Hey so I've fallen ill more times than I'd like this month (long-term breathing problems, complications from long-covid) and I'd really like to make rent, you know?

So if ya'll could help me out here and commission me or throw a little something my way just because you care, I'd appreciate it!

Commission Prices ($US):

Cute Dragon Portraits - $25 each

Small Dragon Head Icons - $15 each

Tiny Full Dragon Icons - $8 each

This Skvader Adoptable is still on sale - $30

Floaty Portraits with Background Bits - $40 each

Please PM me with what you're interested in so we can discuss details first! Better to discuss specifics and how long it will take me to finish your commission.

For anyone that just wants to help, PayPal is jander734@yahoo.com

^{Quick personal update - [Medical] - Got my tonsils out earlier this year and I also caught covid, then I had more surgery very recently, but it's over now! All good! I feel like my health is going in the right direction. This year has been a busy one for me, but I am still hopeful.}

I am still undecided on my commission pricing, BUT, I'm willing to try something a little different out! Salty's decided to start posting adoptable sales here and there, but with a consistent theme!

Whereas some people have unicorns or dragons as their go-to animal of whimsy and fantasy, something that inspires imagination for them or gives them a sense of calm, I have skvader. What are skvader you ask? Well, LINK! I feel like it's a fairly obscure animal, and I'm hoping to put it into the light by making skvader character adoptables!

I really debated with myself about using the skvader as a base type for a 'closed species' kind of thing, but I realize in doing that I stifle creativity that way, and my goal really is to just see skvader get a little more furry community attention.

I do have some personal lore on the anthro skvader I create. Whether you follow it is up to you, but it's just innocent fun for me:

--A skvader is born to two rabbit parents spontaneously among a regular litter. They are born of an excess of pure joy and their coats/colors are representative of the little enjoyable things their parents partake on a day to day basis. Skvader don't typically inherit the coats of their parents unless the parents' daily joys are profoundly and predominantly about each other. Skvader colors reflect drinks or desserts, other animals, an explosion of color representing an emotion, a flag, a flower, a video game, etc. The possibilities are endless. Whatever brought the parents joy!

--A skvader is rabbit or hare from the waist up, bird (usually grouse) from the belly down, with wings that can be either vestigial or flight-capable. They have five fingers on each hand, and three toes on each foot. They lack hind toes and fighting spurs, as skvader are born from excess joy, they do not fight. Being clever, bright creatures they learn how to disarm, but they strongly oppose aggressive fighting! A skvader born from the love of a good spar, however, is a little different. Skvader occasionally have feather tufts on the ends of their long ears.

--Skvader do not breed true, even skvader X skvader will just breed more rabbits unless the parents are deeply content and have something to share with the world. The skvader is a spontaneous being, a sudden explosion of happiness manifested randomly by the powers that be, you cannot predict a skvader baby!

--Skvader can be as medieval or as modern as you want them to be!

Feel free to question me if you want more thoughts on anthro skvader. I still have a few. :> This is just a small passion-project for me to keep the creative juices flowing, me sharing with everyone else something that gives ME joy.

Posting my first skvader adoptable sale shortly!

Hey!~

Sorry it's been a minute, I've been really busy recovering from covid. I'm fine now mostly, it took me a while to get my energy back, but I do have a lingering cough that interrupts my speaking pretty often. I'm hoping it goes away, because when I do get into a coughing fit it burns like crazy. Tbh, when practicing voices and long speeches for my DMing while my husband is away at work, it's disheartening coughing through it.

But I'm alive! So that's something.

I do look forward to getting back into my art groove, though I have returned to my full-time retail job. My goal is to eventually not be doing that, I still haven't lost sight of it. I'm determined not to.

I recovered from surgery and got smacked by covid despite my attempts to be safe. Mask wearing, all the time washing, got my first vaccine shot, I feel betrayed.
My husband is covid positive, and I’m deep into the symptoms. He started out with a hard cough but we’re going into the fifth day with him having more mild symptoms. With me I’ve got this dry, fiery cough that feels like I’m pushing my heart out of my mouth, it’s exhausting.

I keep thinking about how we can’t afford to be hospitalized, how our cats need our direct care constantly. I’m scared and tired.

I've decided not to make separate galleries when I post the NSFW stuff, I mean, there's filters. It'll be all good.
I've had some very helpful but very painful surgery done so it's put me behind a bit, but I'll get back on track once I'm healed.
Still feeling confident, and I'd be happier if my post-surgery didn't hurt so much, but that too shall pass.

TW: Medical --

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TLDR; really big tonsils obstructing sleep and pre-cancerous. Them gone now. Healing time much longer than I expected. If it's ever recommended to you to get them out when you're younger, just do that. This is big yikes.

It's nice feeling productive, getting things done, and staying focused. Sure, the country's events have been terrible, but then there's my everyday life and what needs doing. Won't be too long now -- I'll be opening for commissions very soon.

I'll be starting with rated E commissions and will be working towards NSFW--though I may make a separate gallery for that, which I'll link back to.

Hello everyone!

I was once on another account, and I'm now in the process of moving into this new one, here. Too many bad memories attached to the old one, old soured friendships, and a name/brand I no longer associate myself with. I'm looking forward to a new year and a new me. As silly as 'looking forward to a new me' sounds -- and roll your eyes, I don't blame you -- I really am. I've had surgery to improve my health in the past two/three years, and more recently I'm focusing on my mental stability and wellness.

You know what my mental wellness includes? Furries.

"But Salt, noooo. What about all the dramaaaa?"

I'm sure drama will find me eventually. I've never really gotten into too much of it, more viewing it from afar in the past. I'm really not into being a furry for all that nonsense, I'm just here because of the warmth and togetherness being in this fandom brings. In the past, furries donating toward my physical health were directly responsible for my recovery, and to this day I'm still blown away by it. I am present in other fandoms sure, but I've never been hit by that sense of 'you belong here, you are loved' quite as hard as being a furry did. We're the weirdest herd, and I'm going to add art into the community where I can. You gonna catch these crayons!

This is a hard restart for me, this is me JUMPING into furrydom where before, I never got into the pool on my own. No more shallow end toe-dipping. I want to live, and to me, living is character art. Living is an anthro fox's toothy smile and little kitty toe beans. Living is the majesty of a dragon's wingspan and someone having the skill to catch the sunlight through it. Living is losing my absolute shit at the Orangina furry commercials. Living is reminiscing on a childhood not for its dark moments, but for the imagination Beatrix Potter's stories brought me, or for Jurassic Park distracting me during my parents divorce. Animal characters have always kept me going, so...here's me, running headlong into animal characters. For those of you who may have followed me before in my early-fur days years ago where I identified myself with a squirrel hybrid, I appreciate you finding me again. I've shed that character and that time in my life. Let's say I've molted, and I'm feeling good.
I will admit, I think the medication I'm on is responsible for my improving attitude and memory -- I've lost a lot of time to clinical depression and bipolar, I'll be transparent about that. I don't ever want to fall into that again. I'm very lucky to have a husband that supports me so I can become the person I once lost, and I'm lucky to be a part of a community to 'check into' that brightens my day regularly with their own creations. My imagination is a part of me, well fed by furries.

I'm going to be opening up commissions soon, I am also considering trades, it's still on the table. My goal is to work towards being a full-time furry artist.

I will be migrating some old art from my previous account, select ones I'm still fond of. My Watchlist needed some heavy tailoring, and this restart helps me re-organize. There will be more to come.

I'm Salt, but Impe is fine, and it's nice to meet you again.