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https://www.furaffinity.net/user/raychromatic/

gonna take some time before i fully migrate over to the new account but!!! there it is

if any of yall are on deviantart & want a commission..... i’m planning a bit of a ~Rebrand~ and i need a “core” membership if i wanna change my dA username

i could just make a whole new dA account, or pay a few bucks out of pocket to get core for myself, but i thought it’d be fun to offer an art-for-core trade! i did it back in 2015 when i started going by damondear everywhere, and now that it’s time for another change i kinda want to do it again

details are all in this dA journal; check it out if youre interested ➡ https://www.deviantart.com/damondea.....core-877749511

(i will also be moving to a new FA account soon, so watch for an announcement when that happens!!)

doin this on twitter; follow me there + post a ref in the replies to the tweet linked below + i *might* draw something for you!!

>> https://twitter.com/damondear_art/s.....05563797139456 <<

recently ive been posting some WIPs/doodles/etc - generally unfinished n less polished stuff - on twitter & tumblr & not anywhere else

so if u wanna see that kinda stuff, check out one or both of the links below! 🎉

** https://twitter.com/damondear_art **

** https://damondear-art.tumblr.com/ **

that's all; hope u have a nice day ✌🌈💖

https://twitter.com/damondear_art
https://twitter.com/damondear_art
https://twitter.com/damondear_art

finally my art will no longer be buried under all the rambling and retweets on my main/personal twitter (which is https://twitter.com/damon_dear btw)

yay

(also uh reminder that i also have an 18+ twitter;;; http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9172936/ )

(ALSO stream flower child (EP) by vix!!!!! it's very good and also vix is my sister and i am very proud. please don't tell her about my furaffinity account or my nsfw twitter)

hey whats up i'm uh, still an artist, technically

yeah same old story as usual; been low on motivation, not setting aside enough time to draw, etc etc

BUT ive actually started to draw a little more!!!! i just havent uploaded any of it yet because it's all messy doodles n WIPs. still, im feeling pretty good about it

i'll have stuff to post soon probably!!! gonna see if i can finish up some WIPs this weekend. yeehaw

🌈🌈🌈

in the meantime, maybe check out my very cool sister's very cool music?? her first single is out & her EP is coming this november (a specific release date will be announced in october) 🙌

fb: https://www.facebook.com/vixtunes/
insta: https://www.instagram.com/vixtunes/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4.....83DIjnKn8wA9lg

stream/buy her single on your music service of choice: look up "for dahlia" by "vix"!

(....please don't leave creepy comments on any of her stuff or mention that i sent you. be civil please. & also keep my furaffinity account away from my entire family lol)

if any of yall are 18+ and curious about what kind of..... adult stuff, that i may be into, i have an nsfw twitter now

https://twitter.com/NotUsuallyHorny
UPDATE i changed my username lol https://twitter.com/himbo4himbo

there isnt much there yet because it's new and also i am. embarrassed. but im tryna come out of my shell a little so uh, yeah

might even get brave and draw some horny art of my own eventually! but first i gotta get back in the habit of drawing anything at all. i have not been drawing. for so long

anyway happy pride month im trans and bi and i am exercising my right to be horny, i guess

https://twitter.com/damon_dear

i'm getting a little more active on twitter than i used to be, so feel free to follow me there if you wanna see all my rambling and retweeting

and while i'm sharing my social media accounts, i'll throw in a reminder that i'm also on tumblr; my main/personal tumblr is https://chrismcshell.tumblr.com/ and my art one is https://damondear-art.tumblr.com/

come join me on All the social media

yeah

....tbh i especially wanna watch some fellow trans folks. luv that Trans Furry Solidarity TM

would also prefer artists who do mostly sfw stuff -- i'm ok with nonsexual nudity & the occasional "adult" art; i'm just personally not looking to watch anyone whose gallery is 90% porn ^^;;

but feel free to rec any of ur faves!! there are just So Many people here & i havent watched a lot of new artists recently & i'd love to see who my watchers are watching :3c

because of some stuff that's been going around in the furry fandom, i just wanna put it out there that i'm 100% against "cub porn" or any kind of art that sexualizes children/minors in any way (and holy heck i can't believe this actually needs to be said)

just because it's fictional doesn't mean it's harmless. fiction does affect reality. publicly indulging in pedophilic fantasies does not help anyone and is in fact a danger to impressionable kids & teens who will learn to see this stuff as normal and acceptable, and may get themselves into dangerous situations with adults as a result. and it creates a culture among adults where indulging in pedophilic desires is acceptable, and pedophiles are taught that their attraction to children is not a problem at all, and is in fact something worth celebrating. this is not okay; this pro-pedophilia culture is dangerous and wrong

i'm not here to argue or "debate"; just stating my thoughts/beliefs/morals & repeating what ive heard from personal accounts of actual victims of grooming through art, online rp, etc

if u think pedophilic art is ok feel free to block me! i don't have time for that kind of garbage. bye

[leaving comments enabled for now but i'll definitely disable them if i get too many nasty comments]

- im thinking of potentially going back to school; maybe getting my linguistics degree? thatd be cool. still havent made any solid plans or really looked into it that much though

- work is still exhausting but thats mostly because i still havent fixed my sleep schedule. i like my job & i love having money (but thank god i still live w my parents bc all that money would be Gone if i had to pay rent)

- family stuff is still weird but we're working on it. dad & dog are actually moving back in!!!! im so happy to have a dog again i love my goofy boy

- generally life is a mess but whatever

- one more thing: if u live in ontario & ur 18+ pls vote NDP in the upcoming election p l e a s e if they actually get elected & actually manage to forgive student dept & make dental care free it would literally change my whole life; also the conservatives are Bad & the liberals are Just Kind Of Okay & We Can Do Better. yes this is a political thing that maybe seems out of place in a personal journal but it is personal for me; this directly affects my life & the lives of others who i care about & u should care too

anyway yeah thats it i guess

WELL IT SURE HAS BEEN SOME MONTHS since my last journal

i honestly don't want to go into a lot of detail here but..... things have been pretty messy; a lot has happened; what the heck

y'all probably want to know how my time in Art School has been, right? the short answer is: I Dropped Out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the program wasn't quite what i'd hoped for, early morning classes were killing me, i was falling behind..... and then all the college professors in ontario went on strike for 5 weeks. and the colleges offered a full tuition refund to anyone who wanted to drop out after that, so of course i took them up on that offer

so yeah, i'm not a student anymore. might go back to school next year but i'm definitely taking at least a semester off. over the next few months i'm just gonna work part time and look into what i can do with my life, and maybe join a local social group and/or do some volunteering?? i dunno; it's still only been a couple weeks since i dropped out, and work has been busy so i haven't had much time/energy to think about anything else

aaaaand in the middle of all this, my parents are splitting up! my mom actually kicked my dad out of the house, about a month ago!! it's a long story so i won't get into it but things are super awkward right now. thankfully we have a good support system, and my mom still has my sister and me living with her, but life's gonna be rough for a while

yeah long story short there have been a lot of big changes in my life over the past few months and i'm really not entirely sure what the future will bring!!

but things are actually looking pretty okay right now, and i'm really thankful for everything i have. it's all kind of a mess at the moment but it's gonna be fine, i think

i never post Personal Life Updates here lol

if you follow me on tumblr and/or deviantart, then you probably already know this, but:

i have now officially decided to leave the university that i've attended for the past three years, and instead go to college to study art!

i accepted my offer of admission to the 'art fundamentals' program at seneca college, and i'll be starting this september. once i'm done that one-year program, i'm hoping to go on to get a diploma in illustration, but for now i'm taking it one step at a time. i don't know exactly where i'll be a year from now, and that's okay. i'm making a big change in my life and i just need to wait and see where it takes me

so that's my Big Exciting News of the moment. in a few months i am Officially going to be an Art Student and i can't freakin wait

i've already talked about this on deviantart (i tend to be more chatty in my journals there than here), but for those who don't follow me there:

[scroll down for tl;dr]

i'm making some big changes in my life. i started to realize that i'm not where i want to be, and i started thinking about taking my life in a different direction. i've done some research and started making plans.

if all goes as planned, i'll only be staying at my current university for one more semester.

my time at uni hasn't been all bad; i've really enjoyed hanging out around the big campus and learning stuff! but i've struggled a lot and dropped courses each year. it took me two years to get through "first year" - i'm currently in my third year, but officially i'm only a second-year student. i don't feel like i belong at that university, i don't feel capable of getting a degree there, and i don't see any future for myself there.

so i ended up revisiting an old dream of mine that i'd given up on a long time ago.

i want to do art.

i want to be an illustrator, and for a long time i thought i couldn't do it, but now i'm thinking about it again and i really want to make it happen. i want to try.

i'm going to apply for an "art fundamentals" program at a college. if i'm accepted into that program, i'll start in september. when i'm done that one-year program, i'm hoping to move on to the college's illustration program (it looks like an awesome program, but it's pretty competitive and intimidating, and i don't have the necessary background for it yet; that's why i want to take the "fundamentals" program first).

tl;dr -- i'm planning to drop out of university and go to college to study art/illustration. it's a major change in my life, but i think it's really what i want to do. i'm excited to find out where this will take me.

i honestly can't wait to ditch uni and become an Art College Kid

commission info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21760569/

please check it out & see if you might be interested in commissioning me!

i haven't added info about paying with points, so here's a rundown:

- if you want to pay with points, use the commissions widget on my deviantart page: http://damondear.deviantart.com/

- point prices are roughly based on a rate of 80 points = $1 CAD.

- i currently only have commission types set up for $15 and $20 commissions. for any other price, just let me know that you want to pay with points & i'll set up a custom commission spot for you!

i made a trello board for my art! https://trello.com/b/8Wzta4pZ

it's mostly just a fancy to-do list, but it's a good place to go if you want to know what i'm working on

and it'll be especially useful once i open up for commissions again (which will hopefully be soon, but i start a new school year on monday, so i want to wait and see how my first week goes before i commit to anything)

so, yeah, go check out my trello board if you want to

tl;dr:
please help a disabled guy keep himself (and his girlfriend, and their dogs) off the streets!
buy cool handmade stuff here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SHOPCA5EY
find donate links here: http://www.ca5ey.com/

see below for more details:
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casey and his girlfriend need help! they're in a tough financial situation, and they're in danger of being homeless by january. casey's disabilities prevent him from working, his girlfriend hasn't been able to get a job, and their small disability income isn't enough to cover rent, food, medical bills, etc.

if you'd like to support them, they have a shop full of awesome handmade stuff you can buy!

most of their products are specifically designed as stim/fidget toys for autistic and otherwise disabled folks, but the shop is worth checking out even if you're not part of the intended audience. personally, i'm autistic and i'm totally in love with the 'hedgehug' i bought there a couple months ago (hedgehugs are unique weighted stuffed animals; they weigh about a pound and they have really nice fidgety material on the back!). along with the hedgehugs, the shop has tons of other stuff, including some other weighted toys, a large variety of jewellery, phone dust plugs, and more!

you can also visit casey's website http://www.ca5ey.com/ for donation links and a link to casey's patreon.

i've been following casey for a while; he seems like a really nice guy and i'd hate to see him end up on the streets! if you can, buy something or donate a little to help keep him afloat. otherwise, feel free to link to this journal, make your own journal, or spread the word in any way you can! anything helps, and i'm sure casey will be very grateful.

i'm gonna go ahead and copypaste this Life Update Journal from deviantart (with some edits because there were some references to things mentioned in other deviantart journals) because i feel like i don't post enough of this kind of stuff here

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i am having such a weird summer

for one thing, i haven't been in the mood for drawing lately. whenever i have free time i either do stuff other than drawing or i just waste it all doing nothing. i really really want to draw more but i'm just not doing it and i am so frustrated with myself

i've been going to work with my mom 3-4 days a week. i want to stop soon & take the rest of the summer off, but now i've gotten more involved & i feel more like part of the team rather than just a helper & i feel like i can't leave. so that's a problem. i definitely can't keep working all through the summer; i need a break before i go back to school

i'm actually only working two days this week, but that's only because i'm getting my wisdom teeth out on wednesday. getting time off is nice but i'm going to be recovering from surgery so i don't expect it to be much fun

i do have some good news: i've been seeing a psychiatrist for the past few months! after a lifetime of feeling 'different' and years of struggling with my mental health, i've finally been diagnosed with autism and social anxiety disorder, and i'm taking anxiety medication and starting therapy. we haven't done much therapy stuff yet (the assessment/diagnosis process took a long time), but the meds alone are already making life a little easier for me - obviously these pills haven't magically cured my anxiety, but they have made a difference and it's pretty amazing. i really feel like i can start taking control of my life now. it's really cool

so that's my life right now. i'll probably continue to be very inactive here, unless my inner artist suddenly comes back to life and i start drawing again. we'll see. this summer has just been very unusual for me and i have no idea what the future will bring

update 2: http://damondear-art.tumblr.com/post/145429242629/

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update: art blog reached 50 followers!!!! raffle coming soon

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promoting my art tumblr bc i'm getting close to 50 followers there and i am excited

>>> http://damondear-art.tumblr.com/ <<<

i'm thinking of doing a raffle when i hit 50 followers!! so if you follow me you might get a chance at some free art from me. nice

i'm seeing a lot of people making journals like this in the wake of the attack on fa, so i thought i'd go ahead and make one too

at the moment i am not planning on leaving fa, but that could change in the future

i'm more active on tumblr and deviantart anyway, so you might want to follow/watch me on one or both of those sites whether i leave fa or not! i post more of my human art on both sites, and more sketches/wips on tumblr

tumblr: http://damondear-art.tumblr.com/
deviantart: http://damondear.deviantart.com/

i haven't posted a journal here in a while, so i want to give an update on what's going on in my life (and how it's affecting my art)

[edit - bolded some parts to make this easier to skim through, since it ended up being so long]

school is still taking up most of my time and energy, and i've been going through something of a personal crisis - struggling with school and mental health, losing touch with friends, worrying about the future. in the past few weeks i've finally started seeking help; i've talked to an academic advisor and a mental health clinician, and i'm seeing a psychiatrist soon. but this is only the beginning of what's probably going to be a long and exhausting process of 'figuring things out'.

so when it comes to art, even when i can find the time to draw, i rarely have the energy or motivation for it. i try to draw as much as i can, because i want to, but i can't bring myself to put a lot of thought or effort into my art.

i've been wanting to reopen commissions, but i'm not in the best place for that right now - on top of everything i mentioned above, i want to remake my commission info, but i feel like my style hasn't been consistent enough for that.

i've considered taking some casual, experimental commissions - you'd pay me to spend a certain amount of time drawing your character(s), and i'd have the freedom to play around with my style while i draw them. i'd only take one or two slots at a time, to make it manageable for myself, and i'd charge about $10/hour (so, for example, if you paid me $15, i'd spend at least 1.5 hours on your commission). please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in!

(now that i think about it, taking some commissions might actually be good for me - it might motivate me to draw more, and at the very least it would take away the pressure of deciding what to draw when i want to draw! so i might open commissions even if nobody expresses interest here. but still, please tell me if you're interested)

so that's where i am right now with life and art and stuff. things might clear up in a month or two; april is exam month (so i won't have classes; i'll only have a couple of exams) and then summer break starts in may. but we'll see

last monday i started my second year of university and it's taking up even more of my time and energy than i had anticipated

i was hoping i’d be able to keep commissions open during the school year, but after my first week of classes i’ve learned that i probably won’t be drawing much during the week and i’m going to want to use my precious weekends for personal art

so i’m closing up commissions for now. depending on how things go, i might open them again soon, but we’ll see

i tend to put less of my art on FA than elsewhere, so here's a reminder that i also have a deviantart and an art tumblr!!

my tumblr [ http://damondear-art.tumblr.com/ ] is probably the best place to follow my art; i sometimes post sketches there that i don't share anywhere else, and i also post about it when teepublic or redbubble has a sale!

deviantart [ http://damondear.deviantart.com/ ] is good if you mostly want to see finished pieces, and if you're interested in my human art, since i don't post all of it here. it's basically the same stuff that i have here + more humans

so there u go. follow my tumblr; watch me on deviantart; feed my ego

i just discovered teepublic and made an account: https://www.teepublic.com/user/damondear

i already have two designs up that i moved there from my redbubble, and i'll be adding a few more of my redbubble designs over the next few days, and of course i'll keep adding more as i make them! and each new design will be on sale for its first 72 hours on the site!! regular price for tees is $20; sale price is $14. awesome

(and if you're thinking of joining teepublic yourself, consider clicking my referral link: http://tee.pub/lic/rSC0RvcGU5k)

closed for now

as i said on deviantart, i might re-open this later, but for now i just want do a couple of the requests i already have and then focus on personal and paid work~

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...i say 'kind of' because i'm not going to guarantee that i'll draw your request. i'll draw it if i feel like drawing it. if you want guaranteed art, commission me! this request thing is mostly to give a chance to people who are unable to commission me.

see this deviantart journal for more information: http://damondear.deviantart.com/jou.....ests-533655144

you can request stuff in the comments of this journal if you want, but please read through the deviantart one first!!

[and check out my last FA journal if you're wondering why i haven't been very active here ^^;]