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Needing Volunteers For Chocolate Practice!
General | Posted a year agoThis is an idea heavily influenced by someone over on Twitter; was debating on how I was going to go about this, but figured I would be straightforward. As the title implies, I am wanting more practice when it comes to drawing and figured this would be a good opportunity as I work towards a bigger project.
Since chocolate is my absolute favorite thing to draw, this is for anyone that is interested in seeing their character as chocolate. There are some different styles and color combinations I am wanting to experiment with. I will not put any deadline for these nor will I do them in any specific order, but I will try to limit myself when it comes to spending time for each.
* You do not have to be a watcher so feel free to drop a link to your reference
* Make sure to let me know if you would like it to be SFW or NSFW.
* Note you do not have to be a watcher so feel free to invite friends.
* This is unrelated to any raffles, so any previous raffle winners are welcome to join in.
I wish everyone well. 🍫🦈👍
Since chocolate is my absolute favorite thing to draw, this is for anyone that is interested in seeing their character as chocolate. There are some different styles and color combinations I am wanting to experiment with. I will not put any deadline for these nor will I do them in any specific order, but I will try to limit myself when it comes to spending time for each.
* You do not have to be a watcher so feel free to drop a link to your reference
* Make sure to let me know if you would like it to be SFW or NSFW.
* Note you do not have to be a watcher so feel free to invite friends.
* This is unrelated to any raffles, so any previous raffle winners are welcome to join in.
I wish everyone well. 🍫🦈👍
Something I Have Neglected To Address... (Continued)
General | Posted 2 years ago(This is a continuation of a previous journal.)
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This is a little bit of the background behind the creation of my account and a little more about myself:
*Note much of the following is my perspective and I tried to include specific dates where I could. It is important to understand that I was extremely uncomfortable with sharing this, but I am tired of getting messages asking if I still draw scat transformations…
A few years ago, in 2016, I met an individual. They were older than me and were regularly harassed for being weird, I did not really understand at the time, but I felt sorry for them. I was tall for my age with a sickly presence, I have symptoms of Raynaud's so my hands are often pale and are always unnaturally cold to the touch, so I was sometimes compared to a “corpse” or “zombie”, but to me everyone felt warm… Unfortunately I lacked a lot of self confidence, and am not really the type of person to argue or be confrontational. So I just started talking with this person a little bit, and at the time thought they were alright to talk to. But today I regret making that decision…
I do a lot of traveling, visiting my family that is divided by a sea of blue. I registered to join a rotary youth exchange program for 2018-2019, so I had even more experience with traveling and living with a host family. Lived with my host family as a stranger at first, but they eventually gave me a nickname, the nickname translation of 'Nine' because they considered me the 9th member of their family. To be honest, at first I was not a fan of that kind of nickname, but it slowly grew on me. I spent 11 months with this host family and I shared some of my best and worst experiences with them. I am forever grateful for what they did to help encourage and support me.
As I was traveling, the individual I felt sorry for began making strange requests and asking if I had ever drawn or done story writing before. I surprisingly never really liked drawing growing up, but with the writing aspect, I thought that it could help improve my English. This is also around the same time the individual introduced me to the furry community, and I got a fascination with transformations, petrifications, goo, and slime monsters… It was also around this time that the individual expressed their own fascination with turning other characters into poop monsters of all things, I did not even know what scat or water-sport was at the time…
Needless to say, I was going through a phase of confusion, stress, denial, and loneliness not knowing what to feel. Despite everything, I could not bring myself to say 'NO', we had been playing online games at the time like Warframe and I had a hard time making friends while still being abroad, this was a point where I was extremely vulnerable and depressed. If anything, my host family was the best cure to my depression.
After a few weeks of exploring on my own, the individual talked me into creating an account with FA, and thus the account you see before you now. For anyone that had seen the older stuff I had done know how bad I was about art tracing (and yes I am ashamed of that stuff as well.)
When I returned from my exchange travel, I could never really look at the individual the same way ever again, regrettably I continued with the dirty stuff but as time went on the individual's request turned into demands. When I tried exclaiming that I was not into that kind of transformation, they would threaten blackmailing, my family, the few friends I did have, and even my work. I had already told a lot of folks about the trouble I had been having with the individual, so eventually the individual began to threaten to end their own life when I finally built up the courage to tell them enough was enough on the 25th of March 2022…
I have not talked nor heard anything from this individual, and quite frankly hope never to encounter someone like that again. Sorry to say, but despite my best efforts to stay positive, things have truly been hard for me during those years. I am both ashamed and embarrassed about those old projects (I even just feel uncomfortable mentioning it for what it is) and I just want folks to know that I am not and never was that kind of person.
Things are going great for me now, finishing up my education preparing to graduate and pass my boards in becoming a radiology technologist in only 6 months. So for the past year, I have had my nose stuck in textbooks for class to keep my academic scholarships, working as a PRN student x-ray technologist on my days off.
It just makes me sad to think I failed in trying to help someone and that they were abusive and only holding me back. I choose to move on and better myself, and I can only hope that folks see that at least trying can make a difference. In order to truly help someone, I firmly believe you first have to convince them to help themselves…
Do not confuse me with being disingenuous, but this is probably one of my big regrets in life. In simple terms, I showed sympathy towards someone, they recognized my vulnerabilities and attempted to mentally manipulate me into doing what they wanted and then tried to convince me that I was into something I was not.
It is one thing to have a fetish for something, but it is another thing to force it upon others especially if it makes everyone uncomfortable. This is something I would not wish upon anyone.
In the end, nothing can clearly depict what or how I was feeling during that period, I struggle with finding the right words and my memory of everything is honestly a little cloudy. But regardless, if anything, this does not serve as an excuse to justify any of that old stuff. I was worried when sharing this, unsure if anyone would even believe me or understand, but it does make me feel better that I finally got around to sharing this.
So in understanding that, I was not feeling well nor exactly had a proper introduction to both FA and furries in general in the beginning, got a lot of mean/hateful comments and messages that only encouraged those disgusting types of projects (and no, I do not take any of those mean comments personally, I neglected some things that I would later go back and fix…) This is why I have never left a comment nor responded to any comments because it also made me feel uncomfortable and nothing I say would make things any better. Believe me when I say that I have been called some of the worst things imaginable, but when it comes to me if I have nothing nice to say, I would rather not say anything at all, it would only add more fuel to a pointless fire… It is also for this reason that I removed those shouts and comments, I do not mention any of these individuals by name because I do not want there to be any shameless bullying or targeting… Everyone has a right to dislike someone, just know that I do not support harassment of any kind.
Only this past year did I actually start putting in the effort to crack my comfort zone to talk with other folks and join communities. It is currently one of the best feelings that I have had in a long time, establishing friendships with a variety of different folks that accept me for the true type of person I am, a mono-tone quiet introvert that tries their best to be friendly and respectful. I can not tell you how nervous it made me feel when some folks wanted to talk to me more, not just as the character of a chocolate shark, but as a normal casual person. Some folks even invited me to personal discord servers where I got the chance to meet others in a controlled setting that paved a path for more healthy friendships. And for the folks that did this, I am grateful and even if I did not tell you, it led to one of the few times I have ever cried, and the experienced tears of happiness…
But there is still my discomfort when folks on discord ask to see my gallery on FA only see the older projects and then ask about it. For many of these folks I would say, "I do not want to talk about that, I was depressed and confused, I no longer have an interest in that sort of thing, or I am not like that any more." These were all just served to undermine the bigger picture, it makes me feel awkward talking about it and often uncomfortable for the individual asking…
I also can not express the joy I felt when someone made a fan-art of my chocolate shark. The drawing was of my chocolate shark character in a melted puddle. It was the first time anyone had done something like this for me, especially considering I have never asked for anything from another artist.
It was something I never thought I would see, but only a few weeks later another friendly individual asked about drawing a practice piece of my chocolate shark character. This just surprised me because there were many other shark characters in the group yet they were asking to draw mine. I just did not know what to say, I still considered myself a stranger, and yet they were talking to me in a friendly way even after I told them where my FA originated from…
It is jarring to think about the chocolate shark that became the face of my account, Quick. In the beginning, I struggled with drawing and what started off as a copy of ‘Shark Rad’ from ‘Cyanide and Happiness’ slowly transitioned into the chocolate shark you see today and something I am proud to call truly my own work. Ironically the name for Quick came around for my shark after a misspelling of "quick sand" on a sign in an old drawing that I failed to catch before uploading (surprisingly folks thought he was named after "Nestle Quick", as funny as that would have been). So little interesting facts about his origin since folks commonly ask about him, and yes his shy demeanor is largely influenced by my own personality. After a bit of consideration and asking around, I ultimately decided to make Quick's change into a living chocolate shark permanent because it is something that is my absolute favorite thing to draw because of its versatility. Chocolate has many factors that made it appealing to me in terms of being solid for hard petrifications, nothing quite like changing a character into an edible chocolate statue for other folks to enjoy. Also being susceptible to melting in high temperatures opens the opportunities to liquid and slime concepts, an obvious weakness when being made of chocolate. When combined it incorporates features from both petrification and slime smoothly.
I guess that this is all I needed to say, and just to clarify for a final time, no, I will not be drawing scat transformations anymore. It is alright for folks to have that type of interest, but I do not want folks believing in misconceptions that I draw that kind of stuff anymore. And once again, I apologize for not addressing any of this sooner…
I will be working on gifting art to certain individuals and personal projects for the next few months, so there will be no more raffles for the time being.
Regardless, this chocolate shark wishes you a pleasant day.
___
This is a little bit of the background behind the creation of my account and a little more about myself:
*Note much of the following is my perspective and I tried to include specific dates where I could. It is important to understand that I was extremely uncomfortable with sharing this, but I am tired of getting messages asking if I still draw scat transformations…
A few years ago, in 2016, I met an individual. They were older than me and were regularly harassed for being weird, I did not really understand at the time, but I felt sorry for them. I was tall for my age with a sickly presence, I have symptoms of Raynaud's so my hands are often pale and are always unnaturally cold to the touch, so I was sometimes compared to a “corpse” or “zombie”, but to me everyone felt warm… Unfortunately I lacked a lot of self confidence, and am not really the type of person to argue or be confrontational. So I just started talking with this person a little bit, and at the time thought they were alright to talk to. But today I regret making that decision…
I do a lot of traveling, visiting my family that is divided by a sea of blue. I registered to join a rotary youth exchange program for 2018-2019, so I had even more experience with traveling and living with a host family. Lived with my host family as a stranger at first, but they eventually gave me a nickname, the nickname translation of 'Nine' because they considered me the 9th member of their family. To be honest, at first I was not a fan of that kind of nickname, but it slowly grew on me. I spent 11 months with this host family and I shared some of my best and worst experiences with them. I am forever grateful for what they did to help encourage and support me.
As I was traveling, the individual I felt sorry for began making strange requests and asking if I had ever drawn or done story writing before. I surprisingly never really liked drawing growing up, but with the writing aspect, I thought that it could help improve my English. This is also around the same time the individual introduced me to the furry community, and I got a fascination with transformations, petrifications, goo, and slime monsters… It was also around this time that the individual expressed their own fascination with turning other characters into poop monsters of all things, I did not even know what scat or water-sport was at the time…
Needless to say, I was going through a phase of confusion, stress, denial, and loneliness not knowing what to feel. Despite everything, I could not bring myself to say 'NO', we had been playing online games at the time like Warframe and I had a hard time making friends while still being abroad, this was a point where I was extremely vulnerable and depressed. If anything, my host family was the best cure to my depression.
After a few weeks of exploring on my own, the individual talked me into creating an account with FA, and thus the account you see before you now. For anyone that had seen the older stuff I had done know how bad I was about art tracing (and yes I am ashamed of that stuff as well.)
When I returned from my exchange travel, I could never really look at the individual the same way ever again, regrettably I continued with the dirty stuff but as time went on the individual's request turned into demands. When I tried exclaiming that I was not into that kind of transformation, they would threaten blackmailing, my family, the few friends I did have, and even my work. I had already told a lot of folks about the trouble I had been having with the individual, so eventually the individual began to threaten to end their own life when I finally built up the courage to tell them enough was enough on the 25th of March 2022…
I have not talked nor heard anything from this individual, and quite frankly hope never to encounter someone like that again. Sorry to say, but despite my best efforts to stay positive, things have truly been hard for me during those years. I am both ashamed and embarrassed about those old projects (I even just feel uncomfortable mentioning it for what it is) and I just want folks to know that I am not and never was that kind of person.
Things are going great for me now, finishing up my education preparing to graduate and pass my boards in becoming a radiology technologist in only 6 months. So for the past year, I have had my nose stuck in textbooks for class to keep my academic scholarships, working as a PRN student x-ray technologist on my days off.
It just makes me sad to think I failed in trying to help someone and that they were abusive and only holding me back. I choose to move on and better myself, and I can only hope that folks see that at least trying can make a difference. In order to truly help someone, I firmly believe you first have to convince them to help themselves…
Do not confuse me with being disingenuous, but this is probably one of my big regrets in life. In simple terms, I showed sympathy towards someone, they recognized my vulnerabilities and attempted to mentally manipulate me into doing what they wanted and then tried to convince me that I was into something I was not.
It is one thing to have a fetish for something, but it is another thing to force it upon others especially if it makes everyone uncomfortable. This is something I would not wish upon anyone.
In the end, nothing can clearly depict what or how I was feeling during that period, I struggle with finding the right words and my memory of everything is honestly a little cloudy. But regardless, if anything, this does not serve as an excuse to justify any of that old stuff. I was worried when sharing this, unsure if anyone would even believe me or understand, but it does make me feel better that I finally got around to sharing this.
So in understanding that, I was not feeling well nor exactly had a proper introduction to both FA and furries in general in the beginning, got a lot of mean/hateful comments and messages that only encouraged those disgusting types of projects (and no, I do not take any of those mean comments personally, I neglected some things that I would later go back and fix…) This is why I have never left a comment nor responded to any comments because it also made me feel uncomfortable and nothing I say would make things any better. Believe me when I say that I have been called some of the worst things imaginable, but when it comes to me if I have nothing nice to say, I would rather not say anything at all, it would only add more fuel to a pointless fire… It is also for this reason that I removed those shouts and comments, I do not mention any of these individuals by name because I do not want there to be any shameless bullying or targeting… Everyone has a right to dislike someone, just know that I do not support harassment of any kind.
Only this past year did I actually start putting in the effort to crack my comfort zone to talk with other folks and join communities. It is currently one of the best feelings that I have had in a long time, establishing friendships with a variety of different folks that accept me for the true type of person I am, a mono-tone quiet introvert that tries their best to be friendly and respectful. I can not tell you how nervous it made me feel when some folks wanted to talk to me more, not just as the character of a chocolate shark, but as a normal casual person. Some folks even invited me to personal discord servers where I got the chance to meet others in a controlled setting that paved a path for more healthy friendships. And for the folks that did this, I am grateful and even if I did not tell you, it led to one of the few times I have ever cried, and the experienced tears of happiness…
But there is still my discomfort when folks on discord ask to see my gallery on FA only see the older projects and then ask about it. For many of these folks I would say, "I do not want to talk about that, I was depressed and confused, I no longer have an interest in that sort of thing, or I am not like that any more." These were all just served to undermine the bigger picture, it makes me feel awkward talking about it and often uncomfortable for the individual asking…
I also can not express the joy I felt when someone made a fan-art of my chocolate shark. The drawing was of my chocolate shark character in a melted puddle. It was the first time anyone had done something like this for me, especially considering I have never asked for anything from another artist.
It was something I never thought I would see, but only a few weeks later another friendly individual asked about drawing a practice piece of my chocolate shark character. This just surprised me because there were many other shark characters in the group yet they were asking to draw mine. I just did not know what to say, I still considered myself a stranger, and yet they were talking to me in a friendly way even after I told them where my FA originated from…
It is jarring to think about the chocolate shark that became the face of my account, Quick. In the beginning, I struggled with drawing and what started off as a copy of ‘Shark Rad’ from ‘Cyanide and Happiness’ slowly transitioned into the chocolate shark you see today and something I am proud to call truly my own work. Ironically the name for Quick came around for my shark after a misspelling of "quick sand" on a sign in an old drawing that I failed to catch before uploading (surprisingly folks thought he was named after "Nestle Quick", as funny as that would have been). So little interesting facts about his origin since folks commonly ask about him, and yes his shy demeanor is largely influenced by my own personality. After a bit of consideration and asking around, I ultimately decided to make Quick's change into a living chocolate shark permanent because it is something that is my absolute favorite thing to draw because of its versatility. Chocolate has many factors that made it appealing to me in terms of being solid for hard petrifications, nothing quite like changing a character into an edible chocolate statue for other folks to enjoy. Also being susceptible to melting in high temperatures opens the opportunities to liquid and slime concepts, an obvious weakness when being made of chocolate. When combined it incorporates features from both petrification and slime smoothly.
I guess that this is all I needed to say, and just to clarify for a final time, no, I will not be drawing scat transformations anymore. It is alright for folks to have that type of interest, but I do not want folks believing in misconceptions that I draw that kind of stuff anymore. And once again, I apologize for not addressing any of this sooner…
I will be working on gifting art to certain individuals and personal projects for the next few months, so there will be no more raffles for the time being.
Regardless, this chocolate shark wishes you a pleasant day.
Something I Have Neglected To Address...
General | Posted 2 years agoHello, I just wanted to make a little journal to keep everyone updated and address some things that need clarification.
Unfortunately making the decision to hold off on commissions for right now due to my lack of free time and commitment. But in saying this, it is about time I create a personal goal of achieving 500 watchers on FA, only then would I commit myself to taking on any commissions.
In the recent year, you might have noticed that my account has gone through a bit of change. Made a promise to myself over a year ago to open up more and talk with new folks. And now, I feel accomplished in the new friendships established.
But now I have a secondary goal, to be true and honest about expressing myself and not cower behind my own embarrassment…
In case if it was not obvious, there will be no more scat related transformations, so I kindly ask that folks stop messaging me about it. In honesty, I have come to realize that I never liked drawing that kind of content and I do not want to talk or be associated with anyone that bombard me with those types of comments because it makes me uncomfortable. All related content has been moved to scraps, still undecided whether or not I will be permanently deleting that stuff…
There is a lot that I am wanting to get off my chest and I also apologize for neglecting to address things sooner. In honesty, I had probably one of the worst introductions into the community because of a single individual and was severely depressed and lonely, and now I am trying to fix misconceptions around me. I will make a follow-up journal going over specifics…
As I have said before in past journals, my account was never meant nor expected to account to anything. But that has started to change in the recent year, and hopefully for the better.
So this leads into an important final announcement. After a bit of consideration, starting today, I am happy to announce that I will be working on gifting art to folks that helped me with advice, did something for me, and folks that encouraged me to just be myself. I will also consider making fan art for folks that I look up to and inspired me to improve my own technique. But most importantly, it will only be for folks that have not asked me for anything in terms of art, drawings, or requests. It is undecided whether or not I will treat these as private projects, so some may not appear on FA (at least for a while) and if they do it would be under the respected recipient's gallery…
That is all for now, have a pleasant day and expect another follow-up journal relatively soon…
Unfortunately making the decision to hold off on commissions for right now due to my lack of free time and commitment. But in saying this, it is about time I create a personal goal of achieving 500 watchers on FA, only then would I commit myself to taking on any commissions.
In the recent year, you might have noticed that my account has gone through a bit of change. Made a promise to myself over a year ago to open up more and talk with new folks. And now, I feel accomplished in the new friendships established.
But now I have a secondary goal, to be true and honest about expressing myself and not cower behind my own embarrassment…
In case if it was not obvious, there will be no more scat related transformations, so I kindly ask that folks stop messaging me about it. In honesty, I have come to realize that I never liked drawing that kind of content and I do not want to talk or be associated with anyone that bombard me with those types of comments because it makes me uncomfortable. All related content has been moved to scraps, still undecided whether or not I will be permanently deleting that stuff…
There is a lot that I am wanting to get off my chest and I also apologize for neglecting to address things sooner. In honesty, I had probably one of the worst introductions into the community because of a single individual and was severely depressed and lonely, and now I am trying to fix misconceptions around me. I will make a follow-up journal going over specifics…
As I have said before in past journals, my account was never meant nor expected to account to anything. But that has started to change in the recent year, and hopefully for the better.
So this leads into an important final announcement. After a bit of consideration, starting today, I am happy to announce that I will be working on gifting art to folks that helped me with advice, did something for me, and folks that encouraged me to just be myself. I will also consider making fan art for folks that I look up to and inspired me to improve my own technique. But most importantly, it will only be for folks that have not asked me for anything in terms of art, drawings, or requests. It is undecided whether or not I will treat these as private projects, so some may not appear on FA (at least for a while) and if they do it would be under the respected recipient's gallery…
That is all for now, have a pleasant day and expect another follow-up journal relatively soon…
I am back from break…
General | Posted 2 years agoI am back…
Just a little update, I will be working on setting up for commissions within the next few months with examples of the process, dos/don't, pricing, standard procedure type stuff. I also have a few projects on the back burner that I have worked on over my break for practice, so look forward to uploads over the next few days.
So I joined Twitter, or at least what was formerly known as twitter… I do not plan on being very active on that site, but I plan to mostly use it to show off early sketches and concept art of what I am currently working on before uploading to FA. So, if one is interested in seeing sneak peaks of what I am working on, you can feel free to follow (https://twitter.com/nine321305).
Side note I have sent out a lot of messages to folks both old and new and I finally took the time to start talking with some friendly folks on Discord and joined a few servers. It is a good feeling being able to talk with other artists, share ideas, and in general belong to a group that I feel comfortable in. I have received a lot of advice and pointers when it comes to drawing, so I plan to continue developing my technique. Note that most older projects (1-4 years old) are NOT an accurate representation of how I draw anymore. I will not have any more raffles, at least for the time being, wanting to focus on personal projects and possibility of commission work.
But with that said, if you recognize me on a server, it is alright to say greetings and talk on the server, but I kindly ask to not go directly into DMs asking about private RPs, raffles, commissions, or requests out of the blue or without talking to me prior…
And just a final statement that I have mentioned but never really elaborated on… Chocolate is my absolute FAVORITE thing to draw. So after a bit of consideration, I am canonically making my shark character, Quick, permanently transformed into a chocolate monster. Been working on an official character sheet for Quick as well as a few other projects that involve him and chocolate. Also, happy late shark week…
This chocolate shark has been having a nice day, and hopes you do too...
Just a little update, I will be working on setting up for commissions within the next few months with examples of the process, dos/don't, pricing, standard procedure type stuff. I also have a few projects on the back burner that I have worked on over my break for practice, so look forward to uploads over the next few days.
So I joined Twitter, or at least what was formerly known as twitter… I do not plan on being very active on that site, but I plan to mostly use it to show off early sketches and concept art of what I am currently working on before uploading to FA. So, if one is interested in seeing sneak peaks of what I am working on, you can feel free to follow (https://twitter.com/nine321305).
Side note I have sent out a lot of messages to folks both old and new and I finally took the time to start talking with some friendly folks on Discord and joined a few servers. It is a good feeling being able to talk with other artists, share ideas, and in general belong to a group that I feel comfortable in. I have received a lot of advice and pointers when it comes to drawing, so I plan to continue developing my technique. Note that most older projects (1-4 years old) are NOT an accurate representation of how I draw anymore. I will not have any more raffles, at least for the time being, wanting to focus on personal projects and possibility of commission work.
But with that said, if you recognize me on a server, it is alright to say greetings and talk on the server, but I kindly ask to not go directly into DMs asking about private RPs, raffles, commissions, or requests out of the blue or without talking to me prior…
And just a final statement that I have mentioned but never really elaborated on… Chocolate is my absolute FAVORITE thing to draw. So after a bit of consideration, I am canonically making my shark character, Quick, permanently transformed into a chocolate monster. Been working on an official character sheet for Quick as well as a few other projects that involve him and chocolate. Also, happy late shark week…
This chocolate shark has been having a nice day, and hopes you do too...
Taking A Break…
General | Posted 2 years agoI will be preparing to travel by air for the next few days, visiting family and friends for about a month. So I will not be working on any future projects for the time being. But once I return, I will try to hit the ground running…
I have been trying to open up more when it comes to communicating with people, and it has been making me feel better and filling me with confidence. I feel accomplished for what I've been doing for the past year… but I am needing some time to relax.
Commissions will be a "Work In Progress" when I return, and I will go into more detail for when that time comes… Once I return I will probably put together a simple Q&A for people to better know me.
I will try to finish the revised story for
Gamertron7500 when I have time…
I hope everyone has a pleasant time while I am gone…
I have been trying to open up more when it comes to communicating with people, and it has been making me feel better and filling me with confidence. I feel accomplished for what I've been doing for the past year… but I am needing some time to relax.
Commissions will be a "Work In Progress" when I return, and I will go into more detail for when that time comes… Once I return I will probably put together a simple Q&A for people to better know me.
I will try to finish the revised story for
Gamertron7500 when I have time…I hope everyone has a pleasant time while I am gone…
RECENT AND UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS
General | Posted 2 years ago-RECENT-
The last raffle I put together, "Raffle 5 + 4" had a slight alteration at the last minute that I neglected to address until now. I had originally stated in the rules under clarifying questions that "the winner of this raffle can only choose someone that has also taken part in the raffle (if a friend does not comment a number before the cut off time, then they can not be chosen)." After pulling a number, the winner told me that they were not aware of this rule.
After a little bit of consideration, I had decided to veto this rule and allowed the winner to share the project with anyone outside of the raffle (and also outside of furaffinity). But in doing this, I still wanted to have another person from the raffle earn something, so I drew a second number and allowed the second winner to share another project (they also were unaware of this rule).
I highly encourage anyone that is interested in partaking in future Raffles/You Chooses to READ THE DESCRIPTION.
I am still hesitant to try my hand at commission work, and it is unfortunate that I no longer feel comfortable posting on furaffinity. It is undecided whether I will be moving to another site or not, but if something like this were to happen I will make sure to let everyone know. If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to ask.
-UPCOMING-
*You Choose 3
Will be taking place some time before the end of this month and will be available to comments only for 96 hours!
You will have the opportunity to vote on the next project I will be working on, involving a transformation/petrification of a humanoid shark named Quick. READ THE DESCRIPTION.
Stay relatively safe and healthy...
The last raffle I put together, "Raffle 5 + 4" had a slight alteration at the last minute that I neglected to address until now. I had originally stated in the rules under clarifying questions that "the winner of this raffle can only choose someone that has also taken part in the raffle (if a friend does not comment a number before the cut off time, then they can not be chosen)." After pulling a number, the winner told me that they were not aware of this rule.
After a little bit of consideration, I had decided to veto this rule and allowed the winner to share the project with anyone outside of the raffle (and also outside of furaffinity). But in doing this, I still wanted to have another person from the raffle earn something, so I drew a second number and allowed the second winner to share another project (they also were unaware of this rule).
I highly encourage anyone that is interested in partaking in future Raffles/You Chooses to READ THE DESCRIPTION.
I am still hesitant to try my hand at commission work, and it is unfortunate that I no longer feel comfortable posting on furaffinity. It is undecided whether I will be moving to another site or not, but if something like this were to happen I will make sure to let everyone know. If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to ask.
-UPCOMING-
*You Choose 3
Will be taking place some time before the end of this month and will be available to comments only for 96 hours!
You will have the opportunity to vote on the next project I will be working on, involving a transformation/petrification of a humanoid shark named Quick. READ THE DESCRIPTION.
Stay relatively safe and healthy...
I Am Currently Only Uploading To Furaffinity!
General | Posted 2 years agoBoth in the past and a little more recently, a few individuals have asked if I upload my projects on any other site like 'DeviantArt', 'Patreon', 'Ko-Fi', or 'Twitter.' As of right now, Furaffinity is currently the ONLY site where I am uploading my projects and I like the convenience of having all of my projects in one place. But about a week ago, someone contacted me about my projects appearing on other sites other than Furaffinity…
I would just like to clarify that I do not mind if people are sharing my artwork. I have clearly stated that any raffle winner has my permission to upload their respective projects on any site they wish.
But with that said, I finally got around to searching my username online and found that a select few of my projects have been shared on other sites. I see no problem with this when the sites acknowledge where the project was pulled from.
My only concern comes from people trying to search up my username to see if I have uploaded any exclusive works on a different site. I strongly encourage caution when searching online, unfortunately some sites are just scams…
Once again, as of right now, Furaffinity is the ONLY dedicated place where I have uploaded all of my projects. I do this not only for my own convenience, but also for your convenience… I have not made any income from any of the projects I have done, so it is a little hurtful when scams try to deceive individuals out of money…
Stay safe when online, I am not sure if I will expand, transition to a different site, or pursue commissions, but if something like this were to happen, I will make sure that I make an announcement before that time comes…
I would just like to clarify that I do not mind if people are sharing my artwork. I have clearly stated that any raffle winner has my permission to upload their respective projects on any site they wish.
But with that said, I finally got around to searching my username online and found that a select few of my projects have been shared on other sites. I see no problem with this when the sites acknowledge where the project was pulled from.
My only concern comes from people trying to search up my username to see if I have uploaded any exclusive works on a different site. I strongly encourage caution when searching online, unfortunately some sites are just scams…
Once again, as of right now, Furaffinity is the ONLY dedicated place where I have uploaded all of my projects. I do this not only for my own convenience, but also for your convenience… I have not made any income from any of the projects I have done, so it is a little hurtful when scams try to deceive individuals out of money…
Stay safe when online, I am not sure if I will expand, transition to a different site, or pursue commissions, but if something like this were to happen, I will make sure that I make an announcement before that time comes…
Questions About Commissions
General | Posted 3 years agoIn the past few months, I have stepped out of my comfort zone a little bit, finally putting together raffles and working with the winners to create a project tailored to them. And from what I've seen and heard, people seem to like this adjustment and change and it fills me with confidence. In knowing that I am grateful.
But as of recently, I've still been getting quite a few messages asking about starting commissions and why I haven't done so sooner. In honesty, it just comes down to me being stubborn…
I've had a decent time working on the projects for the recent raffle winners; it's been a bit of fun. But even they say, with the effort I put into their projects and the consistency, I should be doing commissions. Once again, I draw and type stories just because I like to, it was never my intention to make any money off of it. When it comes to the raffles, I've been attempting to stay open and make it at least somewhat tolerable if not enjoyable. But in saying that, my English is sometimes broken and I have a busy life outside of drawing and writing…
So, I come to the dilemma of whether I should just commit to doing commissions, or just continue with the way things are right now. I've been surprised with the number of requests for commissions and support. I started the raffles not fully knowing what to expect, and it also acted as a little challenge to see how much I've improved.
If people have any thoughts, feel free to leave a comment. If there are any questions, I won't respond to comments, but if someone sends me a note or direct message I am more likely to respond.
A few last notes, I will work to properly organize my projects into folders (this is a little past due). If I were to start doing commissions, it would still be a little while before I would get anything set up. And I have two projects lined up before the next raffle will take place, one personal and a second "You Choose" (it will be a little bit of a surprise)…
Stay safe during the Hollow-Nights…
But as of recently, I've still been getting quite a few messages asking about starting commissions and why I haven't done so sooner. In honesty, it just comes down to me being stubborn…
I've had a decent time working on the projects for the recent raffle winners; it's been a bit of fun. But even they say, with the effort I put into their projects and the consistency, I should be doing commissions. Once again, I draw and type stories just because I like to, it was never my intention to make any money off of it. When it comes to the raffles, I've been attempting to stay open and make it at least somewhat tolerable if not enjoyable. But in saying that, my English is sometimes broken and I have a busy life outside of drawing and writing…
So, I come to the dilemma of whether I should just commit to doing commissions, or just continue with the way things are right now. I've been surprised with the number of requests for commissions and support. I started the raffles not fully knowing what to expect, and it also acted as a little challenge to see how much I've improved.
If people have any thoughts, feel free to leave a comment. If there are any questions, I won't respond to comments, but if someone sends me a note or direct message I am more likely to respond.
A few last notes, I will work to properly organize my projects into folders (this is a little past due). If I were to start doing commissions, it would still be a little while before I would get anything set up. And I have two projects lined up before the next raffle will take place, one personal and a second "You Choose" (it will be a little bit of a surprise)…
Stay safe during the Hollow-Nights…
(Late) Greetings…
General | Posted 3 years agoHello… I don’t really know how to say this (especially considering I haven’t sent a message or even left a single comment in the few years I’ve been on the site). I don’t know how I’ve managed to go all this time without even attempting to talk to anyone or let alone even introduce myself.
So… I am Nine, I guess I’ve finally taken the time to do this (it's been LONG overdue for a while now). It never even occurred to me that I should have made this effort until recently, and I first and foremost wish to apologize… I am a quiet type of person, I don’t tend to go out of my way to talk to others mostly because I don’t desire interactions, I don’t want to disappoint anyone nor do I mean to be rude by not acknowledging that I have read someone’s message (I do read all the messages from comments and notes). I guess I felt that since I have gone a long time without responding to anyone I thought that it would be weird to respond to someone all of a sudden when a lot of people have been messaging me beforehand…
I understand that I have no excuse for not responding to any comments or messages that have been sent my way. But in recent days I have made the realization that I should be trying to improve myself as a person not only for the sake of others… but also for myself…
When I originally created my account and posted my earlier projects, it was more of an experiment, just out of curiosity… I thought that I would just fizzle out and fade into nothingness, but I guess that probably won't happen for a little while yet. I have spent some time looking back at some of my original submissions and reflecting on how much I have improved not only in drawing/coloring, but also in storytelling (yes, I tend to spend an equal amount of time both on creating the image and typing out a story)… I have a busy life and can only get so much done drawing, and with that said I don’t always feel like making progress with drawing, and so I began typing out stories to go with the projects (once again because I was bored…). But with that said, the stories are but a little bonus and I get the feeling most people might overlook them because I tie it with the drawing under one submission (I don’t see the point in making a separate ‘story submission’ when I can include it in the description). I apologize if my English comes across as a little weird at times…
This leads into my next statement, with this just being a form of a hobby, it was never my intention to make any money or deal with trades or commissions (due to me being an introvert). I just like spending my free time on something that others may enjoy looking at or reading about. Over time I have been sent requests to work on projects, and some I have taken into account when deciding on future projects, but in a way, I actually enjoy the freedom of choosing my own projects, it gives me the chance to try out different types of subject matter and themes. Recently I tried my hand at letting the audience (AKA you) influence what type of project I would work on through a ‘YOU CHOOSE’, and I was rather impressed with how well it worked out (it helps me understand my target audience for the project a little bit better). One can expect more ‘YOU CHOOSE’ to be coming later in the future (hopefully with more options). I am satisfied with how I have improved (especially considering I haven’t set my mind to it since my grade school/high school years)...
Coming down to my final point, I understand that I have done projects based on strange, weird, and naughty subject matter. I understand the negative comments and I DO NOT want people arguing in my defense (even though it is a decently nice thing to do), I don’t wish for someone else to be in the cross-hair, and this goes both ways. I have tried my hand at a variety of different types of subject matter. I am of the opinion that if you have a problem you can tell me and I will try to make a QUICK fix…
I suppose this is a bit of a prattle for an introduction (if it still indeed has a meaning)… I believe that I have stated all that I have needed to address. I will attempt to put in an effort to update with a little more information about myself at some point along the way…
(Oh, and just a little heads up, I am still in a 'sweet toothed' mood. So those that enjoy candy and CHOCOLATE can rejoice)...
Have a somewhat wonderful day, and hope to share more with everyone SOON…
So… I am Nine, I guess I’ve finally taken the time to do this (it's been LONG overdue for a while now). It never even occurred to me that I should have made this effort until recently, and I first and foremost wish to apologize… I am a quiet type of person, I don’t tend to go out of my way to talk to others mostly because I don’t desire interactions, I don’t want to disappoint anyone nor do I mean to be rude by not acknowledging that I have read someone’s message (I do read all the messages from comments and notes). I guess I felt that since I have gone a long time without responding to anyone I thought that it would be weird to respond to someone all of a sudden when a lot of people have been messaging me beforehand…
I understand that I have no excuse for not responding to any comments or messages that have been sent my way. But in recent days I have made the realization that I should be trying to improve myself as a person not only for the sake of others… but also for myself…
When I originally created my account and posted my earlier projects, it was more of an experiment, just out of curiosity… I thought that I would just fizzle out and fade into nothingness, but I guess that probably won't happen for a little while yet. I have spent some time looking back at some of my original submissions and reflecting on how much I have improved not only in drawing/coloring, but also in storytelling (yes, I tend to spend an equal amount of time both on creating the image and typing out a story)… I have a busy life and can only get so much done drawing, and with that said I don’t always feel like making progress with drawing, and so I began typing out stories to go with the projects (once again because I was bored…). But with that said, the stories are but a little bonus and I get the feeling most people might overlook them because I tie it with the drawing under one submission (I don’t see the point in making a separate ‘story submission’ when I can include it in the description). I apologize if my English comes across as a little weird at times…
This leads into my next statement, with this just being a form of a hobby, it was never my intention to make any money or deal with trades or commissions (due to me being an introvert). I just like spending my free time on something that others may enjoy looking at or reading about. Over time I have been sent requests to work on projects, and some I have taken into account when deciding on future projects, but in a way, I actually enjoy the freedom of choosing my own projects, it gives me the chance to try out different types of subject matter and themes. Recently I tried my hand at letting the audience (AKA you) influence what type of project I would work on through a ‘YOU CHOOSE’, and I was rather impressed with how well it worked out (it helps me understand my target audience for the project a little bit better). One can expect more ‘YOU CHOOSE’ to be coming later in the future (hopefully with more options). I am satisfied with how I have improved (especially considering I haven’t set my mind to it since my grade school/high school years)...
Coming down to my final point, I understand that I have done projects based on strange, weird, and naughty subject matter. I understand the negative comments and I DO NOT want people arguing in my defense (even though it is a decently nice thing to do), I don’t wish for someone else to be in the cross-hair, and this goes both ways. I have tried my hand at a variety of different types of subject matter. I am of the opinion that if you have a problem you can tell me and I will try to make a QUICK fix…
I suppose this is a bit of a prattle for an introduction (if it still indeed has a meaning)… I believe that I have stated all that I have needed to address. I will attempt to put in an effort to update with a little more information about myself at some point along the way…
(Oh, and just a little heads up, I am still in a 'sweet toothed' mood. So those that enjoy candy and CHOCOLATE can rejoice)...
Have a somewhat wonderful day, and hope to share more with everyone SOON…
