Hello again, everyfur. Missed your blue boi? I missed ya, too, not gonna cap. Let's just get over with what went down in terms of me being AFK.
No lie: I'm feeling a bit pessimistic about THIS Drive as well, giving how it's going. (or rather not going) And I DID read some comments, so I have to make some decisions. To start off, I'm gonna do something a bit different... I will be putting a temporary pause on the Sly/Carmelita WG Drive. What does this mean? I'll still be accepting donations for it, only the Drive will be placed slightly lower on my list of priorities (I'll probably make a couple of fill-ins, periodically, to show that it's not dead). This move will be so that I can focus on other things in my personal agenda, not to mention my overdue requests. With that, I'll open be RE-opening Commissions and YCH's, but with limited slots. On THAT note... please, answer this for me, as I need some feedback on it...
... should I raise my Comm prices? If so, by what factor? It has been who knows how long since them prices changed. Let me know below.
Getting back to cartooning real quick: once again, I have to apologize for not proving y'all much arts as of late. ON that note, I probably should've done a better job talking to many of you that needed a reply, both across these sites, and on social media and my Discord. I know I'm going all over the place here, but bear with me, all. I had to content with keeping up with school work, familial errands, go to an eye doctor, AND since my disability benefits have been lowered, I need to shuffle around to ensure nothing gets cut off. I managed to get the important bills out of the way for now, but now what? I'm slowly starting to wonder if drives are a good idea anymore... on MY end. It sucks for me to even think about that, because there are other artists doing similar drives, and... okay, so.... Maybe I AM nitpicking and a bit envious... OR it could be that I'm a tad bit desperate to pay off some of my mounting debt. My student loans can only take me so far, and even THAT is about to run out soon, forcing me to shuffle more money around for tuition. I'm sorry, everyone... for dragging you through this. I'm running out of options, and I NEED to know what the best course of action is. Anything? Again, I'd love to hear for you.... And I think I need to do a better job replying back, even with current events.
And that is my rant/vent... for the moment....
AND as for my personal agenda, I really want to execute it, but there's already a lot on my plate regarding stuff that I already owe. I won't eat up more time, so let's do a quick recap of what I have planned for the near future:
An update ref sheet for Rupert (my character), a NEW ref sheet for Chasity the vixen (another underused character of mine), a BRAND NEW kobold character (possibly genderless), continuing with my story "Rupert meets Equestria presents: Hearts and Feathers" (a romantic drama), ideas for making an adults-only video game "The Greatest Party Animal", experiment with 3D characters in Blender, animating stuff?, and selling paper prints on Etsy.
And there you have it. Again, if you want to see more, or you just wanna catch up to speed with yours truly, hit me up in the comments or DM.
Thank you all again for sticking around for so long. This year was already shaping up to be very lousy for me, but I'm hoping that more can be done to improve upon things, here and there. Not only that, but to better my connections with ALL OF YOU. Without many of you who've stuck by my side for this long, I would've lost my will to continue in this furry escapade. I may not often say it, but you do mean a lot to me, and you deserve better, and I will always stride to do and act better. Not just for y'all, but for myself.
For real, that's it for now. Thank you all again for sticking through this long winded post. Catch ya laters.
