I haven't posted on here for a very long time and i should probably try and get back into posting something.

I've mainly been active on dA drawing mostly closed species (esk) art work which i've been very much enjoying, but as that community is mostly on dA and discord it feels weird posting that art, especially of other peoples characters, on here. But i do want to get back into anthro art especially of my own characters. I have some pixel art of them i can try and post (and hope FA doesn't mess them up).

Life update just in case anyone even wants to know, my health has massively declined over the past few years leaving me exhausted almost constantly. I can't draw for as long any more without being in pain. My doctors have ruled out a load of stuff so now it's just a matter of waiting for more tests and referrals (yay nhs waiting times). I'm also on an autism assessment waiting list but i doubt i'll get that any time soon.

So i'll try my best to be more active but i'll always be around here and there anyways.

I haven't posted on her for a while, but i've mostly not had as much to post. I've been mostly drawing art for Artfight's discord minigames and i don't feel comfortable posting art of other people's characters unless i know they're on that site as well, to make sure i can credit them properly.

Talking of artfight, as usual i'll be taking part in the main event this year starting in July. We don't know the teams yet but here's my account ready https://artfight.net/~Crystal-WolfDarkness

But in general i'll try my best to post more art when i can, but if you want to follow me somewhere where i'm more active in general and post other things like my needle felting then you can follow me on my twitter https://twitter.com/CrystalW0lf

I know i haven't be posting much on here lately, but i've mainly been doing drawings for minigames on Toyhouse and Artfight and since most of those people don't have FA i don't feel comfortable posting them here. Plus more and more of what i'm doing have transparent backgrounds which just never seem to work properly on here.
But i am doing the main Artfight game again this year. I'll be on team Nightmare and you can find my profile here: https://artfight.net/~Crystal-WolfDarkness
I plan to attack everyone back that attacks me, i can't picture myself getting swamped with attacks so i don't see why i won't be able to.

Maybe when i gain more inspiration for my own characters again i'll post more up.

It's been a while since i've made a journal so i thought i should make one.
I know i haven't been posting as much art up lately but that's mainly because i've been focusing on my other hobby of needle felting in time for Confuzzled in May where i hope to have a few items to sell in the art show. I don't post much of my needle felting on here, mainly because i feel that i struggle to get good enough pictures of them and their often taken on my phone. But if you do want to keep updated on that sort of thing i post pictures of finished pieces and wip shots over on my twitter: https://twitter.com/CrystalW0lf

Also i want to apologize if i seem quiet or take for ever to reply to anything, i have been struggling a lot with my mental health lately and i'm finding any form of socializing extremely difficult or i just end up forgetting to reply or sometimes i think i have replied when i haven't. So please don't be offended if it takes me a long time to reply to something or i reply very simply.

Thanks to all my watchers for your patience.

Anyone up for an art trade? I love doing them and really want to do more of them XD
If you're interested just feel free to contact me (comment here, note, etc etc ) ^^

I haven't done one of these in ages but i thought it was about time i did XD

Sorry i haven't seemed to be very active lately, i have been busy creating things though i promise. I have a lot of drawings that i've done for this years http://artfight.net/ which is now almost over. I'll upload those pictures soon, i just suck at knowing what to put for titles and descriptions so it puts me off submitting them a lot of the time.

Not many people probably know that i actually do a lot of needle felting as well as drawing. I don't post many pictures though because it's difficult to get any good photos in my house due to crap lighting. But i'm determined to get some pictures of my current project soon. So that's also been taking up a lot of my time as well.

My mental health hasn't been great lately, so please be patient with me ^^ Thank you =)

Just to let you know i'm going on holiday tomorrow until Friday, i will be taking my laptop with me and will be able to get some drawing done. In fact i've now got almost all the art i owe sketched up and have almost finished a few of them. So when i get back i should have a few ready to submit ^^

I apologise that it's taking so long to get all these pictures done and i just want to let you know i am working on them. Pictures with more than one character always take me a lot longer to do anyway, especially if they're interacting with each other like a lot of these NSFW pictures are.
I'm also doing SFW pictures as well which take me slightly less time to complete plus i can work on them more often. At the moment i have building work done in the house so sometimes finding the time to work on NSFW without my parents being about is difficult, but i'm getting there plus the work should be finished by the end of this week.
I wish i could get things done quicker for you but i would much rather make sure my work was of good quality which i don't want to sacrifice by rushing.
Hope you understand, and thanks for your patience.

~Crystal

I want to apologise on behalf of my self and just under half of my country who didn't want us to leave the EU. We started ruining our economy before we had even been given a final result. So if this idiotic decision that Britain has made has affected you or your county then I'm sorry, we are a country run by idiots. I wish I could leave but I'm stuck here and now I'm even poorer than I already was.
Sorry art has been slow, I am getting there. I'm working on a few pieces at a time, one of which I'm trying to do a speed paint of. So I'll get them to you soon.

Again I am sorry
~Crystal

Hi guys, just to let you know i've added my latest character Alto to both free giveaways

NSFW ---> https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7313379/
SFW ---> http://crystal-wolfdarkness.deviant.....LEFT-584426814

I am working on the pictures i still owe, would have got more done sooner but i had to get a lot done before going to Confuzzled so now i'm back home i can focus on them again.

Just a small reminder that i still have loads of slots left for my free art giveaway.

Only 4 slots left for my NSFW one found here: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7313379/

And a massive 11 slots left for my SFW one found here: http://crystal-wolfdarkness.deviant.....LEFT-584426814

So that's a total of 15 SLOTS LEFT!

I know i have my SFW list and information on dA but YOU DON'T NEED A dA ACCOUNT TO TAKE PART a note or comment here is just as good.

NEW - IF YOU CHOOSE A SFW SLOT I WILL TRY TO MAKE A SPEEDPAINT OF IT (if you don't want one then just say and i won't.)

I really hope i can eventually fill all these slots.
Thank you for your time

~Crystal

So it's my birthday on Tuesday so i thought now would be a good time to do some updates. Don't know if anyone will even read this but you never know.

-- Crystal is going to be made into a fursuit by the lovely  SparklepupStudios
Still paying for it, with the help of my wonderful boyfriend, without him i'd never be able to afford it.
- He is also hopefully getting Ryyu made into a fursuit which will hopefully be made by  Pickled_Lemur (i say hopefully coz he hasn't paid the deposit yet)

-- Me and My boyfriend are going to Confuzzled again in May (mega excited)

-- Following my last journal, my laptop is alive now. I'm having to use a laptop stand with fans on it to stop it from over heating but it's better than nothing.
- It's just now too old and slow to be able to cope with streaming unfortunately

-- I now have 15 Characters... i know it's a lot. But to celebrate i'm going to hold a bit of an art give away which will be for one of your characters to be pictured with one of mine...i'll explain more when i get to holding it. I will be running a SFW version on dA and a NSFW version here. (if you want to enter the SFW one and you don't have dA you'll still be able to enter it's just where i'll be holding all the information)

-- I'm very much open for art trades and all my commissions are still £5 if you're at all interested.

I think that's all for now. Talk to you all soon

~~Crystal~~

Edit -- For now it is fixed without having to replace the whole fan. Fingers crossed it'll keep it going for a bit longer

So now it seems the fan on my laptop is on the way out. It's making some dreadful noises. I'm sick of things breaking on me -_-
I hope my dad can fix it and I don't have to pay for a new fan.
I'll try and update you when I know more. I can still use my phone but I might now be able to put up any pictures for a while.

Sorry to anyone who came to watch my stream at any point or was looking forward to watching it. My laptop was being so laggy that i was struggling to work (especially on lineart). I'm rather pissed off coz i even made a Halloween music playlist to accompany it. I think my laptop can just no longer cope with streaming =( and there's no way i can afford a new one or a proper pc (i have no where to put one for a start). Fingers crossed i win the lottery or something -_-

Since i was offering three prizes and only three people entered it means i don't have to actually do a draw, everyone who entered has won. I'll try my best to get all the pictures done for Halloween ^^

I Apologise for missing the past few months things have got in the way, so i'm making this a special one and giving away more prizes to make up for it.

Just by watching me you're entitled to a ticket so please come and enter, the more the better

Why am i doing this

Why am i doing this you may be asking yourself right now, as advertising my various profiles across various sites i hope this will help me practice drawing a variety of characters, plus it means i get to gift free art to lovely people out there. If you have any questions please don't be afraid to ask me.

How does it work?

I'm going to give you several ways you can win a 'ticket' and then on the 19th Oct i'll draw a winner using a random number generator and draw them something nice. This time i'm offering Three chance to win UNLESS I GET OVER 15 PEOPLE ENTERING THEN I SHALL OFFER A FORTH PRIZE

What do i win?

This is where i'm making it slightly different from most.

I'm not making a set prize, it'll be dependant on what style i want to practice at that time. ALTHOUGH THIS MONTH I WOULD QUITE LIKE TO DO HALLOWEEN THEMED PRIZES

It will always be fully coloured and shaded, but it may or may not be outlined, it may or may not be chibi, and it will have either a full or transparent background. And the picture will be SFW (so it won't be mature or offensive)
Of cause all this is going to be of your character so i will require a picture reference of your character in your comment (please no humans as i just struggle so much with their faces, maybe at a later date once i've had more practice with my own characters. Also if you give me a character in a style based of a show e.g. sonic or mlp they will not be drawn in that style so please take that into consideration)

How do i win?

You may win a 'ticket' by doing the following tasks
-- Watching me here on Furaffinty
-- Post a Journal advertising this raffle here on Furaffinity
-- Watch me on dA http://crystal-wolfdarkness.deviantart.com/
-- Post a Journal advertising this raffle on dA
-- Watch me on Inkbunny https://inkbunny.net/CrystalWolfDarkness
-- Watch me on Weasyl https://www.weasyl.com/~crystalwolfdarkness
-- Follow me on Tumblr http://crystal-wolfdarkness.tumblr.com/

So that's possible 7 chances if you do all of those things ^^

NEW!!! If you perchance a commission off me (COMMISSION PRICES]) (£5 COMMISSIONS] ( you'll get 2 more tickets PER drawing (this also includes any ych or adoptables i may do in the future)
Really money only, point commissions or free pictures don't count.

How to enter

Please fill out this form and enter it into the comments, it'll make things neater for me and easier to double check usernames. If it doesn't apply to you please put N/A next to the question or miss it out.
Thank you.


1) Are you following me on FA? Yes/No
2) Link to FA journal advertisment --->
3) dA username =
4) Link to dA advertisement --->
5) Inkbunny username =
6) Weasyl username =
7)Tumblr username =
Past commissions -
Link to Character you'd like to see me draw --->
What's your favourite part of Halloween? --->

People entering

I'll be noting this down on my dA verion of this journal as it's just easier

So with having to pay for Confuzzled 2016 taking a huge chunk of money off me i need some funds to get me through the rest of this month.

SO ALL COMMISSIONS WILL BE £5 (with the exception of additional characters which will be an extra £2 each, unless you particularly want one of my characters to be included then it'll only be an extra £1) Halloween themes are definitely more than welcome.

I'm not going to have a certain amount of slots for this one but how long i keep it open depends on how popular it is. I have no over commitments at the moment so these will be started straight away.
Also you will receive 2 free entries into my next raffle (which i'll be announcing more info about on the 5th).

If you are interested or have any questions then please comment or note me.
Thank you.

Edit: Was on for a lot longer than i was planning. Came off coz of being so tired, also picarto seemed to be having a few problems today. I want to try and make these streams a more regular thing if i can. Thank you if anyone actually joined me at any point.


Just drawing a cute little picture for me to post to announce further streams, probably be on for an hour or so
https://picarto.tv/CrystalWolfDarkness

So i'm going on holiday on the 31st July for two weeks. I shall have my laptop and all my arty things with me but i just need some things to draw. Depending on how good the internet is in the cottage i'm staying in, i may also be able to do a fair few livestreams (since i can use my boyfriend's laptop as a second screen).

I suppose i may take requests but ONLY of what you want to see of my characters. So please don't through in requests including your characters.
If you really want a picture of your character with one of mine i may be able to come up with some sort of deal in terms of commission price but it wouldn't be free.
My Commission prices are HEREand i still have my special offer on (well of cause since nobody has bought anything off me yet).
I may also take art trades as well, but please enquire with me first.
My YCH is also still running, and is found HERE and it will remain open until someone buys a slot and then it will stay open for a week after that.

Please feel free to comment, ask questions etc etc ^^

~Crystal-WolfDarkness

And the number drawn was......


8


Which means the winner is my good friend  BaruchPantalaimon
Thank you to all who entered and i hope more of you enter next month

I'm so disappointed that so far only two people have entered my FREE raffle despite just by watching you can enter
You have until Midnight (GMT) tomorrow to enter here ----> http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6867704/

What do you want to see to help me convince you to commission me or enter my ych? when i can't even seem to be able to convince people to enter a raffle for FREE art.

It's really not doing my confidence any good. Some feedback of some sort would be nice. Could do with cheering up, not just because my art is seeming to go unappreciated.

*sighs* -_-

Just by watching me you're entitled to a ticket so please come and enter, the more the better

Why am i doing this

Why am i doing this you may be asking yourself right now, as advertising my various profiles across various sites i hope this will help me practice drawing a variety of characters, plus it means i get to gift free art to lovely people out there. If you have any questions please don't be afraid to ask me.

How does it work?

I'm going to give you several ways you can win a 'ticket' and then on the 20th July i'll draw a winner using a random number generator and draw them something nice. This time i'm only offering One chance to win UNLESS I GET OVER 10 PEOPLE ENTERING THEN I SHALL OFFER A SECOND PRIZE

What do i win?

This is where i'm making it slightly different from most.

I'm not making a set prize, it'll be dependant on what style i want to practice at that time.

It will always be fully coloured and shaded, but it may or may not be outlined, it may or may not be chibi, and it will have either a full or transparent background. And the picture will be SFW (so it won't be mature or offensive)
Of cause all this is going to be of your character so i will require a picture reference of your character in your comment (please no humans as i just struggle so much with their faces, maybe at a later date once i've had more practice with my own characters. Also if you give me a character in a style based of a show e.g. sonic or mlp they will not be drawn in that style so please take that into consideration)

How do i win?

You may win a 'ticket' by doing the following tasks
-- Watching me here on Furaffinty
-- Post a Journal advertising this raffle here on Furaffinity
-- Watch me on dA http://crystal-wolfdarkness.deviantart.com/
-- Post a Journal advertising this raffle on dA
-- Watch me on Inkbunny https://inkbunny.net/CrystalWolfDarkness
-- Watch me on Weasyl https://www.weasyl.com/~crystalwolfdarkness
-- Follow me on Tumblr http://crystal-wolfdarkness.tumblr.com/

So that's possible 7 chances if you do all of those things ^^

NEW!!! If you perchance a commission off me (COMMSSION PRICES) you'll get 2 more tickets PER drawing (this also includes any ych or adoptables i may do in the future)
Really money only, point commissions or free pictures don't count.

How to enter

Please fill out this form and enter it into the comments, it'll make things neater for me and easier to double check usernames. If it doesn't apply to you please put N/A next to the question or miss it out.
Thank you.


1) Are you following me on FA? Yes/No
2) Link to FA journal advertisment --->
3) dA username =
4) Link to dA advertisement --->
5) Inkbunny username =
6) Weasyl username =
7)Tumblr username =
Past commissions -
Link to Character you'd like to see me draw --->

People entering

I'll be noting this down on my dA verion of this journal as it's just easier

EDIT!!!!!! PAYPAL IS NOW UP AND RUNNING!!!!!!!

CURRENT SPECIAL OFFER - 10 slots for buy one commission get another half price (cheapest half price)
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ALSO BUY ANY COMMISSION AND GET 2 EXTRA ENTRIES (PER DRAWING) INTO MY MONTHLY FREE RAFFLE!!!!


So i've decided i want to try and get a partial fursuit made but i need to make a bit more money to pay for it (as i'm unemployed) so i'm closing point commissions in exchange for real money. All prices are in GBP i recommend using google to help convert into your own currency if you're unsure.

Commission Prices



| |
| FERAL | Anthro
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Outlined | £5 | £10
(Transparent
Or Plain
Background)
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No Lines | £10 | £15
(Transparent
Or Plain
Background)
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+ Detailed| +£2.50
BG |
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+ Extra | Outlined + £3 | + £7
Character| Not lined +£7 | + £10
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As |
Reference| + £5 | + £10 (anthro and feral together +£13)
Sheet |
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Bust Con Badge = £5 (any character)
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Full body con Badge = £10 (any character)
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Form
If you'd like a commission please fill in something like this and post it as a comment either here, on my page or as a note. I'll then give you a price and if you agree to it i'll then give you details on how to pay.

Name of character(s):
Gender:
Species:
Appearance: (picture reference only please)
Feral or anthro:
Outlines or no lines:
Chibi or semi realistic:
As a badge yes or no:
As a reference sheet yes or no:
(if yes) what would you like it to include:
Detailed or plain background:
If detailed please give details:
Any special requests?: (i'll try my best to add them in)


If i need any more info i'll let you know


Closest thing to a table i can make lol XD
Any questions and queries, just ask and i'll be more than happy to answer them

Strangely people only entered through FA this month but oh well ^^
I drew ticket number 10
So the winner is :Row-Row-Puff:
Congratulations i shall start your prize soon. Please let me know if you have any sort of clothing preference for your character.
Sadly i didn't have enough people enter to offer more than one prize but please feel free to enter again next month.
Thank you all for entering.