Hey friends! I've whittled down my commissions queue and I'm ready to reopen commissions for September! Once again I'm taking 10 slots in addition to my 'dibs' customers.

Prices are going to remain the same for this month, but be aware I will be incrementally raising my prices as I make the switch to doing art full-time! Prices are listed below~
https://trello.com/b/43rcDGem/essyn.....-project-queue

If you are interested in commissioning me, please contact me via Discord (essynkardi#0413) or note here on FA!

As a reminder, I do still have Valentino's Vore WG Drive ongoing, both as an incentive for donations and larger commissions. Commissions count towards the drive! Orders over $50 means an item related to a character of your choice will be included in the piece, and the largest donor for each milestone will be able to pick a character to be featured as prey in the image! Currently we've made about $1500 in total, so halfway there! Donations to this drive also help immensely with living expenses.

Hey friends! Been a while, but I'm back down to a place where I can comfortably re-open my commissions. In order to keep things manageable, I will be taking up to 10 pieces here on FA! (That means if you are a repeat customer waiting for commissions to re-open, you will preemptively have a slot.)
I have raised my base prices by about $5 across the board. This is in part to slowly scale prices up until they more accurately reflect time spent on each piece. I want my art to remain at an accessible price while still being sure that I can cover my bills!
My prices can be found here!
https://trello.com/b/43rcDGem/essyn.....-project-queue

If you are interested in commissioning me, please contact me via Discord (essynkardi#0413) or note here on FA!

As a reminder, I do still have Valentino's Vore WG Drive ongoing (the next milestone image for that will be posted soon!), both as an incentive for donations and larger commissions. Commissions count towards the drive! Orders over $50 means an item related to a character of your choice will be included in the piece, and the largest donor for each milestone will be able to pick a character to be featured as prey in the image! Currently we've made about $875 in total. This drive also helps with living expenses.


As it is, art covers nearly 1/3rd of my expenses and I wish to transition away from gig work as it is stressful on my wallet in its own right. Car maintenance and gas expenses stack up over time!

Hey, it's kind of been a while. I'm just about ready to come out of hibernation... I honestly would have been active sooner, except estate and other business has taken up a huge amount of my time+energy. I had a lot of my own belongings at my dad's... and there's a lot of work that needs to be done with his house. And a lot of debts. Plus, I'm one of the "lucky" low wage workers who was considered essential enough to keep my job. However! My routine is starting to return to me. Needless to say, these past few months have been exceedingly stressful and eventful. Both worldwide, nationwide, and in my own personal life.

I'm almost done with my current to-do list that got put on hold and ready to re-open comissions. For the time being I will limit myself to 5 slots and be doing these commissions in batches of 5. For now my Discord server raffles will remain on hold until I have more time available to work on art.

I will try to do some art streams in the coming weeks if I can find the time! Keep an eye out for those. :D

Remember friends: Stay safe, wash your hands, and wear a fucking mask oh my god please.

Before I get into the meat of things, and you read any further, the jist of the situation is there is going to be hold on most of my current art projects. I will still be working a little, as art has always been a coping mechanism of mine, but the coming weeks for me will be very, very difficult.


TW: Death/drugs, some venting







My dad passed away Sunday, March 22nd 2020. Presumably of a drug overdose. (It will be a few weeks until we get the toxicology report.) I am his only next-of-kin, as an only child to an unmarried man. He has no will... This is very sudden and unexpected. I hadn't spoken to him in almost 2 weeks.

It's my job to decide what to do with all of his belongings and assets. I'm the only heir. His parents (my grandparents) are also devastated. And among all of this coronavirus bullshit, I'm limited in what I can do for his funeral. Funeral costs are also going to be a thing, since he didn't have life insurance. Funerals are fucking expensive.

I'm only 21. I barely know how to do fucking taxes. This is just. So unfair. I'm so fucking mad at him for being a dumbass and getting involved with those drugs. With that stupid stripper chick. He was a good man and didn't deserve those people.

If you need a fucking needle or a blowtorch, don't do that drug. Don't fuck around with chemicals. They will destroy you and your family. I'm so fucked up by this.

Good morning friends! I implemented this change a couple days ago but haven't found the time to post it publically. Something of an added incentive for people interested in either the vore drive OR commissioning me: All commissions now count towards the total for the drive (and drive incentives)!

I would love to see it to completion and we're very close to hitting the second milestone already~~

Also, from now on, members of my discord server will get a 20% discount on all of my adopts and ychs! I have a few valentines and vore themed ychs I hope to post next week, so keep an eye out for those! One of them will be your character getting a valentine from my Zorgoia boy Valentino. :3c

Also also, I have a few users in my server who are in the process of setting up a modded Minecraft server for the community! If that's your sort of thing, feel free to hop in. The minecraft server should be up and running in the next few days.


Furthermore, a quick reminder that these critters are all still up for adoption!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/34555419/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/34555448/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/34555478/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/33785995/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/34186626/

As well as these YCHs still are up for grabs!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/33969957/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/33969838/

Plus an obligatory server plug at the bottom
https://discord.gg/8dmkTMV

Been kinda dead these past few days, between working on catching up on owed artstuffs and helping the new roomie feel settled and welcome here. It's a little weird having someone in the home who is so used to being self sufficient after nearly 2 years of living with my partner and disabled friend. ;w; Hopefully we will all adjust with time!

Rent has been paid (a few days ago actually)! I honestly couldn't have done so without the help from you guys. The vore and egg drives are still ongoing and long-term goals. Feel free to donate any amounts to those whenever you'd like, the funds are going towards paying off credit card debt and rebuilding my savings. :>


Hrm. Not much else to say here frankly. Hope to be making a few more YCHs and get a couple personal art projects done in the next few weeks! We will see :0c

First and foremost, thank you all for the support and kind words! I'm a little overwhelmed by how many people actually stepped forward to help my situation. ;w; I still consider myself a bit new to the fur community and the amount of support that has shown up is amazing.

I have some good news for you all: We've located a roommate to fill the missing portion of our rent and fill the empty room of our apartment! She will be moving in next week and pay for her portion of the rent for the rest of this month. Hopefully that means from now on I won't have to face this sort of thing again.

I still have a lot of bills and debts I need to pay though. Moving expenses I was supposed to pay off didn't get done and I borrowed a bit of money from my family and friends in the past couple months to get by. Also I need to get my car fixed, it's been making weird noises. These are all things that I hope to get done in the next few weeks/months with what I earn with the Vore Drive.

Also! My friend  chess-and-snickers is running an egg drive to help out, if you're into Homestuck characters getting egged up. Or just anyone getting egged up. Or Homestuck characters. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/34580114/
Check it out here!

Also also! I work tonight, but I should be home approx 12AM midnight MST to finish the next panel for the Vore Drive! Valentino has been fed quite a few delicious morsels already and a helpful pegasus showed up to give Val some strength back with a large homemade meal. I think I want to stream it, but I'm not sure many people will be awake to watch. Let me know!

Trying a journal announcement in addition to a submission.

Working on the vore YCH and last weeks raffle winner

https://picarto.tv/essynkardi
https://picarto.tv/essynkardi
https://picarto.tv/essynkardi

MUSIC IS ON
MIC IS ON
CAMERA IS OFF

Want to win some art of your own? Join my public (18+) discord!
https://discord.gg/8dmkTMV

Another announcement as I keep attempting to get my online shit together!

I have a public discord now, if you haven't seen on my front page! Well, semi-public. 18+ for my own sanity, sorry kiddos. Anyway, here you will be able to find Free weekly flatcolor raffles, adopts, and more. This will be the first place where I post announcements, and also post private-access streams, works in progress, and doodles~
Also, share your content with others and discuss all sorts of stuff! I'd love to see some other artists in the chat.
https://discord.gg/8dmkTMV


Other than that, I'm opening my November Commissions. I don't have a limit on the number of slots, just the number of days available. Anything really goes a long way as I struggle to meet financial demands with my regular job; I'm taking care of a very close disabled friend of mine and just had a roommate move out, leaving me to make up their portion of the rent.

As always, my detailed commission info is both on my page and in the description of this submission here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/32003681/

this page is small right now so maybe it wont matter too much

how do yall feel about frequently-posted reminders? ie, 2 to 4 times a day. another artist i watch posts reminders several times a day to be on the frontpage. would ya'll particularly mind your submission box getting hit with these? i dont wanna flood my current followers! ^^;

currently my strategy with reminders is every two days, unless i feel i posted the original submission at an odd hour that first day. (ie, i post at 1am, i will repost a reminder at approx 1pm)

Commissions and General TOS

● Payment up front, either via PayPal or Cashapp.
● Payment plans available for purchases over $200
● No refunds after the lines have been started.
● I reserve the right to refuse service to you based on your request.
● I will not draw: Scat/diaper/ABDL, etemophilia/vomit, vehicles/guns
● Typical turnover is between 2-3 weeks, depending on my meatspace schedule. Please allow for up to two months to complete a piece, this should rarely happen, but it has before.
● I will give you progress shots. By default this will be in three stages: Sketch, lines, and flat color. You can ask for progress updates at any time.
>You can request any edits, including major composition changes in the sketch stage.
>Changes to details, the pose, or scaling after I have finished lines
>Any changes to the flat colors.
>Once I begin shading, only minor changes can be made.
● You are free to repost the finished pieces on other websites/in your gallery. Credit is greatly appreciated but not required! You cannot remove my signature, however.
● I will do private commissions, however PLEASE let me know if you want a commission to be private when ordering! By default I will post finished commissions, YCHS, and custom adopts. Raffle wins are not eligible for this, so if you win one, be sure you're asking for something you're okay with being shared publicly!

Adopts

● You can place adopts on hold for 48 hours if you intend to purchase.
● Unless otherwise specified, you are free to gift, resell, or trade adopts bought from me.
● If you intend on reselling, please don’t relist the adopt for more than what you bought it for, unless it comes with additional art.
● Unless otherwise specified, you are free to change the gender or species of the adopts.
● Please show me any art or stories you create/purchase using the adopt! Not really a rule, but I enjoy seeing what happens to my adopts~
● Credit me for the character design. You don't need to link back to my profile for this.
● You will receive a full size .kra or .psd and a .png version of your adopt after purchase.

Auctions/YCHs

● Payment within 72 hours of auction end, unless a payment plan is discussed.
● Bid sniping is not allowed. There will be a 30 minute snipe guard (except in the case of a flash sale) on all auctions if I suspect sniping.
● If an auction ends with 0 bids, it will enter flash sale mode. SB, bidding tiers, and AB will be lowered, MI will become $1, and the auction will end 4 hours after the last bid.

Hey there! I been around for a while. Sorta, this account is pretty old. And yet surprisingly I haven't posted a journal here!

Let's just say after about 13 years of practice I'm finally ready to start trying to make a living off of this whole drawing thing. I've kinda been... orbiting the furry community for almost as long as I've been drawing. I actually began my art journey as a furry! Despite all that, my heart will forever rest in the grave of 2012's beloved hellchild, Homestuck. As such and as you can already see, I most readily produce content related to homestuck or for other homestuck fans.

Outside of the Incipisphere, I'm actually a bit of a dragon and pokémon fan too. I'd love to get more content involving that sort of shit out.

I'm thinking about starting up weekly streams. My long term goal here is to not have to depend entirely on the gig economy to pay my bills and eventually work on art full-time. That's where you guys come in! What times/days are you, anonymous furry user reading my journals, most likely to pop in and watch an art stream? What kind of content would you like to see on these streams? What would you guys think is a good incentive to bring in more more viewers? ...Cat cam? There are lots of cats in my house.

Personally, I'd really like to spend more time practicing drawing more bondage, gore, vore, and transformation related content. Maybe a little bit of non-con. Or ovi. The list goes on,,, I'm nasty as hell! Would there be any interest in YCH's with these themes? Anything you guys would like to see in particular? Basically the only things I won't draw are scat or vomit. Name something wild that I didn't think of and we'll see if I'm up to it or not.