So yeah, I'm still alive. Things have been rough to say the least and at some point I just had to step back from everything and let myself just exist.

I am still mourning the loss of my Faustus and every day I'm feeling the impact of his absence. Little things that had just been second nature are just gone now. I still catch myself looking for him. I have to remind myself to not buy extra treats for him. I have to stop myself from grabbing a toy for him. Then I'm starting to notice all he did for me, things I never trained him to do. I never trained him to remind me to go to sleep when I'd loose track of time. I didn't train him to wake me if my alarm shut off. I didn't train him to poke me to tell me to take a break when my stress would go up. I didn't train him to set his head on my leg and demand that I pet him to calm down from an anxiety attack.

I still have the nightlight set so he could find his water dish as his eyesight had faded. I just can't bring myself to take away what was his.

I've thankfully not been alone in this. Before he passed, I had taken in a stray cat which I named Artemisia. She is such a sweet kitten and has been a joy to have around. Then not long ago, another even smaller kitten literally wandered in my front door. I wasn't intending to keep him as well, but the shelters were full and I could not damn him back into the cold. He has been named Dionysys and Artemisia adores him. The time I've been spending away from working on art, I've been spending teaching both of these kittens how to live their best house cat lives.

Now though I am starting to pick myself up and get back on track. I think between all the life things happening and projects I was working on, I had somewhat burned myself out and needed that break to just breathe. I am starting to get back into sketching daily and going through past pieces to finish things. I'm also setting up to start some new projects in both 2D and 3D media.

That being said, I'm not pushing myself to get anything done at a set pace yet. I'm just stretching the artistic muscles. If you want to keep up with the latest projects or see previews of what I am doing, I try to keep updates up on my Patreon. Otherwise I will share what I get done when I get it done here.

Thank you everyone for the kind words and well wishes through all this rough time. I may not reply, but I read everything and truly appreciate it.