An update on me (Patreon)

I've been meaning to write a post like this for a while.  These last few weeks have been rough on me.  My mental health hasn't been the best, mostly due to the combination of singles depression (getting over a big love defeat earlier in the year) and not doing as well business-wise lately.  Basically for a while now (like few years) I haven't been able to draw for myself.  I can work on projects just fine, but when it comes to making regular pics or more with my characters I just didn't have the drive.  I'm writing this to say things are getting better.

I've been too focused on making content for my business and not for myself.  A couple weeks ago I started changing this thanks to a few things.  The Owl House was the first thing to get me making content for myself again (as I'm sure you're all aware by now of my obsession) and I was making sfw content again for the first time in years.  I've also been looking at other artists on the sfw side of the net and getting inspiration; one artist I recently found is Carles Dalmau and I can't recommend his work enough (he also just came out with an amazing artbook)!  These last few weeks I've been working on projects with the mind of "I'm gonna add this, no let's try doing this, I'm gonna go back and change this" as opposed to just getting a piece done in my usual workflow.  I've been watching tutorials again, analyzing art again, practicing different techniques, and it's putting me back in a creative mood that I haven't felt in years.  I am also looking into therapy in the hopes to get a better control over these feelings (this seems to be a trend for content creators these last few years).

I'm feeling much better about going forward right now and there're certain things I want to focus on.  I'm still doing comics of course, but I want to put more emphasis on fun scenarios, character interactions and therefore more passionate/interesting situations (there's a furry artist named FunkyBun I recommend for great comics like this).  I want to make more pinups/pics again but some with actual backgrounds, ones that tell a story, and again fun scenarios between characters.  This way I can make fun suggestive lewds to put on my "safer for work" page and have them lead to more of the fun stuff to put everywhere else.  One reason I haven't been reaching people as much lately is because I haven't been able to put out regular pics, so that's something I'm glad to be doing again.  And of course animations, whether they be long or short.  I've actually been doing some more studies this past week and just trying to fill in my free time with more practice.

So if you've made it this far, thanks for reading, and thank you everyone for sticking around through this adventure so far!  I know it's easy for me to just say all this, but with what I'm working on now I'll be able to show I mean business again soon! (Assmas is right around the corner afterall)  Thank you!