For those who haven't read my Telegram channel post, I am currently very ill. I think I got a regular cold but since my body is very frail already I am incredibly exhausted. Added to that there's still a lot of pain in my hips that make it straining for me to sit and/or walk, and I'm still figuring that stuff out. On top of all that I found out that my snails are sick too, and I'm spending a lot of energy taking care of my beloved pets and also my day job that I have one month left at.

Tldr there's a lot going on, so commission/patreon work is going to be slower than I wish :(

Heyo, I just thought I'd write a journal since a lot has been happening lately and I need to let everyone know what's going on right now in my life.

The operation I had in the last journal went well, I still had some complications but I finally recovered.

There are big things on the horizon that I want to tell y'all. For those who don't know, being an artist isn't my main occupation. I live in Switzerland, a country that for all the benefits it has, is incredibly expensive. I knew this when I opened for commissions the very first time back in 2018, and quickly realised that I couldn't live purely on art. So until now I have been employed in a company where I work as a render artist, animator, video editor, photo editor, the lot. This allowed me to have stable income while also allowing me to earn a little more through commissions.

This job however takes a lot of my time and energy, and I realised I was also being underpaid for my skill/knowledge level, due to the company being small and sadly not having funds to properly pay everyone. Not only that, the company is still recovering from a financial crisis from last year, so there has been no clear communication on the situation, which has made me increasingly anxious since I wasn't able to plan properly for my future and how to use my resources.

After having nearly 3 burn out crises, I realised this was no longer sustainable, so I quit my job. I still have 2 months to work for them, but my resignation letter has been sent and starting November I will be officially unemployed.

I'm hoping this will give me more time to properly focus on the art I love doing, on finding a job that better fits me and my anxiety issues, and increasing health issues.

This is sort of the other big update, I have a walking stick now since my hip joints are really making it hard for me to walk. I've always had leg issues, and I fear this is just the same old issues resurfacing.


This is why for now, things are going to be a bit slow, since I'm keeping up with my very wobbly health, and doing all the paperwork to make sure I have unemployment benefits and everything set up so that I can find my place in the world with work and all.

Thank you all so much for reading through this and all the support throughout the years, it really means the world to me. I don't want this to be a pity post to ask for subscribers or watchers, I really just need you all to know what is going on since this is a major change in my life and you are part of it in a way.

Take care out there, I hope to come back with more positive news!

Heyo
I didn't want to do much fanfare about it, but I recently had my last gender confirmation surgery. I was recovering pretty well and I was already let home fom the hospital, but I had complications so I had another emergency surgery today. I should be back home tomorrow, but in case I'll just say here that things are a bit weird rn with timing ^^

Just curious to see if there'd be any interest in a PDF (or maybe in the future, a physical version!) of my artwork with commentary of my art, so go ahead and cast your votes over here:

https://strawpoll.com/polls/GJn47edqmyz

I'm just curious to see what gathered my audience over here, if it's the centaurs, or more broadly half humans, or the breeding, or both? Neither? Sound off in the comments, I wanna know 👀

Important life/commission update: I've been very busy lately preparing for my upcoming top surgery, lots of medical check ups and calls back and forth between insurance and the clinic. Finally though I will be having the procedure this week, and I will be home from work for the 10 days after. I'm not sure what that means for the commission workload, but I do have a lot of time at home to recover. I still have to see how much my arms will be incapacitated, fingers crossed that I'll be able to draw!

Just had to write this here. I'm sorry that there's a lot of people still waiting on an answer from me to get a commission. I had to close them up because I am right in the middle of burnout and I can barely function. I'll try to get sketches and stuff done as soon as I can, I just hope you can be patient

So, the time has come for my iPad to desert me at the worst possible moment. My main job is currently on the rocks, so my situation was already unstable, the last thing I needed was my other source of revenue to be severely trumped by my drawing device just straight up becoming unusable due to the stupid planned obsolescence of current technology.

Anyway, that won't stop me from drawing. I still have hands, pencil and paper, so if any of you are still interested in commissions from me I still do traditional work such as sketches and ink and the lot. They are of course more time consuming in most cases, but it's the only thing I can do right now. I don't have enough right now to afford a new digital art device, hence the traditional kick.

So yeah, this is my current situation. I beg you to please not commission me if you yourself are in a bad financial situation. I am lucky enough to live in a country that, if bad comes to worse, has means to support me through social nets put un place. I won't be living great but I'll scrape by. I will of course appreciate any support and affection from all you lovely people, but please don't feel any obligation.

Cheers to you all, I hope to come back to you soon with some less dire news.

I'm going to be a bit delayed on commissions as I'm going to a Star Trek convention (partly for leisure, partly for work as a translator), I'll be back on Tuesday so I won't be able to provide any updates until then, sorry!

To anyone waiting for art from me, just know I haven't forgotten, just got a bit of a set back because I got the Plague TM. I am vaccinated so it's nothing harsher than a flu in my case, but yeah I'm currently sick ✌️

Let me know, I might do a vid answering to questions asked by you! If you're interested feel free to submit questions here already :3

Since I've been posting a lot of stuff with Percy, Ryder and Karin and the squad, I was wondering if anyone was interested in knowing the lore, since there is plenty XD

Feel free to join me and hang out in chat with me here!
https://www.twitch.tv/linda065cliva

For whoever will be attending EF, I will be there friday until sunday. I have a panel Saturday in Strassburg room at 13, feel free to come and say hi!

Panel details:

TITLE: “Furries? No, I’m not one of THEM”

SUBTITLE (optional): A non serious panel about embracing the fandom

ABSTRACT:

The first thing that comes to mind to most people when you mention “furry” is not a very pleasant one, and this results in many people within the fandom having a hard time embracing this part of them. This is what we want to talk about, in a lighthearted and fun panel.