My waitlist has gotten roughly past the 2-3 month mark, so I'm closing back up for a bit while I get caught up.
I'll open back up when I've made a dent in it.
Thanks so much keeping me in business, everyone!

https://www.youtube.com/@Convertiiible
There aren't enough TF resources out there, so I figured I'd try and throw something out there.
So far the only video is a tutorial on coloring TF art using layer masks. The plan is to make more if I think people are interested!

Edit: If you have any suggestions for things you might want me to cover at some point, feel free to comment them and I will consider it!

Made a couple small updates to my pricing:
- lowering the discount for wing-its from 10% to 5%. They save time in theory, but since any folks willing to choose this option aren't as likely to ask for changes to begin with, it's not as viable as I thought.
- For comics, adding dialogue will cost an extra $15 per page.
- Raised the prices of bust drawings (and waist-up for some tiers) a little. I've come to realize I generally put extra effort into facial details on busts, so my previous calculations for timing weren't very accurate.

I hope that's not too inconvenient! I'm still figuring out the best way to price myself.

These changes will apply going forward; if you are already on my waitlist you don't have to worry about it.

I didn't originally intend to keep them closed for as long as I did, but it took longer than expected to get through my old waitlist. I still have a couple things left I need to finish up, but I'm ready to reopen now regardless!

I haven't thrown together a new graphic yet, but you can see my new prices here!
Instructions and guidelines for how to commission me can be found here.
I'm no longer working with an infinite waitlist, so I'm going to give folks a few days to come up with their ideas before selecting which ones I choose to work on.
If you already contacted me about commissions during my hiatus, you will still have to fill out my form so I know you're still interested; I won't contact you first. It also doesn't give you priority over other submissions.

I've had a lot of time to rethink how I deal with commissions, so here are some changes that I've made:
- I've raised my prices. My goal is $30/hr.
- I reworked the way I charge for comics, and also added a premade page layout option, which is a bit cheaper than a fully custom comic.
- I'm not offering fully rendered artwork as a tier anymore-- It always took me wayyyy longer than I anticipated. The tiers I'm now offering are Sketch, Lineart, Flat color, and Full color. Full color is a bit nicer than what my "simple shading" tier used to (or was originally intended to) be, but not as detailed as it was in the past.
- I am now officially offering reference sheets as a commission option!
- I'm no longer working with an infinite waitlist. As a commissioner it's annoying to have to wait 6 months to get a comm, and it's stressful for me to have 20+ commissions on my to-do list. I don't plan to work with a specific number of slots, but my plan is to close them before I get overwhelmed.
- I no longer charge extra for certain types of content. Instead, I'm just going to be pickier about what commissions I accept, unless my current workload is light.
- I reworked my TOS. I shortened it a bit, and added an FAQ section to cover some information that you don't have to know but might want to know. Hopefully that will make folks more likely to actually read the important stuff!

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to let me know! The best place to contact me is discord (@mkiiiconvertible.) I will do my best to respond promptly.

I had fun! Got a chance to experiment quite a bit. It's nice to draw things that aren't for myself and also don't have any monetary incentive for a certain degree of quality. (And that are also not requests. :P)
I'll probably play again next year! But I don't think I'll try and commit to revenging every attack I get. That did end up burning me out a bit. Will probably play it a bit more casually.
I've been spreading out posts to 1 per day, so you'll see a couple more trickling in over the next few days.
There are a couple things I won't post here for various reasons, (not sure if user is 18, not happy with quality, etc,) but they're all up on my artfight account. https://artfight.net/~Mkiiiconvertible

Also, I'm hoping to reopen commissions next month! I hope! Still got a few things to get sorted, and art fight was very distracting. I will keep everyone posted!

I've seen a few other artists do this, and I'm deciding to jump on the bandwagon! It's a good way to welcome the new year!
What aspects of my art do you think I can improve on? In any aspect, really; anatomy, lineart, color, backgrounds, storytelling, posing, etc etc. Whatever you might have noticed!
I've been a bit hyper-critical of my art lately, which has benefits and drawbacks, but I think it's refreshing to see what issues others notice. Gives me a better idea of what I should focus on, rather than trying to improve everything at once!

I'm mostly looking for criticism on my art itself, rather than what types of content people want to see more of. Most of my artistic energy is taken up by commissions these days, and the rest is generally devoted to stuff I want to draw for my own enjoyment. So if your desired content does not check one of those boxes, it's probably not happening any time soon. ;P
Other than that, I welcome any sort of feedback, however small!

Happy new year, everyone! This year has seen a lot of growth for my career as a TF artist, and I'm very grateful for that! I turned it into a full-time job a few months ago, which has been a learning experience, but also very rewarding! I'm hoping this year will see me continue to improve, both artistically and in terms of my business. I don't have a lot more to say than that-- I hope you all have a wonderful year!

$3+ patrons can vote for a character to feature in the next bi-monthly comic here!

$5+ Patrons can vote for an animal here! To kick off the new year, this month's poll features some of the runner-ups from 2024, including the blue whale, vampire bat, great white shark, tardigrade, chihuahua, and snake!

This bimonthly comic will feature Nevaeh turning into a moose! 🫎

Here's a link to my Discord server if you haven't already joined! If you are a patron, make sure to link your Discord account to your Patreon account so that you can get roles based on your tier and access to exclusive channels!

I like sticking my nose in places >o3c
I'm already in quite a few, but I could always be in more! Preferably ones that are somewhat active!
Does not have to perfectly align with my tastes, as long as people are generally fine with me being myself.

I'm sure folks (especially non-US folks) are tired of hearing people whine about it, but I'm going to ramble for a sec because it's therapeutic.

I originally wrote more, but I don't feel like it's very useful or interesting to share a detailed report of my opinions and current emotional state. I don't really feel like I have a right to complain. I live in a blue state, in one of the most progressive cities in the country, am white, not visibly transgender, and am in an extremely stable living situation, so I know my personal safety is not compromised. But I know that that's very much not the case for a lot of people. I wish I could be more useful. I'm scared for the state of the country, for my friends, and just, in general, affected by the overwhelming aura of despair that is impossible to avoid right now. I feel like i don't deserve to be scared at all, and i also feel terrible for not feeling more scared. It's hard for me to assess my emotions right now. All in all I'm just feeling tired and... weird. I'm less focused, more irritable than usual, and it's harder to get up in the morning. But I guess I'm okay. I'm doing better than many.

Anyway, I believe that negativity by itself does more harm than good, so here's my silver lining for you:
It's only 4 years, and he will never be able to run again. Maybe another horrible whack-job will try to walk in his shoes, but they won't have accrued the same cult following that Trump did, so their chances of getting elected are much more slim.
Be there for your loved ones, and your communities. They need you right now. There will always be good in humanity if you are willing to be the good.
Stay up to date on and participate in your local elections. These are things that will have a more direct impact on you, and that likewise you can have a more direct impact on.
The best way to keep bad actors on their toes is to survive, and to never stop doing your part to fight back. If you give up, they win.
Here is a link to a directory of free hotlines for mental health and other stuff: https://www.pleaselive.org/hotlines/
Don't be afraid to seek comfort from others. You are loved, and you matter.

New polls are up on my Patreon for my next comic! $3+ members can vote which of my characters will be featured, and $5+ members can vote on which animal they should turn into.
This month's animal theme is BIG, with the running between the blue whale, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, giant squid, and moose!

This month's comic will feature Nevaeh turning into a Tufted Deer!
Also, like I mentioned in an earlier journal, I'm officially slowing down monthly comics to bi-monthly. This will mean I have 2 months to work on this comic, which should (hopefully) translate to an improvement in quality, and my general stress levels!

Last month's (moth's?) comic featured Nevaeh turning into a Death's Head Hawkmoth! It will be released publicly in a month or so; if you'd like to see it now, consider subscribing to my Patreon! (There are other benefits, too!)

As in, every 2 months, not twice a month!
I've been feeling a bit rushed with them, even when I don't procrastinate. It would be nice to feel like I can go a bit more slowly and (hopefully) make them a bit nicer and more well-researched! I feel like it's been a while since i've been able to spend time on anything, which has definitely affected my perception of my skills as an artist.
They also eat up a sizeable chunk of my monthly schedule; I've realized that between comics and rewards I'm spending up to 2 full weeks on patreon stuff, which is almost certainly the main reason I'm slogging through my commissions waitlist so slowly.
Additionally, I haven't noticed that the monthly comics bring in as many new subscribers as rewards do. Which is fine; they do tend to get more engagement than most of my other submissions after posting them publicly. But as I'm trying to better account for scheduling, I'm trying to put some extra thought into where my time is best spent!
I think this change should make things run a bit more smoothly on my end. I hope it isn't too disappointing for anyone! Hopefully I can make up for it by making the comics more polished.

On an unrelated note, thank goodness they're revisiting Policy 2.7. What a headache that's been!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/discord-server-114833871?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

I'm sharing the invite link via Patreon for the added age verification popup, but you do not have to be a patron to join! You just gotta be 18+, and also preferably not a horrible person.
It's a fairly standard artist server; I post my art, you can post yours, we can talk about various topics, etc etc. It's a good time!

https://bsky.app/profile/mkiiiconve.....le.bsky.social
Nothing substantial has been posted there yet, but i plan to add it to my Postybirb list. I actually made the account a while ago, but never got around to using it.
I was never on Twitter, but I might as well ride the exodus while y'all have it on the mind!

What aspects of it do you find the most challenging?
If you consider yourself to be experienced with drawing it, what did you find most challenging when you first started? And what do you still find challenging? What skills/tricks have you found the most useful in developing your TF drawing abilities?
If youwould like to try drawing TF art but haven't drawn much TF art at all, why not? What do you find the most intimidating?

I ask, because I'm considering putting together a guide, and most likely offering it for sale on a website like gumroad. (possibly with snippets released for free but i cannot promise this!) I want to get an idea of what would be the most useful things to cover!
Feel free to ask your TF artist friends as well, and let me know what they say!

Feel free to make your answers as vague or as specific as you want, and to give as many answers as you want! There are a lot of really challenging things about drawing TF art. c:
The most common answer I've been hearing so far is "mid-tf," which makes a lot of sense, but it would be useful to me if you can elaborate on what aspect of mid-tf you are getting stuck on; e.g. proportions, consistency, making it look appealing, etc. If you feel like you just don't know where to start at all, that is also a valid answer!

For the most part I'm looking for answers that relate specifically to TF art, rather than drawing in general. Answers like "motivation" and "lack of free time" are extremely valid, but not really something I am planning on implementing in a guide specifically for TF art. If you can provide an answer like this that can be connected specifically to TF art, feel free to share it!
It may also be useful to give context of what types of TFs you generally want to draw, although I think that a lot of TF-related skills can be applied to the vast majority of its sub-genres.

If someone else gave the same answer that you were planning to give, please still share it! The more people that answer the same thing, the more important i know the subject matter is!

I mean, I technically already was hours-wise, but now I'm not a part-time cashier as well! 🎉
I just sent in my letter of resignation. I've been cutting down my hours more and more since I started taking commissions, (I ended up limiting my availability so much, that some weeks they only ended up scheduling me for 4 hours total) and I think I'm finally ready to drop it entirely.

The job wasn't terrible, all things considered, (my coworkers and even the vast majority of the customers have been lovely) but I hate working customer service so much, that even as little as 4 hours a week caused me a lot of dread. It just clashes so much with my people-pleasing anxiety, and also feels like a waste of time. Not to mention the pay is lower than commissions, especially taking into consideration the cost of transport.

To be quite honest, I've been wanting to quit for a very long time, but have struggled to take that final step due to a number of silly reasons. Feeling like I'm abandoning people, feeling like I should just suck it up and stop being a wimp, feeling like i don't deserve to not have a job I hate, and overall the fear of committing to quitting and having to actually confront my boss about it.
The last straw was that my scheduling app is malfunctioning, and I got a call from my boss, saying I was supposed to come in today. She asked me if I could come in anyway, and I said "I already made plans..... 😬" (I do not have rigid plans.) I then realized just how much I could not be fucked anymore. This isn't the first excuse like this I've made, even this month. Life is just too short to subject myself to things that I don't find fulfilling or lucrative, even if it's only for 4 hours a week. My current living situation is thankfully extremely flexible, so I'm in no danger even if commissions slow down.

Anyway, this will mean that i have a bit more time to work on commissions and stuff, so hopefully I'll be able to work through my waitlist (which is still very long) a bit faster! I'm also working on applying myself more, and getting more into the nitty-gritty of time-management so that I can improve my workflow. I'm also working on re-calculating my prices to more securely accommodate a workflow I am moderately comfortable with. Notably, I've realized just how much time I end up spending on things that are necessary, but I can't really charge for directly. (Communication with clients, posting, sending invoices, compiling information about comms, etc etc.) So future prices will take this into consideration and try to provide some coverage for it. This is all stuff I'm grateful to be figuring out now, while I have a lot of flexibility to fumble a bit.

I hope that you, dear reader, find the courage and the means to pursue something you find meaningful. If you're stuck in the same place that I was, let this be a sign that it's okay to cut off that thing that's been weighing you down. Everybody deserves to take steps toward their own happiness. Life is short, and you only have one!

EDIT: I have been informed that there is indeed a way to make Trello boards uneditable and public! So I will be using that instead because it's easier to work with. https://trello.com/b/eRvl1HzU
Please ignore the google sheet linked below.


A few people have asked, so I've made a public document where people can see my waitlist and check their position on it and whatnot! I will do my best to keep it updated.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet.....it?usp=sharing
I would have used trello, but you've gotta throw $10 a month at them to make it view-only. I don't feel like risking random folks coming in and vandalizing my waitlist. :P

To be clear, my commissions are still closed! I will most likely be opening them back up when this list is considerably shorter than it is now.

My waitlist is getting pretty long. (Like over 6 months)
Which, all things considered, is very good! But I'm getting a bit overwhelmed. So I'd like to close off new comm submissions temporarily while i get a bit caught up!
The other thing that this tells me, is that it's time to raise my prices. Which I always feel a bit nervous about doing, just cause I don't like disappointing people; but at the end of the day this is a job, and the amount I can physically from it is entirely my own responsibility. Getting a lot of extra business is great, but the amount of work I can get done at once is a fixed value.
I haven't decided on my new pricing yet. I don't expect it to be drastic, but I also want to get into the habit of periodically raising my prices by small amounts as I improve as an artist.
I hope y'all understand and will respect my decision!
I do wanna give people a chance to hop on my current prices, though, if they've been considering commissioning me for a bit and haven't hopped on. I'll give folks until the end of the week to send me a note or a DM on discord (@mkiiiconvertible) if they wanna claim a slot, before I close my waitlist.
Also, anybody who is already on my waitlist will still be charged at my current prices.
I don't foresee my patreon prices changing just yet, because Patreon doesn't make it easy to change. So if you're looking for affordable art from me, I am still offering monthly sketch rewards for $15.

Anyway, I think that's all I wanted to say, I'll append an edit if I think of anything else. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

I'm planning on switching from Patreon to Subscribestar at some point in the future, and I'm also planning on taking the chance to change things up a lil' at the same time.
So I made a form to get some feedback from folks: https://forms.gle/s8xpzAHWTsYpnsUQ7
Many of the questions are geared towards my existing patrons, but there are a few that are relevant to people who aren't!
Ultimately the decisions I make will be based on services I can reasonably and conveniently provide, but it's also in my best interest to know what people actually want.

A couple months ago I made a journal about tapering off my SSRI medication, which I have. I'm glad to be going through with it, but the withdrawals have been doing a number on me and seem to be getting worse rather than better. When I started tapering I was under the impression that withdrawal symptoms were rare as long as you taper under a doctor's supervision, but it's very recently come out that that is not the case and never has been. They'd previously assume the withdrawal symptoms were a relapse of previous symptoms, but this is very often not the case.
Apparently there's been some new research revealing that A) SSRIs simply don't work for as many people as previously thought, and B) It's fairly common to get protracted withdrawals (up to 9 months or so) if you taper for less than a year. I tapered for about a month, and the specific drug I was taking (zoloft) is on the list of the most difficult to taper off of.
I might not actually be quite past the threshold into protracted withdrawals (it's been about 7 weeks since I dropped to 0) but it's getting pretty close with no signs of improvement, so I'm not gonna get my hopes up.

For the sake of brevity I don't want to go into massive details on my symptoms, but essentially my brain isn't really processing serotonin like it should.
Being productive has been a bit difficult, because I'm constantly tired and my tolerance for frustration/difficulty has gone down to near 0. If I try too hard to get work done when I'm not feeling it, I tend to spiral. I'm generally pretty ok if I just let myself be slower than usual, but that gets harder for me to do the longer I go without improvement. Social interaction has also been exponentially more exhausting and stressful which has made me pretty lonely. I'm also tired and hungry and achy and I have to pee a lot.

I have access to plenty of support from friends and family and things are okay, but it's definitely been hurting my productivity and I have no way of knowing how much longer it will last. It could resolve itself in a few weeks, it could go the whole 9 months or longer. I really just don't know, which is what bugs me the most.
On the bright side, I've basically kicked my caffeine habit due to how sensitive my anxiety has been to it.

I guess this is sorta halfway a vent post and halfway a general update to let people know why I'm even slower than usual lately. And I think that, for the sake of my sanity, I'm going to let myself slow down even more, for the time being.
I'm still doing my best to keep up with comms and patreon stuff!

You've probably noticed a lot of NSFW artists complaining about losing their platforms lately. I'm definitely nervous about it too.
A major causal factor is pressure from payment processors like Mastercard.
If you have time, please consider signing the petition below:
https://action.aclu.org/petition/ma.....-unjust-policy
Mastercard isn't the only source of the problem, but it's not trivial!
Thank you for reading, have a great day.

Last month's poll about what animal should feature in my next TF comic ended in a tie, so I'm making the tiebreaker poll public! :D It'll be up for one week.
The running is between Snake and Slug.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-animal-99637136?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Relatively long venty rant that isn't very important, so you can ignore it if you wish.
TLDR I'm disproportionately upset about a short delay in refilling my ADHD medication and I'm taking it a bit too personally.

Really frustrated about how my provider/pharmacy is handling the shortage on ADHD meds
They already make it difficult enough for someone with ADHD to fill their prescriptions by not allowing me to get automatic notifications when it's time for me to refill. I can set that up for my SSRIs, but not my stimulants. 🤔🤔🤔 I can't refill them earlier than 1 week before they run out. And with the shortage, even if I time my refill request on the dot, it's still not enough time to get them before I run out.
When they can't refill my meds, the only way I am notified is by a little message that shows up if I go back to the prescription section of the website, several days after asking them to fill it. And in order to do anything about it, I have to call the pharmacy (which i found out today isn't open on weekends so I have to wait till monday! 🙃)
Calling them takes me to some poor pharmacist who is sick and tired of telling people like me that they literally can't do anything because they physically don't have the meds. Not their fault and I feel bad for them, but they're not always very understanding because pfff we're just stimulant junkies who are too lazy to be useful without their fix (Strawman here obviously, some of them have been very helpful, but I will come back to that sentiment in a sec)
I'm extremely lucky that I have a workaround, in that I have a prescription for Vyvanse which is an expensive "designer drug" that I can only get with my insurance because I'm cool and have tried everything else they tried to throw at me instead. SHOCKINGLY there's no shortage of the stuff that costs the insurance companies the most money. My prescription is typically filled as the generic form of Vyvanse (Lisdextroamphetamine, identical but cheaper and with a longer, scarier name) which is affected by the shortage. All I have to do when I call the pharmacy is typically to tell them to fill the prescription as Vyvanse, and then suddenly there's no issue. But then of course it will be another several days before the order actually gets filled.
I even messaged my doctor to have my prescription changed back to Vyvanse to avoid this in the future. Which they did, for a bit, and it was dandy.
This month, though, they apparently changed it back to the generic without notifying me, and now I'm out of my Vyvanse. And can't call till monday.

All in all it's actually not that big a deal. They've been able to fill my short-release Adderall, which isn't ideal on its own, but is better than nothing. And it will most likely just be for a few days. It'll be fine.
I'm just. So tired. Of dealing with this every month, and of how little respect ADHD still gets, as a genuine disorder. They make it so hard for us to get our stimulants, but then hand them out like candy to long-covid patients, and now there isn't enough to go around anymore. They won't bother to hand out name-brand versions of drugs, even when they're out of the generic. They hardly bother to communicate with me, and expect me to keep track of everything myself, which is infamously difficult for people with ADHD.
There's always been a sentiment that ADHD folks just aren't trying hard enough. And even when that sentiment is starting to change, it's through gritted teeth. Why should we, as adults, feel entitled to the fancy meth drug just because we don't want to do stuff? Because it works. It makes it so that I can actually do stuff. People without ADHD just don't understand what it's like to live a life where not wanting to do something means your brain simply refuses to do it. People who don't get diagnosed just go through their life thinking everything is just "supposed" to be incredibly difficult, or that they're just lazy or stupid. Yeah it's not a life-saving drug, but it is extremely important to my quality of life. Yes, I'm a bit too dependent on my medication and someday I would like to change that a bit. But that's my own business. And it's not like they're jumping to offer me any alternative treatment like a life coach or whatever.

That got even more tangential than I intended, but it's been extremely frustrating and it helps to get it off my chest. I'm way more upset than I need to be, and I feel super entitled for complaining about something that I honestly have a very reasonable solution to. but I'm just so tired of not being taken seriously, and of seeing other ADHD folks not even taking themselves seriously because they don't think that they deserve to. Stuff like this just tends to make me spiral a bit. I'll be fine. I just like to externalize things.

Thanks for reading, if you did. Remember that no matter who you are or what you do, you deserve to be happy, and that if medications help you achieve that, you deserve to have a steady access to them.

I think I'm finally gonna try and get off the SSRIs I'm taking, mostly so I can see if it's why my libido is so lame. And also because I don't really think they do anything for me.
Don't worry, I'm not going cold turkey. I've already messaged my doctor :P

I'll be away from january 2nd-7th; flying over to Idaho for a family gathering!
You might have also noticed I haven't plugged a new comic preview this month; time kinda got away from me over the holidays and I wasn't able to get this month's comic done in time.
I'll have to get that finished when I get back from my trip, as well as finishing up Patreon rewards, so I'll end up being a week or 2 behind schedule.

I'm not great at taking things like this into consideration when scheduling commissions; so For those of you on my commission waitlist, There might be a week or 2 delay from the estimates I gave you. Please feel free to let me know if that's a significant issue for you and I can see about squeezing you in a bit earlier than planned.

This is totally on me! Sorry for any inconvenience.

I've had a great year! I've really enjoyed getting more and more connected with the TF community, and I've seen my watcher count just about double from ~500 to ~1000! I'm glad to be able to share this part of me, and to have so many people enjoy it. It's my second year of posting to this community, and I've had a blast exploring and finding my own little niche within it. I've been so pleasantly surprised by how much I've been able to grow as a professional artist, both with my commissions and my Patreon.

Whether you're new or you've followed me for a while, I'm curious to hear some of your thoughts as we wrap up the year!
What's been your favorite submission/theme I've explored over the past year? What would you like to see more of next year? and in general, shat aspect(s) of my art stands out to you?

Happy new year! Thanks so much for being a part of my life, it really means the world to me!