I completely forgot to mention I do trades as well so I'm open to trade

I'm gonna stop saying I'm open for requests now cause I updated my commission info talking about my requests so go to my commission info tab to see how many slots I got available cause right now, I got nothing to draw

Like the title says, I'm still open. I'm allowing each person 1-2 requests every other day. So note me an idea so I can get to drawing

It's time for some late night art. Note me your ideas.

I'm back from school and got a couple hours of down time, so I'm open for some art requests. So note me an art idea and I'll most likely draw it. Also keep your eyes peeled for my sometimes highly journals for my late night draw time

Life has gone nuts again. I'm now 2 weeks into school and I'm feeling the stress and plus, I've got a cold that sticks till spring. Stories right now the bane of my existence since they take much longer to do. On the other hand, my art is much easier to do. I can draw a decent piece of art in 20 minutes which is much easier than 3 hours of writing. So stories are slowing to an almost halt. Drawing is something to practice now and plus it's easier for me to do in these times. So art wil be a temporary thing now while school settles in.

I'm sorry for those who have stories in progress, I'm trying my best.

So if you want some art now, I'll take some requests and Trek, I've tried to do your request, but my skills aren't good enough to do your kind of request.

Well with me now easing my way back into writing, I've now started practicing on my art. So I'll now be posting art I've done and now opening one art request slot and one trade slot. So when the next set of stories comes around, the slots will look like this:

Stories:
1) Open
2) Open

Art:
1) Open

Trades:
1) Open

By the way, the art slots are open.

Hello everyone, I'm giving you all another update on how things have been going. My mom's boyfriend is getting better. The cancer on his face has gone down a bit and he is getting more active. I'm really starting to feel better and so happy that he's getting better. Heck he's doing so well he went to a concert.
I have to thank you all for the support you have all given me. You are all wonderful people and without all of you, I'd probably be in a corner, rocking back and forth like a psycho.
So now that things are getting better, I'm gonna start getting back to writing. I've been holding it off to help keep my sanity in check and to focus on my mom's boyfriend. Heck I even started uploading to my YouTube channel again. Which I started playing through Super Mario Galaxy 2 again.
Thank you all for being amazing supporters. Now, let's get some writing done.

Hey everyone. It's been almost 3 weeks since I said a word on here, heck I've barely even been on here since the cancer thing with my mom's boyfriend, though that's what the main part of this update is on.

Things are still pretty bad, my mom's boyfriend is still in a lot of pain and now is going in for a bone cement surgery cause his spine is getting to fragile. Though he has start chemotherapy and will soon be starting radiation as well, and if you know what happens to people's hair with that, I did something to show my ever lasting support to him. Along with going to his place and helping with field work and helping him in his daily life, I decided to shave my hair off almost completely. I'll keep you all updated on things as things go on.

I'll talk to y'all soon.
Brandon/Blovesbudder

I said in my past journal that something was seriously bothering me. I am here to say it to personally help my own sanity.

Today my mother and her boyfriend called my aunt and my grandmother to my mom and I's house. We were told about a week prior he was diagnosed with cancer and that was it. Today we got a update. It was bad news. It was more than just a large lump on his face. It was in his back and some in his lungs and sprinkled in other places. If he had not acted as fast as he did, he would of only had 3 months to live. His cancer was also such a shock being a once in a blue moon thing. His started overnight, no warning. So his care has been put into immediate action. I'm s so bad, his sleep is bad and he can't lift anything above 5 pounds or he could break his back. There is still so much unknown and it's just knocking me down and it's hard to let sink in.

He is like my father I never had. I've known him for 8 years and it's hard knowing something like this happened. He may take months to recover but he has a chance to be cured, but right now, I'm dealing with a lot. I need time to be alone and help him, cause he can basically only stand, sit and lay down. This is something I need to do, to help him. I'll start back with writing when I can actually think about it.

See you all soon.

Now with my hand pain gone since last week, two more things have just stopped me from writing. I had a serious blow to my family involving my mother's boyfriend. I will not be saying what it is, but it's something serious. Second off, my iPad has finally bitten the dust. It has finally stopped charging. The iPad has been mine for about 8 years. The thing has been through hell and back for years. It's lived a long life, but it's finally decided it's done. I salute you my iPad, you have served me well.

Sorry for being on a hiatus for so long

I'm sad to report that I have been out of commission on story writing. I've been dealing with some severe hand and arm pain and cramps since Saturday and I've barely made any progress with healing. Let me explain how that started.

On June 24th, my mother and I went to here boyfriend's to help him buck bales, which is taking hay bales, loading them onto a trailer, taking them to a barn and stacking them. There were about 165 bales that need to be loaded and stored, and with each bale weighing 60 pounds each, it was difficult on my muscles, especially when I was doing it for 5 hours in my 80 degree sunny weather with a very light breeze. By the time the last load of bales were on the trailer, I was dizzy, stumbling and finding it difficult to walk. So my mom and her boyfriend finished up and I cooled down in a freezing cold pool. Then I got out and my muscles felt like stone and hurt like hell. This was all over my body and not just in my arms and hands. I literally could not move for a couple hours once I lied in my bed.

Now about 4 days later my arms and hands are still in serious pain. Just opening and closing my hand can hurt badly. If this continues I may need to see a doctor cause it's hindering me greatly. It's unknown how long I will be out of commission, I hope it's not to long.

But hey, I got paid $100 bucks for the job. I'm going to go rub my arms to make them feel better.

So tomorrow I got both to do, so I'll be doing a stream tomorrow. For about 2-3 hours I'll do the request work and for 2-3 more hours we will finish the Finish The Story, story. I hope you all join me on Discord tomorrow. I'll post a journal tomorrow with the link to the server.

Tomorrow are my last two finals of the year and Friday is a half day. So to celebrate, I'm going to be getting a lot more active on my Discord server and also the livestreams will be returning since I'll be at home for about 10 hours doing nothing on weekdays for 3 months. So I'll be a lot more active and I'll be streaming a lot more. So that also means that "Growing Bonds" is coming off it's hiatus. If people are going interested in joining the serve I'll post a link here: https://discord.gg/baKVjK (it expires in about 24 hours after this journal goes up.) Also I'll be chilling on the server tonight so feel free to come talk to me.

Almost one year ago today, I started writing these stories that are now one of my biggest things in my life. One year ago, I dipped my toes into the world of writing. One year ago, I laid the foundation of this new chapter of my life.

This story that will be released today is a story that I hate, yet I love. I hate it because it is just poorly written and bad overall, but I love it because, if I never wrote it, I would never have had met anyone that I knew on this site.

This story laid the groundwork for my own character Dylan. It laid the groundwork for my life as a writer. It laid the groundwork to the friends I know today.

Key, Boomheadshot, everyone. I never would have met you if it weren't for this story.

I wrote this story on June 14, 2016. I had just finished my freshman year of high school and summer had just begun. I never knew a single thing about writing. Characters, speaking lines, descriptive words. I was like a new born child. I never knew the first step of writing, but look at me now. 45 watchers. 45 people that always see that I write.

Before I even started writing, I was a aspiring YouTuber. A young 13 year old boy playing Super Mario Galaxy while using an iPad to record it and after 3 years of YouTube and only 12 subscribers, I decided to try something new. I found this site and fandom. I found something new and I found my love for weight gain and especially the writings.

That is what I was before the writings. Looking at that, 12 subscribers in 3 years, compared to 45 watchers in 9 or so months. This feels like my true calling, and you all made this fat and lazy 16 year old find a new calling. If you all never read my stories, I'd be in my room, playing Xbox without the friends I know here.

I want to give everyone a big thank you for who watch me do these writings and another thank you to the ones that request more stories. You are the reason I'm still writing today.

Now here is to another year of writing.

As of this journal, I've got 9 school days left, so that means I have nothing to do all summer, so let's get the summer queue built. I'm extending the max story length to 5 parts now and there will be 5 slots. So let's do it, summer writing is on its way.

Requirements:
- Concept
- Character(s)
- Starting and ending weights (if well gut gain)

Slot 1: trek.king
Slot 2: 3jaustin
Slot 3: Boomheadshot
Slot 4: lookfuc
Slot 5: 3RED

Geez, June is coming fast. With that I decided to change the plans for my one year anniversary of writing, I will be releasing my first ever story I wrote. I may remaster it later. I want you all to guess what character(s) are in the story.

Hint: It's from a recent video game franchise, dating back to about 2015.

Have fun guessing. I'll reply to you all as I my weekend winds down. I'll let you all know if it's guessed or not. You all have infinite guesses, so go nuts.

In about one month, something big is going to happen, and it's my one year anniversary of my writings. On June 14th, I will have been writing for one who le year. Sweet Arceus I feel old. It's just a little thing to put out there. I also do have plans for that day, which is to re-write my first ever story. As of now, there is only one person who knows what the story is (and how horrible it was). So look for ward to that day.

Also, since th ewhole thing with next set of suggestions being open. It's now open to all to send in stories. It's now first come, first serve.

As of now my final ISAT is in less than 30 minutes, even though I'm still at home before school. So with the part 3s going to be getting underway within the next day, I'm going to open the next set of requests. I am still doing the current set of four stories right now. This is more of a reserve slot. As usual, anyone who has not had a story done before takes top priority, then after one week, on May 16th at 5 pm PST, the slots are a free for all. Send all ideas to me Via note, it helps me find it easier and more organized for me.

Suggestion slots:
Slot 1: Open
Slot 2: Open
Slot 3: Open
Slot 4: Open

Finally ISATs are drawing to a close next week. With my stress returning to a manageable level I'll be able to think straight. Again I am so sorry for the hiatus. School has been tearing my brain apart with my failing grades and of course the ISATs, but when summer comes, prepare for plenty of stories and Discord activity. I'm coming back to life and will be back to my good ok self again.

I never wanted this odd hiatus to happen, but I want to tell all of you why the part 3s are taking so long to get started. As of now, the school year is on its last couple months until it ends and that means tons of tests. Right now and for the next 3-4 weeks, I have my state testing happening, which includes drastic schedule changes, long test sessions, and tons of stress. After my state tests finish, then my work towards finals begin leaving maybe a week in between the end of the state tests and finals. I've been under so much stress an I still have two more years of this. I've been trying and the only thing keeping me sane are the live streams. They keep me calm and give me a chance to talk to you all. I hope you all understand, I'm sorry if I worried any of you.

Side note: Even though suggestions are closed, I still accept ideas for stories. Boomheadshot has been sending me ideas that I have been archiving for him and he still sends me ideas. He can view his archive whenever he wants and can use any idea that is not complete. I will always accept ideas whenever. I'll keep them safe.

Ok, I know these things are getting repetitive, but hear me out. I've deciding to try to "Live Stream" it. I've created a second Discord group meant only for when I'm live. It's going to be hard to do, but I'll try it and see if it works.

NOTICE: Voting is still going on for the story in the previous journal, PLEASE READ.

Now that the characters that will be joining Dylan have been selected, the next part is the most difficult, how do they know each other or how they will meet each other in the first part. This is one of the hardest parts of a story, besides thinking of a title which I may need help with as well. I have thought of some options as of how the four know each other:

A) They have known each other for a few years. (This option will immediately begin the main idea of the story.)
B) They meet at a event or gathering [insert event/gathering here]. (This will not begin the main idea for a part or possibly 2.) (Please think of the event/gathering).
C) Dylan knows one of the characters and that character will introduce him to the others. (If this choice wins, the character that Dylan knows will be randomly chosen)

Any ideas for the title are appreciated. Also I will be getting the part twos up this weekend. I've basically been brain dead this whole week due to massive amounts of fatigue and sleep deprivation.

It's time to start something new. As you all know, Dylan has finally become a complete Character and is now my alternate self. So I decided, since the Zekrom series has sadly ended, Dylan will now be getting his own story, besides the raffle story that is coming. But this is where you all come in. I don't ant Dylan to go on an adventure with one of your characters, actually scratch that, more than one. I want him to have three of your characters go on a new journey of packing on pounds. I don't want a character that you come up with in 5 minutes, I want your own character to join him. It's time for a replacement of the Zekrom series and time for Dylan to get his own story with my ideas and your characters. This will be my new series, and it will be ready tomorrow night. Who will join him? We shall see. Send me your character and Dylan shall pack on some pounds with them.

Remember that journal I posted about my phone being broken and was in rice? Screw that, someway and somehow my phone made a miraculous recovery and is completely fine. It was a 1 in a 1,000,000 chance that it was fine. I was over joyed it was working, but we weren't sure, so I spent the last few days using it to make sure it's fine and it is. This was a birthday miracle. Thanks to those who were concerned, but he concerned no more, a miracle came through. I cam now sleep a happy kid, knowing my phone is still working.