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Posted 3 years agoHey everyone,
It's been a long, long time since I've updated anything on here. I've been going through alot of changes, and many have been good while others not so much. Wanted to give an update though since some still are looking for me and I greatly appreciate that. I won't sugarcoat things, my mental health has been awful and I have some explaining to do.
The start.
2020 hit me hard, I'm normally a paranoid person, overly protective, and even whan i tinker in my workshop or leave the house I double, and triple check just about everything. This is annoying but not always beneficial. But when the pandemic hit my home state I was terrified of everything and everyone. The electrical company I worked for tried to keep jobs running during the start of the pandemic, and in a typical "Macho" construction industry 98% could have cared less and didn't mask, distance, or work at protecting one-another. I tried my best to stay safe, sanitizing, masked, distancing but it was never enough to feel safe at my electrician job. My boss kept promising me job sites where only a few people were working and this was always a lie. After many arguments about my safety, nearly reporting our practices to OSHA, and a panic attack later on-site I was eventually and unexpectedly fired. The worst part was he had hired a "helper" which i was training for a month or so and little did I know he was replacing me. This lead to me being unemployed and aimless.
Unemployment.
I spent over six months looking for a job. I begged for unemployment wages like the rest of the world, had to defer our mortgage payments, and did my best to stay home. The constant state of bad news, deaths, and the aimless feeling wore on me during this time. We didn't have money, barely enough to eat and keep bills paid, all the while I was searching for jobs that didn't put me at risk of exposure. I had alot of free time, but the depression and fear kept me secluded and I turned inward into small projects and house fixes I could afford. What help I could get was from my parents, which was humiliating.
During all of this my father was a denier of the pandemic, fiercely political, and fought to belittle me for my cautiousness. Making fun of me for masking, talking down to me and repeating conspiracy theories. In the end, he got Covid, gave it to my mom and for a few weeks they were actually scared for their lives. Even after learning a small lesson the damage however to our relationship was already done. This lasted for months. In the middle of things while still looking for a job I had a friend call me needing some house renovations. It was private, under the table electrical work and gave me some actual money to dig us out of our hole. About the time my side job wrapped up I was finally hired by someone new. Which was a godsend given that my unemployment money was just about to run out.
2021.
I lost this year, like truly, cannot remember anything relevant aside from my grandmother dying. The new job worked out great for awhile. I moved from doing hard construction field work to managing a small warehouse. My new role was to manage a counter-sales and speak with electricians and maintenance men, fetch parts, spec electrical parts and tools etc. Honestly it was working out great, my knees and joints were less sore than usual and I was out of life-threatening danger doing high ladder work. During 2021 I worked, and worked, and worked. Put in long hours and tried to keep me and Sunny on the path to stability again. This was what I did in 2021, I had no energy for anything else. With the return of conventions we were tempted to see everyone again but the risk was still too great for us.
2022.
In March my job changed dramatically when a co-worker who had been managing the counter ( for 20 years ) left. This created a gap in coverage and for the last 9 months I've been working 10 hour days in what used to be an easy job. I manage the job of two people now, shipping, receiving semi trucks, writing orders, answering emails, phone, and still walking people through their projects. I come home mentally and physically exhausted each night from micro panic attacks and exertion. Some days I show up to work and there's a line of cars outside of grumpy electricians. Being i'm the only one, I have to spend time with them individually, be 100% accurate on their orders and ignore the sighs, protests and complaints as they wait sometimes up to 20-30 minutes for me to get down the line of 4-5 others to them. I'm tired... So very tired...
Now.
I'm overworked. Unhealthy, and kinda broken. We have medical bills piling up and i'm usually too exhausted to work on basic household chores. Despite all of this I'm doing my best to stay optimistic. Most of my leisure time has been devoted to rebuilding old computers and trying to find some joy in retrogaming.
As of creative pursuits, I've had alot of trouble getting into the right mindset to focus. Getting time alone with hours at my disposal is not a luxury I have anymore. Streaming is something I may start doing again but slowly and in small bursts. At the moment I can't draw, even picking up a pencil fills me with so much anxiety and dread. Could be imposter syndrome, could be my expectations for myself are too high. I always *want* to draw and create but quickly abandon what I start from embarrassment. For fear of disappointing my remaining fans I've remained silent here. I didn't want to keep making apology posts and have nothing new artwise to show in return. I do miss everyone though, and it makes me so happy to see you all enjoying my past work here.
Currently I have some new work posted to my twitter https://twitter.com/redhygog
but it's mostly reposts or sketches when I do have anything to show.
A Book?
On a positive note I am working towards a dream I've had for many years of publishing my first book. Since I spend over an hour in travel time each day for work I'm consuming science fiction novels rapidly via audiobook. The inspirations of my favorite books have coalesced with my love of drawing machines and technical art. This has been where all of my creative energy has been spent for the last three years and continues to go when I get moments of clarity. Between my lunch breaks at work, waiting rooms at the doctor, mechanics, and any spare moment I can get into the zone I have been writing this book. It's been my labor of love and kind of my opus that has been carrying me through these rough times.
{ Astray }
The book title is Astray and I've been posting the project openly to twitter while I continue work on it. Currently it is a proper novel size at 9 completed chapters, aiming for 12-13 and 110k words. The book is science fiction and features a race of shapeshifting lions stranded on a planet with ties to a spacefaring ancestry. It will feature many tribal, cyberpunk, and dark themes, including sentient AI, lost technology, and some mingling of alien species including humans.
I am always desperately seeking new readers to help critique, review, and assist me with this project as I need feedback to refine it. Any feedback is greatly appreciated as I continue on this path and try to bring a new story into the world. Please check out:
https://twitter.com/astrayofficial
on twitter if you would like to help and get a first glimpse of what's been my passion project. I have plans for a sequel after the first book too, but I need support and encouragement to keep me going.
If you made it this far I appreciate your perseverance. If I can remember to, or get the courage I will try to post some sketches here from what I have done, including sketches and designs from the book project.
Thank you everyone, seriously, for reaching out to me and showing that you care. I read every message, smile at every favorite and follow, and earnestly want to rejoin this fandom. In time I hope to be working less and welcome you all back into my streams, making goofy huge musclefurs, detailed tech, and doofy art of Ryoku or the gentle giant Prodigy <3
I will be at MFF this year, sporting some new merch and I may be doing Ych comissions. More on this later.
Love you all,
___ Blue ___
It's been a long, long time since I've updated anything on here. I've been going through alot of changes, and many have been good while others not so much. Wanted to give an update though since some still are looking for me and I greatly appreciate that. I won't sugarcoat things, my mental health has been awful and I have some explaining to do.
The start.
2020 hit me hard, I'm normally a paranoid person, overly protective, and even whan i tinker in my workshop or leave the house I double, and triple check just about everything. This is annoying but not always beneficial. But when the pandemic hit my home state I was terrified of everything and everyone. The electrical company I worked for tried to keep jobs running during the start of the pandemic, and in a typical "Macho" construction industry 98% could have cared less and didn't mask, distance, or work at protecting one-another. I tried my best to stay safe, sanitizing, masked, distancing but it was never enough to feel safe at my electrician job. My boss kept promising me job sites where only a few people were working and this was always a lie. After many arguments about my safety, nearly reporting our practices to OSHA, and a panic attack later on-site I was eventually and unexpectedly fired. The worst part was he had hired a "helper" which i was training for a month or so and little did I know he was replacing me. This lead to me being unemployed and aimless.
Unemployment.
I spent over six months looking for a job. I begged for unemployment wages like the rest of the world, had to defer our mortgage payments, and did my best to stay home. The constant state of bad news, deaths, and the aimless feeling wore on me during this time. We didn't have money, barely enough to eat and keep bills paid, all the while I was searching for jobs that didn't put me at risk of exposure. I had alot of free time, but the depression and fear kept me secluded and I turned inward into small projects and house fixes I could afford. What help I could get was from my parents, which was humiliating.
During all of this my father was a denier of the pandemic, fiercely political, and fought to belittle me for my cautiousness. Making fun of me for masking, talking down to me and repeating conspiracy theories. In the end, he got Covid, gave it to my mom and for a few weeks they were actually scared for their lives. Even after learning a small lesson the damage however to our relationship was already done. This lasted for months. In the middle of things while still looking for a job I had a friend call me needing some house renovations. It was private, under the table electrical work and gave me some actual money to dig us out of our hole. About the time my side job wrapped up I was finally hired by someone new. Which was a godsend given that my unemployment money was just about to run out.
2021.
I lost this year, like truly, cannot remember anything relevant aside from my grandmother dying. The new job worked out great for awhile. I moved from doing hard construction field work to managing a small warehouse. My new role was to manage a counter-sales and speak with electricians and maintenance men, fetch parts, spec electrical parts and tools etc. Honestly it was working out great, my knees and joints were less sore than usual and I was out of life-threatening danger doing high ladder work. During 2021 I worked, and worked, and worked. Put in long hours and tried to keep me and Sunny on the path to stability again. This was what I did in 2021, I had no energy for anything else. With the return of conventions we were tempted to see everyone again but the risk was still too great for us.
2022.
In March my job changed dramatically when a co-worker who had been managing the counter ( for 20 years ) left. This created a gap in coverage and for the last 9 months I've been working 10 hour days in what used to be an easy job. I manage the job of two people now, shipping, receiving semi trucks, writing orders, answering emails, phone, and still walking people through their projects. I come home mentally and physically exhausted each night from micro panic attacks and exertion. Some days I show up to work and there's a line of cars outside of grumpy electricians. Being i'm the only one, I have to spend time with them individually, be 100% accurate on their orders and ignore the sighs, protests and complaints as they wait sometimes up to 20-30 minutes for me to get down the line of 4-5 others to them. I'm tired... So very tired...
Now.
I'm overworked. Unhealthy, and kinda broken. We have medical bills piling up and i'm usually too exhausted to work on basic household chores. Despite all of this I'm doing my best to stay optimistic. Most of my leisure time has been devoted to rebuilding old computers and trying to find some joy in retrogaming.
As of creative pursuits, I've had alot of trouble getting into the right mindset to focus. Getting time alone with hours at my disposal is not a luxury I have anymore. Streaming is something I may start doing again but slowly and in small bursts. At the moment I can't draw, even picking up a pencil fills me with so much anxiety and dread. Could be imposter syndrome, could be my expectations for myself are too high. I always *want* to draw and create but quickly abandon what I start from embarrassment. For fear of disappointing my remaining fans I've remained silent here. I didn't want to keep making apology posts and have nothing new artwise to show in return. I do miss everyone though, and it makes me so happy to see you all enjoying my past work here.
Currently I have some new work posted to my twitter https://twitter.com/redhygog
but it's mostly reposts or sketches when I do have anything to show.
A Book?
On a positive note I am working towards a dream I've had for many years of publishing my first book. Since I spend over an hour in travel time each day for work I'm consuming science fiction novels rapidly via audiobook. The inspirations of my favorite books have coalesced with my love of drawing machines and technical art. This has been where all of my creative energy has been spent for the last three years and continues to go when I get moments of clarity. Between my lunch breaks at work, waiting rooms at the doctor, mechanics, and any spare moment I can get into the zone I have been writing this book. It's been my labor of love and kind of my opus that has been carrying me through these rough times.
{ Astray }
The book title is Astray and I've been posting the project openly to twitter while I continue work on it. Currently it is a proper novel size at 9 completed chapters, aiming for 12-13 and 110k words. The book is science fiction and features a race of shapeshifting lions stranded on a planet with ties to a spacefaring ancestry. It will feature many tribal, cyberpunk, and dark themes, including sentient AI, lost technology, and some mingling of alien species including humans.
I am always desperately seeking new readers to help critique, review, and assist me with this project as I need feedback to refine it. Any feedback is greatly appreciated as I continue on this path and try to bring a new story into the world. Please check out:
https://twitter.com/astrayofficial
on twitter if you would like to help and get a first glimpse of what's been my passion project. I have plans for a sequel after the first book too, but I need support and encouragement to keep me going.
If you made it this far I appreciate your perseverance. If I can remember to, or get the courage I will try to post some sketches here from what I have done, including sketches and designs from the book project.
Thank you everyone, seriously, for reaching out to me and showing that you care. I read every message, smile at every favorite and follow, and earnestly want to rejoin this fandom. In time I hope to be working less and welcome you all back into my streams, making goofy huge musclefurs, detailed tech, and doofy art of Ryoku or the gentle giant Prodigy <3
I will be at MFF this year, sporting some new merch and I may be doing Ych comissions. More on this later.
Love you all,
___ Blue ___
MOW!! A Bobcat steps in!
Posted 4 years agoHELLO!!!
This is 
, the wife of this big blue lug <3 I hope to be helping Ryoku here come back a little bit! He has some art and even stories to share and I'll prob be helping post them in the coming months! Apologies for all the unanswered comments and notes, but suffice it to say he's had it really rough for years. His day to day job was brutal (industrial electrician) and it's taken it's toll a bit on his energy and inspiration. He's also super into Guild Wars 2, and runs a guild! (MAUL) Ryoku still writes a lot though and does draw here and there so I'm (he's!) happy to share. I don't mind being his admin! Let hope he doesn't, hehe!!
Anyway, thank you all for keeping up with his art, and for the interest!
---If you've been looking for his day to day or other places he's at, here's a few links---
Main Twitter - https://twitter.com/Redhygog
Story/Writing Twitter - https://twitter.com/AstrayOfficial (up to 8 chapters!)
Tech/Art Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthelionDog
That's all for now! Feel free to comment or say hi <3 I'll make sure he sees them! ;3
Gravey OUT~Synopsis. I suck at keeping up with this!
Posted 8 years agoGuys I cannot believe how long it's been since I posted. Work has been killer for a few months in a row, and art has been SLOW. But I need to keep you all up to date and interested so I'm gonna post a few things tonight as an apology.
Sorry again, things just got out of hand with my busy life, and I owe you all more. Going to get back to posting, and trying to be more active. Appreciate you all being so endlessly patient with this busy dog.
Thank you!
__________Blue ____________
Sorry again, things just got out of hand with my busy life, and I owe you all more. Going to get back to posting, and trying to be more active. Appreciate you all being so endlessly patient with this busy dog.
Thank you!
__________Blue ____________
A new journal! Updates and such
Posted 8 years ago( Twitter )
Okay, so if anybody hasn't figured it out by now I am the WORST at checking FA for notes and such. But I appreciate all of you so very much ^^
Most of my stories, silliness, and WIP sketches end up on Twitter these days which I'm surprisingly active on. Guess having an app makes it much easier for me since im always on the go.
BTW my twitter handle is >> https://twitter.com/Redhygog << if anybody wants to follow me somewhere im a little more actively at.
( LIFE )
Regardless, Im doing okay...
Money is tight, but we're comfortable, always worried about that next huge bill that will bankrupt us due to our terrible Healthcare system in America. But at least we've got insurance even if it's just a little trickle of aid ^^;
Ive got a Car i need to sell, some junk to clean out of our basement, and a little fluffy cat that needs to see that vet. Been playing lots of Pokemon Go to unwind after hard days at work and catching up on some ONE PIECE on the side. Art comes in little bursts, but keeping my friends and family happy / chores take over most of my time. Work is a mess, been doing a wide range of easy programming jobs to incredibly dangerous ladder work as of late. But I got a small raise so that'll help me dog paddle a little faster and keep our heads out of debt. I know worst case I can always do another commission auction because Seriously.. you guys are the best ;-;
Been getting into tinkering a little more lately too, even built my own laptop from spare parts using a Raspberry PI3 https://twitter.com/Redhygog/status.....22856311644161
Maybe ill post pics of it to here because its kinda neat!
Discovered the band "Gunship" and promptly became obsessed with them https://youtu.be/Jv1ZN8c4_Gs
Also I discovered how amazing the Wendys Breakfast Chicken Sandwich is .... seriously,,, its good >_>;
( ART )
Im working hard to get commissions done! And im almost there at long last. Laying plans to possibly start a Patreon once my commissions are over so I can work on some art that everyone can enjoy. And no it won't be a "Paywall" to those who're worried.
WHATS THE PATREON FOR?: I want to run my own Pinup club! That the fans get to vote on.
So once i get this thing rolling I want it to be the kind of work *I* want to draw at the moment. Definitely inspires me more when I'm excited to see something in particular. So I'll sometimes draw pinups of my own Girls like Prodigy, Nina, Hazard, Ria, or maybe ill do a guy once in awhile to mix it up ^_^
Or ill take votes for popular characters like Undertale, Starfox, Digimon, Pokemon, Basically leaving it up to you to vote and guide me in the direction You'd like to see. Much as I want to do comissions for everyone I've discovered that I have no SWAG to sell at my table at big conventions like Anthrocon. So the end goal is if I do one pinup a month then I can have a calendar for sale at the end of the year! Also small artbooks, and even CD/ digital downloads
And as promised it won't be a paywall *when* i finally get around to it. Mainly I plan to wait a month or two before it gets posted to my FA/ Twitter account so that everyone can enjoy the pinup club equally ^^
The advantage being that you get to vote on new content, and you support a nice guy who loves drawing big things, robots and armor , and could honestly use the money.
That's about it for now. Art is slow though so , don't expect anything to "Launch" for a few months. Ive got a few comissions still on my plate
Thanks for reading my dribble, and I hope you all have a pleasant evening .
______BLUE_________
Twitter: redhygog
Okay, so if anybody hasn't figured it out by now I am the WORST at checking FA for notes and such. But I appreciate all of you so very much ^^
Most of my stories, silliness, and WIP sketches end up on Twitter these days which I'm surprisingly active on. Guess having an app makes it much easier for me since im always on the go.
BTW my twitter handle is >> https://twitter.com/Redhygog << if anybody wants to follow me somewhere im a little more actively at.
( LIFE )
Regardless, Im doing okay...
Money is tight, but we're comfortable, always worried about that next huge bill that will bankrupt us due to our terrible Healthcare system in America. But at least we've got insurance even if it's just a little trickle of aid ^^;
Ive got a Car i need to sell, some junk to clean out of our basement, and a little fluffy cat that needs to see that vet. Been playing lots of Pokemon Go to unwind after hard days at work and catching up on some ONE PIECE on the side. Art comes in little bursts, but keeping my friends and family happy / chores take over most of my time. Work is a mess, been doing a wide range of easy programming jobs to incredibly dangerous ladder work as of late. But I got a small raise so that'll help me dog paddle a little faster and keep our heads out of debt. I know worst case I can always do another commission auction because Seriously.. you guys are the best ;-;
Been getting into tinkering a little more lately too, even built my own laptop from spare parts using a Raspberry PI3 https://twitter.com/Redhygog/status.....22856311644161
Maybe ill post pics of it to here because its kinda neat!
Discovered the band "Gunship" and promptly became obsessed with them https://youtu.be/Jv1ZN8c4_Gs
Also I discovered how amazing the Wendys Breakfast Chicken Sandwich is .... seriously,,, its good >_>;
( ART )
Im working hard to get commissions done! And im almost there at long last. Laying plans to possibly start a Patreon once my commissions are over so I can work on some art that everyone can enjoy. And no it won't be a "Paywall" to those who're worried.
WHATS THE PATREON FOR?: I want to run my own Pinup club! That the fans get to vote on.
So once i get this thing rolling I want it to be the kind of work *I* want to draw at the moment. Definitely inspires me more when I'm excited to see something in particular. So I'll sometimes draw pinups of my own Girls like Prodigy, Nina, Hazard, Ria, or maybe ill do a guy once in awhile to mix it up ^_^
Or ill take votes for popular characters like Undertale, Starfox, Digimon, Pokemon, Basically leaving it up to you to vote and guide me in the direction You'd like to see. Much as I want to do comissions for everyone I've discovered that I have no SWAG to sell at my table at big conventions like Anthrocon. So the end goal is if I do one pinup a month then I can have a calendar for sale at the end of the year! Also small artbooks, and even CD/ digital downloads
And as promised it won't be a paywall *when* i finally get around to it. Mainly I plan to wait a month or two before it gets posted to my FA/ Twitter account so that everyone can enjoy the pinup club equally ^^
The advantage being that you get to vote on new content, and you support a nice guy who loves drawing big things, robots and armor , and could honestly use the money.
That's about it for now. Art is slow though so , don't expect anything to "Launch" for a few months. Ive got a few comissions still on my plate
Thanks for reading my dribble, and I hope you all have a pleasant evening .
______BLUE_________
Twitter: redhygog
At Anthrocon! Setting up In the artist alley Fri/Sun
Posted 8 years agoCan't wait to see everyone, I'll be actually OPEN for COMISSIONS on Friday only. So if you want something you'd better come quick and grab a limited slot. Because I can only handle 3-4 per convention due to how meticulous I draw ^^¿
Rooming with
iko gravewalker 
theottbuster
SEEYA THERE GUYS!
_____Blue_____
Rooming with
iko 
gravewalker 
theottbusterSEEYA THERE GUYS!
_____Blue_____
So im changing the way I stream, weekly solo streams in 2017
Posted 9 years agoSo i've had an eppiphany lately about my typical wednesday streams with my friends 
raththomas 
dandicoot and 
fierglief
I want to keep drawing with these goobers. But I feel like I've also lost a little something when it comes to the crowd regarding my own personal streams. Some people enjoy the chaos of so many voices, opinions, jokes, and banter among four goobers. But others want to get to know "me" personally and I feel like their voice is lost and intimidated by the mass of the other artists in the chat. So I figured why not both!
Tuesdays I've been doing some secret work with a friend of mine and we've been doing little streams in private to hash out some ideas. This little project we have been working on will however eventually end and I figured I will continue to keep this slot open for a more "Intimate" streaming experience. It will be just "me" and the art... we can tell stories, banter and play, and i'll even offer advice and drawing tips for anyone who asks. Just like it used to be. I don't want anyone to ever feel left out because you all have a voice and though some are more shy than others I'd love to get to meet you. ^_^
Occasional guests will be a thing but only *1* at a time.. no more confusion.
On that note.. THE BIG BLUE SHOW..
I'm still doing it. Because I love my friends, and they force me to draw and it makes me laugh alot. So..
WEDNESDAYS I WILL STILL BE DRAWING TOO! this changes nothing. Just means I get more work done during the week and I get a chance to be more minimalist in my streaming experience.
So in summary, I'm sorry, Ive visited a few streams lately and sitting in the crowd isnt fun when you feel ignored. I dont want anyone to repeat that experience with me. Because I'm Ryoku! I love all of you! And the more of you I can meet the better <3
Please forgive me my fans and friends. I'll be making it up to you in 2017! As soon as my little project ends with my friend I'll be going live again. On both Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
THE ADOREABLE, HUGGABLE, TITANIC, MUSCLEBOUND, BULKY, BARKING, ENORMOUS, COLLOSSAL, FLOOFY, BLUE, MONSTER, MALAMUTE, BOOF.
_____ Ryoku7______
*WAGS!* Love you guys <3
raththomas 
dandicoot and 
fiergliefI want to keep drawing with these goobers. But I feel like I've also lost a little something when it comes to the crowd regarding my own personal streams. Some people enjoy the chaos of so many voices, opinions, jokes, and banter among four goobers. But others want to get to know "me" personally and I feel like their voice is lost and intimidated by the mass of the other artists in the chat. So I figured why not both!
Tuesdays I've been doing some secret work with a friend of mine and we've been doing little streams in private to hash out some ideas. This little project we have been working on will however eventually end and I figured I will continue to keep this slot open for a more "Intimate" streaming experience. It will be just "me" and the art... we can tell stories, banter and play, and i'll even offer advice and drawing tips for anyone who asks. Just like it used to be. I don't want anyone to ever feel left out because you all have a voice and though some are more shy than others I'd love to get to meet you. ^_^
Occasional guests will be a thing but only *1* at a time.. no more confusion.
On that note.. THE BIG BLUE SHOW..
I'm still doing it. Because I love my friends, and they force me to draw and it makes me laugh alot. So..
WEDNESDAYS I WILL STILL BE DRAWING TOO! this changes nothing. Just means I get more work done during the week and I get a chance to be more minimalist in my streaming experience.
So in summary, I'm sorry, Ive visited a few streams lately and sitting in the crowd isnt fun when you feel ignored. I dont want anyone to repeat that experience with me. Because I'm Ryoku! I love all of you! And the more of you I can meet the better <3
Please forgive me my fans and friends. I'll be making it up to you in 2017! As soon as my little project ends with my friend I'll be going live again. On both Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
THE ADOREABLE, HUGGABLE, TITANIC, MUSCLEBOUND, BULKY, BARKING, ENORMOUS, COLLOSSAL, FLOOFY, BLUE, MONSTER, MALAMUTE, BOOF.
_____ Ryoku7______
*WAGS!* Love you guys <3
Writing Stream canceled tonight
Posted 9 years agoI know I don't get that many visitors in my writing streams but I figured I'd make an announcement. Tonight I think I'll write in private to collect my thoughts a little easier. Catch you guys Wednesday for an art stream!
___Blue____
___Blue____
stream is a nope! moved to tomorrow!
Posted 9 years agoBasically I've had a really, really. Hard, overtime filled week at work and today im still limping away from the mess and heat. So, sorry guys I cant do it. Need to rest up and heal tonight ^^¿
*weak bark*
____Blue____
*weak bark*
____Blue____
no stream tonight because its my Birthday!
Posted 9 years agoYep.. probably do it later tomorrow or saturday instead.
Time to pound some cake :D
Time to pound some cake :D
Stream finished thanks again!
Posted 9 years agoStream finished! :O
seeya next time guys!
seeya next time guys!
*Finished* Dual Stream with Rath
Posted 9 years agoMOTOR CITY FUR CON!!
Posted 9 years agoI'm going.... expect Blue skies, with purple stripes. if you're in the detroit area ^^
in all seriousness. this is my first time going to MCFC so if you've never met me before or you're an old friend or fan please PLEASE stop in and poke me! I'm going to be doing time in the artist alley like always so hit me up! Most likely I'll be hanging around my wife gravewalker my homie 
Pandolfs-Parade and my brother in beef raththomas
seeya there ^_^
in all seriousness. this is my first time going to MCFC so if you've never met me before or you're an old friend or fan please PLEASE stop in and poke me! I'm going to be doing time in the artist alley like always so hit me up! Most likely I'll be hanging around my wife
gravewalker my homie 
Pandolfs-Parade and my brother in beef raththomasseeya there ^_^
Long Stream with lotsa ladies to draw ^^; 6:00pm (EST)
Posted 9 years agohttps://picarto.tv/Ryoku7
https://picarto.tv/Ryoku7
https://picarto.tv/Ryoku7
https://picarto.tv/Ryoku7
Annnd Over!
Thanks for the watches guys.. quite a good successful turnout :3
Stream Finished! Thanks for stopping by!
Posted 10 years agohttps://picarto.tv/ryoku7
https://picarto.tv/ryoku7
https://picarto.tv/ryoku7
~Bark~ dog has spoken..
More art on my new twitter page! ^_^
Posted 10 years agoDecided that i needed an escape from the workplace to rest my thoughts and keep in touch with all of you. Also, I'll be posting crappy photos of work in progress comissions, personal art, and many, many unseen doodles still buried in my sketchbooks. Check it out! I would love to get some more followers, so please spread the word if you want to see my secret art stash. ^_^
https://twitter.com/redhygog
Twitter id. redhygog
Hope to see you there!
___Woof____
https://twitter.com/redhygog
Twitter id. redhygog
Hope to see you there!
___Woof____
streaming Finished!
Posted 10 years agoPost anthrocon stream... I owe a few people and I kinda wanna force myself to stream so that they are guaranteed to be worked on. Also traditional stream.... and also beef dragons! Because i owe 
panscolipede and 
fiergleif from the con. And if I can knock these out this week I can return to monster kitties and finish it up. ^_^
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
Seeya there :3
____Blue_____
panscolipede and 
fiergleif from the con. And if I can knock these out this week I can return to monster kitties and finish it up. ^_^http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://original.livestream.com/chimeratwork
Seeya there :3
____Blue_____
Big Birthday Coming up.. Help me have a good one please?
Posted 10 years agoIt's official I'm finally going to be out of my 20's... and to be honest it's slightly scary to think that I'm finally reaching that stage of adulthood. Normally I don't post about such things and keep it to myself but I figured this year would be different.
Honestly I'm stressed, but I want to make the most out of it. As of June 22nd around 5'ish pm I will officially be *gulp* 30 ;__;
So for those of you who watch, stalk, comment, and browse my little corner of the internet. Please on this momentous occasion send me your best wishes! Because I am going to probably be a nervous wreck!
Normally I don't ask for such things but even if anyone feels like throwing some art at me during this stressful period I would greatly, and earnestly appreciate it! I typically don't beg and plead, but this is a big moment for me and even the littlest kindness will mean a great deal to a guy like me.
That being said, aging is inevitable and as such I plan to make the most out of it, despite how it's freaking me out. So Here's to blue slowly and progressively reaching his Gray muzzle status ^__^;;;
Hope to post something before then.. We shall see... for now i'm going to enjoy the few weeks I have left of my 20's..
To Peace, Prosperity, Pals and Paws!
___ Blue_____
Honestly I'm stressed, but I want to make the most out of it. As of June 22nd around 5'ish pm I will officially be *gulp* 30 ;__;
So for those of you who watch, stalk, comment, and browse my little corner of the internet. Please on this momentous occasion send me your best wishes! Because I am going to probably be a nervous wreck!
Normally I don't ask for such things but even if anyone feels like throwing some art at me during this stressful period I would greatly, and earnestly appreciate it! I typically don't beg and plead, but this is a big moment for me and even the littlest kindness will mean a great deal to a guy like me.
That being said, aging is inevitable and as such I plan to make the most out of it, despite how it's freaking me out. So Here's to blue slowly and progressively reaching his Gray muzzle status ^__^;;;
Hope to post something before then.. We shall see... for now i'm going to enjoy the few weeks I have left of my 20's..
To Peace, Prosperity, Pals and Paws!
___ Blue_____
Back To Comissions_Kiriban Stuff_And some hyper doings?
Posted 10 years agoOKay, for those who know me personally. I am a cheerful, friendly, goofy person who often will place too many things on his plate because I have this superman complex I cannot rid myself of.
If a guy is out of gas on the side of the road, I help him.. If there are starving animals or birds hanging out in my yard.... I feed them. *** Seriously I meticulously maintain like five feeders hanging on my garage*** @_@;
But alas my deeds compound when it comes to friends, family, and sometimes even fans. There sadly isn't enough of me to go around, even though I want to be there for everyone.
I Miss you guys, and I want to be there for you too. With art or the rare chance to catch me on skype, but due to my day job, taking care of my wife, and maintaining the social order of an extended network of friends and acquaintances, I am running myself ragged. Also when things get broken, I am the first handyman all of my friends call. And of course I happily answer the call... ^^;
But I have obligations, chores, and promises I need to keep. And to my comissioners, I apologize, it's just difficult having so many people rely upon you when all you want to do is relax and play some sega genesis.
I'm going to get back to comissions this week, finish what I owe, and then maybe, JUST MAYBE, I can take a few more, OR work on something of my own designs..
regardless, I have some news.. The kiriban winner will be contacted soon. I super duper want to draw alot for the three that gave me a screencap but there isn't enough time to make everyone happy no matter how much I want to.
I'll note the winners in the order it was recieved and if the first doesn't respond I'll move onto the second and so forth. Please understand I'm not playing favorites, I just cant shoot everyone a free sketch ^_^;;
Especially since my hours at work have been cut I will NEED to make comission money or I may be in trouble soon.
Maybe another time fellas.. I'm so doing another kiriban at 200k!
Also... Hyper things?
I will advise you to keep your pants buckled dear readers, but I am going to be extending my realm of art things into rediculous boobage. Due to this interest and a personal if not secretive interest in oversized girlieparts I will be posting some bigger than average things. So once comissions are FINALLY available someday this decade I hope to see some business for a variety of things including the aforementioned silly sizes. Though my fort'e and chosen subject is mecha, armor, and other cool technical things, nobody can fap to it... and I have to pay bills!
So! To all of you on FA, thanks for reading, thanks for your support, and most of all thank you for your patience, I absolutely suck at this multitasking game called adult life.
~Peace~
_____ Blue Monster Mutt______ ^.^
If a guy is out of gas on the side of the road, I help him.. If there are starving animals or birds hanging out in my yard.... I feed them. *** Seriously I meticulously maintain like five feeders hanging on my garage*** @_@;
But alas my deeds compound when it comes to friends, family, and sometimes even fans. There sadly isn't enough of me to go around, even though I want to be there for everyone.
I Miss you guys, and I want to be there for you too. With art or the rare chance to catch me on skype, but due to my day job, taking care of my wife, and maintaining the social order of an extended network of friends and acquaintances, I am running myself ragged. Also when things get broken, I am the first handyman all of my friends call. And of course I happily answer the call... ^^;
But I have obligations, chores, and promises I need to keep. And to my comissioners, I apologize, it's just difficult having so many people rely upon you when all you want to do is relax and play some sega genesis.
I'm going to get back to comissions this week, finish what I owe, and then maybe, JUST MAYBE, I can take a few more, OR work on something of my own designs..
regardless, I have some news.. The kiriban winner will be contacted soon. I super duper want to draw alot for the three that gave me a screencap but there isn't enough time to make everyone happy no matter how much I want to.
I'll note the winners in the order it was recieved and if the first doesn't respond I'll move onto the second and so forth. Please understand I'm not playing favorites, I just cant shoot everyone a free sketch ^_^;;
Especially since my hours at work have been cut I will NEED to make comission money or I may be in trouble soon.
Maybe another time fellas.. I'm so doing another kiriban at 200k!
Also... Hyper things?
I will advise you to keep your pants buckled dear readers, but I am going to be extending my realm of art things into rediculous boobage. Due to this interest and a personal if not secretive interest in oversized girlieparts I will be posting some bigger than average things. So once comissions are FINALLY available someday this decade I hope to see some business for a variety of things including the aforementioned silly sizes. Though my fort'e and chosen subject is mecha, armor, and other cool technical things, nobody can fap to it... and I have to pay bills!
So! To all of you on FA, thanks for reading, thanks for your support, and most of all thank you for your patience, I absolutely suck at this multitasking game called adult life.
~Peace~
_____ Blue Monster Mutt______ ^.^
Journal Quickie_Kiriban update
Posted 10 years agoWhelp, it appears I have finally rolled over to 100k early yesterday and hot damn is that exciting!
However it appears that not just one person was in the race for it either.. So I am left with a conundrum..
Three people have screenshots of the 100,000th pageview so I could be first come first served.. and just give it to the first note in my inbox. Or maybe I could combine some of those images togeather..
Regardless I need to Ponder and I will be noting people once I get a chance.
Anyway! Thanks again folks! We shall be making art again SOON!
____ Blue ________
However it appears that not just one person was in the race for it either.. So I am left with a conundrum..
Three people have screenshots of the 100,000th pageview so I could be first come first served.. and just give it to the first note in my inbox. Or maybe I could combine some of those images togeather..
Regardless I need to Ponder and I will be noting people once I get a chance.
Anyway! Thanks again folks! We shall be making art again SOON!
____ Blue ________
Time to get emotional.. Kiriban at 100k
Posted 10 years agoAt long last I am reaching a personal milestone. 100,000 views!
To some it's easy, to others it's hard work, and to me it's been a LONG, LONG, Journey! I barely post, am antisocial, stream so few times even though I would like to more and my page still grows while I am at work.
It's all because of YOU.. Every one of my nearly 3000 watchers! Just thank you! Thank you so much for giving me the confidence to continue drawing, posting, and furthering my role as an artist and creative mind within this fandom.
100k is alot, and though I may compare myself to more successful friends and others it's honestly my own fault for just being so damned busy with my stupid day job. But I DO READ EVERY COMMENT! I SEE YOUR FAVORITES and notes, shouts, and any attempts to just reach out and talk to me. I'm just thankful you all care so much to spend even a fraction of your time perusing the talents I have and downloading, favoritingm sharing and otherwise spreading my artwork around. Without all of you I would have so little left. And this fandom is the best, accepting, happiest, and warmest group of friends, nerds, and childlike creativity I have ever encountered.
So I will be doing a kiriban in celebration for my 100k! No fighting, no drama, and no photoshop jobs on your screen captures! Because *I* know how to spot them XD
But for one last time.. THANK YOU! I Love all of you and I will continue to draw, paint, build, sketch, and write for you as long as there is an audience to watch ^^
**Sniffles** Blubbering is done.. Gotta go to bed now to wake up for my stupid job again.. Someday I'll go independant and then I'll draw for all of you, but for now keep up your support and It will happen ^^
___ Blue ______________
To some it's easy, to others it's hard work, and to me it's been a LONG, LONG, Journey! I barely post, am antisocial, stream so few times even though I would like to more and my page still grows while I am at work.
It's all because of YOU.. Every one of my nearly 3000 watchers! Just thank you! Thank you so much for giving me the confidence to continue drawing, posting, and furthering my role as an artist and creative mind within this fandom.
100k is alot, and though I may compare myself to more successful friends and others it's honestly my own fault for just being so damned busy with my stupid day job. But I DO READ EVERY COMMENT! I SEE YOUR FAVORITES and notes, shouts, and any attempts to just reach out and talk to me. I'm just thankful you all care so much to spend even a fraction of your time perusing the talents I have and downloading, favoritingm sharing and otherwise spreading my artwork around. Without all of you I would have so little left. And this fandom is the best, accepting, happiest, and warmest group of friends, nerds, and childlike creativity I have ever encountered.
So I will be doing a kiriban in celebration for my 100k! No fighting, no drama, and no photoshop jobs on your screen captures! Because *I* know how to spot them XD
But for one last time.. THANK YOU! I Love all of you and I will continue to draw, paint, build, sketch, and write for you as long as there is an audience to watch ^^
**Sniffles** Blubbering is done.. Gotta go to bed now to wake up for my stupid job again.. Someday I'll go independant and then I'll draw for all of you, but for now keep up your support and It will happen ^^
___ Blue ______________
Stream finished,, thanks so much for the heuuge turnout!
Posted 10 years agoThanks to you all for your continued support. Ill be trying to do this more.. ^^
http://www.livestream.com/chimeratwork
http://www.livestream.com/chimeratwork
Was going to stream today... but..
Posted 10 years agoI have roomies who like to stay up suuuper late and i dont want to voice over and wake them up. So another time we shall have more ryoku shenanigans. Also have err two pages roughed for that silly comic idea featuring some beach studs getting a little round. So i hope to continue roughing pages once i am free in conjunction with the few comissions i have left. Speaking of
COMISSION LIST / Trade list
brenderlin Silly massive cat play
raththomas one biiiiiiggg jolteon
sumagakifox more round things. ^^
Thats it for now... just slow as hell, and unmotivated from my day jobs stresses.. hope to get these done soon. ^_^
COMISSION LIST / Trade list
brenderlin Silly massive cat play raththomas one biiiiiiggg jolteon
sumagakifox more round things. ^^Thats it for now... just slow as hell, and unmotivated from my day jobs stresses.. hope to get these done soon. ^_^
Guess This Beachball Idea took off.... Schemeing in Progress
Posted 10 years ago{{{ UPDATE }}}}
I have contacted a few people via notes and am getting prepared to work on the project.. Tomorrow I should be beginning my first mockup sketches and notes / tweaks. Hope to see you then ^_^
Gravy is leaving on a plane tomorrow.. going to be gone two weeks.
I am thinking of doing trades / comissions if anybody wants to see their character in a similar predicament to Ryoku's?
I normally don't post fatties but i've been dying to draw them since I secretly have a love for them.
So in the vein of this series http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16040968
While my wife is away and we shall see how many colorful round things fill the beach X3
If this goes well and quickly enough I will open for more.. Also going to be streaming all of these..
Keep tuned to my journals all..
Gotta get me some fresh victims.
___Blue___ ^^
I have contacted a few people via notes and am getting prepared to work on the project.. Tomorrow I should be beginning my first mockup sketches and notes / tweaks. Hope to see you then ^_^
Gravy is leaving on a plane tomorrow.. going to be gone two weeks.
I am thinking of doing trades / comissions if anybody wants to see their character in a similar predicament to Ryoku's?
I normally don't post fatties but i've been dying to draw them since I secretly have a love for them.
So in the vein of this series http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16040968
While my wife is away and we shall see how many colorful round things fill the beach X3
If this goes well and quickly enough I will open for more.. Also going to be streaming all of these..
Keep tuned to my journals all..
Gotta get me some fresh victims.
___Blue___ ^^
Comission Auction! CLOSED!
Posted 10 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/15920681/
Thanks for the support everyone! It means so much that so many people showed interest and considered my art worth so much?! So that's a big confidence booster for sure ^_^;
Thanks again you guys! *snuggles the fandom*
____Blue____
Thanks for the support everyone! It means so much that so many people showed interest and considered my art worth so much?! So that's a big confidence booster for sure ^_^;
Thanks again you guys! *snuggles the fandom*
____Blue____
Working out succccks!!
Posted 11 years agoBeen having a lazy for a few months since I grabbed a gym membership and eyesterday I decided to hit it again at my old level.. NOPE!! Haha no freaking way! SO now I'm sitting in my chair rubbing my everything because it still freaking burns XD
That aside in a general "What's up with the life of Blue" I am doing better.. Recovering well from a foot operation I had last week **BADLY INFECTED INGROWN TOENAIL** Catching up on more comissions. And in general getting small raises and promotions at work.
Mind you I still have this crazy goal of going independant someday, but for now at least my job doesn't suck so much ass.. Only somedays when the work is super hard and I'm roughing in houses and I have to go up and down stairs and ladders all day..
Honestly though I deal with severe leg pain.. with my job I move around so much, some nights I can barely walk afterwards. Usually end up couch potatoing and watching netflix until It's time for bed. I want to work on my art and/or workout but it just hurts too much to get up and move. If any of you would have any tips on how to deal with leg pain lemme know? Because It's one of my biggest crutches these days.
____ONTO ART___ Aside from that I am working on some killer pieces! I have two WARHAMMER 40k armors i'm drawing right now. One of the Spacewolf Ryo and another of a nurgle plague marine! SO much detail it'll make your eyes bleed.
BEEFARTS___ I have three new pics of Prodigy I need to clean up and post, a dragnoess for
thewp and a new HMG that's nearly sketched **havent forgotten about it***
and now for my comissions Que.
el3ctrophr34k Plague Marine Justin
brenderlin Xili and Brenna being playfully destructive
Raththomas Jolteon Beef!
And I think that's it for now.. I'll double check my comissions list again to see if I missed anyone..
Anyway! That's my life right now.. Take care everyone ^_^
________ Blue Monster of Unusual Size _______ BMOUS for short.. XD
That aside in a general "What's up with the life of Blue" I am doing better.. Recovering well from a foot operation I had last week **BADLY INFECTED INGROWN TOENAIL** Catching up on more comissions. And in general getting small raises and promotions at work.
Mind you I still have this crazy goal of going independant someday, but for now at least my job doesn't suck so much ass.. Only somedays when the work is super hard and I'm roughing in houses and I have to go up and down stairs and ladders all day..
Honestly though I deal with severe leg pain.. with my job I move around so much, some nights I can barely walk afterwards. Usually end up couch potatoing and watching netflix until It's time for bed. I want to work on my art and/or workout but it just hurts too much to get up and move. If any of you would have any tips on how to deal with leg pain lemme know? Because It's one of my biggest crutches these days.
____ONTO ART___ Aside from that I am working on some killer pieces! I have two WARHAMMER 40k armors i'm drawing right now. One of the Spacewolf Ryo and another of a nurgle plague marine! SO much detail it'll make your eyes bleed.
BEEFARTS___ I have three new pics of Prodigy I need to clean up and post, a dragnoess for
thewp and a new HMG that's nearly sketched **havent forgotten about it***and now for my comissions Que.
el3ctrophr34k Plague Marine Justin brenderlin Xili and Brenna being playfully destructive Raththomas Jolteon Beef!And I think that's it for now.. I'll double check my comissions list again to see if I missed anyone..
Anyway! That's my life right now.. Take care everyone ^_^
________ Blue Monster of Unusual Size _______ BMOUS for short.. XD
