Stepping from probably the best number onto one of the lesser favored in my personal opinion. The break of two odd numbers on a year full of extremes. Slightly concerning.
It's been an interesting time thus far, and we've only yet to get to the halfway point of this year. Simultaneously a lot and not much has been happening, but i figure i should keep it in my general sphere if I'm going to talk here. I've been busy, incredibly busy with work regarding this Patreon. So busy infact that i didn't even make a piece or a diatribe at the start of the year. Be it commissions or reward work i have been both parts trying and failing to meet proper deadlines or just get things out in time, while at the same time maybe getting a little too overzealous with smaller off the cuff art. I hear from involved parties for the most part it's fine, but i want to apologize regardless on that end. You may have seen a sharp uptick in the amount of commissions I'm getting done, and I'm happy to report that is very much on purpose. I need to get this wheel turning a bit more smoothly.But on the topic of artwork around here and myself, you may have also noticed the presence of the Originals has grown larger and larger as time goes on. I have a lot of fun drawing them, and server members alongside general patrons seem to enjoy them as well. I sometimes feel guilty about drawing too much of them when the majority of you joined for fanart/erotic takes on official sources but seeing as I've been running this for about 10 years now i think i should give myself some credit or some wiggle room to do more things. I mean, i made a pretty big statement about it a couple years back and all. I just worry about disappointing people i suppose, you all support me in ways that are extremely crucial to how i live life in these tumultuous times. It's a bit of a tug of war between following my passions while also trying to make sure I'm doing what i am paid for- not to say they are mutually exclusive at all times but I'm just not quite sure more often than not.And again stemming from that, Ambercream Avenue. See; I'd said at the beginning of this year to myself that i wanted to get something like two episodes out this year due to going so god damn slow last year- and yet here i am still hovering on the last page of the holiday special. I'm sure you hear it all the time from me but do not take these pauses and the time between updates as me falling out of love with it, that is far from the case. I again just worry about dedicating too much time to it and away from commission and patreon work, eventually getting the point where i mentally lock myself into not doing either. Not exactly ideal but i'm sure you can guess that i'm trying my best to manage and overcome it. I feel like a good majority of you like or are either generally amicable to ACA as a whole but i really need to get us down into the real mud of why I'm so fixated on it, really make you understand and genuinely like these characters- but i want to show, not tell. This is a television studio, after all. Heheha.
I won't harp on this last part too much since it is quite personal but i've been meeting a lot of new people from here who have either been long time fans of my work or are new and we just hit it off via the server; it's....nice. Very nice, infact. Hauntingly nice. I'd had some fallings out prior that still keep me quite guarded and cynical to meeting new people but as time goes on i'm learning to open up some, be that with just talking to other people or my thoughts on topics and ideas. It's almost like this is how it's supposed to work here on earth or something.
But, like i said, let me not spin that thread for too long.All this to say, thank you all for your support, your comments, and your intrigue in my work. I am almost always doing my best not only to show off my ideas but also please many of you for your patronage. I hope for luck and success in my future and near future endeavours. -Pesky & “G★”