Hello Everyone

I know it's been a good few years since I made a journal and at least a year since I uploaded some artwork. The last few years have been rather difficult between my spouses mental health issues and my mothers cancer. Unfortunately the cancer finally won and my mum passed away in November. The lockdown here did not make it easy on us. I was lucky the hospital allowed us to stay with her but by the time I was allowed to see her she was in a coma. I hadn't seen her since June. I am thankful it wasn't Covid that took her, it allowed my family to be with her till the end. Things are starting to look up though, my Dad got his vaccines which means I can visit him more often as he was on his own after she passed away and my spouse has finally been able to get proper treatment. They were in a very, very dark place in the middle of last year. Their treatment took awhile to work but they're so much better now. I will try to upload some work over the coming months but a lot of it has been vent art that I haven't posted anywhere. I do a lot of graphic design work too so that has also stopped me doing my own stuff.

I am more active on twitter as it's easier to use on my phone than here. My twitter accounts are FoxxieAngel for my thoughts and Alopexdog for my artwork.

My last journal started that I was getting back into art, and that was true, it just wasn't the art I expected. I've been doing a lot of freelance photo editing, illustration and logo design. I've only had the time to do small amounts of personal work. Most of it is unfinished but at some stage i'll work on it.

For the moment though I need to take a step back from everything. My 14 year old dog, who I've had for the past 11 years passed away last Thursday. He had cancer somewhere in his back region, possibly his bladder. He had developed a horrible cough, was breathing rapidly and seemed in constant pain. He had stopped eating and became utterly lethargic. We don't believe it was bordatella as my other dog did not develop any symptoms and the cough was rather different. We could have opted for exploratory surgery but it only had a slim chance of doing anything, plus even if the tumor in his back end was removable he'd still possibly be in pain from other unseen problems, at most he might have seen Christmas and he would have had to spend a huge amount of time recovering from major surgery in addition to the other problems, if it wasn't operable he would have had to be euthanized on the table. He had gone downhill so fast over the last week. He had had 3 chest x-rays but nothing showed up on his lungs, that doesn't mean that nothing was there however, it may have been to small to detect. It was possibly the hardest decision I've ever had to make. We all decided that prolonging his suffering would have been selfish. I was so proud of my daughter, she held him with myself and my husband as he passed away.

I swear I'm not dead. I will be getting a new computer in three weeks. There will be many posts after that!

I'm offering 2 commission slots for images like these, both a SFW (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22145707/) and NSFW (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22145757/) version. Comment here if interested or on twitter here https://twitter.com/alopexdog

Just to let me people know, I have 2 YCH's available here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20428761/

Hello friends/watchers/random visitors

I am cutting down my activity on Furaffinity until things are entirely smoothed over. I discovered that accounts using my associated email address were being targeted. Thankfully nothing was broken into but I'm going to play it safe, I made a new email account purely for this website in case this happens again and removed the previous one from any other website I used it on. I suggest you all do the same. I'd also advise you to change anything that used your FA password.

This latest problem isn't something minor, we were originally told that only uploads and user names were affected. Then we were told encrypted emails and passwords were leaked but after all the attempts on my own and other people's various accounts I can't help but feel this was an understatement. I am under the impression the site is still using the leaked source code which means it's still vulnerable. Even the mess up of using http instead of https for the forced password reset leaves me feeling a bit uneasy. Nothing against them personally but I can't help but feel the admins here are in way over their heads.

I will still be stopping by to check others artwork. The users of FA have been very good to me over the years.

Places to find me:

https://beta.furrynetwork.com/alopex/ (used like here)
https://www.weasyl.com/~foxxieangel (used like here)
https://twitter.com/Alopexdog
http://alopex.tumblr.com/ (SFW only and mostly from a project)
alopexdog[at]gmail.com (if you need to contact me)

Hey guys, still trying to upgrade my crappy computer. I'm taking 4 thigh up commissions. Can be SFW or NSFW.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19921845/ (NSFW)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19780109/

Comment here or note me!

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I am open for some digitally painted icons. $20 each. Note me if you're interested. examples here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19808825/

I'm saving up to get some much needed upgrades done to my computer. It's 8 years old and it's age is starting to show :-/ Hopefully once I've given this thing a boost I'll be able to actually draw bigger pictures and upload more without the constant lagging and crashing >:[

Name: Roisin
Nickname: Foxxie or Alopex
Location: Ireland
Age: 30
Height: 5'3
Zodiac sign: Libra
Pets: 2 dogs
Favorite thing about yourself: My calm personality and my Logic.
Worst habit: avoiding eye contact with EVERYONE.
Fun fact: I have a stupidly high pain threshold.

Identity, Sexuality & Personality

Gender identity: Female physically. mentally I don't feel anything.
Sexual preference: Mostly straight.
Romantic preference: sort of Aromantic. I can count on one had the people I've actually been attracted to.
"Kinsey Scale" score: The three tests i took told me I was taking it wrong lol. Does an F count?
Relationship status: Married
Myers/Briggs type: INTJ
Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw


Routine

"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Both
First thought in the morning: 5 more minutes...
Last thought before falling asleep at night: EVERYTHING

School/Work

Do you work or are you a student: Work
What do you do well: Render colour.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: No idea!

Habits (Do you…?)

Drink: sometimes, but only if it's something I like.
Smoke: no
Do Drugs: no
Exercise: I really want to get back into it, but I walk everywhere.
Have a go-to comfort food: Noodles
Have a nervous habit: Lip biting, nail biting and messing with my hair.

What is your favorite…?

Physical quality (in yourself): eyes if I had to choose something.
In Others: Eyes and smile
Mental/emotional quality (in yourself): Empathy and level headedness.
Food: Noodles or sushi
Drink: Tea
Animal: Fox
Colours: Black, pink, red and blue
Artist/Band/Group: Lots of Post rock but still have a huge amount of love for Feeder.
Author/Poet: Too many. Still love Brian Jacques Redwall series. I Like the poems by Robert Frost and Wilfred Owen.
Actor/Actress: Dame Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
Blogger: No idea.

If so Redbubble has 15% off for it's US customers by using the code APPLY15 it runs out on the 14th!

Here's my RB shop http://www.redbubble.com/people/alopex/shop

Just so people know, I post elsewhere too! It's always good to have your eggs in more than one basket!

find me on weasyl and tumblr. My tumblr is mostly personal stuff though but I might change that.

https://www.weasyl.com/~foxxieangel

http://alopex.tumblr.com/

Just to remind you guys my $25 wing it's are still open. Here are some exmples

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14969599/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14430010/

SFW only for the moment and payment is paypal only

I'm open for 4 Wing its of this quality:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13571853/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14430010/

$25, SFW ONLY! PAYPAL ONLY! Comment here or note me

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This is a weird request. I'm looking for two frozen dolls, this and this I'm willing to trade them for a SFW wing it at the same quality as this

I'll be quite honest here, I do not have enough money right now for Christmas. We've just enough money to cover food for the week after everything for bills\rent has been taken. I'm having a shit year all round but would very much like to actually see my daughter get something she wants for Christmas. I've found dolls on Ebay but they're all cheap copies. I did buy one but it is badly made and has a lot of sharp bits on it. Not something I want to give to a 5 year old.

I'm hoping someone who lives near a Disney store can buy it/post it to me as a gift as the last time I got something delivered directly from there I was hit with huge import fees (for what I don't know)

Name: Roisin.
Nickname: On here Foxxie (although I don't like that name any more) but in other circles it's changed to Alopex or Alopexdog.
Location: Ireland
Age: almost 30.
Height: 5'5"
Zodiac sign: Libra. Inanimate object FTW.
Any pets: 2 dogs, Aramis and Bella.
Fun fact: I play Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy battle.

Identity, Sexuality & Personality

Gender identity: Happy being physically Female. My head changes but it's mostly male (I've a billion internet quiz results to prove it lo.l)
Sexual orientation: Mainly straight if you go by my physical gender.
Romantic preference: See above.
"Kinsey Scale" score: 2 and 3. have taken this a few times.
Relationship status: Married for nearly 5 years.
Myers/Briggs type: INTJ

Routine

"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Night owl. I'd probably be nocturnal if I could be lol.
Bath or shower: Shower, Despise baths. Had the first bath in 10 years last week and hated it.
First thought in the morning: why is it morning? :( I need more sleep...
Last thought before falling asleep at night: Every possible bad thing ever.

School/Work

Do you work or are you a student: Work from home.
What do you do well: Remain calm in bad situations. It's rare that i react badly to anything unless I'm under extreme pressure or stress.

Habits (Do You...?)

Drink: Very rarely.
Smoke: No.
Do drugs: Do anti anxiety meds count?
Exercise: walk, cycle, taekwon-do It's been over a year since I've had a chance at the latter but hopefully soon.
Have a go-to comfort food: tea.
Have a nervous habit: biting my nails.


What is your favorite…?

Physical quality (in yourself): My eyes maybe? I don't know.
In Others: eyes again, you can tell a lot about someone from how they look at you.
Mental/emotional quality (in yourself): My abilty to remain calm in bad situations. I tend to unerve a lot of people which isn't so good. I'm not sure if this is bravery or just complete and utter apathy. I guess it depends on the situation.
Food: Kitsune Udon. Need to buy stuff when I'm back in Dublin.
Drink: Tea, alcoholic, I do like a good mojito or a good red wine depending on the situation.
Animal: dogs, foxes, wolves. I do like cats as well though and miss having one as a pet.
Artist/Band/Group: Post rock stuff mostly Mogwai/God is an astronaught/caspian/Sigur ros etc but I still hold feeder dear in my heart for many reasons
Author/Poet: Brian Jacques. Redwall means a hell of a lot to me. I was lucky to meet Brian Jacques and be the only person show up. Spent a good 2 hours talking about his books and his life. Poetry wise I've always liked Wilfred Owens. His poems moved me as a kid and still do.
TV Show: Battle Star Galactica, Game Of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, Lie to me. Also documentaries.
Actor/Actress: I don't really have any favourites.

The landlord for my new house has said I can bring my dogs with me. The lease was just a standard one and he'd forgot to remove the no pets part. This had been one of the major things depressing me but now that they can come with us I feel a whole lot better! My family won't be seperated.

I will start moving stuff up to the new house this weekend and up until the 14th of June. Then I'll be with my parents for the last few weeks of June till my daughter finishes school and it's up to the house

For the last while myself and my family have been in a bad predicament. I have posted over the years about my living conditions being less than desirable. I lived in a house that belonged to my inlaws. Some may remember me posting photographs from a particularly bad winter where I lost my water for close to a week and how part of the roof fell in.

We stayed here as we could not afford to rent in Dublin and definitely could not afford to buy. People on My live journal will have read more over the years about my situation. It turns out my Father In Law re mortgaged the house, spent the money badly and couldn't repay the debt so now the house has been taken off him. None of this was anything myself or my Husband knew about until we got a letter through the door from the receivers.

We need to be out by the 15th of June.

We have, as of today, managed to get rented property up near where my Husband works. About 50km (31 miles) away. It was some of the cheapest and we can only just afford it. We'll be living on soup for the year I fear but I am thankful we got it as there is a huge housing crisis in Ireland right now.

This will be much better than our current living arrangements too but I will need to stay in Dublin with family until the start of July as my daughter will finish school after the deadline. I also need to find someone who will let my dogs live with them for a year. I'm hoping some relatives in Wales can.

In this year we plan on trying to get to England. There is nothing in Ireland any more. My Husbands qualifications are not needed here. He is an art historian with experience in running major art galleries and in restoring old buildings. We'll be looking at jobs in the National Trust.

Once I have settled in my new accommodation I hope to become more active. I am currently mailing people I owe things to. I will probably disappear for a month or so in June/July due to moving.

I'm just hoping that our financial situation improves somewhat. We were barely surviving before we had to pay rent.

I'm offering some winter icons (see my own icon) I was originally going to do these for $15 but will stick to $10 for awhile. Full colour and a speed painted background which will look good shrunk down for the icon. I might try streaming during the week too. I only have a small amount of time in the morning right now but I really want to get into it.

full size example here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12186938

Payment is paypal only.

note if interested.

I will complete these quickly. Then resume my ashamedly old list.

Also does anyone here play stronghold kingdoms?

It's really easy to enter and the prize is $100.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5187055/

Thanks those who wished me a happy birthday last week. It cheered me up immensely. I'm trying hard to get back into drawing again. Now that my daughter is back in school it should be easier.

I have a few people I still owe stuff to and I'm going to update the journal footer to reflect that. In the meantime I am going to take on some $12 icons as that's the most I can do right now. I think in the future I'll try some YCH commissions.

Now excuse me while I go see if I can do something about my leaking roof. I am seriously thinking of apprenticing myself to a roofer. My daughters room just got drenched in rainwater :(

If you're in the US and have blood type A- or O- then  tyreenya needs your help. My cousin suffered from this so it really hits close to home.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4980046

Hello world!

I'm still alive sort of, I am trying to get back on track with art and what I owe. I've stuff to photograph and send to people which I was supposed to do weeks ago. I will be back on top of things this week. Life is an extraordinary rollercoaster sometimes.

I am going to start posting more to weasyl. I will be uploading my really old stuff from back in my side7 days too since it has a good storage system

https://www.weasyl.com/profile/foxxieangel

Winter is upon us so I am doing snowy icons once more :D
examples here:http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6942896 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6955053/


Please let me know what type of gloves you want. Mittens, normal or fingerless!

I'm still open for money box icons http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3602812/

I'm also still doing chibi commissions. More info on that here http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3879200/

As usual payment for these is paypal only!

I'm going to open up for a few wing its. Basically you give me the character and give me a rating/theme and I give back a finished product. Single characters for the moment (unless you make me an offer I can't refuse lol..) with a few props and simplistic background. Payment is PAYPAL ONLY I'll try have a proper example for Monday but the closest examples I have are these :

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7216135/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7313907/

These will have better backgrounds and colouring more closer to my more recent stuff.

I am willing to do X-rated stuff, This will be the last time I'll do anything NSFW for awhile.

If your interested, note me.

I'm also still open for $10 chibis here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3879200/