I'm currently choosing which ideas I want to draw

Right now I want to draw: Packrats, Bombchus and Koballs. Ideas that include these creatures will be more likely to get my attention.

Do not fill out my form right now, but feel free to look at it to see my prices.

https://my.forms.app/form/62ff0e9b76ece330d75a36be

I'll start by taking 5 slots. I will update the journal title later today when I've taken as many as I want.
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I need to open for commissions, but I'm scared of peoples' reactions to my updated prices. And I also want to change how I have my Lines, but they would be so similar looking to Inks that most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference and that makes me anxious.

I want to do themed commissions, but I know a lot of people have been waiting forever for me to open up.

I want to scream, a.

AFTER TEN THOUSAND YEARS I'M FINALLY FREE!

It feels good not to have a looming pile of art just hovering over me any more. I just need to remember to stay on top of my uploads from now on.

But now I'm feeling the crushing anxiety of thinking about commissions, wuuugh, fuck.

Edit: I kinda want to do some packrat-themed commissions. I really wanna draw more packrats. Considering doing packrat adoptables.

but a.

Uuugh, FUUUCK.

The tidal wave is almost finished.

I've spent the last... month? month and a half? uploading art almost non-stop. I hope you've enjoyed seeing all of the stuff I've been working on between the middle of last year and now. Lots of favorites in there. Make sure you check my scraps, that's where the vast majority of it went.

Now I've only got the art for Fapp: Spunkborne and Fapp: Autoerotic Adventures to upload.

I'm going to try to start (and maybe finish, hurrhurr) Spunkborne tomorrow. OR tonight. I have no self control and an obsessive need to complete this.

Autoerotic is going to be delayed because I want to wait for the book to be finished so I can use it as an advertisement for it.

Gimme the comments, I need them to live.

Damn I'm so tired.

I'm posting A journal too because I want to try to get as much visibility as I can on this project as fast as possible!

It's some time in the future - Humanity has sent out seed ships to colonize the stars. One such seed ship, the United Sol Albatross, has had a catastrophic failure near an uncharted world far from earth, causing the ship to evacuate in escape pods.

Upon landing on the planet, the crew and passengers of the Albatross meet the Mikwa - a peaceful race of bipedal rabbit-like creatures - that help them establish a home base. While investigating mysterious, technologically advanced ruins, they run afoul of another intelligent species on the planet - the Fulgori, and the Fulgor Empire.

King Fulgor wants the technology of the ruins for his own nefarious schemes, and humans need the technology to have any hopes of finding and restoring their ship.

In response, the Humans and Mikwa have formed an organization called the Voyagers to fight back the Fulgori, and discover the secrets buried in the ruins!

Join The Voyagers Now!

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We've been working extremely hard on getting this ready for Kickstarter over the last couple of years. I'm afraid it will come off as pandering to say this, but we want to put minority and LGBTQ+ representation front and center.

The Mikwa, in particular, are very queer coded. They're outwardly affectionate and friendly, extremely colorful, and they don't have anything resembling traditional gender roles or... even gender, for that matter.

I'm having trouble organizing my thoughts into anything coherent, but I hope you'll take the time to give our kickstarter page a read. This has been a long journey, and I'd be honored if any of you want to walk it with us.

1: I'm probably going to be raising my prices again. Not a huge bump, but noticeable.

2: I'm considering trying the patreon thing again. Gonna use Dawmino as an inspiration. 1 colored picture a month, with the subject of the picture voted on by patrons. Probably a tier for suggesting the character and scenario to add to the vote. Relatively high priced option for 1 guaranteed 10 minute sketch every month.

Dunno if anyone's even interested in giving my Patreon another try at this point after the many times I've tried and failed to do it up.

Uh. 3: I'm gonna be working on Aether Adrift more intensely for the next few months at least. Gearing up for the Kickstarter.
Here's a link to the page for it http://www.demonskunkstudios.com/aether-adrift

I need to upload the stuff from the latest Fapp book, and a bunch of other shit. Might be doing a 10 minute sketch stream some time soon. I'm fukken broke.

I... hate that I have to do this, but the massive, looming pile of commissions I took before the Fapp book started is causing my crushing anxiety. I'm going to have to drop almost everyone I have on that list.

I've already started on  deloco49's commission, so I can finish that up.
 Giygasdrillbreak and  corpulentcorgi just wanted Sketches, so I want to try to do those two as well.

I'm sorry about this to anyone else who was excited about getting work from me. It's not that I don't want to take the commission, I'm just... very bad at dealing with this kind of pressure, I guess. Just feeling incredibly overwhelmed. I'll be posting another journal to open for a much smaller number of slots some time in the future.

Or maybe I'll just focus on doing in-stream commissions for a bit. I dunno. aaaa.

I'm sorry.

I'm getting ready to start on commissions again. I'm not putting my list in this journal because it's way more work than I want to do, but if you're on my list, let me know if you're still interested. And, like, Come join my stream.

Commission List

https://picarto.tv/NaughtyArtSkunk

I'll start sending out notes to people, but I'm too tired right now.

TL;DR  tnargraef found a puppy that had been hit by a car. They took it to the vet to have it looked at, and the emergency visit + surgery is somewhere around 8k. They're up to 580 at the moment, and any contributions would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-.....tle-doodle-bug

[Edit] Because of the costs, and the severity of the injury, the Vets recommended that the best thing to do was put Doodle to sleep. The Go Fund Me's requested amount has been reduced to cover the costs of Doodle's vet stay.

I'm going to try to upload the rest of my art so I can get current, then start working on my commission pile. Hopefully. Y'all should give me all the comments.

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https://trello.com/b/OJw2NMnV/commissions-2020

It's been a while since I've opened, I'm sorry. I'm still really anxious about opening up again, to be honest. The idea that I'm disappointing people by not being able to take their commissions.

But uh. I need money, and I guess doing some art for some people is better than no art for any people.

I'm opening for 10 slots. I want to draw some fantasy RPG adventurers, possibly involving weird fetishy situations and such. Hyper paws and fatties are on my mind, among other things. These pictures in particular have been haunting my fantasies: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33412434/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33400841/
If you don't want something fetishy that's fine, too. I like drawing adventurers and stuff. Coming up with neat outfits is a lot of fun.

I really like drawing detailed, intricate armor and clothing, but I think I'm gonna have to start charging more for them. They just take so long, so I'm gonna need to do a detail tax for things like this... https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35696997/

Comment on this journal to tell me you're interested, then send me a note with the idea in it. I can't guarantee that you'll get a slot, I'm going to be picking and choosing what I want to draw.

Formulate your note like this:
Quality Level: "Sketch", "Lines" or "Ink". If you want Color, add either "+Flat Color" or "+Full Color"
Number of Characters: How many characters you want in the picture. keep in mind that every additional character costs more than the last character.
Character References: Links to reference images for the characters in question. They don't need to be reference sheets, just pictures of the characters that show off important details. I can work from descriptions, but I might have to charge extra if there are a lot of changes.
Description: A description of the commission. A good way to formulate it is to give me a brief description in the first sentence or so, then elaborate on it afterward. If I'm interested I'll probably ask you for more information.

I'll check back in a little while to start adding people to the list. I'm sorry in advance if I don't choose your idea ;u;

[EDIT] Only one slot per person. If you have multiple ideas you can send them in the same note, but I'll probably only draw one.

[EDIT] Ok, I've gotten like 29 notes, I think I'm going to close up and sift through these now.

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I'm turning 30 uuugh.

UUUUGH.

Thanks to everyone that commissioned me! I finished up my list, and I'm closed for now. I need to turn my focus to Fapp for a while.

I'm slowly uploading everything I drew, it's taking me a long time ;u;

Ok, I think I know what I want to take for commissions right now. Here are my Prices. You can find more detailed information in my Commission Info tab. I'm pretty sure that should be up to date. Just regular commissions right now. No ref sheets or anything.

I want to open 10 slots for Cyberpunk style commissions. More Shadowrun than Cyberpunk 2077, though, so magic and fantasy meshed up with a dystopian cyberpunk future, I guess. If you want to see what I mean in a more artistic sense, check out the art I did for Fapp: Cyberjunk. That's the kind of mood I want to do right now. Though, it doesn't necessarily need to be porn, or whatever. I just want to draw cool cyberpunk designs for clothes, cybernetics, etc.

So... Send me a note with "Cyberpunk Commission" in the title. Or you can comment, whichever. I'll pick what looks interesting, I guess. Hopefully I can get through these without dying of anxiety.

Like I mentioned in my last journal, I'm not really feeling very up to drawing scat content right now. Beyond that, I'm not sure what I'm feeling super into. I do love gnolls. If you're maybe interested in interacting with my dumb cyberpunk idiots that I've drawn, that could be fun too. Maybe. Aaaa.

I take payment via Paypal after I finish the commission, not before. Let me know if you want to see progress updates or not, I guess. I'll probably send them anyway.

1.  dragonflayer [COMPLETE]
2.  Wingal [IN PROGRESS]
3.  RocketWorg [IN PROGRESS]
4.  BB-19[COMPLETE]
5.  Takan_Twins
6.  Cyiko
7.  MasterSorez
8.  Echoen
9.  Magnus [COMPLETE]
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Maybe I should do some cyberpunk adopts? But I like hoarding characters. Fuck.

Ok, I guess I should probably just make a journal about this since it's kind of becoming a... problem, I guess.

I haven't been in the mood to draw scat as part of commissions for... I dunno... a long time. Maybe it's lingering bitterness because I feel like I've been typecast as a scat artist, or something, but even ideas that I find 1000% hot just don't appeal to me as commissions. I'm not calling anyone out or anything, and I'm honestly flattered that so many people like the way I draw it, but I dunno... I just don't want to right now.

And I don't know when, if, I'll want to do it again.

Sorry if that disappoints anyone, but... I dunno.

Weh.

Two things. There's a small update for Wandering Heart up on my Patreon. I haven't gotten to the meat of the content yet, but it's significantly longer than the last version I linked.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/29892487

And second thing, I kinda regret opening for commissions ;u; I have like 4 unfilled slots because I'm afraid to check my notes because people want art and I'll disappoint them if I say no.

*Screeching*

Uuuugh

I need to do commissions, but I so don't want to. I'm wracking my brain trying to think of what I want to draw.

Like, I kinda wanna draw... like.. Gnolls, Bombchus and hot dads? Ugh.

I dunno.

Here are my prices. I'm going to be unreasonably picky about choosing what I take, I guess.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/32741680/

Gonna take 10 slots. Note me, I guess.

1.  blitzkriegotter [COMPLETE]
2.  sergeant_stacker [COMPLETE]
3.  lavendernettle [COMPLETE]
4.  rabidbadger [COMPLETE]
5.  ombre [COMPLETE]
6.  shadydancer [COMPLETE]
7.  Winklekinkle [COMPLETE]

It's called Wandering Heart (though I might change it's full name to "House of the Wandering Heart")
It's gonna be focused around Anizhar's villa.

PC:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11.....g8_lcopx_5K2W1

MAC:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1y.....uGTIH6yUSWssmu

Take a look and let me know what you think. I'm considering making this a Patreon project. Something I can work on for a while off-and-on and maybe some day be able to take a break from burning out on art.

Maybe.

It's really short, but let me know what you think.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/28977833

I'm on Twitter. My AD porn twitter is http://twitter.com/Donutskunk, my personal twitter is http://twitter.com/demonskunk and I'm planning on wiping it eventually to make it public and clean.

If you're going to tag me in suggestive art, or smut, tag Donutskunk.

I'm on Deviantart at http://TheDemonskunk.deviantart.com

That's about it.

I'm gonna write a journal talking about some of the problems and issues I have that revolve around commissions specifically. I've been thinking about it recently and I guess I just sorta want to get it off of my chest.

The mere idea of taking commissions makes me anxious right now. Thinking about how many people are going to raise their hands the moment I open officially. Thinking about what kind of ideas they're going to ask me for. Thinking about having to start a list. Thinking about actually drawing those things. Thinking about how many of them are going to feature 2 characters, or weird poses, or characters having to be physically interacting with each other. That shit all stresses me way out, and there's nothing I can do about it, because it's part of doing commissions. I can't do commissions if I don't take them.

This is because of several reasons, all of which are stupid.

I don't like saying 'no'. I am a deeply nonconfrontational person 90% of the time (the other 10% is when someone likes something I don't like on the internet), meaning that when someone asks me to draw something that I'm not really in the mood for, I feel a compulsion to say anything other than no. Have you wondered why I rarely give a concrete when I'm asked for things? It's because of that. I'm so worried that I'm going to disappoint or upset someone who has been waiting days, weeks, months, maybe even years to commission me. I'm worried it's going to come across as me not liking the person because I don't want to draw their ideas, or seem like I'm playing favorites by only drawing for certain people.

Edit: A couple of people have suggested that I should narrow the scope of commissions I take down to specific themes more often, so I'm only drawing things I enjoy drawing, but that makes me anxious because I'm worried I'm going to disappoint people who want things outside of that scope. I love drawing gnolls, but not everyone wants gnolls all the time.

As if that wasn't bad enough, I have a lot of anxiety around the idea of underperforming. I'm constantly worried that I'm not going to do a good enough job. That I'm going to draw something for someone and they're not going to be happy with it. That when I give a finished commission to someone and they say "Oh man, this is perfect!" but they're secretly unhappy with it and they're lying to me because they don't want to make me upset, or they don't think I can do a better job so why bother.

I psych myself out of doing commissions without even realizing it. I imagine myself having trouble positioning a character right. I imagine myself not being able to work out the anatomy of a chubby or fat character. I imagine myself not being able to draw a character sitting down right, or not being able to draw the furniture that they're sitting or laying on properly.

Even though you all see this wonderful, carefully produced art, all I think about is how many different ways I can possibly fuck it up, disappoint everyone, and waste everyone's time.

When you've gotten a commission from me in the past that you're super happy about, and you want a sequel because the first one was so good? I just think about how badly the 'great artist' is going to fuck up the sequel and disappoint the shit out of you, then have the gall to ask you for money.

I'm constantly terrified that I'm charging too much for my art - I still feel like I'm charging way too much for it.

I worry about things most of you won't even pay attention to. Is my line thickness consistent throughout all of my picture? Are they going to get upset because I used a different pencil brush than the last time? Are these lines too light? Too dark? If any of you remember back when I used to sketch in Red, I was constantly super anxious when people would tell me that the red color was hard on the eyes because I didn't feel like they looked as good if I used a different color.

A friend of mine linked me this a couple days ago, and a lot of this is exactly how I feel a lot of the time.
https://twitter.com/danidonovan/sta.....78457830129664
The idea that I might have another mental disorder is fucking me up even more. I don't want to be broken. I don't want to take medication for the rest of my life. I just want to be normal, and functioning, and capable.

I miss the times when I could sit down and knock out 10+ commissions in a day, and then do it all again the next day. The last time I felt like I was truly productive - truly worth anything - was back in November. Gnollvember was awesome. I felt like I was really making progress, like I was climbing back on the horse. I actually had money in my pocket for once and didn't feel like I was always fighting an uphill battle to pay my shitty little bills.

But after Gnollvember everything has just been on a constant backslide.

I tried Patreon, but I don't know how to make it work for me. I'm afraid to offer guaranteed art, because I don't feel like I can do the sheer volume that I know I'd get, and I don't like the idea of locking my art behind a pay wall. On top of that all, I keep forgetting Patreon even fucking exists, and I therefore keep forgetting to upload to it. I was planning on putting up my timelapses on there, but I don't know where I can fucking host my adult videos, and Patreon won't let me host the tiny video files there natively. Even if I did figure out something to put up there, how would I even convince people to come back? I put a link to Patreon and Ko-Fi in every submission I post, and I don't know that 90% of my fans even read my descriptions, much less engage with them.

I can't do art packs because the one time I tried making one in the past, it went completely ignored, and that has pretty much permanently convinced me that they're a huge waste of time. I don't know if it's because I've managed to attract such a diverse group of fans that no more than 10 of them like a particular type of fetish, and have money to spend/want to spend money on me in the first place.

I've tried YCHs, but auctions don't go as well for me as other people, and they always just kind of feel like a waste of my time and effort. I've tried growth drives, but they always fall apart really quickly. My most successful growth drive, the one with Xaxoqual, massively underperformed. Prepose pictures go alright, but then I feel like I'm fucking ripping people off, charging them for the same pose as everyone else.

I don't know what to do. I don't think there's anything I can do.

This has just been a journal of me whining.

There's probably stuff I meant to say, but forgot, because my mind is garbage.

Edit: Let me clarify down here that commissions are my only source of income. I'm a full-time artist and full-time tabletop RPG writer. Or maybe part time both, I don't fucking know. I'm barely doing any commissions, so I guess it's hard to say that's full time. haha.

I'm oficially... 29? That sounds right.

Hey, I just remembered that there was something I had been wanting to put on my Patreon for infinity time.

I have Timelapses of basically every porn I've drawn since getting my ipad, and I was wanting to upload those to Patreon as rewards.

My issue is that I don't know where I can host them, since Patreon doesn't host video content that I know of. Youtube is a definite no.

If you can maybe help me figure something out, I'd be pleased.

Thanks ouo

Edit: here are some timelapses of non-porn on my Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJA0Hl9o8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upI42KRBX_4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEaplJRPRs4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfx.....53cIo&t=9s

P.S. don't watch my minecraft videos they're all terrible.

Simple question.

What would it take for you to consider pledging X dollars to me per month on Patreon?

Be honest.

I'm opening up for Commissions.

My prices are here: http://www.furaffinity.net/commissions/min/

I'm only taking sketches and lines right now. I'm going to be kind of picky about what I take on, I've been really out of the mood lately.

Note me if you're interested. Please don't take it personally if i don't choose your commission.

1.  MasterSorez
2.  gman420 [DONE]
3.  metrohunter [DONE]
4.  farnix12 [DONE]
5.  koflux [DONE]
6.  nexez
7.  lemuel [DONE]
8:  dancedanceimmolation [DONE]

I took too many again.

 lillian_B is selling a character I designed for her. I really like the design, and I want to see hir go to a good owner, so take a look if you're interested.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30387359/