Stop! Opening time!

I have a few slots opened again for commissions, as the last one is nearing its end.

General commission prices listed here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36382458/

For character reference sheet, see here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42482695/


All commission types available: linearts, flats, with shading, several characters, any background, ref sheets, etc...


Rules


#1) First come, first serve for the requests. It means I treat commission requests in order.

#2) We start chatting about the commission, then I do rough sketches for settings and poses so we can narrow the piece down. Additional chatting may be required for ref sheets. Don't be afraid if I keep asking questions, I usually do because I'm interesed in this piece or because I feel like it's missing something important.
However, if you don't answer to me at all for too long, I will put you back in the queue, and after a few weeks I'll open your slot for the taking.

#3) First paid, first serve for commissions. What it means is that if someone pays before you, even though they were behind you in the request queue, I will give priority to their piece first.
Again, no hard feelings, but if someone pays first I consider them more motivated to get their piece done.

#4) Payment: PAYPAL ONLY.
When we agree on the ins and outs of the commission, I will send you an invoice through PayPal with all the info and the price.
- You may pay only half the total amount to get the commission started. However, I will stop at the lineart stage (or mid-lienart if the piece is lineart only) and will not go further until all the amount is paid.
- Tip is available but optional. In France you're not forced to tip people so to me you're not forced to do so if you don't want to. It as always appreciated though ^^.


#5 : Contact.
You may contact me through notes or Discord for those who have my ID already.


See you guys around !

Cheers.

Ruby'.

Haven't been on FA that much lately, so...happy new year!

Hope this one will treat you peeps well.

Best resolution? Try to enjoy it as much as you can. Work hard, have fun, and keep close with friends and family.


This year, my beloved and I, we'll go ham on vacations one big time before moving inside a new flat next year (and paying lots of furnitures yada yada...and ya' know, maybe a lil' babu to make the family bigger? We'll see, nothing is never fulyl planned out).

Also, might open comms again in the next few weeks. I only have one more complex roboboi to line and I'll be done with the current batch (started back in June 2022 LAWL *cringes over my own laziness*). So iif you got ideas, you may always contact me ^^.

Cheers.

Ruby'.

It's in the title.


I'm putting no limits on the amount this time, although I reserve myself the right to lock new requests at about 5/6 in the queue.

Normal commissions: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36382458/
Ref sheet commissions: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42482695/

USD to Euros is pretty much 1 to 1 these days ^^'.

You may contact me via notes or through Discord if you have it.

Cheers.

Ruby'

*Drifter voice* 'Customers! Bring a pen!'


Last commission is almost done, only a detail to add, so it's time to let all hell break loose.

This time I'm going to leave 5 slots open. I will make sure not to take too much to complete these

All commission types available: linearts, flats, with shading, several characters, any background, ref sheets, etc...



Rules


#1) First come, first serve for the requests. It means I treat commission requests in order.

#2) We start chatting about the commission, then I do rough sketches for settings and poses so we can narrow the piece down. Additional chatting may be required for ref sheets. Don't be afraid if I keep asking questions, I usually do because I'm interesed in this piece or because I feel like it's missing something important.
However, if you don't answer to me at all for too long, I will put you back in the queue, and after a few weeks I'll open your slot for the taking.

#3) First paid, first serve for commissions. What it means is that if someone pays before you, even though they were behind you in the request queue, I will give priority to their piece first.
Again, no hard feelings, but if someone pays first I consider them more motivated to get their piece done.

#4) Payment: PAYPAL ONLY.
When we agree on the ins and outs of the commission, I will send you an invoice through PayPal with all the info and the price.
- You may pay only half the total amount to get the commission started. However, I will stop at the lineart stage (or mid-lienart if the piece is lineart only) and will not go further until all the amount is paid.
- Tip is available but optional. In France you're not forced to tip people so to me you're not forced to do so if you don't want to. It as always appreciated though ^^.

#5) Commission ref sheet is here
Commission ref sheet for ref sheet is here

See price submissions and my gallery for examples

#6 : Contact.
You may contact me through notes or Discord for those who have my ID already.


See you guys around !

Cheers.

Ruby'.

Ohai, been a while since I wrote a journal!

Turned 30 two days ago... Oh boi.
Lady began calling old daddy in French slang. I asked if she could add 'gamer' at the end (also I'm still not a father technically, but since she keeps calling the chinchilla her 'daughter' she tells me I'm a father, ahem).

Time to recap' the year:

Since June 2020, basic stuff, Covid Covid yadda-yadda you know the drill. We bought a small garage place for our car because parking in our area is massively tense (I live in the suburbs of Paris for info).
Work has been mostly OK. Paradoxically we got more work than ever since last year.
I was a bit burnt out and pissed back in early 2021 because of that as well.

We got first vaccine shot last weekend. Shoulder hurt for 3 days which is fine. I also had some weird back pain for a day but it went away.

I'm planning on buying a brand new flat soon. My father wants to give me some money for my first purchase and I'm very happy and thankful. It's a lot of luck and I don't want to waste it.


Commission-wise... I'm late.

I'm almost done with the last two ones but the simple thought of my last opening being 8 months ago is very cringy. Fortunately my customers are very nice and let me have some additional time. Considering how complex some pieces were for me (including alts), I guess it's still fine.


I will open slots soon but maybe 3 max because I have a few other things for friends.

On the personal art side, I've not produced that many pieces but I created some OCs I'm quite proud of (I have a full aeromorph ref sheet of a Mirage-2000 if you guys haven't seen it yet). Just gotta put them on paper as they say.

I mostly draw a lot of doodles these days because it's not too stressful considering I'm fucking maniac when it comes to lineart and shading. I'm very impressed with how almost any of them turns out. I'm getting faster and more consistent with each one, even though I wish I could nail proportions right away instead of having to fine tune some areas once or twice.

The best example I can give is the shirt cut meme thing where I drew the 5 sketches in less than two hours, which is pretty good to me.


Hope you guys are having a great toe yourselves. See you atound.

Cheers.

Ruby'.

Yes, that's right partner, we're back at it woo-hoo-hoo! *imitates Drifter*

Considering how much work I'm going to get done on the very last commission, it's time I open slots again.

This time I'm going to leave 4 slots open before I close for a few months. I do this way because I would like you guys not to wait too long before I start working on yours, as with my current pace I can take up to 3 months before finishing the fourth commission and that's a loooooot of time.

All commission types available: linearts, flats, with shading, several characters, any background, ref sheets, etc...



Rules

#1) First come, first serve for the requests. It means I treat commission requests in order.

#2) We start chatting about the commission, then I do rough sketches for settings and poses so we can narrow the piece down. Additional chatting may be required for ref sheets. Don't be afraid if I keep asking questions, I usually do because I'm interesed in this piece or because I feel like it's missing something important.
However, if you don't answer to me at all for too long, I will put you back in the queue, and after a few weeks I'll open your slot for the taking.

#3) First paid, first serve for commissions. What it means is that if someone pays before you, even though they were behind you in the request queue, I will give priority to their piece first.
Again, no hard feelings, but if someone pays first I consider them more motivated to get their piece done.

#4) Payment: PAYPAL ONLY.
When we agree on the ins and outs of the commission, I will send you an invoice through PayPal with all the info and the price.
- You may pay only half the total amount to get the commission started. However, I will stop at the lineart stage (or mid-lienart if the piece is lineart only) and will not go further until all the amount is paid.
- Tip is available but optional. In France you're not forced to tip people so to me you're not forced to do so if you don't want to. It as always appreciated though ^^.

#5) Commission ref sheet is here

For reference sheets, I don't have a ref sheet yet, but here are some basic info:

- Basic things always included : lineart, flats, quick shading, quick BG, color palette, character information such as height, weight, etc...
- Redux version : one front pose, one back pose -> $75
- Normal version: one front pose, one back pose, three details -> $100
- Possibiltiy of additional details and elements, will cost extrea, to be discussed

Examples: Ex1 ; Ex2 ; Ex3 ; Ex4

#6 : Contact.
Sorry I had forgotten about that. You may contact me through notes or Discord for those who have my ID already.

See you guys around !

Cheers.

Ruby'.

Heyhey.

Just a warning journal so say I'll be opening for up to 4 commissions soon, max in one or two weeks.

Approach is as usual: We get in contact, we chat a bit about the comms', I do rough pose sketches, we get into an agreement, and I lock the slot. I treat requests in order, but if someone pays first they lock a slot higher in the queue.

Won't be opening for one or two months after that, since I'll be out of vacation and be able to work at a slower pace on these pieces.

Cheers.

Ruby'

brrrrm, here goes the durg zoomies o3o...

Journal is self explanatory. Well, yeah, did not expect to get 2/3 comms' in only a few weeks, so I won't be able to take anymore for 1 or 2 months before my backlog gets a bit lighter (that and other personal pieces I'd like to finish as well, looking at you Yastre ref sheet :v).

I'll still take a few sketches here and there if you're interested in a comm' with me, it's just that I won't be able to take it right away, by respect for you guys. If you feel liek I'm taking too long to get open again, you may just go try with someone else, sketches I draw never bind me to the potential customer...

Cheers~!

Ruby'

New year, new me.

I mean, who am I kidding.

Turning 29 today. Also buying a small box today, we need somewhere to put the far and the bicycles.

Have fun ~

First, I want to apologize for being away for such a long time.

Big art slump I guess. But mostly, work was sucking all the energy out of me. It's not changed since then, but I've had some additional time to rest and the May French holidays are also coming in handy.
Plus, you know, Covid 'enabled' me to spend half the week home office, and when going to work site the other half with the car, there is no one on the highways, so I'm barely taking 30 mins to get there.

At least this virus has some positives (stay home and apply barrier procedures, folks :3).

regarding the commission queue, I'm into the last piece and I'm advancing at a rather fast pace right now.
Queue can be seen here: Commission queue

I have not prepared a full visual price ref sheet yet (again). I promise I'll get one set up soon, I'm starting to rack up pieces including ref sheets, so I can have good variety.

You may contact me directly through notes (or Discord, for those who have it), if you are interested in my style and we will figure something out (Check my gallery for stuff).


Oh, and just so you know...I take requests only if I'm interested in them. So don't expect free artsies out of nowhere. If I don't want, I won't do. The end.


See you guys around.

Yeh, blargh.

I have not prepared a full visual price ref sheet, I'd like to have some more drawn art before doing this.

However, you can contact me directly through notes (or Discord, for those who have it), if you are interested in my style and we will figure something out (Check my gallery for stuff).

I consider it my way of doing things, but apparently most people were happy with it so I will mention it there: I always draw a rough sketch of things peopel suggest and only send an invoice with Paypal once you are okay with where we are going.


See ya'll.


Ruby'.

Bam. I'm old. Screw you time.

Not stopping me from drawing lewd characters.

Here's to a freaking new year in life. Since she's a very lewd lady as well in the common saying.

Cheers.

ye, needed to nuke stuff on my FA account.

Back to the serious stuff. I had a lot of IRL things to take care of during the first half of 2019. It may include:

- Changing jobs (although I work for the same customer, my current work is a bit different from the previous one)
- Unstressing from previous job, bed bugs (ew!), etc...overall, 2018 was pretty much my unluckiest year of all time.
- Moving out then in with SO, icluding complications (flat seller was missing a document, so the transaction got postponed and I had to put most of my stuff into a rental box...good times :D)
- Making adjustments to the new flat, because it was in a meh state
- Buying a chinchilla (yeah, cuz' why the hell not?)

I started drawing again, so I'm finishing comms' and starting new ones.

Feel free to contact me directly (either on FA or on Discord, for those who have it), if you're ever so slightly interested by my artstyle.

In the meantime, have yourself a nice and fun second half of 2019.

Quick update:

- Have not been around for a while

- Did not draw enough, got upset at it

- Got pretty mad recently due to IRL stuff and my incompetence at solving it

- Made me draw again. Expect finished stuff soon, so we can finish this year pretty stronk


Cheers o/.

TL;DR: How is 2018 starting, and a long list of 'questionable' (duh) topics about whether to start taking commissions or not.


Hello there!

Another journal in a while. Been a long time already. So, what happened lately?

You probably noticed I almost did not draw during the second half of 2017. The thing is, moving out kind of stopped me, and work too. I also met someone, and it tends to drain most of your free time.

I've been more active lately however. Even got into drawing some NSFW stuff. And there are more things coming.

I know that some people have been enjoying my art and would not mind asking for some commissions. But I'm still weighing pros and cons, so I'm going to list them there to make up my mind and hear what people think about them (were anyone to comment here anyway :P):


Cons:

- Work: Yes, work. I got hired less than two weeks ago in a contract as a product engineer for a company which makes car braking systems (drum and disc ones alike). And since the brake in question is for a japanese company, it's a lot of work, even if I'm only handling the design aspect. That and all the public transportation to get there, I'm usually left with less than 3 hours at home during the evening. And sometimes I don't even have any focus left. I'm trying to find a flat closer to the workplace, but due to specific conditions, I'd like to live inside of Paris and not in the suburbs. And getting a flat there is a freaking battle royale unless you have the ressources to pay a 2500€ rent (and usually you flat out buy it at that point).

- Content: I bet a lot of people would ask for Mature content. But I'm not too much into mainly drawing NSFW, as I'm scared of the look my family, friends (and of course GF) may give me were they to learn about this (because of course they don't know yet). It's a sensitive matter for the usual reasons ('furries' and all that) And I haven't found a way to tackle this issue very well yet.
I'm not uncomfortable drawing that kind of content, not at all. I consider that I have the right to draw Mature content once in a while, and it should not be disturbing to my relatives. To have it become my main activity though...

- Purpose: The reason why someone originally draws is for themselves. I wish I could draw a lot for other people as well, because it's just fun to play with different, challenging designs (Jarmenj's Syldria comes to mind. I had a ton of fun drawing her), but I mainly started to draw because I wanted to give shape to some of my own ideas. Even now, I feel like I don't have enough time to draw my own creations, so imagine if I have to stick to a schedule and draw other people's ideas non-stop (because yeah, my efficiency is pretty low. By making some quick calculations, I'm at less than 2$ per hour were I to start taking comms. Nowhere near my current job income xD).



Pros:

- Challenging ideas, challenging designs: Wanna try some unexpected, kinky, weird content? Let's do this baby! Always in for the new (especially drawing wearing skirts and tutus :P).

- Consistency: I'm very professional when it comes to schedules and work. I give frequent dates, decent deadlines for a finished product, and I always stick to it. It might be a good thing to force me to draw more regularly. I've mainly lacked consistency since I started practising back in 2015. I wish I could reach the same level as in that regard, but by comparing our respective situations, I'm not doing so bad regarding that.

- Money: Well, having 40 more bucks a month is never bad. I think I'll keep it more artists I want to commission though.

- Respect to the other artists: This one sounds a bit strange, but here's the reasoning - if I keep making freebies and getting better at drawing, there is a possibility that I might deny income from other people who try to make a living out of commissions. Especially from someone who's not in a dire situation regarding income, it seems unfair to me not to ask for money at some point, so I can make sure people want some art from me more because they like my style rather than because, well, 'it's free'. Of course, I'm not near that point, and if I start taking comms, my prices are going to be not very high. But this is something I'm simply thinking about. I know some artists do not think of their peers as direct competition, but if you pump a lot of free stuff you're definitely going to hurt someone else's ability to earn money, unless you're in a very niche market (well, maybe that's already the case here).


Walls, moar doom walls of doom text.


Once I'm done with the current work, I may make a commission ref sheet so I can see whether people are interested or not. But the thing to remember about me and art is that, for now, art is still a hobby. And as such, my involvement into commissions will remain limited.



Damn, already midnight and it's not Friday evening yet. Gotta wake up at 6 and then go spend my day trying to explain how a mold for metallic parts works and spam emails and meetings non-stop. Bloody Japanese :'D...

The title says it all: I'm turning 26 today.

I wish I had drawn something for the occasion but...I'm feeling pretty down focus-wise this week. I still need to settle down mentally in my new flat and deal with all what's left to do about the previous one. Which I'm planning on doing this weekend, by the way. Ugh, so many things to do this weekend, that's crazy.

Here goes to a good year of my life, hopefully. Last year had its ups and downs, but this time I feel like I've really set myself up for success at a personal level. Time to get good...

But tonight, I'm doing nothing. Will do birthday stuff later this weekend, or next week with family.

Everyone, have a good weekend!

Hey there!

'Small' Overall Update about a good amount of stuff.

I have been doing great lately: new approach to my current job helped me relax a bit more and fell less stressed. Still going once in a while to the pool to get rid of all that physical energy helps a lot too. And I have went back to drawing in general. As you may have seen, I have improved. I am mainly working on the basics right now, like gesture drawing, body shapes, etc... because I feel this is what I should be doing. I even purchased my own personal tablet (an Intuos Pro M. It's awesome, really!). Also, I found a new flatshare a few weeks ago, and I'm moving out next weekend, or at worst, the weekend after it.

So you might say that everything is pretty much greenlight. Yeah, pretty much. Still not feeling too well about streaming during the week however, especially as I will be back to the normal working schedule in the next following weeks.
The main reason I have been able to make so many pieces in such a short amount of time (roughly 1 per week or so) and stream very often was because of the way the month of May works here in France: lots of Holidays everywhere during it, so work weeks were short and it was easier to stream in general. But I do not think that my job will allow me to stream during most evenings. Maybe once in a while, but for now I'll mostly try to stream during weekends.

Making a lot of rough sketches in my drawing book today though. It's been a while since I have not done that, and it certainly feels rewarding in a way. Drawing with a normal pencil still feels more natural than my Wacom pen. I am trying to follow friends' advices. Dunno if I will show it to my RL relatives now however: I just made a NSFW furry sketch XD.


Er, looks like I just wrote a big wall with no common thread in it. All in all, I would say that the last two months have been awesome, and a lot of people from the community played a part in it, however small it might have been. I would like to be able to say that it may have been a big step forward, but it would feel like jixing it. So I am goingto be patient and keep doing my thing for the next few months and see how it goes...

So, here we are, finally...

Contrary to what may be thinkable when taking a look at my last pieces (and streaming 'attempts', all hail super wireless and ISP), I don't own a graphic tablet right now.

My little brother does. (You can now proceed to skip the next paragraph if you want to avoid explanation for that).

Since I was getting into art in late 2015 and 2016, I asked if I could borrow his as he is currently deeply into prep school and has not a lot of time available (although I think that he prefers to draw on paper nowadays). Sadly, he's about to finish this part of his studies, for better or worse, because of the fact that this will be his last attempt at having the highest ranking in his category's concourse. So by the end of summer, I'll probably have to give the tablet back.
I haven't asked him whether he really wants to keep it or not. Might be the case, but still, it's his. So it's now time for me to ask myself the fateful question: Should I buy a graphic tablet?

Yes, definitely. But I'm a pure noob in buying drawing equipment. I bought a glove for little brother two years ago, but aside from that, nothing (I mean, I bought some pencils, brushes and textile paint back when I was painting in engie school, but that's a totally different thing).

So I need help: my fellow artists (and all the others too), may you lend me a hand in finding a nice piece of gear for me to keep on improving my craft?
Or if you are more expert than me in these things, give me advices about what features I should pay attention to for this kind of purchase.

Time limit: August 2017.
Budget: Around 1000€, but in some particular conditions I may be able to bump it to 1500€. More than that is overkill. I earn enough money, but I'm not swimming in coins...
Current tablet: Wacom Bamboo Fun.
Desired tablet: I have no idea. I guess I should be looking for a screen tablet, but aside from that, it could be anything.
Current use: Mainly drawing comic-style drawings. Linearts, colors, and cell/soft-shading by the use of various brushes.
Current software: Clip Studio Paint.

TL;DR: Old tablet will be gone soon. To anticipate, I need to know a bit more about buying one's own tablet. Budget: 1000-1500€. Screen tablet (Old one was Wacom Bamboo Fun).


Bleh, this journal's getting boring already. I have a bad habit of speaking my mind out loud in journals...

Happy Year 2017 (belated™)!

Since I've practised digital drawing a bit with CSP and my brother's Bamboo Fun, I've began improving. Most of my art is not great yet, but I've been able to draw poses quite decently on a regular basis (I'm still using the 'stretch cheat code' too often and my linearts roughly take around 5/6 hours for me to finish. Not to mention I don't do very difficult clothes. Underwear :D...).

Unfortunately, my rhythm has slowed down because Christmas holidays ended super fast, and in no time I was already back to work.
I tried to practise a it everyday, but it revealed incredibly difficult: the simple act of drawing when back home after a draining day at work was eating the remainders of focus I had left. In only a few days, I felt a lot of pressure trying to maintain my practise schedule. So I stopped trying.

This experience was fruitful in another way, however: I realized that I was able to draw for pretty much most of the weekend in January (between 7 and 10 hours a day). I thought about how it was possible, and I reached a conclusion: I can draw a lot during weekends because most of the time I don't feel the pressure of a very tight schedule and time window. Also, as I take a lot of time for more refined pieces (i.e. with soft-shading and 'backgrounds'), working only two or three hours at once during the week was feeling like nothing has been done at all, and it was...'disheartening'. All the contrary to Saturdays and Sundays :3...

I also noticed that while I was not able to draw during workdays, I was at least able to write a few hundred words each day. Especially when working on a story where I'm simply going with the flow, only following a plot not too complicated and building around it as the story advances.

To sum it up, I spend most of my week evenings writing, while weekends are mainly for drawings (it does not mean there aren't exceptions though: last weekend was split between the two).


TL;DR: All this text brings me to the following question, since I'd like to know what other artists do in general regarding time management:
Have you found a rhythm for working on projects that you are comfortable with? If yes, what is it and why did you choose this one in particular?
I'm simply curious, and I also think that knowing how people handle their own business may bring knowledge to help me improve through not only my own experience, but others' as well.


In the meantime, Have a sneek peek of what I'm working on ;D (also sorry/notsorry for the lines on top of each other :P) :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2j6m2nl3g.....0WIP1.png?dl=0

Hello everyone!

Just a little journal update:

Over the past two months, I've found myself asking for a lot of artwork. At least a lot compared to what I had asked during the rest of the year.
I guess it was mainly due to opportunities presenting themselves at me rather than me actively looking for them. But hey, it ended up very well.

There are still more of them to come, but I won't upload them with the rest today, for many reasons:

- either I haven't received them in a way that I can post them on FA.
- or I don't want to post them yet, because they are related to my own personal work as casual writer.

The second point is very important here: I have not been able to write a lot in the last past months, for various reasons (the intercontract period between two contracts was a bit difficult for me, and I also needed to find a new company in November and settle down for another contract. Which is going fine, by the way).
I hope to be able to reach a state in my current stories where I can post the art for them. I'm about to start posting about a new short story kind of similar to MFTN, and release the fifth chapter of Hammer Spark, where things are heating up a little bit :D.

Anyway, here comes some art. Looks like it already got some favs', plus a few more watchers. To anyone who just arrived, thanks for liking the art related to my characters. It means a lot to me :).


Cheers!

Ruby'.

*jumps around feverishly*.

I'm so excited, so excited, excitedexcitedexcited!

Well, let's calm down for a bit, and talk about the real deal...

Back in April, an artist I like a lot showed a drawing of her during a stream. It actually triggered the process of the creation of a short story based upon this piece of art, and since I was in a very active (almost frenetic) time writing-wise, I designed a plot, created a few characters of my own, and wrote the whole story over the course of May.

Due to many events happening after, I was not able to have it reviewed and edited before September. But my main editor,  Zakerst, (Praise him, thee editing God who points out all my terrible wannabe British English :P), just finished, and I'm only a few typos away from publication!

Since it's quite long for a short, I figured out it would be better to release it in chapters, just like I'm currently doing for 'Hammer Spark' (although the latter is a more continuous grindi... I mean 'work' than this one). This way, it will fel more readable. Even with paragraphs it feels like a huge wall of doom text thing.

So, you've been warned: intense live-action is coming your way this weekend! (Hell, I even have a thumbnail for it that i drew myself a few months ago...oops, spoilers!).

*Returns to editing said short while waiting for League of Legends Worlds to start...*

Probably not needed, some kind of a vent journal, whatever. I told myself I would not come to this extremity and deal with it on my own since it's not really a bad thing, but hey here it comes.

TL;DR: I have zero motivation right now. Nothing is working, and I haven't found the answer yet.

I am in complete disarray.

Not the temporary one lasting a few days after a big failure. It has been like this for a few weeks now. Probably since I came back from Thailand in July/August for my big vacation of the year.
I came back to work to know that due to a lack of projects for my current client, the contract between him and my company would have to end in four weeks. (For those who don't know, I am a contractor, which means my company has me working with the teams of a client since I have valuable engineering skills).
However, I did not expect my boss to propose me a contractual termination right off the bath. That's about making a deal together so they don't get to fill a TON of paperwork in order to justify me being unemployed.
Since I heard about it early enough, I began searching for new jobs. Got a few propositions and appointments, but nothing extraordinary. Meanwhile, I retracted from the contractual terminations as I was not getting enough compensation for the reduction of my departure time window (normally 3 months, and there I would have ended unemployed after 1 month without any kind of money to compensate).

The situation is in some kind of stalemate right now. It's been almost three weeks since I stopped working, and through vacation and inter-contract, I could stay at home all this time while getting paid. You guess I could have been doing stuff during that period?

That's the issue. I've been doing almost nothing.

I mean, I've done things. I went to a few appointments, visited my parents a couple of time, met with friends, went to the swimming pool once or twice. I even went to a music festival for one day.
But I just feel so bad because I did not get any motivation out of it. It's like I'm doing things but not enjoying them. It does not make me go forward anymore.
My sleeping schedule has become a complete mess, I barely eat everyday since I spend some days entirely in my room, watching the same videos over and over again and playing Overwatch and Deus Ex. UGH! COME ON! DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE FOR ONCE! GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!


This kind of mood has already happened in the past. I usually refer to it as 'being lost in the fog, with nothing in sight making me want to go there through hardwork and dedication'. And when I'm doing something not productive, at least I'm trying to get somewhere. Right now, I'm standing still and watching the same old grey everywhere.


I don't need to do something productive, I don't HAVE TO do something productive. I just need to find something that will get me going again. For now, I'm feeling like an empty shell walking around, barely keeping the appearances safe. Even Devil's recent masterpiece of one of my characters does not bring the spark inside of me to life T_T.

Well, I'm open to suggestions, since it's pretty much the meaning of this kind of journal, because right now, I don't seem to be able to find a solution on my own.

Been a long time since I hadn't written a journal. Quite the silent person, huh?

Anyway, I received a journal from an artist I like a lot a few days ago. It's Rakisha/Tanraak. She wanted to begin an animated project a few weeks ago, but due to a hand injury she was forced to delay it.

Now, she needs our help. Right below is the link towards the description of the project.

I gues that's the least I can do for her (aside from participating of course :3).

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7595336/

Just a quick journal, nothing really exceptional...

I might have seemed not really responsive during the last two weeks (or not coming to the livestream of  feretta very often (maybe once last week's Tuesday).
The reason why is that I am currently switching between missions for my work: new mission for a new client, on a new location with new colleagues.
The change was rough at first: I had to spend a few nights in hotels as I changed missions pretty much overnight (I.e. I just had no days inbetween, but it was planned). Now I'm fine, but I wasn't in the mood of going on FA during evenings (plus I went to Germany last weekend, ha!).

Things are quickly getting better: I should be able to spend some time having fun in the chat like before, but the end of the week is still going to be busy for me (gotta start the rent of the new apartment, go to the old one and begin packing stuff, going to the mail to recover Xmas presents, trying to find others I haven't figured out yet).

See you later :3!

Ruby'

Hello everyone!

I'm simply posting a short journal about this so you won't have to worry anymore.

As most of you (or all) probably already know, there were terrorist attacks in my country a few days ago. I'm personally fine, although I'm not living that far away from Paris.

Thanks to anybody who already showed their support to me: I'm not a person that worries a lot, but our country is probably going to take very tough measures from now on, as it is already the third terrorism-related attack in less than a year...probably never happened on that scale since the 60's or even before..

I chose to stay at home this weekend, in order to avoid any kind of trouble I might get myself in...I mean, trouble that is not related to 'fancy' stuff :3. You can still tickle me on Feretta's stream or even Tokaido's if I manage to notice when she goes live.

See you!

*  Rubiris hugs anyone who wants a hug*