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Posted 2 months agoAttended a divination class
Posted 2 months agoGotta practice the dragon magic powers, after all. Once I get good at them I'll let you know.
AWU was fun
Posted 3 months agoVolunteered a lot. Helped people get registered. Helped people with the theme game and taking photos at the ball pit.
Did my panel on getting creatively unblocked for the 3rd year in a row. It's a tradition at this point! I'm sad that it's over, but I'm hanging in there.
Did my panel on getting creatively unblocked for the 3rd year in a row. It's a tradition at this point! I'm sad that it's over, but I'm hanging in there.
If you overthink it like I do
Posted 4 months agoIf you overthink it like I do you'll see that it's all substances against membranes, containers of fluid within containers of fluid
THANK YOU! And WTF, BODY? xD And UGH MOM!!! Dx
Posted 9 months agoI want to start off with a special thanks to Matt and Kainik and any/all others who assisted with signal boosting!
10 amazing contributors raised ~$480 to help me in my time of need! I'm stunned and filled with gratitude for you all coming to my rescue!
(CW: pain and medical grossness, end below)
I was up late and at about 1 AM in the morning I began experiencing significant pain in my abdomen. I thought it was back spasms so I tried treating it with pain medication, a hot shower and rest. But no matter how I tried to adjust my position or put pressure on my back, the pain wouldn't go away.
The pain was so bad (like an 8/10) it started making me nauseous. I vomited at least 3 times and that eased the nausea but the pain was not improving. A nudge from a friend helped me decide I couldn't wait for my local urgent care to open and so at about 5AM I checked into my local ER.
Their tests and equipment revealed that I had a distended gallbladder and later confirmed the presence of gall stones. The first round of pain meds made very little difference (6.5/10 pain) so I was given morphine, which over time helped more than anything else had. (4/10 and now I'm at about 2/10.)
(End CW medical grossness and now CW transphobia)
I couldn't drive home under the influence of morphine so I asked my family for a pickup when they could and walked down the street to the local library to wait.
My mom came and picked me up. She started on an hour-long transphobic rant and maybe the morphine helped with this but I decided I would not argue or defend but just focus on listening to her. Not just her words but her tone and gestures, too. She seemed unable to conceive of being trans as a genuine identity.
I tried asking a genuine question: who gets to decide identity? She said nobody but the individual and I felt like my point should have been made... She continued seemingly undisturbed and I let it go. Hopefully a seed is planted. Who knows.
(End all CWs)
But she went on talking about life decisions and that ended up in a tender moment where I cried and said I deserved a mom who didn't have to sacrifice so much of her own happiness. She said that's part of being a mom. I disagreed but remained silent. We hugged.
I walked into the house to my room and fell asleep. Finally, some rest.
It's been about 12 hours since the morphine and I'm gearing up to go get my car back and buy some bananas on food stamps.
Thanks for reading! 🧡
10 amazing contributors raised ~$480 to help me in my time of need! I'm stunned and filled with gratitude for you all coming to my rescue!
(CW: pain and medical grossness, end below)
I was up late and at about 1 AM in the morning I began experiencing significant pain in my abdomen. I thought it was back spasms so I tried treating it with pain medication, a hot shower and rest. But no matter how I tried to adjust my position or put pressure on my back, the pain wouldn't go away.
The pain was so bad (like an 8/10) it started making me nauseous. I vomited at least 3 times and that eased the nausea but the pain was not improving. A nudge from a friend helped me decide I couldn't wait for my local urgent care to open and so at about 5AM I checked into my local ER.
Their tests and equipment revealed that I had a distended gallbladder and later confirmed the presence of gall stones. The first round of pain meds made very little difference (6.5/10 pain) so I was given morphine, which over time helped more than anything else had. (4/10 and now I'm at about 2/10.)
(End CW medical grossness and now CW transphobia)
I couldn't drive home under the influence of morphine so I asked my family for a pickup when they could and walked down the street to the local library to wait.
My mom came and picked me up. She started on an hour-long transphobic rant and maybe the morphine helped with this but I decided I would not argue or defend but just focus on listening to her. Not just her words but her tone and gestures, too. She seemed unable to conceive of being trans as a genuine identity.
I tried asking a genuine question: who gets to decide identity? She said nobody but the individual and I felt like my point should have been made... She continued seemingly undisturbed and I let it go. Hopefully a seed is planted. Who knows.
(End all CWs)
But she went on talking about life decisions and that ended up in a tender moment where I cried and said I deserved a mom who didn't have to sacrifice so much of her own happiness. She said that's part of being a mom. I disagreed but remained silent. We hugged.
I walked into the house to my room and fell asleep. Finally, some rest.
It's been about 12 hours since the morphine and I'm gearing up to go get my car back and buy some bananas on food stamps.
Thanks for reading! 🧡
(THANK YOU!)Urgent help request - might lose precious thi...
Posted 9 months agoHey everyone, I’m reaching out for help again, oof 😅
Luthor (husband) and I are both currently on mental health recovery journeys, and we're making amazing progress, but our heavy focus there has meant that neither of us have been able to work. Thankfully we’re receiving assistance for living and food costs, but we’re also now facing another overdue storage bill. ($177.90 + $140 charge on the way so ~$318 total) If the overdue amount isn’t paid in the next day or two, we risk losing irreplaceable things, including family photo albums, mementos made by Luthor’s late father, and our engagement/wedding pendants.
(With the help of some close friends and the community we've raised$90 $270 $450! THANK YOU!!!)
I can share more details privately. Feel free to send a note or DM on telegram or discord iothisk. If you'd like to offer immediate financial assistance, you can send support through:
- Venmo <https://venmo.com/u/Iothisk-personal>
- PayPal: <http://PayPal.me/Iothisk> (Note: The Paypal is a business account, so contributions there get seller fees taken out of them.)
I appreciate your time, and anything (including reposting) helps. Thank you so much for your friendships and other support. We couldn't be where we are without it. 🧡
Luthor (husband) and I are both currently on mental health recovery journeys, and we're making amazing progress, but our heavy focus there has meant that neither of us have been able to work. Thankfully we’re receiving assistance for living and food costs, but we’re also now facing another overdue storage bill. ($177.90 + $140 charge on the way so ~$318 total) If the overdue amount isn’t paid in the next day or two, we risk losing irreplaceable things, including family photo albums, mementos made by Luthor’s late father, and our engagement/wedding pendants.
(With the help of some close friends and the community we've raised
I can share more details privately. Feel free to send a note or DM on telegram or discord iothisk. If you'd like to offer immediate financial assistance, you can send support through:
- Venmo <https://venmo.com/u/Iothisk-personal>
- PayPal: <http://PayPal.me/Iothisk> (Note: The Paypal is a business account, so contributions there get seller fees taken out of them.)
I appreciate your time, and anything (including reposting) helps. Thank you so much for your friendships and other support. We couldn't be where we are without it. 🧡
Interested in TF art mentoring?
Posted a year agoI’ve been thinking about offering personalized mentorships specifically for TF art focusing on dynamic composition/posing and visual storytelling.
If this sounds appealing, I’d love to know what topics folks would want covered, or even if you're only a little interested?
If this sounds appealing, I’d love to know what topics folks would want covered, or even if you're only a little interested?
Back from 7 weeks in rehab. (MH+)
Posted a year agoBeen back for a few days now and I'm still just getting used to the outside world again.
It was lots of individual and group mental health therapy mostly, with some occasional outings for recreational activities and shopping and stuff. They provided my room and food for 7 weeks, almost 50 days. The organization very generously ate many costs for me after hearing my story and the resulting struggles with intense suicidal ideation.
I learned a lot and made some serious personal breakthroughs. With more confidence than I've ever had, I can say I love myself sincerely and no longer need the validation of others to justify my actions or existence. 🧡
I didn't get healthy unconditional love as a kid so I grew up with a distorted view of what genuine and wholesome love was. Now, I can provide it for myself in a variety of healthy ways!
But my healing still isn't done. There remain a lot of traumatic memories, negative thought patterns, and unhealthy behaviors to be addressed. I need to recreate the stability and supportive environment they provided for me for those weeks. It's a giant project and it may never be fully done, but I'm happy with the changes I've made and the ways I've grown.
Even though my challenges continue, my thoughts are becoming more and more enabling. That's a significant transformation, even though it hasn't (yet) made me sprout scales! 🧡
If you want to help me out, you can repost this journal, send me FA shinies, or send tips/donations to my PayPal or Venmo accounts. Even thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
To say the very least, I'm thankful to everyone who has already helped spread word and/or given help! I grant you blessings of dragon magical good fortune!
-Iothisk
It was lots of individual and group mental health therapy mostly, with some occasional outings for recreational activities and shopping and stuff. They provided my room and food for 7 weeks, almost 50 days. The organization very generously ate many costs for me after hearing my story and the resulting struggles with intense suicidal ideation.
I learned a lot and made some serious personal breakthroughs. With more confidence than I've ever had, I can say I love myself sincerely and no longer need the validation of others to justify my actions or existence. 🧡
I didn't get healthy unconditional love as a kid so I grew up with a distorted view of what genuine and wholesome love was. Now, I can provide it for myself in a variety of healthy ways!
But my healing still isn't done. There remain a lot of traumatic memories, negative thought patterns, and unhealthy behaviors to be addressed. I need to recreate the stability and supportive environment they provided for me for those weeks. It's a giant project and it may never be fully done, but I'm happy with the changes I've made and the ways I've grown.
Even though my challenges continue, my thoughts are becoming more and more enabling. That's a significant transformation, even though it hasn't (yet) made me sprout scales! 🧡
If you want to help me out, you can repost this journal, send me FA shinies, or send tips/donations to my PayPal or Venmo accounts. Even thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
To say the very least, I'm thankful to everyone who has already helped spread word and/or given help! I grant you blessings of dragon magical good fortune!
-Iothisk
Needing a place to stay/ lots of help.
Posted a year agoIf anyone has a spare room in a quiet place me and my beloved spouse Luthor can stay for a few days/weeks please reach out. We must leave our current place in 4 days. (Wednesday, Sept. 11).
We're both currently seeking to participate in extended intensive mental health treatment in Sandy, UT (potentially up to 8 weeks+) and currently cannot work.
Our immediate families have graciously helped us how they can. We're also working with state agencies. And now I'm reaching out to my broader network seeking any available additional support.
We will also accept direct financial support. My direct messages are open, or should be shortly.
Thank you for everything including your thoughts, prayers, and positive energy. I have been incredibly lucky to know some awesome people, and with some help me and my spouse will get through this very rough period of our lives. Best wishes.
We're both currently seeking to participate in extended intensive mental health treatment in Sandy, UT (potentially up to 8 weeks+) and currently cannot work.
Our immediate families have graciously helped us how they can. We're also working with state agencies. And now I'm reaching out to my broader network seeking any available additional support.
We will also accept direct financial support. My direct messages are open, or should be shortly.
Thank you for everything including your thoughts, prayers, and positive energy. I have been incredibly lucky to know some awesome people, and with some help me and my spouse will get through this very rough period of our lives. Best wishes.
upcoming: getting back into streaming
Posted a year agoI'm 🙃 jobless for the summer until late August and get filled with 🤬 raging 🔥negativity 😞 at the thought of job seeking so I'm going to try opening and streaming art commissions and tutorials and critiques and games and stuff
Claws crossed it's an entertaining and chill as fuck time and wildly successful, all that would be nice but ngl I have no idea what I'm doing 😆
Wish me luck (preferably in a comment or DM ✨🐲🧡) I'll be starting within the next week or so, so be on the lookout for announcements.
Claws crossed it's an entertaining and chill as fuck time and wildly successful, all that would be nice but ngl I have no idea what I'm doing 😆
Wish me luck (preferably in a comment or DM ✨🐲🧡) I'll be starting within the next week or so, so be on the lookout for announcements.
HQ Notocytes PDF, new supporter discord, OTL apology
Posted 2 years agoThe digital copy of Notocytes is a 19-page PDF with large full-resolution images.
Includes cover, inside cover, and a thank you note in the back inside cover.
PWYW, min $2, suggested $5.
https://iothisk.gumroad.com/l/notocytes
https://iothisk.gumroad.com/l/notocytes
https://iothisk.gumroad.com/l/notocytes
Purchasers will receive an invite to my new, experimental, and currently clients/supporters-only discord server on their gumroad receipt.
If you've ever commissioned me, bought a comic, supported my Patreon, or the like, feel free to ask me directly for a discord invite. Use whatever app our last chat was on, or send a friend request/message to Iothisk#1166. I consider you a supporter even if it's been a while. I might set one up on Telegram too if enough folks bug me there.
(Especially so if you can still tolerate/forgive me for not delivering something you paid for months/years ago. >.=.<;;; I can't be sorry enough to those folks.
I've never forgotten, even if I ghosted you out of embarrassment, the list of undone comms haunts me ;.=.; aaaaaaaaaaaa
so I think I want to indefinitely close commissions until I can somehow grow/prove a capacity to deliver to every client on time, consistently.
It's just awful for me to do that anymore. I feel like total scum every time I think about it. I'm working on that and other issues with my therapists.
But meanwhile, gotta keep the lights on. v.=.v;;)
🧡🧡🧡 Thanks for reading 🧡🧡🧡
Includes cover, inside cover, and a thank you note in the back inside cover.
PWYW, min $2, suggested $5.
https://iothisk.gumroad.com/l/notocytes
https://iothisk.gumroad.com/l/notocytes
https://iothisk.gumroad.com/l/notocytes
Purchasers will receive an invite to my new, experimental, and currently clients/supporters-only discord server on their gumroad receipt.
If you've ever commissioned me, bought a comic, supported my Patreon, or the like, feel free to ask me directly for a discord invite. Use whatever app our last chat was on, or send a friend request/message to Iothisk#1166. I consider you a supporter even if it's been a while. I might set one up on Telegram too if enough folks bug me there.
(Especially so if you can still tolerate/forgive me for not delivering something you paid for months/years ago. >.=.<;;; I can't be sorry enough to those folks.
I've never forgotten, even if I ghosted you out of embarrassment, the list of undone comms haunts me ;.=.; aaaaaaaaaaaa
so I think I want to indefinitely close commissions until I can somehow grow/prove a capacity to deliver to every client on time, consistently.
It's just awful for me to do that anymore. I feel like total scum every time I think about it. I'm working on that and other issues with my therapists.
But meanwhile, gotta keep the lights on. v.=.v;;)
🧡🧡🧡 Thanks for reading 🧡🧡🧡
I hope you're doing well!
Posted 4 years agoI hope you're doing well, and if you're not doing all that well, big same.
September and October at my day job have been nuts. At times I feel >< this close to bailing.
I want to support myself on art. I want to draw pictures and comics and make furry avatars for my living. The hard question has always been "Would I have enough business to pull in what I need?" And my suspicion is no but eh, I'm working on it as much as I can right now.
Anyway, hope your day gets better even if it's already great!
September and October at my day job have been nuts. At times I feel >< this close to bailing.
I want to support myself on art. I want to draw pictures and comics and make furry avatars for my living. The hard question has always been "Would I have enough business to pull in what I need?" And my suspicion is no but eh, I'm working on it as much as I can right now.
Anyway, hope your day gets better even if it's already great!
Iothisk on YouTube for furry art students!
Posted 5 years agoHi, I've been doing some really deep dive 1-hour group study/drawing instruction streams for the r/furryartschool discord server, then uploading them to YouTube. Check my channel out maybe if you've got a couple hours to kill in the name of furry art and maybe you wanna brush up on heads or muzzles or hands and paws and wings... been pretty good at getting these up once a week so far, it's nice.
https://www.youtube.com/user/HAAAAGH
https://www.youtube.com/user/HAAAAGH
https://www.youtube.com/user/HAAAAGH
I don't remember why I set HAAAAGH as my custom user link back in the day, but here I am years later not regretting that decision at all. Anyway, do the YouTube things for me if you please, or if you'd rather not that's okay too. I'm still right here on FA every now and then! :)
https://www.youtube.com/user/HAAAAGH
https://www.youtube.com/user/HAAAAGH
https://www.youtube.com/user/HAAAAGH
I don't remember why I set HAAAAGH as my custom user link back in the day, but here I am years later not regretting that decision at all. Anyway, do the YouTube things for me if you please, or if you'd rather not that's okay too. I'm still right here on FA every now and then! :)
Whatever happened to IOTHISK?
Posted 6 years agoHi, folks. It's cool to see people still adding my art to their favorites and giving me watches despite not having uploaded anything in months.
It still gives me a rush to see evidence that people like the things I make.
Thanks for that, it's helping my creative side survive in a time of stress and doubt.
What happened? Lotsa stuff, but short version is I creatively crashed and burnt out harder than I ever have last year.
So what's next?
Hopefully, prolificness. Right now I'm just trying to stay focused on showing up and putting pen to paper, inspiration and mood be damned.
I've still been doing stuff, but everything's unfinished and bad looking imo.
Anywho... For now I'm going to pick an old piece (and its many alt versions) to upload and show you guys.
Hope you like it.
It still gives me a rush to see evidence that people like the things I make.
Thanks for that, it's helping my creative side survive in a time of stress and doubt.
What happened? Lotsa stuff, but short version is I creatively crashed and burnt out harder than I ever have last year.
So what's next?
Hopefully, prolificness. Right now I'm just trying to stay focused on showing up and putting pen to paper, inspiration and mood be damned.
I've still been doing stuff, but everything's unfinished and bad looking imo.
Anywho... For now I'm going to pick an old piece (and its many alt versions) to upload and show you guys.
Hope you like it.
Streaming and comms open!
Posted 7 years agoStreaming art pretty much all day today
Posted 7 years agohttps://picarto.tv/IothiskDraws
May work on some nsfw stuff.
Come watch me work! I'm opening for commissions soon as my queue is busted out. Don't know how long exactly that will take but dedicating a day to do it won't hurt!
May work on some nsfw stuff.
Come watch me work! I'm opening for commissions soon as my queue is busted out. Don't know how long exactly that will take but dedicating a day to do it won't hurt!
Adryx doing a free art raffle soon, go give him a +Watch!
Posted 7 years agoSoon as he hits 250 watchers and he's not far off!!! I'm so excited! :)
GoGoGo! --->
GoGoGo! --->
Moving! (Literally, not switching accounts*)
Posted 7 years agoI'm moving away from my parents place this October.
Sob story, skip to the next line if you just wanna know how it affects art stuff.
I've lived at the same house with my brothers and my parents pretty much all my life. So this is a significant change, and I believe one for the better. As I've grown, I've changed a lot. I'm unlike my parents and my older brother. They are good people, but they are more religious and conservative than I am. And it's partially because of that difference that living here is sometimes rough.
They have shown extreme kindness by letting me/us live here for free. But it's not really free. The price I pay is biting my tongue when they talk about tradition and faith and the evils of the world. I have to take deep breaths and back off to boringly general and basic commonalities rather than specifically addressing the significant issues I have with those concepts. And that's taxing, to be unable to speak your truth in favor of avoiding conflict in a shared space.
So, I've kept the peace. And I've kept my head down. And we've quietly withdrawn into our own room and have done pretty much everything we can to keep our affairs separate from theirs. In that sense, we've been metaphorically moving away from them for quite some time now. Now we're doing it most literally. We're saving up money and soon we'll be on the opposite side of town.
And that will be good for all of us. We get to stop biting our tongues and they get extra rooms for their stuff. We get our own kitchen and they have to share theirs with one less family. We get to decide our own house rules and they get to keep theirs.
And now, how that relates to art!
Things are getting better, so expect more from me. Expect that I will be open again for commissions and holding YCH auctions and devoting more time to art in general soon. Expect it, and if I disappoint you don't let me go unpunished. (Maybe comment below how I should be punished if I fail to set specific goals by next month and achieve them by November 1st at very latest.
*(Though I have considered switching accounts to iothisk. I'm not compelled to at the moment, but it might happen in the future. Just FYI.)
Sob story, skip to the next line if you just wanna know how it affects art stuff.
I've lived at the same house with my brothers and my parents pretty much all my life. So this is a significant change, and I believe one for the better. As I've grown, I've changed a lot. I'm unlike my parents and my older brother. They are good people, but they are more religious and conservative than I am. And it's partially because of that difference that living here is sometimes rough.
They have shown extreme kindness by letting me/us live here for free. But it's not really free. The price I pay is biting my tongue when they talk about tradition and faith and the evils of the world. I have to take deep breaths and back off to boringly general and basic commonalities rather than specifically addressing the significant issues I have with those concepts. And that's taxing, to be unable to speak your truth in favor of avoiding conflict in a shared space.
So, I've kept the peace. And I've kept my head down. And we've quietly withdrawn into our own room and have done pretty much everything we can to keep our affairs separate from theirs. In that sense, we've been metaphorically moving away from them for quite some time now. Now we're doing it most literally. We're saving up money and soon we'll be on the opposite side of town.
And that will be good for all of us. We get to stop biting our tongues and they get extra rooms for their stuff. We get our own kitchen and they have to share theirs with one less family. We get to decide our own house rules and they get to keep theirs.
And now, how that relates to art!
Things are getting better, so expect more from me. Expect that I will be open again for commissions and holding YCH auctions and devoting more time to art in general soon. Expect it, and if I disappoint you don't let me go unpunished. (Maybe comment below how I should be punished if I fail to set specific goals by next month and achieve them by November 1st at very latest.
*(Though I have considered switching accounts to iothisk. I'm not compelled to at the moment, but it might happen in the future. Just FYI.)
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS
Posted 7 years agoOkay, so 3 things:
1: I recently got a part-time job and have kind of been readjusting my life around that.
So I'm sorry for my absence if anyone's missed me. I miss being here for damn sure. I promise to get back to the drawing commissions and comics and turning people into dragons and animals as soon as I can.
2: Holy shit, almost 400 watchers.
Where are you guys coming from when I'm not even uploading stuff? XD Welcome anyways! I kinda feel like I should do something special to celebrate but I'm so far behind on commissions, and so drained from my job, and so busy planning/preparing for item number 3 that it's kind of impossible at the moment. So maybe soon I'll do something, but I must get these other things finished.
And yeah, one more teensy tiny thing
3: I'm marrying
drakaina_the_golden on Saturday.
She's been my love and my life for the past 6 years now. She's helped me so much, and I've seen her grow so much as a person, and I genuinely cannot overstate how much both she and our little one mean to me.
So yeah I guess that's it, let's get this week over now.
What? It's Monday?
*explodes*
1: I recently got a part-time job and have kind of been readjusting my life around that.
So I'm sorry for my absence if anyone's missed me. I miss being here for damn sure. I promise to get back to the drawing commissions and comics and turning people into dragons and animals as soon as I can.
2: Holy shit, almost 400 watchers.
Where are you guys coming from when I'm not even uploading stuff? XD Welcome anyways! I kinda feel like I should do something special to celebrate but I'm so far behind on commissions, and so drained from my job, and so busy planning/preparing for item number 3 that it's kind of impossible at the moment. So maybe soon I'll do something, but I must get these other things finished.
And yeah, one more teensy tiny thing
3: I'm marrying
drakaina_the_golden on Saturday. She's been my love and my life for the past 6 years now. She's helped me so much, and I've seen her grow so much as a person, and I genuinely cannot overstate how much both she and our little one mean to me.
So yeah I guess that's it, let's get this week over now.
What? It's Monday?
*explodes*
One of these days...
Posted 8 years agoI'll grow tired of drawing sexy pics of my own sona.
BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY.
That's all, thanks!
:-D
BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY.
That's all, thanks!
:-D
I'm not dead!
Posted 8 years agoArt production slowed to a halt over the holidays, and I'm only now recovering.
I have a pile of old commissions to finish, I'm so sorry some folks have been waiting months! >.=.<
I have little excuse other than burnout finally caught up with me and made me take something around a month off from art/drawing.
Now that my system seems to be returning to normal, I'll be doing my best to tackle those old projects so that I can open up for new ones.
I could use some help, so feel free to take jabs at me every once in a while and shame me off of Twitter and Facebook.
Okay that's it, thanks for reading, those of you who care! Leave me tasty comments.
I have a pile of old commissions to finish, I'm so sorry some folks have been waiting months! >.=.<
I have little excuse other than burnout finally caught up with me and made me take something around a month off from art/drawing.
Now that my system seems to be returning to normal, I'll be doing my best to tackle those old projects so that I can open up for new ones.
I could use some help, so feel free to take jabs at me every once in a while and shame me off of Twitter and Facebook.
Okay that's it, thanks for reading, those of you who care! Leave me tasty comments.
I'm 30 years old next week.
Posted 8 years agoSo, that's pretty neat.
I'll probably get on a soapbox and start ranting to celebrate the occasion, so let this be like, your advance warning. XD
For serious, I love life.
I'll probably get on a soapbox and start ranting to celebrate the occasion, so let this be like, your advance warning. XD
For serious, I love life.
[NUMBERS] A brief look at the past year or so!
Posted 8 years agoEvery once in a while I make a post geeking out about my user page stats, cuz I'm an old school nerd like that! XD
So today, I'm over 6.4k page visits, over 2.1k favorites, and just got to 350 watchers! X3 I'm so over the moon, guys! These numbers are growing faster than they ever have in the past, and I'm looking very much forward to the future! Take a little trip with me into my past?
April this year:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8201781/
I freaked out over 5k page visits and 1.5k favorites.
Little over one year ago:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7842359/
I was thrilled to see over 4k page visits, 1k favorites, and 250 watchers.
It's crazy for me to think I've doubled my favorites, increased my page visits by a full third, and attracted 100 new watchers in about a year! That really is so neat and so inspiring to me, that so many of you value what I do enough to at least keep an eye on me. I absolutely live for the thought that the things I do make other people happy. So thank you for coming, and for sticking around. I'm always trying to take things to the next level, and you guys, you provide all the fuel I could want!
THANK YOU!
So today, I'm over 6.4k page visits, over 2.1k favorites, and just got to 350 watchers! X3 I'm so over the moon, guys! These numbers are growing faster than they ever have in the past, and I'm looking very much forward to the future! Take a little trip with me into my past?
April this year:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8201781/
I freaked out over 5k page visits and 1.5k favorites.
Little over one year ago:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7842359/
I was thrilled to see over 4k page visits, 1k favorites, and 250 watchers.
It's crazy for me to think I've doubled my favorites, increased my page visits by a full third, and attracted 100 new watchers in about a year! That really is so neat and so inspiring to me, that so many of you value what I do enough to at least keep an eye on me. I absolutely live for the thought that the things I do make other people happy. So thank you for coming, and for sticking around. I'm always trying to take things to the next level, and you guys, you provide all the fuel I could want!
THANK YOU!
Notocytes print copies, and TF YCH collabs with Faust!
Posted 8 years agoYou can buy print copies of Notocytes while they last!
(It was a limited run, and we sold half the total copies at AWU!)
Visit this link to get yours for only $5 + shipping!
http://www.bananapanic.com/?product.....-other-stories
I'm doing some Taur TF YCH collabs with
crazy-husky! Please check them out!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25313365/ - Featuring me and a potion-themed TF (AB $80)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25313466/ - Featuring crazy-husky and a hypnosis-themed TF (also AB $80)
(It was a limited run, and we sold half the total copies at AWU!)
Visit this link to get yours for only $5 + shipping!
http://www.bananapanic.com/?product.....-other-stories
I'm doing some Taur TF YCH collabs with
crazy-husky! Please check them out!https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25313365/ - Featuring me and a potion-themed TF (AB $80)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25313466/ - Featuring
crazy-husky and a hypnosis-themed TF (also AB $80)AWU went well!
Posted 8 years agoIt's still going well for some folks, haha! But I had to call it a day after working the Dealers Den both days. I really need to build up better endurance and energy! Also, this lingering cough has been draining me. Ugh! It would have been nice to dance with folks afterwards! Maybe next year!
Anyway, with my publisher's help, I sold half of the print run of Notocytes! There are still many copies left, though. Some of them are definitely going onto local comic book store shelves! So hyyyped! And we're also working on a way to sell them online, so stay tuned for that.
I gave away loads of business cards, ran a successful panel where I shared some of my knowledge of comics and storytelling, and picked up a few commissions! Walked away from this one in the net positive money wise, so I'm excited to do it again! Though I'm not sure when I'll be able to! Cons can be expensive! X.=.x
Thanks to everyone who stopped by and checked out my stuff! And for those who couldn't, don't worry! The future is full of opportunity. Best wishes to all of you!
Anyway, with my publisher's help, I sold half of the print run of Notocytes! There are still many copies left, though. Some of them are definitely going onto local comic book store shelves! So hyyyped! And we're also working on a way to sell them online, so stay tuned for that.
I gave away loads of business cards, ran a successful panel where I shared some of my knowledge of comics and storytelling, and picked up a few commissions! Walked away from this one in the net positive money wise, so I'm excited to do it again! Though I'm not sure when I'll be able to! Cons can be expensive! X.=.x
Thanks to everyone who stopped by and checked out my stuff! And for those who couldn't, don't worry! The future is full of opportunity. Best wishes to all of you!
