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[🔔Update] May 2020 - Medical Issues + Twitter Break
Posted 5 years agoFirst update journal of the month.
I don't HAVE Dementia. I'm 27, I ain't that old YET. I'm simply experiencing a condition that mimics it, due to my genetics being incompatible with not 1, but 2 medications I've been taking since November of last year. My doctor explained that even though I am off of both of them now, they did slightly [temporarily] alter my brain chemistry, enough to have a lasting effect that will take some time to recover from.
The medications I was taking affected my cognitive sharpness, short term memory, some long term memory, focus, emotional regulation, and reactions to social stimulus. What this means, is, while normally I can sit down and force myself to focus on commissions, or chatting with friends or clients, that has been impossible the past few months.
On top of this, my short term memory, while it wasn't great before, has been frighteningly impaired. It used to be that I might trail off mid-sentence now and then, or I'd lose my train of thought after typing/talking about something for a while- but lately, I almost cannot even form a single sentence audibly without forgetting what I said 2 words ago. It is like living with a 2-foot circle of light around you, when everything past that circle is pitch black. It got so bad that just this week, I realized I'd forgotten what one of my siblings' names were, or what they looked like. I cannot explain how scary this experience was.
My frustration with it all has known no limits, and I have been trying to muscle through it as hard as possible-- all to have my psychiatrist tell me a few days ago that 'muscling through' this is not possible. I have to give it time, and it will improve as much as it can at its own speed, 'if it improves at all.' His bedside manner aside, I do believe it will get better in time, as I've already seen a small bit of improvement.
As someone whose income relies on commissions, and who is very afraid of forgetting important things or people, this was extremely hard to hear, though.
Rest assured- I am not using any of this as an excuse, but a reason. I know I haven't been handling my client contact correspondence or wait-times properly, and I know I do not have to apologize to most clients, as they are very understanding and gracious, but to those it HAS frustrated, I'm sorry.
I just wanted to update you all since I had this confirmed a few days ago by my psychiatrist, so I wasn't talking out of my ass and imagining things lmao. I have actually been quite nervous about sharing this, because people do have a very heavy, very negative stigma against anything even close to Dementia. I'd like to reiterate that I do not HAVE it, I'm simply experiencing a temporary condition that has similar symptoms. I don't want this news to make anyone look at me different. I'm the same person, just dealing with a lot of brain fog for the time being.
Regardless- if you have ordered a comm from me or a YCH and you wish to cancel it because of the wait, or because you don't have the funds anymore, PLEASE let me know ASAP. I can still do cancellations while I'm in the lull of trying to get well enough to work.
Plain and simple, if it weren't for work-related things, I wouldn't be on Twitter. I can't stand the site, and the constant input of either negativity, or just plain petty drama. I'm following as few people as I can, yet I still see too much of it. No fault on their part of course. I just had to realize that taking a full break from it, aside from checking for DMs once a day, would be good for me.
So you will not see me active on twitter for some time, just as a heads-up.
As a trade-off, however, I will be trying to be more active on my Patreon. It is my only source of income currently, between all this medical nonsense and my roommate being out of a job and people refusing to hire him for anything because of Covid.
So, if you're in a position where you could spare $5 a month, please consider pledging to my Patreon feed. There's already 100's of pieces, doodles, designs, etc that I have posted there that aren't anywhere else, so you'd basically be paying $5 for a magazine of new art content from me, and subscribing to see stuff in the future. [$10 gets you access to full animation projects and NSFW art]
-Animated Illustrations
-Animations
-NSFW
-Vore scribbles
are most of what I post there, but there's something for everyone.
Here's the link if you can spare a little support: https://www.patreon.com/starstruck_studios
My modest goal is to have 60 active Patrons by the end of 2020. I currently am flipping anywhere between 25-29. Thank you in advance for your support, and enjoy the pieces on my page!
Medical Issues
So, being short, I've had various appointments with my psychiatrist and a few other doctors, and they've come to a cautious conclusion as to what may be causing my memory/focus/social problems the past few months. This condition [compounded by my already-existing ADHD], mimics the symptoms of Dementia. Now, don't go jumping to any conclusions, alright? Just listen.I don't HAVE Dementia. I'm 27, I ain't that old YET. I'm simply experiencing a condition that mimics it, due to my genetics being incompatible with not 1, but 2 medications I've been taking since November of last year. My doctor explained that even though I am off of both of them now, they did slightly [temporarily] alter my brain chemistry, enough to have a lasting effect that will take some time to recover from.
The medications I was taking affected my cognitive sharpness, short term memory, some long term memory, focus, emotional regulation, and reactions to social stimulus. What this means, is, while normally I can sit down and force myself to focus on commissions, or chatting with friends or clients, that has been impossible the past few months.
On top of this, my short term memory, while it wasn't great before, has been frighteningly impaired. It used to be that I might trail off mid-sentence now and then, or I'd lose my train of thought after typing/talking about something for a while- but lately, I almost cannot even form a single sentence audibly without forgetting what I said 2 words ago. It is like living with a 2-foot circle of light around you, when everything past that circle is pitch black. It got so bad that just this week, I realized I'd forgotten what one of my siblings' names were, or what they looked like. I cannot explain how scary this experience was.
My frustration with it all has known no limits, and I have been trying to muscle through it as hard as possible-- all to have my psychiatrist tell me a few days ago that 'muscling through' this is not possible. I have to give it time, and it will improve as much as it can at its own speed, 'if it improves at all.' His bedside manner aside, I do believe it will get better in time, as I've already seen a small bit of improvement.
As someone whose income relies on commissions, and who is very afraid of forgetting important things or people, this was extremely hard to hear, though.
Rest assured- I am not using any of this as an excuse, but a reason. I know I haven't been handling my client contact correspondence or wait-times properly, and I know I do not have to apologize to most clients, as they are very understanding and gracious, but to those it HAS frustrated, I'm sorry.
I just wanted to update you all since I had this confirmed a few days ago by my psychiatrist, so I wasn't talking out of my ass and imagining things lmao. I have actually been quite nervous about sharing this, because people do have a very heavy, very negative stigma against anything even close to Dementia. I'd like to reiterate that I do not HAVE it, I'm simply experiencing a temporary condition that has similar symptoms. I don't want this news to make anyone look at me different. I'm the same person, just dealing with a lot of brain fog for the time being.
Regardless- if you have ordered a comm from me or a YCH and you wish to cancel it because of the wait, or because you don't have the funds anymore, PLEASE let me know ASAP. I can still do cancellations while I'm in the lull of trying to get well enough to work.
Twitter Break
Plain and simple, if it weren't for work-related things, I wouldn't be on Twitter. I can't stand the site, and the constant input of either negativity, or just plain petty drama. I'm following as few people as I can, yet I still see too much of it. No fault on their part of course. I just had to realize that taking a full break from it, aside from checking for DMs once a day, would be good for me.
So you will not see me active on twitter for some time, just as a heads-up.
Patreon
As a trade-off, however, I will be trying to be more active on my Patreon. It is my only source of income currently, between all this medical nonsense and my roommate being out of a job and people refusing to hire him for anything because of Covid.
So, if you're in a position where you could spare $5 a month, please consider pledging to my Patreon feed. There's already 100's of pieces, doodles, designs, etc that I have posted there that aren't anywhere else, so you'd basically be paying $5 for a magazine of new art content from me, and subscribing to see stuff in the future. [$10 gets you access to full animation projects and NSFW art]
-Animated Illustrations
-Animations
-NSFW
-Vore scribbles
are most of what I post there, but there's something for everyone.
Here's the link if you can spare a little support: https://www.patreon.com/starstruck_studios
My modest goal is to have 60 active Patrons by the end of 2020. I currently am flipping anywhere between 25-29. Thank you in advance for your support, and enjoy the pieces on my page!
[📢 IMPORTANT 4 CLIENTS] Cancellations
Posted 5 years agoA quick update for ALL current clients! You are a 'current client' if you have claimed a YCH, ordered a commission slot, or you have old owed work from me.
I have not forgotten my owed work- things have merely been hard to work with lately. If you ordered an old commission or YCH, and you can no longer pay for it, please note me ASAP. I can take cancellations right now, but will not accept full cancellations once the YCH or Commission is started.
Thank you for your patience.
I have not forgotten my owed work- things have merely been hard to work with lately. If you ordered an old commission or YCH, and you can no longer pay for it, please note me ASAP. I can take cancellations right now, but will not accept full cancellations once the YCH or Commission is started.
Thank you for your patience.
[📢 IMPORTANT 4 CLIENTS] + [🔔 Update] April 2020
Posted 5 years agoSo immediately jumping into this journal-importance-scale, here's an update dump with some info clients/commissioners should be aware of:
It is easier to give a bulk-alert through a journal rather than pinging everyone individually. Thank you everyone for being patient with me. I have not forgotten the work I owe and have not hashed out as of yet.
As of November of 2019, I started taking medication that was to help me with my declining mental health. Between November and mid-January, this medication made me twice as unstable. I stopped taking it, and proceeded with a new med in early February that was supposedly better for me, based on a DNA test. About a week ago, I had to stop the new one as well, since it was doing the same things to me. Currently, I am not taking any medication for my mental health and stability.
Because I had to cut both meds cold-turkey, I'm currently going through withdrawals. These include constant fatigue, confusion, irritability, short-term memory problems/loss, nausea, and dizziness. They have also included, for the past week and a half, 'brain zaps'. The best way I can describe them is: Imagine if every time you slightly moved your head, or moved your eyes too quickly, it felt like someone ran a very short, but uncomfortable electric current through your brain, which is accompanied by a very quick and very disorienting half-second of concentrated dizziness/vertigo. It got so bad that I had to have my roommate walk me around the house like an old man for a few days.
These have been going for about a week now- and to top it off, my body decided 'hey let's give you the worst Thunderclap Migraine you've EVER gotten. That'll be fun, right?'
So about two nights ago I was taking a shower and tensed up from turning the water from hot to cold, and accidentally triggered a thunderclap headache. It comes on VERY suddenly and the pain is so intense I legit /wanted/ to be unconscious for the next 20 minutes so I wouldn't have to feel it. Nearly fainted while getting out of the shower, managed to [thankfully] get my pants on and alert my roommate. I wound up debilitated on my bed while my roommate considered whether to take me to the hospital or not. The only thing that kept them from dragging me there was the fact that I've had this kind of headache before and knew I wasn't in danger- I just had never had one THAT intense before. I had to wear a sleep-mask to black out any light from my eyes for about 24-ish hours. The thunderclap headache is still lingering, but seems to be on its way out.
You can imagine why Art has been on hold lately.
A few other bullshit things happened, like someone trying to smear a friend's name, claiming they sent people after an ex-friend of mine.
The general unpleasantness of quarantine.
Getting stir-crazy from not going anywhere.
Having my roommate denied unemployment benefits because they don't make.... 'enough' money???
Not getting the stimulus check.
And just generally adjusting to once again not being medicated for my mental health.
Things will even out eventually- but right now, my commission work has been involuntarily put on pause for a whole host of bs reasons, most of them health-related. I'm antsy as hell to get back to drawing, but I have to at least wait until the brain-zaps calm down. There is no way to ease the symptoms, and I cannot even move my eyes across a screen without getting nauseatingly dizzy and frustrated.
So for now, I'm toughing things out and taking time for some self-care until my body stops freaking out.
In May, I'll be searching for alternatives to psyche medications. I don't think I'll be going back on the types I tried out, as they both made me far worse ON them than OFF.
And there ya have it- general life update, plus why commissions and communication have been halted lately. I'll be trying to post more update journals like this to keep people in the know.
Commission Delays / Lack of communication
It is easier to give a bulk-alert through a journal rather than pinging everyone individually. Thank you everyone for being patient with me. I have not forgotten the work I owe and have not hashed out as of yet.
As of November of 2019, I started taking medication that was to help me with my declining mental health. Between November and mid-January, this medication made me twice as unstable. I stopped taking it, and proceeded with a new med in early February that was supposedly better for me, based on a DNA test. About a week ago, I had to stop the new one as well, since it was doing the same things to me. Currently, I am not taking any medication for my mental health and stability.
Because I had to cut both meds cold-turkey, I'm currently going through withdrawals. These include constant fatigue, confusion, irritability, short-term memory problems/loss, nausea, and dizziness. They have also included, for the past week and a half, 'brain zaps'. The best way I can describe them is: Imagine if every time you slightly moved your head, or moved your eyes too quickly, it felt like someone ran a very short, but uncomfortable electric current through your brain, which is accompanied by a very quick and very disorienting half-second of concentrated dizziness/vertigo. It got so bad that I had to have my roommate walk me around the house like an old man for a few days.
These have been going for about a week now- and to top it off, my body decided 'hey let's give you the worst Thunderclap Migraine you've EVER gotten. That'll be fun, right?'
So about two nights ago I was taking a shower and tensed up from turning the water from hot to cold, and accidentally triggered a thunderclap headache. It comes on VERY suddenly and the pain is so intense I legit /wanted/ to be unconscious for the next 20 minutes so I wouldn't have to feel it. Nearly fainted while getting out of the shower, managed to [thankfully] get my pants on and alert my roommate. I wound up debilitated on my bed while my roommate considered whether to take me to the hospital or not. The only thing that kept them from dragging me there was the fact that I've had this kind of headache before and knew I wasn't in danger- I just had never had one THAT intense before. I had to wear a sleep-mask to black out any light from my eyes for about 24-ish hours. The thunderclap headache is still lingering, but seems to be on its way out.
You can imagine why Art has been on hold lately.
A few other bullshit things happened, like someone trying to smear a friend's name, claiming they sent people after an ex-friend of mine.
The general unpleasantness of quarantine.
Getting stir-crazy from not going anywhere.
Having my roommate denied unemployment benefits because they don't make.... 'enough' money???
Not getting the stimulus check.
And just generally adjusting to once again not being medicated for my mental health.
Things will even out eventually- but right now, my commission work has been involuntarily put on pause for a whole host of bs reasons, most of them health-related. I'm antsy as hell to get back to drawing, but I have to at least wait until the brain-zaps calm down. There is no way to ease the symptoms, and I cannot even move my eyes across a screen without getting nauseatingly dizzy and frustrated.
So for now, I'm toughing things out and taking time for some self-care until my body stops freaking out.
In May, I'll be searching for alternatives to psyche medications. I don't think I'll be going back on the types I tried out, as they both made me far worse ON them than OFF.
And there ya have it- general life update, plus why commissions and communication have been halted lately. I'll be trying to post more update journals like this to keep people in the know.
If you read no other journals, read this short one, thx
Posted 5 years agoEDIT::: Added relevant Emojis to each level of severity to make spotting my journals much easier among the sea of spam.
EDIT 2::: IF anyone on the FA team happens to see this, please consider adding a 'watch journals on/off' button to when we watch someone here. That'd be a fantastic feature.
AIGHT keeping this short:
I recently had a commissioner cheat me of commission money because they couldn't be bothered to read journals in the past.
I know journals are ignored all the time, I'm no exception. Not all journals are SUPER important, so I know many people just completely pass on them and never read. However, some may contain valuable info, hmmm.
So here's a guide for my journal titles, and how important they are to check out.
Title contains:
[🚨 EMERGENCY]- Likely will not be used often, but this is a 'READ ASAP' journal. Do not pass it, as it's time-sensitive and may be deleted any time.
[None of the above key words and/or have a silly title]- It's likely this is just a very quick update, a stream announcement, a joke, etc.
Who should read these?
These are pretty throwaway, so nobody really NEEDS to read these. You can if you want, but they will not contain important info.
[IMPORTANT 4 CLIENTS] and [UPDATE] are my most common journal types.
There you go, a handy guide to the importance scale on my journals. I'll also make a scale for this on my profile, as a reminder. I don't want anyone trying to say 'oh I don't have time to read journals' to me again. If you commission someone, it is your responsibility to read their updates they post. Journals are here for a reason, and I do not use them flippantly. Odds are, if I'm making a journal, I have something at least semi-important to say. If you try to shirk responsibility for breaking my ToS because you didn't read my journals, I won't let it slide.
EDIT 2::: IF anyone on the FA team happens to see this, please consider adding a 'watch journals on/off' button to when we watch someone here. That'd be a fantastic feature.
AIGHT keeping this short:
I recently had a commissioner cheat me of commission money because they couldn't be bothered to read journals in the past.
I know journals are ignored all the time, I'm no exception. Not all journals are SUPER important, so I know many people just completely pass on them and never read. However, some may contain valuable info, hmmm.
So here's a guide for my journal titles, and how important they are to check out.
Title contains:
[🚨 EMERGENCY]- Likely will not be used often, but this is a 'READ ASAP' journal. Do not pass it, as it's time-sensitive and may be deleted any time.
Who should read these?
Everyone. Please take a minute to read it, as it's likely to disappear quickly.
[💥 URGENT]- Used for extreme, immediate life problems. If I make something with 'urgent' in the title, please take time out of your day to read it, as it has vital info about a situation severe enough to affect my presence online. May also talk about a relevant current event concerning my online presence, such as a lock-down or impersonation issues. Not as time-sensitive as 'EMERGENCY.'
Who should read these?
Everyone.
[📢 IMPORTANT 4 CLIENTS]- Policy changes, life changes, schedule changes, important immediate info about commissions, etc.
Who should read these?
Mostly commissioners, people who have active orders with me, and anyone considering commissioning me in the future. If you're just here to lurk for art, you can pass on these.
[🔔 UPDATE]- 'Update' journals are the second to least important. They likely contain general life updates, delays on commissions, personal info/ramblings, and thoughts on general current events. These are non-urgent updates.
Who should read these?
Lurkers can pass on these, these are mostly just for those that are interested in my day-to-day life. However, I may mention life stuff that delays commissions a bit, so if you're a commissioner and you have a minute, you might want to check these out.
[None of the above key words and/or have a silly title]- It's likely this is just a very quick update, a stream announcement, a joke, etc.
Who should read these?
These are pretty throwaway, so nobody really NEEDS to read these. You can if you want, but they will not contain important info.
[IMPORTANT 4 CLIENTS] and [UPDATE] are my most common journal types.
There you go, a handy guide to the importance scale on my journals. I'll also make a scale for this on my profile, as a reminder. I don't want anyone trying to say 'oh I don't have time to read journals' to me again. If you commission someone, it is your responsibility to read their updates they post. Journals are here for a reason, and I do not use them flippantly. Odds are, if I'm making a journal, I have something at least semi-important to say. If you try to shirk responsibility for breaking my ToS because you didn't read my journals, I won't let it slide.
2 COMMISSION SLOTS [CLOSED]
Posted 5 years agoIf you have any idea for something you'd like, please Note me with:
-Full idea
-Character ref
-Budget
-Best times to get ahold of you
-Questions
I'll choose a few from what I get.
SLOT 1: Praexon
SLOT 2: ralenfox
A wild _ Has Appeared!!
Posted 5 years ago♤ Obligatory 'where else to find me' post! In the event FA ever goes down for an extended time and you need to find me [or if you just want to see my daily shenanigans], find me on twitter!
https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
Social media is stupid but I keep a presence there for business purposes.
Give it a little follow and I'll flood your timelines with trashy art and rambling about hands and big things >:3 ♤
https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
Social media is stupid but I keep a presence there for business purposes.
Give it a little follow and I'll flood your timelines with trashy art and rambling about hands and big things >:3 ♤
January Update
Posted 6 years ago♤ Hey all, just a quick journal to let everyone know what's happening in my neck of the woods.
Slowly working on past due commissions for Patreon, and on the current YCH batch.
I'm going through a big med change with my doctor, which has been very rough on my work schedule/focus. I was taking something up until last week that started to have debilitating side effects, so I'm currently recovering from that.
I have some old works lined up to post here on FA, which I used to have on nyum-nums.
Thanks everyone for your continued patience- I'm on the slow road to recovery now. I hope to get back to more personal work as the months go on- I miss drawing the crew here.
Hope everyone's had a good start to the year, and if not, I hope it gets better.
Stay tough. ♤
Slowly working on past due commissions for Patreon, and on the current YCH batch.
I'm going through a big med change with my doctor, which has been very rough on my work schedule/focus. I was taking something up until last week that started to have debilitating side effects, so I'm currently recovering from that.
I have some old works lined up to post here on FA, which I used to have on nyum-nums.
Thanks everyone for your continued patience- I'm on the slow road to recovery now. I hope to get back to more personal work as the months go on- I miss drawing the crew here.
Hope everyone's had a good start to the year, and if not, I hope it gets better.
Stay tough. ♤
★ FREE ART RAFFLE! ★
Posted 6 years agoEDIT::: RAFFLE LINK https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish.....926550528?s=20
Been a hot minute, hasn't it?
I have been in recovery for some major mental health issues over the last few months after finishing the Iron Artist. However, I'm slowly on the mend and this journal is not about me.
WANT SOME FREE ART??? Hell yeah ya do.
Tomorrow at 11 AM EST [9 AM MST] [8 AM PST], I will be posting a free art raffle on my twitter. https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
No follow will be required to enter. All that will be REQUIRED is two RT's. One of the raffle post, and one of my friend's tweet.
In short: My good friend will be homeless and out of food for himself and his family's bird by New Year's. He has been fighting with the Govt. since April 2018 to keep his health benefits because he has Crohns' disease and is too ill to hold a job, as determined by multiple different doctors. His GI doctor screwed him over, scrambled up his medical records, and phrased things in a way that have repeatedly gotten him his benefits denied. He'll be filing one last appeal to get the ruling changed, but that can take 4-7 months to process. He will be homeless in less than 30 days and the ruling will no longer matter.
I simply want to help him survive for a while.
Entering will be totally free. The prize will be a flat-colored piece with up to 2 characters and a simple bg.
HOWEVER.
IF you donate at least $2 or up to my friend's Paypal.me, we can just cross-reference your email with the donations he receives, then your prize piece will be shaded if you win.
So entering is free, but if you are able to spare a little help, your prize will be just a bit more nifty if you win.
All of this is to help him. Not a cent will go to me, and all of the money will go towards helping him pay rent, eat, and feed his parrot that his family refuses to come pick up.
If you read all this, thank you. If you help spread the word tomorrow, thank you even more. I look forward to working with whichever one of you wins the raffle- and I hope that I can help my friend even a little bit with his situation.
Here is my twitter: https://twitter.com/Starstruck_Wish
Here is his tweet explaining the situation in a bit more detail: https://twitter.com/SykesWuff/statu.....631406592?s=20
Here is his tweet with his paypal.me: https://twitter.com/SykesWuff/statu.....292652544?s=20
♤ Iron Artist NEARLY COMPLETE! || NEWS ♤
Posted 6 years ago♤ Evening, everyone. It's Nyum-nums, or as some of you know me, VT, Stoat, etc. On this new account, I'll be going by 'Boss' or 'The Boss', and nyum-nums should be discontinued as a name.
So, I'll be doing a proper introduction to this account and everything once I'm all sorted, but I'm still chugging through my work queue. But to reiterate, this new account is experimental in that it will be run/moderated 'In-Character.' Nothing too roleplay-ish or anything, but more as a persona to put some separation between myself and my work on a professional level. If you see messages ♤ Like this, ♤ then it's supposed to be directly from myself, not Star. That's saved for serious messages with no in-character fluff.
I'll be running this account as my OC Star, who's the chipper, bright-eyed CEO of 'Starstruck Studios,' a fictional studio where my commissions are 'filmed' and 'shot,' like photoshoots. For me, it's a fun and creative way to think about commissions being staged in a fictional studio, rather than just being chugged out by a single, dehydrated artist who forgets to eat all the time.
This also gives me a chance to experiment with some art subjects that, prior to this change, I felt guilty about drawing. When everything is taking place in a controlled environment like a studio where things are safe and consenting, I feel less guilty about some kinds of vore, some experimental things I want to dip my toes in, and macro/micro stuff. [Nothing problematic, don't worry.]
Now, on to important matters.
I still have many IA's to post here to my scraps, so I'll be queuing those up some time.
And lastly, I'll be short: thank you to everyone's patience. I have handled this event poorly, and learned a lot through it. I'll be carrying the lessons I learned, moving forward, and I look forward to improving my practices in years to come. ♤
So, I'll be doing a proper introduction to this account and everything once I'm all sorted, but I'm still chugging through my work queue. But to reiterate, this new account is experimental in that it will be run/moderated 'In-Character.' Nothing too roleplay-ish or anything, but more as a persona to put some separation between myself and my work on a professional level. If you see messages ♤ Like this, ♤ then it's supposed to be directly from myself, not Star. That's saved for serious messages with no in-character fluff.
I'll be running this account as my OC Star, who's the chipper, bright-eyed CEO of 'Starstruck Studios,' a fictional studio where my commissions are 'filmed' and 'shot,' like photoshoots. For me, it's a fun and creative way to think about commissions being staged in a fictional studio, rather than just being chugged out by a single, dehydrated artist who forgets to eat all the time.
This also gives me a chance to experiment with some art subjects that, prior to this change, I felt guilty about drawing. When everything is taking place in a controlled environment like a studio where things are safe and consenting, I feel less guilty about some kinds of vore, some experimental things I want to dip my toes in, and macro/micro stuff. [Nothing problematic, don't worry.]
Now, on to important matters.
Iron Artist:
It's taken exactly a year, but I'm on the last 7 of 108 Iron Artist commissions. After these are completely finished, I'll be opening up the Upgrade forms, where you can either add Flat Colors, or Rendering. [Full shading, background, etc.] Now, it sucks, but the upgrades will have to be first come, first serve. I wanted everyone to have theirs upgraded that wanted it, but with how long this has taken me, I want to be done asap. If I do end up having to reject some applications, I apologize in advance. But I hope you'll understand that I simply don't want to be buried in coloring work for another 6 months. WITH that being said, I'll consider opening up 'upgrade slots' later down the road, to cover anyone that didn't get in the first round. We'll see. Everyone will still be allowed to send in their apps, though, so long as they're sent in within the cut-off date. [1 week after releasing the form.]I still have many IA's to post here to my scraps, so I'll be queuing those up some time.
And lastly, I'll be short: thank you to everyone's patience. I have handled this event poorly, and learned a lot through it. I'll be carrying the lessons I learned, moving forward, and I look forward to improving my practices in years to come. ♤
Updates!
Posted 6 years agoWelcome! I will still hold off on my official introduction, but for now, you may call me '★Star★'. I'm the mascot and figurehead for Startstruck Studios, and the one doing the communications for VT's/Nyum-nums' new account.
♠ If you see a comment like this, then it's directly from Nyum-nums/VT himself. ♠
But otherwise, all other text and such is from yours truly.~
So now, UPDATES. The Boss is experiencing a few troubles that are slowing his work, but he is steadily getting back to things after a week-long, much needed break.
Injuries to his wrist, back, and neck are acting up. That, on top of mental and physical burn-out forced him away from work for a week, but he's returned to easing back into his queue. Please forgive him if uploads and work continue to be slow.
Secondly- Apologies for uploads to this page being sporadic and slow! Everyone here at the studio is working hard to get things squared away and transferred over, but there's a lot going on! Thank you for your continued patience.
♠ If you see a comment like this, then it's directly from Nyum-nums/VT himself. ♠
But otherwise, all other text and such is from yours truly.~
So now, UPDATES. The Boss is experiencing a few troubles that are slowing his work, but he is steadily getting back to things after a week-long, much needed break.
Injuries to his wrist, back, and neck are acting up. That, on top of mental and physical burn-out forced him away from work for a week, but he's returned to easing back into his queue. Please forgive him if uploads and work continue to be slow.
Secondly- Apologies for uploads to this page being sporadic and slow! Everyone here at the studio is working hard to get things squared away and transferred over, but there's a lot going on! Thank you for your continued patience.
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