Just letting folks know that commissions are going to be closed for a little while.

I've got a lot of art on my plate at the moment so I need to finish up some of that before I'm able to take on any more.

If you're still looking for other ways you can help me out in reaching my moving goal you can check out the links below!

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Daz

REDBUBBLE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Dazadoop?asc=u

MOVING INFO: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/30148586/

idk if it's just mental illness acting up or what but the last few days have been absolute hell. I can't stop crying every couple of hours, I've barely eaten, I can barely sleep.

I miss my boyfriend... I don't think I've ever missed someone this much without them passing away

I'm working like crazy to try to save up enough to move but after five weeks it's starting to seriously take it's toll on my health. But I also can't bring myself to slow down because every moment I'm not working is that much longer until I'm not on the opposite side of the world from him.. I've been chipping away at commissions and patreon content pretty much anytime I'm home, minus time to like eat and sleep and such. And that's on top of my other job and school. Hell I've even been slacking on my homework this semester because if I'm not working on art my anxiety won't stop screaming at me.

And you know, if every one of my watchers on FA gave me like $2 I could move and be out of here by spring. Just on FA! That's not even counting deviant art and tumblr. God, I'd be able to move before my birthday and actually celebrate with him instead of spending it alone in my room working on art. You have no idea how bad I want that and what I would do to move that soon...

I've been selling anything and everything I can find in all the junk my aunt left me that has any semblance of value. (It's honestly stuff I wouldn't want anyway, what the hell am I going to do with fancy horse statues or giant stuffed millennium bears)

I've even gone so far as to try selling things like used socks and panties (No one has bought any, which sucks for my wallet and my self esteem!)

I don't know what else to do... At the rate I'm going it'll take me another 8 or 9 months to have enough and I can't take feeling like this for that long. I don't want to be sad anymore. I just want to get out of this shit town full of nothing but bad memories and be close to the person I love.

I'd do almost anything to make that happen at this point.. I'm seriously desperate to make this happen as quickly as possible

I'm sorry for this long winded rant. And if it didn't make any sense, it's hard to really type coherently when you're sobbing all over your keyboard. My emotions took a really bad turn after I saw the chocolates he bought me sitting on my nightstand and I couldn't stop crying and just needed to get this out and talk to someone, the void, idk...

So I'm thinking of opening up a redbubble shop. I have a lot of clip art pieces that I had intended on making into charms and stickers but never had the start up funds. And plenty of art I could turn into like prints and stuff.

Does anyone have experience selling art on there? Advice? Tips?

Boy I'm sure you guys are tired of hearing that huh...

Long story short, I'm sick! And I'm sure no one wants to listen to me cough and sniffle into a mic for like five hours.

Also, I'm sleep deprived and overworked from work, school, and commissions so my mental health has slipped so bad it's not even down a hill, it's basically in a canyon of constant crying and emotional breakdowns. Sometimes for a reason like being sad cause I'm beyond lonely and I miss my boyfriend and don't want to be far away from him anymore to no reason at all cause my brain hates me and is pretty much like "2pm huh? TIME TO CRY FOR AN HOUR!". So I also couldn't promise that I wouldn't have to cut the stream short anyway because I burst into tears and I highly doubt anyone wants to listen to a sick, sobbing girl trying to describe how she draws tits. It wouldn't be fun for anyone...

So I'm going to go and get a snack, make some tea, probably have a good cry, and maybe even nap and hopefully I'll be in a better place next weekend so that I can finally get this stream done and out of the way.

I'm REALLY sorry I have to reschedule this yet again. I would totally understand if a lot of you lost interest and if no one even showed up at all because I keep promising and things keep falling through. I really don't mean for this to keep happening and I would love it if things stopped happening already so I could get it done. Here's hoping I get a break from life next weekend...

https://www.patreon.com/Daz

Now that I finally have a mic set up worked out and I've got enough of a handle on my school schedule I can FINALLY schedule my tutorial stream!

The stream will be held on February 16th and will start at around 1pm mountain time!

During the stream I'll be drawing a picture, start to finish, while explaining my process as I go. I'll also be able to answer any questions you guys have about things I do that may not come up with the picture I'll be working on! So if you have a question about how I paint I can take a quick break from my main illustration to go in depth with that a bit, for instance.

The stream will also be public! This isn't a patreon only stream! Anyone can feel free to pop in once I start~

Once the stream is over I'll post a download link on patreon for the source file (Both a sai and psd version) for ANYONE to download!

THE NEXT REWARD GOAL
Now that the first reward goal has been reached we're less than half way towards me doing monthly request streams for patrons! Once a month I'll do a stream where I'll offer free 1 character colored sketches for patrons! Colored sketches means that I'll be able to get to as many people as possible during the stream! Now I obviously can't promise that I'll be able to get to everyone's requests during the stream but I WILL be trying to get to as many people as possible once this goal is reached.

So if monthly request streams is something you're interested head on over to my patreon! It only costs $1 a month!! Less than a candy bar!
https://www.patreon.com/Daz
https://www.patreon.com/Daz
https://www.patreon.com/Daz

I've wanted to do something like that for a while now but for some reason I've never actually done it.

So would anyone be interested if I started making speedpaint videos?

So now that the new semester is in full swing and I have a better grasp on what my schedule is I'm trying to figure out things I can offer on patreon to maybe give people more incentive to pledge that will also work with the limited time I have outside of school and work.

Right now I'm offering previously unposted sketches, WIPs, and source files for some select works of mine.

But I feel like if I had more to offer it may draw more people in.

SO what kinds of things would you guys like to see or think I should do? Maybe a monthly or bi weekly patreon only stream...?

I don't know, I'm open to any and all suggestions! Whatever helps me bring in some money so I can move!

BEAR WITH ME HERE

So... I'm trying to come up with ways to make money that don't involve more drawing. Cause I'm already backlogged to hell and back with commissions so I can't really afford to take on anymore till I at least finish most of what I owe.

But, like, I still need to earn some extra money, preferably before the summer.

My plans to move to Australia to be with my boyfriend have changed, but only in a way that might make the move happen sooner rather than later. It will also be a cheaper route.

So I'm going to do my best to save up at least $3500 to make this happen.

Which is where the journal title comes into play.

Like... How do people even get into selling that sort of thing...? Would I already have to draw foot fetish art for people to want that sort of thing? Or should I just post lewd pics on twitter until creeps slip into my dms? And what are some other things I could do that are still harmless but will maybe earn some cash, like panty selling or something.

I'm asking some honest to god questions here, I'm 100% serious

I hadn't planned on going totally radio silent for like a month but some things came up.

For the last few months my boyfriend and I had been planning a visit but it was very much up in the air on whether or not it would happen. Long story short, his family doesn't like us dating and didn't want him to come. So we had to plan our trip in secret and we didn't know whether or not he'd be coming until he was basically at the airport.

I didn't really talk about it or give a heads up because I knew there was a chance it wouldn't happen. And thankfully it did. He managed to get here so he could spend a month with me. Of course by the time he got here I was so swept up in being together again that I kind of forgot the outside world existed. I had a serious case of tunnel vision... But after months of stress, anxiety, worrying, and hoping I was definitely caught up in my emotions and wanted to just focus on him and us for the short time he was here.

Unfortunately that means my art has suffered a bit. I haven't drawn much of anything since he got here. It was very difficult to justify sitting and practically ignoring him for hours on end after he came halfway across the world to see me despite the risks and struggles it took to get here. So honestly drawing wasn't even on my radar. Just spending time with him and being thankful for what little time we had was my top priority.

Thank being said, he's gone home. His plane left at about 7am today. And although I'm devastated and heart broken I will try to get in some drawing here and there. Maybe it'll help distract me from how empty and quiet my room is now that he's not here... Because right now I can't seem to focus on anything else but how wrong it feels for him to not be here anymore. I keep expecting to see his bag and clothes pile at the foot of the bed or him snuggled under the blankets while he scrolls tumblr... So hopefully focusing on work a bit before school starts next week will keep me from being too upset about him leaving.

I'm also very sorry for not taking the time to let you all know what was going on. I just kind of lost track of time because I was so focused on the moment.

Wow, this feels surreal to type out... I haven't officially closed commissions in years.

But considering how much of a workload school has been I just don't have the time to keep taking on new commissions as often as I used to. I can barely keep up with the ones I do have...

So I'm gonna have to close commissions for a little bit.

That isn't to say you won't still be able to get art though! I do plan on doing a few bust streams between now and Christmas so raise holiday money! And I'll have some YCHs, hopefully, too. This are a bit easier for me to do and finish which is why these will still be available while standard commissions are close for a while.

I'm also still slowly but surely chipping away at the commissions that are already in my queue! I just ask for your continued patience while I try desperately to juggle commissions, homework, and work!

Okay so I'm not making any promises because it greatly depends on if I can get my headset mic working and how heavy my homework load is.

BUT I want to try to do a scary game stream sometime between now and Halloween.

I still have a TON of games that I had gotten for streams last year that I wasn't able to play so maybe I can try again this year. idk. Depends on how much homework I have. Because that has been eating up pretty much ALL of my time the last few weeks.

Some games I'm thinking of playing are:
Amnesia
Anna
Bioshock (Which isn't super scary but I love this game so)
The Cat Lady
Corpse Party
Costume Quest (Not scary but it IS about Halloween)
Darkwood
Deadly Premonition (Also not scary but it's got some supernatural themes)
Dread Out
Harvester
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Outlast
Pathologic
SOMA
and Through The Woods

So, like, feel free to let me know which of those you'd like to see me play most. Cause I have the ones I'm leaning more towards but I'd like to know what you guys think too!

Hey so I have to make a quick $100 so before I get desperate enough to sell nudes or something I'm doing a sketch bust stream!!

Come on by, get a sketch like the examples above, hang out, enjoy the tunes!!

https://picarto.tv/DazDraws

 patreon https://www.patreon.com/Daz

And that's cause I've gone back to school!

It's taken me a few years to be in a position where I could finally do this and start building a future for myself, but it's finally happened.

I'm still getting used to my schedule and trying to figure out how to balance class, homework, free time, and art but I'm starting to get the hang of it and hopefully I'll find my rhythm soon.

This means that commissions and personal works are going to take a little longer than usual. I'll still have monthly pinups done and ready on time though.

But I do apologize for any delays this has caused in regards to commissions. I wish there was more time in the day so I didn't have to choose between homework and art but sadly that isn't the case.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I AM working on commissions little by little though! And that I greatly appreciate the patience that you've given me <3

Well as the title says, my tablet is dead which means I can't draw until I get a new one.

I won't have the funds to get a new tablet until late next month (Which I had been planning on doing anyway), so unless I can pool together some emergency funds to get something super cheap in the meantime that means all of my art will be on hold until late September/early October.

I can probably find a small tablet for like $50 off of amazon or something, so it won't cost too much, it's just a lot more than I have right now thanks to a bunch of emergency life stuff that's come up recently.

If you'd like to donate to help me in buying something cheap to last until I can properly replace my tablet my paypal is itsuko103@gmail.com. I'd appreciate any and all the help I can get. I'd rather not have to put all of my art on hold until for a month or more if I can avoid it...

This also means that commission work is on hold, obviously. Which I hate to do again because I just recently got back from a short hiatus. So I am deeply sorry for the even longer wait on art.

I'm currently dealing with some personal things right now which is making it difficult to focus on commissions so things have been rather slow the last few days.

I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused, I'm just dealing with a lot right now...

I guess it's kind of late to post a notice for this but some personal things came up this morning and I'm just not the most emotionally stable right now, so I'm canceling this weekends stream. But they'll most likely resume next weekend.

I'll be holding my weekly sketch bust stream tomorrow at around 7pm mountain time!

Normally I do these on Friday but I have to be up super early tomorrow morning so I won't be able to stay up late tonight. But you'll still be able to come buy a sketch or even just hang out tomorrow evening!

I'm just over halfway to my goal of offering monthly request streams for my patrons!

Once I reach $100 a month on patreon I'll start doing streams once a month where I'll be doing FREE 1 character colored sketches for my patrons! I'm super excited about this! I miss being able to take requests!

https://www.patreon.com/Daz

Hey guess what I’m doing a commission stream! I'm going to try making these a weekly thing!! I’m offering some discounted colored sketch busts so if you’re interested come join me and get a cheap drawing! Seriously, these are cheaper than my standard commission prices so you’re getting a good deal! OCs and Canon characters are both accepted!

https://picarto.tv/DazDraws

My first patreon goal has been reached!! Which means that it's time for me to start planning for a tutorial stream!

The stream will be totally public meaning anyone can join! I'll be drawing a piece, start to finish, while I walk through my process and explain how I do things along with all the little tricks and shortcuts I know. I'll also be answering any questions anyone has about whatever they can think of! Want me to explain how I paint hair? do gradients in SAI? how I draw certain gooey fluids? Then all you gotta do is ask and I'll walk you through it! The source file for the stream image will also be available for the public to download! And I MIGHT also make a recording of the stream for download as well for anyone who misses the stream but still wants to see it or for anyone who wants to go back and watch it. We'll see!

I'm also thinking of doing some red lining as well so if you have a piece that you've drawn and want a bit of help with I'll most likely be taking requests for that as well! It really just depends on how many people are interested.

I still have to figure out my mic situation before I can schedule the stream. I have a headset right now but it can be finicky and sometimes just doesn't like to work. The charge only lasts for about three hours too... And I did have a pair of apple headphones but my birds chewed the mic apart and idk if I can afford a new pair. But once I can get myself a new, cheap set up I can schedule the stream! (Please feel free to suggest things, the cheaper the better, I'm but a poor artist and can't spend like $100 on a mic)

Thank you to everyone who's pledge to my patreon so far as well. It really means the world to me that you're helping to support my work and to make things like this possible~

Streaming this months patreon exclusive pinup so come hang out and such!

https://picarto.tv/DazDraws

Okay, I'm going to level with you guys, I'm getting REALLY fucking desperate to raise the money to get out of this shit situation because I have a limited amount of time to raise what I need and I'm not raising enough as quickly as I should be.

I'm already trying to put more focus on my patreon and art streams. I hope to start doing game streams here soon too to maybe help. Right now everything I make from patreon and my streams is going towards my moving fund. I'm also going to keep making ychs because those seem to be doing well. I even have an animated one that I plan on posting once I have an idea of how much to charge for it.

I also have furniture that I'm trying to sell and I'm going to see about doing a yard sale if I can find someone who's willing to lend me their yard for a weekend because I have a lot of stuff that needs getting rid of and I might be able to make at least something from that.

But again, I'm still not making enough fast enough. So I'm looking for ANY ideas to help me raise the money. And I mean ANYTHING. Like, I've even considered doing things like selling panties or feet pics if it meant helping me raise the money to get out of here asap, like that's the point I'm at, so please, suggest anything you can think of because I'm all ears.

I'm the meantime PLEASE consider helping me out by pledging to my patreon, tipping my streams, donating to my gofundme (below), or buying some art. Every little bit helps me in getting out of here and getting me someplace where I can be safe and happy.

Thank you

Basically I'm looking for any and every way I can to help raise money so I can leave my current shit situation and move. I'm trying to get back into the habit of streaming my art a bit more often but picarto isn't really a place that encourages tips or donations the same way that twitch does. But I can't really work on any of my art on twitch cause tits and such. So I was thinking that maybe if I peppered in some game streams over on my twitch that may help me out in raising the funds to get out of my current situation.

I'm still going to be doing some more regular art streams. I already have four or five images that I plan on streaming, a couple of which are going to be patreon only exclusives, but I figured I could set aside a few days a week for either art or game streams. I don't know, I still have to work out exactly what my schedule would be.

I would also have to figure out my mic situation before I could do game streams because I don't really have one right now. But I'm going to have to get one here pretty soon anyway because I'm about to hit my patreon milestone of a tutorial stream and I'll need a mic for that. I may just pick up some iphone headphones or something and use those since my birds chewed up the ones I had, we'll see.

But I just wanted to gauge interest to see if this is something anyone would be interested in! I have a ton of steam games that I haven't even touched yet (A good number of which are scary, so if you want to see me be a huge wuss and cry) and some of my favorite classic games that I could stream like Banjo Kazooie, Kirby Crystal Shards, Ribbit King, Cubivore, etc.

So just let me know if this is something you'd enjoy seeing!

And also, if anyone has any other suggestions for ways I could help generate the money I need, let me know!!! I'm open to any and all suggestions. Seriously. Anything. I'm getting desperate here and I'm at the point where I'll do just about anything to get the money I need to leave so by all means, feel free to suggest things!

I'm just so sick of being stuck here with my ex, I hate being afraid all the time, I hate living with someone who hates me, I hate that no matter what I do I can't find a job, and I just want to leave already.

I'm so damn tempted to just drawing weird fetish art if it means earning enough to move. Or selling pictures of my feet, I don't even care anymore, I just want to leave and be someplace I feel safe and happy and at this point I'm willing to do just about anything...

To celebrate the release of the Octo Expansion for SPlatoon 2 I figured I'd draw a pinup for that super cute octoling girl. Come hang out while I draw!!

Also a reminder that that I am trying to raise money to leave my ex so consider leaving me if a tip if you're enjoying the stream! You can also check out my gofundme and my patreon! Everything I make from my patreon and streams is going towards leaving so every little bit helps <3

Stream: https://picarto.tv/DazDraws

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/urz75-leav.....e-to-boyfriend

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Daz