So Much News and Big Updates Moving Forward
4 years ago
Hey y'all, I've had quite a few bigass changes lately so I gotta make some adaptations to my life and work!! Bear with me while I cover the good, the bad, and the exciting!
So, the biggest and best (to me), I'm getting motherfucking ENGAGED y'all :O Right now we're just waiting for
's ring to get delivered. I could go on literally forever about how excited I am for that so I'm just gonna stop at I'm very fucking excited and I really really love my soon-to-be-fiancee-and-shortly-after-wife
Next, some news that will probably be a little bit of a bummer for some folks, I'm no longer going to be taking fat fur commissions. It was a lotta fun practicing the new body shapes on the pieces I did do, and I genuinely do appreciate that there's a whole HUGE community out there celebrating those big bodies! I would rather not overshare, but because of a personal relationship with weight, I'm just not comfortable continuing to work on them. Y'all keep up all the love you have for each other, I really admire that! (Also, chubby/stocky/thicc-hips etc are still fine, this is specifically for body sizes that I guess are considered 'overly obese?' I guess like, drawing a character that happens to be chubby is ✅ but a drawing that focuses on how overweight someone is is ❌ if that makes sense? (Here's hoping I've worded this alright and don't hurt anybody's feelings)
Okay moving on to another thing that I'm also Very Very Excited about! I'm currently in the (agonizing) process of enrolling for college! I dropped out at 19, and started but never finished the enrollment process a few times over the years, so it's kind of a big deal for me :3 Not a lot else to say about it I guess, so pretend this is a real smooth segway into the next thing --
The future of my commissions and content! I'm right around the year mark of taking my first commission now (the anniversary is next month 🤯), and it has been a wild fucking ride holy shit. I didn't know what I was in for, and I've loved all the crazy and interesting people (and their characters) I've met over that time! But because I'll be a full time student by the end of next month, I need to prioritize my time. Mocha and I have also been working on a massive personal project that I hope to start up next month, and I would like to be able to put more time into that. I'm sure this next bit will get some mixed responses, but because I'm going to be a full time student (and I suck at that), I'm going to be taking fewer commission slots, with clearer options, as well as raising my prices (a big thanks to everyone that's commissioned me so far and helped me to feel like my skill and time is worth it!), this will especially apply to shaded/illustration pieces because those fuckers take so fucking long to make (I love every second, there's just a LOT of seconds involved). I'm also doing this so I'll have more time to put towards our personal project, which will hopefully be launching along with a Patreon at the start-ish of next month. Details still being worked out about that one!
TL;DR:
I'm getting engaged and also enrolling in college full-time
I'm no longer taking fat fur commissions for personal reasons
My commission options will be changing, and I'll be raising my prices to compensate for the limited time I'll have as a student
My partner and I will be launching a personal project and its Patreon at the start of next month (keep an eye out 😉)
IF YOU'VE CONTACTED ME ABOUT A COMMISSION BEFORE THIS JOURNAL IS POSTED: The price raising doesn't apply - You folks will be the last with access to the now-outdated prices! 🎉
So, the biggest and best (to me), I'm getting motherfucking ENGAGED y'all :O Right now we're just waiting for
's ring to get delivered. I could go on literally forever about how excited I am for that so I'm just gonna stop at I'm very fucking excited and I really really love my soon-to-be-fiancee-and-shortly-after-wife Next, some news that will probably be a little bit of a bummer for some folks, I'm no longer going to be taking fat fur commissions. It was a lotta fun practicing the new body shapes on the pieces I did do, and I genuinely do appreciate that there's a whole HUGE community out there celebrating those big bodies! I would rather not overshare, but because of a personal relationship with weight, I'm just not comfortable continuing to work on them. Y'all keep up all the love you have for each other, I really admire that! (Also, chubby/stocky/thicc-hips etc are still fine, this is specifically for body sizes that I guess are considered 'overly obese?' I guess like, drawing a character that happens to be chubby is ✅ but a drawing that focuses on how overweight someone is is ❌ if that makes sense? (Here's hoping I've worded this alright and don't hurt anybody's feelings)
Okay moving on to another thing that I'm also Very Very Excited about! I'm currently in the (agonizing) process of enrolling for college! I dropped out at 19, and started but never finished the enrollment process a few times over the years, so it's kind of a big deal for me :3 Not a lot else to say about it I guess, so pretend this is a real smooth segway into the next thing --
The future of my commissions and content! I'm right around the year mark of taking my first commission now (the anniversary is next month 🤯), and it has been a wild fucking ride holy shit. I didn't know what I was in for, and I've loved all the crazy and interesting people (and their characters) I've met over that time! But because I'll be a full time student by the end of next month, I need to prioritize my time. Mocha and I have also been working on a massive personal project that I hope to start up next month, and I would like to be able to put more time into that. I'm sure this next bit will get some mixed responses, but because I'm going to be a full time student (and I suck at that), I'm going to be taking fewer commission slots, with clearer options, as well as raising my prices (a big thanks to everyone that's commissioned me so far and helped me to feel like my skill and time is worth it!), this will especially apply to shaded/illustration pieces because those fuckers take so fucking long to make (I love every second, there's just a LOT of seconds involved). I'm also doing this so I'll have more time to put towards our personal project, which will hopefully be launching along with a Patreon at the start-ish of next month. Details still being worked out about that one!
TL;DR:
I'm getting engaged and also enrolling in college full-time
I'm no longer taking fat fur commissions for personal reasons
My commission options will be changing, and I'll be raising my prices to compensate for the limited time I'll have as a student
My partner and I will be launching a personal project and its Patreon at the start of next month (keep an eye out 😉)
IF YOU'VE CONTACTED ME ABOUT A COMMISSION BEFORE THIS JOURNAL IS POSTED: The price raising doesn't apply - You folks will be the last with access to the now-outdated prices! 🎉
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