Hey, all! I stopped posting my art to Twitter a while back, and have been putting things up on BlueSky ever since. You can check out what I've got over there if you want to, at THIS link!

On various websites, really! I've got a Weasyl, though it's completely barren at present. And I've just made an Itaku, as well. Both places will have a sort of "greatest hits" upload spree happen soon, I reckon.

After Dragoneer's passing, as much as I hate the thought, FA's future is a little bit in doubt. The man who held the wheel is gone, and the ship may yet run aground. I hope that it doesn't, but I wanted to post these links as a 'just in case they're needed' measure. So, without further ado:

Weasyl
Itaku
BlueSky
Twitch

Many of these, I don't do much on at present. I'm hoping to get my head sorted out enough to change that, but anyone who's familiar with my streaming history knows, that's a long, difficult battle. Please bear with me!

I hope I can still see y'all here in the future, but if not...be safe out there.

Just heard about his passing, and although I didn't know the guy, I mourn his loss. Without Dragoneer, we wouldn't have this space we all love, we wouldn't have the community it's fostered, and we would likely not have the furry fandom as it exists today.

Rest in peace, fur friend. I may not have known you, and I may have disagreed with some of the things you did with this site, but I recognize and honor what you did for the fandom.

Zhai'helleva. Wind to thy wings.

Hey, everybody. Wish I was bringing you better news today, but such is life.

It's not diagnosed, because I don't have insurance and haven't been able to get to a doctor, but for the last week or so my wrist has been making painful crunching sounds whenever I try to do much of anything. The worst one prompted a trip to buy a brace for it, because the crunch was followed by shooting pain in my index finger and thumb, and a numbness in my ring and pinky fingers.

Fun, fun.

Art production has ground a screeching halt thanks to this, as you can imagine. I've got a couple of refs, a bust, and a headshot sheet due soon, and then I'll be opening up again. Please look forward to it, because once this wrist issue straightens itself out, at least enough that I can work, I'm coming at it full throttle.

I hope to see y'all then!

~Zee

Been a bit since I posted anything here, huh? Sorry about that. Things have been kinda nuts, lately, but I'm here with an update for y'all!

Got my COVID vaccine, been recovering from that for the last few days. Most symptoms have abated at this point, save the fatigue and the pain in my injection arm. Those are both still in full force, even four days after.

Been working on game streaming over on my Twitch page, which I hope you'll come check out sometime! We keep an open and friendly community on there, and I'm hoping to grow up big and strong doing something I legitimately enjoy.

Did a bunch of sketches and doodles for myself and for friends, expect a reasonably hefty upload in a week or two. Maybe less if I can get off my backside and get some more work done.

So! All that said, how have things been for you, FA? Been behaving yourselves? Been keeping healthy? I certainly hope so.

ALSO! Commissions are open for pretty much every kind of slot. Check my Trello for a list of where things are in the queue, and send me a note if you're interested!

Thanks for listening to my rambling, folks! See you all soon~

~Zee

Hey, folks! Just a heads-up in case you missed it, I have a couple of new YCHs up for sale!

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38325679/
and
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38325684/

are both open and ready to rock! Either one can be male, female, furry, human, whatever you want!

That's all I wanted to talk about. Hope your day is going better than mine, y'all. See you later!

~Zee

Hey, guys.

Sorry I've been silent on here for so long; had some pretty majorly heavy stuff come up in my life, and it's kept me from posting anything that's been done in quite some time.

Learning a new painting technique hasn't, uh...hasn't really helped with that, either. I don't have much to share, but it's all coming very soon.

Now for the good news: I'm starting to stream via Twitch as well as Picarto! My SFW commissions and personal work will be done on Twitch, Tuesdays and Fridays starting at 6 PM CST. Come hang out this week when I start tinkering with my new painting style on a few personal pieces, and maybe snag something of your own?

https://www.twitch.tv/zerika_fox

I'd like to make this a proper job, so I deeply and sincerely appreciate each and every one of you who's stuck with me this far. Thank you, and please look forward to great new stuff coming soon!

My new stream schedule will be posted in my featured journal, so you won't miss it!

Thanks again, and forever,

Zee~

This artist I watch,  littlebadwolf is doing a free YCH raffle! Check it out here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37076422/
Their stuff is pretty freakin' good, go check it out! And maybe give 'em a watch, tell 'em I sent you?

~Zee

This is the part where normally I'd post a picture to tell y'all that my stream is up. Alas, my internet is simply refusing to cooperate with me tonight, so I'm gonna have to cancel tonight's stream. Fingers crossed it's fixed by Friday! I'm not happy about this, personally. And I don't blame you if you're not happy either; this is frankly BS.

Hope to see you all on Friday!

It's been a difficult week for me, personally. Mental stresses and emotional pain have been really kicking my ass this week. Busy day after busy day after argument and phone call from my transphobic mother and another argument for good measure...I've not had a chance to catch my breath and actually discharge any stress.

So, I'm taking tonight to do that. Sorry, guys; I like giving away art, but I can't afford the effort tonight. I'll be back for Friday, I hope, with things resuming as planned after that.

Also, be aware that a restructuring of stream schedules is coming sometime soonish. I've not had the best luck keeping to the schedule I've got, so I'm going to see what I can do and what'll stick. Bear with me?

Hey, guys. Sorry I haven't been around much lately. As you know, this sickness has kicked my entire ass, kept me flattened for two weeks now.

But the good news is that I'm finally feeling back to normal! So, I'm gonna take tonight off and resume normal streams as of Monday. I hope you guys will come hang out with me while I get back into the swing of things and re-learn how to draw.

Sorry again for the wait. Hopefully I'll get back to it nice and smoothly, and will have one of those breakthroughs I do, sometimes. Make it all worth it, and all that.

See you Monday, I hope!

~Zee

Not better enough to work, but I can at least sit up and type a little. Holding the pen still results in tremors, so don't look forward to new art anytime soon; I have no idea when I'll recover enough for that. This round of sick was very, very bad for me, folks. And it got much worse after my previous journal. I legitimately feared for my life a few times.

Wish me luck, though. Once I can hold the pen again, I've gotta start streaming like a lunatic, trying to get money saved up for rent and bills.

~Zee

I'm very, very sick right now. I've spent the last two days in bed, with breaks only long enough to go pee. I've not eaten, and standing up is a chore. We think it's the flu.

Regularly scheduled streams and commissions will resume once I'm not feeling like the living dead. It took me three hours to save up the gumption to make this journal.

Wish me luck~

Zee

Hey, all
Tonight was supposed to be Free Request Night. It won't be. I'm sorry; I love being able to give art to those who don't have any, but this week it's not happening. I might run a short one tomorrow, or much later tonight, but since I can't say for sure that I will be doing so, I'm saying I won't. That way it's a surprise to everyone! :D

Sorry again. I hope you can forgive me, and come back next week if not Friday or Monday?

~Zee

Clearing that old feature out of here with the new schedule~! Come hang with me while I draw, four nights a week now!

Sundays: OFF
Mondays: Picarto, ~6 PM CST. http://picarto.tv/zerika
Tuesdays: Twitch, ~6 PM CST https://www.twitch.tv/zerika_fox
Wednesdays: OFF
Thursdays: Picarto again, ~6 PM CST
Fridays: Twitch again, ~6 PM CST

I look forward to seeing you all there!

All right! After like, a week of hellish moving struggles, we're into the new place. Streams will resume effective immediately, with a special FRN coming tomorrow. Or rather, today, on Christmas Day 2019.

I'll be starting as early as I can, and going as long as I can. I have a desk now, so things should be a little easier on me. Which means easier on you!

Come hang out when the time comes, if you're not too busy with family and friends! If I don't have anybody coming to hang out after about an hour, I'll shut it down. Thanks for making the tail end of 2019 much more fulfilling for me than 2018 was. You guys rock, in spite of my occasional moodiness. I appreciate your support, and I look forward to seeing how we can grow together in the future!

~Zee

We're moving, and internet isn't on at the new place. Sorry, folks, but I don't think I'll be able to stream this evening. Wish me luck!

It's getting harder by the day to understand why I keep trying. I've been at this for years, slowly improving and trying my best to be kind. And it seems like all I get is people wanting to take advantage of that.

I want to make this art thing my job. I do. The end goal for me is to get Patreon to the point where it pays my bills by itself, so I can stop taking commissions and start just doing free stuff for you guys. But nobody seems to be paying attention. No comments, low views. What am I doing wrong?

Please, I need some kind of clue, here. Why should I keep trying?

Hey, guys. Sorry things have been a little sporadic, lately. My roommate Kyle was in a nasty car accident recently, and we've been kind of scrambling ever since then to catch up and rebalance things. Down a car, medical bills to take care of, traffic fines to pay, the works; it all keeps adding up. We've gotten a little bit of help from friends and family, but we're still struggling a bit.

Details are here for you to look over, along with a photo of the car in question. Our transportation issues have been solved thanks to a wonderful person, who I'm keeping anonymous for their own security.

This is mostly being posted to keep you all apprised of what's going on, and why there's not been many uploads lately. That's about to change, I promise.

Thanks for listening
~Zee

Hey, all. So, streaming 5-6 days a week for anywhere between 6 and 10 hours per day is, uh...not good for you. Just a heads up. I'm right on the brink of burnout, and I really don't want to deal with that when it took me almost 3 years to get back into the swing of things, artistically. So! I'm reducing the number of streams I hold each week to 3. Might do the occasional fourth, as well.

MONDAY: 6:30 PM CST - ??
TUESDAY: OFF
WEDNESDAY: 6:30 PM CST - ??
THURSDAY: OFF
FRIDAY: 8:30 PM CST - ??
SATURDAY: OFF
SUNDAY: OFF OR 8:30 PM CST - ??

It's my hope that doing this will help me keep energized and producing the best content I can for you guys. If I want to make a living at this, via Patreon and commissions...I kinda have to be at the top of my game. Nobody wants to pay to watch some chronically depressed girl do lackluster drawings every night of the week, after all. Gotta be smart about this!

I hope you guys join me on this new chapter. It should be fun!

~Zee

Going live now over on Picarto! Tonight is free request night, which I need to pick an actual night to do weekly. As always, you're welcome to commission in the middle of things!

https://picarto.tv/zerika
https://picarto.tv/zerika
https://picarto.tv/zerika

Stream will be super late tonight, folks. If I haven't started by roughly midnight CST, then I'll update y'all with a probable cancellation. Wish me luck!

I got pushed into working at the state fair this week, so streams will all be delayed til past 9PM CST, at the bare minimum. I'm not sure how long this'll go on, but I wanted to update you guys so you know! I'll still be streaming as before, just, you know...later than usual.

I have one; I have for a while now. And I promise you, here and now: I will NEVER paywall content. You guys here on FA will ALWAYS get the same art as patrons. Just a week or two later, is all.

I'll eventually have a YouTube channel where y'all can watch the recordings of my streams, sped up while I show you what I'm doing. I've got big plans for this page. Thank you for being here for the beginning of what I hope will be a beautiful thing!

Sorry, guys. I'm feeling like hell today, so I'm not gonna stream. There will probably be one tomorrow, but if there isn't, Monday will be another free request / drawing for tips stream.

In other news, how's your day been?