Hello!

A couple things. I wanted everyone to know that I finally got me a dedicated art account. It's on twitter, but it's separate from my main account. I know there's several people who want to keep up with my art but aren't interested in seeing all my personal twitter posts in-between the art uploads. I'll continue to upload art to my main twitter account as I have been doing, but this new account will retweet anything that I draw so it will serve as an archive for every drawing I post. You can follow it here: https://twitter.com/ZestDraws ! And of course, if you want to follow me in all my unfiltered glory, you're welcome to give a follow over at my main account too.

Lastly, commissions are open! You can read the twitter thread here for details on this batch: https://twitter.com/ZestieHorsie/st.....09499375857664

If you're interested, please read it all! I'll close applications tomorrow around 2-3pm eastern time.

I've accepted all the commissions I feel like I can handle for the time being. Thank you for everyone who showed interest! Sorry if you didn't get in this time though.

Thanks everyone who applied! I've accepted 5 applicants tonight and sent out emails and invoices to them. I'm running out of steam for the night though, so the rest will have to wait until tomorrow. My goal is to accept 10.

Thanks again!

I'm accepting applications for commissions! Applications close in 24 hours (8pm central time on the 11th)

Details here! https://goo.gl/is8x5K

So and I are doing a weight gain drive fundraiser thing together to help raise money for moving in together. I'm moving from the United States to Canada to be with her so expenses are pretty high. Every bit of help is super appreciated!!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22511569/

Once before I used an app called secretskunk to automate uploading a bunch of art, but it doesnt seem to work with the incorporation of captcha security now. Wondering if anyone might know a solution? Otherwise, guess I'll just have to do it the old fashioned way.

I might be comin back here. convinced meeee. Gonna try and get stuff uploading here if I can get this batch uploader thing working

Hey so I put together a waiting list thing with google forms to help me keep track of who wants a commission. I still focus on my presence at Twitter (@zestiehorsie if you'd like to follow) but for those who are here and NOT there, and would still like to commission me, this is your opportunity.

http://goo.gl/forms/NUvVqkclVJ

Just fill it out, under contact information make sure your specify you're giving me your FA username otherwise I'll assume it's a twitter handle.

And just to be clear, it's not a contract or anything, nor is it a guaranteed slot. What it is is a reminder for me to poke the people who sign up, in the order that forms have been submitted, when I'm ready to open up a slot. If you decide you dont want a commission anymore when I get to you, then no worries! I'll go on to the next fellow on the list.

Anyways, here's the link to the form again: http://goo.gl/forms/NUvVqkclVJ

Have a pleasant day!!

Uploading to FA is a huge chore. And as much as I told myself I'd get active here, I'm just really not feeling it. I'll probably continue to occasionally upload a bunch of work in batches but, eh..

I know it'd probably be best for business and reputation to be active here, I know I'd certainly be able to gain more of a following by doing so, but, it's just, FA is like I said, a chore. I made a weasyl account a while back and it's also getting the same treatment, It's a paaainnnnnnn.

[shrugs loudly]

please if you're interested at all in following me and/or my art, or think you'd ever like to commission me, check out my twitter! https://twitter.com/ZestieHorsie

Again, I'll probably, like, stop by and batch upload a bunch of stuff just to maintain a presence but, yeah, twitter. I'm there daily.

https://twitter.com/ZestieHorsie
https://twitter.com/ZestieHorsie
https://twitter.com/ZestieHorsie

Gave my profile page a slight revamp. Fixed some broken/outdated links.

And feel free to follow my twitter! It's where I'm most active and definitely the best place to reach me!

Long time no see huh? It's been like half a year I think.

I've been pretty bad and fell off the face of furaffinity without warning really. I'm going to TRY and get things up and running here again.

I also owe a couple people art and I feel really badly about that. What I feel worse about is that I've let the people on FurAffinity slip my mind and I've drawn things for people elsewhere. So for those who are affected, I'm really, really sorry.

-What I'd like to do is take care of standing debts and make things right, be it by drawing or giving refunds.

-If you were in a queue and you didn't pay me yet, I'm sorry but the queue is cleared. It's just easier that way. And if you still want something, well, I'm hopefully gonna be back in business soon enough! Everyone will get a chance.

Again, I'm really sorry. A WHOLE LOT has happened since my disappearance. Great things! Awful things. But I'm really hoping to get going here again. (for realsies this time)

Please! If I owe you something, get in touch!

p.s. a HUUUUGE FLUFFY THANK YOU for your patience!

Hey friends <3

Things have been kind of rough lately, hence my absence, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things again! I wish these ruts wouldn't happen so often.

Anyways. I feel awful that my turnover for finishing commissions is so slow. I think when I re-open commissions, (after finishing the ones I currently owe, of course) I'm going to keep it down to fewer slots. That way instead of getting a long queue and waiting forever, I can take commissions on as a more steady trickle.. rather than like.. a dam breaking.

At least until my own, like, well being becomes consistently better, I'm probably going to try this new idea.

Good news is, you wont wait as long after commissioning me to get your product. Bad news, I guess, is you may have to wait longer TO commission me. Anyways. We'll see how it goes when I get there.

Hope y'all are well!

and back to work!

The past couple weeks have been a blast, now it's back to the normal routine. Looking forward to getting back into drawing and being able to interact with all of you again!

I've still got a small handful of commissions to finish up so I'm gonna do my best to get straight to that!

Also I saw while I was away I surpassed 1000 watchers! Thank you so much everyone! Never expected people would be this interested in my round animal people

so if you're gonna be there and you'd like to meet or even hang out, lemme know and we can plan!! ♥

Hi everyone! I'm on vacation, currently borrowing  pyrokai's computer to write this journal <3

Having a good time hanging out with these fellows, and definitely looking forward to FWA! After the con I'm flying back home from Atlanta and I'll be back to drawin and workin on them commissions!

Anyways, that's about it for now. Hope yer all doing well! See ya!

Check it out! Cool buddy of mine is doing some commissions, pretty great prices too! Just givin a lil bump ♥

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16138617/

I decided my old dA needs to kick the bucket, haven't used it actively for well over 2 years I think. But there's a points balance on the account and I guess it'd be a shame to just delete it. So if anybody wants some deviantart points, speak now.

there's 461 points, which I think translates into like, barely $5? or so? whatever lol

Hi everyone! I'm cramming to get ready for some traveling I've got going next week. Been pretty busy!! But a good, healthy busy.

Anyways, I wanted to promote some stuff I've got selling on ebay to help myself out financially.

http://www.ebay.com/usr/bkzest

Right now the things for sale are:

-Copy of Hyrule Warriors for the Wii U
-Copy of Assassins Creed: Unity for PS4
-Forza Motorsport 4 Collector's edition for Xbox 360
-And a Nook Glowlight!

If any of these are of interest to you, please do check it out! (or maybe tell your friends)

Also I thought I'd take an opportunity to put a plug in for my Twitter account. Currently it's the social media site I'm most active on. If you're interested in interacting with me or getting to know me a little better, that'd be the place to do it! Also I tend to post doodles and WIPs there that I don't post here! Anyways here's a link https://twitter.com/PinkPuppin

That about wraps things up. I'm going to push to get as many commissions done as I can before I leave next week! So be expecting some more activity here from me <3

Hope you're all doing well!

yea

Before anyone panics I'm not stopping all activity here. But I am going to start uploading some of my stuff over there. (I made the account months ago but never followed through)

And I wanted to take this opportunity to promote my page, https://www.weasyl.com/~fruitsloops , and also ask for folks to link me to their weasyl account if they have one! (If we're in a mutual follow I wanna add you as my friend)

-Edit: chopped the price of the avatar commission!-

There's some pricing/policy revisions though. [everyone reading this audibly winces] Nothing too bad though!

TOS:
+I reserve the right to not accept a commission for any reason (e.g. subject matter makes me uncomfortable or I don't feel I can perform satisfactorily)
+On that note, I'm not taking commissions for explicitly sexual acts at this time.
+A reference sheet or reference images are required (unless you're commissioning me for a reference sheet!)
+Payment will be taken before I start on the commission via PayPal, although I am flexible and willing to accommodate if need be
+If requested, I can provide a sketch for approval before continuing on with the project.
+The web-sized image will be uploaded, if requested I can privately send you the full resolution product as well.
+you are free to re-upload your commission so long as credit is given and you are not making any sort of profit through it

Okay so time for prices and slots! I'm gonna try to keep this simple!

Fully Colored Character Illustrations:
-examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15889283/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14923577/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14683635/
-$40. $15 per extra character. Possibly additional charges for particularly complex designs or requests.

Portrait Avatars
-examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14258943/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14279477/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13915136/
-$20 $10

I will be taking five slots of the full illustrations and two avatars! For now, at least!

Full Color Illustrations:

1.  thatbritishdeer (info received, paid, cleanup in progress)

2.  maxcooldown (info received)

3.  DemolitionMan (info received, paid)

4.  Squander (info received)

5.  nidogatr (info received)

Avatars:

1.  CamouflageSheep (info received, paid!)

2.

Just go ahead and comment on this journal for a slot!

I'm almost caught up with those overdue commissions! I think I've just got one left to go and then I can open up again!

And speaking of which, I'm going to be trying to raise some funds for me to travel to see some friends, (  pyrokai  nargleflex ), and then road trip with them to FWA.

Just bumping that sad journal down

If you havent noticed ive been uploading the assortment of little doodles ive made during my time away, most of which went to scraps. Also started getting to work on those dang commissions I owe!

um

in other news..?

today im making pot roast u3u

ive got my own recipe . im very very proud of it and I wish I could share it with all of you.

What are you having for dinner? .w.

Hi folks! It's been quite a while. I know you're probably sick of hearing this by now but life hasn't been giving me any breaks. Let's see.

I moved to Iowa
Got a job
adopted a pet
Broke up out of an extremely toxic relationship
parents nearly divorced
family member attempted suicide (still with us, thank god)
lost my job because the amount of family drama I had to deal with was making me unreliable

All over the span of a couple months ;3;

Anyways I didn't make this journal to tell a sob story. I wanted to let you know that I've actually been taking baby steps to get back into drawing over the last week and I think I'm ready to tackle commissions again. (And I certainly need to because of the whole job situation)

And on that note, I wanted to make an offer to refund payments for the few long overdue commissions Ive got from way back. I feel awful about those and I think it's only fair that I offer to return your funds. So if I owe you a drawing, send me a note and we can work something out. <3

Other than all that hullabaloo, things are beginning to look up for me I think. Yknow, that one saying about something like "when you're at your lowest, the only way you can go is up"

It's good to be writing a journal here again, I've missed you guys a lot! I really really hope I'll be seeing more of yall here soon <3

Heyyy, I'm alive! Things have been pretty busy lately. I recently moved and only just yesterday did I finally get internet installed at my new place!

I know I owe some drawings to several people. Please, if you see this and I owe you, leave me a comment to refresh my memory! I wanna get back in business ASAP <3