I haven't exactly kept up with posting my art. To be honest, the state of FA being in flux was a huge point of stress for me, as some of my art got targeted. That really soured my feelings toward FA. I've been here for over a decade, have posted thousands of images, all of which I put genuine effort into. To be told that my work is something it's not is... honestly kind of devastating, especially considering the circumstances. Specifically, I had to pull 30 pieces from my gallery, all of which involved riolu in some capacity, which, by the way, had approval by one of the mods as an adult character (One of my best commissioners has a riolu fursona).

Complaints aside, I've not been posting my work as timely as I should have been, and my backlog is three months worth, something close to a hundred images by now. So over the next week or so I'll be trying to trickle it in in reasonably sized batches. Sorry if that's an inconvenience to anyone, I will try to not let this happen again.

In other news, I'm going to be opening up my patreon discord server, and turning my patreon into a tip jar soon, more details will be made in an art post and future journal.

This next month's wrap wednesday schedule will be as follows:

August 7: Nylon Stockings
August 14: Burlap Sack
August 21: Fin Dominant (The raglin, not financial)
August 28: TORE! style mummification

This next month's wrap wednesday schedule will be as follows:

July 3: Snake coils
July 10: Princess Silk Aranea Faye I Dominant
July 17: Bandages
July 24: Inflatable Rubber Sleepsacks
July 31: Fuzzy Blankets

Since Wrap Wednesday has been fairly successful, I figure it's time I added some clarity to it, as well as set a schedule of upcoming themes

Q: What is Wrap Wednesday?
A: It's really no different than my usual art streams, where people can watch me draw and put in commission requests. What makes it special is that I take 10% off the overall price! Just so long as it falls into the theme for that week.

Q: Can I get (Insert complicated idea that loosely uses the theme)
A: Not exactly. The entire point of Wrap Wednesday is that, when a character is wrapped up from the neck down, they're fairly easy to draw. That's why I offer the discount.

Q: What constitutes a wrap then?
A: The character's entire body will be covered, with some minor allowances. The head of course can remain covered or uncovered, and things like tails, wings, and genitalia can still be on display. That and the pose is also flexible! Not that there's a ~lot~ of poses to choose from, but certainly the apparent level of struggle can be adjusted.

Q: How do I get something on Wrap Wednesday?
A: Attendance is key. I do the stream every wednesday and I try to get through 3-4 pictures during this time. All you gotta do is show up to the stream and tell me what you want, and there's a chance I'll do it.

Q: So what happens if I arrive later than others? Should I even bother asking to be on the list?
A: Absolutely! My list is NOT a queue, I take ideas that appeal to me for any number of reasons; characters I like, poses that intrigue me, or if a hefty tip might be involved. The order is therefore determined by how much the various ideas thrown at me interest me.

Q: Did you just say tip?
A:Yes, I accept tips, and as such can be persuaded to do a particular piece if extra money is on the table. It's not a 100% guarantee that I can be bought, but there's certainly been a few successes. Now that I think about it, I think the actual word is bribe, not tip. But still!

Q: Okay, so how do I maximize my odds of getting picked?
A: Admittedly I don't have a solid answer for this. If you like the characters I like, that's a huge bonus, but otherwise my preferences can change on a day-by-day basis.

Q and A aside, here's the schedule for the next upcoming Wrap Wednesdays for the month of June 2024. You may also notice that I'm including dominant characters now as a theme, rather than just the type of wrap involved. This is just a way for me to also showcase some of my characters whom I may want to shine some more light on.

June 5: Duct tape
June 12: Cross Stitch dominant
June 19: Rope
June 26: Mitzy dominant

If you have any other questions, let me know in the comments below!

From now on, I'm going to do Wrap Wednesdays, where I give a wrap theme (Bandages, tape, spider webs, etc) for wednesday's art stream. During this time, I'm offering a 10% discount from my usual rates, but the ideas have to follow that day's theme.

None of my art of my art has been flagged yet, so I guess I ought to keep posting.

Since FA is no longer a safe place for my artwork, I'm moving to the following locations, using the opportunity to diversify:

https://www.weasyl.com/~radasus
https://radasus.sofurry.com/
https://radasus.newgrounds.com/
https://inkbunny.net/Radasus
https://twitter.com/RadasusNailo
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/19391044

Apparently my fursona is not fit for NSFW art on Furaffinity. This community that I've been involved in for over a decade now, the community that taught me how to draw, taught me how to write, taught me how to express myself and find the confidence I had lost, is now closing its doors to me. I love my friends, the majority of which came directly from this site. I even met my husband through art trades done here. When I moved across the country, it was with friends I had made on Furaffinity that housed us for the better part of a year while we searched for a house. Our roomate is an artist I looked up to when I joined here. This website means a lot to me.

And now what I do is considered bad by the website. My character, despite sharing my real age, having a hefty, muscular body type, and never once being portrayed as immature to any extent, who is a representation of not only myself, but what I aspire to be for the people around me, someone not to look up to, but to rely on, now has a limit on what he can and cannot be drawn in. While I could make a new fursona that conformed to the rules of the website to use in the fetish material I draw and commission, I'm very attached to him. He's a part of me.

As many of you know I am an advocate for safe, sane, and consensual acts of affection. I myself am not particularly interested in sex so much as foreplay and BDSM experience. My comic, Buckles and Sin is meant to be a friendly introductory into the world of BDSM that doesn't needlessly inflate expectation or dishonestly present the relationships involved. I wanted to portray something real, something honest, while being creative with the world building and character design I've become so passionate about. I depict characters being on the smaller, cuter end of physical appearance because I want the art I make to be approachable, subtle reminders that anyone can be kinky, no matter how tall, thin, short, or thick we are, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. There's already an abundance of the standard 'athletic' body type, idealized bodies that so many strive for but so few actually possess. I wanted to be different than that.

I've nestled myself into a particular corner of the furry BDSM fandom that is admittedly very small, and yet I've managed to get almost seven THOUSAND of you to follow me. That means the world to me. If I can help even one person come to terms with their own sexuality, or help expose the curious to the realities of what was already at the forefront of their interests, then I can be satisfied that my work was worth the time and effort I put into it. I'm going to continue making art, but I will be trying to find new avenues in the mean time.

I guess I haven't posted a real update in a while. So uh... I guess I've been doing a lot of art pretty consistently. Managing to post about ten images a week, which I think is pretty good. I still wanna do more Buckles and Sin, but I haven't really had the time to commit to it. I also wanna do another comic, something actually SFW titled "Donkey", and I basically have the plot all mapped out, just need to storyboard it and make it into a reality. Maybe I'll post my sketches and character concepts at some point. It's an adventure/comedy, which is a little outside of my normal wheelhouse. I'm definitely more of a romantic writer than a comedy writer, which is why I've started to dip my toes into gag comedy with Corgi and Croc. I've been studying a lot of writing and storytelling techniques, and I really hope it all pays off. But yeah, take a look at my gallery if you haven't recently, I post a lot of stuff! Comments mean a lot to me, so leave some of those too.

All I want for either is Fizz, Temo, and/or Veigar bondage pics. Seriously all I want. Just one of them, any two, or all three. Doesn't even matter if they're all tied up or not; Any of them can dom or sub for each other. Dec 6th, btw, is my birthday. I'll be 31

...Thank you. I'm actually somewhat fascinated that only roughly 7.6% of my art is reposted there. I'm especially surprised no one has posted Buckles and Sin there, despite having found it on several other websites I haven't used. For real though, feel free to repost my work there, with the obvious caveats regarding credit and such (part of why I appreciate e621 is its usage of source links).

Oh, also Mettle and I have a house. That's not at all related, but thought I'd mention.

Part of why my uploads have been sparse is that for the past half a year Mettle and I have been searching for a house. Or at least, getting to a point where we even can search for a house. But it's all finally coming together! We just put out our first offer on a home, and we're excited to see where it goes from here!

Click the link for info!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48253393/

Cross country move is complete. Now we just gotta find a place to live x_x

Looks like I'll be getting back to work!

So I had to get a replacement hard drive and a new battery for my laptop, and until they get here I'm using my husband's laptop. For now I can't work on any of my projects so sorry for the delays!

Go here >> https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45068704/

Some questions and concerns over Buckles and Sin have popped up so I'd like to clarify!

Q: Did you get a DMCA take-down from Nintendo?
A: Nope! The change was my own choice. I'd like to print hard copies of my comic that I can sell, as well as maybe make and sell figurines and/or plushies. I suppose I could have gotten away with stickers but I'd rather have full access to my own characters. I'd rather not ~risk~ a take-down.

Q: Are you going to finish the original Buckles and Sin?
A: No. Each comic page takes me somewhere between 10 to 20 hours to complete, and on top of my other projects I can't really afford the extra time it'd take. That and chapter 3 was meant to be a transitional into the deeper topics I wanted to explore without really giving resolution right away, setting up the long game I had planned, so even finishing the chapter wouldn't give the closure I know people want.

Q: Will this just be a retelling?
A: Yes and no. Think of it like a remix of a chiptune era song. The spirit is the same, the melody is the same, but the quality should improve upon what's already there. I've gotten a lot better at writing dialogue over the past couple years, as well as setting up scenes. So some scenes will be meant to have the same level of impact on the story but will be told differently. Others will be given more or less relevance. A lot more planning in general has gone into this new iteration.

Q: Is that X I see in the background?
A: Probably! I've been redesigning pretty much all my characters to be completely original, including Eko and Stitches. It might not be the character specifically, but it will be the species involved, Kelpling and Raglin respectively.

I've finally begun drawing the new version of Buckles and Sin using my new character designs! Pages will be posted soon!

Some of you may have noticed my comic and weekly votes have slowed in updates a bit. I've been a bit stress out over art as I've been trying to fix my lifestyle to include better sleep scheduling and healthier habits. Essentially, improving too many things at once can make things all around difficult. So I'm just trying to take things easy, draw at a pace I'm comfortable with. I want to get back to weekly updates on Buckles and Sin, and so far I've been getting better at maintaining a good work ethic, so expect to see some more art soon! I just felt like after this past few months being a bit lacking in updates I ought to let y'all know what's up.

So I've been tentative about using the shinies system on my page, but, hey, why not right?

Real talk, I have some patrons that are absolute sweethearts that subscribe to me without really cashing in the rewards I lay out for them. I've been told by numerous patrons that they're just there to support me. I love them all. And it got me thinking, maybe there's others out there that feel the same but don't wanna go through patreon to do it, which is another sentiment I've heard quite a bit. So I'm tryyyyiiiing not to see this as me being sleezy and expecting something for nothing. After all, much of what I've been doing lately is less commission and more comics. Oh! Right! I have a second comic I hope to drop soon, one that's a little more adult than Buckles and Sin, and a little more comical. I have the first page ready, but I've not posted it because I wanna make sure my setup is right. But yeah. Shinies are now a thing on my page if you wanna help me make more art without having to force myself to add to my already immense backlog.

The new page for Buckles and Sin is up on my patreon discord channel, and it is the first page of the series that will follow my rule for the series: One week ahead for patrons. It'll be available in my gallery in about a week from now, but please consider subscribing to my patreon. Every little bit helps, and with support i can keep churning out the pages on a weekly basis in addition to other fun stuff.

For those that see journals before submissions, this is for you! The Second labyrinth is now live, and it's far better than the last! Take a look here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31366777/

It's me. i'm on twitter.

https://twitter.com/RadasusNailo

Sly's in my house