Ugh.
Work's been a pain in the ass lately and I'm behind on these.
I'm catching up after a combination of work nonsense and block shenanigans, and I'll have updates and art soon.
Apologies~


I'm going to extend Egyptian comms into August, and I'll be opening a third and final batch of 5 slots as soon as I can (most likely Monday)
Thanks again~


Commission info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20562591/

Queue:
EGYPT Batch 1
1. pyroAssassin Complete
2. Thenomeking Complete
3. EccoCode Complete
4. lostcat461 WIP
5. digitalpotatoWIP

Batch 2
6. Darrenthefox
7. darkswordsman65 - Spot claimed
8. tofubread - Spot claimed
9. falloutcoyote - Spot claimed
10. mr-haitch - Spot claimed

Batch 3 - Opening by Monday 8/1

THANKS EVERYONE!
~Age

Wow! What a great response!
Thanks to everyone who grabbed a slot!
Commission info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20562591/

Queue:
EGYPT Batch 1
pyroAssassin Complete
Thenomeking Complete
EccoCode Complete
lostcat461 WIP
digitalpotatoWIP

Batch 2
Darrenthefox
darkswordsman65 - Spot claimed
tofubread - Spot claimed
falloutcoyote - Spot claimed
mr-haitch - Spot claimed

THANKS EVERYONE!
~Age

Anthrocon 2016 is over, but it was awesome!

Met up with some awesome people, You know who you are! I saw some things, doodled a bunch of people turning into horrible animal things, and via ink helped spread the monkey population ever so slightly!

Thanks to everyone I was able to meet up with, and apologies to the people I missed! It was awesome hanging’ out with all of you’s guys! Thanks for putting up with us Pittsburgh! And even though you tried to sabotage me, I still escaped your crazy city!

"REMEMBER!: If ya got a sketch from me at the con, scan it and pop it over to me and i’ll color it for ya!

+ NEW STUFF+
Finishing up Patreon sketches (9/18 complete)
Commission backlog to post
AC shenanigan-sketches to post
Commissions to finish up
Egypt Commissions opening up this weekend! (had to push it back a bit)

Commission Queue:
- slyfox6414 [Simple Color] - PAID
- hg3300 [Detailled Color - Potion Auction] - PAID
- 0plm [Simple Color] - PAID

Thanks again for everything again!
~Age

What day are you getting there: Thursday Night

How long are you going? : Till Sunday Night

How are you traveling?: Driving

Who will you hang out with during the convention? : Dunno! Probably LostCat and/or Spylced’s Crew

How is the best way to find you?: Look very carefully, (TBH: I dropped the ball and don’t have a badge, oops.)

Are there any panels/events you might be attending?: Maybe!

Can I talk to you? Totally

Can I give you stuff?: Sure, but why would ya want to?

Are you doing art at this convention?: When I’m in the Zoo I’ll probably do sketchmissions and quickie trades

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?: Artist Alley and the Zoo

Can I come with you for food/fun/etc?: Any who accompany me must pass rigorous tests and prove their mettle.

Can I take your picture?: No. Seriously, no.

What's your goal(s) for the con this year?: Have fun and meet some people!

How can I contact you?: Twitter!

Basically:
I’m not on a set schedule or anything, I plan to be in the zoo a bit, and I might scope out the gaming stuff too!

I mentioned it on Twitter, but I think I forgot to post it here,
I'll be goin to Anthrocon this year, I'll probably put another journal with one of those meme-type things up.
See yas there!

Auctions:
+ Final Potion from the random potion series is being auctioned now!
+ Auction is live on FA: www.furaffinity.net/view/20382…
+Ends Sunday 6/26/2016 11:59

Commissions closed:
+ Egyptian Themed Commission to open in July (Tentatively July 5th)
+Possibly opening a mini batch of commissions tomorrow:

~Age

These are the results from the combined poll answers on FA/DA. people who chose multiple answers were not counted. People who voted twice, were only counted once.

Da Version: http://ageaus.deviantart.com/journa.....OSED-615945637
Fa: Version: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7644604/

1. World of Warcraft : 4 Votes
2. Ancient Greek/Roman Mythology: 16 Votes
3. Oceanside Transformations : 8 Votes
4. Ancient Egyptian Mythology: 17 Votes

Egypt mythology narrrowly beat out ancient Greek/Roman mythology. July's commission theme will be Ancient Egyptian Mythology! Although, because it was so close (and I also am very partial to it), I will be doing Greek/Roman Mythology later in the Fall.

Thanks for voting!
~Age

All right people of fur, scale and feathers (hopefully not all at once, that might get confusing!), I got another poll for ya.

This time it’s to pick my July Commission theme, opening up on July 6th.
(Next week l will be taking a small batch of General commissions)

Here are your options;

1. World of Warcraft
2. Ancient Greek/Roman Mythology
3. Oceanside Transformations
4. Ancient Egyptian Mythology

Rules:
- You can’t pick more than one!
- Comment Below!
- Whichever theme gets the most votes will be July's Theme!

~Age

Commissions Closed!
Thanks everyone who bought a slot!
The info for the next batch will be posted soon!

Queue:

1. ogrebear [Werewolf]
2. paulbullshep [Werewolf]
3. jask [Simple Color]
4. chalur [Werewolf]
5. ryanr [Toned Bust]
6. slyfox6414 [Simple Color]

Thanks!
~Age

Now that I have my account back, I'm not in a hurry to run anywhere. But, going forward, here is where else you can also reach me:

+ Deviantart: http://ageaus.deviantart.com - While most submissions from FA are also here, the community here is not very responisive any more. I wouldn't say my account is neglected, but it doesn't have much of a following anymore and certainly not for lack of trying. I still have few watchers, and have been posting here for 10 years. It’s more for them than my own benefit that I upload here.

+ Furaffinity: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ageaus/ - this replaced DA as my main platform for Tf and Anthro stuff (You Are Here)

+ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=960168&ty=h - something of a secondary gallery. I use this primarily for posting WIPS, and the patreon styles are decided and posted here. All finished work posted there eventually will be on all sites.

+ Tumblr: https://acrosstheseas.tumblr.com - my fine art tumblr, not quite as active as it used to be. I do still post here in spurts and this is where my non tf/furry stuff ends up.

+ Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~ageaus - I’m starting to upload select pieces here, if you want to follow me there as well! Not everything will be copied from my other accounts to Weasyl, the community seems still very niche and quiet.

+ Twitter:https://twitter.com/Ageaus - This is primary an account geared to announce my commissions/ and promos, as well follow nerdy things and artists.

+Other Sites: I’m torn between increasing my online presence, and combatting account bloat. I am currently debating making a presence on Furry Network, I’ve heard mixed reviews, but with the settling of the last controversy, I’m looking at it a bit more closely!

That's it for now!
More stuff to come.
Thanks!
~Age

I’m back!

Thank you to Dragoneer for helping me get back into my account!
I have a bunch to upload, and a few announcements to make, but for brevity’s sake those’ll be in later journals.

For now, I'm back again!

Werewolf Commissions: 2 spots open!
1. :Ogrebear:
2. :pikminpedia:
3. :paulshep:
4. Open
5. Open

Deviantart: http://ageaus.deviantart.com
Furaffinity: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ageaus/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=960168&ty=h
Tumblr: https://acrosstheseas.tumblr.com

Open for werewolf/ werecreature tf commissions! note/comment if interested!

Info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19902563/

Examples: Similar Style
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19876292/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19442584/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19386287/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19331253/

Queue:

Batch 1 Full!
1. Darkwolfswordsman65 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/199.....#cid:108435839
2. whassupp56
3. rgmbleh SKETCH
4. lostcat461
5. skips92

Batch 2:
1. Ogrebear
2. pikminpedia
3. paulgshep




Thanks again for everything and that’s all for now!
~Age

Deviantart: http://ageaus.deviantart.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=960168&ty=h
Tumblr: https://acrosstheseas.tumblr.com

Okay, I’m behind.

I’m not ready for the next batch of commissions, until I clear out my backlog and finish up my current projects.

I’ll be opening for the theme a bit later than anticipated. I told few of you who were asking about it, that I planned on opening this past weekned, but the fact remains I’m too far behind to add to my queue right now.

My goal right now is to reopen either by the end of next week, or at the absolute latest the beginning of May. As always I’ll announce on my Twitter/DA/FA and Patreon.


Commission Queue:
1. bradleythefox (Sequence)
2. kiddothedragon

Thanks again for everything and that’s all for now!
~Age

Kejital won the poll!
Here he is grumpily receiving the news: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19526506/
We’ll be seeing more of him soon, in fact he’s the mascot for my current promo: Monkeys Batch 3

I’m doing a small batch of monkeys as I prep the next promo, it’s open until the 6th if you’re interested!
Monkey Commissions: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19532257/
Slots:
1. jask
2. lostcat461
3. Starwing
4. ShanghaiLion
5. open

That’s all for now!
~Age

Alright animal people of varying species, I have a question/poll for ya!

Some of you have been watching me for the past 10 years, and will know all of my shapeshifters. Some of you are more recent, and missed the Heyday of Kejital and Age getting all the various TF limelight.

So now let’s find out, which of my shapeshifter characters people like the most!

+These are the four: +
- Ageaus/Age (prnounced: eh-jay-us, Aej-e-us or age-is) my first character, username. He was originally a merfolk, and gone through a lot of states, changes and redesigns; currently he is in development. (past forms: merfolk, sharkfolk, dragon, feral)

- Kejital/Kej (Kyuh-til) He was purpose made shapeshifter, semi-retired, but many people ask about him, he turns into almost anything. (Forms: If you can think of it, it probably was done)

- Dugun/Dug (Duh-Goon) He was originally a wererat, who tfs after absorbing the soul of a slain monsters. (Forms: Rat, Ogre, Satyr, Dragon, spider creature, goblin, undead, wyvern, etc.)

- Ottokar/Otto (Oht-o-car) He’s a knight who transforms in the presence of powerful land magic (Forms: Satyr, Dragon, Minotaur)

- If there is someone else, I've drawnn that you think you’d like to mention by all means!

So, who is your favorite? Who do you want to see more of?
Comment below!

1. AGEAUS (Merfolk/Aquatic Shapeshifter)

2. KEJITAL (Human: Changes based on ANYTHING)

3. DUGUN (Wererat: Shapeshifts after absorbing the souls of defeated monsters)

4. OTTOKAR (Knight: Shapeshifts based on the land)

5. Other

+ Style: “Painterly Style Digital”
+ Theme: Transformation or Fantasy Piece
+ Example: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19258476/

5 Slots:
1. Zigzagziggy http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19331253/
2. lostcat461 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19386287/
3. daze-snow-leopard http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19442584/
4. jask
5. Open

Note/ Comment if Interested!
~Age

Thank you everyone who participated/ spread the word and commented!
This project was a ton of fun, and the response was fantastic!
You totally exceeded my expectations, and helped me so much!
I’ve got 7 more to finish, and those who are waiting will be receiving notes soon.

Commissions are closed, and will reopen again in Mid-February

Now go forth and spread simianification to the world!
Thanks!
~Age

Queue:
Ogrebear
Artguy
Spyketyranno
Ryanr
wildmonkey1990

LAST WARNING!

These are open until midnight tonight, this is your last chance to get in on the monkey business!
info here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18893036/
(All information/payment must be in BEFORE FEB 8th)
OOK!

~Age

Queue:
shadowfox014
Ultrabeef
Renoran
calvin_wolf
Ogrebear
Artguy
Spyketyranno
Ryanr

More info here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18893036/

All commission details must be in by 1/31/2016, and Payment must be in by 2/8/2016

Everything will be ready for the first day of the real Year of the Monkey!

YEAR OF THE MONKEY COMMISSION QUEUE

+FINAL BATCH:+
shadowfox014
renoran
ultrabeef
Spyketyranno
calvin_wolf
Artguy
Ogrebear

Thanks again for the great response, and all the comments!
~Age

GUYS,
The Response for the Monkey Commissions was fantastic.
Thank you all so much! Simian power!

If you’re interested check here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18740574/ But there is a line!

I forgot to make a batch/Duration limit for these, so there isn’t one (basically I’ll stop when interest is gone/I get monkeyed out).

Everyone who commented is locked in, in order of the note you guys sent with your details (or if you asked to me to wait)

+First Batch+
RedApeGuy
zho
Paulshep
thenomeking
ryanr
angstskunk
antidiluvian

+ Second Batch+
zigzagziggy


Stay tuned for more Monkey Business
Ook Ook
~Age

So in a few hours, it’ll be time to say goodbye to 2015.
As far as years go, 2015 was a major improvement to 2014, which was long, horrible and emotionally draining.

----Looking Behind: Successes----

In 2015, I got a new job, not in my field, but a big improvement from my previous job, and way less stressful. Consequently I was finally able to start giving my artwork the attention it deserved. I doubled down on my digital approach, and I’ve been collecting more resources for improvement. I’ve got ways to go, and as always I’m open to suggestion and criticism. (But no, I will not draw your fox for free I’m afraid.) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18663866/ Is a quick look at a few of my favorites from the year.

October was also the launch of my Patreon page. It needs tweaks and adjusting, but it has been successful so far, but I’ve done it a poor service in how I’ve been publicizing it. As of December the campaign broke the first Milestone goal, and have gotten some neat prompts through it.

It was also my first time at AC, and I met a lotta cool people. It was last minute, and I was hardly coherent, but worth it in the end. I met a lot of cool people from the fandom, both in real life and over the internet. Even if you’re imaginary animal people, it’s awesome to know all of ya.

----Looking Behind: Failures ----

Not everything was perfect this year, and some of those failures need to be mentioned with the successes. There are plenty of areas I’ve not resolved, or need more work.

Traditional Artwork: I still haven’t the time or the space to create traditionally, on the scale I used to. I began a major Oil painting series to continue where I left with Requiem and Fides back in August, and while seven were begun, only one was finished. It’s a juggling act, and It’s something I am still working on.

Original Material: My original works have suffered as well, more of my character designs are pushed back. Age’s redesign is still in the works, and the others are very far behind. I have WIPS stretching back to 2013 that aren’t finished, and the folder’s grown to about 90 pieces I want to get to. I finished about 150~ pieces counting things that aren’t published, and patreon pieces, but there are at least twice that much that died on the operating table.

Commission Timetable: Something I’m struggling with even after reducing my queue numbers, adjusting my prices and increasing communication speed, my production speed hasn’t increased. My personal philosophy has always been to get it right, not fast. It is a flaw I’ve been working with for years, but it’s something I am working on improving.

----Looking Ahead: Goals----

I’m hoping this year to devote more time to my artwork, my goals for this year are a greater range of subjects, more media and style improvements. I’m still unsatisfied with my digital inking ability, and I want less rigidity in my compositions.

Patreon is getting an overhaul sooner, rather than later, as well as a few special things in store, this spring is my 10th anniversary posting online and I’m sure there’s something related to that in the works.

So as 2015 fades in to 2016, I hope you all have a wonderful new year, and had a great holiday season. Thank you all for your support, and for all your comments. It’ll be an excellent year of the monkey, I’m sure.

~Age

Commission Queue: FULL

Thanks everybody!
Info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18330811
Queue:
andy
Supertroll1234
Note or comment if interested!
Thanks,
~Age

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PATREON

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If you are interested in supporting my work, I offer montly digital experimental sketch pieces on my patreon
account, as well as early looks on some of my new work: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=960168&ty=h
If you're interested in receiving some interesting stuff beyond what goes on here, or just want help a guy out,
anything is extremely appreciated!

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PATREON

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Commissions Open,
I'm opening for six slots for this batch:

Info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18330811

Commission Queue: FULL
LostCat461
Jonasbelford
pikminpedia
ShadowFox014
andy
Supertroll1234

Note or comment if interested!
Thanks,
~Age

GUYS

I DIDN’T MEAN TO BE GONE THIS LONG.
I HIT AN ART WALL LAST WEEK.
I’m getting out of it, stay tuned.

~Age

Commissions Closed:

Goin’ away for a few days, I may check my notes and stuff, but I can make no promises. Commission updates will resume this weekend/next week.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=960168&ty=h

— I WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY —

COMMISSIONS CLOSED:

---Commission Queue—
Nyhgault Dragon
luckyboy Patreon / Demon
thenomeking Patreon
aroseonthedesk Regular
jask Regular

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone has a great one!
---
Inktober 2015 Challenge:
All 31 are now posted! Check ‘em out and let me know what ya think!
Overall I’m happy with the batch, but obviously they’re not perfect.
My work schedule this year really impacted my ability to complete each on the day they were “due”, and more than a few I rushed or had to build partially digitally.

Originally I was going to showcase Velant’s storyline, but because of the time constraints I couldn’t do it justice. Instead I alternated between some of the characters from Velant’s storyline and picking on Dugun. Not to mention some gratuitous self tfs snuck in there. #Batsforever.
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Commissions: CLOSED
With the Demonsale over now, I’m officially closing for commissions. If you previously ordered one from me, your spot is secure, but as of this journal my queue is closed.

I’m going away for the first week of November, and I need a break, so I’ll be opening up again most likely at the end of November/beginning of December. I have a massive pile of WIPS to among some house-cleaning to take care of.
——

COMMISSIONS: CLOSED

---Commission Queue—
Nyhgault Dragon
luckyboy Patreon
thenomeking Patreon
aroseonthedesk
jask

Most importantly, Happy Halloween!

~Age