Consider this: You just got your first apartment. You're excited and are finally embracing a new chapter in your life. You open the door and everything is just incredible! You got your own living quarters and it's up to you to decide what goes where! You enjoy living there and life is fantastic.

A year goes by and you have become well established. You feel like it's time to add in new equipment to your house, like a treadmill or a fancy new VR area, but then you look around your place and realize something: This space is kind of cramped! Yes! That very place you were excited to be in at first now doesn't seem all too significant anymore. You've outgrown the splendors of living in a studio apartment and want to move on to the next chapter. But now you need to research the market, see what you have to do to afford the next place and where you'll end up moving to. It's a lot of work and it's less time enjoying yourself at your current place, but you know that your new home will give you more possibilities.

Long analogy aside, I feel like it's time for me to pull the plug on my current pace for artwork and stop drawing submissions to focus purely on my art studies. Sequences have been very eye-opening for me in what I need to improve on. I feel like I have been choosing options for illustrations because they are "A safe bet" rather than exploring the unknown which would yield a better result for poses and tf emphasis. I don't want to be cozy at this current art skill level I'm at because I want to showcase everything I imagine to the best of my abilities.

So to do this, I need to study. I need to get better. If I can do this, I can feel that "New apartment" feeling I've been yearning so much for again. I want to hit that next level and I want to do it now. I've learned so much this last year and I got the privilege to illustrate some great TF ideas. It's amazing looking back at where I was then and where I am now. But now, it's time to hit that next level.

So what does this mean?

Suspension of current Solo TF comic
This one was a hard one for me to do, but I looked at what I made so far and realized that the comics progress was me playing it safe with too many panels. I wrote out a long story for this one and put so much thought into it. Knowing that my current art quality is hindering my ability to properly execute it will leave me feeling regret if I were to draw it now. What this means is that what you'll get later (maybe by September) will be a much better read than what you would've gotten in July. I'm debating on releasing what I've already made, but then again, I want to change how I approached the intro to this. The current pages I sketched out just feel super uninspired. We'll see in the months to come. (Plus I still need to think if a new title for this comic)

Project Slowdown This Coming Month
All my art will essentially be focused on the art lesson plan I'm studying that week. What I plan to do to keep submissions going on here is to draw "TF Studies" of changes made to that part of the body that I am studying. For example: Week 1 is arms, so I'll show my arm studies and a TF illustration of a hand changing to a paw. I feel like this is what's really going to jumpstart my TF sense and quality in the long run exponentially.

Lowered availability online
I mean, I'm very hard to reach as is, but I plan to focus more of my time on my studies for July and less time in Apex Legends and VR. Its fun to unwind from art with it, but I get too distracted with those activities.

Thanks again for your continued interest in what I do. I'm truly humbled that so many people like what I do and enjoy what I daydream about nonstop. It's excellent being able to have a medium for me to pour my thoughts into. It's something I love doing and am passionate about illustrating. It's something I want to truly be excellent at in life. And for that, I am willing to go the extra mile to obtain this.

Best Wishes,

Toshabi