Howdy peeps,

I'm still in recovery mode but getting better each day. I have to have another surgery on Tuesday to fix a bit around where they attached the appendage. Thankfully I was able to confirm with the doctors yesterday this is quite normal so I feel a lot better mentally than I did before that visit. lol

I'm gonna wait to do the write up until probably a week or so after the next surgery so I can talk a bit about the touch up, why it needed to happen and stuff like that. I want to sort of encompass the whole first segment with it. The surgery is 3 parts, I believe the method they are using is called the lateral groin flap. The first segment (which is commonly multiple surgeries I learned now lol) a flap is taken from, in my case the left, hip and is formed into a tube that attaches at the necessary location, it is allowed to heal in place. Later on the other end is cut free and the appendage is cut down to length and allowed to heal. The final stage is head sculpture and testicular implants. So I'm thinking of trying to do a write up for each stage. Also, I am skipping urethral lengthening due to the frequency of complications and I am opting out of erectile functions for personal preference.

It's a lot of work, but even this early it has felt very relieving to see something down there that feels like it should have been there all along I°U

I hope everyone is doing well, and thanks for all the well wishes!

Bud

Howdy peeps,

This recovery has been quite a bit harder than the docs implied it would be, and as of yet I'm not 100% sure when I'll be back. I will try to keep you up to date as best as possible!

I hope you are all doing well,

Bud

Howdy peeps,

I think I will just take notes as I go along here and make a big write up at the end since writing on my phone isn't the most convenient, so probably on the weekend ☺️

Surgery went well, I'll make another journal when the write up is made~

Thanks for the well wishes and have a great week everyone!

Bud

Howdy peeps,

I'm going in for surgery this weekend and I am required to stay in the hospital until the 30th, and since it's kind of a drive over there I'll likely not be active again until the 1st.

It's ftm bottom surgery and I know that's kind of a difficult thing for peeps to find documented online so I'll do my best to document it myself. Whether that's keeping a blog during my stay or just taking notes and writing up a big summary later, I'm not sure yet, but I'll be sure to let peeps know whichever it ends up being as soon as I have figured that out, probably Monday or so.

The surgeon informed me I'll likely be able to get back to commissions pretty much right when I get back, so it should not be more than just the next week you'll all have to wait.

Thanks for your time and I hope everyone has a great weekend and following week!

Bud

Howdy peeps,

Happy new year everyone! Here's to hoping for a good one 🌟

I will continue post non-private WIPs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Loonertick1

Here is a link to the current order page submission: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47663713/

I will edit this journal as projects progress. Hope you are all doing well!

Bud

☀️ ☀️ ☀️

Spring 2022, Pastel Series
1.)  pardio - Done - (GORE) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45440623/
2.)  level000 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45470377/
3.) Private - Done -
4.)  Travisyard - Done - (BLOOD) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45740632/
5.)  Matteh - Done - (Extreme CBT) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45771718/
6.)  level000 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46081419/
7.)  shadowfox13 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46094175/
8.)  Aiden85 - Done - (GORE) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46060681
9.) Private - Done -
10.)  myaddib - Done- (watersports warning) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46401837/
10.)  myaddib - Done- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46379889/
11.)  Delta_X3 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46453449/
12.) Private: - Done -
13.) Private: - Done -
14.) Private: - Done -
15.)  subwoofer_fuhr - Done - (Gore) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46387717/
16.)  sepffuzzball - Done - (CBT + Blood + Watersports) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46453200/
17.) JKL-001 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46467937/
18.) Private: - Done -
19.)  level000 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46592844/
20.) Private: - Done -
21.)  travisyard - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47270773/
22.) Private - Done -
23.)  pirateeagle - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46946842/
24.)  Westhoff - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46973877/
25.)  Lad_draws - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47476524/
26.)  Westhoff - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47692175/
27.)  Tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48204041/
28.)  westhoff - Done - Coming Soon
29.)  level000 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47130474/
30.)  icydraggyvisy - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47371764/
31.)  shadowfox13 - Done - (Watersports) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47678675/
32.)  level000 - Done - Coming Soon
33.)  cenny - Done - Coming Soon
34.)  corvidblue - Done - Coming Soon
35.)  Kuruk_The_Bear - Done - Coming Soon
36.)  thehoundsfamine - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48277968/
❄️ 2021 Winter Pastels: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10019567/
🌟 2021 Summer Series: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9833331



Howdy peeps,

Starting a new list for the fall since the other was getting a bit long and I am making some mild changes around here~

I will continue post non-private WIPs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Loonertick1

Here is a link to the current order page submission: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45178467/

I will edit this journal as projects progress. Hope you are all doing well!

Bud

❄️ ❄️ ❄️

Winter 2021, Pastel Series

1. & - Done - WARNING GORE: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44481067
2: - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44659279/
3:  aberrate - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44737587/
4.  shakeLeene - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44878054/
5.  AureliusB - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44894443/
6.  aberrate - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44951936/
7. Private - Done -
8. Anonymous - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45178491/
9. Private - Done -
10. Private - Done -
11. Drone JKL-001 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45149348/
12.  Shinkei-Shinto - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45177245/
13.  shadowfox13 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45232570/
14:  Westhoff - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45259838/


 Tiltermann Consultation Planned piece, Done!

🌟 🌟 🌟
Summer 2021, Series 14

1. - Done - WARNING GORE: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44630280/
2. - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44908967/
3. Private - done -

Howdy peeps,

Editing this journal to simply be project tracking~

I will post non-private WIPs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Loonertick1

Here is a link to the current order page submissions: (Closed)


I will edit this journal as projects progress. Hope you are all doing well!

Bud

Series 14

1.  tiltermann - Done - Coming Soon
2.  tiltermann - started - (Warning: Gore) https://twitter.com/Loonertick1/sta.....06330375380994
3. Private - done -

Series 13

1.  tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43895540/
2.  tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43498995/
3.  tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43719766/

Series 12

1.  theHoundsFamine - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43147009/


Series 11

1.  Tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43166808/
2.  thehoundsfamine - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43136484/
2.  Tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43271128/



Series 11

1.  shadowfox13 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43121250/
2.  thehoundsfamine - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42938907/



Series 10

1.  thehoundsfamine - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42747012/
2.  thehoundsfamine - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42807360/


Series 9

1.  Shinkei-Shinto - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42655335/
2.  matteh - Done - (Warning: Gore) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42670444/


Series 8

1.  subwoofer_fuhr - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42401296/
2. Anonymous - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42459411/

Series 7

1. Anonymous - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42243822/

2.  Tiltermann - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42387013/


Series 6

1.  Neakal - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41978687/

2.  Shadowfox13 - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42119563/


Series 5

1. TortureHorse - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41863071/

2. External - Done - Private

Series 4

1. Anonymous - Done- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41706411/

2. Anonymous - Done - (Warning: Gore) https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41849501/

Series 3

1.  mulefoot - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41567653/
2. Closed - reserved for mulefoot overflow -

Series 2

1.  mulefoot - done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41473773/
2. "BigBadWalf" - done - Private

Series 1

1.  wawik - Done - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41283136/

Howdy peeps,

I have decided to take some advice seen commonly given by Chef Ramsay and start my next wave of effort off with a very simple menu. Here is a few key notes with my plan:

- Until further notice, I will be only accepting one commission type, twice per week, via Google forms. If there is more than two applicants, the extras will be informed of their place in line, and I will not require payment until that time has come.
- Slot activity will be logged in the same way that everyone else does, showing peeps icons here in the journal and editing it as necessary. I have gone ahead and put the slots in the bottom of this journal already, for the sake of example.
- There will be drop down options again.
- Work-In-Progress images for non-private commissions will be shared on this twitter account, with the client's permission https://twitter.com/Loonertick1
- Images can be kept entirely private, posted anonymously, or publicly sharable, this will remain free of charge.
- I will continue to accept any subject matter, which I will continue not to charge for.

So basically, the changes are not significant, but I wanted to list them out anyway just so you get some information ahead of time. Unfortunately, I am very sick with a cold right now so I am doing things in bursts, meaning after this journal, I'll take a rest before making the commission advertisement page and it may be a few hours. However, I expect to be well enough to do the image, as I did the example image on Monday in the same short burst technique. Expect to see that soon.

I do owe work, so you will be seeing that alternating between these images on the Twitter account. They are commission types that are being temporarily retired until I have had some time to work with the schedule and see how my health continues, so if they look different that is why. Cold aside, my health has been improving a lot, especially in the last few days, so I am feeling a reasonable amount of confidence for this plan.

Thank you all for your patience, I hope to have the form up in a few hours, and I hope you are all doing well~

Bud

P.S. I may still be slow to reply to comments for a few weeks, but I will actively try to fix that along the way.

Slots
1)  wawik - Done
2) Closed until next batch

Howdy peeps,

I just wanted to post something since I have not in a very long time. I have not got everything sorted out yet unfortunately, but I am still around and working on getting myself active here again, and just wanted to let everyone know that.

Mental health is a very common struggle and I am sure most, if not all of you have already suspected that is what has been going on, and I have been working hard to fix it. I have come a very, very long way in the last few years and still have quite a way to go. It has definitely improved by leaps and bounds and I feel like it will be continuing in that direction, even though, just as anyone does, I do have moments of relapse.

I am not going to be giving any forecasts this time, as I seem to have had trouble with those for a while. When things are more organized and I can provide more reliable information, I will be attempt to do those again~

I also wanted to thank all the new watchers that have showed up, as well as others that have followed from my previous account. Thanks everyone, I appreciate that you enjoy my work!

I hope everyone is doing alright. Stay safe and take care of yourselves. Thank you so much for your patience with me,

Bud

P.S. I am making active efforts to improve my reply speed, but I am not sure I can guarantee it's decent pace for a while, so I just wanted to say I apologize to those who are affected by it. Sorry!

Howdy peeps!

Thanks for your patience, I am mostly back! As I have been going through this I am becoming more aware of the parts I need to work on to make this run more smoothly, but it is of course taking time to come up with fixes and adjust myself and I am trying to be patient with that.

In the meanwhile, I have opened up for some warm ups for the next to weeks: ((link removed due to schedule fill!))

Wishing you good luck with the coming weeks and I look forward to any responses!

Bud

P.S. I am seeing some beautiful opportunities in the freebie thing, I look forward to giving them some attention when I'm in a bit less shambles!

Howdy peeps,

As my mod said I've been quite sick lately. I went to the hospital on Thursday and they pretty much just confirmed I collapsed from exhaustion, which happened on Tuesday but I thought 2 days rest would be enough but I am still quite weathered.

Anyway, I will be okay, I just have to be a bit careful. So far I'm able to move about in 30 minute increments, I suspect that will only improve from now on so it'll be another slow week but I am hoping if I kind of ease back into everything i'll be back within 2 weeks~

Will get to comment replies when I can spend more time at my PC, thanks tho! Hope everyone is doing alright!

Bud

Buddy has taken ill recently and will be hard to get in touch with until he feels better.

No it's not the covid

As always, y'all still have questions throw an email at questions[at]loonertick.com

H~

Howdy peeps!

I didn't want to include "FREE STUFF" in the title to avoid flooding, but I have decided to make an application for possible free art. To put it simply, if you like the same things I do, I could include you in personal art instead of just putting in random characters~

For more details and to apply, go here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jh.....it?usp=sharing (the link is also now featured on my profile information)

Just to make it as clear as possible, this does not guarantee you will get anything! My free time is incredibly limited at best, but I DO have it sometimes and I do draw during it lol

Thanks for your time, and have a great day!

Bud



Previous But Still Important Information:
Howdy peeps,

The first month didn't go as well as I wanted it to, I haven't had much time to sit down and write a journal yet, but I at least wanted to give a small update. Not TOO much about the plan has changed, so I copied the old schedule I had written and I'm just gonna tweak it a bit to more accurately represent the new idea:

1- During the first month, I will be going to the studio for a short time every business day and drawing. I will primarily be focusing on new work, finishing up some pertinent old stuff.
2- During month two, I will reasonably extend the daily amount of time spent in the studio, be focusing on new work and adding daily allowance for catch-up work.
3- During month three, I will be planning a schedule for larger projects, and making further announcements, as well as continuing to accept commissions.

I'm hoping to take orders within the next week or two, I will be making google forms to simplify the process, so keep an eye out~

Hope everyone is doing well, staying safe and all that! I'll try to get a better more accurate representation of how things are as soon as I can.

Bud

Howdy peeps,

The first month didn't go as well as I wanted it to, I haven't had much time to sit down and write a journal yet, but I at least wanted to give a small update. Not TOO much about the plan has changed, so I copied the old schedule I had written and I'm just gonna tweak it a bit to more accurately represent the new idea:

1- During the first month, I will be going to the studio for a short time every business day and drawing. I will primarily be focusing on new work, finishing up some pertinent old stuff.
2- During month two, I will reasonably extend the daily amount of time spent in the studio, be focusing on new work and adding daily allowance for catch-up work.
3- During month three, I will be planning a schedule for larger projects, and making further announcements, as well as continuing to accept commissions.

I'm hoping to take orders within the next week or two, I will be making google forms to simplify the process, so keep an eye out~

Hope everyone is doing well, staying safe and all that! I'll try to get a better more accurate representation of how things are as soon as I can.

Bud

Howdy peeps,

I have been looking forward to making this journal and giving everyone a general idea of how this year is gonna be for us. I now have a studio, conveniently located 12 minute walking distance from where we live.

It has probably been pretty obvious, but I haven't been in the best of health for quite some time now, and this is me finally being in a position to take an initiative to fix that. I know the hardest part is going to be pacing myself reasonably, so my goal is to tackle this in stages;

1- During the first month, I will be going to the studio for a short time every business day and drawing. I will likely accept some new work, but I'll primarily be focusing on catch-up.
2- During month two, I will reasonably extend the daily amount of time spent in the studio, and accept some new work.
3- During month three, I will be planning a schedule for larger projects, and making further announcements, as well as continuing to accept commissions.


What does this mean for you?

1) The minute I can afford internet, so possibly month 2 or 3 depending on my performance, I will be streaming at least once per week, likely 2-3 times per week.
2) Those who have been waiting ages should be seeing some progress very soon.
3) You can expect a more steady commission availability as early as spring.


I want to again thank everyone for their patience with me, and I look forward to a productive year!

Bud

Howdy peeps,

It's been quite a long time so if anyone even remembers, but roughly two years ago I was suddenly burdened with double vision, which has been a constant problem ever since. Back when it first came on, I had a lot of tests including an MRI and many eye scans and nothing showed up. The doctors did take it seriously and did everything they could but nothing could be found. But now I think I know why! The problem, which is called keratoconus, is a progressive disease, so I'm guessing back when that first happened, it was too small for them to see it.

Here is a page I found: https://www.allaboutvision.com/cond.....eratoconus.htm

The doctors want me to go back in three months to track the progression, then they will decide what to do about it.

I don't have much more news than that, but having a diagnosis is relieving especially given it's not a brain condition nor some internal "ruin the whole eye" thing, and the thought I could be back to my eagle vision is extremely appealing.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Bud

Howdy peeps,

I just wanted to put this up here because I can't find him anywhere else. If by any off chance, Terian, you are going by a different username these days, I'd love to hear from you, your privacy respected of course. If you see this, you can send a message to questions[at]loonertick.com just to get things started. I hope everything is okay.

Bud

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps,

Just wanted to let you know I'm still alive. I had planned to log in this coming weekend and reply to comments, but looks like my weekend is gonna be entirely full so it gets delayed yet again. I DO intend to reply to those 16 comments!

I have almost primarily good news. One, even though I do have a cycle of 2 weeks nocturnal, 2 weeks... not that, I am sleeping mostly regularly again. That, and I have a tattoo mentor now. He's in Florida, so I am gonna be doing most of my learning online and then gonna go into Florida for a while when it's time to learn the actual TATTOOING part. It's very interesting having formal drawing training, I haven't had that before and it's making a clear difference already and I've only been working with him for two weeks. So yeah, 99% of my life is pouring into that at the moment, but I am extremely determined because clearly I haven't been able to make a change in any other way, so I feel like this might be my ticket to independence.


So yeah, will be very reclusive probably for a long time coming, but I wont disappear, I still intend to be on FA and stuff and you will see work from me. I also will do commissions when I can~ It might be a while while I get a hang of this schedule thing and all that. But don't think that's running me out of here~ When things are slightly more organized (like I finish up the owed stuff) I'll see if my helper can maybe run a waiting list or something, will make a journal if we get to that.

Hope you are all doing well,

Bud

Part 2: H~ Comments!


Part 3: The Commissions!

Older Commissions:
 level000 - Black and White - Drawing Lines

Newer Commissions:
1)  dmc10398 - Lining
2)  generation4200 Awaiting details~
3)  apo1994 Awaiting Decision~

Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws Paused - may need to do a YCH for this
#2)  tiltermann


 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps!

First of all, sorry things have been going somehow even slower than I anticipated. I will tell you as much as I can, primarily, it's become more and more evident that drawing is not my passion. So a lot of my time I can't spend trying to pump out drawings (cause I will not only pump them out, I refuse to put out lesser quality work) I am researching how I can find out what I can do for myself and still maintain the commissions on the side, since I know I am the only place a lot of peeps can get their ideas and that is something I don't want to take away from them. The secondary, and most aggressive portion of the problem right now is that I have only slept about every third day the past week and a half, if even that, and when I do, it's for 2-3 hours. So I've been pretty much too exhausted to function for a while. I am gonna seek medical attention extremely soon for that.

All that leads into the part I wanted to get feedback on: The struggle many people have with exploring more extreme ideas is not wanting to be associated by name to said subject. So what I was wondering, is if I could take "credit" for collaborative work done by other people who may be a bit too shy to do extreme subjects, but would like the money, stretch of their skills, etc and in turn more people could receive pictures more frequently. Here's how it would hypothetically work;

1) An artist emails me directly, up to them if they want to use a fake name or anything like that, telling me they want to accept a commission, what style and how much work they want to do (sketch, lines, color, etc) and what pay amount they are looking for.
2) I offer up a collaborative commission slot and sell it.
3) I pay the artist to do the work they want to do, I can help along the way to disguise their style, either by editing the sketch or lines, up to them. Or they can do it entirely on their own.
4) I email the customer the image, keeping the artist's identity secret, or use a code name of their choice.

Right now that's only tentative at best, but if you are an artist who thinks "this could work for me," please contact me questions[at]loonertick.com I'd love to hear your opinions. Again, you are welcome to use a fake name when contacting me. It would also be helpful to hear everyone else's opinions too, I know it's a bit of a jerry-rigged system. As I said, mostly right now I'm looking for feedback since I'd like to get my owed stuff done first before anything, but in the mean time I'll be thinking about this idea and gathering information.


Bud

P.S. My assistant does not have access to my emails. While I fully trust he is safe for you to communicate with, I understand why it might be intimidating to have a third party involved. He only helps manage my FA account, and possibly a discord server in the future (will announce if that ever happens.)

Part 2: H~ Comments!
I feel as if I should comment on these more, being the quiet type ain't good for customer relations.

Coming from experience it takes a while to finally muster up the gumption to get an extreme or niche idea out, even if that idea is bound to be kept fully confidential. I'm here practically 24/7 (got sleep issues of my own~) to answer any questions through FA.

As for the Discord server, gonna be a fun one if it ever comes to fruition.

H~


Part 3: The Commissions!

Older Commissions:
1)  terian - Flat color image - Outlining - redoing background
2)  level000 - Black and White - Drawing Lines

Newer Commissions:
1)  dmc10398 - drafted
2)  generation4200 Awaiting details~
3)  apo1994 Awaiting Decision~

Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws Paused - may need to do a YCH for this
#2)  tiltermann


 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps!

Sorry it's been ages and my attendance has been spotty at best. I'm not really sure if I've hit like a depression spell or something, but I can barely eat or sleep at all lately. I know part of it is money stress, the rest, no clue. So I've been trying to figure that out, and I think since I've been working on the same three images for the past few weeks or months, that I might be driving myself a bit crazy. So I'm hoping a solution to that is maybe to throw a few more drawings in the mix. So there's few reasons, one of them of course being financial, why I've decided to offer up 3 spots for some commissions.

The slots are $75 per character, this style https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30470255/ BUT I think I'll do some experimental coloring over it. I also want to try doing thumbnails first, so the first "preview" you get will be 6 roughly hashed, small images showing some compositional ideas so you can pick one and we can go from there. So here's some basic rules:

1) Try to keep information simple and refs to a minimum. Anything goes as far as subject/kink/et.. Just try to keep things easy to understand~
2) I'm gonna be real slow I think, so please provide an email to which I can send previews whenever they are available.
3) My assistant will be monitoring this account and is prepared to answer questions, but if you feel self-conscious or anything, you can email questions[at]loonertick.com it's a vpn protected, encrypted email address so you can feel safe. That address can't accept payments.
4) Payments up front via paypal, as usual, the address will be provided to you via note or email (whichever you contact through)~

Since I've mostly be spending my time away from my computer when I'm feeling like this, my ability to answer on FA is slim to nothing, so if we are working on a project, keeping in touch via email will probably be the most convenient.

I apologise in advance if my communication is a bit spotty, I'll be active again as soon as I can.

Bud

P.S. Even though I've received some good help with the picture I am working on for Terian, I'm still having a really hard time with it, simple because I made a bad mistake with the background. If you are not scared of vomit and implied scat, I'd appreciate anyone willing to try to help me with that. The characters are fine, it's just the angle of the tiles on the floor in the image doesn't match the characters, even though I paid so much attention to that, I still made the mistake.

Part 2: H~ Comments!


Part 3: The Commissions!

Older Commissions:
1)  terian - Flat color image - Sketch Cleanup
2)  level000 - Black and White - Drawing Lines

Newer Commissions:
1)  dmc10398 - paid, ready to start
2)  generation4200 Awaiting details~
3) Open!

Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws Drawing Lines
#2)  tiltermann


 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps!

I am still alive and still making a conscious effort to battle this nonsense loop of extremely active to extremely inactive, so I've come up with a couple of strategies. Number one, I'm going back to only doing black and white commissions for a while. Number two, I'm gonna have a helper answering commission inquiries for now.

A couple of things about the helper, who we will known as "H~":
- This is a person I trust handling my "no limits" policy with the respect it deserves. You will be treated well when approaching with your inquiries regardless of what you are asking for.
- Every note sent by him will be labelled as such, and I will sign my own as usual, so you will know who you are talking to.
- If however, you are feeling particularly nervous about discussing your idea, be it's not allowed on FA or any reason, you can ask to talk to me directly and you will be given my private email address.
- I'm only asking him to respond during weekdays.
- There will be a box in my journals for him to leave comments.

When I post up the latest price page, I'll put a few little guidelines to help keep things as easy as possible. Whether or not we'll stick with this plan just depends on how it seems to go, but I want to give it a chance and see if maybe taking some of the pressure off myself makes things a little easier. I'll try to get back to weekly updates starting Friday.

Hope you are all doing well. Thanks for your time, attention, etc. and have a wonderful day!

Bud

Part 2: H~ Comments!
I don't have much else to say or add other than a Hello~ (would be rude not to), can't wait to work with y'all~

H~


Part 3: The Commissions!

Main Commissions:
1)  terian - Flat color image - Sketch Cleanup
2)  level000 - Black and White - Drawing Lines

Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws Drawing Lines
#2)  tiltermann


 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps!

The cycle continues. It seems like a very repeating cycle of being able to go fine for two weeks or so, then crashing and burning for two weeks, almost. I don't know, but I need to fix something. It's become clearer and clearer to me over time what the problem is, but how to fix it is the next question. My current diet prevents me from just getting drunk during working hours, that was working well for me before. lol

What's going on is I feel like I am having a really hard time balancing production time with cost. It extremely varies how long each picture takes, one outlines session could be done in a few hours while another might take me days. Clearly it's dependent upon the amount of detail, but mood and time of day also seems to play a factor into it. The problems that arise with it includes feeling like I just don't have the time it would take to produce the images at the quality I want, especially not at a pace on which I can survive financially.

I am still very interested in trying to find a job that I could work alongside with this, but I haven't had any time at all around trying to keep up with commissions (which on a "good week" the current schedule I have would be working great, it's just for some reason that seems the only last for that few weeks). I have sent out a few emails, but other than that I've been pretty focused.

Another issue I face with it is there is absolutely no time for personal projects, and that's where I tend to make the biggest jumps in improvement between things, because as I've said previously, I tend to take bigger risks because failure doesn't matter when it's a personal project. So if I have to scrap it, I can just forget about it. With commissions, I have a very specific standard to make sure people are getting what they order in the quality at which it was advertised to them. So while I do take risks, they are not as frequent or dramatic, so my growth can be stunted by only doing commissioned work. Not to mention there have been times I've tried to take risks with commissions, and it hasn't lent too well to the situation. While I gladly take responsibility for it and make the appropriate corrections, it does make the process of the commission more stressful for me.

An idea I had was a much more complicated system- which would involve a deposit cost, and then additional hourly costs, so that every image could flow out at it's own natural pace, but my fear with that is that perhaps new people would be deterred because it would be impossible for them to conceptualize what they might be getting themselves into. And for that matter, even existing clients. With predetermined costs, it can be fairly easy for one to prepare and handle commissions in their personal budgets. So for that reason, I'd like to stick with the predetermined cost of a commission, but I'm not sure how to handle these situations where I am really struggling with a dryspell, or art block, or perhaps the commission is just taking a lot longer than they normally do for any reason.

Another idea I have, but I'm not really sure how justify it or fund it, would be to have an "R&D" day every week where I just spend the entirety of a normal work day studying. The Ko-Fi subscription was an idea for this, but I haven't talked or thought much more about it recently due to the lack of time.

This is mostly just rambling, but if anyone does have any suggestions or such I'd be glad to hear them. I'd really like to avoid raising my prices any more if possible, because I'd really like to continue catering to the current crowd I already am.

Thanks for your time, attention, etc. and have a wonderful day!

Bud


Part 2: The Commissions!

This week:
1)  terian - Cleaning Up the Sketch
2)  Tiltermann - DONE!
3) external - DONE!


Buffer:
1)  level000 Possibly Almost Done

Quickies:
1) Anonymous - DONE


Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws Cleaning up the Sketch
#2)  tiltermann


 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps!

This is getting to be a broken record, but it's been a bit of crash and burn since Friday. It seems that carried over into today, where my day has started out very, very, very slowly. And I filled up my one buffer day left this month due to a minor financial emergency a few days ago. On the bright side, I do have two buffer days next week, so if any of this weeks people don't get done this week, there'll be a spot to finish them up very soon.

I don't really have any big performance news yet. You can look forward to a few extra add-on options coming in March, though. You will see that after this coming week's review!


Thanks for your time, attention, etc. and have a wonderful day!

Bud



Part 2: Personal project

I am incredibly grateful for the help of Furx, Tiltermann, and of course my fiancee for the momentum of this project. Gotta say it really has made a world of difference having first of all a great brainstorming session, and then pointers here and there, and I don't think this project would have unfolded quite the same without your help.

Thanks peeps!



Part 3: The Commissions!

This week:
1)  terian - Drafted!
2)  Tiltermann - ready to start!
3) external - drafted!


Buffer:
1)  level000 Possibly Almost Done

Quickies:
1) Anonymous - redoing!


Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws Started!
#2)  tiltermann


 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Part 1: Primary Message

Howdy peeps!

Slowly but surely, I am getting a handle on how to get things done every day. That said, things aren't looking quite as glossy as I'd hoped, so I've been bouncing around some ideas of how to solve that. The primary problem, is I really don't want to raise my prices any higher, because I feel like that would make it incredibly hard for anyone to get their things. And at the given rate, I can't make it by at the pace I seem to be able to function adequately at.

I'm wondering if peeps would be willing to help out in this manner, if I were to upgrade to ko-fi gold, a sort of patronage that way. It would be a paid subscription, but the primary purpose of it would be allowing me to continue my no-limits, about twice a week commissions, preferably without having to raise my prices anymore. The reason Patreon didn't work for me, is because I just don't have TIME around the other commissions to do perk rewards and stuff. If I keep going with the workload I already have, I can keep up, but not financially. If you have suggestions on top of that, I'd be glad to hear.

The other thing I'm trying to do, is try to find out what kind of job I could do that would just not take up too many days per month. Like, if I could do something twice a week that paid enough to actually be worth GOING TO without having to dedicate 100% of my time to it so I can still continue to do drawing stuff. As it stands, I'm considering crime-scene cleanup, but I haven't had a chance to talk to anyone about it yet. I've done a bit of research, but my information is very limited to US only. If by wild coincidence anyone here is in Sweden and knows about this stuff, LET ME KNOW. lol I'm actively searching though, cause I do think a part-time job of some sort if I could separate it by days, could work to solve this problem.

The GOOD news is that I felt much better about the redo of EarlyBird's raffle reward. That's much more what I was hoping to achieve - what with a very particular background type, a lot going on, and of course - still sexy. Dirtypaws will be up next, and I'll try to come up with something as adequately stretching!


Thanks for your time, any suggestions, attention, etc. and have a wonderful day!

Bud



Part 2: Personal project

Yeah, this journal is hefty. Anyway, one of the things I like to do, and it's getting to the point I'm not really sure how to go further with it, is pushing the limits of my skill EXTRA hard with personal projects. The reason I choose to do it with personal projects in particular, is because if it FAILS MISERABLY I can scrap it without much care. That's part of why I chose the raffle for the last endeavors, if it's free and doesn't go as planned, slightly less painful for me. lol

Anyway, this time around, I have about a 2-4 page comic idea, that I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me through. Here's where it gets complicated, the story is incredibly grim. By grace of coincidence, an old friend helped me realize it falls more into the category of psychological horror than the rest of my things, believe it or not. So if you are interested, I'll gladly tell you about it, but consider yourself warned. lol Being myself, I'm too dedicated to my nonsense to JUST PICK SOMETHING ELSE, so while I understand that I'm shooting myself in the foot, I don't care. I would however, be extremely grateful if anyone DOES want to help.

Basically, my skills are falling short in two categories. 1) Composition, I'm ALWAYS wracking my brain about composition, but there's still much left to be desired. 2) Dialogue. Will need some pointers on that. My thoughts, is that I will be doing all the drawing, but I need someone who wont be afraid to redline on my work and also be open to talking about it, and who's not afraid of my drastically short temper. I WILL be asking some other close friends for tips along the way, so don't feel like the entire responsibility falls on you, I'm just searching for a fresh perspective.

Thanks for any interest!



Part 3: The Commissions!

This week:
1)  Tiltermann - Done!
2)  level000 - Almost done!
3)  terian - ready to start!


Following week:
1) external - drafted!

Quickies:
1) Anonymous - ready to start!
2) dantesboothound - Done!
3) Zwoosh-k9 Done!


Raffle Winners:
#1)  dirtypaws
#2)  tiltermann


 tiltermann Painting - adding final touches

 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging

Howdy peeps!

I really gotta remember to write these things on Friday. Last week was a bit of a roller coaster with some really productive days and some really, really not productive days. I learned a few things from it that I'm hoping will at least help me build towards improving my efficiency, mostly just taking note of habits and how to break them when they are bad or form them when they are good.

One of the things that happened last week that I am going to fix as soon as I can, was that I failed to hit the target with the first raffle image. I went into the habit of just drawing out the idea, and while I felt it turned out well given the circumstances at the time (serious blockage) it wasn't the reason I had even done the raffle to begin with, which was to just stretch out and "experiment" with the style, take my time and try to do things that I don't normally do. So I'm doing another picture featuring Earlybird's character Benjamin Phoenix, which I did go ahead and start this weekend. Hoping to get that out here on a day I segmented out for it, Thursday.

I have actually segmented up the entire remainder of this month and I'm feeling pretty good about how that's looking. One of the things I noticed, is I should reduce the amount of images I am accepting per week. So I'll only be accepting two whole images per week for a while. With that in mind, I may open up some small commission options in March. For this week tho, I already am full.


This week:
1) Anonymous 95% lined, started coloring
2)  dmc10398 Done!
3) External contact - 50% done

Raffle Winners:
#1)  earlybird Done!
#2)  dirtypaws
#3)  tiltermann


As usual, thanks to everyone on here for your time, attention, business, etc!

Bud


 tiltermann Painting - adding final touches

 dragonfood 3D Model - Rigging