I'm still alive. Just haven't posted anything in the journals since Deviantart went Eclipse. I want to take the time to explain why it is I've decided on closing commissions, and just focusing on finishing up the last three commissions on the list.
1.) WANTING TO DO NEW PROJECTS First reason is simple. Besides some YCHs once in a while, I hardly ever do anything else but commission work, leaving myself no room to work on my own projects. Even though commissions may take a while to finish, I never give myself the free time to work on any of my own drawings or ideas. And as of now, I have some old drawing projects (some from WAY BACK IN 2012) that I want to complete and finish. Not only that, there are some ideas I want to try with my Team Sakara OCs, including upgrading their uniforms and bios again. But I haven't decided when to start on that. Maybe by the fall?
2.) DELAYS AFTER DELAYS Second, taking WAY too long to finish a commission. First off, understand that I'm WAY TOO SLOW when I draw: Usually if I focus on a drawing, from sketch to finish, it may take a day or two, depending on the details. Maybe a week if its a BIG project. With that in mind, I've been purposely delaying and delaying, either due to real life stuff, like working, or having sleep problems as I mostly prefer to work on my drawings during a specific time of day, or worse - just plain laziness. And that in my mind makes me feel like I'm making excuses and letting them down, and I don't want that for those that are still waiting on commission work from me.
3.) WANT TO FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS As of today, I finally have all the parts and peripherals for my new gaming PC, and I want to start putting it all together. Not only to play Star Trek Online (obviously), but also play other PC games, like Subnautica, Minecraft, and others on Steam that I've been wanting to try out for years now. Also, I just got word of a renovated apartment in my building being available in late September, and I plan on moving downstairs a floor to it, so September, I'm going to busy within a month, and might not have the time to work on any drawings until I transfer everything to the new apartment below me.
So that's pretty much the whole thing on why. I hope everyone understands. If you want to commission me, you'll just have to wait until I decide to reopen commissions again in the future.
