I can't say it's been absolutely terrible, but it hasn't been fantastic.

I barely got any sleep because my kittens wouldn't let me sleep much.
Mostly Murphy, the girl, kept poking my feet with her tiny needle claws, which hurts.
And Connor, the boy, kept walking all over my back. :|

To top that off, they had pulled my headphones off of my desk last night while I was out of the room.
They were corded. And of course, they ended up pulling them off violently...
That it caused an issue with the wiring. So that the sound kept going out in the left earphone.
For a while it went in and out continually. Then it stopped entirely in the left ear.

Thankfully, I have extra 'rewards points' on one of my credit cards.
And was able to use them to get a wireless set off of amazon.
They should ship out tomorrow, and should hopefully be here by the end of next week.

Also, I recently tried to print some coupons up with my printer...
Which has been rather faithful until recently...

But now the printer will only print in black, and not very well.
On the plus side, the printer was only $40, and I've had it for quite a few years now.
But I'm still a bit frustrated at it. I must now figure out what kind of new printer/scanner I want.
And then save up for it. =__=

It's tempting to just get another Canon all-in-one printer. Since their cheap but work well...
But on the other hand, it might be worth it to be able to print in bigger sizes, and scan in bigger sizes.
I'd appreciate any suggestions as far as that goes.

Otherwise... fairly decent day. Just been goofing off, and working on art.
Hopefully some of it will be posted late tonight, early tomorrow morning... or tomorrow afternoon. lol

How do most of you guys feel about such things?
Admittedly, it's the only way I really RP because I don't have a lot of time.
(well if there were a forum I'd probably do forum RP too)
And also because of bad experiences in the past with IM RPs.

People I've RPed with in the past tend to be up my ass for RP when it's done on IMs.
And because I'm a slow poster and always will be, they get irritated as well.

So, any more I have to take avenues that allow me to RP slowly. Where I can post once a week
or once a day, or what have you, and so can my partner, and there's no pressure on either of us.

But I'm curious how some people feel about this. lol
I'd be more open to RPing with more people if they were down with the idea.
But most people seem to prefer IM RP. And sadly... I'm just not focused enough to do that any more. :/

I'm somewhat excited for Wednesday. Not only will it be my first day off after about 5-6 dayssss.
But I'm also going to be going shopping, which I haven't been able to do for a while now.

I'm planning on going to Joann's (yes Joann Fabrics) to poke around the crafting section some more.
And also going to Michael's. My biggest intent is to buy some traditional stuff.
Mostly, a small sketch book that I can easily carry around,
a larger one to start scribbling in (instead of merely adding to my old as balls ones)
And some form of markers, for scribbling in color on sketches in said sketch books.

I haven't really decided how I want to go about that of course.
If I want something like copics or prismacolor markers.
or if I want to go with sharpies, or 'brush' markers.

I guess I'll figure it out once I'm out shopping.
I'm by no means I super serious traditional artist any more...
I think that comes from not being able to scan in drawings with any ability to retain the quality... lol
But I still do like scribbling traditionally. And I get this bad itch when I can't just grab something and draw.
And often, lately, I just can't. Unless I'm able to get my hands on paper towels...
or receipt paper... or something at work. lol

I kinda want a bag or purse with lots of compartments too...
But I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled for that, I think. :T

Go check these babies out.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15748988/

They're fairly unique,and really adorbs. C:
And not too badly priced either!

Um.
Um...

I'm very flattered that you like the flats of my uniboy so much. ;A;
Very, very flattered.

That feel when you are working on like seven different images, but since none of them are done to your standards of completion...
Your gallery looks like you're completely inactive.
FFFFFFFFFffffffffffff

lol

Nabbed this from
Seems pretty awesome, and I'd love to get to know some of you better!

Name: Angela
Nickname: Syan, Aen, Venom
Location: Idaho/USA
Age: 26
Height: 5' 8"
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Any pets: 3 cats, or rather 1 cat and two kittens
Favorite thing about yourself: Being fairly open-minded and willing to listen to people
Worst habit: Giving people too many chances to shape up
Fun fact: Most people make me anxious as hell


Identity, Sexuality & Personality

Gender identity: Genderqueer, male leaning
Sexual preference: Pansexual
Romantic preference: Switch
"Kinsey Scale" score: 3; Equally heterosexual and homosexual.
Relationship status: Single
Myers/Briggs type: ISFP
Hogwarts house: Slytherin


Routine

"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Night Owl
Bath or shower: Shower (even though I like baths, can't be arsed)
First thought in the morning: days I work; "... I don't want to be up yet...", days I'm off "Is that the time? ... Good night."
Last thought before falling asleep at night: (on the rare occasion it happens) "I'm wasting time I could be doing something. But I'm so tired..."


School/Work

Do you work or are you a student: Work
What do you do well: Procrastinate
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: I prefer not to think too hard about that... maybe a different state...


Habits (Do you…?)

Drink: Sometimes
Smoke: Vape... sometimes
Do Drugs: No
Exercise: Barely, need to figure out my routine
Have a go-to comfort food: Sweets? :| Like anything sweet really.
Have a nervous habit: scratching at a particular spot (underside of chin, wrist, etc) or plain old trembling


What is your favorite…?

Physical quality (in yourself): My breasticles
In Others: Eyes, lips, butts (lol)
Mental/emotional quality(in yourself): Nonjudgmental/Affectionate
Food: Sushi
Drink: Soda...
Animal: Ocelot
Artist/Band/Group: AFI or Blaqk Audio
Author/Poet: Not sure any more...
TV Show: The Walking Dead
Actor/Actress: Tom Hiddleston? Norman Reedus? I don't know any more.

I've been thinking about it, and I think it's time for a sona-change again.
I still love my character Fayde and all, but I'm not feeling her as a sona any longer.
I don't think the newer one will have a version of the name Fayde either.
I'm planning on a male herm character... Likely a hybrid. :|
Thinking something silly like ocelot and dragon. Possibly more natural (if slightly different) colors too. Neon is awesome, but......

Hopefully I'll get some time to start designing him.

I just realized I have four images going that all have some variant of this arm pose.
... Gonna have to make sure not to post them all at the same time... lol
Or edit one of images......

EDIT: There we go. I fixed one of the poses. lololololol The thing is most of them won't be posted back to back. So yay.

8| Because sometimes trying to design a counterpart character just makes my brain fucking hurt.
I'm after a unicorn or unicornesque adopt. :/
Preferably with a color theme that counterbalances the unicorn OC I already have. lololol
I've been digging around, but I can't really find anyone offering anything of the sort.
Or anyone with unicorn pre-made adopts that either tickle my fancy, or are not already purchased.

So... Anyone do adopts? Or know someone who does? Especially in this particular theme? lol

On one hand, (new years resolutions aside) I really want to do monthly little commissions.
Like cheebs, headshots, maybe more once I become a faster artist.
On the other hand... I want to open up requests and art trades and shit, do some virtual currency commissions on Gaia and Subeta and shit.

:| I know I can't do it all at the same time though. It's been yearsss since I've been this close to completing my to do list.
And that's all because of trying to do it all at the same time. So... I'm not sure which I should do. Any opinions?

I don't generally do resolutions or goals for the new year...
Or in general. I tend to just jump into the new year, and go about things however I want to go about them.

However, I think, perhaps, it would be wise to have a few resolutions in this coming year.
If only for the fact that I'm going to be 27 this year, and I should start attempting to have some semblance of order to my thoughts and ideas.

These will likely all be art/creative related, since I don't actually know what I want from the rest of my life.
But, hey, gotta start somewhere, right?

• Finally clean up to do list, and finish vastly over due pieces once and for all
• Do more serious personal art, instead of just random headshots, and half bodies.
• Put some effort into practicing things I still don't know how to draw or do, learn new things, attempt to progress further with my art.
• Start a 'Sketch/Warm-Up/Study'-A-Day Tumblr, and stick with updating it.
• Finally get all my stuff together, and start making my keychains, phone charms, and the like
• Open my Storenvy and Etsy
• Make a Patreon or take monthly, small batch commissions to buy things on the side, ie, Cintq, Playstation 4, Button Maker, etc
• Schedule/Manage my time better, and crack down on my lack of attention span
• Challenge myself to sketch faster
• Finish old images from the last couple of years
• Continue effort to lose some weight
• Keep better in touch with friends and family

How is everyone?
Doing well?

... I'm going to attempt to be around again, since I finally feel bothered to draw again.
Sorry for just randomly disappearing. But... haha... Between a mood funk and the holiday rush at work...
Welllll. I guess I needed a break.

I am currently working on a drawing. So, with any luck, there will be a little update!
Expect more images facing to the left. B|;

If you do, feel free to add my battletag. It is VampireSyan#1363

My bamboo tablet is starting to have some hella issues, and it's driving me up the wall, if I'm being completely honest. :T
It's starting to 'stick' when I use my stylus. That is to say, the cursor will somewhat stick in my drawing programs, and will move somewhere I don't want it do even after I've lifted it up. Which makes color selecting and canvas spinning frustrating in Sai. :/

Also means there's a lot of accidental zooming in in Sai as well, since the rotate and zoom functions for the canvas are so close together...

:| I desperately need a new tablet. But I can't really afford one. *sighs* I don't know what to do...
Especially since I want to get a Cintq 13HD. But I CERTAINLY CANNOT afford that price tag. 8|

I really enjoy the idea of this site. And I kind of wish I could use it.
However, I don't really think I have a large enough following to permit that sort of thing.
I kinda, sorta wish I did, because if I could eventually live off of it, I'd be able to art more.
And I wouldn't need my day job. I'd just be able to art, and art, and art some more.

But, ah well. I suppose it's always something to think about in the future? How do you guys feel about it?
(I do have a profile on the site, but right now I'm just supporting a few people with what little money I can.)

And on the other side of the title...
As much as I want to take a super break from commissions, after I finish wiping out my to do list...
I'll probably just end up opening commissions again once I do finish the to do list up.
Any kind of commissions you guys would be interested in?

I was thinking stuff like bust/waist up sketches (or full body depending), flat colored stuff like that image of my marble eye, and some cel shaded stuff... Maybe some soft shaded stuff too, but I need to get into a groove with that again. Oh, and chibis.

I'll also consider doing charm commissions, where you pay me, I draw whatever (probably chibis) and make them into shrinky-dinks charms. But that part will require me to spend to get the shrinky-dinks and other little things, like jump rings. lol

I'm mostly wanting to do commissions to save up for some of the high $$$$ items I want.

Well, everyone's doing it at this point, why shouldn't I?

Make some assumptions about me, and I'll let you know if there's any truth to them or not. C:

So, I'm going to attempt to do these often? But, it's always a bit iffy, as I tend to really get into my art groove in the middle of the night, and I'm not really sure how many of my watchers are night owls as well. ;A; I'll try to aim to starting around 10 or 11pm. Though sometimes I don't start until 1am or something. xD; But that doesn't seem conducive to actually have people come watch?

Maybe I'll find some time to stream in the middle of the day too. On days I'm not working, of course.

For those people who care about such things, anyway. ♥

On another note, I've started a Trello. Right now I've got my to do list up...
https://trello.com/b/52gWRtdA/art-to-do-list

Would you guys prefer it if I attempted to post more frequently?
I mean, I'm attempting to anyway, but since work has been trying to murder me for the past three weeks, it's been damn near impossible.
But if you all liked... I could attempt to do that for you!

I've got quite a few images in progress, so there should be a little wave of images here soon. But...
I could try to crack down more so that it's not just one picture every couple of weeks. xD

Anyone have a Flight Rising account? > 3> I've followed/friended a few people from here, but I don't always have time to go through journals pertaining to it. So, just throwing this out there. If you do have a flight rising account, feel free to watch/friend me at mine. ;| I friend everyone back. Anyway, here's the screen name and the #.

Syndriel#16383

I was Shadowflight, now I am Iceflight.

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Now, pertaining to the other part of the title. I'm soooo irritated. I've barely had any down time, and what downtime I've had, I've either needed to go out and do stuff. Or I've been so tired that sleeping sounds better than anything else. And it's making me frustrated, because I realllllly want to art more. And I want to practice some stuff more. Stuff I've been putting off. lol I want to practice animal anatomy more, and I want to freshen up on human anatomy. B|; Maybe fiddle with backgrounds more too, though my fondness for those isn't that great. lol And while most of it might not be much of anything I would share, I still want to do it.

But...... literally no time or being too tired or busy when I do have time? Yeah... WHEEE. I'm so thrilled. B|