Hey everyone, happy new year!

Let's do a quick catch-up, since it's been a while!

Firstly, thank you so much for all your kind words, faves, follows and other expressions this year! It means the world to me, and really helps me keep making art! I feel so glad there's people out there who want to see what I create!

Second, general art stuff:
In 2025 I think I've drawn more than ever before... Now most of those are unfinished sketches, concepts, experiments, etc. but that's honestly been my goal for a long while now. I've avoided burnout really well this year, and I plan to continue an ever-changing approach going forward. It means the quality and finer style details may be a bit all over the place, but that's just how I like to do things! Or, well, my brain's demand for variety likes to do things that way, and I'm just along for the ride :U

Similarly with subject matter, this year I dipped more into 18+ art and specifically fetishes/kinks and such, and I will do more of that in 2026! Not exclusively of course, but a lot more freely I hope!

And if you wanna see more of those experiments, I post a lot of sketches and unfinished work to my Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/noviraine.bsky.social and Tumblr https://noviraine.tumblr.com/ that may never find their way here for one reason or another!

Third, commissions:
Hate to be a broken record, but I still have no plans for commission openings any time soon! Right now it's really not worth it, with how sensitive pay-pros are to anything "mature", my own need to avoid extra stress, and just my quality being so in-flux all the time. I won't say never, but I don't have any plans to open commissions unless there is a great need for the extra money; which I hope there won't be.

If you really want some art, there's many artists who need the work more than I do, so please look around and consider supporting somebody who needs it! On Bluesky I always try to boost others' commission openings, fundraisers, etc.! You could also support any of the great charities that offer aid to people struggling in the world's many unjust and pointless conflicts, or to LGBTQI+ charities!

Some people have asked if they could give me a tip or something, but trust me, a few kind words about my art are more than enough <3
(though if you really really really want to give me something I did recently make a Bandcamp profile, so you could maybe gift me something from my wishlist, but please be sure there isn't something mentioned above you'd rather support first! https://bandcamp.com/noviraine/wishlist )

That's all for now, let me know if you have any questions and I'll gladly answer! Hope 2026 is kinder to all of us! <3

- November