Been a while since my last journal it seems. And it had to do with getting hacked no less. But I thought I would post something up due to the recent events of my new commission coming out and people watching my page.

First off, hello new peeps. Pardon the inactivity here. Life has been trudging along and things have been changing in my life. Mainly in my work life though it has all been improvements on them thankfully. Granted, this has left me with not as much time to work on much else in terms of my hobbies as I am now a full time working man. And it is not that easy to simply want to do much else on my days off aside from unwinding and relaxing. However, I do hope to change that fairly soon since I can't be a lazy butt forever.

Second, I am hoping to start back up with my drawing and potentially work on some other side projects as well. I've been getting more and more inspired to come back to my art and try to work on it some more. Especially after receiving the amazing commission I got from  tokifuji and just being blown away by it. Just need to force myself to actually put pen to paper (or pen to tablet in my case) and actually draw. Even if it's just little doodles here and there. Here's hoping things work out for that.

Anyways, to wrap all this up, thank you to all the new followers who have popped up recently and hopefully, you won't have to wait too much longer before I actually post something up here again. I'll at least try to be more active here and see if that can help as well. Take care until then~

This is a warning to anyone who is on my Skype contact list.

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN ANY LINKS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU!

It appears that my account got hacked into and the recovery option has been failing me. The email that I used for that skype account is one that I no longer have access to so I'm trying to see if it's even retrievable at this point. Worst case scenario, I may lose my account because of this. This is mainly serving as a warning though to anyone on my list. Ignore anything from me for the next couple of days. I'll post another journal up with the results or if I need to make another account and add people on again. Definitely not something I wanted to come home to on my day off...

So, I've been seeing that new sweater meme going around lately and it managed to pull me out from the depths of Hades to at least talk about it a little bit. In all honesty, I really don't like it. I get that it's supposed to be all sexy and revealing but it just looks stupid to me. Maybe it's because of how deep the cut is on the backside which at that point just looks like a torn up sweater to me. I saw one variation on the sweater where it stopped the cut in the middle of the back and that actually looked pretty ok to me. But all these other ones where it's cut way down to the butt crack....I just can't get into this one haha. Anyone else feel that way about this meme? Kind of curious to know.

Also, to all the new watchers who have been popping up lately. Where did you come from?! I'm curious since I haven't posted anything in literal months haha. Also, sorry for the lack of art. It's been very difficult to work on anything with my job running me ragged the past couple months. Though hopefully, it will all be for the better since I am training to hopefully get a decent promotion at my job. Fingers crossed since this is my last month of training. I'll try my best to get some artwork in here at some point on my days off or when I at least don't have to close every night of the week. Really don't care for that. >w>

This has never happened before but I actually have a whole bunch of drawings coming in to your submissions box so heads up! Most of them will be in scraps but just thought I would let people know ahead of time. Hope your ready for this!

I sure hope you all baked your gingerbread houses properly. Lest you face the angry wrath of Knish Krinkle.

Enjoy the holidays!

Well, that was technically on the 8th but whatever. BTW, birthday on Saturday. That's what this is all about. Hoping I can get that day off from work to enjoy myself and just relax~

Prepare yourself everyone

So, as I stated earlier, these are a bit different from the stuff I normally put up here. I've only ever wanted to keep my artwork in my gallery and nothing else. Though I did kind of break that rule as shown on my valentines day photo that I took a few years back. But there's two reasons as to why I did what I did and actually went out of my way to get these photos done.

1. Kind of a small reason but I wanted to show off that I actually had the outfit my Fursona wears from time to time. That's the biggest reason why he has it since he is a part of me so why not dress him like I would? haha

2. The second reason, and probably the biggest one, was to hopefully showcase a change in myself throughout the year. I've always been self conscious of myself and even putting these pictures up was quite difficult. Hell, even taking them in public was a bit nerve wracking as people could just see me all dressed up and getting the pics taken. However, slowly yet surely, I've been gaining a new self confidence in myself that has been missing for most of my life. I've been trying new things left and right and have begun to try harder to understand who I really am and what I really want out of life.

Taking these photos was the first step and I actually never would have thought about doing them if it wasn't for one person.  book. She's such an amazing person and just like me, I've seen some wonderful changes taking place in her life. She's so willing to showcase just how confident she has become with some of the photos that she's taken and I wanted to do something like that as well. She was really the biggest inspiration for all of this and for that, I can't thank her enough.

Though I'm glad I was able to take the photos and have the courage to post them up here, it might be a long time before I ever consider doing something like this again haha. I would still like to keep this mainly as an art gallery and showcasing my own work instead of just myself. But who knows? Maybe one day I'll feel inspired to do some more stuff like this~

Until then, I hope you guys enjoy the photos and that this will tide you over for a bit until my next piece of art. Hopefully that will be sooner rather than later hehe.

I'm going to be posting a few pics up here that are a slight deviation from the norm. I've only ever done this once before but I think it's time to revisit the idea one more time. I'll explain my reason for it after everything is posted up.

If you could change or add one thing to my current fursona, what would it be and why?

Kind of curious to see what you guys think.

Never really tried one of these but we'll see how it goes. Need something to bump the old April Fools journal anyways since it was dumb. Ask me anything and I'll do my best to answer!

From now on, I will strictly be putting up pony art all day every day until the end of days. Get over it. Weep for your mortal souls. Also, every Tuesday will be ice cream day. Come get some.

This is my lame attempt at a prank. Is it working?

So, I know what my first comic is going to be now. Don't know why I never thought of it before but I think this will be a perfect jumping point for me haha. Now I just have to find time to work on it. XD Bonus points if you can figure out what it will be about.

So, I know that I wanted to do this last year but I never really got around to it for whatever reason. This year, I'd like to actually attempt some kind of comic series. I have some ideas in mind but I thought I would ask you guys for any interesting ideas that you might have. Also, as a quick side note, I've been toying with the idea of doing one of those choose your own adventure type comics since it might be interesting to get some community involvement. So let me know your ideas in the comments below and also if you would rather see a comic with a pre-written story or a choose your own adventure style comic. Thanks a lot and Happy Belated New years to everyone!

Now that school is finally over for me, I have a bit of free time to try and get some commission work in. I'd like to make a bit of money for some Christmas gifts as well as making a little extra for my upcoming trip on New Years to see  Artelyn . As such, I will be offering sketch commissions for $10. They will be max 2 characters and can be either Half or Fullbody pics.

EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12202101/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10602643/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7960999/

These will be open for as long as I can accept them and will be done as soon as possible. If your unable to get a commission then please help out by advertising for me. I would love to be able to make a little bit of extra money for my expenses and any little bit of help is greatly appreciated. Thank you to everyone and hope you have a Happy Holiday~

So, I noticed that I haven't written one of these things in a long time. Probably because I don't have anything important to say here. :\ So instead, this is just going to be a random filler journal where you guys can do whatever you want. Within reason. >w> Got a topic you wanna talk about? Go for it. Wanna ask a question? Why not? I just wanted to put another journal up to get rid of the last one. Lets see what happens!

*This is just a random little journal going over a few things that have happened during this year of 2012 and some things I wanted to talk about just for the heck of it. I feel this is a nice little closure to the year so if your interested than read on~ If not then Happy new years to you and hope you all stay safe when the ball drops.*

This year has been rather interesting. It started off pretty decent and seems to have ended with less than satisfactory results. However, one thing was constant throughout this whole year and it actually kind of bothers me even now. And that is the fact that nothing really seemed to change. The usual outcomes followed and for the most part, this year felt stagnant to me. Nothing really seemed to change for me. And it's not because I haven't done anything or haven't tried to make progress with certain things. It's just how they came to be. But before we get into all that, let me go over a quick little pro/con list.

This year has been pretty productive for me artwise and I'm very proud of myself for that fact. I drew a lot more than I did the previous year and can honestly say I have drawn almost every single month this year. It kind of dropped off towards the end but I'll talk about why later. While I may not have drawn as much as I wanted, I definitely did more than the year before and that is progress. Hopefully I'll be able to keep going with this momentum and continue to produce more art for myself and others. Also, a rather significant change has taken place in my life and that was moving out of my dads house. While I may have just moved to my mothers apartment, this was huge for me. It gave me a fresh new start and shifted my comfort zone just enough to motivate me to do more. Having lived at my dad's house for almost 10+ years now, it was time for a change in scenery. Also this year, I've managed to further discover more about who I am as a person and what I'm really all about. Some of it wasn't so nice to find out but I don't regret being able to learn more about what makes me who I am. And I'll be able to take on the new year with the knowledge that I've gained from the previous year.

Now onto the cons. This goes back to what I said earlier about the stagnation of this year. It was literally a repeat of the previous year. Only difference was, I haven't had a job this entire time. And I know I'm to blame for most of that. I even tried to go back to school which is something I've always wanted to do but it never happened. And of course, it always had to do with money. Not only that, but slowly and surely, my privileges were getting revoked. For good reason of course but it makes things a bit more difficult when people can't get a hold of you if you don't have a cell phone or you can't drive to your job interview. Speaking of jobs, I couldn't even land a job that was pretty much guaranteed to me, simply because the manager was dicking around and not contacting me despite my many attempts to get a hold of him. The job even came with a place to live which would have been perfect for me. But that never took off and I just gave up on it. If he's not even going to respond to me when I'm not even working there yet, how am I supposed to trust him if I actually had the job? The worst part was, the assistant manager told me directly that I was one of the better potential employees that they had trained and was sure I would get the job. So much for that. And, as icing on this negativity cake, once again I've found myself single. I hate having to say this out loud but this is my con list and that is a con for me personally. I'm just getting tired of putting my all into everything, only to have it slammed right back in my face. It makes me wonder why I even try at all and why I put myself through that kind of torture. Can never seem to make it past a full year in a relationship without something wrong happening to me. And of course, they always tell me I'm such a nice guy and that I'll find someone eventually. Well thanks for pouring salt over my gaping wound.

I don't want to drag things on for too long so I'll try to make this quick. Being a human being is hard, but I wouldn't want to be anything else. We're able to experience the deepest emotions that our body can handle from every single side of the spectrum. Whether it's the joy you feel when your with friends, the sadness of losing someone close to you, the anger of someone betraying you, or the sympathy you observe when your around others who need you, among many other emotions. While this past year has had it's high ups and deepest lows for me, they are a part of me and forever will be. And I continue to learn and grow with every passing moment. And it drives me to continue living to the best of my ability and experience more of what life has to offer me. While I don't know what other good or bad times await me in my future, I'll continue to experience life as intended of a human being. As this quirky little human named Mike~

Happy New Years everyone and may you continue to experience life to it's fullest~

Since everyone is doing one of these bad boys, it's only fair that I do my part and hop on the bandwagon. XP In all sincerity though, I hope everyone is having a good day today and celebrating your choice holiday with someone special. Whether it be your family, friends, or that special someone. As for me, I'm going to be heading over to my grandparents house to celebrate with some good food~ Take care everyone and see you all when the new year is about to begin~

Came across this little journal over here ( http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4133830/ ) and decided that I needed to get in the Christmas spirit and try to help out someone who really needs it. It's really easy to do and you should definitely check it out for yourselves. Help spread the holiday love~

If/when I'm able to make my own animated series, this is going to be it's theme song. It just fits so damn well. And yes, it will be an anthro show so the lyrics make even more sense lol.

My mate is currently running an auction to help pay for his meds and other essentials and it would be really great if you guys could check it out and possibly help him. The prize is being able to take his OC Luci's virginity. You know you wanna be that lucky person to win the prize~ Link to the journal is down below and the contest ends on the 13th so start those bids off right!

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3824734/

And just another reminder that I am open for commissions and could really use a bit of money myself. My phone is being cut off this weekend and I still need to buy a few essentials myself. Feel free to look over at my commissions page for prices and info. And feel free to pimp me out as well. Any bit of help is greatly appreciated~

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So, I just wanted to thank everybody who wished me a happy birthday and also to those who gave me some wonderful giftart.  tangytablet did some pretty silly but pretty awesome drawings for me and my mate  luciifer bought me a lovely picture along with an animation of said picture with his sexy voice. ;3 The giftart and the birthday wishes really made my day so thank you everyone~

ALSO!

I have a new commissions page set up now! I know some people don't like the idea of artists having more than one account, but I decided that I need a place to be able to concentrate on just my commissions. Be sure to check out the page, pimp it out, and possibly snag a commission from me. :3
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Well, that's pretty much it for this journal. Take care folks~

Enough with the cryptic journals. That's what it was all about. XD

P.S. To all of the new watchers that just came out of nowhere....umm....hey... owo;

You will all know in due time...