Something happened to my fucks-to-give when AI started blowing tf up. I've still been doing work but it all feels kinda meh now. I have made a number of pictures since the start of the year, but it's been hard to care enough to post anymore and I guess I'm looking for a new outlet for my work or encouragement or something? Dunno. I am trying to convince myself to do the thing but without interest it seems like a moot point...and now the election is on and I just...yeah. Send help and caffeine.

Hey since I'm doing stuff on it finally, I thought I'd drop a link to my Twitch account where I'm a PNGTuber!

https://twitch.tv/bakari_invert

Come follow along for flails in games and chill "SFW" (nothing can temper this mouth and my sass) art streams! I have prizes and interactions, community activities, and hang out nights and I'd really appreciate the support and love! <3

Hey folks! I'm opening up for three slots, whatever you need I got it <3

Base prices - http://www.furaffinity.net/full/18440876/
See my ToS and current queue in the footer! If you have any questions, toss me a note

Happy birthday to me ;)

Had a great vacation, got to see almost all of my friends and my family. Got some time in the sun, some time in the pool, time on a boat, a badass sunburn (what else is new), a pina colada, and enough seafood and pizza to sink a ship. Not bad! Got to see Kennedy Space Center again, went to Cocoa Beach, lounged under palm trees, chased pokemon in grassy parks with friends who hosted a little party for me, and had some great ice cream on hot days. I was used as a trampoline by my neices, played catch in the pool with my parents, and got to watch a dolphin chase fish in their canal. Life was good!

The 16 hour drive north from Indy in thunderstorms wasn't great and it took a couple days, but at least we're safe. When I got home the cat was distressed, the hibiscuses may have kicked the bucket, there's dust and cat hair on every surface, and I'm not sure if our sump pump ever went off, I think my external hard drive imploded and took everything with it...but that's fine. I'll figure that out later.

Time to recover, unpack, restock my fridge, do some cleaning, and get back to commissions and my actual job. Thankfully this is a slow week in the store since it's inventory so we can recuperate a little from being MIA.

Looks like Zook and I will be going to Ottawa! Any of my watchers going? I'd love to meet up!

Likewise I'll be offering badge commissions for pickup at the con!

I happen to have a good number of these, other places to find me!

Honestly almost all of my art goes right here in this gallery....buuut....
Other FA accounts:
Zariya For commission work that's out of my normal content
Krullsh For Warcraft and most fanart, but since this is very rare and so are updates on this account.
LuminescentCanid Crafting account (pending)

Other art sites
SoFurry
Inkbunny
DeviantArt
Weasyl (least used of the accounts not on hold)
FurryNetwork (on hold due to lack of interest)
Furrific (on hold due to lack of interest)
FurryLife (on hold due to boredom with the site)


Social Media:
Twitter
After Dark Twitter (on hold)
Instagram (on hold, but considering using again soon)


Patreon (on hold)


Streaming:
Picarto For all of my NSFW streaming!
Twitch For games and SFW art <3


Discord and private Discord group, Steam, Battle.net, Nintendo IDs, etc available to friends only.

Yes, it's that time of year again, I've survived once more!

Been a bit since I made a new journal, so I guess it's time!

Happy birthday to me, so that's awesome lol

Since my last update I had my gallbladder removed, we bought a house, and have been so busy I haven't had too much time to art. At least we have our own place now!

Back home from he hospital, spent 12 hrs after having my gallbladder removed. I've got 4 holes that are stapled shut and i'm hopped up on percosets. Yay. Gotta take it easy for 6 wks so I'll use this time to art and improve (I hope) and then I'll try to open for commissions after I feel better. For now though I rest <3

TL:DR - Life is shit for me right now, but expect more art soon, I hope.

Everyone knows I normally don't make posts like this, but I thought it would be best to let people know what is going on in my life so you don't wonder where my art is. As some of you may know my life has gone down the toilet lately; it has not been the best couple of months.

Zook and I were kicked out of the house we are renting from his parents for an indeterminate amount of time due to renovations. Lived there for 8 years and it was a bit of an ordeal for us. We moved into his parents' basement, but it is not the best or happiest of situations and all the cigarette smoke is giving me a constant headache.

Apparently I'm waiting for gallbladder surgery, scheduled for mid-August, not looking forward to that at all. Never had surgery before and I'm terrified of hospitals, yay.

Our 9 year old husky, Skye, died out of the blue a couple weeks ago, I'm still in shock. She was active and happy right to the end... At least she didn't suffer, but my heart is broken.

Our car is out of commission with transmission problems. She's in the shop, but anyone who knows anything about cars knows this is expensive and time consuming to fix. We're renting a car in the meantime, cuz that's nice and cheap...

I managed to get hired a couple weeks ago, it's only one day a week, but it's something at least. Our schedule is in shambles and I haven't been to the gym in too long, but I'm trying. I'm trying to climb back out of this depressing hole I fell in, expect more art soonish, just need to find my motivation again. Maybe I'll try to stream soon, if I can get a chunk of bandwidth.

You know the drill. Something happens and 1/2 of FA threatens to leave.

Either way I have homes on various sites and if you're not lazy you can find them all in my journal header.

Righto!

I've been working on an adult charr piece for the last week or so, my first one. Something told me I had to draw our charr characters...and so I did though I've never tried to draw one yet and haven't played Guild Wars 2 for more than a few minutes in many, many months, maybe a year.

Now that I'm working on it nearly EVERYONE I'm watching is posting charr art, even some people I don't remember ever making any.

What's the deal? Is it charr season? Not that I'm going to complain of course...horned, spiked doomcats are kinda my thing, but what?

As many of you saw here, after 9 years of confusion, heartbreak, and anger my residency in Canada is finally done. I can now live like a normal person in the place I've been living the last 9 years with my husband...it's good to know the system works?

Either way this means I can finally find a job and do the things I've wanted to do, like work or school! I can also now re-open for commissions, so if you're interested you should keep an eye out for that as well!

Yep, that's right, number 32! Celebrating with my family down in London Ontario, they're up visiting from Indy :3

...come fnd me elsewhere! I'd love to have more of you lovelies on my other sites (or Skype!), come find me at the links in my journal header (ABOVE) or my Contact Information list (my main page). Just a note, please send me a message somewhere before you add me to IM programs, as most of the time my Skype is borked and it can take me a long time to respond, please be patient. :D

As for me, I won't be going anywhere until I personally see that things are taking a turn for the worse, so don't worry about that...I never was a drama llama.

In other news: my laptop imploded upon itself, so it's in for repairs and I'm using my old one, but it has an issue installing my tablet driver, so that's fun.

Edit: New laptop's hard drive is on back order, old laptop's fan died so it overheats at the drop of a hat and husband's old laptop is a piece o crud. Whee.

Yep, that's one more down! Today's my birthday...and it's snowing, of course. <3

Happy (day late) 5th anniversary to my  zook :D We're spending our anniversary touring Toronto's spiffy sites this week and should be home on Sunday

Turning 30 this Friday, November 8th :3 *tosses confetti*


Also commissions are stopped completely right now for medical (and birthday) reasons. If you have any questions, feel free to note me. Still accepting payment on commission slots reserved, but those left unpaid will be closing December 1st and will be subject to any commission price changes I happen to make until I reopen in the summer of next year.

Happy birthday to Zook! Happy birthday to Zook! Happy birthday, dear Zookie, happy birthday to youuuu!

Love you!

Alright, critters, after much deliberation, I have decided to make my  zariya account into a commission only account as it was just sitting there gathering dust! :3 This will be the place to get/see/whatever a commission from me!

 zariya zariya zariya zariya <-- :D

All set up over at my Weasyl account (see links above). Now I can get back to my normal schedule :3
No this doesn't mean I'm leaving FA (a la drama crap I don't pay attention to) it just means I have a new account to post on and play with. FA is still my main site and I don't think that's going to change any time soon.

Movin on...I've started to plant seeds for this coming growing season (heh right. growing season in Canada. what's that, like 2 weeks?) and I think I'm going to have a good one. I've planted pretty much every herb imaginable and I still have a lot more plants to go! Excited!

And soforth! Looks like it's going to be a really really quiet one this year

Bakari’s Terms of Service

If you commission me, it will be assumed that you have read and agreed to these Terms of Service. Read them thoroughly, they are here to protect both of us and to get you the art you desire.


Subject Matter

I WILL NOT DRAW MY BLACKWOLF GAME OC'S, ZOOK'S GAME OC'S, OR OTHER PLAYER'S GAME OC'S, IN ADULT SITUATIONS WITH ANYONE ELSE, OUTSIDE OF OUR BLACKWOLF MOUNTAIN RP GROUP, THIS IS FINAL, THANK YOU.

Please note I do have some rent-a-critter characters for you to use in your commissions, if you so desire! See below for more details.

I own a number of character template bases purchased from other artists in our community (including Shalinka, Amarian, Caraid, and more), those can be seen here. Bases include both anthro and ferals, dragons, gryphons, sergals, and a wide range of others. These are customizable for you as one of the many commission services I offer.

By purchasing an adult commission from me you confirm that you are at or over the age of 18. I will not be held responsible for commissioners lying about their age.

CONTENT RULES (please note, content of section is adult in nature) - Specifics or notes in parenthesis ( )
I WILL NOT DRAW
- Anubis (Adult Situations)
- Beefcake (Extreme)
- Birth
- Blood
- Bondage (Extreme/Painful)
- Crying
- Cub/Baby Pokemon/Baby Furs (Adult)
- Copyright Characters (Adult - Rule 34 with named characters)
- Dainty Characters (See: Breakable or Wispy)
- Death
- Desiccation
- Diaper Furs
- Drug Use (Hard drugs)
- Emaciated
- Futa
- Gore
- Humans/Elves (Adult)
- Hyper (Really?)
- Inflation (Wat.)
- Insets (Zoomed in sections), Closeups, and Internal Shots
- Lactation
- Machinery (Complex)
- Mary Sue
- Non-Consensual (No goddamn way dude. Uncool.)
- Obesity (Extreme)
- Orgies (Over 4 People)
- Oviposition
- Perspectives (Extreme, Exaggerated)
- Portal Fanart (Complex or Adult)
- Pregnancy (Extreme)
- Scat (Never fucking-ever.)
- Size Play (Adult Extreme - Macro/Micro)
- Spooge (Pools of Cum...)
- Transformation
- Unbirthing (Wat.)
- Undead (Zombies, Mummies, Etc)
- Vore (Never.)
- Watersports (Never.)
I also will not cut off people's heads and torsos to make a pic, I refuse to do it. My work requires context and feeling, having someone being just a pair of hips is NOT part of my work, sorry.

IF YOU TRY TO COMMISSION ME WITH THESE SUBJECTS I CAN AND WILL DECLINE YOU.

I AM UNCOMFORTABLE DRAWING
- Blowjobs
- Chibi/Cute
- Clothes
- Gay/Lesbian
- Hair
- Intersex/Herms/etc
- My Little Ponies
- Plantigrade Feet
- Pokemon (really cute ones)
- Shoes
This does NOT mean I won't draw them, I just have a lack of experience in these subjects and might need extra time to complete pictures with these subjects involved and I cannot guarantee quality.

I MIGHT DRAW (depends heavily on mood and current skills)
Very intricate clothing and accessories, extreme hairstyles, vehicles, period or culture clothing, buildings, modern street scenes, soft-core tentacles (no tentacles ever in mouths, sorry), and industrial scenes.
NOTE: These things tend to take more time than average to draw and some may add an additional complexity fee **.

I WILL DRAW
Most anything else adult or clean, especially tribal themed, short comics, story illustration, Warcraft characters (troll, tauren, worgen, and dwarf are my specialties, but I will try pandaren and draenai), Guild Wars' charr. I specialize in both feral and anthro.

If you are unsure, note me and ask.

I reserve the right to draw any picture with the proportions and age range I work in at my discretion. This is my art style and I will retain it regardless of your wishes. If you want something with disproportionate parts, inflation, adult cub art, giant veiny muscles or whatever...choose a different artist.

I also refuse to do things without reference of some sort. If you want me to do a steampunk tiger, for example, and I don’t get a clear reference of both the tiger and the steampunk idea...try again.

If this picture is a gift for someone, I need written consent that their character can be used (for adult situations) and if that is the case, the person to whom the art is gifted now co-owns the right to the picture and is covered under my 'Commissioner Rights' section below.


Bakari's Bordello (Rent-A-Critter)

I have a few characters you can use to supplement your own in a commission piece at a discounted second character price. Feel free to take advantage of the following 'critters' in any way you see fit according to my 'Content' policies. Each one is just fine to play with any male, female, or herm character you wish to pair them with, within the bounds of their sexuality and my comfort zone!

Males
Summit the moose - Dominant (usually), anthro and feral, bi leaning straight
Niko the brown bear - Dominant, straight, anthro
Ramal'a the bobcat - Somewhat submissive, anthro
Bonx the hybrid lynx cat - STRAIGHT, anthro, belongs to Zook
Skjrim the dragon - Bi, leaning straight, anthro
Halefire the earth dragon - Bi, leaning straight, aggressive, feral, size shifter
Vanagir the zal'tabor ice demon - Bi leaning straight, anthro, aggressive towards males
Drokka the zal'tabor ocean demon - Aggressive, anthro, bi
Xeadas the rimeblight hellhound - Aggressive, anthro and feral, straight
Einarok the Viking werewolf - Neutral, but more aggressive in his were form, anthro and feral and human, straight
Jolan the spotted bat - Submissive, straight, anthro, belongs to Sleepy-Bat

Females
'Digi' Rita the red kangaroo - Switch, anthro
Cinn the husky - Dominant, anthro, bi
Chirripnaia 'Chirpy' the fruit bat - Submissive, anthro, bi
Tamari the tiger - Straight, anthro, aggressive
Khaira the fennec fox - Submissive, anthro, small, straight
Akidonyx the chaos dragon - Chaotic switch, bi, aggressive, likely to harm
Vesper the ice (wind n water) dragon - Straight, feral, size shifter
Zantira the zal'tabor fire demon - Bi, aggressive, anthro, likely to harm
Tuli'vouri the phoenix - Straight, aggressive, anthro and feral, dominant
Hrja the black bear - Bi, lazy, anthro, prone to aggressive outbursts when prodded
Felthana the smolderflame hellhound - Straight, anthro and feral, aggressive
Selva the carnivorous avicorn - Straight, aggressive, anthro and feral, likely to harm
Haukura the carnivorous avicorn - Straight, aggressive, anthro and feral, likely to harm
Ahi'ahi the sunset lizard - Bi, lazy, anthro
Sugiami the oni-touched geisha kitsune - Straight, submissive or aggressive in certain forms, feral and anthro and human
Abigail the flying fox bat - Dominant, straight, anthro, belongs to Sleepy-Bat

Contacting Me

Please contact me about commissions via Notes. Use CLEAR SUBJECT LINES (i.e., Headshot Sketch for <username>) so that I can easily find your information.

If you have further questions or concerns after the initial contact, you can note me or use one of the other methods of contact listed on my user pages. Be warned, though: if you spam me or if you are disrespectful or extremely difficult and demanding (at my discretion), I WILL block you and cancel your commission, and you will be refunded as per my policy.

Let it be known that I have a bad habit of making pushy commissioners wait longer. The more you pry and question and ask about your commission not yet in progress after I have responded to you once or twice, the lower on the list you go and the longer you'll have to wait to see anything from me. ANY pushy, nagging stress you happen to add to the situation will cause me to think twice about doing your commission. Asking weekly or daily about when I'm starting your commission when I have others to work on first REALLY ticks me off, use the provided journals to check on the status of commissions. If you don't like this, I'm not really that sorry.

When I contact you about your commission (to give an update on a status, ask for input, or to get approvals for completed work) I expect to hear back from you within two weeks. If I do not get a response from you in two weeks, you can expect to be shoved back down the waiting list to the bottom until I am done with my work. I can't sit around waiting for you all month, I have work to do, however if I do not hear back from you within a month, consider your commission forfeit and I will keep the payment.


Payment Policies

All payments must be made via Paypal invoices in USD and are expected up front. I do NOT accept DeviantArt Points, Bitcoins, or other fantasy money...though trades can be negotiated for large sums of World of Warcraft or Guild Wars 2 gold sometimes.

I WILL SEND AN INVOICE TO THE EMAIL YOU PROVIDE ME IN YOUR COMMISSION NOTE. ALL YOUR INFORMATION SHOULD BE SENT VIA NOTE.
Please have your funds available before contacting me, as you will not be placed into a commission slot until payment is received and I will only hold a slot for you for a month in the 'pending' list. If shipping is required, it will be IN ADDITION to your commission (I will get you a quote, all shipping done from Ontario, Canada), and payment will be required up front with the commission price, on the invoice provided.


Art Fees
I have certain things I attach additional fees to at my discretion, these are:

**Complexity Fee -
Tough markings - 15%
Complex Hair, Weapons, Armor, or Clothing - 15%
Wings (Feathery) - 20% (the devil is in the details)
Extreme angles, perspectives, or poses - 25% (if it's going to cause me undue stress to draw, you get to pay extra)
Taurs - 33% (I'm essentially drawing 1 1/2 people here....)
Combinations of complex content will have percentages at my discretion (winged taur, etc)

Background Fee -
Backgrounds cost extra and increase in price according to complexity
Plain color/gradient - FREE
Simple Background - 10% (pillows, bed, ocean/beach, field, snow)
Medium Difficulty Background - 25% (simple furnished room, cave, pine forest, palm trees, single building exterior, dungeon)
Complex Background - 50% (glowing mushroom cavern, cityscape, concert stage, rave, Christmas trees, leafy forest, waterfalls)

Colored Lineart Fee -
Coloring my lineart takes extra time (a lot of it) and increases in price according to complexity of the overall picture, though it adds a lovely touch.
5% - 10%, higher if there's a background involved.

More information can be found on my price sheet. Any questions? Just ask!

Fee cost is based off of a percent of the base cost and not final cost with extras added in. If you are unsure, please ask for examples!

Speedy Commission Fee - (cutting in line)
3 Week Deadline - $20
2 Week Deadline - $25
1 Week Deadline - $30
5-6 Day Deadline - $50

Commission fee levied only if I have others in the queue ahead of your piece (this applies almost exclusively to shaded pictures or those who need their commission NOW).


Commission Process

When you commission me, please note me with:

-The type of piece you are wanting (sketch, clean lines, full body, head shot, etc.).

-The character(s) involved and any references you may have (for characters and any objects in the picture, such as jewelry, tattoos, weapons, etc.), but please, don't send a dozen things.

-Anything else you would like to see (outfits, poses, backgrounds, themes, etc.).

-Your Paypal email address so I can send you your Paypal invoice AND so I can send the high resolution file to you upon completion.

If you want the piece shipped to you (in the rare case of traditional art, prints, pins, or badges), please also state this in your note, along with your address and any extras you want (insurance, tracking, etc.) so I can get you a quote.

If I accept your commission, I will respond with your final price including Paypal fees (taking into account any add-ons, extras, extreme detail fees, backgrounds, etc. that we have discussed) and your shipping quote (if applicable), along with a request for any information you have left out. If I don’t accept your commission, I will explain why. Normally this would only be if the commission falls outside of what I am willing to draw (see list above) OR some crazy emergency on my part. I do, however, reserve the right to refuse any commission for any reason.

Once I have received payment, I will place you on the waiting list. When it is your turn, I will sketch out what you have asked for and then post it to my Scraps folder or email it with critique for you to look over and respond to with any changes or suggestions, or anything you forgot previously. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT MAJOR EDITS WILL BE ALLOWED. Once the critiqued sketch is approved, I will proceed with your commission. The sketch will be posted only until the final product is complete, and then it will be removed.

The final commission will be uploaded to my commission gallery at a lower quality, with any watermarks or signatures I choose to use. I will email the high resolution files to you without watermarks (if applicable), but my signature will stay. If you have requested shipping, I will send the piece within the week of completion and note you when I have sent it.


Status

I will attempt to keep a list somewhere on my site (profile information, journal, link, etc.) of my current commissions and their status, and my waiting list, if any. I DO NOT guarantee that this list will ALWAYS be completely up to date (and therefore CAN NOT be used as ‘proof’ that I’m under-refunding you as per my policy), but I will do my best. I am by no means a professional artist and commissions can take a while to complete, however I promise I will always keep commissioners updated.


Shipping

I ship traditional art from Ontario, Canada. If you want shipping, you are expected to provide the information I have requested (see above) so that I can provide you a quote IN ADDITION to your commission price. If you do not specify, I will go with the lowest priced shipping. Once your piece is in the mail, it is no longer my responsibility. If you are concerned, please consider asking for insurance, tracking, guaranteed timeframe, etc. Please research your options. If you ask for something and it isn't available, I will let you know with your quote.


Refunds

If a commission is cancelled for any reason by either party, you will be refunded the amount exceeding the price of whatever stage your piece is currently on. For example, if you’ve ordered a full body flat color, and the piece is at the clean lines stage, I will charge you the price for the work as if it were commissioned as clean lines, and refund you the rest. Any extras that have been completed, to whichever stage, will also be included. This means that you may get NO refund at all, if I have already completed it – or a full refund, if I haven’t started. Refunds may take up to a month due to Paypal's policies on Canadian banks. I will send you the piece as it stands, and you can decide what to do with it from there.


Artist Rights

I reserve the right to refuse or cancel any commission for any reason. I also reserve the right to keep the piece as part of my gallery/portfolio, and I reserve the right to edit this in any way I see fit for my own personal usage. I reserve the right to use the piece in any future examples to other commissioners (such as price lists or in this ToS).


Commissioner Rights

You are allowed to post the piece in your own galleries as long as my signature is visible and credit is given. A link back is appreciated, but not required. Crops of the work are allowed for icons or IDs. You may also use the piece for personal purposes, such as enlarging it for artwork in your home (though I suggest telling me first so I can create the image for this purpose in higher quality); turning it into a decal for your personal shirt/computer/phone; including it as part or all of a personal tattoo, etc. This work now belongs to you and/or the person(s) you gifted it to, however you may NOT use the piece for profit of ANY kind unless these terms are agreed upon beforehand.


These Terms of Service are subject to change without notice at any time. It is your responsibility as a commissioner to read, understand, and keep up with them, though usually a journal post will be made for updates.

This information is valid for all three of my FurAffinity accounts:  Bakari,  Zariya, and  Krullsh as well as my other art sites including SoFurry, Weasyl, Deviantart, InkBunny, Furiffic, and FurryNetwork.

Well still workin on immigration bull, so far so slow, especially in this weather. Trying to keep my mind off of it all with some artwork. Most of what I have is unfinished or flat colored, but I have taught myself a few new techniques to speed up my art process and that's exactly what I need!