Heya there~
Just wanna do another lil check-in. More updates on:
- the state of my commission queue & what I plan to work on
- what I’m thinking of working on
- any other updates
- and let any of you all ask open-ended questions you’d like me to answer.
— Commissions & Plans —
A quick reminder that I don’t see myself opening up for commissions for the foreseeable future. Right now, I’m focusing on the paid projects I have in front of me, as well as trying to branch out and try new things.
Last journal, I mentioned I plan to sell a Mila body pillow, and now I’ve begun the process. I opened up for anyone to pre-order a body pillow, and now I have a good measure on how many people are interested. The pre-order period is now closed. My next move is to order samples from the distributor to check for quality, and then I can bulk order the rest.
The two comic commissions are moving along! I’ll be making at least 2 more pages for Stormy’s comic soon, and Warden’s comic has a lot more planned ahead! Now I’ve posted the first couple pages of that comic to some sites (Inkbunny, Itaku, Bluesky, and Twitter).
I haven’t made any new YCHs or animations yet like I wanted to start doing last month. My plans changed a bit. Instead, my plans are now to practice. I’ve been practicing so much lately! I’ve been working on my anatomy for anthro Mila mouse. Every day, I’m working on all the areas of drawing her anatomy that I’m not that good at drawing. If something is hard for me to draw, I focus on that for a few days until I can do it quickly and easily. The steady improvement over several days feels so satisfying!
I have been practicing this for 30 minutes each day for the past 2 weeks. Probably later this week, I will be proficient enough to move on. The next thing I want to practice will be animation. I’ll try to make a bunch of short and simple sketch GIFs every day.
I do want to continue the YCHs, so I’ll plan to start another one next week. Maybe around Monday or Tuesday.
— Ideas —
It feels very liberating making a pokemon comic. I don’t draw pokemon very often lately. I am glad that I made a new little pika Mila drawing recently on stream, that felt great. :3
Someone asked me if I could just bring back pika Mila, and I am thinking about it! Now that I have a comfortable safety net of my own original designs to fall back on, I can see doing more work with pika Mila again. Maybe include her in a YCH. Maybe include her in my upcoming animation practice sessions!
Oh! I’ve been writing again! I’m working on the story for Pushing my Buttons. I recently found out what was making the whole process so hard - I didn’t have a theme. With no theme, I had no idea what motivations or beliefs my characters were pivoting around. They were just doing random stuff. Now I have a theme, and the story and characters serve that theme. My characters have perspectives on that theme, and those perspectives shift over time as the story progresses. I plan to keep working on this story every day for like 45 minutes.
— General Updates —
The payment on the last YCH is almost done being sorted out. I’m starting to wonder if the I only haven’t started a new YCH sooner is because the last one hasn’t been completed yet. I’ll have to remember this for the future - have multiple YCH projects moving in tandem, and do at least one per month.
Some of you know I had some dental issues that needed sorting out as far back as a few years ago. Since then, I’ve gotten over half a dozen cavities filled, got a root canal done, got my wisdom teeth removed, and got braces put on. Just this month, I finally got a permanent crown put on the last tooth that needed any major work. The only thing I need now is to wait for my braces to finish aligning my teeth. I’m so happy! ;w;
I’m away from home until next week. Once I get back, I want to start going jogging daily. And I wanna practice bass again, now that I have a good method for practice.
— Feedback —
If you have any feedback you’d like to give or questions you’d like answered, feel free to ask. Suggestions, technical stuff, how I do certain things, if I’m okay with something, anything
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