omg guys I have so much art to upload from the last few years. Yikes. Important updates, though:

Streaming: I'm doing a Campfire Stream every other Saturday evening on Twitch! 8pm Central for 2-3 hours where I pick a prompt, and we all draw. Though, mostly, it's folks telling me what to draw the whole time. Please join! It's so much fun. :) https://www.twitch.tv/gabapple

Stickers: I've opened an Etsy store to sell my homemade stickers. There'll be a new drop every month and 99% of it is cute animals. https://www.etsy.com/shop/gabapple

THANKS!

I added another streaming day for your viewing pleasure. :)

Monday, 6-9pm EST: Let's Play video games
- I'll try to play a game, even though I'm really not good at it. Expect a lot of screaming and crying.

Wednesday, 6-8pm EST: Web comic work
- Strips, assets, etc... the new Dangerous Cute and more!

Saturday, 8-11pm EST: Campfire Stream
- I pick a prompt and we all draw/write/photograph/create together! Send me what you did and I'll show it off on stream for everyone to see. I also take (simple) requests from chatters. :)

Follow me here for updates: https://www.twitch.tv/gabapple

Hey!

I'm opening a limited number of DIGITAL commission slots (3) to the public, to be completed by the end of November. Here is what I'm offering:

Pet Portraits: $50 ($25/per extra pet)
Character Busts: $50

Examples of these can be found here: https://twitter.com/gabapple/status.....69515068346368
DM me to grab a slot, payment will be due up front.

Additional details:

- No NSFW
- Simple backgrounds only.
- You choose the style: painterly, toony, or mix!

Please be prepared to provide reference photos and any important details (eye and hair color, notable markings).

Thank you!

https://www.twitch.tv/gabapple

Tonight's theme is "BEARS" :)

I'm hosting another #CampfireGab tonight; come join me on twitch and draw along! http://twitch.tv/gabapple

Hey guys! I have more time so I'm getting back into drawing the cute critters. I just set up a schedule for streaming art on twitch: 6-8pm EST on Wednesdays, 7-11pm EST on Saturdays. I'll do more ad hoc as needed.

Please follow to be reminded/alerted for streams so that I don't clutter up your journals! :)

http://twitch.tv/gabapple

THANKS!

Gonna be streaming some spooky doodles -- and taking requests! Tips welcome and appreciated, but not required. :)

(I’m short on November’s rent since they’re raising it... again...)

https://www.twitch.tv/gabapple

The last time I updated my journal here was four years ago. Work has been INSANELY busy. Good, but busy. I'm about finished with a few huge projects and I'm going to be moving (again/finally) toward the end of the year, which is nothing but a good thing. I can't wait to draw more and post more and be HERE more. I've missed you all so much. I have a lot of art to post. Thank you for not forgetting about me. Or, if you have, I hope you're excited to see what I've been doing the past several years. :) heyo!

Hey everyone!

Sorry I've been so quiet. A LOT has been going on in life, and most of it has been Not Fun™. But, things are finally looking up, and I'll be more active here/there/everywhere soon. I currently have no cons scheduled, commissions are closed (and I have a backlog to finish), but the comic will is back on schedule. I'm hoping 2017 will see us back in the convention circuit, which means stalking con reg this summer. Fingers crossed that we can hit FC, Rainfurrest, BLFC, something on the east coast (not sure what), and if we're VERY lucky-- Confuzzled. Not sure. But we'll work on that. I miss it. I miss YOU guys.

This year is all about getting things in order now that Aaron and I both have jobs again- good jobs! -upgrading equipment, paying things off, repairing credit, etc. Maybe getting a car, since ours was repossessed this last summer (yeah it was a FUN year lemme tell ya). I'm also finally going to get the medical care that I've needed for a while, which will allow me to be at my desk without so much pain. That means MORE art and MORE writing. Yay!

Anyway, just know that I'm not dead. In fact, I'm posting really crappy sketches on my tumblr quite often, which you can see here: http://gabapple.tumblr.com/

I say crappy because I draw doodles while at work and take photos with my cell phone (that has had no service for months) in poor lighting. But there are occasionally fun things, so go watch me if you're of a tumblring sort!

THANK YOU for your patience and continued support. You're all the best! <3

http://original.livestream.com/gabapple !!!

12-3pm Mountain: Let's Write!
I'm going to start from scratch on the bonus story for the first Dangerous Cute book... and I want you to contribute!

4-7pm: Doodle Requests
5-10 minute doodles for anyone in the stream! More info coming soon -- different location and a special surprise!

https://www.picarto.tv/live/channel.....watch=gabapple
THIS IS THE ADDRESS FOR THIS STRETCH! Yes, it will redirect you somewhere, but that's part of the surprise~~

8-11pm: Campfire
I have a prompt and we're ALL going to draw! It'll be a fun night of show-and-tell!


All donations go toward helping me get moved this week! My paypal address is gabapple[at]gmail.com -- Thank you for your support!

I just made a huge post on my tumblr blog about commissions, since I owe people art AND an explanation. Please see here for more details: http://gabapple.tumblr.com/post/119.....re-commissions

TL;DR - I'm no longer taking personal commissions. I will, however, finish what I owe. Please help me make a new and up-to-date list so that I can keep better track and get everyone taken care of.

Thank you <3

I have been missing for a few months. Not literally, but like, disappeared doing a million things and going through some stuff. But I'm doing my best to get back into the swing of things, so thanks for being patient while I'm figuring everything out. I owe a bunch of people emails and notes and commission updates and con posts and... aaaahhhh! I swear I am chipping away at it every day.

UHM... will have a con schedule for 2014 up soon...

And I do have a weasyl account, username 'gab' - https://www.weasyl.com/~gab

Missed you all re: FC. I really hope we get to go in 2015! Things have just been totally crazy. Layoffs and our house was broken into and we were ROBBED and then like I got sick and missed a bunch of work and fallouts with close friends/family and... ick.

ICK.

But I am still here. Alive and stubborn. Thanks to those who went looking for me when I was missing too long. It means the world. <3

Heyo everyone!
I know I'm supposed to be doing these every month, but I have been crazy busy and crazy behind as many of you know! So I'm doing one this Saturday, mostly 'cause wow I don't even have money to buy gas for the car and payday's not until Thursday... which is, uhm, a problem! YEAH. So after going to the post office to mail a crapton of stuff that I owe people (and sending updates to everyone else), I'mma do a LIVESTREAM ICON DAY! WOO!

Here are the details:

Portrait Icons - $15 (full-color, 400x400) -- done on LiveStream July 27th! -- Examples: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
BONUS: Add $5, get a 2 1/4" button in the mail made from the artwork!!!
1) bear (confirmed!)
2) magicbulletgirl (confirmed! + button upgrade)
3)  skylerbunny (confirmed! + button upgrade)
4) carpetcrawler (confirmed!)
5)  spykes_ironside (confirmed! + button upgrade)
6) ravivkit (reserved)
7) pinkpearl (reserved)
8) starrylites (reserved)
9)  nidonocu (confirmed!)

To get a slot, email/note/comment/tweet/IM me, and I'll put your name down as reserved. At that point, you can paypal me the funds - gabapple[at]gmail.com - and I'll mark you as confirmed! Then I'll ask you to email me with the description and any reference pics that you have. :) Ta da!

OKAY SO... there are three weeks until Confuzzled, and I've been repeatedly asked to do some of these for it. Since I still have a couple of remaining FC things to take care of and my panel to finish preparing for, I'm opening up 10 slots and 10 slots ONLY.. I will have them all shiny pretty prepared and laminated for you at the con. :)


That said, I'll take more of these probably... mid June/early July, so if you don't need it ASAP and won't be at Confuzzled, I might recommend waiting.

What I won't draw: Excessive violence/gore/etc and things over PG-13 rating. Sorry! Gotta keep it clean for the kiddies. :) Cute and cuddly is what I'm best at.

Details:

Clingy Badges - (digital or traditional, fully-colored, comes laminated with lanyard and badge holder) -- Examples: (1) (2) (3) (4)
1)  albus (confirmed!)
2)  thelupineone (confirmed!)
3) Anonymous (confirmed!)
4) Anonymous (confirmed!)
5) Bungle (via Nidonocu) (confirmed!)
6)  azimuth (confirmed!)
7)  azimuth (gift for someone else) (confirmed!)
8)  nidonocu (gift for someone else) (confirmed!)
9)  lightsguydave (confirmed!)
10)  neithie (confirmed!)

To get a slot, email/note/comment/tweet/IM me, and I'll put your name down as reserved. At that point, you can paypal me the funds - gabapple[at]gmail.com - and I'll mark you as confirmed! Then I'll ask you to email me with the description and any reference pics that you have. :) Ta da!

Oh.

And please note that I will not be bringing my laminator or most of my supplies to CFZ. :) I'm hoping to be able to do card commissions (like these: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10554195/) while there, but otherwise I will be limited to art cards and sketchbooks.

Hey everyone!

Thanks for all of the notes and interest lately in the clingy badges etc for pickup at Confuzzled! I haven't announced slots yet because i need to make sure that I get my con work for CFZ done (you know, being the GoH and all) in time, and get caught up on my backlog of commissions, before I take on any more.

I HOPE to make an announcement for slots in a week or two... but really, it comes down to figuring out how much time I'm going to have. I don't wanna make anyone mad at me. :D

Thanks for your patience!!! <3
-Gab

HEY

Who all is at FC? Are you guys gonna come visit me in the dealer's room? Table #37! Come say hi hi hi :D

The current plan is to go, so hopefully it will work out. I'll update here if we just can't do it financially! Fingers crossed...

Staying at:
The Hilton section of the con hotel. :I

Arrival and Departure:
Getting there late Thursday, leaving on Sunday night unless our financial situation changes.

Mode of transportation:
Driving!

Rooming with:
My cute hubby  fault

Who will I likely see you with?
Fault! And probably Nall! I will wander around in the evenings seeking out my friends.

Con Plans:
Working in the dealer's room. OMG! I also plan on hanging out in the artist's lounge in the evening, assuming I don't have too much work to do.

How can I find you?
I'll have a table! #37

Do you do free art?
Not really, no.

Do you have prints/Cds?
I will have prints, yes!

Will you be fursuiting? if so: What suit(s)?
Sorries, nope!

Will you be going to parties?
There are parties at FC?

Will you be performing?
Nope.

Smoke?
Nope.

Drink?
Naw.

Gender?
Female

Can I hug you?
Plz ask first, but generally yes!

Can I talk to you?
Yeah!

Will you be at any panels?
I dunno yet.

Can I touch you?
Uhm.

Can I buy you drinks?
Hmmmmmm.

How old are you?
27

Can I snuggle with you?
Probably not. :)

If you're pissed off, should I approach you?
Yeah probably not. I don't forsee me being upset or anything, but...

Are you nice?
Yeah!

Single or Taken?
Taken. :)

Cliquey?
I wanna make friends! And see my friends!

How tall?
5'6"

Can I Take pictures of you?
I dunno why you'd WANT to....

Will you get anything commissioned?
Probs!

How can I get your attention?
"Gab!" "Gabapple!" "Melissa!"

Can I ask you to dance at the raves?
I usually peek into a rave once, but then run away. o_o

Hey everyone! I haven't been taking commissions lately because my plate has been uber full with the cons and whatever. But I'm going to be getting a large chunk done in the next week, and will finally be offering some slots for the month of December.

What I will draw: Anthros, non-anthros, humans, etc. etc. etc. I'm not that good with mechanical things like cars or guns, but I'm willing to try! I specialize in cute and cuddly. Ponies, pokemon, and puppies are majorly fun for me! Oh, and giraffes.

What I won't draw: Excessive violence/gore/etc and things over PG-13 rating. Sorry! Gotta keep it clean for the kiddies. :)

This is what I'm offering:

Clingy Badges - $35 (digital or traditional, fully-colored, comes laminated with lanyard and badge holder) -- Examples: (1) (2) (3) (4)
1)  Rufellen (confirmed!)
2)  delphbunny (confirmed!)
3)  Traxer (confirmed!)
4)  nimblesquirrel (confirmed!)
5)

Portrait Icons - $15 (full-color, 400x400) -- done on LiveStream December 8th/9th! -- Examples: (1) (2) (3) (4)
BONUS: Add $5, get a 2 1/4" button in the mail made from the artwork!!!
1) carpetcrawler (confirmed!)
2) pinkpearl (reserved)
3)  anyahatesbunnies (confirmed!)
4) starrylites (confirmed!)
5) starrylites (confirmed!)
6) ravivkit (reserved)
7)  SwordFox (rconfirmed!)
8)  sintaux (confirmed!)

To get a slot, email/note/comment/tweet/IM me, and I'll put your name down as reserved. At that point, you can paypal me the funds - gabapple[at]gmail.com - and I'll mark you as confirmed! Then I'll ask you to email me with the description and any reference pics that you have. :) Ta da!

Going to FurCon? I can get stuff mailed to you or, hey, you can pick it up at my table. Just let me know and we'll work it out. :)
V
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Currently working on: Chaz, Boops, and Starblade!

Okay, so I'm back from my first selling-at-a-table con, and I'm happy to report that it was AWESOME. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hi and buy things - it was wonderful to meet all of you! I don't know that I've ever had so much fun at a con before. :)

The next one coming up is Anime Vegas in November, so let me know if you're coming... and then come say hi to me!

http://www.livestream.com/gabapple

--- DONE! ---

Oh yes, and before I forget to post about it again, I WILL be at Confuzzled 2013... as a Guest of Honor! er... Honour!

How did this happen? To be honest, I'm not quite sure! But I am very, very excited to attend. We're still discussing details, but it's likely that I will have a table and be doing some panels on drawing etc. So if you have the chance to go, please do and say hi!

Registration is now open -- go here for more info! http://www.confuzzled.org.uk/

After months and months of saying I was going to get this done, my new portfolio website is FINALLY finished and online! Check it out! 8D

http://www.gabapple.com/ !!!

I'll probably be rewriting bits of the bio here and there, and changing out portfolio pieces as clients approve recent designs. But I like it SO much better than my old site... sooo much better. :)

Now streaming! Visit http://www.livestream.com/gabapple to hang out with me while I paint tonight's comic - it's the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION. :D

Guys I almost have 1,500 followers. IS AMAZING. <3 I will have to do a kiriban.*

Also. More art coming very soon. I've been working on those commissions and a bunch of other stuff as well. Always drawing! FOREVER.

And it looks like I will have a table in the art room at Anime Vegas this year. Gonna try to get one at Anime Banzai and FURCON as well. :D Woot.



*kiriban from me is a small digital sketch! <3



PS. Wait can you even do a kiriban with watchers or is that just page views? Maybe I should do a 20,500 pageview one and a thank you pic for 1,500 watchers. o_o

Hey all!

Moving is expensive, and we're currently paying for both places ATM so money is tight. Thus, more commission slots. All of these (except where noted on the icons) will be completed within 1 month unless something crazy happens. If you want a slot, please paypal gab@monsterinkstudios.com, then comment here, note me, tweet @gabapple, or email me.

What I will draw: Anthros, non-anthros, humans, etc. etc. etc. I'm not that good with mechanical things like cars or guns, but I'm willing to try! I specialize in cute and cuddly. Ponies, pokemon, and puppies are majorly fun for me!

What I won't draw: Excessive violence/gore/etc and things over PG-13 rating. Sorry! Gotta keep it clean for the kiddies. :)

Here's what I've got:

Normal Commissions - $60 (1 character, full-color, very simple background or transparent) -- Examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7417812/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6915162/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4176180/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2845901/

Sketchy Commissions - $45 (1 character, sketchy, colored) -- Examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7566524/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6740331/

Clingy Badges - $35 (digital or traditional, fully-colored, comes laminated with lanyard and badge holder) -- Examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7371615/

1) (normal)
2) cloverkite (etc)
3) (clingy badge)
4) bladeron (normal)
5) (clingy badge)

Portrait Icons - $20 (full-color, 400x400) -- done on LiveStream March 31st/April 1st! -- Examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7492859 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7301025/
1) anyahatesbunnies
2) cloverkite
3) cloverkite
4) aoko1226
5)
6)