Just giving a heads up to you guys that there will be some stuff posted to my gallery next month that will be very different from what I normally do. Been wanting to do some experimentation with different stuff and topics on the darker side of things and thought that October would be the perfect time for all things gruesome, creepy, dark, and disturbing.

Now, I don't know how many of my watchers are into gore (I do know that there are at least a handful of you), so that is why I'm posting this journal so it doesn't come as a surprise. So if you're reading this and don't like gore, be prepared to delete some stuff in the submissions. And that leads me to a question:

For those who don't want to see the gore: would it be better to pick a day of the week (looking at Saturdays) and only upload stuff of that nature so you can be prepared for it and delete it then? Or would the better option be to upload everything on October 31st so it can be over with at once?

One reason why I decided to do this is that I do know that some people who watch me are into that kind of stuff and have watched me because of the gore stuff I did privately that was posted to the commissioners' accounts.

The bigger reason is that I've been dealing with a lot of things mentally over the past month that has left me angry, worried, scared, defeated, crushed, and off and on (for lack of a better word) depressed. I can't really explain why, but I really think that doing this is going to be therapeutic for me in a weird way. I've already seen some improvement with the stuff I've been doing in preparation.

So please, if you don't like gore, I ask that you just delete it from your submissions rather than leaving negative comments on what I plan to post. And remember that what an artist draws does not necessarily reflect what they want in reality. Nor does being into it mean that the person is a psychopath. There are plenty of people who watch slashers/horror movies, or play Mortal Kombat, etc that are perfectly functional members of society.

I will also be offering 15% off commissions that fit into the theme of "gore" starting October 1st and going all the way until the 31st.

And speaking of commissions, I will be "opening up" for general commissions again soon. (in air quotes because I never technically close. I just keep getting inquiries and so I have to wait until my queue is down to a manageable size before I can post a reminder that they are open) Probably by Friday or next Monday However, things will work a bit different during October. My art week typically looks like this. Monday: Anything goes. Tuesday-Thursday: Commissions/Patreon art. Friday: Personal art. Saturday: Anything goes. But since I'm doing the whole gore-tober thing, I'm going to be using some of Tuesday-Thursday to work on stuff for that, so commission turnaround time will be relatively slower that usual, but only for the duration of next month. Come November, I'll be back to my usual schedule.