18+ twitter I'm more interested in posting on: come follow me!
https://twitter.com/HaxNsfw
2020 was a really bad year for me with the whole state shutting down fresh out of school with no job and no one hiring. So things were really rough for a while, I had a neck injury back in October-ish, but that was never fully fixed unfortunately due to timelines with Uzziah and me moving so soon I couldn't finish getting the testing or whatnot done for it. It doesn't hurt as bad anymore since I've been resting it so much which has been a blessing. Basically, all we know is that one of my neck's nerves is actually fully pinched and we don't know what is causing it. It could be a herniated disc, it could be a bone spur, etc. Regardless once I figure it out I'm going to likely need neck surgery if it doesn't go away on its own. That aside, a lot of other illness issues have popped up in my life, 2020 was a year filled with a lot of introspection for me, and a lot of past trauma, unfortunately, came back since my 'coping' is to ignore it until we can't anymore. I have quite a few diagnoses that I need, but I need to wait until we finish the move until I can handle that.
In better news, Uzziah and I bought our first house together <3 We closed last week and move next Friday! I'm excited to get the warmer weather! We celebrated our 8th year anniversary not long ago which was a nice date night.
That all aside, it's no real secret that I had taken quite the break from the furry fandom. There was a lot of toxicity, several people I had met in 2018-2019 were just toxic and it pushed me too far away from the fandom to care anymore. I began drawing for different fandoms, I improved GREATLY with my humanoid ard again because I had sacrificed that for the sake of drawing furries for 7 years straight. So it's been a well-deserved break. I'm no longer putting up with people I find are shitty, Uzziah agrees and has been supporting me wholeheartedly. So friend culling was the name of the game for a while, healing through 2019 extended through to 2021 as 2020 was a terrible year. So, I've been feeling a lot better lately and I'm just so excited for a drastic change like this move!
That being said, I'm debating nuking all my old art on this account and starting out fresh again, more or less! Rebranding my art, changing my prices around to reflect better of what I want from this fandom more or less if I open up for commissions again. I really poured myself really hard into my commissions for a long time and the burnout was reeally intense, so I'm hesitant on opening them again because I don't want people waiting forever for something again, nor do I want to burn out yet again.
And that was a good idea about taking a break, and good to see you back and not taking crap. It's liberating to health doing that :D