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Hello everyone! Crazy how fast this year went by, to be honest. A lot sure has happened, huh? I hope all my watchers and page visitors have a wonderful holiday season as we come to the end of 2024! ^^ I know the holidays can be pretty rough for some people, so I hope you're all doing well. I've personally had a decent time this holiday season, especially since I can afford gifts this year for family and friends for once thanks to getting a new job.

On that note, I'd like to just kinda.. address my lack of activity. Since the beginning of this year, I've been working full-time (except for a couple months gap of unemployment) and it's kept me pretty busy. I'm admittedly too tired half the time to come home and draw anything, and even when I do have the time I'm just.. severely unmotivated.

Motivation has been something I've struggled with for most of my life when it comes to art. I compare myself to others too often and, as they say, envy is the thief of joy. I don't hate my art as much as I did a few years ago, but... I'm still not happy with it. I'm not sure if I ever will be. I know art takes practice and patience, but I never took enough time to practice things like anatomy, backgrounds, dynamic poses, etc. I know it's never too late to start, but.. again, I work so much now that my hobby is hard to do, much less enjoy. I've truly robbed myself of potential due to so much time wasted not focusing on my art and developing this skill. I know my art isn't terrible, but.,. it'll never be as good as I want it to be. I'll never be as good as my idols, and... maybe that's okay since art isn't my career. I still wish I was better though, at least for my standards...

I apologize for the mini vent here, but I just wanted to touch a little bit on why I don't post much, and it is because I don't draw much. Between working and my lack of motivation, I just... find it hard to be creative. I'm hoping I find the time and drive one day to be more active and push my art in the direction I'd love to see it go. In the meantime, I'm going to keep doing my best.

Thank you to everyone who has followed me this long and still keeps up with my art whenever I do happen to post. I appreciate the love since it helps motivate me to keep creating.

The recent attack on FA kind of prompted me to remember that I have other art socials I should try to be more active on.. so, here's my Bluesky!

https://bsky.app/profile/kouriander.bsky.social

I'm gonna be a little more active there than I was previously. I'd try to expand my reach other places as well, but.. the reality is that I don't draw as often as I should/want, so I'm just working on one place at a time. :') I'm trying my best to steer clear of making a Twitter, cause.. I find Twitter to be toxic as Hell and also dislike it's owner(s).

So, please feel free to follow me on Bluesky for now! I definitely appreciate anyone who does, and I'll be doing my best to post frequently on there alongside here anytime I make new pieces. If I do decide to leap onto any other art socials, I'll let you all know!

So, I've admittedly been pretty dead art-wise ever since I started a new full-time job back in January this year. I feel bad I haven't drawn much, but when I come home after a long day art isn't really the main thing on my mind. One of my favorite yearly events has come back around, though, and with it comes extra motivation to sit down and pick my tablet back up!

I'll be doing my best to participate in ArtFight this year as much as I did last year, so if anyone is interested in following me over there, my username is the same as my FA name (https://artfight.net/~Kouriander)! I'm looking forward to drawing art for a bunch of folks again and seeing if I still got it, lmao. I'm on Team Stardust! <3

Been meaning to throw it out there, but if anyone is ever interested in getting art with any of my fursonas/characters involved with theirs, I'm definitely open to it! I absolutely love getting art in general, but couple (platonic or romantic) art can be so much fun (especially considering most of my sonas are single). It can be just about anything, too, be it SFW or NSFW (just ask about certain kinks/fetishes, please)! Obviously more than happy to go 50/50 on YCHs and commissions!

You can find refs/art of most of my sonas in my gallery, but just in case, here's all their Toyhouse links:

★ Ashley (Partnered; open)
★ Tango (Single)
★ Ferris (Single)
★ Stazia (Single)