I've finally caught up on an old commission that was hanging over my head. That means I am ready to return to you and share art again

When I upload the final artwork, there will be a big speech about it in the description explaining everything!

Hope you are all well

EDIT: the explanation is in here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/30955945/

Hello again

Happy New Year!

I've hardly worked on any art at all for a long time. Despite having some long-running commissions. It's getting ridiculous. So I'm giving myself a deadline.

If I haven't completed and uploaded at least one of those commissions by the start of February, it will be clear that I'm still in no position to work on art commissions. It isn't fair to take money for a service I am unable to provide. If it comes to that, I will make the effort to refund everyone involved.

Despite that, life is going very well! I am busy beyond belief in a good way and finally becoming a more happy and healthy individual again. If I was less busy, then I'd be in the right mental state to be on top of art again.

I hope everyone is well

14/10/1991

It's my Silver Jubilee! I'm now a quarter of a century old and getting older by the second

Hopefully it marks a turning point for maturity and life situation. I have a long way to go in life and am making a big effort every day to achieve what needs to be done.

As the birthday boy, I extend my blessings on to you for this to be a lucky day! :)
Keep being awesome and talk soon!

Hello!

Just a quick message to inform you I'm not dead and am doing fine! Just busy of course ><

So Skype sucks these days and I hardly touch it anymore. The few times I do sign in, hardly anyone is online! So now the best place to chat with me is on Discord.

Fowlgon#9641 <---Add this thingy to your friends list to fulfill all your discord dreams! (#number was previously 0879 but I saw someone else with the number and we tried to be twins. It gave me a new number)

The other places you can best contact me in general is here on FA (I always check) and also on Facebook. Everyone is free to add me there! -My Facebook-

Hope everyone is doing well at the moment! I'm always happy to chat or talk arty things etc :)
Keep smiling

Hey all! What brings you to my corner at this time of night?

Things are improving and I'm about ready to get back into business now! :D

 Sparky-Corpsee is awesome! Check out the amazing artwork. No wonder I'm whoring out for the sparkster ;D

Seriously. Go and pass on all your watches! ^^

Thanks for reading

Hello!

Things are changing. I got a new job! Working as a picture framer, printer, graphic designer at the local framing shop. It's a hugely successful business, so I'm in a very stable situation at the moment.

It's pretty clear I have been doing terribly with art this year. It has been constant backlogs for 15 months. Every time I got close to clearing it, new bills came in and I had to fill up again. The backlog really overwhelmed me. Most days I couldn't even look at photoshop without feeling overcome with responsibility and breaking down. Apart from being really busy with my outside life at the same time. I couldn't even perform everyday tasks without feeling guilty. "I have to get back to my art!" Then I would stare at the screen, unable to work on the art. This happened because I initially took on too many art projects. Bit off more than I could chew. It was a constant battle to keep up, and the pressure was too much.

Now that I have some income entering the bank, the problem is solved! I have contacted many clients and will refund most of my commissions. There are only three images left to complete. These are:

-Full illustration snow scene with a black jaguar
-The 14 character action poster YCH (Progress)
-A 30x40cm acrylic painting of a forest ambush

They will all be very fun to work on and will be higher tier pieces. They should be portfolio quality.

It was a hard thing to approach clients and admit defeat. I was afraid to anger and disappoint people. I didn't want to keep them waiting forever either. But in the end, everyone has been very understanding and supportive! A huge weight and burden has been lifted!

The last thing I have left to do is to re-establish the romance in art. I need to love it and feel excited by it again. Therefore I will do some art studies and personal art for a few days. Once my art is beautiful again and the love returns, I will be able to finish the last three commissions and return to good health!

Thank you all for being so understanding and helpful. The furry community really can be the most incredible place!

TL;DR:
-I got a new job
-I had backlog for 15 months
-The burden was crippling
-Now I can refund art
-I need to do art studies before the remaining three commissions

Want to art slave one of the best artists on FA? Because Akitary really needs your help right now! Please check out the journal and see if you can support him
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7670075/
 Akitary

Hello!

So the last 6 days before the crash had been very active for my account. I'd just gained 32 watchers and uploaded 8 submissions. After the attack though, that has now gone. Back below 500 watchers.

So how did YOU fare from it all? D= Hope it turned out ok for everyone else

Also, now is a good time to share where else to find my work! I'm just as active there, but relatively unknown in those places with the exception of facebook and furry network. It would be super great and very appreciated if you'd like to join me there and help build up a following in other places! :D

Facebook (also my personal account, but I'm happy to be facebook friends!)
Furry Network (121 promotes)
DeviantArt (only 29 watchers)
Weasyl (only 14 followers)
Picarto (37 followers)
ArtStation (only 12 followers)
Twitter (44 followers)

On a final note, shout out to  AraEquinox for helping me gain the new watchers, now lost! Check out her work and tell her fowlgon sent ya!

Have a good one fuzzbutts! ^^

Hey everyone!

Just thought now would be a good time to update on how I'm doing in life and art at the moment. A lot of big things happening.

Biggest news is in regards to my mother's health. (Skip this paragraph if you aren't interested.) She had been getting worse and worse with her gut issues. After a hospital check-up on the 18th April, she was told that she would be admitted and couldn't go home that night. They did a CT scan on her that night and put her on the emergency list for a large invasive operation. She was extremely terrified of the operation and took a lot of convincing to go through with it. The next morning, she went into surgery and was sliced from chest to groin and had over a metre of large intestine removed. When they went through the surgery, it was worse than they had expected. She would have died within two days if untreated. They didn't re-section, so she will have the bag for now. She pulled through! Recovery will still be another 6 weeks. She is not yet able to walk around, but she can sit and move around a little bit. She was home after the initial stage of recovery. Yesterday we went to the local doctor to have her staples removed. A couple of hours ago, I heard a scream from the bathroom and she ran back to bed as fast as she could. A small hole had opened in the cut from the operation and she bled everywhere. We got an ambulance to take her back to hospital. Hopefully it is just a stitch and antibiotics job, but you never know until you hear from the doctors. So it is still ongoing!

Clearly, I have to look after her and it is taking up most of my exhausting days. But I'm still doing everything I can to work through art! I've been making progress on all of my commissions and will continue to do so throughout this whole period. Almost all of my commissions are getting close to completion now and that will be great! :D I'm happy to share progress pictures at any time, and always open to chat about current projects!

With all the stuff happening with my mother, it was really hard to also work on a full time online university course. I had to withdraw from my first semester and will apply for a remission of fees due to exceptional circumstances. The local university now offers my exact course (which they didn't before), so I am attempting to transfer my course to the local campus! It would be so much more beneficial to study in person rather than through a screen. I am still keen to continue with the studies, regardless if it takes longer to complete because of how life is.

Another great thing that happened is that a local internationally acclaimed artist/good friend endorsed me for a dream job! It would be at a local picture framing shop. Not only would this be a great trade to have as an artist, but it also provides room for progression and a chance to revolutionize his business with my digital knowledge! He has an expensive industrial printer and a large mechanical cutting machine which is capable of cutting logos and such that sign writers use. If I work under him for long enough, he wants to pass on the business to another person one day when he retires. He is the only name people think of for our entire region with framing and the place is always busy. So to land this job could potentially set me up for life!

That's about it for news. A lot of good and bad in there! I'm doing alright and focusing on getting work done. Hope everyone is well!

Have a great day and talk soon

Hi everyone ^^ Quick update on the status of everything!

I'm working through commissions steadily! Have been making good progress on many at the same time. Most of them will be finished very close together!

I start my university course on the 22nd of February, and should hopefully have most of the artworks complete before that date <3 The list of artworks/progress at this current time is featured at the bottom of the journal in the fancy colours.

Should probably officially announce who will be doing collaboration commissions with me in the near future. It was hard to pick, as there were many amazing applicants both here and on facebook. Multiple factors went into choosing, as artistic skill is not the only thing that makes a great collaboration. When people can cover each other's weaknesses and have a compatible thought process and art style, that is when a collaboration will shine the brightest. For these reasons, I will be hosting an art auction with  AraEquinox and a YCH with  PocketCookie! We have started to play with some artworks in preparation and the results we are achieving will knock your socks off! <3

On another note, I'm almost up to 100 promotes on FurryNetwork! :D It is a race between me, WFA , WhiteMantis and Rukis to be the 15th person to achieve this honour on the new website. Come join the party! I'm happy to offer follow-backs and give promotes to other users in return for your support! It would be great to see you there http://beta.furrynetwork.com/fowlgon/

As you've likely seen, I'm doing weekly art studies to keep in practice, learn new techniques, network with some of the best artists in the industry and generally improve! It's part of a facebook group which encourages the good habit. These aren't affecting my commission work, as they are usually carried out during my eating breaks and such. One of my main goals is to create the impression of form and detail in a fast, aesthetically pleasing and believable way so that I can learn to create more finished looking artworks in much faster times. This will be a great benefit to all future clients and it is already showing results!

Hope everyone has been having an incredible 2016 so far, and looking forward to keeping up with all of you! Thanks for reading

TO DO LIST/PROGRESS LIST <-- Link
Latest Commission Batch (In order of priority/completion):
Long haired black jaguar full illustration (paid) -re-drawn, atmosphere building-
Ice Elemental for Arteirah (paid) -sketched-
Reference Sheet for NekoNyan2482 (paid) -sketching-
Speedpaint for The_Negative (paid) -complete-
Speedpaint for Sharock (paid)
Full Illustration for Sharock (paid)

Coming Soon:
Collaboration with AraEquinox
Collaboration YCH with @PocketCookie

Good morning!

I'd like to try a collaborative commission with an artist of a similar skill level! If possible, we'd be aiming for a quality that would fit within this inspiration board I compiled of amazing artworks >LINK<. (If you see your artwork in there, you are awesome)

The way we would go about the collaboration will depend on your art skills. We would play to our strengths. Either way, both parties advertise for a special collab-commission. Advertisement wuold have a good example of both our work. We could either offer a fixed price for a certain tier of work (may have to make an example to do this), or do it auction style - taking the artwork to greater levels when it achieves certain price rungs.

Most people like the "I sketch, you refine/line, I colour, you shade" etc. approach. I personally like every aspect of creating art and would like a more fluid approach where we both contribute at all levels of the artwork. We could pass it back and forth at any stage, stream some of the process for eachother's input etc.

At this stage I can probably only take on one of these commission types. Please post some examples! I'm not too picky, so even if you feel you're not good enough, apply anyway! :D You may have something special that would make us a great team

Good luck! <3

Happy New Year!

Come grab your first commission of 2016 from me! I really need some money to pay for my living costs. If you add the word BONUS to your comment/message, I will give you a 10% discount!

I'm still offering a special 6 traditional or digital headshots, which can be completed within the first 24hrs. Can be lines, shading or colour. Line costs $20, Shading $25 and Colour $30. Prices are in AUD. Conversions are $15 Lines, $18 Shading, $21 Colour

Here are the rest of my commission prices

Sketch
Headshot: $5US or $7AU
Bust: $10 or $15AU
Full Body: $15 or $20AU
Additional Character: +$5US or $7AU

Speedpaint
Headshot: $25 or $35AU
Bust: $35 or $50AU
Full Body: $50 or $70AU
Background: +$15 or $20AU
Additional Character: +$10 or $15AU

Drawing
Headshot: $20 or $30AU
Bust: $30 or $40AU
Full Body: $60 or $85AU
Background: +$15 or $20AU
Additional Character: +$15 or $20AU
Tattoo Design: $50/$200 or $70/$280AU
Portrait: $100 or $140AU
Large Drawing/Mural: $250 or $350AU

Illustration
Headshot: $50 or $70AU
Bust: $90 or $125AU
Full Body: $180 or $250AU (up to $400US in larger projects)
Additional Character: +$45 or $60AU

Graphic Design
Logo: $40 or $55AU
Promotional Banners: $40 or $55AU
Commission Price Page: $40 or $55AU

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18663464/

Please help me out! Hope you all have an amazing year.

Hello again!

Just a quick update to let everyone know where I'm up to with artworks. A progress list (as seen on my profile) is below.

I'm currently working hard to finish one large dragon back piece tattoo drawing by Monday. In the next 90 hours or so, I need to put another 50 hours of work into the drawing. Instead of sleeping, I am taking short 1-2 hour naps when I am tired. It will remain like that until this artwork is finished.

After the dragon tattoo, I can probably finish three of my speedpaints within 3-5 days. All of the upcoming artwork has passed sketching stage which is the most difficult part for me. They are all partway done and none of them should take long to complete. Hopefully most or all of my owed work can be finished by the end of the year. I intend to have no art owing by the time my University course starts. So you have not been forgotten!

Here is why things have been travelling so slow:
This year has been extremely hectic for me. My living conditions had changed at the start of the year and I had set up a workload that didn't reflect that. I bit off FAR more than I can chew and have been playing catch-up ever since. At one point I was really close to beating the backlog, but had to take on a new set of work to cover my living expenses.

I live with my family, having moved back to take care of my mother when she was extremely ill. In the household, everyone is disabled except for myself. I am constantly helping them out with most aspects of their lives. I endlessly cook, clean, drive (shopping, doctors, hospitals, nursery, more), garden, landscape, renovate, paint, manage 4 pets, and countless other odd-jobs (the list goes forever)

I also have to manage finances and other aspects of my business. I am graphic designing for local small businesses. I am personal training continuing clients. I am not currently maintaining my own fitness. I eat poorly, I sleep poorly, I don't exercise. I am usually stressed and don't partake in regular activities because I feel guilty and I don't have time. I've lost muscle mass and gained about 15kg in fat.

However, everything is about to change and a lot of those responsibilities will be lifted from my shoulders. I will only take on work I can achieve, as well as studying hard at University. Thanks for understanding, and sorry to have kept anyone waiting!

TO DO LIST/PROGRESS LIST
Latest Commission Batch (In order of priority/completion):
Dragon tattoo LARGE backpiece design (paid) -80% complete-
Viking theme dragon speedpaint (paid) -roughed, shading-
Zodiac theme avian speedpaint (paid) -rough background, final shading-
Samurai theme dragon speedpaint (paid) -flat coloured-
Long haired black jaguar full illustration (paid) -colouring-
Ice Elemental for Arteirah -sketched-
Illustration for nelizar (paid) -sketched-

Others (Lower Priority, in order):
Full painting for ivykirax -80% painted-
30 faceshot sketches -almost done-
Art trade with akitary -lined, painting-
Collaboration with ivykirax -sketched-

Have a great day everyone! Talk to you soon

May all your spooky nightmares come true this day x)

I've got a really cool halloween artwork finished! Will wait for approval before posting it here though :)

Hope everyone enjoys their celebrations!

I'll be continuing work on commissions

https://beta.furrynetwork.com/fowlgon/

I love it already :D If you want to grab an account, just shoot them a message on twitter! They will send you a beta key
https://twitter.com/FurryNetwork

Come join the fun!

 Zoobastix only has 23 watchers D=

Look at this piece of amazing
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17667804/

I'm very impressed by the control of colour, perspective and tone. To already be this good at 18... Can't wait to see what  Zoobastix is creating at age 25!

This is a name we need to spread far and wide! Go give  Zoobastix a watch and tell everyone you know! :D

Today (14th) is my 8766th day on this planet! So yeah! Still quite young really

I'll have coffee with a friend and then put my feet up to watch a movie. Eating better food than usual today.

After that, I'll be working on commissions again later tonight! Because art is fun

Also, I managed to cap our internet until October 23rd. Which is pretty impressive because we have a large threshold xD So you probably won't be seeing me in your livestreams for a few days. Oops!

Have a great day everyone :D

Thank you! This commission batch is now closed.

Hello!

I'm opening two special commissions in the spirit of October/Halloween/My birthday (14th)

The first is a horror/halloween themed picture. Full body speedpaint with background.
The concept is to have your character in candy-striped form. Three types of stripes. First, the character's natural skin/fur/feathers/scales. Second, no skin, exposed muscles and fascia. Third, little to no flesh, just the bones and ligaments exposed. Probably with an evil magic aura. Would love to include glowing effects
I am very good at anatomy etc. So this will be good quality and believable!

The second is an elemental styled picture. Full body speedpaint with background.
A vibrant coloured artwork with a strong sense of movement and inspired by these beautiful artworks:
x
xx
xxx

Each commission is worth $50US (to be paid in AUD, which is $70AU)

Halloween Slot: Closed.  Wolphin
Elemental Slot: Closed.  Arteirah

If you like, you can claim a different slot to these themes! Must be of equal or greater value (some prices can be negotiated) Full pricelist is here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17689976/

There are a huge number of amazing artists on this website that are under-appreciated for their talents. Here are but a few of the many incredible artists with not enough watchers:

 CaelanSky
 Akitary
 Karinca.Wildfang
 DiggerTheOwlet
 IAmGhostDivision
 Delegor
 Tayan54
 ScramCannon
 Mandragora2012
 MortimerMironov
 Faellin
 Zeitzbach

 CaelanSky , who is an incredible but under-appreciated artist has just lost his day job! D=
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7075167/

He can't look for a new job until after the holidays because he is currently very busy working towards Illuxcon

So he's opening for incredible commissions!

Here are some inspiring examples of his work:
[x]
[xx]
[xxx]
[xxxx]

THIS is his commission page.

As well as rubbing shoulders with the best, he has been mentoring under some of the biggest names in the art industry (including Peter Mohrbacher!) This is a testament to the standard of artist he really is.

He doesn't have many watchers, which is almost a crime! So let's all add him to our watch lists. And it would be a big help if people could signal boost him :D

Thanks for all the support! Enough slots have been claimed and the issue has been resolved. Such an amazing community!! <3

Hello!

I'm in dire need of assistance. My bank account automatically deducts insurance money. This time, I wasn't ready and am now $100 over-drawn on the account! Add to this another $70 bill coming up on Saturday, and things get even worse.

For this reason, I've opened up emergency commissions! I'm offering a special themed commission batch! Full body speed-paints for $35US or $50AU! An example will be uploaded tomorrow. The themes are as follows:
Zodiac
Viking
Samurai/Geisha
Pirate
Halloween
Mecha

So if anyone would like to grab a slot or pass the word on, your help would be very appreciated! ;_;

Sketch
Headshot: $5US or $7AU
Bust: $10 or $15AU
Full Body: $15 or $20AU
Additional Character: +$5US or $7AU

Speedpaint
Headshot: $25 or $35AU
Bust: $35 or $50AU
Full Body: $50 or $70AU
Background: +$15 or $20AU
Additional Character: +$10 or $15AU

Drawing
Headshot: $20 or $30AU
Bust: $30 or $40AU
Full Body: $60 or $85AU
Background: +$15 or $20AU
Additional Character: +$15 or $20AU
Tattoo Design: $50/$200 or $70/$280AU
Portrait: $100 or $140AU
Large Drawing/Mural: $250 or $350AU

Illustration
Headshot: $50 or $70AU
Bust: $90 or $125AU
Full Body: $180 or $250AU (up to $400US in larger projects)
Additional Character: +$45 or $60AU

Graphic Design
Logo: $40 or $55AU
Promotional Banners: $40 or $55AU
Commission Price Page: $40 or $55AU

Payments may be sent in parts, but a deposit must be made up front and the full artwork will not be released until full payment is received.

Prices are listed in US Dollars and Australian Dollars. Please send payment in AUD! The conversion rate changes - this quote is true on 9/15/15.

Sorry for being so quiet. Things have been busy in a very good way!

So I just checked my emails.

Got an acceptance letter from the university for a Bachelor in Sport & Exercise! It starts in February, and qualifies me to be an Exercise Scientist! It's a great way to expand my career opportunities in the fitness industry. So exciting!! :D This weekend I'm also starting a 6 week workshop with a master traditional artist!

I've always aspired to be a successful type of person. Hard work, dedication, long busy days! The goals are always aiming higher, to achieve the maximum potential I have in each field.

Ideally, I'd love to have an entrepreneurial role at the top of the australian fitness industry.

I'm also pushing as hard and far as I can with art! I've lived solely off my art before. I'd like to attain a high level, and eventually be considered among some of those all time greats and masters that we serious artists think about. Further in the future, I would be looking to take on just a few large projects per year.

At this stage, I shall continue taking small and large art projects alike! It will be my sole source of income, and pay my way through university! So feel welcome to continue approaching me for artwork!

I've been finishing a lot of art recently. A lot of it is graphic design and tattoo design work and can't be uploaded here. But more art will be uploaded soon!

I've been blessed with a great flow of incoming commissions, as well as personal training clients. Some of the recent art projects have been large scale and worth great money! This makes for a comfortable financial situation for the moment.

Looking forward to sharing more with you!
Hope everyone has an amazing day :D

Hello again!

Things have been a bit crazy lately. As a result, I'm 3-4 weeks behind on my art stuff. I also really need to land a new job (I can usually get a job very quickly). Mainly for those reasons, I'm going to stop using the internet for a couple of weeks until I catch up on art and get life back on track.

I'll still jump on occasionally to check emails/messages or to upload finished works for people. But until life is sorted, it is necessary to take away all of the distracting factors of life and focus on the important stuff! So I'll be online less, but I'll be more productive and sharing more stuff!

The artworks that I have been working on recently are coming out great! I'm improving really well at the moment. Focusing very hard on learning more and getting better. So you can look forward to a lot of nice work being uploaded!

Really excited to see you all again and get into a better position in life! I'll be a new person when I return.

Have a great couple of weeks, and don't let life or other people get you down! You deserve the best, and no one should get in the way of that :D

Thanks for sticking by me
See you all soon! <3

Hi all! Here is a list of works I have to do and hope to upload in the near future. Will be working on some of these at the same time. And have to fit real life in there too! Looking after my sick mum and work and stuff

-The 30 free sketches (I will upload these all when they are finished)
(clint_johnson, maumew, eternalsykees, tobias-radjin, texaswildcat, wanderingsouls, zues2k, heroofmobius, yangus12, hakuzo_nightfox, madarafox, mirai223, hypnoticbella, lilattawuff, bigwolf67, anondanon, guilmon1998, lightningtheangeldragon, dookrick, disturbeddemons, fluffenstein, quinbyrat, radiojhstarburstangeldragon, ventus_soulshard, riochi4, pockybandit, quiet_angel_dragon, kurtkoopa, halfelfaedyn, drax_angeldragon, budthewolf)

-Art trade with akitary
-Gift art for Ivy Kirax
-Art for nelizar
-My reference sheet
-Very cute beach scene!! :D
-Fennec fox scene
-Dog portrait
-Dragon & egg painting
-More? x.x

Hi everyone!

I'm looking to kill the weekend with some artwork. I am doing sketches for anyone who likes which will look like this:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16441756/

Rules:

-You must be watching my account
-Make a quick feature linking back to me (journal, submit my sketch advert etc)
-Put the link where you featured me in your comment
-I will create a single colour piece with a 2 colour gradient like the example
-It shall be regular cell-shading. As an added bonus I can do more advanced shading for $5!
-Taking on commissions for the next 48 hours. I will have to cap the number at 30 total sketches
-Limit of one character per person. Can do couples for $10! This will come with more advanced shading

-edit- It is apparently against code of conduct to demand a feature for free art. So I guess that rule is gone!

Leave your reference in this format:

Character:
Reference Images:
Preferred expression?:
Two colours you would like in the gradient?:
Extra Notes: