I'm sure you've all heard it a million times already, so I'll spare you the deets and just summarize: I strongly disagree with the recently introduced (and weirdly subjective, impossible to uniformly enforce) policy, so I'm also on Itaku and will likely be prioritizing that for the time being.

I'm not leaving FA, I'll absolutely still be around. However, due to how this has all shaken down and seeing how so many are being affected, I'm much less motivated to continue seeing this place as my primary avenue for posting, viewing, and interacting in full capacity. This has all been endlessly disappointing, and it's clear that this is how it's going to be here from now on.

https://itaku.ee/profile/fotts

It's not the first game I've written music for (I've been composing for Dragon Drop for years at this point), but God of Rock will be the first officially released title that I've contributed to! It's a fighting/rhythm game hybrid that'll be out on PC and consoles April 18. Here's one of the 10 tracks I've done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqiLF2oc00I

Hello hello! Sorry for my absence here, I didn't really intend to be on such a long hiatus from adding new art. 2022 was probably the roughest year of my life, which, oops, I nearly lost in March. Without getting into specifics, I'm still alive and I'm grateful for that. I unfortunately don't have much new art as I've been pinching pennies for the majority of the year after everything that's happened. In addition to that, being fully honest: losing otty made it really difficult for me to want to commission anything for a good while. I don't feel as if anyone will ever capture "me" like he managed to, but it still makes me super happy to see myself in other artists' works.

I'm going to try to get everything that's not in my gallery added over the course of this month. I'd also like to share a couple of the tunes I've done! The latter half of the year has been big for me as far as music goes, but I sadly can't share the majority of what I've done as I'm under an NDA + do not have the rights to those tracks. I'll talk more about my involvement with that soon. Thanks for sticking with me, and I appreciate everyone who's helped me get through all the hardships I've had to recently endure.

I'm not really one for making journals or longer posts, but I want to write something about my good friend  otterlike.

I found out early this morning that otty, after a struggle with covid complications that spanned over several weeks, passed away. The reality of losing him is only just now hitting me. It didn't feel real for so long. I've cried my eyes out throughout the day and night as I've remembered the impact he's had on my life. As I'm sure you know, otty's done a good chunk of my art and was able to represent how I view myself better and more accurately than anyone else. Their art never failed to hit the mark and it gave me a lot of comforting euphoria. More than that, though, otty became a wonderful friend. I spent a lot of time with him playing games, hanging out in VRChat, chilling in his stream and seeing him pop into mine on occasion. He was so genuine and exuded confidence, but was still incredibly gentle and kind. He had a comforting presence that made it very easy to become better friends with him.

When I learned he'd been hospitalized and wasn't doing too well, I was worried, but I was determined that someone as strong as otty would make it through. Unfortunately, he lost his battle, but I'm proud of him for fighting. The last thing I saw him post was "I love you all" in his discord server. It's gut-wrenching to think that I'm never going to get the chance to talk to him or hear his voice again. He was too good to be lost and it feels incredibly unfair. I'm devastated, a wreck, and constantly in tears, but I still smile at seeing just how many individuals he's had an influence on and that care about him so much. I wasn't prepared to lose someone like him, but I can't imagine that any of us were.

I don't want to say goodbye. I want to keep talking with you, keep playing games, keep feeling the warmth of such a pleasant soul. But I'll let you sleep. I'm going to miss you, and I'm never going to forget you.