not much else to say other than I've not done much with this page and I'm bored enough to finally start doing something about it and uploading a bunch of stuff

the time I've been more distant from FA and creating adopts has been a rollercoaster of events, I'm not too good with words but I feel there needs to be some sort of explanation so here I go

I had broken up with my partner a while ago due to my choice, I felt the relationship had turned sour as it quickly devolved into pointless arguments or shouting/yelling directed against me, this was happening way to often and I eventually decided that it was too much for me and was only damaging me mentally, getting worse as time went on
afterwards I'd lost any remaining motivation due to the constant thoughts of the wasted time, effort and money that I had sunk into the relationship, needless to say a lot of gifts and projects I hadn't the chance to complete or give were deleted and binned

Next a subject I don't want to spend long talking about at all, around the middle of September I received news that my uncle who had been suffering from dementia was in the hospital and no longer being provided his medication, we lost him the week after, and I'm more than likely going to remain silent on FA until a while after the funeral taking place later this month

In the off chance there's someone that's wondering when or if I'll come back and start making more adopts or taking customs and all that, it's not likely to happen at all, since the breakup the joy of creating these characters for others has faded and with some of the recent events I doubt it's going to return anytime soon, and even if it does, there might not be the time for me to continue due to having picked up a job that could take up a lot of my what used to be spare time

In short, I'm sorry for all the time I've missed on this site and I'm sorry for anyone who would want to see me uploading again anytime soon or distant, everything has been put on halt and it's likely to stay that way

Everyone out there, make sure to take care of yourselves, you matter so much more to someone than you might think
-Darobash

due to storage issues I am going to have to clear out some of the files for sold adopts, this means that unfortunately it is going to be too late to ask for edits to the adopts you own from me
I'll still be keeping the files on hand for a day or two just in case people who own one of my adopts might want any edits made to them haven't had the chance to see this journal
if you are someone with an adopt from me but don't currently have the funds for it, let me know and I'll make a note to save their file for as long as I can or until you have the funds for the edits you wanted,
alternatively, if you have decided you don't want edits, let me know what adopt you own in the comments as that'll help me clear storage slightly faster

I've decided seeing as it's been a while since I've made any adopts I should make a quick progress report on what I'm going to be making in my spare time

Shiny Blaziken - Completed, view in gallery

Male Dragon - I am going to make an attempt of making a chunky male dragon using fsmaverick 's dragoness base, this was a stretch of an idea, and depending on how well I think it works or how well he does I may or may not make more in the future

Cyber-shark - I will probably price this similar to the cyber-gryphon I made, it has a colour scheme as of current, and all that's missing is for me to finish with those colours before I can upload the auction

if anyone has an idea of what they would like to see uploaded first please let me know in comments, also would love to see idea for any new adopts I could make down there as well

  MJ-Magpie has reached 150 watchers and is celebrating it with a free raffle
you can enter the raffle here https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41933579/

  risuchan004 is holding a raffle as a celebration for reaching 300 watchers
they make great looking adopts as well so I'd definitely recommend checking those out too
if you enjoy their work you can join in on the raffle here and make sure to give them a watch too
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41232991/

  Pete004 has recently hit 100 watchers and 1500 page views and is celebrating this milestone with a free adopt raffle
All you need to do to enter is give him a watch, fave the post and leave a comment to claim your raffle number
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41029486/
  Pete004 makes great looking adopts at an affordable starting bid so people have a good chance at getting a new (potentially their first) OC
and it'd be great to see an artist like him grow his page further, so I highly recommend you check out his current adopts
(occasionally has nsfw so a quick warning in case you might not want to see that, nsfw won't always be there though if you still want to look anyway)
you can check out his current available adopts here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery.....153/Adoptables