Hey there! I hope things have been well so far in 2026. I've wanted to get a journal out to set expectations on art and commissions.

The TL;DR: Im increasing the variety of commissions I'll be doing (ych's, stream art, sequential art), cost ceiling of commissions in general is increasing (ill be appending a commission guide sheet link when it's ready), I've hired a virtual assistant (to focus on art more and all the other stuff less), there may be physical merch in the future ft. Larry and Lyza, and streaming will be soft scheduled to a minimum (every other tuesday starting at 2pm PST).


Slightly more info:

My aim has always been to just do art as the thing I love and have it be the thing that supports me. 2025 was a year of learning, and I learned many things - beyond that last one, I've learned about my own process and how I personally go about making art, and learned in what ways I can produce more quickly, or move more fluidly, or have learned some styles that are more efficient for different looks, and in general I think I've improved the overall quality of my art - particularly in rendering. I want to do more to make more and some things have to change for me to see that being a reality.

Firstly, I want to remove as much of the process in my business practice as possible and simplify it down to just "getting a good idea from someone" and "drawing them their idea". I've realized that navigating other websites and just managing the backend of my process is something I hate doing, so I've hired one of my IRL friends to be my virtual assistant/website manager. He's a very tech savvy individual, and as things get streamlined you should expect to see more art; the commission form will be getting a revision and things are going to be scheduled out so that when I'm open is more consistant. People shouldn't have to wait months for their images, and I think a deadline would help.

On the note of consistancy, I want to be streaming more often and I think scheduling that out would help as well. At my current day job I can always guarantee myself tuesdays off, so I'd like to utilize that time to do more art live in front of people. I also enjoy working on coms or projects when their patrons are present watching because nothing beats instant feedback. Moving forward, the 1st and 3rd tuesdays in a month will be my target stream days, and I'll be streaming from 2pm PST until at least 5pm those same days, with the goal to be on longer.

I feel that with the increased quality of work I've been putting into each piece, and hiring an individual to aid in my production, I need to raise my prices. In general, the cielling for a finished image with details (cutaways, backgrounds, extras, etc.) will be increased 25%, and leaving images private will add 50% of the final total. I dont want to become prohibitively expensive though and if you've purchased works from me in the past, you can still expect similar quality work for a similar price, and I will still be offering some projects with rates that are unchanged. In addition, I'm going to start offering YCH's and stream commissions, both of which will be offered at a more of a mostly-fixed rate, and those should also be delivered faster.

One or two people have floated the idea of physical merch my way. I don't really consider myself a graphic artist, but if people wanted like t-shirts/hoodies/beanies with larry and lyza in a grimdark kinda cthulhu vide, maybe some kigurumi stuff, i'd be open to exploring that this year.

Thank you for your time as a reader - posting a piece after this journal!