First let me welcome all the new watchers, theres been a slow trickle of new comers and as an artist that is a huge boost to my self esteem so I thank every one of you for taking the time to add me to your list of worthy watches :D.

Second I must apologize for the somewhat slow art. This is my first summer/autumn in okinawa and Im having some health difficulties in adapting, especially with the back to back storm fronts hitting us. I was warmed about Japans typhoon season and lemme tell you, if you have any sensitivity to weather changes, you are going to feel it. lol.

I do have plans for October though, I missed doing really anything worthwhile last year aside from a few uninspired adopts that didnt seem to impress. I have PLANS for this year, but they may be a little delayed as the calendar creeps by faster than I want it to.
My initial plans for an advent calender might not work out, but Im going to stubbornly cling to it for the time being.
if I can, I will post a few silhouette previews this week, but honestly if you have a discord I would encourage you to join my group if youre interested in previews and wips, I tend to post that kind of stuff there so I dont clutter up my gallery here.
I may even be tossing a couple spoopy free bees on the raffle bot near the end of oct. :O

The mouthful that is part of my life XD.

Let me start by saying this isnt really a coming out or a look for attention ect. No need for blanket support comments, I am happy and adaptive and have a wonderful support group in my own home. Please save those energies for people who dont have those resources <3 <BUt I love you all for those caring thoughts>

I mainly wanted to share because of how under represented this condition is. Virtually unheard of unless you have been diagnosed with it. Ive met more doctors who have never heard of it, than ones who have.
often people are misdiagnosed as general dehydration, anxiety, or simply a bad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qOvHeUgwmQ

This video and this dude has breathed a better understanding of this condition than anything I have ever read or watched prior to now. If you are suffering from something thats gone un diagnosed and your symptoms fall in line with these; dizzyness or fainting on standing, heart palpitations, tremors, exaggerated anxiety response, lethargy, heat intolerance. Or any of the other symptoms listed on appropriate websites defo bring it up with your doctor and ASK for the appropriate tests.
Dont be afraid to have the discussion, you should never feel like you are being difficult and dont allow your doctor make you feel that way either.

I want to hold a QnA live meeting dealio on Discord in the nearish future when my current busy settles down.
Plan on it being in a couple weeks or so.

I would like to get an idea from people who would be interested in participating, what times work best for you. Please use FA server time so I can easily gauge it against my own.


Topics I would like to cover: A short stint about the artist if you guys want, Im not huge on talking about myself, but if you have questions we can totally go over a few.

*Closed species: I want to hear suggestions for my closed species. I cant promise any of them will be picked up, but I really do want to hear what you guys would love to see implemented, feel is missing, ect. This applies mostly to EOsi and Murmur as theyre the only two really active at the moment. However if there were past CS you would like to see more of,please dont hesitate to bring them up.

* art in general: What suggestions do you have? What critiques, do you have a complaint or think I am missing out somewhere?

*General talk.: As this will take place on my discord channel in the general voice section, you guys can continue to converse and chatter on whatever subject <just keep it reasonably polite. lol> you feel like.

I know this will hurt me in the short run, but as paypal seems to be doing nothing to increase protection for sellers I will be phasing them out over the next two months.
Currently I have a deadline, by May I should no longer be accepting payments through Paypal. I am still looking into my other options, but Im thinking either venmo or Stripe as my options. Perhaps both if I find I must to accommodate enough people.


I apologize profusely for the difficulties this may cause some of my buyer base.
My reasoning for doing so is an increase of complaints from other artists that are receiving obscene amounts of unwarranted charge backs or fraud claims. One of the larger and most recent issues right now you can find here: https://www.deviantart.com/northern.....date-787848097

situations like the above, are terrifying. It would absolutely destroy my finances if someone hit me as hard as NorthernRed is being hit right now, and they are receiving no help at all from Paypal. INfact Paypal has stated its entirely out of their hands even though a good portion of the debt is due to the $20 fee for every charge back BY PAYPAL.
Paypal simply offers absolutely minimal protections to sellers and even the ones we have you have to stress and fight about to get in your favor. Its beyond wrong someone should be able to have buyers remorse and reclaim all their spent money at the cost of the artist with zero recourse.

I will post updates as I decide which program to use. I would also welcome suggestions or input on what other people are using and find works well for them.

A lot of you already know this, but I am amazed at how often it still crops up, so if I can help one person...


When you use paypal it is AGAINST their TOS for the seller to request you send it friends and family or ask for extra to cover the fees. Those fees are the sellers responsibility.

I have been in this situation a few times myself were it was requested and I refused every time. Not only is it underhanded of the seller, but it could get your and their paypal accounts flagged and suspended. Its not worth it.
PLease do not allow yourself to be bullied into sending friends and family. Protect yourself, protect your account. leave yourself the ability to fight a payment if the artist renigs on their end of the deal <never sends art, ect>
If the artist threatens to black list you, let them, If they threaten to post a BOI, let them. They do not have a legal leg to stand on and the majority of the community will side with you given pay pals TOS.

I hope this helps someone out!


P.S
From my side of the pond, please dont ever fucking do charge backs -unless- its your absolute last result. Paypal does its best to protect the buyer, but very. very little to protect sellers. I am watching a good artist go under right now because someone charged back and obscene amount of payments and every single one charged them a fee ontop of the removed funds.
Thanks! <3

Our journey is finally settled for now. We are in the home we should be in for the next two to three years <potentially may have to move as our place is slotted for renovations at some point, but thats whatever>
We have mostly adjusted to the time difference, the cats are still stressed and are intermittently up at night hollering at the top of their lungs to serenade the new country I guess -.-. Hopefully that will wind its way down quickly.

INternet is good so far, weather is lovely. Our home is -tiny-, but its all good. Looking forward to paying down these expenses and doing touristy stuff over the next few months.

Keep a watch. Now is the time were this page comes back to life hopefully :O. I have some Commissions in slot, but feel free to hit m up for more if you don't mind the wait.
I will probably be shoving out some more eosi and I -really- want to see Murmurs gain some footing so I will be shoving more of those at you a long with some YCH stuff.

Its good to be home! <3

Atleast compared to some. lol.

We are -finally- in OKinawa. Lemme tell you it was a rough ride. I'll toss the details towards the bottom so you can choose to read them or not <its a little long> and just put the important stuff here.

we are currently in temp housing, but internet is good, so once all the post move chores are done I will be getting HARD back into work because this trip was -expensive- and I need to pay the CC's back down. We will also have to buy a car out here which has me a little sweaty nervous. XD.
So, if you have wanted commissions, Eosi, Murmur, or have themed adopt requests start setting aside some moneys now and keep a watch!.
If you have a theme for adopts you would like to see PLEASE tell me.
I kina want to do some base work too, but that hasnt had the best sales record for me so, we will see.

I will also be posting up pictures as I get some. I've been a little too stressed out to worry about those just yet. XD.


So now for the drammallammas! Stop reading here if you are not interested in my rambling and convoluted life experience! <I will still love you, if you do<3>

Lemme start with I had four cats prior to the move, I had to scramble to rehome two because the military informed us thats just how it was going to have to be. In retrospect Im glad I did because this trip was -rough- and I feel bad for putting my kitties through it.
It took three hours at the UA counter <after changing our flight twice and begging them over the phone to wave their stupid "five days notice" rule to even fly them in the first place> To check in my babies. Hawaii to Tokyo was a long, but pretty ok flight. we hit a lot of turbulence, but not enough to make even me sick an I get sick easy.
Landing in Tokyo wasn't terrible, the employees spoke just enough english to help us figure out were to go <theres no helpful signs right off the plane > we grab the cats and hit up customs which took about an hour and a lot of hand gestures and simple phrases to get through, but they cleared which was a massive load off my shoulders.

Heres where it gets "fun" Its snowing in Tokyo so -every- flight out has been cancelled. We also came in late, so every hotel within an hour was booked solid. Which left us and a ton of other people scrambling to find accommodations.
It too a couple hours, but we found out there was a baggage storage in the airport as well as a pet hotel so we booked those and put the cats up for the night cause there was no way we could carry everything around.
We have no phone out here yet so getting a hotel was hard, but eventually found a hostel about an hour out.
Now, I have always had immense respect for people who travel out of their comfort zone, especially immigrants who come over with no money, no help somewhere that doesnt even speak the same language.
This shit was kina scary, especially when we hit up this very tiny hostel on a dark alley in the middle of fuck all knows where and she is running ALL of our credit cards because they are erroring out. I guess there is conflict issues here sometime sbetween american Credit cards and japanese systems.

The last card guys. the LAST card is the one that worked.
I cannot express to you how it felt being in that situation, tired as we were with ten year old kiddo who has eaten nothing, but goldfish crackers for dinner.. and perhaps facing another hour cab ride right back to the airport and parking our asses in the tiny welcome area to sleep on the floor -.-.
But we got in. I didnt sleep, but it was better than the airport would have been.
We ubered back in the morning and since our flight out wasnt until 6pm killed the day and some money at the airport. They actuall had a mall area so it was super boring. the weather was fine and while we are not done yet, at least we are here and can move forward.

Over all out of pocket this trip has cost me two grand and we still have to buy a car. If the military doesnt reimburse the cab rides that will be another $450, but Im pretty sure they will.
I only really even mention the costs because this might help someone down the road traveling internationally.
be prepared guys. Have cash, like.. A LOT of cash on hand. Be ready for shit to go wrong cause man does it suck when it does. XD

Guest artist Eosi are up! Six in total will be up for grabs. I highly encourage you guys to hit up this artist and show your support! Please share if you do not bid, lets share the love for the species and the artist!

https://www.deviantart.com/haillucy

All my stuff is out of my house and Im sleeping on an airmattress *cries*

Still waiting on the military to unfuck a few things, but hoping to get out of here around the 4th-ish?
With any luck that should have me settled in temp housing in Japan by 10th at the latest while we figure out the housing situation.

Wnd of the road insight!

Three days till my house is packed and moved, approx two weeks before Im on a plane.

I have had requests for comms, AS SOON as I get settled into our new place and internet is set up I will open up comms! I expect maybe four weeks at the most? Hard to predict what housing will be like when we get out there, you cant really check ahead of time.
So for one more month things will continue to be slow for me. I may do a few more personal things or a couple adopts in the interim since I should never be without internet and Im keeping my tablet with me <I do not trust anyone to ship it>.

If you would like to be notified when comms are open feel free to drop a comment below and I will do my best to shoot out DMs once I'm ready.

In the mean time I do still have some adopts available! Check out the open adopts folder, lemme know if you're interested in something. <3

Let me start by saying this situation hasn't come up, its not something I am mulling over for any particular reason. It just kind of occurred to me while I was fucking around and I am curious how other people feel on the matter.


Does the original artists TOS still apply after the piece has been resold?

My thoughts: Technically only the original purchase agrees to the original artists TOS <unless its a closed species situation of course>. Original artists do not generally include clauses in the TOS to cover their piece for its perceivable lifetime if it switches hands. So how much say should they have over future owners? I rarely see resales that require the new owner abide by the original creators TOS either.

So let's say the creators TOS says you may NOT change the design at all, I use this one because its the most likely one I will have issue with. The design is a one off, not part of a species or anything. Piece is then sold.
Second or third owner down the line buys it because they love it, but would like to make changes. How much right do you think the original creator would have in saying they cannot change the piece per the artists standard TOS?

First, I hope everyone is having a low stress mid holiday season and all your shopping is done and you can sit back and enjoy whatever time off your busy lives give you!

My crimmus will be quiet with just the husbando and kid. Which is perfectly fine with me. I still need to get some packages in the mail so they will be late, but I think everyone is used to that from me by now XD.

After the holidays I am ONE MONTH from the move guys. ONE. Thrilled and stressed at the same time I cant even XD. The paperwork is finally, blessedly about done. Japan is kina dicking me around a little with the pet import documents, but so far my anxiety is handling it surprisingly well.
Im still busy as all get out with the purging, and cleaning. Its insane how much crap you can accrue in only three years.

But then.. then its japan. If you guys want and it wouldnt be just an annoyance, I can start a folder in here to post pics and share the spaces I get to see. I know most people wont ever get to see the country, I never would have if not for military life. <it has to has some silver lining right? XD>

Let me know if thats something you guys would enjoy, or hate.

Im also going to start more traditional/physical painting while I am out there, I have been holding off for awhile here because I didnt want the added stuff to move, but I have some methods I want to experiment with. The style will likely be very different from what you see from me online, but hopefully nice, once I waste a few hundred dollars practicing. lol.

Ok so I have been -really- lacking here I know.

My drive to art has been a little flaky and I am all around burned out thanks to this pending move. Plus I think the complete lack of ANY adopt sales since before OCt has kina discouraged me a little bit. Which isn't at all right, sales shouldnt be my motivation so thats something I need to work on lowkey with everything else.

I want to do more personal art and flush out my skill while I re-orient my priorities and I find that idea very appealing since I almost never do personal art.

I just need to get through this move first. lol. Just under TWO months guys, let me tell you, moving to another country with kids and cats is a fucking nightmare XD. DEadlines, back and forth paperwork thats not always clear, you think you get done with one thing only to find out there is another section entirely that requires appointments elsewhere before you can complete your part of the task and then wait for approval from the Japanese customs or family wellness. lol. We're in the home stretch, but now theres more stress involved because all the paperwork is in other peoples hands for approvals and there is no guarantee at all we will make deadlines.
Lemme tell ya, guys, if you ever go over seas, whether military move or personal give yourself LOTS of time to get this stuff done. At least four months.

So thats my dirty laundry and why I'm not producing much right now. When this is all done I promise to make up for it and hopefully even improve a bit as well :D.

Not "Adult" themed, just running with the current trend. lol.

I wanted feedback from you guys though since I will start out posting them for sale here till I have enough to make it worth putting them on Etsy and whatnot.

Do you guys use coloring pages? About what prices do you expect to pay for individual pages or a book?

I'll probably do more fantasy themed for this first go around just to reach a broader audience and see if this will be worth the time. If it goes well I would defo do some anthro stuff just for FA.

A TOS, I feel, is vital to artists. You need expectations, rules, ect. I even totally understand freedom limiting TOS's for stuff like closed species since they're supposed to fit within certain guidelines and keeping some order to that is a personal thing, but I get it. I even use it.

I do not understand the mentality of artists who put such strict terms on sales where new owners cannot sell, or trade, or change or must trade back ect. it just.. doesnt compute with me. No where in any other aspect of sales will you see this type of demand on buyers. I feel like if you sell something, or trade it, that person has paid for that adopt/design/suit whatever, why do they then owe the seller lifelong obligations after the fact?

I'm not telling anyone you shouldnt have to obey an artists TOS, its their right to ask these things and you do not have to purchase from them. I'm certainly not bashing on artists who have made trades or sales with lifelong stipulations on them. I just cannot understand them and I'd love to know the personal justification behind it.

I try not to bring my personal feelings or views into my art related stuff much because I like to respect that everyone has their own view, or belief, upbringing, ect.

I try not to vent here because this place is for my art and not my views even though opinions will slip through now and then when I feel like sharing ;).

So I apologize because I'm going to be a little nonspecific as to source here, and just water it down to the point.



Be good to each other, be understanding and open minded. The world climate is rough, but in the US our current climate is one of hate, we are making empathy into something shameful. If you dare to be insulted, or feel threatened or simply have a differing opinion from someone else you are now weak, UnAmerican and shunned.



Regardless of were you stand, unless it is from a position of hate <in which case GTFO my page>, take a moment before you engage a situation to consider the other side. Make sure you have ALL the information if possible. Make sure you're not caught up in the story you were told by people who have already formed opinions or anecdotal experience. Remember that siting a problem does not invalidate or lessen another problem, we're intelligent creatures for the most part and very capable of multitasking and feeling more than one thing at a time.
We learn in fucking kindergarten that Just cause Tommy did something, it doesnt make what we did ok.

Just.. put basic human compassion and understanding up at the top again, not down at the bottom where people are trying to force it.

Thats all <3.

Ive dropped prices on all available adopts to try and generate some movement. I probably wont make anything new until some of this stuff sells.
Still currently closed for commissions, my muse has a tendency to be temperamental when Im stressed and a large move always has me a little stressy XD.

Just a reminder that Sept is coming to a close soon, so if you wanted one of Septembers themed pets grab one while you can. I will NOT bring that base back ever. It will be deleted from my files.
Any left over pets may be tossed as prizes on my discord or as surprise chest adopt things <Ill explain those at a later date, still flushing out the idea>

I have next months pet planned. Itty Bitty, nightmare kitties :D. I will be working on the base next week and will preview it soon as its done. Im excite <3

If you watch me for Eosi, there will be an MYO in October with the release of a new base and possibly a ref sheet base if I find the time. I may or may not release some Halloween themed adopts. havent decided yet >.>
The Eosi store currently has crystals for sale, if you want to upgrade your MYOs with traits this is how you do it. You can also buy some to save for the next breeding cycle to make sure your traits carry or even add new ones.

I plan on making a selection of Eosi bases that will be available for a small fee for eosi owners to create a little additional art for their own adopts and to use with MYOs ect. Im just being a little lazy about getting it done. Sorry guys!

Art wise thats about all thats going on, Ive been weirdly itching to try some actual, physical painting, but I want to wait till I move so I dont clutter the house up with stuff I cant pack and ship anyway. Curious though, how many people buy actual paintings for their home?

I don't vent often, my causes tend to be my own and I'll discuss them with friends when the subject comes up, but in general I'm quiet.
Then along comes the times when I feel like I want to speak out loud XD.

I posted a little over a year ago about a litter of kittens that were created in my garage, five little fuzzbutts I snarked <never could catch their mom>, and rehomed all, but two of. The little black twins ended up sticking with me as "failed fosters" with plans just to bring them back mainland. Well, orders came from Japan and there are limitations to how many animals I can bring with me so I have been struggling, researching, calling, e-mailing.. anything to find these guys a good home even if it means spending my own money to send them to US mainland.

Whats happened along the way has been disheartening. I've always known we have a very large pet excess. People don't fix their animals, dump them or they escape or were just "indoor/outdoor" ect. I've heard every argument there is from people who insist its ok to let cats be outside and unfixed. Quite honestly if thats your take, you're entitled to it, but Im not sorry if this posts offends you. You're wrong. I've joined numerous kitty groups in my recent efforts and the posts are.. overwelming. The insane amount of found litters, most of them diseased and or starving, the abuse cases from rando people tieing them up with wires, poisoning their food, locking them in kennels and leaving them to starve.. Just in the last WEEK.

Now this is not to bash the people who have outdoor "colonies" that have been responsibly fixed and are being fed. We can't home them all. I honestly dont even like the idea of TNR in its basic form, but I wouldnt have the heart to kill them either so I cant judge. We take of who we can how we can.

I've decided that when our military work is done and its finally time to have a permanent home of our own I plan on getting a converted cargo trailer to stick on my property and just create a kitty haven/rescue for as many furbutts as I can reasonably house. Probably start putting away a portion of my art money towards it and holding future goals when it looks like I can really pull it off.
Guess I need to start boning up on the legal logistics and whatnot XD

If any of you guys run rescues, professionally<?> foster, ect. Id love to pick your brain a little bit.

I figure I may start reviewing things that I personally purchase here and there and maybe they will help you guys if its something you're looking into. I'm, by far, not large enough for any kind of sponsored thing or discounts, this is just personal experience so take it with a grain of salt. :D


We will start with the Body-Kun dolls I just got in after waiting a full month for them to get shipped out >.>.

Now keep in mind these are on the smaller side, the male figure is fairly manageable, but I feel like the female is difficult to deal with because she is so small, her shoulders keep popping out of her sockets and I feel like Im going to break her every time I change out her hands.

The joints are also not as stiff on the female as I would like, but they're good on the male so its possible I just got a defective female and most are better at holding the poses you put them in.

They come with these neat little box stands that hold all their accessories, which amounts to a little laptop, cel phone, gun, katana, a movable support that plugs into their back and like a dozen different hand postures.

I got my set on sale, spent about $80.00 for both including shipping. IMO, they're a little too expensive for what they are. theres very good mobility in the limbs so getting good poses is there, but if the joints are at all loose they don't stay which defeats the purpose entirely. The female is just too small to work with well, you constantly feel like she is going to break in your hands and its a struggle to change out her features. I feel like making them even a few inches larger wouldnt have been that hard to do. The females head also feels incredibly over sized for her body, I understand these are mostly anime based, but damn that melon..

All in in all. I like the male ok, I really am disappointed with the female and the quality of workmanship as some of the joints are too loose to be pose able and the support that came with the female is so loose it wont hold her up at all.
If I had it to do over again, I would have looked at some of the other artistic dolls that are out there or just waited till the market offered something better considering the price I paid for these.

Move date looks to be set for around beginning to mid January. Im currently fightng with the husband on whether or not we will be decorating for christmas XD. Our move schedule is so awkward, but it has its silver linings.

If anyone watching me has lived in, or lives in Japan, Oki Id love to chatter your ear off a little bit. Feel free to DM me, I cant lie, Im a smidge nervous about moving out to a none "English" dominant country. Ignorant as that is.

Art wise Ive been back in a nice groove and pretty happy with a lot of my work so far. I obviously still have TONS of growing to do, but Im currently focusing on making my lines nicers, which has always been a glaringly ugly part of my work I feel like, and Ive started kina dabbling in just painting. My recent one looks decent, if not as crisp as Id like so theres been some progress. Just.. very.. very slow progress. lol.


I love the new monthly pet theme Im playing with. I forsee it being a permanent thing. A different petbase every month with the random, gumball style adopt feature. I need to make some permanent advertisement art for it.
I'd love to know how you guys feel about it. My take kina being, I mean we love pets, so shouldnt our ocs get a few? :d. It is a little pokemon-y in the way it encourages collecting and trading, but I have a hard time not enjoying that feature being a very avid addict to collecting myself. I just wish I could host an easier way for people to display and trade their pets easily. DA is an option, but I know a lot of people really don't care for that site.

Ah well.

Summation, life is decent with just a couple stressy points that Im sure we will deal with. December and January will see me a little limited on time and the monthly pets might have some restrictions because of that.
We had no issues with hurricane Lane and probably wont with the THREE MORE in line behind her XD.

I hope all you lovelies are doing well, loving yourselves and each other <3

Time for one of those personal posts :D.

If you didn't know before now, my family is military, with that the time has come to move again. Sadly I will be saying good bye to Hawaii in January, BUT we will be heading for OKinawa! Its bittersweet to me for a few reasons, but no need to go into a whole shpeal over it XD.

I bring this up to you guys for two reasons, to let you know I will be semi inaccessible for a good length of time while we pack, move, settle, ect. Ill try and keep you updated as much as possible and I will take VERY limited comms between now and then to ensure no one gets forgotten or neglected in the shuffle.

The second reason is substantially more personal and stressful for me. We moved here with two kitties and since staying have have three more kitties move in with us. Only one was adopted, the other two showed up with a litter <remember those?> Last summer in my garage and I could not find homes for them.
I can neither afford to, nor bring everyone with me per the rules allotted to us, one of my babies is getting a little old as well and I don't see her continuing to be able to make these long ass trips. She's only eight now, but three years in oki means she will be 11 when its time to move again.
SO. I need help. I need a home for a semi senior, female black cat and a home for two yearling, black female siblings that MUST stay together. They have been together since birth and moving is stressful enough as it is.
I am very willing to help with cost of vetbills and flights to move them back mainland, but I will require a digital contract stating these animals will NOT be rehomed without contacting me first.
My girls are all fixed and will be updated on shots.dewormed before flying. Theyre healthy, friendly and get along well with other cats. My senior girl loves -everything- she isnt shy at all even with strangers in the house.
The girls are a little more skittish and will take time to adjust, but theyre talkative, playful and sweet. Theyre very attached to each other.

I dont have any current pics, but I'll take some here shortly and can give them to people who Pm with serious interest.

*Just a sidenote, I will not be giving anyone money to help with the transfer, plane tickets will cost somewhere around $200 an animal so please keep this in mine when decided. Consider your share an adoption fee, we can discuss splitting the payment and methods in PM.
<3

I have a few plans for some monthly "features" Just extra stuff for the hell of it and to give watchers something to look at inbetween adopts and whatnot.

I would love some feedback on what you guys would like me to prioritize <I will be doing more than one, so dont feel like you need to vote for one thing and sacrifice another>

Monthly fan art, with input from watchers on who to feature
Monthly art tips or process pieces
monthly artist shout-outs


let me know if theres other features that would be fun to see!

I really wish you could purge your watch list. It rankles my lowkey ocd that my watch list is probably 40% inactive XD.

So this is to everyone who is active, who lurks and waits, just to appreciate, buy, favorite, voyeur, be inspired, ect.

I have a tendency to feel like things should be more lively, like active journals and lots of comments make an artist. I admittedly get caught way up in the popularity contest sometimes, not in a negative way mind you I never begrudge anyone their activity level I simply have a tendency to set it as a bar/goal.
Then I have to sit back and remember that is not me. I am quiet, I lurk, I go for lengths of time where I need to recharge my batteries from even online social interaction. I am private <as you can see while I talk about myself XD>
So why should the people who choose to follow me be the exact opposite?

I love you guys, quiet pandas or ADHD weasels that you might be. <3. I love that you give me my space, not once has anyone ever begrudged me it other than the occasional quiet check to make sure Im ok <I totes am>.
I love that my discord and my FA are almost extensions of my actual personality. Bursts of occasional life and excitement with quiet, peaceful downtimes inbetween.
I love that, like old friends people can pick up conversations in my discord like there hasnt been days of quiet inbetween and sometimes members come and go and simply just lurk to enjoy watching other people share art and converse without feeling the need to become involved.

I really am, totally ok and in love with it. Is it a little weird that it makes me feel like its a virtual extension of a safe space? No pressure to participate, but you can -be- there.

I will continue to try to bring in a larger watcher base, host a few more raffles, get a little more of the bursts of life going on, just because thats better for my financial situation. >.>... but I think, after the recent soul searching of this last quiet stretch, I am less inclined to set my bar in relation to the popularity of others.

So I've been taking some unexpected time off. Partly cause I got caught up in video games and partly because I just haven't had the muse to art much for awhile, too much real life stressors maybe XD.

I may finish out this week on the lazy, catch up on house work and enjoy the weekend then see about getting back into things monday. I do think I might need to work some order into my chaos, I have a hard time focusing on what to draw and then getting mad when Im focused on one thing and cannot express what my muse might be craving, its a weird juxtaposition of a desire for order and fuckitall.

I DO need to get some CS out though, I have three species right now not getting any love at all. Between the Eosi, MooreDrakes and Murmurs I have a good variety of fun to work with depending on my mood, though I really need to give a little more love to the Murmur since only three have ever been produced and that feels like a damned shame, their lore is my favorite so far.


So Monday I'll post up some wips or something of what I am working on. Maybe do a raffle, its been awhile since we have had one.

Stay tuned!

Murmur's begin life on a plane seperate from that of the living. Existing in a type of featureless, formless space that
serves as an inbetween of life and death. They begin as masks, plain and white sorrounded by smokey tendrils that can breach
the shallow veil between worlds and seek out what they most need, those closest to that between, closest to death.
The dieing spirits, their bodies to badly broken or aged. Vulnerable to the whispered promises of extended life, or a peaceful death,
perhaps the completion of tasks left undone.
Once concent is given, or even implied the Murmur can cross entirely over,
Smokey tendrils become solid, a blank, white mask settles over the face of the deceased. It consumes, everything.. Matter, spirit.
Once enough is consumed the Murmur can now exist on both planes, moving freely within or between either at will. Consumed organic
resources are crafted into a somewhat feral form with slender limbs, fingered hands and feet, long tails and necks. They begin their
new life with three tendrils that extend to a maximum of one foot, the amount and length growing with age. Tendrils are retractable to the
edge of the mask and new ones tend to grow every fifteen years or so with a foot in length slowly growing in the same time frame to a
max of Fifteen feet. There is no known limit to amount.
Their masks form eyes, that glow mutely in soft colors, emitting smoke. Theyre skin is latexy in nature, occasionally covered with
a soft velvet fur on some.
Colors, coat/skin pattern can vary greatly between Murmurs.

Plain masks are considered undesirable, as much due to their nature as because this leaves them vulnerable. Their masks are the only thing
Mur's cannot regenerate once broken. A crack threatens their life, shattering the mask will result in their death.
Special patterns with imbued paints are applied to Murmur masks to add strength to them, a special clay is also used at times to add features like
horns, teeth.
Any other part of a Murmur's body can be damage or even removed and they can regrow it given time and resources.
Their main diet consists of energy, either from their own world or the living plane. Unless a Murmur is somehow contained in a space
where it cannot flee between worlds or consume SOME form of energy, it is highly unlikely to ever starve one to death.

Upon their birth in the physical world, Murmur's can only consume flesh equal amounts to the spirit. HUman's have spirits equal to their
organic presence and so only one is needed to complete their birth. However if a Murmur chooses not to consume humans, or is incapable
for one reason or another, several animals might be needed to get everything they need. Sometimes leaving behind half consumed bodies
of larger animals.

A common insinuation from Murmur's is the continued life of the human spirit it desires to consume. While Murmur's will never lie,
they can be experts in manipulation and suggestion, giving the impression the deal is even sided. More of a simbiotic relationship.
For this reason Murmur's are very careful to consume ALL of a human soul. If even part of it is left whether because they were in
a hurry, interrupted or simply careless.. the left overs will form into a malignant spirit that haunts the Murmur and is near
impossible to rid themselves of. This is also why Mur's will go to great lengths to never force a spirit, without the barter a spirit
can refuse and fight back, thus increasing the chance for left overs or even a full spirit now deposessed of its body.



Magic is an integral part of Mur life. They begin as a thing of magic, without a physical body till they are able to secure one.
In their initial form their powers are extremely limited. They cannot pass fully between worlds, only extending their tendrils through
as the sense out the vulnerable to search for suitable victims. These are entirely invisible to most, occasionally the very young or
felines can sense the breach. Through these small breaches they can inspire emotion, like fear, or calm, whatever they feel is needed to
convince the vulnerable to acquiesce.
Once evolved their magic and power evolves with them. They can now travel between worlds, change shape from their natural feral form. Though only in shape, their appearance remains always the same.

They retain their death sense, able to sense when creatures within a few miles are nearing the edge of life.
Murs can choose to be visible or not, float on the air, inspire the emotions of those around them. Inspiring fear or anger or peace
though they cannot force higher beings to react upon these feelings.
Theyre capable of moderate telekensis, lifting or manipulating light weight objects within their proximity.

Some Mur's can grow over time in their power, gaining subtle magical skills that are always somewhere in the realm of manipulation,
secrecy, ect. You will never see a Mur hurling fireballs, stopping bullets, or creating storms.


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Rules

Murmur are a closed species, you may not create your own.
You may not change adopt designs without creator consent.
Adopts may not be sold for more than purchase price.
designs may not be claimed as your own
species may not be claimed as your own
Proper credits must always be included when posting


Murmur are co-owned by Reichenau and veronicaRoach on Da
Original design by VeronicaRoach