So, I'm sure everyone already knows that FA exploded and a good chunk of people lost their accounts (I got re-watched by so many day-old accounts in the last few days.)

For those who are looking to not be here any more, I have other sites I post junk on as well as here:

Deviantart: (no NSFW stuff here) http://balloon-quilava.deviantart.com/
Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~balloonquilava
Sofurry: https://balloonquilava.sofurry.com/


On that note- is there another site people would want me to get that they would prefer? feel free to let me know here.

Hey, people who actually read journals.

For those who weren't aware, I'm okay with people adding me on skype (balloon_quilava) ( < edited. I forgot my own skype contact. I'm dumb.) and discord (MR. FLAMES
#4359). Discord specifically I've had issues with people trying to add me, so if it doesn't work, note me your contact and I can try adding you instead.

EDIT: removed a time-related thing I did so as to not confuse people.
EDIT2: here's a discord server if you want to be in a toy group too (might be dead till peoples join, but I'll work on it) https://discord.gg/0wNmhdWwwpmTqQYD

Hey guys, I know like, none of you actually read this but I'm posting it here anyway, just because it wouldn't go well in a submission comment.

Lately, I've been feeling like I draw a bit much of just the same few things, and was wondering if there was anything specific you were interested in seeing more of, like.. something semi-vague for me to work off of. Examples could be like, characters, scenarios, stuff like that. I know I've done a few things outside of pokemon, but not really a whole lot, so I was curious to see what you guys think.

Feel free to leave a comment with something (?) that you would like seeing more of from me in the future, or just a comment about this, whatever you'd like.

If you're not currently supporting me, this won't matter to you that much, unless you plan to in the future, BUT:

I've been told by a couple people offering me support that their banks have been canceling the associated card when such a small online payment is made. I don't know if these people used the same bank, or if they are all going to do this, but I'd suggest that you check to make sure that the card you used is still working.

Also, I didn't know that was gonna happen so. uh. sorry.

I have been considering getting a Patreon set up for the stuff I do here, and I was really wondering, if I did make one, is there anyone who knows they would support me?

One of the main questions I have about this itself is, if people were to fund me, what sort of 'rewards' would I be able to even give back? So far I have only managed to come up with a couple things, namely reduced commission prices (for everyone) and a stream schedule for people who want to watch me draw, and possibly even just do request streams again at some point.

I'm mostly unsure of basically every detail, but I'd like to at least know who would fund, and if you have any suggestions for reward 'tiers' or however it works.

EDIT: I have no intention of forcing anyone to pay for this, this is just if you want to help me live off drawing, increase my motivation to do so, and possibly increase the amount of colored pictures I am able to submit.

I've been relatively inactive for quite a long time now, mostly due to moving between states. Finally all of the moving is done, got internet back, and I should be able to start drawing and such again.

For those with commissions waiting, I haven't forgotten, I've just been really busy with life for the pasty month-ish, I will be getting to those soon.

Hey people, just a reminder, but I am taking commissions. Prices are on my main page, but I will be reposting them below.

I'm not gonna bother with taking only X at a time, as currently I just need to do more work in general.

I will always show you the sketch to be sure that the work is to your liking, so please be sure that is what you want before okaying it.

If you decide you are interested, please send me a note, it helps me keep track of information easier, as well as help with communication

Prices:
First character Extra characters
Sketch - $5 $3
Color - $20 (30 for transparency) $15 (20)

May do simple backgrounds, with additional cost, if you want them.
May up-charge for heavily detailed characters.

If you are unsure if I am willing to draw something (if I haven't drawn it before, I suppose) feel free to send me a note asking if that is something I will do. I'm trying to be as open as possible for that sort of thing, so don't be afraid to ask questions.

I don't want to go into details, but due to things going on in life, I'm not really doing so great.

I am re-opening commissions after repeatedly complaining about how bad they are for my drawing motivation because I need any source of income I can possibly get. I posted my prices on my main page, if you want to take a look.

I'll also try to stream the commissions when I can, as I know people enjoy watching that, and I will still also accept donations (if you didn't want me to draw anything specifically for you)

Hopefully the repeated open-closing of commissions isn't irritating anyone..

I just realized that on my main page I said commissions were still closed.

I swear I had changed it earlier, but I guess I hadn't; it's fixed now, and yes they are open.

Since people keep asking me- yes commissions are open. Prices are on my main page ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/balloon-quilava/ )

If you're interested, send me a note or something

Well, lately I have been getting many requests to take commissions, so I might open up again. I have been doing quite a bit of coloring in stream, so I feel I have motivation back.

I'm gonna take a few and see how it goes, may leave commissions open longer if it goes well.

I also have been contemplating my prices- I'm gonna take a look at them and see if I should raise/lower anything, have a couple ideas for what I'd like changed, but.. yeah. I'll work on it

Just an update thing.

Firstly, I'm not doing commissions any more. Turns out, they are one of the main factors in making me really not want to draw much any more, and I want to change that.

Secondly, I made a weasyl account, because why not. It's currently practically empty, but I might post like... some of the fully colored junk I draw up on there. Mostly just because I don't want to re-upload EVERYTHING there.

Other than that, still mostly just work and games for me. Forever. Yay.

I mostly needed an update because the last journal is out of date, and says things that aren't necessarily true.

Firstly: I finally took the time to get some rules done for streams, so I will post those in stream journals when those go up.

Secondly: commissions are still a thing, if you are interested in one. Just poke with a note and we can discuss from there.

Thirdly: holy crap having a job takes a lot of my free time. sed fayc.

And that's just about it. I AM UNEVENTFUL.

I had been wondering lately if people would be interested in having me touch up/re-line some of my older sketches.

The reason for this is mainly because I feel I could use some practice for the coloring and lines, as I currently mostly do sketches. I have been kind of wanting to work on a few things, try new stuff for the shining and whatnot, but for some reason just haven't quite had the motivation.

On top of that, I'm sure some people would also enjoy seeing some of my sketches in color as opposed to just staying a sketch. Also means I would likely do this for pictures requested by people, instead of picking them on my own.

This may also be a stream topic, when my job allows enough time off (and I have motivation to actually do so), so I suppose there's that too.

I also considered this maybe being a type of commission, but eh, I'm not sure about it honestly. Oh well.

So I just recently tried publicly streaming art stuffs, and it went pretty well. I'll likely do more of it in the future, however I'm not really sure as to when.

Commissions are still open as well, for those interested. If you like, at this point you could probably request your commission be streamed, as I don't really have much of an issue doing that.

The only main note I would like to make about streaming is; I would like to try and keep it clean, so I would rather work on porn and whatnot in private, as I can't be sure people who join are allowed to view that sort of thing.

Pretty much just the title. Feel free to leave a comment or note or something.

Prices and information are on my main page.

I know I don't really have much to say. sorry. D:

Just in case people weren't aware, I am accepting commissions, details for which should be on my main page.

If you want one, feel free to send me a note, or even if you just want to discuss things such as pricing and whatnot.

I finally got to actually putting up my commission info on my main page, for those who might be interested. It might change every now and then as well, as I think of things to add to it, but shouldn't be anything too major.

Okay, so.. after having done a bit of commission work, I feel like it would be a good idea to increase my prices a bit. The reasons they seem to be kind of low to begin with, were because I felt like I didn't have an audience yet, and making it a bit easier for people to get commissions might help with that. The other reason being I had just about no idea how to price them.

Now the problem is still.. I don't really know how much to charge for anything! As creator of my own work, I'm probably one of the worst judges of its value, so instead, I wanted to ask..

How much do YOU feel my work is worth?

Here's the different prices I had originally used: (edited to include examples!)

Sketch - $5 - (I can't find a good one. just click the 'scraps' tab! D: )
Color sketch - $10 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7074484/
Full detail pic - $15 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9365523/

Additional character - $5

(comics would be treated as multiple separate pictures based on this pricing)

Feel free to leave any suggestions here, any help is appreciated!

PS: will update my main page with prices and extra details and such after I've decided what exactly they should be

Not exactly a whole lot to say here, prices are same as before

15$ for a full color pic
$5 for a sketch

+$5 for extra character (s)


As an added note, no more than one commission at a time per person. I had a bit of issues with that in the past.

Feel free to leave a note or something regarding details and such, or if you need more information. Or anything for that matter.

Okay so. Aparantely my email got hax'd, and is currently locked up. I don't have the information necessary to retrieve it (because the information DOESN'T EXIST), so I was simply forced to make a new one.

If anyone who had my old address sees this, my new address should be listed below. (by 'below' I assumed people would read this on my main page. I'm stupid, and you should go there to see my contact info.)

(this also applies to anyone who feels like adding me, I suppose)

If you DO add me, I might not add you back for a bit, simply because MSN is a dick and makes me go through some roundabout way of actually telling it I'm ok with the person seeing me online.

Sooooo yeah. have fun.

Woo, starting commissions up again.

That's it. I guess.

Because I am.

Anyway, I haven't been posting anything I've made in the past whatever days, so I'ma try and work on doing that.

Also I really am not motivated to draw as often, so I likely won't be working on any commissions for a while, sorry to the people who had asked me for stuff. (though I still have all of them written down.. if I feel up for it again I'll poke you guys to see if you still want them, ok?)

It's a 2D platformer about balloon dragons.

Primarily I'll need a couple coders, preferably using C++, but if that doesn't happen, can stick with GML (that's Game Maker if you don't know), and spriters for both characters/enemies and tiles for backgrounds.

Eventually could also pick up someone to do music.. and also beta testers (though they won't do anything for a while)

I have a bit of the game laid out already, so it won't just be blind work (I hope..), I can give out information about that later if people are interested.

Also: I may set up a channel on furnet to make communication on the subject easier

For those who weren't aware, commissions are open. I have information on my page about costs. There isn't very much to go by, I know, but hopefully as people ask questions and such I'll be able to add more.

I don't really have much to say, as usual

Edit:
here's a couple examples of what final products might look like:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5709164
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5714037