Today was quite slow and tomorrow it might be as well thanks to some fuckery with a package but you know what, ultra cool news! I started laser treatment to remove my beard FOREVER~ It's gonna cost a little fortune, but it's gonna be a fantastic improvement for me~ In a year time I'll be good to show my face around and will have started HRT as well... 2024 looks very promising already~ Tomorrow I'll drop the new project for the next week or so, and on Wednesday the models will be all dropped~

Hyello cuties~ After 24 straight hours of rendering (and following it good god I'm tired) my second status update video has been finished! Now, next week I'll record and do the 2.3 model update video as well. So now it's time to look forward and ask you what you want~
I was thinking of closing comms to open up two relatively quick requests projects:
1) 3D model tomfoolery
2) Irl pics shaboingery (unsure about this one on here due to all of my pics being violently removed without reason)
Should I do it, or should I find a way to keep comms open while I open these new projects? Also hehe, hope these names make you look forward to them~

It birtday time~ \>^</
It finally is the day~ I'll leave my Throne link here just in case hehe~ 👀https://throne.com/thesigmaarts
All the gifts there are crowdfunded so any lil dollar counts~ 💕
I wanted to celebrate my birthday with you all by announcing my upcoming projects~ 🥰

So! Here's the deal:
1) New animated status update showing what happened to me from November last year to circa today, explaining why I was sorta less active in general as well as updating on my transition progress💕
2) Two new projects in which you'll be able to request stuff~ Seen the success of my pics and of my Eternatus model, I have plans for both to be the start of some expansions in the stuff I do. I have to get good before I can start, so requests are perfect~💖
3) Lastly, coming in the future there will be new updates to my Feet model! I announce the next update to be v2.3 the Toon and Tweaks update~ Bringing toon options as well as even more performance enhancements and lil tweaks I missed in 2.2~

Hope you are excited 💗

Oh! Was almost forgetting~ Happy Hug A Tiny Day!
No art sorry... but it was proving difficult to showcase all of you hugging me as I shrink- I MEAN, hugging you all!
Y-yeah yeah -/////-

Sorry for being silent for a week but I was deep into making commission, working for the game, as well as navigating through a fever. I got stuff in store for everyone and I'll start posting as usual from today.
Slight thing I didn't expect was receiving a threatening comment on FA. A straight up "k1ll U self" comment. The user has been reported, hopefully action will be taken, though I'm getting more and more disappointed with FA as of lately.

Damn... apparently I lack "creative content", even though I spent hours taking those shots, placing the light right and giving it a little flare with the text. So yeah, do not expect irl pics and vids on this site unless super ultra edited stuff...

Now cuties... do you remember when I wrote about working on "something"? A super secret project? Welp it's taking shape now so...
All these months I've also been working on GsTanukiProject, as an artist and... just a lil bit more ;3
Go give a follow for more sneak peaks~

Hyellooooo cuties~
Here I am once again asking for fakemon ideas~ This time, lemme know your ideas for a pikaclone, a Normal type fakemon idea, and a random fakemon that can be whatever you want!
Just one of these? All three? Tell me all you got, let's create new mons~

Sorry for the lateness, spent these days finally home and fixing stuff. The heat was terrible and only now we're managing in keeping it at bay inside the house. Very good news: v2.2 of the model is ready for release. Just have to make a video update~
I plan to be opening commissions soon~ \>v</
Have updated my archive with LOTS of new models, and I'll add the option to comms for model conversion as well~ I'm now fully able to work with Koikatsu and SFM models so if you want to comm a model you like you have more choice~
Have your fakemon ideas ready, tomorrow I'll ask for more ;3

Sooo... stuff happened and... from 6pm all the way to 11pm I did non-stop work in this sluggish moist inferno... disassembling workspace, bringing it home, cleaning everything from 6 weeks of dust, reassembling my room and even charging up the camera...
I'm spent, but home~

1) This Friday I'll go back to my house~ Finally... after 6 weeks... home again
💕T^T💕
With that it means that I'll be able to reopen commissions soon after and I'll also be able to finish updating the model, do a video on it~ Speaking of which

2) Squishing tech now is super flexible, and any shape can squish the model dynamically 😊
Also, 2.2 looking nice with a full rework and rewiring of the materials for improved performance and quality. The major bug with blender 3.6 was fixed as well~ 💕

And last but not least...
3) Money got away... but now I ordered a camera. Having trouble with the lens, but in the next few days when it arrives I'll also try out the new camera and test out most or all of its options. So I can also finally open customs later down the line~ 🥰

Again, the polls on DA and Twitter have yielded different results, even though this time it was very very close... so why not do both!
Tell me your fakemon pseudolegendaries ideas (please I'm tired of Dragon-type ones 😭) and/or a random fakemon you want me to make~

Added a notice for incompatibility of my model with Blender 3.6. It doesn't show you selection in Edit mode, and risks of insta-crashing. So that's something I'll have to work with for the next few weeks 😢
Good thing is that squishy tech is going great and visual enhancements will come with the next two versions~ Plan now is to continue developing it in 3.5 and then resolve the issues all at once to jump to 3.6 with the next version... 🤞🏻

Went to my trans association, and the endocrinologist has given me the list of analyses I have to take before starting hrt~ 💕
Props to the statuesque thicc girls there and the masc lesbian goddess sitting next to me for not making me calm down😖
Then! On the way home I stopped buying some stuff at a local store, and a granpa talked to me... calling me "young lady" 🥰
AND we finally have electricity back in our house! 🎉 That means that we just have two last steps and we can move back in 🥹
Yeah... today was a good day~

In the regional bird post I did a lil test by asking the next idea directly there. Didn't work sooo... here we are~ Tell me your new fakemon ideas for a regional bug~ Also do tell me what you think we could tackle next~

I've run the poll for what to do next on both DA and here, which led to some difference in the results, I used good ol math and weighted averages to know that the regional birb has won! So feel free to send your fakemon (new) regional birb ideas~ We're gonna do the regional bug next 😉

The poll has run! We gotta start with the starters afterall~ Comment here your starter ideas. A grass, fire and water type. You can either suggest a single line, or suggest all starters. I will pick and choose and we'll see in the next few days what we manage to brew!

EDIT: I should have worded it better, I meant new starter ideas for the fakemon project. Sorry if it caused confusion

Almost done posting all comms, just another couple to go. Then, since the situation around my house is getting a little complicated... I shall try out something new~ I have in mind a very interactive project, involving sfw, pokemon, and... requests? 👀

Yeah soo... reason why some may not find me as online in these couple of past days was because we currently have no internet. Had to call multiple times as well... should be resolved in... three more days 😥

So! Commissions are officially closed as between me wanting to work on some stuff on my own, spend time finally relaxing and fix the issues with my house I would get overwhelmed.

There will also be a few changes as some might have seen: the donation box has disappeared!

Why? Because I've opened up a Throne account! That way you'll be able to directly fund my projects with donations, suggest and buy me gifts that you want me to physically have, as well as sending me messages with it~

The link is now live, though there might be some changes due to completing the whole setup~

As of right now, I placed a big goal there: the camera I want to make better pics (to also open customs) as well as bringing me closer to streaming~

So, if you want to directly support me, want to suggest or gift me something, or want me to finally open customs and take even better pics and vids, you now know where to go~

👉🏻 https://throne.com/thesigmaarts/wishlist

After 6? 7? I lost count of the amount of times I had to render it but it's finally ready. The tutorial for the model? DONE. Promotional images? DONE. Even the fricking license?? DONE. I'm SO ready for the release! Wait when it's gonna be released...?
(1st of June 😉)

The city got half flooded. For commissions, let's add another couple of days to the wait of those ongoing. I can't do much in this situation... Sigh 😔
The situation is terrible for most parts of the city, but the worst seem to have passed, as now everything is slowly being fixed. We have electricity, we have internet. Will see tomorrow if I can get any work done.
Just wanted to say that I'm very well, the flood didn't attack either my house or my father's where I'm at rn. Still we were today without internet for the whole day and with non continuous electricity. Hopefully tomorrow it's gonna get better 😊👍🏻

So much stuff happened I was only able to post updates on Twitter when I could. Here's a rundown of everything that happened.

[14/5 4pm]
Quick setback cause of course everything happens to me yey
House currently filled with smoke, my room more than others. Commissions might take a bit longer than expected, excuse me for the set back.

[14/5 9pm]
Update to give more context and how it went
Mother fired up our wood stove, and smoke came down from our attic. We guessed that the guys that did our insulation shoved the pipe a little, but noooo
Thank god we though it was a good idea to call the fire fighters.
Apparently an old relic of the past, a decoder of a dismissed old line, apparently was... still active? Or something, so it just... decided to combust into flames~ And it apparently went SO hot to start a fire while being submerged in fireproof insulation...
Firefighters stopped the fire. Only thing is that while being there the decoder melted part of our electric line, sooo, no lights! But I got my pc so I will probably be able to work. However, I might be a little slower to help around the house more.
For today though, too many emotions, the smoke alone plus the stress of all these days that was building up was about to give me an anxiety attack, but "fortunately" the adrenaline from seeing the firefighters helped me calm down.
And no, the firefighters weren't sexy smh... 😅

[15/5 12am]
Last update for today. Now it looks like the water that was used to put out the fire has damaged the main electrical components so we're fully out of energy. Commissions are now on pause, if within 5 days I can't work on them, come to me and I'll refund.
I'm more than spent...

[15/5 4am]
Syke! Had 30min before water started coming out from the roof again. Now we are waiting as the firefighters work out how to put it out. My computer was quickly saved, I can't feel my hands, we're waiting to get checked for possible monoxide poisoning. Keep you updated~

[15/5 3pm]
So, what happened, it looks like the first squad wasn't able to put out the fire immediately, and so the fire crawled in our attic, melting the water pipes which started leaking. It was frankly a nightmare. We were taken out and sent to the hospital.
Many firsts "today": surviving a fire, surviving watergeddon, being in an ambulance, having to go into a hyperbaric chamber (cool but super boring). Now we got all the monoxide out of our systems, we got to father's home safely, but there's a lot to be done.

[now]
Today I should be able to have everything up and continue with the comms I had. Now though a little beacon of fun:

The press: Roof of house burns down...
Me: Ugh, the press really? And it didn't go that-
The press: three women intoxicated
Me: @ °/// °@

In the previous days I was a little overworked with some projects, as well as studying, as well as having some complex feelings going on. Comms haven't been too quick either the reason being I forgot to add a huge thing in the sheet.
Please, do come prepared for the commission. I don't mind helping you out a little, but asking me to come up with your commission is a little too much. And we can discuss the price, but you cannot hold a slot because you can't pay in that moment.
I've been lenient because I didn't write this anywhere so no one worries, it's my fault. But I will apply this going forward. Today I should be able to free up some slots and take some more comms. Thank you for your patience.
On a positive note, I'll have to check a few things with my accountant, but I've been checking prices to get some better gear for photos 👀
And I've been fixing the model, and the voice over for the manual has been recorded, just need to record my actions on screen and edit~

Welp... I have waited, contacted, tried everything I could but nothing... I am search suggestion banned, and have been from over a week at this point. I don't know what caused this, and contacting Twitter hasn't helped in any way.
I usually am pretty positive for every platform, and try my best to walk through their problems, but this is something out of my control and that I cannot do anything about. The fact they outright lie by telling us they don't shadowban is the thing which pisses me off the most.
So... well... I'll continue posting there, but this does make me think a lot about the state of the platform, especially since I know that going forwards I won't ever be able to broaden my horizons a lot on there. So... not happy... not happy a bit...

P.S. for those that don't know, search suggestion ban means that if you don't follow me or I wasn't suggested to you through others, you won't be able to find me *at all* in the search bar. Not my posts, not my pics, not my account even. FUN~
Fun thing, Twitter: anyone, even followers or myself, can go in incognito, go to the search bar and type my @ and NOT find me. How do you explain that without shadowban~? *sigh*... I'm spent...

P.P.S. a friend of mine made me realize it's like this for every major 18+ account. One one hand, great! They noticed me senpai~ On the other, bah... I have no words...