I don't tend to thank people for watches as some get very bent out of shape about it, but I wanted to post a journal to say thank you to all of you for following me. I'm looking forward to sharing more art with you all and maybe drawing fun things for you. I will be posting my fursuits here when I actually start getting photos of them, the lack of cons has been weird haha.

I'm going to be starting up my monthly watcher giveaway again so comment on things to get a chance to win. I mostly do this because getting a comment on something I spent hours on makes it all worth it, thank you for sharing that with me.

Hope you guys all have a great week and thanks for watching!

Since Journal advertising is allowed again for raffles, I think it's time to have one! Remember, it doesn't matter if you are an artist yourself or not, you can enter this raffle and maybe score some free art of your character!

What you get:
Full color drawing of your character. Clean or artistic nude.
Example: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23892830/
you need a reference of your character available. You get to pick the theme and setting.
No graphic pornography will be drawn.
Art should be delivered by the middle of November so long as winner is available for updates!

When it's over:
Drawing ends October 11:PM 31st! A journal will be posted on the 1st of November

Rules:
Post a journal with a link back to this journal so all your friends can enter too! You must be a watcher.

How to Enter:
Watch this account
Post a journal linking back to this journal
Comment "I'm in" on this journal!

Picking a winner:
All names will be entered into a program that draws them randomly. It's 100% based on luck.

When I was a lot younger I had someone in my life who I would say was pretty extremist. He wanted to live in a bunker and thought he was from the future. Looking back on it I see how silly that all was allowing someone like that to shape my views. I argued everything, I even argued that Obama care was evil. I did it thinking I was right, because I was told I was right. I know I wasn't but when someone tears you down and only rewards you for confirming to their ideals you quickly lose autonomy. It took years of finding myself again and support from friends for me to outgrow that person's influince. I look back with regret for my lost years idolizing a person who devalued others and for all the things I said that put the open minds around me out. It is for this reason that I chose not the be fire and brimstone when someone around me is wrong, I know what it's like to think you are doing the right thing and be backed into a corner. It took compassion and patience from those around me for me to grow. I am still accountable for things I have done and I will never say otherwise, likewise for those who do the same. But change only comes when fear is at its lowest, when faults can be admitted without judgement and instead we embrace that person as another being who is trying to navigate a messy world where the best you can do is try. Protect yourself, value your beliefs and fight for them but learning the difference between the ignorant fear of someone trying to make it through life and someone who is trying to harm others might be a valuable tool in your box.

I digress, as always, take what I say with a grain of salt. I'm just another voice in millions, your voice is the one that matters in your journey.

My new room is all set up and I can arts again! I'm going to start working on commissions again and get those bad boys cleared! I might be open for new ones depending on if people are interested.

I'm looking for a part time job to go along with fursuit building because I'm dumb and got payments in full and forgot that the rest of the year existed. So I'm working on that too.

I'm making a new Rio suit, slowly but surely, I was wondering if I did some kind of patreon or something would people be interested in supporting the recreation of my fursuit and getting some cool art along the way? I'm not really a super popular artist or anything like that but I like to think I have some talent and if folks are feeling supportive I would be happy to draw or even do lessons on how to build fursuits!

Sorry I have not been drawing I have been moving things around in my house! My hubs and I finally have the space to have our own bedrooms and I just got done finishing mine up. My work room is about done too so I now have separate living space and working space which is amazing btw.

I'm down 10 pounds since starting my work out routine and I have doubled my reps which is awesome.

I got my hair cut back to being super short because long hair is pretty but too much work.

Husbando and I are happy and doing well, we are painfully in love, seriously it makes people sick ♥

Hope everyone is have a good week :D

I am in the mood to draw a big muscular woman being awesome. Anyone have a big, awesome, muscular, female, character that they want drawn for free, I'm just in dat mood.

Note me a ref. She aint gonna be naked, it will be general audience.

Update: FEMALE not herm, please I want to draw a purely female character crossing that boundary without a dick because that isn't what I'm trying to capture. I'm trying to capture femininity in a different light rather than masculinity in a female frame. I don't know if that makes sense but yeah, females only please.

I'm trying to find a better place to stream my art. I was looking at twitch because it seems to have a big artistic community there but it doesn't stop be from being confused since I know literally nothing about twitch other that I keep having people try and give me theirs to watch them play video games (I don't watch people play video games unless they are in my living room and we are probably drinking...)

What is the best service out there for this? Do I need to use Twitch?

I really like the chat window, I love talking to viewers as I draw. It's fun and keeps my attention on my art.

This journal contains all the most relevant information about my art, commissions, trades, requests, what I will and won't draw etc.

You are welcome to repost the art you receive from me as you see fit. It may not be used for any monetary gain, logos, or otherwise advertising. Please do not crop my signature out.

Commissions
I don't accept them. I'm not interested in the money I could make. I just want to enjoy my hobby for what it is and not what other people want me to make.

Trades
I will sometimes accept trades. I generally prefer the person I'm doing a trade with to have reasonable skill. This is all about fun but I want to get something I can enjoy as well. It doesn't need to be art, it can be music, a story, what ever your art form is I'm probably interested. All I ask is for equal effort. Artistic liberty is a must, I want the freedom to do something creative and fun.

If we do a trade I will send you the sketch for approval and I might wait to see something from you before I proceed.
I prefer visual references but sometimes I will work from text if it is articulate.
Please don't just redraw my art as your half (pose, color, expression) I get that a lot.
Adult art needs to be talked about ahead of time.

Requests
This is a once in a blue moon deal. You pitch me an idea and if I like it I might draw it, simple as that. If it's sexual there is a good chance I will say no. Requests will not be treated like art commissions, they will be completed at my leisure.

Gifts
I do accept gift art, I quite like it actually. I do ask that you talk to me about anything mature or adult in nature though. Please don't put my characters in any situations that are anachronistic. Please no fetishes I'm not comfortable with.


Normal Things I Will Draw.
Clean cubs/teens/ pokemon/ digimon/animals/ferals kids cartoon characters. I will draw badges, humans, neko, realistic, toony, clothing designs, character designs, chubby, skinny, everything in between. I prefer drawing female characters but I will draw PG male characters. I love capturing interesting anatomy from artistic angles.

Extreme Things I Will Draw
I will absolutely draw things that are considered extreme, these things might not be to everyone's tastes and I will try to put trigger warnings.
Torture, water sports, branding, cutting, crying, fighting, amputation, humiliation, heavy bondage, body horror, some mutilation, death. I'm pretty fucked up I know.

I'm done migrating my favorite works over here. Today I will start posting the new art that I have not shared online yet. I have some pretty cool new stuff so I'm excited to start posting.

Lots of changes going on in my world.

1. building suits again. I'm just about to finish my second suit in a month and I'm about to start another right after. I spent so long waiting for inspiration and I discovered that it simply doesn't work that way for me.

2. I'm getting my own room, I'm one of those people who needs my space. I work at home so having a place that is at home but not work related is so important to me. I'm going to be compressing my work room and getting rid of a bunch of stuff I don't need. I have 8 sewing machines, who needs 8 sewing machines!? I have managed to cut down my fur stock considerably and I'm pretty much ready to move it all into one room and use the other for my bedroom. I'm going to be getting cool furniture and such.

3. Working out again, god damn it hurts but it's been great. I have already dropped 6 pounds and I'm doubling my reps every week or so. I'm so happy.

4. I'm drawing a lot, I won't be posting any of the new art until I'm done with the migration to this account but I have a lot of new work and I'm excited to share it as there have been so many improvements.

I am not a new user, this account is the new account of  rioinred

I will be posting a couple of my favorite works from that account a day until I'm all caught up. Shouldn't be a lot of them. Once that is done I will start posting my new works that have been completed in the past few months. Thank you to my current watchers for following me over and thank you to the new watchers I will gain. I hope that you will enjoy my work, fave and comment.