Art Streaming
Posted 3 days agopiczel.tv/watch/Ulti
I'm streaming some work for a few hours, comms and maybe personal work, and a multi with a friend later too, so stop by if you wanna watch some arts get made
I'm streaming some work for a few hours, comms and maybe personal work, and a multi with a friend later too, so stop by if you wanna watch some arts get made
September Commissions Open!
Posted 2 weeks agoIt's time for more commission slots to open! I'll be aiming to take around 6 to 9 of these, so from today until the night of the 10th, you can submit ideas to my commission form if you'd like to get anything! Prices and terms, as always, can be found within the form itself.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1.....01365282641985
I look forward to working with everyone!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1.....01365282641985
I look forward to working with everyone!
August Commissions Open!
Posted a month agohttps://forms.gle/Ws2wo2szb7Yzzpnn8
My commissions are open for August! Submit to the linked form above by the 10th!
I'll be taking 8 to 9 slots, and it's not first-come first-serve, so just get it in before the deadline and you're good!
Prices, details, terms, etc, are all found within the form, as always!
I look forward to working with everyone!
My commissions are open for August! Submit to the linked form above by the 10th!
I'll be taking 8 to 9 slots, and it's not first-come first-serve, so just get it in before the deadline and you're good!
Prices, details, terms, etc, are all found within the form, as always!
I look forward to working with everyone!
Streaming Personal Art for a Bit
Posted 2 months agohttps://piczel.tv/watch/Ulti
for once, im drawing stuff that ISNT work, you can come watch as i figure out what to do lol
for once, im drawing stuff that ISNT work, you can come watch as i figure out what to do lol
July Commissions Open!!
Posted 2 months agoIt's time once more! Commissions are officially open for July! Submit to the linked form before the evening of July 10th, I'll be aiming to take around 8-9 slots! It is NOT first-come first-serve! As always, prices and terms can be found within the form!
https://forms.gle/8CVXZoyqvvV2UttF7
I look forward to working with everyone this month!
https://forms.gle/8CVXZoyqvvV2UttF7
I look forward to working with everyone this month!
Art Streaming
Posted 3 months agohttps://piczel.tv/watch/Ulti
Streaming work for hopefully a while today, got a lot to try to get done
Streaming work for hopefully a while today, got a lot to try to get done
Keeping Comm Form Open For Extra Days
Posted 3 months agoI will be leaving my commission form open for an extra bit of time, so people can still submit commission ideas!
https://forms.gle/F4f82pUjRU2G2r9U6
It will remain open today and possibly tomorrow, too, but don't count on it staying open if you want to submit!
https://forms.gle/F4f82pUjRU2G2r9U6
It will remain open today and possibly tomorrow, too, but don't count on it staying open if you want to submit!
Vote For Which Pokémon I Fuck
Posted 3 months agoOver the past 13 years, I've been playing Pokémon making various teams, some in personal playthroughs and most on YouTube LPs and Twitch streams. It's a wide variety of Pokémon and I've got attachments to all of the teams I've made.
So, obviously, that means I have an interest in having sex with them.
But since I've got relatively-equivalent attachments to every team, I figure that if this is a project I want to undergo, I could ask my followers which teams they'd most want to see me fuck in a collage-style NSFW drawing.
It's possible I'd wind up doing all 26 of my teams eventually, but I'd wanna start with the most popular options, so I got together a Strawpoll to see which ones have the most interest:
https://strawpoll.com/xVg717xR6yr
If it helps, you can see a visual of all my teams linked in the description of the poll, as well as here: https://imgur.com/a/AwtKujL
You can answer with up to 8 of the options in the poll, since there are a lot of options.
So, obviously, that means I have an interest in having sex with them.
But since I've got relatively-equivalent attachments to every team, I figure that if this is a project I want to undergo, I could ask my followers which teams they'd most want to see me fuck in a collage-style NSFW drawing.
It's possible I'd wind up doing all 26 of my teams eventually, but I'd wanna start with the most popular options, so I got together a Strawpoll to see which ones have the most interest:
https://strawpoll.com/xVg717xR6yr
If it helps, you can see a visual of all my teams linked in the description of the poll, as well as here: https://imgur.com/a/AwtKujL
You can answer with up to 8 of the options in the poll, since there are a lot of options.
June Commissions Open!
Posted 3 months agoI'm opening my commissions for 2 days! Submit to the linked form before June 11th! Like always, the prices, details and terms can be found in the form, as well as here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59809489/
https://forms.gle/F4f82pUjRU2G2r9U6
Above is the form to submit to! I look forward to working with everyone!
https://forms.gle/F4f82pUjRU2G2r9U6
Above is the form to submit to! I look forward to working with everyone!
Art Streamering
Posted 4 months agohttps://piczel.tv/watch/Ulti
Streaming some art this afternoon! Gonna work on comms and personal art probably! Not sure tbh lmao
Streaming some art this afternoon! Gonna work on comms and personal art probably! Not sure tbh lmao
May Commissions Open!
Posted 4 months agoI'm open for May commissions! Submit to my form before May 10th to be up for consideration! I'll be picking my slots then, so don't forget if you're interested!
https://forms.gle/PuUiQvgu5YhEXGED7
As always, prices, terms and extra details are found in the form! I look forward to working with everyone this month!
https://forms.gle/PuUiQvgu5YhEXGED7
As always, prices, terms and extra details are found in the form! I look forward to working with everyone this month!
Leo the Magician
Posted 5 months agoWho here on FA still likes/reads Leo
I'm working out thoughts on getting it back up here on FA in the coming months
In the meantime though, if you've read it elsewhere and kept up-to-date that way, good news, the next sequence is fully up on Patreon/SubscribeStar for $10+ tier supporters
It's been 8 months since the last one lmao, but it's finally out and its 28 pages long
www.patreon.com/c/ultizeta
subscribestar.adult/ultilix
Woo
I'm working out thoughts on getting it back up here on FA in the coming months
In the meantime though, if you've read it elsewhere and kept up-to-date that way, good news, the next sequence is fully up on Patreon/SubscribeStar for $10+ tier supporters
It's been 8 months since the last one lmao, but it's finally out and its 28 pages long
www.patreon.com/c/ultizeta
subscribestar.adult/ultilix
Woo
April Commissions Open!
Posted 5 months agoIt's that time again! My April commissions are open, and I'm aiming to take around 8 slots! You have until the 10th to submit to the linked form, as I will select commissioners on the 11th of the month! Get your submissions in, and my prices and terms can be seen within the form!
https://forms.gle/UkKhK6NznVAUPcQA6
I look forward to working with everyone this month! Let's make some good stuff, eh?
Posted using PostyBirb
https://forms.gle/UkKhK6NznVAUPcQA6
I look forward to working with everyone this month! Let's make some good stuff, eh?
Posted using PostyBirb
Received Art & Other Updates
Posted 5 months agoAs I post this journal, I just set FABUI to upload a whopping 97 images to my Scraps gallery, to catch it up on the art I've received the past two years or so. That mass upload will be occuring for the next little bit, so, hopefully y'all don't mind seeing that in your notifications.
A big reason for me doing this is aiming to trust FA again, after some of the debacle from last year. I know there was a bit of a moderation purge/switch-up, and more rules clarifications on some of the stuff that caused gallery deletion issues. I don't know HOW much I trust FA at the moment, but, I'm willing to give it another chance somewhat.
It's a shame that I can't exactly recover the many drawings that got removed, but I may go back and reupload a couple things if I think they'd be safe to do so.
Leo comics especially are going to be a target of such reuploads, most likely. It's my main thing, it needs a place to be viewed.
If you were unaware, a part of this return to FA for me as a main upload location is also because Inkbunny is currently shitting itself with disgusting anti-trans, pro-hate speech "so long as it isn't targeted at an individual", AI-loving administrator and owner. He's been revealing his views en masse in comments to peoples' journals, and it's really gross. While I'm not leaving that site (yet), with views like that by the essential owner (more-or-less), I don't want to support it as a main hub for my art. As a trans girl myself, it's not something I exactly want to advocate for, you know?
So, I'll be putting more stuff here again, and right now my Scraps stuff is a good place to sort of test some of the waters, I suppose? Either way, enjoy all the art. More to come (from me, this time).
A big reason for me doing this is aiming to trust FA again, after some of the debacle from last year. I know there was a bit of a moderation purge/switch-up, and more rules clarifications on some of the stuff that caused gallery deletion issues. I don't know HOW much I trust FA at the moment, but, I'm willing to give it another chance somewhat.
It's a shame that I can't exactly recover the many drawings that got removed, but I may go back and reupload a couple things if I think they'd be safe to do so.
Leo comics especially are going to be a target of such reuploads, most likely. It's my main thing, it needs a place to be viewed.
If you were unaware, a part of this return to FA for me as a main upload location is also because Inkbunny is currently shitting itself with disgusting anti-trans, pro-hate speech "so long as it isn't targeted at an individual", AI-loving administrator and owner. He's been revealing his views en masse in comments to peoples' journals, and it's really gross. While I'm not leaving that site (yet), with views like that by the essential owner (more-or-less), I don't want to support it as a main hub for my art. As a trans girl myself, it's not something I exactly want to advocate for, you know?
So, I'll be putting more stuff here again, and right now my Scraps stuff is a good place to sort of test some of the waters, I suppose? Either way, enjoy all the art. More to come (from me, this time).
10-Year Redraws: Give me Suggestions!
Posted 6 months agoSo by now, y'all have obviously seen that I've been going through old-ass art of mine, doing full redraws to celebrate being a porn artist for 10 years.
The plan's to go through every year, from 2015 to 2024, and remake some art for this celebration of mine. And while I've been mainly picking the art that's stuck out to me as good yearly representations and ideas to revisit, I wanna hear from the people as well!
I asked a few friends and my paying supporters who saw my plans early, but now I wanna also hear from my general audience.
What old art of mine would YOU want to see redrawn, in the same vibes as the current 3 pieces that I've shown off?
There no inherently wrong answers, BUT keep these things in mind when suggesting ideas:
-Providing a link to it is very helpful and preferred, even I don't have a photographic memory of all my own art.
-I will NOT consider commission work for redraws, just flat-out.
-Gift art... is possible, but I'd have to really think on that lol. You're best off suggesting my own personal art.
-I've already finished my work for 2015 and 2016 redraws, so the farthest back you should go is 2017.
-You don't have to suggest something specifically from FurAffinity. Because of the several large art purges I've had to do on this account, sites like Inkbunny or e621 have larger catalogs of my own art (especially Inkbunny). So long as I drew it, you can suggest it!
-Other than that, anything should be fair game!
The plan's to go through every year, from 2015 to 2024, and remake some art for this celebration of mine. And while I've been mainly picking the art that's stuck out to me as good yearly representations and ideas to revisit, I wanna hear from the people as well!
I asked a few friends and my paying supporters who saw my plans early, but now I wanna also hear from my general audience.
What old art of mine would YOU want to see redrawn, in the same vibes as the current 3 pieces that I've shown off?
There no inherently wrong answers, BUT keep these things in mind when suggesting ideas:
-Providing a link to it is very helpful and preferred, even I don't have a photographic memory of all my own art.
-I will NOT consider commission work for redraws, just flat-out.
-Gift art... is possible, but I'd have to really think on that lol. You're best off suggesting my own personal art.
-I've already finished my work for 2015 and 2016 redraws, so the farthest back you should go is 2017.
-You don't have to suggest something specifically from FurAffinity. Because of the several large art purges I've had to do on this account, sites like Inkbunny or e621 have larger catalogs of my own art (especially Inkbunny). So long as I drew it, you can suggest it!
-Other than that, anything should be fair game!
March Commissions Open!
Posted 6 months agoIt's that time of month again! I'm opening for March commissions! Submit to the form by March 10th to be up for consideration for either this month, or waitlisted for April! Prices & terms are in the form!
https://forms.gle/urnTNxnWRJzJUPUWA
I look forward to working with everyone!
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https://forms.gle/urnTNxnWRJzJUPUWA
I look forward to working with everyone!
Posted using PostyBirb
Streaming Comm Work
Posted 7 months agoBeen a while since I posted about one of these here hasn't it, lol
Sunday funday, time for an art stream, gonna be working on commissions mostly
https://piczel.tv/watch/Ulti
Sunday funday, time for an art stream, gonna be working on commissions mostly
https://piczel.tv/watch/Ulti
February Commissions Open!
Posted 7 months agoI am formally opening up my latest batch of commission slots! With new prices and updated terms, to boot.
As always, it's not first-come, first-serve, and I'll be picking slots on February 10th, so get submissions into the linked form below before then in order to be up for consideration!!
https://forms.gle/meAB3gbx4tXVh9uQ6
Prices and terms can be found within the form, as well as on the featured submission on my page: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59809489/
I look forward to working with everyone this month!
As always, it's not first-come, first-serve, and I'll be picking slots on February 10th, so get submissions into the linked form below before then in order to be up for consideration!!
https://forms.gle/meAB3gbx4tXVh9uQ6
Prices and terms can be found within the form, as well as on the featured submission on my page: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59809489/
I look forward to working with everyone this month!
2024 Retrospective Thoughts
Posted 8 months agoA week late, since I was obnoxiously sick on the turn of the new year, but I wanted to retrospect on 2024 because it feels like a really important year for me now that it's come and gone.
First, just statistically, it was pretty strong for me. Being up-front, it was my highest ever year for earnings, though not for net profits because of the amount this year I also had to spend. My Patreon was fairly successful this year, as was opening up my SubscribeStar as an alternative option. I've started to get a lot of submissions to my commission forms more regularly, and my monthly reward slots were almost always fully taken every month even when some supporters had to drop out. That, plus a few particularly generous or ambitious commissioners, helped make this year a big success for me in that regard.
Total, I drew 381 different things this year, not counting comics. 20% of that was personal art, 16% was gifts, 29% was commission work, and a whopping 35% of that were my monthly rewards. These are numbers that I'm mixed on, because on the one hand it's fairly successful and that IS a lot of art all around. However, my personal work being as low as it is is something I'm not happy with, so I want to work on raising that number relatively before I get too burned out from working for other people.
That's not to say my commissions or rewards will slow down, per se, but I do want to try to manage my time better, maybe accept earning less if it means creating more, or doing other alternatives like potentially sponsored art projects or something. There are options, but it's something I want to try to improve, going forward into 2025.
I made a total of 58 comic pages this year, which isn't too bad, but I think it could've gone better. The awkward unintended hiatus of Leo in the back half of the year was annoying, but I just haven't had any time to work on the next sequence with all the other work I've had to do on top of some end-of-year motivational issues. It's rough, but hopefully there will be more Leo soon, because I want to create more.
I'm very happy with the sequences I DID write this year, though. From Amethyst's quirkiness at the start of the year, to the new art upgrade for the slimes, to the fun at the cove and in the camp, there was a lot of character work that I enjoyed and fun lewdness to enjoy. I aim to continue these vibes for the next few sequences, as I bring the Leo gang to more areas and explore new locales.
My biggest goal of 2024 was to try new things, and expand my horizons. One such avenue was making animations, something I had always had an interest in, but always felt I wouldn't ever have the patience to attempt. Until this year, I never seriously would actually try.
While I do think I still have a LONG way to go, even having just created 4 simple loop animations this year was a huge step forward. It's been a bit since my last loop, but I do want to make more in 2025. It's exciting to have gotten into something new like this, and I think I'm ready to continue to challenge myself in other areas this year. Provided I have the time.
While it's not lewd, I also want to bring up my gaming accomplishments this year. Another full year of consistent YouTube uploads was good, and I got through a whole lot of LPs this year. I went from #121 with Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon all the way to #136 with Astro's Playroom, plus a few other things that either were recorded in 2024 and haven't gone up yet/didn't go up in 2024 (like Mega Man X4), or were recorded in 2023 but uploaded in 2024 (like Zelda: Twilight Princess HD's finale). Being able to play especially longer games like Final Fantasy IX was great too, because it gives me more confidence to try other longer games, after a long time of playing lots of shorter experiences the past few years.
I basically did not livestream at all in 2024, though, which sucked. I did want to at times, but my internet was horrendously shitty for the longest time, and I only recently figured out a fix for it that might help. So, maybe Twitch streams will come back soon? That'd be fun to see in 2025.
As far as other personal accomplishments go, some things went really well, and others did not in 2024. The biggest disappointment was my failed attempt at moving out in the summer. I did a chunk of preparations for it, but due to primarily a shitty landlord being absolutely idiotic and unreasonable, but secondarily due to bad luck and rough deadline looming, things went south and the friend I was going to move in with had to find a place on their own instead. It worked out for them, thankfully, but I wound up staying stuck in place, and that probably was why the back half of my year was a bit rougher than the front. I don't have any concrete plans for another move attempt, but it'd be good to try again if/when I can work some things out and let more time pass.
My second batch of character plushes was a mixed bag. Working with Yvonne was great again, and the Ruby and Emerald plushes came out fantastic. I don't regret them, and I'm very happy with how they came out. However, they WERE also really expensive, and the frustrating aspect was feeling misled on how many people actually would buy them. Using the information from the poll I took led me to believe that around 45 people had interests in plushes in a general sense, though not all of them, and Leo himself sold all 40 of his plushes. So, keeping in mind that Emerald was the only plush who literally every poll-taker said they would want, and Ruby was also fairly closely popular, BUT that I was keeping in mind how Leo was also my main character and these were likely to sell less, I ordered 30 plushes of each. Sounds reasonable, right? Except I still have only just barely sold half of the plushes, and orders have significantly slowed down already. So relatively, I wound up eating a huge loss on the plushes so far, which is unfortunate. I still want to make more plushes in the future, and I fully expect there to be at least new one this year, but I'm going to have to be more careful about how I go about it, because Ruby and Emerald were too much of a loss for me to be able to repeat.
My website on Neocities has been a big success point for me, on the flip side. It's still heavily under construction, but it's really exciting for me to be able to have a place for the things I work on. Putting up my Doctor Who write-ups in a public space was fun, as has the more fleshed-out Sailor Moon write-ups that have been ongoing. Even if they're niche, they're really satisfying to make and I enjoy them immensely. Putting up a public archive of formerly-lost comic content from my Smack Jeeves days was also incredibly exciting. I basically got zero feedback from any of these things, so this is all entirely my own personal satisfaction carrying me through my website creation, but it always feels so worth it whenever I finish up a new section. In 2025, I definitely will be adding more to it.
I met some cool people this year that I'm excited to be around more, from new friends to new artists. Two surprise reconnections with friends I hadn't talked to in years were genuine highlights of the year, and I'm still really shocked and happy about both. In a lot of ways, this was just a very feel-good year. I'm also fairly happy with my outreach in terms of slowly dropping my use of Twitter, putting myself out there a lot more on Mastodon and my new Bluesky, and the help PostyBirb has been in keeping me active on Inkbunny, FurAffinity, Itaku, and Newgrounds.
Finally, I also managed to get a driver's license this year, after years of being uncomfortable behind the wheel and having learner's permits expire. I still get anxious from driving, but I've been already able to do so much more than I could before, from doctor's visits to visiting friends nearby. I hope this year I'm able to overcome more of my anxieties and get more used to it, but if nothing else about 2024, this was probably the most important thing I was able to get done.
I did not get to travel much in 2024, especially compared to 2022 and 2023, but that's something I'm already on track to fix in 2025 with all the things and maybes that I've got planned. Even better, I also now have a laptop, so future travels won't even necessarily need to be vacations, per se, I'll be able to work and draw on the go (and thus feel capable of doing even more, because it won't be detrimental to my output or earnings).
Health-wise, things have been mixed. My TMJ that I picked up near the end of last year has still been ongoing, but much more mildly since like February. I still have to watch out for my posture and sleep position, but I'm at least not in constant pain from my jaw. I've also forcefully stopped myself from taking my daily painkillers, to see if I could manage my carpal tunnel through just my activities and stretching alone, and that's actually worked fairly well. Taking painkillers so often for so long was far more unhealthy and problematic than dealing with a bit of wrist issues, and honestly the wrist pains have been more or less the same as they were when I WAS taking painkillers, so I only really see this as a win in that regard. On the negative end of things, though, I've been dealing with mystery chest pains since the autumn, and they're not going away. X-rays revealed nothing and it's not just a generic soreness, but it's hard to say one way or another what they really are, especially with trying to keep medical expenses from ballooning. For now, I'm just set to try to continue dealing with the pain, with preparation that if it gets worse, I'll return to the doctor and try to figure something else out.
I had a good exercise routine for most of the year, walking fairly regularly on the treadmill or outside. I've stopped recently due to stresses and visitors, but hopefully by mid-February or March-ish, I can get back into it. I don't know how effective it will be in helping me lose weight, since that seems to mostly be related to my eating habits (and frankly I don't know how much self-control I have to properly diet, I keep failing to simply just eat less in general), but regardless, walking more is better than just sitting around constantly.
Overall, I would say that despite the shortcomings, I had a fantastic 2024, it was one of my best years for my mental health and art productivity. I'm also optimistic that 2025 can be even better, so I have a lot of plans for art, travel, ideas, experiments, and other things.
I say 'can be' because the future is always undetermined, especially in regards to things that you individually cannot control. And frankly, being an American is quite stressful whenever I remember the upcoming administration and government. I try to keep it out of my mind, lest I doomspiral into a depressive funk worrying about ifs and maybes, but it does need to be said that things can easily get very difficult this year depending on what happens and how other people react to it. I'll manage things as best as I can, and I'll try to prepare for the worst and hope for the best, but for what I'm actively planning for my 2025, it mostly just doesn't involve any of that sort of thinking, because I don't see any way I can pre-emptively work around things I don't know are going to happen. But I fully acknowledge that future Current Events could easily force me to change around my plans or goals.
Regardless, I'm looking forward to what 2025 will bring, and hope that it will be another good year for me.
First, just statistically, it was pretty strong for me. Being up-front, it was my highest ever year for earnings, though not for net profits because of the amount this year I also had to spend. My Patreon was fairly successful this year, as was opening up my SubscribeStar as an alternative option. I've started to get a lot of submissions to my commission forms more regularly, and my monthly reward slots were almost always fully taken every month even when some supporters had to drop out. That, plus a few particularly generous or ambitious commissioners, helped make this year a big success for me in that regard.
Total, I drew 381 different things this year, not counting comics. 20% of that was personal art, 16% was gifts, 29% was commission work, and a whopping 35% of that were my monthly rewards. These are numbers that I'm mixed on, because on the one hand it's fairly successful and that IS a lot of art all around. However, my personal work being as low as it is is something I'm not happy with, so I want to work on raising that number relatively before I get too burned out from working for other people.
That's not to say my commissions or rewards will slow down, per se, but I do want to try to manage my time better, maybe accept earning less if it means creating more, or doing other alternatives like potentially sponsored art projects or something. There are options, but it's something I want to try to improve, going forward into 2025.
I made a total of 58 comic pages this year, which isn't too bad, but I think it could've gone better. The awkward unintended hiatus of Leo in the back half of the year was annoying, but I just haven't had any time to work on the next sequence with all the other work I've had to do on top of some end-of-year motivational issues. It's rough, but hopefully there will be more Leo soon, because I want to create more.
I'm very happy with the sequences I DID write this year, though. From Amethyst's quirkiness at the start of the year, to the new art upgrade for the slimes, to the fun at the cove and in the camp, there was a lot of character work that I enjoyed and fun lewdness to enjoy. I aim to continue these vibes for the next few sequences, as I bring the Leo gang to more areas and explore new locales.
My biggest goal of 2024 was to try new things, and expand my horizons. One such avenue was making animations, something I had always had an interest in, but always felt I wouldn't ever have the patience to attempt. Until this year, I never seriously would actually try.
While I do think I still have a LONG way to go, even having just created 4 simple loop animations this year was a huge step forward. It's been a bit since my last loop, but I do want to make more in 2025. It's exciting to have gotten into something new like this, and I think I'm ready to continue to challenge myself in other areas this year. Provided I have the time.
While it's not lewd, I also want to bring up my gaming accomplishments this year. Another full year of consistent YouTube uploads was good, and I got through a whole lot of LPs this year. I went from #121 with Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon all the way to #136 with Astro's Playroom, plus a few other things that either were recorded in 2024 and haven't gone up yet/didn't go up in 2024 (like Mega Man X4), or were recorded in 2023 but uploaded in 2024 (like Zelda: Twilight Princess HD's finale). Being able to play especially longer games like Final Fantasy IX was great too, because it gives me more confidence to try other longer games, after a long time of playing lots of shorter experiences the past few years.
I basically did not livestream at all in 2024, though, which sucked. I did want to at times, but my internet was horrendously shitty for the longest time, and I only recently figured out a fix for it that might help. So, maybe Twitch streams will come back soon? That'd be fun to see in 2025.
As far as other personal accomplishments go, some things went really well, and others did not in 2024. The biggest disappointment was my failed attempt at moving out in the summer. I did a chunk of preparations for it, but due to primarily a shitty landlord being absolutely idiotic and unreasonable, but secondarily due to bad luck and rough deadline looming, things went south and the friend I was going to move in with had to find a place on their own instead. It worked out for them, thankfully, but I wound up staying stuck in place, and that probably was why the back half of my year was a bit rougher than the front. I don't have any concrete plans for another move attempt, but it'd be good to try again if/when I can work some things out and let more time pass.
My second batch of character plushes was a mixed bag. Working with Yvonne was great again, and the Ruby and Emerald plushes came out fantastic. I don't regret them, and I'm very happy with how they came out. However, they WERE also really expensive, and the frustrating aspect was feeling misled on how many people actually would buy them. Using the information from the poll I took led me to believe that around 45 people had interests in plushes in a general sense, though not all of them, and Leo himself sold all 40 of his plushes. So, keeping in mind that Emerald was the only plush who literally every poll-taker said they would want, and Ruby was also fairly closely popular, BUT that I was keeping in mind how Leo was also my main character and these were likely to sell less, I ordered 30 plushes of each. Sounds reasonable, right? Except I still have only just barely sold half of the plushes, and orders have significantly slowed down already. So relatively, I wound up eating a huge loss on the plushes so far, which is unfortunate. I still want to make more plushes in the future, and I fully expect there to be at least new one this year, but I'm going to have to be more careful about how I go about it, because Ruby and Emerald were too much of a loss for me to be able to repeat.
My website on Neocities has been a big success point for me, on the flip side. It's still heavily under construction, but it's really exciting for me to be able to have a place for the things I work on. Putting up my Doctor Who write-ups in a public space was fun, as has the more fleshed-out Sailor Moon write-ups that have been ongoing. Even if they're niche, they're really satisfying to make and I enjoy them immensely. Putting up a public archive of formerly-lost comic content from my Smack Jeeves days was also incredibly exciting. I basically got zero feedback from any of these things, so this is all entirely my own personal satisfaction carrying me through my website creation, but it always feels so worth it whenever I finish up a new section. In 2025, I definitely will be adding more to it.
I met some cool people this year that I'm excited to be around more, from new friends to new artists. Two surprise reconnections with friends I hadn't talked to in years were genuine highlights of the year, and I'm still really shocked and happy about both. In a lot of ways, this was just a very feel-good year. I'm also fairly happy with my outreach in terms of slowly dropping my use of Twitter, putting myself out there a lot more on Mastodon and my new Bluesky, and the help PostyBirb has been in keeping me active on Inkbunny, FurAffinity, Itaku, and Newgrounds.
Finally, I also managed to get a driver's license this year, after years of being uncomfortable behind the wheel and having learner's permits expire. I still get anxious from driving, but I've been already able to do so much more than I could before, from doctor's visits to visiting friends nearby. I hope this year I'm able to overcome more of my anxieties and get more used to it, but if nothing else about 2024, this was probably the most important thing I was able to get done.
I did not get to travel much in 2024, especially compared to 2022 and 2023, but that's something I'm already on track to fix in 2025 with all the things and maybes that I've got planned. Even better, I also now have a laptop, so future travels won't even necessarily need to be vacations, per se, I'll be able to work and draw on the go (and thus feel capable of doing even more, because it won't be detrimental to my output or earnings).
Health-wise, things have been mixed. My TMJ that I picked up near the end of last year has still been ongoing, but much more mildly since like February. I still have to watch out for my posture and sleep position, but I'm at least not in constant pain from my jaw. I've also forcefully stopped myself from taking my daily painkillers, to see if I could manage my carpal tunnel through just my activities and stretching alone, and that's actually worked fairly well. Taking painkillers so often for so long was far more unhealthy and problematic than dealing with a bit of wrist issues, and honestly the wrist pains have been more or less the same as they were when I WAS taking painkillers, so I only really see this as a win in that regard. On the negative end of things, though, I've been dealing with mystery chest pains since the autumn, and they're not going away. X-rays revealed nothing and it's not just a generic soreness, but it's hard to say one way or another what they really are, especially with trying to keep medical expenses from ballooning. For now, I'm just set to try to continue dealing with the pain, with preparation that if it gets worse, I'll return to the doctor and try to figure something else out.
I had a good exercise routine for most of the year, walking fairly regularly on the treadmill or outside. I've stopped recently due to stresses and visitors, but hopefully by mid-February or March-ish, I can get back into it. I don't know how effective it will be in helping me lose weight, since that seems to mostly be related to my eating habits (and frankly I don't know how much self-control I have to properly diet, I keep failing to simply just eat less in general), but regardless, walking more is better than just sitting around constantly.
Overall, I would say that despite the shortcomings, I had a fantastic 2024, it was one of my best years for my mental health and art productivity. I'm also optimistic that 2025 can be even better, so I have a lot of plans for art, travel, ideas, experiments, and other things.
I say 'can be' because the future is always undetermined, especially in regards to things that you individually cannot control. And frankly, being an American is quite stressful whenever I remember the upcoming administration and government. I try to keep it out of my mind, lest I doomspiral into a depressive funk worrying about ifs and maybes, but it does need to be said that things can easily get very difficult this year depending on what happens and how other people react to it. I'll manage things as best as I can, and I'll try to prepare for the worst and hope for the best, but for what I'm actively planning for my 2025, it mostly just doesn't involve any of that sort of thinking, because I don't see any way I can pre-emptively work around things I don't know are going to happen. But I fully acknowledge that future Current Events could easily force me to change around my plans or goals.
Regardless, I'm looking forward to what 2025 will bring, and hope that it will be another good year for me.
January Comms Open!!
Posted 8 months agoOpening up for my January batch of commission slots! Either next month or after, I'll be slightly raising some of my prices, so now may be a good time for you to jump in!
I'll be picking slots on the 10th, so submit to my form before then! Current prices and terms are in the form, and if you have any questions I can answer them, as always!
https://forms.gle/ADahHF6xq52TV7cn8
I look forward to working with everyone!
I'll be picking slots on the 10th, so submit to my form before then! Current prices and terms are in the form, and if you have any questions I can answer them, as always!
https://forms.gle/ADahHF6xq52TV7cn8
I look forward to working with everyone!
December Commissions Open!
Posted 9 months agoLast commission opening of the year! I'm opening up December slots, and picking them on the 11th! So you have today and tomorrow to submit to the following linked form, if you wanna get some art from me!
https://forms.gle/HpKCMEkmMXRt7z3T9
Prices and terms are within the form as always! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, otherwise I look forward to working with everyone!
https://forms.gle/HpKCMEkmMXRt7z3T9
Prices and terms are within the form as always! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, otherwise I look forward to working with everyone!
November Commissions Open
Posted 10 months agoI'm opening up slots for November commissions, so rouse up your horniness and send submissions my way before the end of November 10th! As always, it's not first-come first-serve, prices and terms are in the form link, and I'll be taking about 6 to 9 slots!
https://forms.gle/P7D91PDsnt9UnFmZA
I look forward to working with everyone!
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https://forms.gle/P7D91PDsnt9UnFmZA
I look forward to working with everyone!
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October Commissions Open!!
Posted 11 months agoIt's that time again! I'm opening for some new commission slots! You'll have until 10/10 to submit to the form linked below! Prices & terms can be found within, as always!
https://forms.gle/WPQEkTvWdnBJwWkg7
It's not first come first serve as always, and you'll have today and tomorrow to enter ideas! I look forward to working with everyone this month!
https://forms.gle/WPQEkTvWdnBJwWkg7
It's not first come first serve as always, and you'll have today and tomorrow to enter ideas! I look forward to working with everyone this month!
Bluesky
Posted a year agoAlright FINE, I finally made a Bluesky account
Follow it here, it'll get art at the same rate as my Twitter feed going forward:
https://bsky.app/profile/ultilix.bsky.social
Follow it here, it'll get art at the same rate as my Twitter feed going forward:
https://bsky.app/profile/ultilix.bsky.social
September Commissions Open!
Posted a year agoI'm opening up commission slots for September! Prices and terms can be seen in the commission form as per usual!
I'll be trying to take around 8 or so slots this time around. It's not first come first serve as always, so feel free to submit whenever, so long as it's before September 9th. You'll have today and tomorrow to enter ideas!
https://forms.gle/XEkQquP3PFbTkc7V8
I look forward to working with everyone this month!
I'll be trying to take around 8 or so slots this time around. It's not first come first serve as always, so feel free to submit whenever, so long as it's before September 9th. You'll have today and tomorrow to enter ideas!
https://forms.gle/XEkQquP3PFbTkc7V8
I look forward to working with everyone this month!