So, I'm still having trouble with replies and social media, but over the past few weeks I've managed to complete a lot of commissions, some personal works, and also tried to move around more. I feel much healthier than before and hopefully I can keep that momentum going))

Since the end of February I've accepted several large OFMD projects, so I may be a little slower than usual, but I'll still try to complete 10-20 commissions (numbered, unnumbered, and YCHs) over the next two months. Right now I'm opening 10 slots and will be looking forward to your commission forms ^w^

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1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
• name
• species
• gender
• reference
• expression/pose
• if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial)
via PayPal or card - Hipolink (tutorial), Lava.Top (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(04/14/2025)
* - - color stage (23-24/120)
* - - color stage (2/?)
* - - sketch stage (14/16)
* - - color stage (2/?)
• - - waiting for payment (2/3)
• - - waiting for commission form
• - - sketch stage (1/2)

1. - waiting for payment
2. - line stage
3. - color stage
4. - color stage
5. - color stage
6. - color stage
7. - color stage
8. - color stage
9. - color stage
10. - color stage

YCH: Too tasty pancakes:
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage

YCH-COLLAB: Treasure Hunters [color and light by ]:
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage

So, my vacation has come to an end, I have recovered a bit, rested and can finally get to work! As I wrote before, last year I managed to significantly improve my time management by completing many more orders than the year before, and now I hope to find a balance between drawing commissions, drawing for self-education and drawing as a hobby.

First of all, I urge you to check updated ToS and price list, as I have made a number of changes there. Here I'll note the main ones:

• Price increase. The last time I raised prices was in 2021 and put it off as long as I could, but the alarming level of inflation in my country and the need to support my family show that this is necessary (I will continue to master the CSP and improve my skills to meet the new prices). For customers with long-running commission projects from the unnumbered segment of my queue (which is marked with *), prices will remain the same and will not be raised!
• Discount system for regular customers! If you ordered commissions, participated in YCH-auctions or bought adoptable characters from 5 to 9 times, then a permanent 10% discount will apply to you, and if you did this 10 or more times, then your discount will be 20%.
• Removing old and adding new types of commissions. I temporarily removed all traditional comms, since they require more time and skills, so for now I will focus on digital art, while ink, gouache, acrylic and graphite pencil will remain for training on personal works. I also removed digital portraits, since works without a line were ordered from me only once or twice. Instead, I added expression lists and doodles, since emotional and hypertrophied things seem to appeal to both you and me ^w^

Well, that's all, I think. I might try Google Forms to collect commission information, but not right now - for now I want to see how you react to the current updates and changes. So today I'm opening 10 slots and will wait for your commission forms)

Thanks a lot for attention, understanding and support to all of you!

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1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
• name
• species
• gender
• reference
• expression/pose
• if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial)
via PayPal or card - Hipolink (tutorial), Lava.Top (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(03/13/2025)
• - - DONE! (1/2)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. Twitter customer - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: The taste of summer [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

Well, 2024 turned out to be an extremely anxious year, but not as bad as I was afraid: with the transition from SAI2 to CSP, I improved some of my skills, optimized the workflow, learned to work faster and, in general, my time management became noticeably better (although I definitely have it what to improve, in particular my Boosty). I participated in a few of art events, for the first time in a lot of years I went to other places, and despite the premature (I still hope it's temporary) cancellation of my main source of joy of recent years, I found comfort and inspiration in the works of my fandom mates.

I'm very afraid to plan anything for the New Year, because already repeatedly at the beginning of the year there was some shit that destroyed all my plans. But... I will still try.

Firstly, I want to revise my price list, exclude some old positions and add some new ones. And I'll definitely be forced to raise prices: I haven't done this for 4 years, and over the past time inflation and the need to constantly help my relatives forced me to work almost always seven days a week. This year, I was less than ever engaged in my magnum opus, fanart and other non-commercial projects, and this partly affected my health, I really want the drawing (that is job and hobby for me) to be balanced. Nevertheless, I plan to develop a system of discounts for customers who ordered 5, 10 or more commissions from me, and I'll also not change the price for customers for whom I make long art projects (the first half of the *-marked segment in my To-Do list).

Secondly, I want to devote more time to fanart and personal works partly for the sake of rest and escapism, partly to teach and improve new skills (including for further application of these skills in drawing commissions). I want to illustrate a rather large OFMD fanfic and completely draw a prologue part for The Chronicles Of Hasenland. In total, this will turn out about a hundred drawings, but who knows me for a long time, they knows that this isn't the limit for me)) The rest of personal things like doodles, sketch-lists and ordinary arts are also in the plans, but what I described above the minimum program for me for this year.

In general, that's all. Right now I'm going on vacation until February 2th, although I can return earlier because of my workaholism. But after a rather hard autumn and December, I really need to rest a bit if I want to at least partially implement my plans.

Thank you all for your attention, supporting, interesting commissions and comments! I hope your 2025 will turn out as you yourself want it ^w^

About a month ago I wrote that Hipolink developers found a way to bring back PayPal as a payment method, but they will implement it gradually in order to sort out bugs and errors as much as possible.
And yesterday my application to the beta testers group was finally approved!
So if you haven't paid for your commissions yet (or want to participate in current YCH-auction), now you can try to do it through PayPal on my Hipolink. As I said, at first it may be with errors, but with the possibility of a refund this should not be a problem for you (for my part, I'll try to keep in constant contact with technical support).

The middle of autumn turned out to be extremely eventful, I managed to have a good rest and get seriously ill, and although the effects of bronchitis have not completely passed yet, at least I have enough inspiration and strength for drawing.

I'll hardly have time to open commissions twice before the end of the year, so just in case I'm opening 15 slots so that as many people as possible can get them)) Perhaps I will also launch several YCH-auctions in December, but for now I want to focus on commissions, rewards, etc.

This year has been... full of all sorts of troubles, shocks and worries, but I really hope that the remaining months will be more merciful to us all.
Thank you for your attention!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)
via PayPal - Hipolink (tutorial) or Lava.Top (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(12/31/2024)
* - - DONE! (21-22/120)
* - - line stage (2/?)
* - - DONE! (13/16)
* - - DONE! (2/?)
* - - waiting for payment (2/3)
* - - waiting for payment
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!

1. - DONE! (2/2)
2. - DONE!
3. Telegram customer (digital drawing with BG, one character) - DONE!
4. Telegram customer (color-filled lineart, halfbody) - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!
11. - DONE!
12. - DONE! (2/2)
13. Twitter customer (sketch-art portraits) - DONE!
14. - DONE!
15. - DONE!

TRANSFORMATION YCH: TRUST FALL:
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: It was a mistake to be greedy [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: The taste of summer [color and light by ]:
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage
- color stage

Well, I obviously needed these two weeks.
Although I almost didn't draw (quite unusual and stressful for me), I walked, ate and slept a lot, so by the end of the vacation I felt much healthier. Moreover, I was quite inspired by the Thai fauna, so I'll almost certainly use the inspiration I received in my future works ;3
However, due to an unforeseen bureaucratic problem literally on the last evening I didn't sleep or eat for almost two days, and upon returning from the summer tropics to the sharply continental autumn I instantly caught bronchitis... So I'll probably have to spend a few more days on treatment before returning to the commissions. I apologize for the unexpected delay!

I usually take a vacation once a year in January, but this time my plans were a bit different: in the summer I was renewing my expired passport (only in case I suddenly need to leave the country urgently, I really hope it won't come to that) and I barely managed to persuade my father to do the same, but he... *sigh* yes, he immediately started persuading me to go to the seaside together. We've only been abroad once before, almost 11 years ago, and to be honest, given the current financial and political instability, I really didn't want to take part in such an adventure. However, I was very encouraged by the fact that for the first time in a very long time my father isn't doomscrolling and procrastinating, but enthusiastically planning excursions, so for this (and because, unlike him, I speak a little English) I decided to join him. I'm not in the mood for a rest at all, I don't have an art block or anything like that, but my broken social battery, constant fatigue, and dry eyes show that I probably need it after all.

I'll be gone until about October 18th, but by this Thursday I'll try to finish about three more commissions, finish two lines and two sketches. I'll also occasionally check Twitter and Telegram, but I'll still take a break from the Internet whenever possible. I also made pages for my current adoptable characters on Hipolink, so if you want to buy the cat wives or the Damascus goat, you can make a payment and immediately get full-size files without a watermark ^w^

It seems like I've already said everything I wanted to... In general, I really hope that in the second half of October I'll return to commissions (as well as fan art, personal art and comments to them) with renewed vigor.

Actually, I've been using folders for several years now and I try to organize my works from time to time - I like that my job is also my hobby, so everything is in one cabinet, just on different shelves ^w^
However, today I decided to go even further and sort out the folder with commissions, which contained almost 500 works: I want the gallery to be as convenient as possible, and for any picture to be found in a couple of clicks. But in any case, there are a lot of works and even checking the archive on my laptop, I could have missed something today (or even earlier).

So I wanted to ask you, if you suddenly didn't find your commission/gift/prize or part of trade for 2018-2023, please let me know - I'll be happy to add it!
It's not necessary, but if you want to help me with this check, I would be very grateful <3

As I expected, the previous queue moved a little slower, but I'm still happy with the result: in July and August I was lucky enough to complete a number of interesting commissions, finish a series of illustrations for Vengeance of Fire, design several adoptable characters, participate in Art Fight for the first time (I drew 26 works and received 26 works - I think this is a perfect start!), participate in Summer Fandom Battle (a russian multi-fandom fest, in which OFMD fans have been participating for the third year already) and go to visit Shamerli (she showed me Baikal, walked me around the city, took me to an awesome TRPG club - I haven't had so much fun for a long time!)
In general, the summer turned out to be eventful and interesting ^w^

Somewhere in the middle of autumn I have another trip planned for two weeks, but I still intend to take at least 10 slots and maybe a few more YCHs.
Thank you for your attention and glad to see you again!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)
via PayPal - Hipolink (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(11/06/2024)
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE! (1/?)

1. - DONE! (2/2)
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. Telegram customer - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB: Friendly lick [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!

AUTUMN YCH:
- DONE!
- DONE!

MUSHROOM PICKING YCH:
- DONE!
- DONE!

Last time I managed to complete all the planned work almost twice as fast, but I’m not sure that I can repeat it this time: my first ArtFight is starting now, and I’ll probably be periodically distracted by the challenge (you can attack me too, I’ll try revenge as often as I can). In addition, at the end of July I have a trip planned to visit a friend in other town, so I will have almost a week's break.
Anyway, I'm opening up 10 slots and will be happy to draw something for you ^w^

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1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Current methods of paying commissions:
via card - Boosty (tutorial) or EasyStart (tutorial)
via PayPal - Hipolink (tutorial)

TO-DO LIST:
(09/01/2024)
* - - DONE! (19-20/120)
* - - DONE! (32-33/33)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!

SUMMER YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!

Well, it took a little longer than I expected, but largely due to the many ideas for YCHs and adoptable auctions that spontaneously came to my mind over the past months)) This time I’ll probably launch a few more, but I want to do more work based on your own ideas!

Just in case, let me remind you that I accept payment through Boosty, a tutorial for which you can find here. This system accepts payment both from a card and from PayPal; from the fall of 2022, the platform accepts payments in USD.
In addition, last year I found and already tested another reliable alternative - EasyStart, which turned out to be quite convenient, simple and safe. You can find a tutorial here.
Since Boosty has not accepted payments via PayPal since February of this year (and EasyStart has only accepted payments via cards from the very beginning), you can use their subsidiary service Hipolink if PayPal is preferable for you. The link to the tutorial can be found here.

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(07/02/2024)
* - - DONE! (17-18/120)
* - - DONE! (24-27/?)
* - - DONE!

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

So my vacation is finally over and I can finally get back to commissions and more. Due to various circumstances, I didn't manage to accomplish everything that I had planned for January, but against the backdrop of a cold and some other stress factors, I think there is nothing wrong with that) I'm not very good at this, but I'll still try to implement some non-working ideas on the weekend.
Now some important updates:

CLIP STUDIO PAINT
I gave myself a New Year's gift and purchased an annual license to use the CSP! I didn’t dare to do this for a very long time, partly due to procrastination, partly due to the lack of Russian language in options, but as it turned out after several tests of the stylus, it is extremely convenient to work in it, and my knowledge of English is more than enough to confidently use almost all tools.
Due to the unusual interface, I'll still probably draw slower than usual at first, but I think it’s worth it: the program’s functionality is much more diverse than SAI I’m used to, but at the same time it’s more intuitive and friendlier than Photoshop. In short, it really motivates to develop skills ^^

TWITTER RENEWAL CAMPAIGN
In fandoms, I'm usually a very quiet lurker who creates my stupid animalizations somewhere on the sidelines and doesn't participate in making noise. However, in view of recent events, I decided to change my own rules and join the campaign to save Our Flag Means Death. Several pleasant precedents made it clear that the chances of the campaign aren't zero, so for now I’m moving all my commission work here, and Twitter will remain a platform for reposts, flash mobs and fanart with pirates for some time. Sorry for the inconvenience!

BOOSTY UPDATES
At the beginning of January, I wrote that I wanted to tidy up my Boosty: complete the series of exclusive fanarts, make more prizes for the upper levels and slightly expand the system of discounts on commissions: now they are distributed as follows - 5% for “senior researcher”, 10% for “head of research institute” and 15% for “urban legend.” I finally removed the option with tutorials, but I'm planing to add an option with creating characters. You know, flash mobs like “one person chooses species, another chooses gender, a third chooses outfit, and so on”... Perhaps this is too simple, but after almost two years I realized that I lack the competence for tutorials, and collective creativity can be very fun) In general, I want to make this platform more interesting and lively, especially when artblock and depression since last year faded into the background a bit.

THE CHRONICLES OF HASENLAND
Sometimes I get discouraged that work on my biggest personal project is moving so slowly, but I really don't want to screw it up given the scale of this story and the number of characters. So for now I have given up on strict deadlines and am writing the script at an arbitrary pace. Thanks to the transition to drawing in CSP, I’m finally “ripe” for normal references, so I’ll try to publish updated references on Boosty once or twice a month along with all the old ones, as well as briefly talk about the characters.
Moreover, I FINALLY created a folder in the gallery for this project, so I can finally show here almost all the works from October 2021 to January 2024))

That's all for now. This year I plan to launch a lot of YCH-auctions, several adoptable auctions and a big free art raffle, but at the same time I will try to distribute my forces so as not to burn out. I hope everything works out...

Thank you all for your attention and understanding, I'm very glad to see you all again! <3

Just in case, let me remind you that I accept payment through Boosty, a tutorial for which you can find here. This system accepts payment both from a card and from PayPal; from the fall of 2022, the platform accepts payments in USD.
In addition, last year I found and already tested another reliable alternative - EasyStart, which turned out to be quite convenient, simple and safe. You can find a tutorial here.

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1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(05/12/2024)
* - - DONE! (15-16/120)
* - - DONE! (13-16/?)
* - - DONE! (2/?)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!

YCH-AUCTIONS:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

Well... I don't know how many interested people there will be, but... this is a really important topic for me right now. It's okay if you're not interested, but if you are, I'd really appreciate your support.

If you are a fan of Our Flag Means Death, or your friends/family are, or you haven't seen the show, but are in any case opposed to corporate abuses of prematurely shutting down successful, original queer projects, then I would like to ask you to sign this petition.

I very rarely hyper-fixate on anything, but it so happened that this show came into my life at the right time.
I was in my worst depressive episode - literally all things stopped making me happy and supported, from many years of creative interests to family, friends and job. My critical thinking was shattered by destructive obsessive thoughts, and neither sleep, nor medications, nor escapescapism helped me. I convinced myself and others that everything was tolerable (damn, relative to many others, objectively it really was tolerable!), trying to communicate as before, but by and large I was holding on to same type of thoughts like “the world has gone crazy, but it would be bad to give up now and not finish so many commissions" or "you have no future, but you can still draw."

And then, almost by accident, I decided to watch this stupid pirate show (either a dramedy or a melodrama with weird humor) to distract myself. Well... I was damn well distracted! :3

It’s not even about the central couple (although, of course, it’s largely about them; it plotline was touching, heartfelt and didn’t turn out to be queerbait!). And not in considering current social issues in the 18th century setting. The fact is that almost all the characters are... idiots: they are ridiculous, childish, but very lively and sincere. They have a bunch of weaknesses, fears and prejudices, but they grow above themselves and change, periodically falling face down in the dirt, but also rising, inspired by their best qualities, which they didn't always appreciate. At the same time, there is still a serious risk of injury or death for them.
I think that's what captured me - the sincerity, the deconstruction of stereotypes, the variety of simple but colorful characters, the spirit of adventure, hope and self-rediscovery.
Reflection from what I saw captured me completely, simply interrupting destructive thoughts and apathy, so that I was again able to communicate, joke, live, work not in spite of determinism, but for the sake of pleasure, and plan my own personal projects. Still with chronic fatigue and anxiety sometimes, but my 'second channel' of thinking was almost permanently occupied with OFMD series, OFMD fanfiction, and fanart, so instead of suffering over things I couldn't stop or change, I focused on this cat AU - I continue it to this day and even though it is specific (too many conventions, flaws and ad-libs), it is dear to me.

What else was dear to me? Well, the feeling of anticipation for a sequel: this is not a soap opera, and the showrunner had a script ready for three seasons. The second one turned out great, and all its problems were almost entirely caused by greedy studio decisions (cutting the budget by 40% and cutting the timing by 20%). The other day they were supposed to announce an extension for the third and final season (the behavior of the team, MAX posts on social networks clearly spoke about this), but something went wrong. Probably, the new course of streaming after the merger with Discovery had an effect, now aimed not at original small shows, but at expensive long-running franchises like Harry Potter or House of the Dragon. So OFMD was simply closed, leaving without a third act. And fans, part of whose activity was fueled by confidence in the story and anticipation of new episodes, were left without hope of a happy ending.

Or rather, not really.

Given the crew's studio contracts, they can't express any hopes without the approval of their bosses, but these guys have often and loudly spoken about their plans and hopes before and now hint at it as best they can. Considering how suddenly MAX canceled their most successful original comedy series (I still can't believe it), there's a chance that corpse has yet to cool down and someone - Apple, Amazon, Hulu, Netflix - will still be able to buy it up, renew and finish it.
So... on the one hand, I felt incredibly stupid yesterday when I cried for the first time in months over the cancellation of silly little show, but I was encouraged by tweets of THOUSANDS of people who are just as upset and who this story has helped cope with mental problems, rediscover theirself, become happier. Or rather, it was encouraging that many are really ready to unite and help David Jenkins and his crew finish the story as he planned.

We have a petition, we have great coordinator who is helping us get noticed, so we've already gotten some press. We have a lot of stupid energy, appreciation and love, so until DJ tells us to stop, we will fight. There are very few chances (and time, too, I think), but if the choice is between giving up or trying, then I am for trying. I can fall into apathy and depression at any other time; I want to go through another year or two with this crutch, if possible.

Anyway, thanks a lot to everyone who read this to the end, thanks a lot to everyone who decides to sign the petition or share it on their social networks!
... and sorry for possible mistakes in this journal (I'm writing this at 2 am and I'm already pretty bad at formulating my thoughts, to be honest :"3).

So, a year ago I expressed the hope that I would be able to solve a number of my organizational problems and implement many commercial and non-commercial art plans in 2023... Without further ado, over the past year my time management gotten even worse: at first everything was fine, but during the spring, in the summer and early autumn, the situation worsened a lot, first due to repairs, then due to the illnesses of my relatives, the consequences of which will remain and complicate life, probably for a very long time. As a result, despite refusing to participate in Drawtober, I still drew much fewer things than I had hoped, this applies to both personal works and commissions. To make matters worse, my social battery seems to have not just run out, but broken, leaving me, despite wanting to communicate more (and respond to all your wonderful comments!!), stuck and disorientated for weeks. So in this January I’ll try to get enough sleep and switch to some other things (traditional art, sculpting, reading paper books rather than audio, walking, whatever) so that on February 1st I can return to normal.

This year I want to make up for all my debts on Boosty and significantly diversify the content there (so that it is not just a warehouse of WIPs and works in maximum resolution), do more for my magnum opus, and also try to switch to ClipStudioPaint. I hope everything works out this time :'3

Thank you so much for your attention, understanding, patience, support, great commission ideas and just being you!
Happy New Year! I hope it will be better than the previous one (by the way, how was your 2023? You can share your impressions in the comments if you want)

Well... after a rather hard (physically, financially, emotionally, etc.) summer, I am completely convinced that the best thing I can do to get back to my normal pace and volume of drawing is not overthinking or try to force myself to speed up. Paradoxically, the less I worry about fatigue, the easier and simpler my work (and personal art - as I said, I had problems even with that), although I still feel embarrassed in front of clients because of the current speed of its completion.
In August-September the situation became noticeably better, but I'm afraid of jinxing it, so I'll just try to fulfill the current commissions without slowing down again. Anyway, I really appreciate your patience and support! Thanks a lot for all of you, guys <3

At the moment Boosty still remains my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. Also remember that Boosty accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(12/31/2023)
* - - DONE! (1-4/?)
* - - DONE! (8/8)
* - - DONE! (11-12/116)
* - - DONE! (2/?)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. customer from Redwall.Ru - DONE!


GARDEN PEST - AUTUMN YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!

SQUEEZED BUT PLEASED - AUTUMN YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!

HALLOWEEN YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

HALLOWEEN YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
Ksantor - DONE!
Latharn_Keogh - DONE!
PalehornTea - DONE!
adolinkholin - DONE!
ArkonDerWolf - DONE!

So, I'm here! I haven't posted commission works since... gods, since last September! O_o In any case, in the coming weeks I will fill this gap (right now you can find all this works on my Twitter and Boosty).
In general, in recent months I have slowed down a lot in almost all of my creative activities (both commercial and personal). Perhaps because, due to stress, I forgot how to relax normally. I also noticeably increased resolution for commission art, so now I have to sit over lining longer (still think this is the right decision, anyway). I want to believe that over time I will return to the previous pace.
I also read all your comments on the recently posted sketch-arts and doodles - thank you so much for your feedback, kind words and patience! I'll gradually answer all of you over time, when I accumulate a little strength ^w^
Many thanks again!

At the moment Boosty still remains my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. Also remember that Boosty accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(09/27/2022)

* - - DONE!

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

YCH-COLLAB [color and light by ]:
[1,6,7 bids] - DONE!
[2,5 bids] - DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

UNDERWATER YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!

So, FurAffinity was officially blocked in my country. Fortunately, I can still go here, post art, send and receive messages, comment on posts - thanks to paid VPN, my routine and work schedule will probably not change ^^

But, evertheless, just in case, I remind you that I can also be contacted via Telegram, Twitter, Boosty or DeviantArt (DA is less preferred because I rarely go there now) - my nickname there is the same as here.

Thanks for your attention, support and understanding!

At the moment Boosty still remains my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. Also remember that Boosty accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

So, I'm back! After the past thirty-day vacaition, I will try to work in my usual mode so as not to delay the queue and at the same time not burn out. Along with commissions, I plan to take my Boosty account more seriously, as well as post my personal work here more often)

Thank you all for your patience and understanding! I love you all ^w^

Last year was completely exhausting: I did not take breaks due to objective and non-objective fears for my work, and as a result, as you can see, in the second half of 2022, breaks occurred by themselves due to fatigue and procrastination. It wasn't a series of vacations as I was constantly feeling frustrated, stressed and guilty about the delays.
So now, when for the first time in a year the orders are fully completed, I will be on vacation for a month. For the first couple of weeks, I'll probably just sleep off, and then try to catch up with Boosty fanart, do my share of the old art trades, and try to update the character references for my comic project. Everything except Boosty is actually optional - I'll look at how I feel, because most of the things planned for the vacation, in fact, I can do after this vacation in parallel with the commissions. Because... you know, when I'm quite productive, when I'm rested :3
I also hope to recharge my social battery to respond to your comments and upload more new work to my gallery. And I also want to review my time management (because the second year in this mode will lead to much more serious burnout).

Thank you so much for your attention, understanding and patience!

I'll be back to commissions on Feb 6th, but if you have a completed commission idea, you can send me form now - I'll save the slot for you!

So, this time the result is about the same: it took about 3 months for 20 commissions (in fact, a little less than 30), without taking into account an almost week-long break due to my eye injury and 2 more weeks of procrastination and drawing fanarts (guys who follows me on Twitter periodically can see my obsessive threads, raw sketches and memes). But... I did it anyway! And, honestly, despite the fatigue and stress IRL, I’m even glad how much easier, better and faster I started to get some things.
Well, I was hoping to take a break before this discovery and do some personal projects, but... the world keeps going crazy and I have no confidence in my family's financial well-being in the coming months, so I'll still try to combine 20 slots and the following things:
DRAWTOBER
This time in the form of a series of illustrations for Akif Pirinçci's "Felidae". I didn’t really like the last challenge because of low quality and low feedback (well, I started preparing late myself and chose a very narrow topic, so it's okay), and this time I will approach it with more diligence . Plus, I hope more people appreciate it - if you haven't read the book, you've probably heard of this movie, which follows the plot pretty closely.
THE CHRONICLES OF HASENLAND
I'm not sure that I'll start my comic this year - I swear I'm dead tired to finish editing the script and run it before the new year, but I'm hoping to finish the cover and PMV based on it. Although if time and health don't let me down, I'll still try to start the prologue. :'3
AUCTIONS
and I are almost done with the harvest YCH at the moment, and in the near future we will launch the Halloween YCH-auction. Also I have a few small but nice ideas that I hope you will like too)

Thank you for your attention and understanding!

At the moment Boosty still remains my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. Also remember that Boosty accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. The only obvious inconvenience is the need to convert to rubles, but xe.com and similar resources provide up-to-date information at the current exchange rate. Here you can find my current prices.

So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):
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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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Thank you for your attention, understanding and support!

TO-DO LIST:
(01/05/2023)

1. - DONE! (1st comm)
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE! (2nd comm)
9. Twitter customer - DONE!
10. - DONE!
11. Redwall.ru customer - DONE!
12. - DONE!
13. Telegram customer - DONE!
14. - DONE!
15. - DONE!
16. - DONE!
17. - DONE!
18. - DONE!
19. - DONE!
20. - DONE!

MY YCH-AUCTIONS:
- DONE!
- DONE!

YCH-COLLABS [color and light by ]
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

- DONE!
PalehornTea - DONE!
pojodan - DONE!
Ziguratredclaw - DONE!
JacktheWerewolf - DONE!
Kinguyakki - DONE!
Miss-Mittens - DONE!
JT89006 - DONE!

So, almost three months have passed and I completed all commissions from the previous To-Do list! Before, I was afraid to open so many slots, but it turned out that it wasn't too hard (especially when I taked small breaks for myself at least once a month) - it's firstly. Secondly, situation, unfortunately, hasn't changed yet and I'll take 20 slots again - in case of connectional/financial difficulties in the future. The remaining commissions from the last opening I will publish here within the next week, and if you follow me on Boosty, then you can see all the work right now: https://boosty.to/fortunatafox
Also, Boosty remains at the moment my only convenient and reliable alternative to PayPal. What's more, it accepts payment via PayPal wallet somehow, so it shouldn't be a big problem. The only obvious inconvenience is the need to convert to rubles, but xe.com and similar resources provide up-to-date information at the current exchange rate.

So, the commission form is the same, but you can use your regular email if you want (it's still very handy for sending finished works or contacting me in case of network outages here):
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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
✂- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Thank you for your attention, understanding and support!

TO-DO LIST:
(09/23/2022)
* - - DONE! (8/8)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!
11. - DONE!
12. - DONE!
13. - DONE!
14. - DONE!
15. - DONE!
16. - DONE!
17. - DONE!
18. - DONE!
20. - DONE!

YCH-COLLAB WITH
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

ABOUT PAYPAL
Well. It was expected. Now I'll not be able to accept payments on PayPal, and it is not known when it will be connected again (if it is connected). For now, Payoneer and Paysend continue to operate, but I don't know how long they will last in this country.
If you have not made an advance payment yet, please let me know if you can work with these payment systems! Thanks a lot in advance.

ABOUT SKETCHES
I really hoped to start them on Tuesday, but in the end, almost the whole week was devoted to the purchase of food and medicines (most of which are imported and will probably not be delivered here soon). Most have already been bought or pre-ordered, and today I was finally able to sit down and draw. I have a total of 32 sketches to make and will start sending them out to you starting today, six sketches a day. I hope that now the workflow will go without delay)

ABOUT TWITTER
Now the feed is full of much more important and relevant things - I don't want to interrupt it with entertaining content. Not now. I will post recent commissions once or twice a week and will open my Twitter when things get better. I really hope so. Thanks for understanding!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(05/18/2022)
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE! (2/2)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE! (2/2)
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE! (3/3)
11. - DONE!
12. - DONE!
13. - DONE!
14. - DONE!
15. - DONE!
16. - DONE!
17. - DONE!
18. Stellarator from Twitter - DONE!
19. Frost Byte from Twitter - DONE!
20. FENNAH from Twitter - DONE!
ADDITIONAL 5 SLOTS
^{I'll try to do sketches next week, but I can start line/color at the end of April
If you're willing to wait for it, I'll be happy to give you these slots}
1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. Rose LaCroix - DONE!
5. - DONE!

ADVENTURE YCH-AUCTION:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

Congratulations to all on the past holidays! I'm still a little nervous, but in general everything is fine - I'm well rested and finally ready to return to commissions!
I'll be posting a lot of non-commercial work in the coming weeks, including an illustration project based on novel Kari Mora by Thomas Harris and some developments for my own story. I'm also trying to revive my account on DeviantArt, but taking into account how many works have accumulated over a year and a half... it won't be easy :D:
Valentine's Day is ahead, so there will probably be themed YCH-auctions.
And that's all my news) Thanks for attention!

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(02/26/2022)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - - DONE!
5. BoardingFox from Twitter - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. Teal B Credere from Twitter - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

Well... I must admit that this year turned out to be more hard than the previous one. But my friends, work and arts in general allowed me not to go mad.
Next month 'll try to take myself a rather long vacation (at the same time I'll go through all those games for which I didn't have enough time this year), but for now I want to finish a couple of projects (I want to show you my first animatic so much!) and a few commissions.
So if you want to order something, be sure to note me!

In case this is your first time here, here's my commission form:

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(01/31/2022)
* - - DONE!
* - - DONE! (8/8)

1. - DONE!
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!

CHRISTMAS YCH-COLLAB [ coloring and lighting by by ]:
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!
- DONE!

So, october challenge is over and I'm ready to go back to commissions!
I want to notice you in advance that there may be slight delays at some stages: I'm still working on The Long Patrol animatic and will devote a few days per week to it in order to finish work this month. However, I'll try to keep the balance in such a way as to fulfill orders within three weeks)

Thank you for understanding and welcome to new watchers!
In case this is your first time here, here's my commission form:

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COMMISSION FORM:
1) type of the commission
2) description of character/characters:
- name
- species
- gender
- reference
- expression/pose
- if it is necessary:
+ detailed description of a situation and background
+ additional images for description are possible
3) paypal e-mail
(you're free to note this to me if you don't want to post it!)
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TO-DO LIST:
(12/13/2021)

1. - DONE! (4/4)
2. - DONE!
3. - DONE!
4. - DONE!
5. - DONE!
6. - DONE!
7. - DONE!
8. - DONE!
9. - DONE!
10. - DONE!