Update on life n stuff 10/3/22

I'm doing good generally, but I'm in the middle of making a transition in my art career.

I wanna make the move from doing kinky, fetish-y furry art to making sfw content I can sell to a general audience, such as long-form comics and stuff which would look good to a future employer on my portfolio. I think this is something I've said I'd be doing for years now, but eventually I'll get to it lol (maybe next year).

Not completely quitting porn, I have projects/commissions I still need to finish, Patreon rewards to give, and am also still doing the art labels for Huffaromas, but my content moving forward will be more towards a sfw, general portfolio.

I don't wanna be known in my older years as the guy who does gross shit for a living, or who has to hide what he does from people or family. I also don't think my style lends itself toward porn either, I've had it described as better for political cartoons, zines or horror, and I tend to agree with that (I think I'd rather be doing that kind of stuff, too). For a 3rd reason, the most ambitious artistic ideas I have (grand-scale, fantastic narratives) aren't porn or nsfw-related, and each time I accept a furry porn commission for peanuts, I lag myself further behind that ultimate goal. For a 4th reason, the kind of content rn I get commonly paid to draw, is gross kinky stuff that I either don't vibe with, or looks disgusting to the average viewer that I may wanna attract. I've accepted a lot of kinky commissions so far because I thought it would eventually pay my bills, but I miscalculated. c'est la vie

I'm not doing Inktober this month, because I'm too busy lol. Which sucks cuz I haven't skipped them for 4 years now, and I enjoy the challenge, but for reasons I'll explain, it's a lot.

Daily pokemon drawings, daily wips, and weekly comic pages are going to continue from this point on (on my Patreon!). I apologize for the lack of content recently, the combination of doing Skunktember along with other concurrent projects and general life/logistics has bogged me down a bit and I'm glad that it's mostly over, or shaping up to be that way. Drawing traditional might also be a part of that roadblock; people are telling me digital is a much more efficient way of drawing, and if so, that's all the more reason for me to learn it now. I've been meaning to.

After I'm done drawing the Unova pokemon (again, on the Patreon), I'm going to take a break from drawing a pokemon daily so I can free up time for more important projects. What started off as a fun warm-up/discipline exercise has gotten too time-wasting and tedious to handle, and with 5 Gens under my belt, I think I've proven my chops at least somewhat already.

This all sounds like a rant and maybe it is, but I'm not expressing any ill will to anyone. Everything I've been frustrated with or anxious with has been my own miscalculations on things, and with experience, I've been building to correct them. And I'm feeling hopeful for the future

Thank you guys again for supporting my work!