First off, I'd like to say hello! Thanks to all of you lovely people that have been watching me.

I realize I met a lot of you through my hosting of free art! I enjoyed giving it, as I'm sure many of you enjoyed getting it! ^_^

Unfortunately, my situation has taken a nasty 180. I'm no longer able to simply provide art, and now must make some form of money. Or else I could end up... well, I try not to think about what might happen.

Things are just simply more dire than they used to be. That's for sure.

Because of this, I will not be able to offer any more free random art. I will still create one piece every other week to satisfy my own need for it, but otherwise... I will not be hosting free art weeks anymore.

I'm sorry. Anyone who's here just hoping I will give more art away in the future, just try and keep posting on  freenutmilk.

Anyone currently on my queue will stay there until I finish theirs.

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Now, as I stated, I need money.
So, I'm restructuring my commissions. The only thing currently available is now the finished sketch pages.

SKETCH PAGES: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/28147883/

I'm open and available to draw sketch pages for what I believe to be a fair price.

If you're interested in one or more of them, please feel free to note me.

If you have something else you want to say to me, I'm right here! :P

Have you ever looked at something I've done and thought to yourself; "That'd be good on a mug!" Or a t-shirt, or whatever...

If you have, what was it? What kind of art do you look for to have on coffee mugs and such?

So, there have been a bit of issues in life lately. These issues, being unforeseen, made it difficult for me to continue working.

Now and then, I have an hour or so, and I do get to draw a sketch. However, I do not have enough time or availability to devote to some of my bigger projects.

If I were going to have Alien August, I would have had a few your character here's already sketched out and ready. I have two. So, I might post them later , but I won't be doing my usual 31 auction run.

Although, I may be able to sneak in some NSFW stuff again... for those of you expecting some.

So, I made a page of this cookbook idea that's been rattling around.

Thought I'd share a fairly inexpensive recipe I use now and then when my brain has no idea what to lunch.

So check it out!
There's a pair of sexy eyes!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/27982168/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/27982168/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/27982168/

Would you buy...

A: A novelette I've written.

B: A graphic novel I drew.

C: A cookbook with sexy rat girl pictures in it.

D: A yummy omelette.

Whee, what a year!

I did Artist Alley, and ended up doing two badges, and one traditional piece.
I also got invited to sketch pictures at a panel for...  shogunfox, I believe. No, no, it was  strredwolf. It was a multi-fur panel. So my time sketching and practicing anything that came my way paid off!

I thank hir and  tazel for inviting me, and hope to do business with/for/to them in the future.

I enjoyed ALL of the main events, and got a few books in the Dealer's Den.

As for the Art Show... that I painstakingly prepared nine images for... I sold one out of nine. Sad face emoticon.

Hmm... anyway... looking forward to doing more art. Once I get home I think I'm really ready to get back on track again.

I have arrived at Anthrocon.

I'm staying at the Marriott City Center, and will be in the Art Show, as well as Artist Alley on Friday. I'll be hosting some sketches, and selling badges and bookmarks.

If you're here, come say hi!

In the past few days, something happened to me.

Let's leave it at that for the moment.

Anyway, as a living situation issue, I will not be able to complete any NSFW art or requests and am currently limited to art of the "fully clothed" nature.

Anyone who is owed this sort of art work can still expect it.

Anyone who is owed NSFW artwork may either have to wait a while longer... or can request an alteration to something safer.

I am already working on clearing things up and being back in a good situation to draw all the porn the world deserves, (even though I noticed only about 15% of my art is actually NSFW... but that's beside the point.)

If I don't fix it soon, it would be a very... very dull Alien August.

Now that I finished the prints (high resolution does take time) for Anthrocon's Art Show, I'm able to resume work!

First order of business includes something with  bewilderedcougar.
Then I'll try and sketch out the thing for  zoruachan.
Then I'll get this ice archer out of my head and into  princessjessica's life!

Then we'll see where and when I'm at.

If you're waiting for word from me, or sketches, etc...
I have to take a few days to finish preparing for Anthrocon.

When I originally scheduled out my time just before May, I did not expect to receive any commission requests. I really appreciate them, so don't get me wrong.

Anyway, it's delayed. Not by much, but I have to be ready for the convention.

I finally confirmed my hotel room.

I knew I was going already, though.

Anyone else here going to Anthrocon?

I'm gonna have some art in the Art Show, gonna be in Artists' Alley on Friday, and gonna host a free sketch page raffle of three days.

Well, the end of may is here.

Technically, Mayhem May ended up being my lowest selling theme month yet.

I think I know why, but let's review...

9/29 Auctions were sold this month of Mayhem May.

16/31 Auctions were sold during JanuPONY.

15/31 Auctions were sold during OctoberFEST.

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The more frequently selling pieces were, without a doubt, the adult pieces.

Mayhem May was void of any adult rated pieces.

Of course, if I were to stick with my original plan with August, it would become Adventure August. Which is basically all SFW.

So... I present to you a poll... http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?.....b017f88b02c870

Adventure August, Alien August, or Artistic Nude August.

Let you all decide...

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Now that May is over, I will be open for commissions!

My prices are getting a minor price change. Not much, but a little. I still want to be available to most people.

Also, since I've reached the max in FA's gallery folder limit, I've consolidated my character folders. They are now listed by more general terms, rather than each getting their own little folder. Go ahead and give them a look-see if you like.

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Comments on how I'm doing recently?

Also, if you paid for a piece from me, I appreciate, but am not pushing for you, to fill out a form for me over on  trustedartists.

This one ended: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27369032/

So I'm gonna keep... half of it.

Who wants to get shot?! Show of paws/claws/hands/whatever!
Plop your reference in a comment of this journal. I'll pick one.

I'll probably pick tomorrow (the 26th.)

Today was a pretty bad day. Full of stress and worry. Hopefully, it will all come out for the better. However, I will be delayed with Mayhem May because of it.
So the event is likely to extend one to three days into June. There will still be a total of 31 YCHs, and they will all be finished as quickly as possible.

Winning the icon is the loverly:  princessjessica!
Winning the two character artwork is the up and cumming:  papertoilet!

Thank you all for participating! If you have further interest in free art, I implore you to check out  freenutmilk! There's a lot of artists there who enjoy trying their hands at interesting character designs!

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Artists I wish I could commission...
 feranta spirale patapatapata

Okay, so I've been asking myself "does this count as mayhem?"

So I'm gonna ask you nice people... and be honest. Don't just say yes because it'd be awesome to see.

Mud Wrestling! - Does naked mud wrestling count as mayhem? I know regular wrestling, (or even moreso dramatic wrestling) would count, but what about naked muddy bodies?

Tentacles! - I know combat tentacles do, but what about tentacle porn? What about tentacle combat porn? Is that the sort of mayhem that would fit the theme?

Comment... below.

SHOOT! WHEN DID I HIT 400?!

Does anyone know?

Anyway, I figure a giveaway for the 400 wouldn't hurt.

I'm giving away two things.

Raffle Item 1: An animated battle icon!
Much like...

Raffle Item 2: A 2 character image!
Much like these fine examples... 1 (General) - 2 (Mature) - 3 (Adult) - (I can also do ponies.)

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HOW TO ENTER
STEP ONE: Watch me... if you're not already. If you are, you're awesome!
STEP TWO: Choose what you'd like to enter for. Raffle 1 is an icon, so if you want one like it and will use it, enter that. Raffle 2 is just a pretty picture! You can enter both!
STEP THREE: Post reference/s of ONE character (for raffle 1) or TWO characters (for raffle 2) as a comment on this journal. No video references, galleries, or SL references, please.
STEP FOUR: Include suggestions. What kind of battle form/weapon would your icon have? What are the two characters doing together? What kind of place would they be in?
STEP FIVE: If you are not able to see certain ratings, you must include that. If you don't, it may end up more mature than you can view.

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OPTIONAL TEMPLATE
Character I'm Entering for Raffle 1: (Name and up to three references. I do accept written references. If a reference is NSFW, it must be an FA submission.)
Character's Combat Form/Weapon:
Characters I'm Entering for Raffle 2: (Names and up to three references each. I do accept written references. If the references are NSFW, they must be FA submissions.)
What My Characters Would be Doing: (Be as creative or as scary as you want. Hold nothing back! Try to work in a location as well.)
Favorite Rating: (General, Mature, Adult, or WTF IS HAPPENING?!)

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This raffle will end on the 18th. So you have a little time to get your info together and get your raffle tickets in now!

Welcome to Mayhem MayFest!
In this event, I'll be hosting 31 YCHs that have to do with combat, chaos, mayhem, and all sorts of craziness.
These YCHs will be finished and posted at one per day for the entire month of May.

The bidding time of the YCHs is set one day after another until the last one ends on/around May 28th.

As with when I did this for JanuPONY and for October HorrorFEST, (and will do for Adventure August,) this journal will give you all the updates on the available YCHs, as well as the completed YCHs. So check back often, I suppose.

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Available YCHs
Listed by ending time.
ALL AUCTIONS ENDED! NOW FINISHING IMAGES!

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Completed YCHs
Listed by posting time.
5/1 - General - The Smoking Gun
5/2 - Mature - Powerful Punch
5/3 - General - Secret Agent
5/4 - General - Zombie Dragon
5/5 - General - Big Boot
5/6 - General - Highway Robbery
5/7 - Mature - Deathstrike
5/8 - General - Tommygun
5/9 - General - Crunch Punch
5/10 - General - RUN AWAY
5/11 - Mature - SAMURAI
5/12 - General - Door Smash
5/13 - General - Rabbit Kick
5/14 - Mature - Party Rumble
5/15 - General - Giantess
5/16 - General - Hero Rumble
5/17 - Mature - Energy Blast
5/18 - General - Car Lift
5/19 - General - Explosion!
5/20 - General - Magic Duel
5/21 - General - Giant Spider
5/22 - Cancelled
5/23 - Cancelled
5/24 - General - Zombie Chase
5/25 - General - Clash of the Titans
5/26 - General - Lightning Blast
5/27 - General - Where is Your God?
5/28 - Mature - Sword to a Gunfight
5/29 - General - Fight the Dragon
5/30 - Mature - Victory of the Horned Rat
5/31 - General - Battle of the Terror Squid

My daily free art days are on indefinite hold. It's possible I may, in the future, begin to host them again. I really enjoyed them... but I need to get serious.

I still like giving people FREE ART! So I joined the group...  freenutmilk!

They host FREE ART journals twice a month. All you do is drop your refs and mention what rating you're okay with. Then the cast of artists in the group peruse the people who entered and pick who they want to draw.

In fact, they have one running RIGHT NOW! YOU CAN STILL ENTER, OMG! For about 24 hours, still.

HERE'S A LINK TO THAT JOURNAL!
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8696214/

So, I see some artists have like this sort of "coffee tip jar" thing. I think the tip jar idea's cool, but I don't like coffee.

Guess I wouldn't have to use it for that. :P

What site do you think is the best/most popular for tipping?

Funny how 33 sneaks up on you.

Are you ready to rumble?!

You ready to fight?!

Time to bring it!

Mayhem MayFest YCHs are going to start showing up on April 20th. They'll run for 7 days here, and any that don't get purchased will have second chance runs on Inkbunny.

Most of these YCHs are going to be multi-character, but most of them are going to be single bid. That means that one purchaser will get multiple character slots for their bid.

Don't fret, though. I have a plan, if you don't have enough characters to close out all of the slots!

Should you purchase a YCH with 3 slots. 1 is the main slot, beating the living daylights out of the other 2, and you really just want your character in that one, you have choices.
1: Let me randomize the baddies. Either completely, or you can give me a species/type. (Rats, zombies, cats... zombie cats... double dragon baddies who are also canines.)
2: If you have friends you want to allow into the picture, you can have them send me a ref and I'll insert them into the proclaimed baddie slot. They have to do it... I don't want to surprise anyone with a punch to the face. (Which happens to be about 5 of the pictures I've already planned.)

There's probably going to be a small number of slot YCHs. I think a wrestling arena one... maybe a street fighting one. Zombie shooting or pirate fighting one.

Anyway, point of journal?
MAYHEM MAYFEST IS ON THE WAY!

Granted, I never really read journals like this. Yup, I just skip 'em. :P
Unless they're by a friend.

Anyway, I realized that BK life was not for me.
Or, nature decided it. After the blizzard, I was stuck at home with a terrible cold. So I called off work for days after only working there two weeks.

S'alright. It was messing with my schedule anyway. >.>

So, I just got over the cold. Feeling better today. I know I'm feeling better because I did some writing, (about 5k words this morning,) and I drew up some YCHs I'm gonna use for May.

I finally decided on the theme for May. Tell me what you think!

Mayhem MayFest 2018!
Battle, combat, and danger galore! From pirates and bandits, to thugs and heroes. By the end of May, my user page is going to look like a war zone!

I want to also finish up things I have queued. I have the stuff listed, as well as a few others things to do. I really went ahead and started slacking. SHAME ON ME! I think it started with one too many trips to 2nd and Charles... and a few video games.

In other news...

I want to make it to more conventions. Is anyone here going to Fur The More? I'm looking for ride/room share. Can provide boons of payment as thanks.

So, for those of you who saw this thing: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26564913/

What did you think?

Do you want something like that?

If you do... what would you give for it?

If not... why?

It's a physical item, so yes it's something you'd get in the mail... and stuff. Except the pixelart portion, which is digital.

My girlfriend,  lirrasylvain did a thing!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26564913/