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Posted a month agoI still have some room for improvement regarding the burnout, but I had some unexpected expenses recently so I opened a sale to try recovering a bit of that money so I can have some wriggle room with this month's bills. It's been a long time I don't make a journal to announce sales so I figured it might help more people see it :3
🍬 Sales post here (clickety click)! 🍫
Thank you for checking and have a great day and happy spooky season! 🎃Long update + going on break ☕
Posted 4 months agoThe horrors persist and so do I, but my brother in Christ, at what cost 🫠
I'll quickly go over the most important stuff, but as we all know, summarizing is not my strongest trait LMAO If anyone has any questions or comments, as always feel free to let me know, though!
🔥 Burnout: Starting by addressing the elephant in the room. I've been severely burnt out for some months now because A Lot™️is happening in my personal life, so keeping up with such an intense amount of work and many tight deadlines wore me down more and more and it seems I've reached a breaking point. It's currently winter in Brazil and on top of seasonal blues and my consistently precarious mental health (lots of stress all the time, chronic depression and crippling anxiety), I keep getting sick a lot, which not only is quite unusual for me but also makes work progress extremely slow and time is precious. Plus, it's a complete hindrance trying to get anything done like this.
I've finished all the deadline-y work I had for the time being, so now I'll take a break for a while, until I'm feeling better or the weather starts to get a little warmer, whichever happens first. That being said, I've fallen behind on replying to comments and reactions in general, as well as posting, but I'll slowly try to pick up the pacing again - leisurely, ofc, as to not worsen the burnout.
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💼 Lawsuit: Yes, I'm involved in one of those. Again :| Though this time the direct victim is my granny instead. She lives in a rented apartment in the same building as me but because of old age she needed a guarantor, so I became her guarantor. The old contrac expired so we tried to get a new one but the owner of her apartment is a son of a bitch apparently and thought the best course of action was to issue an eviction warrant because "there is no guarantor so the rent contract is no longer valid".
Yeah, because we tried getting a new guarantor contract done just like you asked but even so you didn't accept it, bastard. And now you gonna pull this excuse on us? Oh for fucks sake.
Please note that my granny is a 82-year old Alzheimer patient, partially deaf and blind. Me getting my name involved in the whole rodeo is the last of my problems, I'm much angrier at the owner for pulling such a foul move on a vulnerable elderly person. Because of her condition, I'm the one handling the legal issues since she can't speak for nor defend herself. We already got a lawyer on the case but needless to say, the concern, anger and, most importantly, the stress, has definitely taken its toll on me, adding to the burnout aforementioned.
It seems we're in good, capable hands, so I'm hoping for the best. And we WILL sue the apartment owner once this first matter has been dealt with.
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🍄 Mold! Lots of it. I live in the mountainside area so humidity is pretty much normal here, but even though it's the cold season here, Brazil still is a tropical country, so that's what you get when you put together humidity and warmth, fungi thrive in this kinda circumstances. It started growing on the walls and ceiling of my apartment, even some things made of wood and fabric, although stored away, got a little moldy. It spread practically overnight and I couldn't take care of it quickly enough because *gestures at everything else* I unfortunately am so low on energy that I need to focus ALL OF IT on work or else nothing gets done in optimal timing.
But we can't keep living in an environment like this, it's impacted our health already, so I've been slowly but surely cleaning all the mold up. The walls are mostly clean again, but I'll need reinforcements for the ceiling... I can't reach without a ladder and it doesn't sound like a good idea to try wiping clean some mold while standing on a ladder unassisted |D Thankfully my sister will be on college break soon so I'm hoping either she or mom can come help me out.
But man, this has been quite the workout; so double the mental fatigue by adding physical fatigue as well. When I say the walls are entirely covered, I mean it, it took a great deal of effort to clean the ones I managed to clean and I gotta act fast before the others go past the point of no return... like the ceiling on my bathroom, the most humid room of the apartment. I'm already dreading the money getting that cleaned will cost me because there's no way to salvage that on my own orz
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So basically, these are some of the reasons why I need a break from work. I'll keep cleaning over here and doing the stuff I must do on the daily in my personal life, but I also need to take care of the burnout and respect my own pacing in the meantime - so expect slower responses, no posts sometimes and no new sales for a while. Everything's been really overwhelming so I hope you guys can understand.
As always I'm really appreciate of all the love and support! 💖I'm not dead! (and now you guys have a deja-vu) 🪄
Posted a year agoQuoting myself, on last year's journal: I did mention I was becoming that one wise mage meme in the last journal, right |D I appear, drop something on you all, and then disappear back into nothingness. 🥲
Things have been rather unstable for creatives recently, haven't they? Sites going down, an entire population losing access to Twitter (more on this in a bit), AI slop taking over every freaking corner of the internet, and to add on top of all that, artist's personal/health problems, etc. Phew, it's been tiresome, to say the least. Having to wonder where to post and how to post has been pretty stressful, so here are some updates!
🇧🇷 Twitter is, as of the time I'm writing this, banned in my country
For those who didn't know, I'm brazilian! Twitter/X has been blocked here a month ago because our legislation actually works and if Musk doesn't comply to our laws, then his stuff has no business to do here. tl;dr I actually agree with Brazil's Supreme Court's decision, don't know if the site will be back eventually, probably will, but eh, can't say I'm missing it too much.
I had stopped posting on my art-only account altogether a long time ago because Twitter's current algorithm has been shit to small creatives, but with the ban, I'm forced out of even my main account (where I still posted occasional fanart), so I'm on Bluesky now!🦋 I had been given an invite code by my friend Night a long time ago, so my art-only account exists there for a while now. I'm yet to start posting more actively, but I'll be over there even if Twitter comes back for us brazilians.
🔴 Patreon changes!
Nothing will be changing on my end; my tiers and etc still work the same.
What changes is that Patreon is being forced by Apple to implement its new billing system to all users, and if you subscribe to any creator via the Apple Store app, you'll be paying an hefty additional fee of roughly 20% (!) just to subscribe to a creator's patreon; but if you subscribe via PC/Android, you won't need to pay the additional fee. You can still access and use your account normally via the Apple Store app, it's just the subscription system that has changed.
So, Patreon has instructed us to let our subscribers/overall public know about this, just so you're not forced to pay for a fee just to subscribe to someone (because this is complete bs).
It's important to note that charging dates will stay the same as they are right now for old patrons who joined before the change unless they cancel their subscription and subscribe again under the new billing system.
🍊 And since we're already here, signal boost to my Patreon's Discord server! Please do consider joining if you want to see more frequent updates, early grabs on sales and commission WIPs from me; I do update that more often than socials 🫠
As always, I'll keep doing my best. Even when I can't help but feel that's not quiiiite enough. 😅
Thank you so much for your attention, support, and patience with me as always! 💞📰 News flash (aka update with a fancy name)
Posted 2 years agoI did mention I was becoming that one wise mage meme in the last journal, right |D I appear, drop something on you all, and then disappear back into nothingness.
My workload of June burned me out so intensely, I suddenly decided to drop everything work-related during July so I could rest and focus on a health condition I'm currently looking into (and treating as well!) and now it's time to get back on track (for the time being, since I'll need some weeks off on September as well |D).
I started by replying to all the relevant comments I could find that still hadn't been replied to, save from my spouse's because we've been together long enough and he knows I'm a social failure that lags behind a lot on interactions but ANYWAY |D
If you notice I left something without a reply, it's not on purpose nor was I ignoring you! Some comments were regarding New Year's, Christmas, etc, from years ago, so it would be a little too awkward to reply to them now. I also didn't return shouts for the same reason 💦 So it's nothing personal, really.
Other than that, I believe they've all been tended to.
Now all that's left is to post the Wing-It commissions I drew a few months ago. If you want to see these works and have access to early slots from my sales, please consider pledging on my Patreon to get access to my exclusive Discord server!
And now what?
My brother in Christ, I have no idea |D
There's been a lot of turmoil going on that's been affecting creatives, so I don't really know what to do or where to stay. I have created a Mastodon account on the Meow server, but other than that, I'm a little clueless. I thought about staying here and on Meow (where I'm yet to start posting at), but I'm still watching closely to see how things will develop since this isn't only about numbers; artists need people to see their works so they can sell and pay their bills, and I'm no exception.
As always, I'll keep doing my best 😌
Anyway! Thank you so much for your attention, support, and patience with me as always! 💞Update + next sale poll!
Posted 2 years agoI swear, at this point, I'm becoming that one wise mage meme |D I appear, drop something on you all, and then disappear back into nothingness HAHAH But really, since I got my own place, it always feels like the day doesn't have enough hours for me to do everything I need! I'm not even that bad in time management currently, to be honest; but when I get some spare time, I end up choosing to rest and then FA gets neglected despite myself always swearing I'll post more often. Quite the predicament, I'd say |D"
But I come with news! I'll divide them into topics, so if you want to navigate faster from one topic to the other to read only what interests you, just CRTL + F the ⭐ emoji. So without further ado, let's get to it!
⭐ Sale Interest Poll
While I work on the commissions and rewards in my queue, I've been thinking of what kind of sale I should open next. I set up voting on my private Discord server some days ago but planned to have a public voting held here as well so I can take into consideration the opinions of everyone!
You can vote ➡️here!⬅️
⭐ Twitter
I mentioned in my last journal (you can read it here) that due to consistent traction in my art Twitter, I was considering going back to posting in my art account.
I've given up on the idea for the time being.
Seeing how the website is in such a poor state since Musk stepped in, I don't think it's worth the hassle to even try. Posts aren't reaching followers, the site constantly breaks here and there, and more and more pay-to-have options being forced down people's throats... Yeah. As if artists didn't have to battle the algorithm already. No thanks!
So, unless things change astronomically for the better, I won't be using that art account in the near future. I won't delete it though, because I wish to keep my username and rarely do log in to react to my spouse's posts.
⭐ New social media?
As an alternative to Twitter, I've heard some good things about Mastodon. What do you guys think of it? Do you have an account there? Please consider following me there if you do! I'm at the meow server :3c I still have to set it up properly and start posting, but I plan to try using it as an additional social media since save from here, all the ones I used simply died or succumbed to AI... *side eyes deviantArt* Or both, in some cases.
Here's my profile ➡️ https://meow.social/@shiroganeryo ⬅️ There's nothing there yet, but I'll get to it soon enough!
⭐ 800 Watchers Raffle
Really, thank you so so much to everyone who's stuck with me so far, and welcome to the new ones! It surprises me how I keep getting watchers despite my failure in keeping up with activity, so I'm really grateful and flattered that people enjoy my work!
As mentioned in my previous journal, I plan to hold a free art raffle sometime in the future to celebrate the milestone after I'm done with due work. Can't promise a date, but it's something I've been wanting to do for a while now anyway! I had said that I would do it as soon as I hit 800 watchers, but I'm considering doing it as soon as I'm free since the number is already so close ^^
Anyway! Thank you so much for your attention, support, and patience with me! Life has been hard and very busy, but I'll keep doing my best! 💞Long rambling (but I'm alive!)
Posted 3 years ago
As I was coming back to being active, I realized my last post was 2 months ago...?! 🤯 Sheesh!
I know I kept talking about posting more often in many of my last submissions, but man, is it easier said than done! When there's a lot happening irl, I just focus myself on immediate work and letting customers know of delays first thing and then everything else kind of falls behind since it's so hard to find time and/or energy sometimes.
Last month, I was pretty busy with some personal stuff over here, I won't get into details because it involves a lot of some relatives of mine as it was an illness of theirs that we were getting on the move to give assistance to, but that burned a lot of energy. A lot of stress came from that.
And then this month, Tiaa was going to spend some days at my place. Most of you who follow me probably know by now, we've been in a long-distance relationship, and we were going to spend our 6th anniversary together! Time surely flies when you're having fun. So together with taking care of my grandpa - who often needs me to accompany him on his numerous doctor appointments because of his movement difficulties - I was busy cleaning the house and organizing things over here.
Needless to say, that took a lot from me |D So whenever I had time when I wasn't cleaning or tending to grandpa's or my cat's needs, I was resting and had no energy to go and post stuff. I do have things to post, I just didn't, so they kept piling up.
There was just so much to do, it was really overwhelming. I'm not complaining, I do what I can for grandpa because he truly deserves it, but it can be a lot at times, he has many doctor appointments one after the other because being fair, that's how an elderly person who takes care of their health should do when they can afford it - which, fortunately, he does thanks to Brazil's overall affordable health care.
I had some appointments of my own too, to check up on some things. I had to get new glasses made, so I went for it. I had to run some tests that my doctors asked to check on my health, so I went for that. Now that I think of it, a lot of time was spent in waiting rooms.
One of the reasons I was prioritizing rest is that, for the first time in my life, I'm dealing with carpal tunnel syndrome. As someone who works with art, it's unfortunately common to have some wrist pain here and there, back pain, and whatnot and I usually put so much strain on my body by doing a thousand things at once, that a day when I'm not feeling any pain is rare - but I had never felt numbness or anything of the sort. A while ago, I started feeling numbness at my fingertips whenever I put a strain on them, be it during drawing, doing the dishes, or simply washing my hair during a shower, for example.
It's very annoying and frustrating. The ones who knew about it were my Patrons and some friends of mine since I had to take a break from drawing to focus on healing. I'm sure it didn't help that I was frantically cleaning and running errands for others, but |D Tiaa would be arriving soon so we'd have a relaxing break together.
Which we did! We spent an amazing time together as always, but were thrilled to spend our anniversary in each other's company for the first time, it was very special for us. I rested plenty, we had a lot of yummy food, and I'm already dreaming of next time. The numbness I was experiencing was gone and I felt revigorated to go back to work and get drawing again at last!
While I wait on the patrons to decide on what they'll want for their next reward (coming next month), I began working on some owed drawings to warm up. And guess who came back? 😠 The numbness! That's right! And here was I thinking I had gotten rid of you, fam. Again, it's very frustrating because there are so many things I want to draw! I'll keep stretching and taking care so it doesn't get worse, possibly taking work a bit slower than I initially wanted, but that means I'll probably not be able to draw for myself for a while too, since I must focus on work first and foremost.
Geez, and there are people who say that artists have a dream job without any casualties. Wish our bodies were as sturdy as people out there think they are. Imagine drawing for hours on end with no health setbacks... Ah, it would be so cool.
Anyways, this has been long enough hahah To end this long rambling, I'll also say that I've decided to go back to posting on Twitter. I had stopped because there wasn't enough engagement so it didn't feel worthwhile to waste time and energy on the platform (especially seeing how its algorithm works), but as soon as I "quit", I started getting engagement on my tweets...?
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I really don't understand Twitter. I'm thinking of making my posts automated so I can have multiple set to be posted on a specific date/hour so I can leave them ready. I'm looking into possible alternatives for this and I certainly take suggestions if you guys have them! I hope to have some interesting news regarding my Patreon soon as well.
As you can see, I'm excited to do these 236 things all at once but I must slow myself down not to crash and burn (maybe not in this specific order), it's as tragic as it is comical because laughing at yourself is therapeutic, I guess. XD
I'm also kinda close to 800 followers and I must say, this is the most I've ever had on any platform. I'm considering doing a free art raffle whenever I hit this number, but how long it takes, it up to the goal to be met. We'll see! I'm just feeling very excited to get things done, but I'll need to proceed cautiously not to tire myself out, be it physically or mentally.
Being an adult is no fun. 😂 I'll keep doing my best! 💞
Slow recovery + update
Posted 4 years ago
After a long while, I'm finally able to post an update on myself again! Long story short: I'm typing this from my own apartment! 🎉 As a follow-up to this, I'll give a brief update on me to explain the long and sudden (?) hiatus.
It took me a long while to find an apartment, but I finally did it. The only downside is that I'd need to turn in my part on the one I used to live with my grandma in one week, all clean and unoccupied. My mom and my sister came (they live back in my hometown as some of you are aware) to help me with all the cleaning and moving and if not for their help, I wouldn't be able to finish it as fast as I did for sure.
They left today so I'm kind of missing them already haha We didn't have a chance to see each other ever since the pandemic started, so it was a reunion I needed badly, with people who love me and that I love too. The next one on the agenda is my dear Tiaa who'll come to visit soon.
There's still a lot to unpack and some installments to take care of (I'm still lacking a fridge, for example), but I'll progress slowly but steadily with those. I'm hoping to have a little more peace from now on. It'll get lonely at times since it's only me and my cat now, but it'll be worth it.
I'll begin by working on some due stuff from personal projects and Patreon rewards. I plan to slowly go back in gear again and, maybe not open commissions right off the bat, but I've been wanting to do another wing-it sale for the longest time now; I just lacked a good environment to be able to concentrate and rest well.
As some of you are aware, one of my cats, Natsu, passed away this year in late April. Ever since, my mental health (which was already a little meh because of the anxiety caused by the pandemic) took a sharp decline and I'm still recovering, dealing with the grief of loss and his absence. I've been doing all I can not allow myself to break and that's also very tiresome. My mom made me promise I'd take better care and eat better and go back to exercising because she says I've been neglecting myself too much for too long in the midst of my anxiety and depression. I think she's right.
I'll take it easy as I adapt to the new life, but I'm very optimistic. I might have to raise my prices a bit because of bills and stuff since there's rent and food and other stuff, but I'll be taking baby steps. The most important step has been taken already, which was to move out, and I'm relieved.
I'll see how it'll go. I have some ideas here and there, like reviving my ko-fi page, but I still need to polish them. One thing at a time. Thank you everyone for bearing with me and for the new followers as well! It's been a long while I don't post anything and yet I see new people on my activity page; that makes me really happy.
Thank you all for the love given to my work and for those who didn't give up on me! 😊
Breaking my silence (exposition dump on abusive parent's ...
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It's about damn time I were fully honest with you guys. I can't pretend to turn a blind eye anymore to what's been happening irl, which involves me. I'll try to be as concise as possible, but this might get long.
Remember the thing about me being sued because of my dad's business? (Read the long journal here if you weren't and want to know)
Thing is, while I was being honest about it, I sugarcoated part of it. I did in order not to sound like I was demonizing my own father, but the truth is that everything, up to this point, that has happened of bad regarding our money struggles is his fault and responsibility.
Back then, when his businesses went wrong and he went bankrupt, instead of taking the honest work and looking for a job, he begged my grandma (his mother, and whom I live with) for help; which resulted in her giving him full control over all her money. He would use her money to get away with his expenses and debts (things she was, obviously, not responsible for). It came to the point on which he would use all of her money leaving nothing for her.
That was around the end of 2016 and persevered until mid 2018. When I say I would worry we wouldn't have food, this was the reason why. And let me get this clear and out of the way, my grandma had never gone through this much money trouble before. She has no retirement money, but she has rights on a mensal allowance because my great granddad served in the military and had a really important role/rank. So she's not rich, but it's not little money either.
My dad eventually got a job, and things started looking like they were taking a turn for the better for a while, until the lawsuit stuff came up in 2019. This hasn't been solved either because my dad was refusing to give the guy who robbed us any money - which is understandable, but easy to do since it was my name and not his on the line.
With 2020, came the pandemic here in Brazil. Here's an article on how things are looking here if you're not aware; we turned into a global threat thanks to the government's poor management on it. Lack of willingness to manage the crisis, I'd rather say.
My dad lost his job (I can't remember why) back in June or July last year. At the same time, my great grand aunt passed away. She was the only sibling of my grandma alive who also had rights on the same allowance, so all the money she used to have is now rightfully my grandma's. However, these things take time, because government is quick to take money from the citizens, but slow to give them their rights.
My dad saw a chance on getting more money with little work. This is how he does things; he will try to come up "smart" ways to profit, instead of taking the humble route, all in name of "I'm doing all I can for you".
Needless to say, he's also extremely abusive. Whenever I bring up the difficulties we are going through because of his poor management/lack of priority, he lashes at me saying that it's easy for me to criticize him, when I'm living here for free and helping with nothing (money wise).
I may not make much or enough to rent my own place, but I pay for all my bills, even the food I consume here. All I have for free is a roof above my head. I do my best not to inconvenience my grandma.
I've lost much money because of being sued because of his bullshit, and I've also lost more money because since he wouldn't get moving to remove my name from the business contract (at the risk of new debts appearing and falling on my back), I was the one who paid the accountant for his service to settle this. Despite being outside of my own budget.
But clearly, for him, I must work harder to fix the problems he caused. He uses my grandma as a trading coin, as if I am not helping her, when in reality, if I try to help her, I'll only be helping him to continue abusing her money without getting any punishment.
You think this is bad enough? Hold on; there's more.
As I mentioned before, my dad saw a chance in profiting over my great aunt's death (you read that right). He has been desperately trying to speed up the money conversion process so the money that used to be my late aunt's comes to my grandma's bank account. He's put lawyers on the case, and has spent money we don't have for that; all in order to profit a bigger heap of it.
He's also been trying to get a boon my grandma seemingly is allowed to have that would have her exempted of paying taxes (which means more money), but that requires several health exams performed by military doctors to attest the verity of her situation, and the military base is from 3 hours or so from here, since it's grandma's birthplace.
Yes, he has been taking her in travels back and forth or that. A soon to be 78 years old lady, when the pandemic situation is... this, here in Brazil. Needless to say, this worries me greatly.
These things became the priority, and other things started to fall to the sidelines, just like, for example, our rent payment. Our rent hasn't been paid for more than six months. The landlord had my grandma and grandpa - who lives on his own apartment, here in the same building; they're divorced but still friends - sign papers of responsibility over the debt and gave them a deadline until the end of this month. Because yes, my dad hasn't been leeching only on his mother but also his father.
I honestly have no idea how my dad will solve this, we're hanging by a miracle and I, as someone who has more than one braincell, am afraid we might get an eviction order. The landlord doesn't want any more talk nor bargains and my dad is ultimately angry at him, as if he was wrong in asking to be paid. Just like my mom said to me the other day, my dad has lost all sense of decency and honesty, if he still had any. She also claims this behavior of his is very old, and the very thing that led them to their divorce.
Rightfully so.
My dad then threatened (?) the landlord to remove us from the apartment if he doesn't listen to him, because he has "friends who understand the situation and could get us somewhere else". When I voiced out my concerns regarding that to my dad, he, as always, lashed out at me with the same old arguments of "why are you worried, you're the one who's having it easy while I work hard for all of us!"
This kind of thing doesn't offend me anymore because my heart can't be further broken more than it already has been. But that doesn't mean I'll just accept it.
I have been trying to think of a plan B. Moving out to only God knows where (my dad gives no substantial information) during the worst (and getting worse) of the pandemic surely doesn't sound like something doable at the moment at all.
I have looked into some apartments in the building I'm currently in, because I could handle moving things on my own (and safely) like this. I've done the same when I moved out of my dad's house when I turned 18, I got all my stuff on my back and carried it all the way to my grandma's house. Extremely tiresome, but this is not the kind of thing that stops me.
This is the kind of expense I wasn't hoping to get, though. My plan was to work hard while I lived with my grandma, slowly build my savings, until I could move in to my own place with my beloved significant other tiaamaito . You guys have been aware of how long we're at it.
But alas, everything I managed to build crumbled to dust thanks to my dad. I'm tired of having to change my plans and having my life halted because of his bullshit. Tired of having my dignity and value put on the table every time I try to solve things like a grown-up.
It's kinda out of my budget, but I applied for the cheapest (which is still rather costy because of this building's good location) apartment I could find in here. I'm now waiting for an answer and trying not to get anxious over it, as I think they might not accept it, but if they do, I guess this will be my sign the risk must be taken. If not, I'll need to endure things a little longer, and hope for the best outcome possible, even if I see no hope.
In case I end up moving out, would you guys help me? Would you be willing to buy from me to help me keep up with rent and then the bills, are you still interested in my work? Some friends suggested me making a gofundme or something to help, and I've been considering; I'm trying not to inconvenience people as much as I'm able to. But knowing this, at the moment, is important.
As bad as this might sound, I need to take this step on my own to sever all connections to this family's core and move on with my life independently because, sadly, helping my grandparents is just further elongating my dad's vicious cycle. He needs to settle these things up by himself; but all of this made me wonder if it's not time I risk everything I have to finally have some peace...
My mom and Tiaa have been the ultimate MVPs. My mom was the one who actually seeked professional help from lawyers and stuff to help me with the lawsuit thing as much as she could, despite living in another city. They've been supporting me inconditionally no matter the decision I take, and while I'm very afraid, this makes me feel like everything will be okay.
I surely am thankful for my friends' support as well, the good wishes and energies do help to keep me standing and moving on.
My aunt (dad's sister) lives in the USA and sadly can't do much, but she's as outraged and worried as I am that he's making grandma go through all of this. My grandpa got fed up with his antics, but grandma still believes my dad just wants the best for us and will blindly believe his lies of "everyone is working against me, it's like the pandemic understanding only goes for them and not for me!". No comment on that.
I have been extremely exhausted and drained. I'm doing my best, the hardest I can, but every time, a new problem just appears. It's no exaggeration to say I've been living under constant stress and anxiety, and it's been killing me.
I don't know how things will go; I just wanted to break my silence. My goal is to always be as open and honest as possible with my public and, to be honest, I was tired of not saying anything because "what will people think of our family?!". I refuse to keep silent to maintain my dad's honor; he threw everything in the mud himself.
And here I stay doing what I can, and hoping for the best. If you've read until now, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. 💕
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Happy New Year! + updates on me
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Hello, everyone, and Happy New Year! 🎉 How was your passing, was it peaceful? Were you and your dear ones safe?
I'm just passing by to wish you all a good 2021! 2020 has been such a tough ride, and I'm actually surprised I managed with some sanity on LMAO We pulled through, and this is something to celebrate for sure! I apologize for the silence and lack of interaction on my part (as always, I have comments piled up to reply to... orz), but as expected, I'm very drained out psychologically - as all of us are, I figure.
December was a really busy month; I pulled a kamikaze on myself and set the goals bar a liiiittle too high... XD So I frantically drew, during all of it, and I was both surprised and proud that I could finish everything I had wanted to finish until the year was over!
...however, as expected, my wrists have never been more sore than they are now x'D So I'll be taking some time do unwind a little, and let them rest. I can't simply keep putting plasters on and then keep forcing them to work. I kinda did that to reach my goal for December, and I don't plan on overdoing it ever again if I can help it!
Despite having drawn a lot, I don't know if the stuff I drew are of my FA's public interest, since it had little to no relation to furry stuff. So I might go silent for a while with no new posts, while I recover from the year's end madness. Hope you understand. 💖
All in all, here's to hoping this year will be more forgiving on us! There's still a lot to happen, and a lot to get better at - yes, COVID, I'm looking at you -, but well, let's keep doing our best! Thank you everyone for staying with me, and thanks to the new people who are arriving now! I hope to be able to bring more nice and tasteful drawings for you during this year as well. 💞
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Updates on me + slowing down again 🎈
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Hey, everyone! How have y'all been doing in quarantine? Have you been washing your hands properly, avoiding to go out? Are y'all safe? I've already managed to cut my own hair hahahaha
It's easy to go bonkers in a situation like this :') but I really wanted to have my short hair back for a while now and then BOOM PANDEMIC SOBS
I said I was going to get back on track in last month's journal, but then everything just happened way too fast, way too suddenly. I would like to say that updates have been slower because my own pace is slower, and submission times are bound to happen earlier on the day instead of the usual early nighttime, since it's during the night that I unwind a little and chat with others.
With all that's going on, I've focused myself on distractions, so it's like a "soft break". Working makes me think too much, so I've reduced work to a minimum so I can stay with a healthier mind during this crisis.
I've been cleaning things more often and more thorougly, as well; ever since Covid-19 was confirmed to afflict cats/felines (albeit very, very rare), even if they don't spread it to us humans, and symptoms aren't grave, I absolutely do not want my cats sick. Cleaning on my own isn't an issue and I believe I have a good personal hygiene (mild germophobe here asdfgjhkl), but controlling animals is way harder, so best bet is to have everything very clean, very often.
But 27 year old me is basically a 70 year old with a bent back, so I get pretty sore from all the cleaning and worrying and whatnot |D
So most of the time all I want to do is turn one of my Sims games on and chill, or lay down and rest a little. My social energy's been lower than ever, but I've been keeping in touch with family and friends, and most importantly, my spouse. So when I get everything done, I mostly just crash down and don't want to think about anything else xD
But, I've been doing things, with all this spare time we suddenly have to ourselves. So I do have content, but it'll be coming very, veeery slowly... o3o'
I won't say I'm not scared, things are super scary as of now, especially here in Brazil - because, well, anyone searching up Brazil's president and health minister can understand why LMAO -, so I'm doing what I can, staying home and taking care of myself, being extra careful whenever I go out (and scolding grandma in the rare occasions SHE went out)... so I think overworrying about other things than these is pretty much trivial at this point.
But as always, I'm really happy and grateful for the comments and whenever I'm interacted with, so I'll be trying to keep up with these more, since posts will be slower. Just thought a heads up wouldn't hurt, you know?
Anyways; to finish my ramblings, I really wish and hope you've been all safe, and taking care of yourselves! Hope the people you're quarantined with are also cooperating. This is a hard time we're going through, but I want to believe things will be fine, eventually. We'll rise stronger than we were before!
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Back on track! 📝
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Hey, everyone! I'll soon be resuming work starting the next week ´v` I had a good rest, and even though I still think I could use some more rest, it's time to get back on track again; although I'll be going for a slow start. I've been taking better care of my health as well, so I'll try to keep this pace even during work, so it's better not to rush things.
There are many things I still need or want to do, so I'll be taking it easy with work. I'll work with commissioners that are currently in my waiting list so I can clear it, and work on the usual Patreon rewards for now, instead of opening more commission slots or wing-it sales.
My commission chart is being updated for 2020, since every year I adjust the prices to better reflect my needs (and with the whole lawsuit stuff I will be needing an extra mons, as expected), and my wing-it price chart is being updated with examples from the last opening.
I've been a bit inactive for a while regarding posts, but I plan to try and update more now that I'm back into it :3 All pending comments have been properly replied to now, too! As always there are commissions I've finished ages ago and haven't posted yet, so I'll go for those~
Even while I was a little inactive, I've noticed I received some new watches, and I couldn't thank you guys enough for the interest and support for my art! Thanks for staying with me~ 💖
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Apologies on the lack of activity 💦
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Hey, everyone! I'm very sorry for the lack of submissions and overall activity in here lately, thought I should write a journal as a heads up!
My birthday is coming! Because of that, my dear mate tiaamaito is coming visiting in a few days. As the majority of you are aware, we are in a LDR, so the moments we spend together irl are extremely important to us, and our top priority is each other during these times.
I got sick in the last week of December. Then I got sick again a few weeks ago, in January. All while I was trying to plow my way through due work and commissions, so I could have my break with no pendencies during tiaa's visit. I managed to finish everything I had in my queue, but crashed down once again as I said. It's time I slow down for good and prioritize my health and taking better care of myself. I've been feeling extremely exhausted, both physically and mentally since November 2019, but been unable to take a proper break.
So ever since I started feeling a little better from getting sick last time, I focused on my own things and myself, am sleeping better and eating more times a day (things I wasn't doing because I was too thrown into work). I do have lots of nice stuff I drew to share with you, but since I have some things to do over here before tiaa's arrival (gotta do some thorough cleaning, and wait on a sunny day to give the cats a good bath!), I'll be MIA for some more time.
Tiaa will be arriving on the 7th, so for the time being, before he arrives I'll focus on replying to old comments that piled up. I've been meaning to reply to them for a long time now, but I was always so busy and tired, I would just postpone doing it ´A` I do feel very tired still, but that's something I want to try doing at least.
Again, sorry about that! I should know better and take better care, but I kinda lose control of things sometimes because I'm not only an overachiever, but I'm also anxious! XD I'm better now, just taking my time to get a proper and very needed rest.
Thanks for staying with me even so, and for the support as always! I hope you guys enjoy the drawings I'll bring with me when I get to post again!
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News on the lawsuit thing + 🎄 leaving for Holidays
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If you don't know what I'm talking about when I refer to "lawsuit thing", please take a look at my previous journal. It's a long read though.
I got back from an appointment with my lawyer, who had tried to file a request for my money to be refunded back to my account because of the account type I have (savings only, which in Brazil, is the type of account that can't be taken money from). Her request has been declined. The judge insists the debt to be paid at all costs, so I guess the money that's been wiped away is indeed gone. I worked so hard for it, though 💢
But well, shit happens. I can get it back with time if I keep working hard, my biggest concern still is my name being in the middle of this mess, since what I had doesn't pay off all the debt (not even close to the full value, to be honest). There are good prospects of job opportunities for my dad starting next year, so hopefully things work well and he manages to make more money so the debt can start being paid off, even if slowly.
I feel bad leaving it all on his back like this, but not only it was because of his business I got involved (and sued), he earns way more than me with his work. So I'll just do what I can, and go back to saving up for my future with my mate, as I had been doing until this time, I suppose. I still believe things will work out one way or another.
🌟 On a brighter, more cheerful note: I'm leaving earlier for Holidays! Since because of all this stuff coming up I couldn't see my mom on her birthday, I had planned to spend Christmas with her and my sister. However, only a few days ago they let me know my sister's graduation party is tomorrow (my family isn't very good in planning ahead LMAO everything's always done last minute), so since I was going to my mom's soon anyway, I'll be going earlier to attend to my sister's graduation. Even my dad who's always busy with work will be going, so I thought I definitely should too.
I feel like I've been a bad older brother, it's been some months I don't see her, and she's graduating into high school. She's growing up so fast 😭 I can't help but want to be there for her when a big accomplishment like this happens. But since I was told last minute, I had to turn on the fast forward switch and rush like crazy with due work I had to do. There are some things I couldn't finish and won't be able to finish before the year ends, and I'm sorry about that, but I've let the customers know about the delays on their pieces and on my queue/waiting list ;;
So please keep in mind that works being uploaded from tomorrow (December 18th) on, are pieces I have already completed that were in the wait to be posted. For once I'll be taking my notebook with me to my mom's, but not my drawing tablet, because not only it's a 13 year old equipment of mine (that has recently started giving in, so I don't have the heart to take it in a travel), it's supposed to be a break, so I won't be able to work on any new drawings.
I already have some plans for what I'll be doing on next year's first months, but I'll leave this for another journal, when I'm back! I'm sorry for the huge delay in replying things too, as always, but rushing things has been very tiring, so I've prioritized working and resting :'3 I'll be back before New Years because of the fireworks (I always get home to secure my cats since they're afraid of the noise), but I suppose I'll be too tired to socialize much ;v;
Regardless, I wish all of you happy holidays, and a happy new year! Stay safe, and keep your pets safe too!
Thank you very very much for spending the year with me, and for all the support you've given me so far. I'm very grateful for the amazing customers, watchers, and friends I have gotten in this past year!
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So, I'm being sued. Read on for more details
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I've found it out when I went to the bank, roughly two weeks ago, to get some money and pay for bills, only to be greeted with the messaged of "insufficient funds". All the money I had in there was gone. I waited on to make a journal about it after I had came back from my lawyer appointment today.
You might be asking yourself what did I do to get sued, and I answer you: nothing! I just had my name in the wrong place, at the wrong time. I'll try to explain the situation as briefly as possible, and since you guys might be aware I'm not north american (I'm brazilian), I'll try to explain either with adaptions or without too many technical terms since those are pertaining to Brazilian Laws only. Regardless, you're in for a long read.
If you don't wanna know what happened and just wanna know how this affects you as my customer, search for the 📩 emoji, I'll use it to mark down the changes in my guidelines and whatnot.
Okay, so.
My dad used to own a business, back in 2016. Since it was a small enterprise on his name, he needed an associate for it to be able of running legally, as per law. One friend of his used to be his associate, but since he stepped down the position, my dad needed someone else just to be a placeholder, for the business to be able of running. He asked me, and I agreed, I didn't see nothing wrong with helping him out on that. I wouldn't be working for him or anything, he just needed someone filling in the position in the contract. I went on with my life.
Shortly after, another friend of his (a LONG TIME friend of his, seriously, I remember this guy visiting us when I was like, 6; I'm 26 now) joined the business working under my dad. Thing is, finances started getting tighter and tighter, despite how well the business was going. My dad realized the guy had been stealing from him.
He stole, in BRL, the sum of more than 25k dollars.
People who have been with me when I started my account must remember how bad my financial situation was. That was because of my dad's business going bankrupt because of said robbery, and then me and other relatives getting more and more indebted as my dad tried to fix things. The business isn't officially closed yet, but it hasn't been running anymore. My dad got another job in another town, and little by little everyone was starting to pick up the pieces and getting better money wise.
What, of course, helped me too, since I could start finally saving some of the money I had been earning with my work instead of constantly worrying about food for me, food for my cats. Sora had that one surgery back in 2017 when we were at our worst, and only God knows how thankful I am things worked out despite the money issues. He's been really healthy, but that's changing the subject.
Moving on. Since my dad had chased the guy away (obviously), we thought the issue was over. Except it wasn't.
He sued the business, and since both my dad's and my name were in the contract, both of us are being sentenced. We basically owe him 7300$ USD, because here in Brazil if a worker wants to sue their boss for whatever reason it is, they easily can. So he did just that to suck off more money from us.
Since my name is on the contract, everything that has my name on it is being pledged accordingly to the law. It'll stay like this until the debt is paid off.
We were unable to defend ourselves, since we had no idea we were being sued until the execution of the sentence happened and my money was wiped away. The whole process was REALLY SHADY, and the lawyer I got told me they do it like that on purpose, just so the person is really unable to defend themselves and retaliate (with a counter sue and such). We have no means of changing the sentence now it's on the execution phase already.
My dad can't sue him either, because since he trusted him, his papers were very irregular, the business registries were irregular as well, so he has no means of legally proving he had been robbed. And my dad, being a good hearted man to the point of being very naive, chose to let it go and do nothing, he wanted to forgive him thinking he wouldn't do anything bad anymore.
Well.
Thankfully, Brazil has a service of public rights which provides a lawyer for free for people who can't afford one, so that's where I got mine. The last two weeks have been hectic, and even though I've kept calm from start to finish, I am, of course, a bit upset with how things are happening. I get upset about my dad being undermined by someone who was once his friend, but more than that, I am upset because my name has became stained when I did literally nothing to deserve that. It impairs how I will receive my payments for work, I won't be able of having anything under my name, and if the issue persists until me and my mate get a place of our own, we won't be able to marry legally because regarding Brazil laws, once married, everything is shared so his name would be involved in the mess as well.
So I'm calm, but upset. There are workarounds. I'm just upset how everything happened, when all I did was work hard to get my things, to save my money, thinking of my future with my mate. I believe that, one way or another, things will be solved, but you know; the whole situation's just upsetting, since I was doing everything right and had this coming at me undeservingly.
The lawyer told us today (my dad was over to attend to the appointment with me, he lives 4 hours apart) that our options are either:
- An agreement, on which he and the guy judicially sign a document stating my name has been freed from the prosecution, and all the debt is legally bound to my dad's name only;
- or waiting for the debt to prescribe, which automatically happens after 5 years of not paying off the debt. But if we keep using our bank accounts, or if we get things under our name, said time period will keep being refreshed, which would take even longer than 5 years.
Additionally, she opened a proxy for me, because my account type can't be legally wiped away like that even accordingly to the law, so she will try and get my money back with that. But to be honest, of course it's bad that I might have lost all this money, but all I really want is my name to be released from this somehow. My dad is very worried about paying me back to compensate for my loss because of a situation he basically set up, but I, honestly... just want to be freed from the whole mess.
I just wanna live at peace, without blows like this coming at me unexpectedly.
I'm not completely broke, either. I lost all my bank savings, but luckily, I had forgotten (which's not like me at all, so I believe it's not only sheer luck) to transfer my paypal funds for the last and current month, so I still had them on me. As soon as I found it out, I transferred all of it to Tiaa (my mate), and he's been safely holding the remainders of my money for me. It's bad I lost my savings, but thinking it could have been more if I had transferred my funds, I get to the conclusion that I'm beeing looked out for and protected.
Things will work out, somehow.
I won't do a gofundme or anything of the sort at the time because hmmm. Let's wait on my lawyer. All that could be done for the time being has been done, this past week was very tiring, tbh. XD Going out everyday, to try and get a lawyer, get documents she asked for, etcetera, etcetera.
📩 Now, regarding how that affects you, people who buy from me.
➡ My lawyer advised me to use someone else's bank account for the time being, just so I can receive my money safely without it being eaten away by the prosecution that's blocking my own account. My grandpa has an account he doesn't use, he has 2, each of a different bank agency, and one isn't being used at all, so he offered to lend me it. I'll possibly make a paypal account to go with his bank account, so my invoices will come from a different name and email address. But my logo (Ryo Shirogane) will be there, all the T.o.S. will be there, everything will be in place so you can be sure it was me who issued the invoice. I apologize for the inconvenience, but that's the workaround for now.
➡ Some invoices might come from Tiaa's own paypal address as well, since he's been helping me with everything. But the logo, the description, yadda yadda, will be there, so you can be sure it's authentic.
➡ I might do a wing-it sale during November to help raise me some funds. When I transferred my money to Tiaa, since we use the same currency the tax is a bit less, but some of it was eaten away anyways. I'll do a sale so I can get financial help AND get you guys something nice in return as well. I have been tired (trying and doing your best is tiring), so I can't guarantee when the sale will go live, but it will. XD Possibly during the second week of November. I need to chill a bit and rest my head.
If you have things to ask, suggest, anything, feel free to hit me up in the comments. I accept prayers, "good luck"s, "I'm sorry to hear that"s as well, I'm looking to surround myself with positivity now. I chose to believe. I'll keep doing everything I can.
And last, but not least, I wanna thank my beloved mate Tiaa, I wouldn't be anyone without him (and that's not just because he helps me out when I'm in trouble). My amazing friends, who have been showering me with support and good wishes. My relatives, who have been understanding and helping me out the best they can. I wouldn't be so chill if I were alone. I'm strong because I know I have people to count on, especially emotionally.
And of course you, who cared enough to read until this point. Thank you very much for your attention! It means a lot to me. ´v` ❤
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ria_woof17's free art lottery!
Posted 6 years agoI recently made a free art raffle, so I thought I'd share this one I'm taking part in, in case someone who didn't win mine wanna try it out! Very beautiful art style, definitely worth a check! <3
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/32950271/
Cheers and thanks for checking~!
🔔 Raffle winners! 🔔
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As promised, I'll now announce the 500+ watchers raffle winners! Accounting for extra entries via journal sharing, there was a total of 70 entries (the doc will stay up for anyone who wants to check)! So without further ado, the winners are...
🎊[url=https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca8.....ciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2ExMDc0ZDA1LWY1Y2MtNDAwOC1hMzI4LTdiNGVjM2Y0OWQ3NFwvZGRnMnV0cy0wZjJiMjE0Ny0zN2UxLTRjNjQtYTQyNS1lNzRmMjE3YWUyM2EucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.7Is-oXrKsNICa45BsLqLbrHBjmqOn74uPFzRce1lCJA]LindseySnowSprinkles[/url]!🎊
You're the winner of the fullbody drawing!
🎊Novago_Carosa!🎊
You're the winner of the chibi drawing!
And, as an additional little surprise... I drew another winner! I really wish I could just draw something for everyone, so to make up for that, I'll be doing a simple chibi-ish icon for...
🎊gaias-pitch-black-reborn-crow !🎊
Click the username to check the raffle screenshot on which they were randomly chosen!
Congratulations, @LindseySnowSprinkles, Novago_Carosa and gaias-pitch-black-reborn-crow ! You all have two days to reply to my note! If you don't, I'll roll the names again and draw another winner for your spot. ´v`
And everyone who joined, thank you very much! It's lots of additional work on me to do these, but I really love being able of giving you guys something back for the support! I still don't know which new milestone would be nice for another raffle, but here's to hoping you all stick with me and enjoy my work regardless! :3
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🎊 500+ watchers free art raffle! 🎊 (CLOSED)
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🎉IT'S RAFFLE TIME!🎉
Another year, another new milestone! As time passes, I only get busier and busier, but I will do my best to be able of bringing these little raffle events now and then as thanks for all the support! I've never thought I could have so many people interested in my art, so I wanna share this happiness with you guys somehow!
I've just finished a really big drawing, so while I take the day off today, thought it was the perfect time to launch the raffle :3
Rules changed a bit from last time, so it's easier for me to pick winners, and easier for you to get a little boost! Instead of assigning everyone numbers, I'll make a list of entrees, since I'll be working with the Random Name Picker website this time instead of RNG.
I'll reply to your comment so you know you've been added to the entree list, but in case you're in doubt or think I may have forgotten you, I'll have a google doc ready for you to check if you're there or not.
Two drawings will be raffled! First winner gets a full body drawing with flat colors, and second winner gets a chibi drawing with flat colors of a character of their choice: it may be an OC, a fictional character from anime/manga/TV series, a fursona, etc. I can draw human, humanoid, anthro and feral characters, so feel free to pick a favorite as your prize!
If you like my art but are unable of commissioning me or grabbing a YCH slot, this may be your chance to earn a drawing for free~ ´v`
🏮200 WATCHERS RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED!🏮
The rules are as follows:
🏮you must be watching me; new watchers are welcome, but please don't watch and then unwatch after the raffle has ended, that kinda hurts ;v;'
🏮you must comment on this journal replying to the question: "Which is your favorite show, and why?" (so I know you read the rules). It may be anime, a cartoon, a TV show, TV series, whatever floats your boat! If you don't have one, tell me you don't; I just need to make sure you read the rules! :3
🏮it's not a requirement to share the raffle to participate, but it helps. You can link back to this journal or this post right here on a journal of yours if you want to.
🏮only one entry per person! If you've shared the raffle, you're eligible for an extra entry as thanks, though!
🏮two winners will be chosen at the ending date, the prizes are as stated above (1st winner: full body, 2nd winner: chibi; both flat colored)!
Winners will be picked on the 11th or 12th!
Good luck for everyone, and thank you lots for all the support as always! <3
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I'm back! òvo9
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Hello, everyone! I'm back from my trip, and am ready to get things going again~ ´v` I'm feeling pretty refreshed from the wonderful week I spent with my mate, so I'm slowly getting back into gear! My body is a bit sore from the long travel, but eh, I don't think I need a break just yet. I'm really pumped to get back to work!
However, this month will be kinda busy, so I'm carefully planning my schedule in order to make ends meet and not overwork myself. Here's a heads up of things I've planned/thought about:
✨ I usually have commissions open all the time, but I noticed this was getting me anxious since sometimes there were commission requests while I was still busy with current comms - and then I got anxious trying to finish everything so the person wouldn't wait too long 6w9
To remedy this, I decided I'll open only a select number of slots each month, that way I can better organize myself since I know how much I'll be available to do beforehand ´v`/ As always this is subject to change depending on how things go and how much income I may need, but so far I'm satisfied with this resolve!
✨ During the first half of August, I'll be working on Patreon rewards and current commissions I have! The japanese floral YCH will be opening for slot grabbing soon, but I'll work on these at a slower pace so I won't burn myself out ´v` There are people in the waiting list I'll be contacting before opening these as well, so don't worry about missing the opening if you're in the wait!
✨ And then, during the other half of August, I'll try to manage whatever owed work I may have at hands at the time, and the 3 year anniversary gift I want to do to my dear mate tiaamaito ´v` Our anniversary is September the 4th, but since I tend to do something big thanks to the special date, I might as well start working on it beforehand so I can finish things without rushing it.
✨ Since I need to recover from the travel expenses, I'm looking forward to saving up so I get my cats the yearly vaccination since last year's dose is already due, and getting myself a new vacuum cleaner since mine blew up çvç If you like my work, please consider donating to my tip jar or ko-fi!
Speaking of which, I'm planning to revamp my ko-fi as soon as I can, so I can gift something nice even if simple to the people who donate to me~ ´v`
✨ And last but not least; I heard you guys like... free raffles? 👀 I'm reaching the watcher count of 500 soon, so I wanted to do a raffle in September, when I'm more at ease from my work responsabilities! If I have reached this number by then, you guys can expect a raffle~ :3c
I believe this covers everything! I'll be tending to answering comments I have waiting for replies tomorrow! Thanks everyone for the patience and support! `v´
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A heads up on the recent inactivity! Travelling soon~🧳
Posted 6 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS ON HOLD: PLEASE SEND A NOTE TO BE ADDED TO WAITING LIST! 🌟
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open ych
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Hey, guys! Maybe you've noticed an inactivity on my end recently, so I'm here to update you on what's happening and what's next to expect from me; this was supposed to go live a few days ago, but thanks to FA's recent outage, I'm able of writing this journal just now, so I apologize for the short notice!
July is being a very busy month for me. The lack of posts in the first half of the month is because I had relatives from Orlando visiting, my aunt and my cousin, and my sister who lives with my mom in another state came along with them. While auntie stayed in a hotel, my sis stayed at my house, so I had little to no time to work or update my galleries. I don't see them often, and I really like their company, so everyday we went out to eat something together, go shopping (my aunt, that is, I've been saving up XD), and I arrived home at night on all these days.
On top of that, it's cold! It's been really cold here, so my energy goes away in a jiffy. All I wanted to do arriving home was take a shower to warm myself up and rest XD They've left now and I miss them already, but I can say we spent quality time, so I'm happy about it ´v` I'm just sorry I wasn't able of letting you guys know before.
As always, I have lots of stuff to upload, but after they were off, I spent the time I had left to work on the Patreon rewards that were left to do, and some other stuff I had to work on.
Things worked as planned, thankfully, but now I'm preparing myself to travel with my dear 
tiaamaito. At least once a year we spend one week travelling together, and since we're in a LDR, this time means a lot and is precious to us. So I focus all my attention on Tiaa during our travel.
We'll be leaving our hometowns this Saturday night, so tomorrow and Saturday I'll be busy readying my luggage, cleaning the house, and leaving everything ready for my grandparents - I live with them, them in the lower floor of the house, and me in the upper floor; they look after my cats when I travel, so since it's almost two separate homes and the cats don't go downstairs at all, I should at least have everything in order here, for them to be comfy while I'm out as well.
You can expect activity from me again back in August! I'll be taking the commissions status from "on hold" and having them open again, will contact some people that were interested and are waiting, and the floral YCH will be open again for a brief time. However, there's a waiting list for it, so if you want to grab a slot, be quick! I'll do my best to be able of getting back to my usual work routine and be active again, so just bear with me for a little more.
I believe I won't have enough time to go through comments that I need to reply, but I'll do once I'm back!
As always, thank you everyone for the love, understanding and support! Even inactive I've received some new watchers, what surprises me, and things like that make my day. Thank you everyone for keeping up with me and appreciating my work!
See you guys again next month! :3
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tiaamaitoInstability
Posted 6 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS ON HOLD: PLEASE SEND A NOTE TO BE ADDED TO WAITING LIST! 🌟
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open ych
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Hey, guys. I'm here to apologize for the miiiild inactivity and overall delay in replying comments (I mean, more than usual :'D). I've been feeling under the weather lately, so I've been a bit more reclusive than I usually am; don't worry though, everything's fine, nothing bad really happened and I'm mostly physically healthy. It's just good ol' depression taking a toll on me, so I've been on low battery for things in general.
I do have stuff to upload, but since I work during the day and focus on interacting/updating my galleries at night, when it comes to it, I'm just feeling tired already and end up not doing it. I thought on writing this journal some times before, but shrugged it off since, welp, this basically doesn't affect any of you save for the lack of posts on my end and lack of my availability for commissions.
I don't feel ready to take on commissions yet, even though I'm confident about my own work, I just lack energy and motivation for it. Since I'm thankfully in a rather comfortable situation money-wise at the moment, I'll be taking a little break from all things related to work during the first half of May, so I can get some personal things going and possibly, hopefully, feel motivated again. This won't affect Patreon's rewards at all since I have an agenda to follow and will keep following it, but commissions will stay on hold until further notice.
Regardless, please do approach me to ask for commissions if you're okay with waiting. I'll add you to a waiting list and get back to you once I'm ready to work on it, and as always, you just pay when I'm free to tackle your inquiry. ´v` I think it's more fair like this, and reassuring to you, the customer.
I'll try uploading something tonight, but I also like being transparent, so I thought it was time to let you guys know why I'm lagging behind and lacking power for now. I do not seek attention, I have lots of support and am lucky for having a wonderful mate and wonderful friends that back me up; so as I said, I just like being transparent and it doesn't kill to communicate a little with your public.
I feel a bit bad taking so many breaks, I feel like I'm just being lazy, but I do know I need to let myself rest too. My working routine is very straining on my body - sitting in the same position for hours on end damages the muscles and joints; overworking strains my drawing hand's wrist. A break would be nice and indeed needed, if I stop to be rational. It's just hard accepting I deserve it even with all the hard work I've done until now.
But hey, I'm working on all of that. I fight depression "alone" (quotation marks because I have people to support me emotionally), with no intervention of meds or counselling and I've improved quite a lot from how I used to be. It's just hard not to let yourself go into the vortex sometimes, but I do try to embrace my own weaknesses with a critic and understanding point of view. And that's why I know I just gotta be quiet for a little. ´v`
I do apologize for the inactivity, though! Again, I'll try sorting out the things I have to post and do my best to get them going again. Seeing movement helps me feel like I'm part of something, but there isn't any if I don't update, so. :P I'm sorry for taking so long to reply to the comments too, but I can't thank you guys enough for taking your time to type out something to me. I really appreciate all of it. 💓
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Poll: what kind of content would like to see from me?
Posted 6 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS ON HOLD: PLEASE SEND A NOTE TO BE ADDED TO WAITING LIST! 🌟
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open ych
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Good evening, everyone! I've been feeling a bit unsatisfied with my drawings lately, not exactly on the technique part, but on the "content" part. You know when you feel like the things you do kinda don't spark to your public? Like that haha
I'd like to get some feedback on that, so I made a poll! Suggestions are welcome, just remember to comment in the commenting section to drop one :3c
Click here to vote! One vote per person, so choose wisely!
As for people who's interested in commissioning me, just a reminder: please do come talk to me regardless commissions being on hold! :3 Depending on what you want to be drawn, I'll either start asap, or put your commission in a waiting list of sorts and give you an approximate date of when I'll be able of starting on it.
The poll will stay open for as long as I think it's relevant, and I may not comply with the results, but knowing your opinions would really help lots imo. Thank you, guys, for the attention!~✨
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Commission status update!
Posted 6 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS ON HOLD 🌟
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open ych
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Hey, everyone! Break time for me is over, but here's a little heads up: commissions will stay on hold for now, while I'm waiting on the results of some applications I did during the last month. During this time, I'll be working on owed art (patreon rewards, etcetera) and whatever else may be on my queue. But please have in mind that you can still approach me for commission inquiries!
If you want to commission me, please do come talk to me regardless they being on hold! :3 Depending on what you want to be drawn, I'll either start asap, or put your commission in a waiting list of sorts and give you an approximate date of when I'll be able of starting on it. I'll then approach you once set date arrives to check if you're still interested. So please, don't feel like you have to back off because of that~ ´v`
I'm really lagging behind about comment replies, but no worries, I always read everything and WILL reply everything! I'm usually pretty late, but I never ignore them haha Sorry about that, but thanks a lot for bearing with my slower socializing pace! =v=
Have a good evening and thanks for staying with me~✨
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Break time update! 🔔
Posted 7 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS: CLOSED FOR BREAK 🌟
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open ych
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Hello, guys! I'm writing this journal to let you know I'll be taking a break during February, so I'll be a bit away until the 16th; after that, I'll focus on working on owed art and contact whoever is on my commission waiting list. However, I may not be fully back to work until further notice, so that's why I chose to briefly close the commissions for now, which'll be picked up normally later! ´v`/ If I do have the time, I'd like to do some personal art for a change of pace as well.
I overworked a bit during January so my drawing hand is in desperate need of some rest (the stretching exercises aren't holding up very well), and my dear mate tiaamaito will also be over for my birthday, so we'll focus on resting and having some quality time together. I'll be away for a while, so that means no updates or activity in general, but if one needs to reach me urgently, please feel free to send me a note here or drop a message on Telegram (@ ShiroganeRyo)!
That's all for now! Have a good night, everyone, and take care! See you later~✨
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First of the year! :Y
Posted 7 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN 🌟
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open ych
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🎊FIRST🎊
Just joking! haha Writing a lil' update journal to let you know I've updated my commission chart for this year, and am back to working on commissions at the same speed as before ´v` I feel like I'm still a bit slow because I've been having to take care of my hand and wrist, but my mate has showed me some good stretching exercises so I believe I'm properly taking care of myself :3
Regardless the disaster that was last year's final months due to elections here in Brazil, I did have an amazing year, thanks to my beloved mate and all of you who support me! I feel psychologically more stable to be back to work, though I'll be taking a brief break next month because I have plans for my birthday, but there's still the whole month of January before I get to that~ ´v`
Also, I'd like to announce I've opened a Redbubble store!
Click here to visit my shop!
There isn't much on sale there yet, but I'll be, hopefully, adding things there as time goes on. The only apparel avalaible uses my art of Zeraora and Tigrette and its alternate versions with shiny colors, check it out if you're interested on purchasing something with that drawing as a print :3c
Have a good night, everyone, and take care!
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🎄Holiday break!🎄
Posted 7 years ago🌟 COMMISSIONS ARE ON HOLD 🌟
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open ych
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Hello, everyone! I'm writting this journal just to let you know I'm at my mom's place to spend Christmas with her and my little sister. I've been rather inactive lately since this season is really demanding on me usually, and this year I've been working on Advent Calendars as a guest artist for some closed species on dA and on Patreon rewards as well (these are all ready to be revealed at Christmas! :3), while taking care of my house cleaning chores and all. I've been pretty sore and overwhelmed! :'3
But regardless, I'm really happy with myself because I did manage to do everything I needed to on time! I have internet connection here and am borrowing my sister's laptop, but it is in a pretty bad shape, so I'll refrain from using it if possible :'3 So anyways, just a heads up for you guys, so you have some news from me ´v`
I still have some comments to reply, but as always, if you wish to get in touch with me asap, feel free to drop me a note! I wish everyone a nice holiday! 🎄🎅
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