So i am Gonna be taking flat colored sketches and character busts! Trying to cover some extra expenses i had back in June regarding my dad and my elderly cat. The sketches will be flat colored like the ones i do on my stream sessions in Picarto.

-Paypal only
-70.00 usd for full sketch
-35.00 for a character bust
-Single character prefered

Send me your descriptions and references at avencri.commissions[at]gmail.com

I'll read the emails on sunday the 20th!

Thank you!

Hello everyone!

Just letting you all know that i got a Blue Sky account in case any of you also have one you can give me a follow!

https://bsky.app/profile/avencri.bsky.social

Hello everyone!

Just letting you all know that i got a Blue Sky account in case any of you also have one you can give me a follow!

https://bsky.app/profile/avencri.bsky.social

Hello everyone!



If you have been following my twitter you might already know of this. But for those that have no idea there is something important i need to tell everyone.

The weekend after Anthrocon ended, i was just resting from my trip when we got some rather grim news regarding The Katbox. Due to a series of problem that have been boiling in the back end of the site for years ending up cascading into each other, ID decided to step down as the head administrator of the site. With this the news came out that The Katbox was ceasing operations as a comic hosting site. This meant that every single webcomic on the site would need to find a new home, including mine.

I have been posting The Eye of Ramalach on The Katbox since 2006 and these news hit me like a truck. I had no idea of what to do, i have never posted my comics on my own before. I was afraid i might not be able to survive on my own. I also suddenly was in need to find a new host and a someone to take care of managing the backend and coding. I was really scared and as everyone on the site, we were pretty much aimless.

Nekonny then tried to take the steering wheel of the site and after a week of talking to everyone about what they wanted and/or needed from the site came to the sad conclusion that he couldn't correct course about it. And that was it.

It was then decided that The Katbox would be a link network that would redirect each of the comics to the new host and the Discord server would stay as a community hub. But the site as a comic hosting place would be gone. I am not gonna lie, i was angry and looking for someone to blame for all of this. Then i got depressed for a whole week, barely able to get out of bed since i felt like i invested more than 10 years on something just to see it go up and vanish after so much effort. My insomnia spells came back on full force and i was lethargic to the point where i began having some irate discussions with people and even the cleaning lady asked me if there was something wrong since i looked really sick and tired. Due to this i have actually started looking into seeking a therapist about this.

In the end, i managed to get at least 5 invitations to different hosting sites to start from scratch. I was sad since i didn't want to say goodbye to anyone on The Katbox crew. So after some pondering i decided to accept two of the invitations and host both "The Eye of Ramalach" and "Tina of the South" (which i was finally working on resuming since i got a new logo done and a website design made) on two different sites at the same time.

The first option will be at "Kemono Cafe" with Nekonny. This site was originally designed to only be a mirror site for Nekonny's webcomics, but ever since the events at Katbox happened, Nekonny decided to do his best at hosting some of the webcomics on this site. My comics will be here along with all of Nekonny's webcomics, Las Lindas by Chalosan and Rascals by Master Godai. Nekonny, Chalo and I have a long history with webcomic together and i honestly didn't want to lose touch with both of them due to this.

The next option will be at "Studio Khimera", this is a whole new website for comic hosting that we are starting from scratch. Skidd and Phuufy got the initiative to create this site to host "Uberquest" and their other webcomic. Along with me they also invited Hiorou to host "Eorah" and Razorfox with "Draconia Chronicles". As i said, we are working on this size from zero and we ended up hiring a new developer to code and create all the framework to have content and future content to be fully customizable. We had to invest from our own pockets with little warning to pay the developer fees and also had some help from ID to get this done. At the moment we are just having a basic framework and everyone is working on their assets. Hopefully this will go smoothly and we will be able have something to show in about a month.

But what about the webcomics? Well... i guess i could still post at The Katbox while it still exists... but i feel that posting the new pages only for them to be removed in some weeks or months is not worth it. Kemono Cafe is the earliest place where i could post them, but the site is still being worked on to get the new webcomics (all not made by Nekonny) ready to run. And Studio Khimera is still in the oven. So i guess i will be posting the updates on Patreon for now.

I was told by some of the people involved that i seem to have taken this whole debacle the hardest. It seems to be the case to be honest. Most of the other crew don't seem to be as affected and some even don't seem to care at all. I honestly don't know why i took this so hard in comparison. Back in the days before ID became the head of the site, i took it into my own hands to try to promote all the webcomics and the site as a whole on different sites. I made a Katbox club at DA (Back when DA was the big place to go post art at), TV Tropes (a great place to spread awareness) and others sites. I didn't get much support from the Katbox people back in the day and it was disheartening. When the Uberquest crew arrived, Phuufy revitalized my drive to get things done on the site, and well... now it will be gone.

I am now a bit apprehensive about getting attached to the new places... but i will try my best to put my all into them and continue trying to spread the word about the webcomics hosted i guess. I am just kind of beaten and bitter at the moment i guess.



Anyways... to reiterate:

1- The Katbox will stay as a place to link to the comic's new hosting sites but will not host comics itself anymore.

2- The community is gonna stay as much as it can and the Discord server will stay as a general discussion place for anthro work and webcomics.

3- For now, i will be posting my webcomics here on Patreon until the two new homes are ready.

4- Gonna be making "Kemono Cafe" and "Studio Khimera" my new homes and hopefully will be able to cultivate a new community on both sites and maybe even get new readers. Clean slate i guess.

5- I have not been doing the best emotionally in the last few weeks. I am seriously looking to get some therapy.

6- I finally got my art drive going last week after weeks of insomnia and depression, so i will get to work. Sorry for the inconvenience.



This is all for now i guess.

Thanks a lot for your time.

Ok, i will be taking some sketch commissions on flat colors at 30 usd to gather some extra funds for Anthrocon 2019.

Send me descriptions and references at avencri.commissions[at]gmail.com

I will be replying after next Sunday.


Single character for now.
Will be using Paypal.

Thanks everyone! =D

We will be doing another commission stream to gather funds for AC this next sunday.

Chalo, Godai, Shonuff, Nekonny, Jeso and I will be working on these this time.

If interested, be sure to fill this form to speed the process: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zrqkt9lc.....9FORM.txt?dl=0

See you all on sunday!

Hello everyone!

Just a reminder that tomorrow we will have the commission stream to gather funds to travel abroad and visit Anthrocon 2019. A nice chance to get some art or just to hang out and chat at Picarto:

https://picarto.tv/avencri

You will be able to find streams on the channels of Chalodillo, Master Godai, Nekonny, Shonuff, Jeso and I! =D

Gonna be catching up with my Patreon rewards and other stuff this week so i will be streaming daily if able!

Come join! https://picarto.tv/Avencri

Gonna be streaming for a few hours, feel free to join!! https://picarto.tv/Avencri

This is a copy paste from an announcement in the forums done by ID:

"Over the past week or so Mihari has been battling with a virus we found inside the katbox server. This virus among causing performance problems has been installing mailing scripts and sending out spam all over the internet. It took a whole year for it to become a major issue leading to our katbox emails being blocked by a number of websites. .

Dealing with this has cost us valuable time and delayed our site upgrades.

We've contacted Liquidweb for support and despite making a good effort they are unfortunately out of options other than run Linux Malware detect to try to sniff out the source of the infection. Failing that the Katbox will have to be taken down indefinitely to be reinstalled from scratch.

We aren't sure where we picked this up from. Mihari has shown me evidence that this infection hitched a ride from when we did our server transfer last year. Beyond that we have no way of knowing where it came from.

I'll be frank this isn't something that Mihari has dealt with before and I'm no server guy. We're treading new ground here. I'm extremely worried about something going wrong. On top of that we just got done raising a lot of money for the katbox. If we didn't have over 10 years of reputation as a stand-up place this would look shady as fuck to a lot of people. Raising a ton of money, taking the funds and running off with it.

So I'm going to do my best to be transparent as possible throughout this process. If you haven't already please follow the twitter account Katbox_Comics for updates on the situation. You can find me at Mistr_Id as well, and I will answer any questions to the best of my ability.

As soon as I'm done posting this I'll be opening a support ticket with LiquidWeb and asking for a backup of the site which we will revert to if things go completely belly up. I'd rather have a virus riddled site than none at all.

Katbox.net will be going down within the next day or so. Please keep in touch with our social media accounts for updates and an ETA.

Thank you for your understanding and we will hopefully see you on the other side of this."

Hello everyone! Gonna be taking commissions on the spot! https://picarto.tv/Avencri

Gonna be streaming and taking comissions for 5 hours just now. All income shall be directed for the Katbox Renewal funds!

Come join! https://picarto.tv/Avencri

Will be doing a donation stream with  sahtorikamaya

All funds will be done to help fund the complete rehaul of The Katbox!

Join at: https://picarto.tv/Avencri

Hello everyone!

Well being a adult makes organizing parties a real chore. The neighbor union decided that we are no longer able to have BBQs at our place so my usual way to celebrate is unavvaiable until they change their mind.

So i had no other choice but to try to get all my friends to meet at an Applebee's this saturday, since everyone has their own jobs and schedules it is quite hard to find a time and date where all of us can actually meet in person. Kinda miss the days when just meeting with your friends was easy.

Other than that i am doing great. I am mostly done with commissions and Patreon rewards. I only got a couple of rewards from the donation drive to pay for my sister's hospital bills and a long term comic commission project that is half done for now. So things are going well in that regard.

Thanks for reading this little status update, i havent' done one in months. I apologize for that.

Hi,

So next week, we will be making a small change on the donation stream for Sunday, March 6th.

We will be auctioning a comic page from the following authors Chalo, Mastergodai, Avencri, Skidd and Phuufy.

So the rules are simple.

Tomorrow at 2 PM CST, will make 4 posts to start the auctions, each once refering to each author.

The rules are as follows:

1) DO NOT DEPOSIT ANY MONEY UNTIL YOU ARE CONTACTED THAT YOU WON THE AUCTION AND THAT THE ARTIST HAS GIVEN THE GOOD TO GO. AGAIN, DO NOT DEPOSIT ANY MONEY UNTIL THEN.

2) The comic page itself will be of 3 to 5 panels with 1 to 3 characters.

3) The starting bid will be of 200 USD, with increments of min 25 USD and a buy out of 700 USD.

4) There will be a special 2 page option if the you choose to grab the golden medal buy out of 1000 USD.

5) In the case of Phuufy and Skidd, Phuufy will provide the art and Skidd the inks.

5) NSFW is fine however the artist reserve the right to deny any idea if they are not comfortable with it. In the case of Phuufy and Skidd, the NSFW cannot be with Uberquest with Original Characters.

And thats it!

Have fun and good luck to everyone!

Original post here: http://forums.katbox.net/threads/ka.....auction.12651/

 chalodillo  mastergodai  upstairstudios

Follow this link!! https://picarto.tv/mastergodai

As posted by Ustudios at the Katbox forums:

"Tomorrow Sunday Jan 17 at 10:00 AM Central, several of the KB artists will be hosting an Art Stream to help the Katbox Cares II

The rules are as follows.

1) Art will be of 1 character.
2) You can purchase a bust (waist up) for $30 or a full-body picture for $50. As these are donations, you are welcome to give more, but this doesn't guarantee extra details or work.
3) You can ask for Mature stuff, just as long as the artist is ok with it.
4) In case you want colors. Ustudios will color said pics for an additional 20 dollars. if you would like your Pic colored by him please say it once you get on the list.


Selection Process will go as follows:


1) DO NOT DEPOSITE ANY MONEY BEFORE YOU GET THE GOOD TO GO WITH A MODERATOR OF THE STREAM.


2) you may ask for a spot of the artist of your choosing. You will be added to the list in a first come first serve basis until the list is full. In the case many people want a spot on the artist list a raffle will be used to select the order.

3) if you get picked have your idea and reference at hand so it can be reviewed by the artist, once its clear you will be added to the list.

4) Once you are approved you may donate the amount you want on the page https://www.youcaring.com/hugo-arra.....-garcia-493631 . Please make sure to add your name and amount so it can be confirmed the amount has been deposit on the page. Once that is confirmed your drawing will begin. In the case you want to remain anonymous or have issues with the page let us know so we can direct you to a paypal to deposit the amount.

5) the waiting list will be of a max of 5 people. Once all 5 persons images are done the selection process will start again as in step 1. In Chalos case it will only be limited to 3.

6) you can only get on the list once as long as there is people waiting for a spot. if a spot opens and its free for more than 5 minutes you may ask to be put on the list again.

7) Please respect the chat and the artist. Rude actions or words will be dealt with a kick and ban from the stream.


Keep in mind all these are subject to change at any time.


Thank you and hope to see you tomorrow."

As posted by Ustudios at the Katbox forums:

"Tomorrow Sunday Jan 17 at 10:00 AM Central, several of the KB artists will be hosting an Art Stream to help the Katbox Cares II

The rules are as follows.

1) Art will be of 1 character.
2) You can purchase a bust (waist up) for $30 or a full-body picture for $50. As these are donations, you are welcome to give more, but this doesn't guarantee extra details or work.
3) You can ask for Mature stuff, just as long as the artist is ok with it.
4) In case you want colors. Ustudios will color said pics for an additional 20 dollars. if you would like your Pic colored by him please say it once you get on the list.


Selection Process will go as follows:


1) DO NOT DEPOSITE ANY MONEY BEFORE YOU GET THE GOOD TO GO WITH A MODERATOR OF THE STREAM.


2) you may ask for a spot of the artist of your choosing. You will be added to the list in a first come first serve basis until the list is full. In the case many people want a spot on the artist list a raffle will be used to select the order.

3) if you get picked have your idea and reference at hand so it can be reviewed by the artist, once its clear you will be added to the list.

4) Once you are approved you may donate the amount you want on the page https://www.youcaring.com/hugo-arra.....-garcia-493631 . Please make sure to add your name and amount so it can be confirmed the amount has been deposit on the page. Once that is confirmed your drawing will begin. In the case you want to remain anonymous or have issues with the page let us know so we can direct you to a paypal to deposit the amount.

5) the waiting list will be of a max of 5 people. Once all 5 persons images are done the selection process will start again as in step 1. In Chalos case it will only be limited to 3.

6) you can only get on the list once as long as there is people waiting for a spot. if a spot opens and its free for more than 5 minutes you may ask to be put on the list again.

7) Please respect the chat and the artist. Rude actions or words will be dealt with a kick and ban from the stream.


Now this time we have several artist joining so the Schedule will be as follow¨


1) At 10 AM will be Chalo, Mastergodai and Kuurion

2) at 12 PM Avencri will join

3) at 5 PM Nixie and Skidd will join.


Keep in mind all these are subject to change at any time.


Thank you and hope to see you tomorrow."

Sunday Jan 03 at 10:30 AM Central,  chalodillo,  mastergodai and  avencri will be Hosting a Donation Art Stream to help the Katbox Cares II ( http://forums.katbox.net/threads/ka.....ersonal.12409/ )

The rules are as follows.

1) Art will be of 1 character.
2) You can purchase a bust (waist up) for $30 or a full-body picture for $50. As these are donations, you are welcome to give more, but this doesn't guarantee extra details or work.
3) You can ask for Mature stuff, just as long as the artist is ok with it.
4) In case you want colors.  upstairstudios will color said pics for an additional 20 dollars. if you would like your Pic colored by him please say it once you get on the list.


Selection Process will go as follows:

1) you may ask for a spot of the artist of your choosing. You will be added to the list in a first come first serve basis until the list is full. In the case many people want a spot on the artist list a raffle will be used to select the order.

2) if you get picked have your idea and reference at hand so it can be reviewed by the artist, once its clear you will be added to the list.

3) Once you are approved you may donate the amount you want on the page https://www.youcaring.com/hugo-arra.....-garcia-493631. Please make sure to add your name and amount so it can be confirmed the amount has been deposit on the page. Once that is confirmed your drawing will begin. In the case you want to remain anonymous or have issues with the page let us know so we can direct you to a paypal to deposit the amount.

4) the waiting list will be of a max of 5 people. Once all 5 persons images are done the selection process will start again as in step 1

5) you can only get on the list once as long as there is people waiting for a spot. if a spot opens and its free for more than 5 minutes you may ask to be put on the list again.

6) Please respect the chat and the artist. Rude actions or words will be dealt with a kick and ban from the stream.

Well... in the middle of a stream my Cintiq 12WX stopped working. Just as sudden as it sounds.

Reinstalling the drivers didn't do a thing. Neither the pen nor the eraser of the stylus is registered and the "LED sensor" doesn't shine. This seems to imply it is a hardware issue with the pen and it should be replaced. I got no issues at all in getting a new pen.

My problem is getting the pen itself. I live in Mexico and Wacom doesn't ship here, so i will have to ask a friend to make the order and then resent the pen to me. All of that adding extra costs. This isn't that bit of an issue either.

My big problem is that i got no way of knowing if the faulty thing is my pen or tablet. All the local perople i know have different or newer models so i can't ask for a pen to test. If i get a new pen and after the whole ordeal i described turns out that the pen is ok and the tablet is the one with issues i would be frustrated at the waste of money and time.

"Intuos3 SE Grip Pen" is the tipe of stylus i need test. If someone else's stylus works i can completely be sure that my pen is faulty and needs to be replaced. I just wish this would be easy to do, but as i said, i know nobody with that model.

I guess i am frustrted and venting...i need to test my old bamboo to see if i can keep working in the meantime.

This actually came as an idea from  aimi

Step 1: Make a feature artists journal and put me on the list, include a link to one of your favorite pieces of mine.
Step 2: Link the journal below here in the comments
Step 3: Keep the journal posted for at least 24hrs.
Step 4: I'll pick out my favorite piece by you and add you to the list below of featured artists as well!

This is for ARTISTS ONLY. People who draw and take commissions. This isn't a way for you to get your character more well known, or show off your fancy gun collection. This is a way to help artists help other artists and for people to check out other peoples work. So if you are no an artist this isn't for you.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
 aimi http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11727684/ --- It is a simple one but i like the body language on it!!
 Halfeb_the_Dingo http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16910471/ --- Always liked this character. XD
 Akuva http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13975787/ --- Amazing image with a good background alteration!
 BrassKnuckleTime http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17774748/ --- This is a collab but the color works really nice on this one.
 ShuangOrion http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16549412/ --- Love this for the WTF factor. XD
 SnowVampire http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17271113/ --- This is a cute idea
 aFallenWolf http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16978110/ --- I was between this an the "Commission couple" one but in the end i really like this character design. XD

The Katbox is currently preparing to open a season for webcomic applications!

Be sure to read this thread and prepare your pitch if you are interested: http://forums.katbox.net/threads/ka.....-thread.11920/

Best of luck guys!

Hello everyone!

Well i was looking for an excuse to make a new journal since the last one was from a very long time ago. XD

I just wanted to share some of my other accounts in case you were interested in following!!

Weasyl- https://www.weasyl.com/~avencri

I got basically the same content here as in FA but i am trying to be more active to follow some artists that left FA for good.

Tumblr- http://avencri.tumblr.com/

I reblog a lot of tutorials, comic updates for other webcomics and plenty of silly stuff. This is also where i get the "Asks" for my characters that i post from time to time. So if you want to ask anything to me or any of the characters feel free to drop your question. It is very likely that i will end up making a comic reply. ^^

Deviant Art- http://avencri.deviantart.com/

My original gallery... semi active. Almost everyone i know stopped using it but there are still some activity here.

Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/Avencri?ty=h

My patreon page for those that wish to contribute. All my finished pieces are avaiable to the public.

Picarto- https://www.picarto.tv/live/channel.....?watch=Avencri

Where i do the streams of commissions, silly doodles and the webcomics. Always good to have new people here!

Twitter- https://twitter.com/avencri

I type a lot here, plenty of silly jokes, news, my thoughts and LOTS of passing the word on webcomic updates for those interested.

And of course both of my webcomics.

The Eye of Ramalach- http://theeye.katbox.net/

A horror/adventure story set in an urban setting.

Tina of the South!- http://tinaofthesouth.katbox.net/

A silly old west comic with lots of cheesecake.

Hello everyone. It took me a bit but i got several news.

This particular update this huge because it is actually two weeks worth of content that i had to set back due to a whole set of reasons that messed up the schedule of my comics. Working on a newspaper you prepare notes in advance, but then you got really important news that come out of nowhere (they basically caught THE drug leader in Mexico) and then you get another death in your family. I had to leave everything aside and travel back to my hometown to help my parents with all the funerary plans. Anyways, i made a huge page with the content of the lost week to make up for it.

In other very important news. I have also opened a Patreon account for The Eye of Ramalach: http://www.patreon.com/Avencri

The account is set based on my comic updates, not on a monthly basis. So the whole funding will only be received after i post an update of The Eye of Ramalach. Which is now set up to be a bi monthly comic. This basically means that The Eye will be posted every two weeks from now on.

As you can see, the new updates of Tina of the South have been set up as a milestone within the site. So the donation button for new pages will be gone from Katbox and new updates of Tina of the South will be achieved via Patreon.

The Tina of the South milestone is divided into two pieces. A $75 milestone that will pay for 2 updates of Tina of the South per month, and a $125 goal which will allow me to post every week. My plan is to have Tina of the South and The Eye of Ramalach alternate when at the $75 goal.



Thanks for reading guys!

The Katbox welcomes two new additions, UberQuest & Our World!

Check out the news post here: http://forums.katbox.net/threads/th.....ce-again.8979/

Hello everyone!

I will just like to announce that Katbox.net now has an official twitter account for updates and site news that you can follow.

https://twitter.com/Katbox_Comics

"Welcome to the Katbox's new Twitter account! Follow here for news and updates!"

The account is still new and in need of some work but do spread the news about it if you are a follower of any of the comics.

Thanks!