Well... The last six months have been a real challenge. I mean, I've never been so sick. I'm usually healthy in the summer, but this time, in addition to the common cold (twice!), I had rotavirus and the flu. Then I spent a ton of money on diagnostics because my weakness and tachycardia wouldn't go away, so I discovered I had heart problems. And at the end of the summer, my cat developed diabetes. I wrote about it all in my non-work journals, but I'm briefly repeating the information here to explain my long absence and the extended commission working.
I'm still feeling a bit weak, but at least I can sit and draw for long periods of time again! So I hope the rest of the year will be a little easier "^^

This year, I'm opening 15 slots so as many people as possible can submit their commission forms!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
• name
• species
• gender
• reference
• expression/pose
• if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial)
via PayPal or card - Hipolink (tutorial), Lava.Top (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(11/05/2025)
* - - sketch stage (25-26/120)
* - - sketch stage (14/16)
* - - sketch stage (5-8/?)
* - - sketch stage (3/?)
* - - waiting for commission form (3/?)
• - - waiting for commission form (3/?)
• - - waiting for payment (2/3)
• - - sketch stage (paid!)

1. Telegram customer - waiting for commission form
2. Telegram customer - waiting for commission form
3. Telegram customer - sketch stage
4. - waiting for commission form
5. - sketch stage (1/2)
6. - sketch stage
6. - waiting for commission form
7. - sketch stage
8. - waiting for commission form
9. - waiting for commission form
10. - sketch stage
11. - sketch stage
12.
13.
14.
15.

YCH-COLLAB: Dragon Halloween Transcendense [color and light by ]:
- color stage
- color stage

Apparently, this year has decided to finish me off mentally and financially.
Since the second half of August, Lucas has started drinking a lot and urinating a lot too, and has also almost stopped playing. I don’t know whether his relatives had diabetes, or whether it developed because the Russian branch of Royal Canine has ignored the standards for food production, but since Monday I have been taking the cat for examinations, where he was confirmed to have type 2 diabetes. So now I give him insulin twice a day myself, take blood tests six times a day (I hope that after the final dose adjustment I will be able to do this less often), wait for special food to be delivered to my town, and hope that the cat will like it (Farmina has a pretty good rating among holistics, and also produces the diabetic cat food).

Worries about my tailed co-author and caring for him are pretty much upset me. I mean, he's almost ten years old now, and while Maine Coons live a long time, this desease can have a huge impact on his lifespan and quality of life, and I'm really worried about that... On the other hand, our vet has praised me for the fact that Lucas' other blood/urine indicators are normal, and that with my medical skills I can do all the treatments myself and keep records. She also says that unlike diabetes in humans, cats can go into remission, and with the right diet and glucose normalization, insulin can be discontinued over time, leaving only special food. This gives me cautious hope.

If you or anyone you know has had diabetes in cats, I'd appreciate any advice!

I'm not a superstitious person and don't believe in streaks of bad luck and the like, but apparently it was a coincidence that this whole summer has been kind of tough. Literally a few days after writing the last journal, my family's garden plot was flooded (more than half of the harvest was saved, but still), which resulted in new worries and expenses. At the same time, after recovery, my weakness and fatigue didn't go away (I've been suffering from this for much longer, in fact).

As a result, I underwent additional examinations for all my current chronic diseases, was convinced of remission, did not find anything new, and then my former teacher drew attention to my tachycardia, which I have ignored all my life. So after a bunch of expensive tests and examinations, I got to a cardiologist and found out that I have two heart defects at once (one of them is a consequence solely of my student stupidity and stubbornly enduring all my colds on my feet). These problems are not life-threatening at this stage, but they require lifelong monitoring, constant medication, and... overall, of course, I'm upset((

Due to a month and a half of going to hospitals, I completely missed ArtFight and voluntarily left Redwall Culinary Zine - simply because I did not have the time and energy for it.

Nevertheless, I hope that the therapy I started at the end of July will bear fruit and I will be able to FINALLY work normally, because drawing allows me to escape better than anything else. And now I'll finally have the energy for it (I hope so!)

So, yeah, things aren't so great, but I can handle it. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding! I really want to finish all the current comms as soon as possible and present you with my new ideas for the autumn YCHs ^^

My stupid immune system seems to have decided that now is the autumn or something and the best time to catch any viral infection that happened to be on a full plane D:

I spent almost the entire family trip trying to cope with rotavirus, and on the way back I caught ARVI. So despite the fact that in the previous couple of days I even managed to make several lines (I'll try to send them today!) I'm forced to go to the therapist and focus on treatment due to the otitis that has joined.

I apologize for all the ensuing delays! Thank you for understanding.

I can't say that the last few months have been particularly hard, but all sorts of big and small worries (like health problems of relatives, attempts at gardening in drought conditions, Telegram troubles) noticeably throw me off track. However, everything is fine now, so I can make a few announcements.
I will not be here for a while due to a family trip: my mom has not been to the capital for over thirty years, and I have never been there at all, so I decided to give her such a gift for her birthday. I'll try to stay in touch and answer your notes, but I will be able to continue working on commissions, collaborations, prizes for giveaways and gifts only from July 5th.
So I will join ArtFight with some delay. However, I'll definitely join: I really enjoyed the experience of last year and the characters I got to draw, although I'm not sure if I'll be able to draw revenges as often given my work and busy schedule in OFMD fan projects. In any case, I'll try!
What else... After I finish the current queue, participate in AF and finish my fanfic for Summer Fandom Combat, I want to try myself in animation - maybe try to make some animated avatars or doodles with OCs and then turn it into a new type of commission. CSP PRO allows me to make only a second of animation, but I think it's still not bad, and if I want to develop in this direction badly enough, I can try to buy the EXP version in the future ^^
That's all for now. Thank you for your attention and understanding! I hope to finish all numbered and unnumbered commissions and open them again in mid-July ;3

So... It's hardly the support's merit (at least my requests there), but a little over an hour ago I was finally able to regain access to my account: scammers attracted the attention of many contacts from my phone book with whom I would prefer not to contact anymore, and also delete all my subscriptions to art channels, including closed channels of my friends. Well, let this remain the worst of my problems :):
I updated the password for 2FA, checked sessions on other devices and applied some additional security measures, so now everything should be fine.
No need to delete chats anymore!

Anyway, thank you so much for your patience, help and support! I hope to be back to work tomorrow :3

Well, I tried.
I wrote to the support service more than a day before the scammers started sending messages from my app to my contacts asking to borrow money, but I still haven't received an answer. After that, I wrote four more times, in Russian and English, but I still haven't received an answer. It's amazing that the support of such a large messenger works SO badly.
In any case, I'm very grateful for the words of support from everyone who responded to my previous journal! You really help me keep my composure in many ways and I regret that I can't thank each of you personally due to permanent social exhaustion and being busy trying to protect my other accounts (trying to calm down in the breaks by drawing commissions). I'm very tired, scared and at the same time upset by the need to destroy the story of my communication and development for almost 8 years, but apparently, now it is necessary....

If you have any Telegram chats with me left, please delete them (don't forget to [✓] the box "delete for both participants").
Thank you for understanding!!

About a day ago, my Telegram session was forcibly terminated, the application persistently gave an error message. Tech support never responded to my request... Now many of my contacts write to me with a message that they are asked to borrow money from my account...
I have no idea how this happened, because I have two-factor authentication and I am generally quite careful, but nevertheless it is true - I was hacked.
If you have received any messages from my account in the last 24 hours, then keep in mind that it was not me but hackers!!!
I will definitely keep you updated on the current situation! Thank you for understanding...

So, since March I've added several non-commercial projects that take up quite a lot of my time. In particular, this is a piece for an animated OFMD collab and a huge fic for the russian-language Summer Fandom Combat (currently has over 200k words!). However, by the end of April I was able to develop an optimal schedule for commissions and fan works for the period of increasing the share of the latter, so now I hope to speed up a little :'3

Today I'm opening 10 slots, also in the coming days I'll be launching several YCH-auctions - I hope you like them!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
• name
• species
• gender
• reference
• expression/pose
• if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial)
via PayPal or card - Hipolink (tutorial), Lava.Top (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(10/27/2025)
* - - DONE! (2/?)
* - - DONE! (2/?)
• - - DONE! (2/?)
• - - DONE!
• - - DONE!
• - - DONE!

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

YCH-COMMISSION: Little protector:
- DONE!

YCH-COMMISSION: Fair wind:
- DONE!

YCH-COMMISSION: The long way home:
- DONE!

YCH-COMMISSION: They will return in the spring:
- DONE!

YCH-COMMISSION: Wheeeee:
- DONE!
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: Treasure Hunters [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

So, I'm still having trouble with replies and social media, but over the past few weeks I've managed to complete a lot of commissions, some personal works, and also tried to move around more. I feel much healthier than before and hopefully I can keep that momentum going))

Since the end of February I've accepted several large OFMD projects, so I may be a little slower than usual, but I'll still try to complete 10-20 commissions (numbered, unnumbered, and YCHs) over the next two months. Right now I'm opening 10 slots and will be looking forward to your commission forms ^w^

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
• name
• species
• gender
• reference
• expression/pose
• if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial)
via PayPal or card - Hipolink (tutorial), Lava.Top (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(05/12/2025)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

YCH: Too tasty pancakes:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

So, my vacation has come to an end, I have recovered a bit, rested and can finally get to work! As I wrote before, last year I managed to significantly improve my time management by completing many more orders than the year before, and now I hope to find a balance between drawing commissions, drawing for self-education and drawing as a hobby.

First of all, I urge you to check updated ToS and price list, as I have made a number of changes there. Here I'll note the main ones:

• Price increase. The last time I raised prices was in 2021 and put it off as long as I could, but the alarming level of inflation in my country and the need to support my family show that this is necessary (I will continue to master the CSP and improve my skills to meet the new prices). For customers with long-running commission projects from the unnumbered segment of my queue (which is marked with *), prices will remain the same and will not be raised!
• Discount system for regular customers! If you ordered commissions, participated in YCH-auctions or bought adoptable characters from 5 to 9 times, then a permanent 10% discount will apply to you, and if you did this 10 or more times, then your discount will be 20%.
• Removing old and adding new types of commissions. I temporarily removed all traditional comms, since they require more time and skills, so for now I will focus on digital art, while ink, gouache, acrylic and graphite pencil will remain for training on personal works. I also removed digital portraits, since works without a line were ordered from me only once or twice. Instead, I added expression lists and doodles, since emotional and hypertrophied things seem to appeal to both you and me ^w^

Well, that's all, I think. I might try Google Forms to collect commission information, but not right now - for now I want to see how you react to the current updates and changes. So today I'm opening 10 slots and will wait for your commission forms)

Thanks a lot for attention, understanding and support to all of you!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
• name
• species
• gender
• reference
• expression/pose
• if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial)
via PayPal or card - Hipolink (tutorial), Lava.Top (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(03/13/2025)
• - - DONE! (1/2)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. Twitter customer - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: The taste of summer [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

Well, 2024 turned out to be an extremely anxious year, but not as bad as I was afraid: with the transition from SAI2 to CSP, I improved some of my skills, optimized the workflow, learned to work faster and, in general, my time management became noticeably better (although I definitely have it what to improve, in particular my Boosty). I participated in a few of art events, for the first time in a lot of years I went to other places, and despite the premature (I still hope it's temporary) cancellation of my main source of joy of recent years, I found comfort and inspiration in the works of my fandom mates.

I'm very afraid to plan anything for the New Year, because already repeatedly at the beginning of the year there was some shit that destroyed all my plans. But... I will still try.

Firstly, I want to revise my price list, exclude some old positions and add some new ones. And I'll definitely be forced to raise prices: I haven't done this for 4 years, and over the past time inflation and the need to constantly help my relatives forced me to work almost always seven days a week. This year, I was less than ever engaged in my magnum opus, fanart and other non-commercial projects, and this partly affected my health, I really want the drawing (that is job and hobby for me) to be balanced. Nevertheless, I plan to develop a system of discounts for customers who ordered 5, 10 or more commissions from me, and I'll also not change the price for customers for whom I make long art projects (the first half of the *-marked segment in my To-Do list).

Secondly, I want to devote more time to fanart and personal works partly for the sake of rest and escapism, partly to teach and improve new skills (including for further application of these skills in drawing commissions). I want to illustrate a rather large OFMD fanfic and completely draw a prologue part for The Chronicles Of Hasenland. In total, this will turn out about a hundred drawings, but who knows me for a long time, they knows that this isn't the limit for me)) The rest of personal things like doodles, sketch-lists and ordinary arts are also in the plans, but what I described above the minimum program for me for this year.

In general, that's all. Right now I'm going on vacation until February 2th, although I can return earlier because of my workaholism. But after a rather hard autumn and December, I really need to rest a bit if I want to at least partially implement my plans.

Thank you all for your attention, supporting, interesting commissions and comments! I hope your 2025 will turn out as you yourself want it ^w^

About a month ago I wrote that Hipolink developers found a way to bring back PayPal as a payment method, but they will implement it gradually in order to sort out bugs and errors as much as possible.
And yesterday my application to the beta testers group was finally approved!
So if you haven't paid for your commissions yet (or want to participate in current YCH-auction), now you can try to do it through PayPal on my Hipolink. As I said, at first it may be with errors, but with the possibility of a refund this should not be a problem for you (for my part, I'll try to keep in constant contact with technical support).

The middle of autumn turned out to be extremely eventful, I managed to have a good rest and get seriously ill, and although the effects of bronchitis have not completely passed yet, at least I have enough inspiration and strength for drawing.

I'll hardly have time to open commissions twice before the end of the year, so just in case I'm opening 15 slots so that as many people as possible can get them)) Perhaps I will also launch several YCH-auctions in December, but for now I want to focus on commissions, rewards, etc.

This year has been... full of all sorts of troubles, shocks and worries, but I really hope that the remaining months will be more merciful to us all.
Thank you for your attention!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)
via PayPal - Hipolink (tutorial) or Lava.Top (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(12/31/2024)
* - - DONE! (21-22/120)
* - - line stage (2/?)
* - - DONE! (13/16)
* - - DONE! (2/?)
* - - waiting for payment (2/3)
* - - waiting for payment
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!

1. - DONE! (2/2)
2. - DONE!
3. Telegram customer (digital drawing with BG, one character) - DONE!
4. Telegram customer (color-filled lineart, halfbody) - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!
11. - DONE!
12. - DONE! (2/2)
13. Twitter customer (sketch-art portraits) - DONE!
14. - DONE!
15. - DONE!

TRANSFORMATION YCH: TRUST FALL:
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: It was a mistake to be greedy [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: The taste of summer [color and light by ]:
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage

Well, I obviously needed these two weeks.
Although I almost didn't draw (quite unusual and stressful for me), I walked, ate and slept a lot, so by the end of the vacation I felt much healthier. Moreover, I was quite inspired by the Thai fauna, so I'll almost certainly use the inspiration I received in my future works ;3
However, due to an unforeseen bureaucratic problem literally on the last evening I didn't sleep or eat for almost two days, and upon returning from the summer tropics to the sharply continental autumn I instantly caught bronchitis... So I'll probably have to spend a few more days on treatment before returning to the commissions. I apologize for the unexpected delay!

I usually take a vacation once a year in January, but this time my plans were a bit different: in the summer I was renewing my expired passport (only in case I suddenly need to leave the country urgently, I really hope it won't come to that) and I barely managed to persuade my father to do the same, but he... *sigh* yes, he immediately started persuading me to go to the seaside together. We've only been abroad once before, almost 11 years ago, and to be honest, given the current financial and political instability, I really didn't want to take part in such an adventure. However, I was very encouraged by the fact that for the first time in a very long time my father isn't doomscrolling and procrastinating, but enthusiastically planning excursions, so for this (and because, unlike him, I speak a little English) I decided to join him. I'm not in the mood for a rest at all, I don't have an art block or anything like that, but my broken social battery, constant fatigue, and dry eyes show that I probably need it after all.

I'll be gone until about October 18th, but by this Thursday I'll try to finish about three more commissions, finish two lines and two sketches. I'll also occasionally check Twitter and Telegram, but I'll still take a break from the Internet whenever possible. I also made pages for my current adoptable characters on Hipolink, so if you want to buy the cat wives or the Damascus goat, you can make a payment and immediately get full-size files without a watermark ^w^

It seems like I've already said everything I wanted to... In general, I really hope that in the second half of October I'll return to commissions (as well as fan art, personal art and comments to them) with renewed vigor.

Actually, I've been using folders for several years now and I try to organize my works from time to time - I like that my job is also my hobby, so everything is in one cabinet, just on different shelves ^w^
However, today I decided to go even further and sort out the folder with commissions, which contained almost 500 works: I want the gallery to be as convenient as possible, and for any picture to be found in a couple of clicks. But in any case, there are a lot of works and even checking the archive on my laptop, I could have missed something today (or even earlier).

So I wanted to ask you, if you suddenly didn't find your commission/gift/prize or part of trade for 2018-2023, please let me know - I'll be happy to add it!
It's not necessary, but if you want to help me with this check, I would be very grateful <3

As I expected, the previous queue moved a little slower, but I'm still happy with the result: in July and August I was lucky enough to complete a number of interesting commissions, finish a series of illustrations for Vengeance of Fire, design several adoptable characters, participate in Art Fight for the first time (I drew 26 works and received 26 works - I think this is a perfect start!), participate in Summer Fandom Battle (a russian multi-fandom fest, in which OFMD fans have been participating for the third year already) and go to visit Shamerli (she showed me Baikal, walked me around the city, took me to an awesome TRPG club - I haven't had so much fun for a long time!)
In general, the summer turned out to be eventful and interesting ^w^

Somewhere in the middle of autumn I have another trip planned for two weeks, but I still intend to take at least 10 slots and maybe a few more YCHs.
Thank you for your attention and glad to see you again!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)
via PayPal - Hipolink (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(11/06/2024)
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE! (1/?)

1. - DONE! (2/2)
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. Telegram customer - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: Friendly lick [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!

AUTUMN YCH:
- DONE!
- DONE!

MUSHROOM PICKING YCH:
- DONE!
- DONE!

Last time I managed to complete all the planned work almost twice as fast, but I’m not sure that I can repeat it this time: my first ArtFight is starting now, and I’ll probably be periodically distracted by the challenge (you can attack me too, I’ll try revenge as often as I can). In addition, at the end of July I have a trip planned to visit a friend in other town, so I will have almost a week's break.
Anyway, I'm opening up 10 slots and will be happy to draw something for you ^w^

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)
via PayPal - Hipolink (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(09/01/2024)
* - - DONE! (19-20/120)
* - - DONE! (32-33/33)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!

SUMMER YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!

Well, it took a little longer than I expected, but largely due to the many ideas for YCHs and adoptable auctions that spontaneously came to my mind over the past months)) This time I’ll probably launch a few more, but I want to do more work based on your own ideas!

Just in case, let me remind you that I accept payment through Boosty, a tutorial for which you can find here. This system accepts payment both from a card and from PayPal; from the fall of 2022, the platform accepts payments in USD.
In addition, last year I found and already tested another reliable alternative - EasyStart, which turned out to be quite convenient, simple and safe. You can find a tutorial here.
Since Boosty has not accepted payments via PayPal since February of this year (and EasyStart has only accepted payments via cards from the very beginning), you can use their subsidiary service Hipolink if PayPal is preferable for you. The link to the tutorial can be found here.

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(07/02/2024)
* - - DONE! (17-18/120)
* - - DONE! (24-27/?)
* - - DONE!

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

So my vacation is finally over and I can finally get back to commissions and more. Due to various circumstances, I didn't manage to accomplish everything that I had planned for January, but against the backdrop of a cold and some other stress factors, I think there is nothing wrong with that) I'm not very good at this, but I'll still try to implement some non-working ideas on the weekend.
Now some important updates:

CLIP STUDIO PAINT
I gave myself a New Year's gift and purchased an annual license to use the CSP! I didn’t dare to do this for a very long time, partly due to procrastination, partly due to the lack of Russian language in options, but as it turned out after several tests of the stylus, it is extremely convenient to work in it, and my knowledge of English is more than enough to confidently use almost all tools.
Due to the unusual interface, I'll still probably draw slower than usual at first, but I think it’s worth it: the program’s functionality is much more diverse than SAI I’m used to, but at the same time it’s more intuitive and friendlier than Photoshop. In short, it really motivates to develop skills ^^

TWITTER RENEWAL CAMPAIGN
In fandoms, I'm usually a very quiet lurker who creates my stupid animalizations somewhere on the sidelines and doesn't participate in making noise. However, in view of recent events, I decided to change my own rules and join the campaign to save Our Flag Means Death. Several pleasant precedents made it clear that the chances of the campaign aren't zero, so for now I’m moving all my commission work here, and Twitter will remain a platform for reposts, flash mobs and fanart with pirates for some time. Sorry for the inconvenience!

BOOSTY UPDATES
At the beginning of January, I wrote that I wanted to tidy up my Boosty: complete the series of exclusive fanarts, make more prizes for the upper levels and slightly expand the system of discounts on commissions: now they are distributed as follows - 5% for “senior researcher”, 10% for “head of research institute” and 15% for “urban legend.” I finally removed the option with tutorials, but I'm planing to add an option with creating characters. You know, flash mobs like “one person chooses species, another chooses gender, a third chooses outfit, and so on”... Perhaps this is too simple, but after almost two years I realized that I lack the competence for tutorials, and collective creativity can be very fun) In general, I want to make this platform more interesting and lively, especially when artblock and depression since last year faded into the background a bit.

THE CHRONICLES OF HASENLAND
Sometimes I get discouraged that work on my biggest personal project is moving so slowly, but I really don't want to screw it up given the scale of this story and the number of characters. So for now I have given up on strict deadlines and am writing the script at an arbitrary pace. Thanks to the transition to drawing in CSP, I’m finally “ripe” for normal references, so I’ll try to publish updated references on Boosty once or twice a month along with all the old ones, as well as briefly talk about the characters.
Moreover, I FINALLY created a folder in the gallery for this project, so I can finally show here almost all the works from October 2021 to January 2024))

That's all for now. This year I plan to launch a lot of YCH-auctions, several adoptable auctions and a big free art raffle, but at the same time I will try to distribute my forces so as not to burn out. I hope everything works out...

Thank you all for your attention and understanding, I'm very glad to see you all again! <3

Just in case, let me remind you that I accept payment through Boosty, a tutorial for which you can find here. This system accepts payment both from a card and from PayPal; from the fall of 2022, the platform accepts payments in USD.
In addition, last year I found and already tested another reliable alternative - EasyStart, which turned out to be quite convenient, simple and safe. You can find a tutorial here.

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(05/12/2024)
* - - DONE! (15-16/120)
* - - DONE! (13-16/?)
* - - DONE! (2/?)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!

YCH-AUCTIONS:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

Well... I don't know how many interested people there will be, but... this is a really important topic for me right now. It's okay if you're not interested, but if you are, I'd really appreciate your support.

If you are a fan of Our Flag Means Death, or your friends/family are, or you haven't seen the show, but are in any case opposed to corporate abuses of prematurely shutting down successful, original queer projects, then I would like to ask you to sign this petition.

I very rarely hyper-fixate on anything, but it so happened that this show came into my life at the right time.
I was in my worst depressive episode - literally all things stopped making me happy and supported, from many years of creative interests to family, friends and job. My critical thinking was shattered by destructive obsessive thoughts, and neither sleep, nor medications, nor escapescapism helped me. I convinced myself and others that everything was tolerable (damn, relative to many others, objectively it really was tolerable!), trying to communicate as before, but by and large I was holding on to same type of thoughts like “the world has gone crazy, but it would be bad to give up now and not finish so many commissions" or "you have no future, but you can still draw."

And then, almost by accident, I decided to watch this stupid pirate show (either a dramedy or a melodrama with weird humor) to distract myself. Well... I was damn well distracted! :3

It’s not even about the central couple (although, of course, it’s largely about them; it plotline was touching, heartfelt and didn’t turn out to be queerbait!). And not in considering current social issues in the 18th century setting. The fact is that almost all the characters are... idiots: they are ridiculous, childish, but very lively and sincere. They have a bunch of weaknesses, fears and prejudices, but they grow above themselves and change, periodically falling face down in the dirt, but also rising, inspired by their best qualities, which they didn't always appreciate. At the same time, there is still a serious risk of injury or death for them.
I think that's what captured me - the sincerity, the deconstruction of stereotypes, the variety of simple but colorful characters, the spirit of adventure, hope and self-rediscovery.
Reflection from what I saw captured me completely, simply interrupting destructive thoughts and apathy, so that I was again able to communicate, joke, live, work not in spite of determinism, but for the sake of pleasure, and plan my own personal projects. Still with chronic fatigue and anxiety sometimes, but my 'second channel' of thinking was almost permanently occupied with OFMD series, OFMD fanfiction, and fanart, so instead of suffering over things I couldn't stop or change, I focused on this cat AU - I continue it to this day and even though it is specific (too many conventions, flaws and ad-libs), it is dear to me.

What else was dear to me? Well, the feeling of anticipation for a sequel: this is not a soap opera, and the showrunner had a script ready for three seasons. The second one turned out great, and all its problems were almost entirely caused by greedy studio decisions (cutting the budget by 40% and cutting the timing by 20%). The other day they were supposed to announce an extension for the third and final season (the behavior of the team, MAX posts on social networks clearly spoke about this), but something went wrong. Probably, the new course of streaming after the merger with Discovery had an effect, now aimed not at original small shows, but at expensive long-running franchises like Harry Potter or House of the Dragon. So OFMD was simply closed, leaving without a third act. And fans, part of whose activity was fueled by confidence in the story and anticipation of new episodes, were left without hope of a happy ending.

Or rather, not really.

Given the crew's studio contracts, they can't express any hopes without the approval of their bosses, but these guys have often and loudly spoken about their plans and hopes before and now hint at it as best they can. Considering how suddenly MAX canceled their most successful original comedy series (I still can't believe it), there's a chance that corpse has yet to cool down and someone - Apple, Amazon, Hulu, Netflix - will still be able to buy it up, renew and finish it.
So... on the one hand, I felt incredibly stupid yesterday when I cried for the first time in months over the cancellation of silly little show, but I was encouraged by tweets of THOUSANDS of people who are just as upset and who this story has helped cope with mental problems, rediscover theirself, become happier. Or rather, it was encouraging that many are really ready to unite and help David Jenkins and his crew finish the story as he planned.

We have a petition, we have great coordinator who is helping us get noticed, so we've already gotten some press. We have a lot of stupid energy, appreciation and love, so until DJ tells us to stop, we will fight. There are very few chances (and time, too, I think), but if the choice is between giving up or trying, then I am for trying. I can fall into apathy and depression at any other time; I want to go through another year or two with this crutch, if possible.

Anyway, thanks a lot to everyone who read this to the end, thanks a lot to everyone who decides to sign the petition or share it on their social networks!
... and sorry for possible mistakes in this journal (I'm writing this at 2 am and I'm already pretty bad at formulating my thoughts, to be honest :"3).

So, a year ago I expressed the hope that I would be able to solve a number of my organizational problems and implement many commercial and non-commercial art plans in 2023... Without further ado, over the past year my time management gotten even worse: at first everything was fine, but during the spring, in the summer and early autumn, the situation worsened a lot, first due to repairs, then due to the illnesses of my relatives, the consequences of which will remain and complicate life, probably for a very long time. As a result, despite refusing to participate in Drawtober, I still drew much fewer things than I had hoped, this applies to both personal works and commissions. To make matters worse, my social battery seems to have not just run out, but broken, leaving me, despite wanting to communicate more (and respond to all your wonderful comments!!), stuck and disorientated for weeks. So in this January I’ll try to get enough sleep and switch to some other things (traditional art, sculpting, reading paper books rather than audio, walking, whatever) so that on February 1st I can return to normal.

This year I want to make up for all my debts on Boosty and significantly diversify the content there (so that it is not just a warehouse of WIPs and works in maximum resolution), do more for my magnum opus, and also try to switch to ClipStudioPaint. I hope everything works out this time :'3

Thank you so much for your attention, understanding, patience, support, great commission ideas and just being you!
Happy New Year! I hope it will be better than the previous one (by the way, how was your 2023? You can share your impressions in the comments if you want)

Well... after a rather hard (physically, financially, emotionally, etc.) summer, I am completely convinced that the best thing I can do to get back to my normal pace and volume of drawing is not overthinking or try to force myself to speed up. Paradoxically, the less I worry about fatigue, the easier and simpler my work (and personal art - as I said, I had problems even with that), although I still feel embarrassed in front of clients because of the current speed of its completion.
In August-September the situation became noticeably better, but I'm afraid of jinxing it, so I'll just try to fulfill the current commissions without slowing down again. Anyway, I really appreciate your patience and support! Thanks a lot for all of you, guys <3

At the moment Boosty still remains my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. Also remember that Boosty accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(12/31/2023)
* - - DONE! (1-4/?)
* - - DONE! (8/8)
* - - DONE! (11-12/116)
* - - DONE! (2/?)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. customer from Redwall.Ru - DONE!


GARDEN PEST - AUTUMN YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!

SQUEEZED BUT PLEASED - AUTUMN YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!

HALLOWEEN YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

HALLOWEEN YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
Ksantor - DONE!
Latharn_Keogh - DONE!
PalehornTea - DONE!
adolinkholin - DONE!
ArkonDerWolf - DONE!

So, I'm here! I haven't posted commission works since... gods, since last September! O_o In any case, in the coming weeks I will fill this gap (right now you can find all this works on my Twitter and Boosty).
In general, in recent months I have slowed down a lot in almost all of my creative activities (both commercial and personal). Perhaps because, due to stress, I forgot how to relax normally. I also noticeably increased resolution for commission art, so now I have to sit over lining longer (still think this is the right decision, anyway). I want to believe that over time I will return to the previous pace.
I also read all your comments on the recently posted sketch-arts and doodles - thank you so much for your feedback, kind words and patience! I'll gradually answer all of you over time, when I accumulate a little strength ^w^
Many thanks again!

At the moment Boosty still remains my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. Also remember that Boosty accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(09/27/2022)

* - - DONE!

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
[1,6,7 bids] - DONE!
[2,5 bids] - DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

UNDERWATER YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!