MoonlightStrider

Heya everyone, I don't know if this journal will be read by anyone but I feel this is important, two great friends of my :iconKalmaHine: and :iconAshetoret: are taking emergency commissions to help cover the cost of a rebooked flight to New Zealand for Kalma so she can finally meet up with Ash, any help will be truly appreciated and you'll get some awesome art from two awesome people!

https://www.deviantart.com/kalmahine/journal/EMERGENCY-COMMISSIONS-STORY-BELOW-WHY-941258752

https://www.deviantart.com/ashetoret/journal/Sudden-Commissions-Steam-item-941216817

PLEASE BOOST THIS JOURNAL IF YOU CAN!

Seriously, I can't believe there are furries out there who do nothing but post their ref sheets they likely got from some other artist just in the hopes they get some free art and they end up getting it while I try to do it with my own drawings and I don't even win, do ya'll just pay off the artist or something?

Oh and funny how the ones who host the raffles don't even open up for commissions often, you won't take my money to draw my ideas but you'll rely on something as dumb as luck and end up drawing some Lucariosona, oh and 9 times out of ten they'll have a patreon account, so I can spend 10 dollars a month watching someone paint characters with no sentimental value but no way are you gonna let me give you 90 dollars just to draw my own characters?

Sorry that my OCs aren't in Beastars or Elden Ring or BNA.

Happy New Year to everyone and all hope that despite the circumstances things go your way.

I want to make some things clear and I hope you'll be able to understand what I'm saying.

While I do draw mostly anthro/furry art and most of my prescense on this site is based around my OC, Mike Lycaon, I am not the kind of person who interacts and acts in character, there's more to me than just my OC or Fursona or whatever, that applies to when I interact with comments and notes or whatever, I am also not the kind of person who enjoys having one track minded conversations about certain kinks and fetishes being the only motivation for conversation.

Look I get it, we all have our fetishes but they shouldn't be the focal point in the interactions between me and in the occasional RP with our characters and it should also apply to how I respond to other's works, I want to look at the big picture and talk about the general appeal of the piece, not just write off the whole piece if a character isn't wearing a yellow speedo or something and the same should apply to my own work or work I commish.

I'm getting older here and I don't have time hearing from others "Would it be cool if our OCs did this?" either get that idea commished yourself (depending on the cost I'd go halves on it) or don't waste my time especially if your the kind of person that happily takes free stuff on your birthday yet won't vouch for me even if I'm being a decent person to talk to.

I just wish that after so much giving, it would be nice to be the given for once

Sorry that I'm not another furry who thinks with their dick.

I'm here to be me and sometimes "Me" can be a pain to handle, even for myself but as long as people are patient with me, I will genuinely appreciate it.t me for a while, some of it will sound like i'm shooting from the hip.

I know that I'm often slow in my progress as someone who draws as a hobby and I know that there are some people out there who overlook me in favour of those more adept or had the good graces of starting early before I did but dammit I refuse to let that stop me, I know that what I draw might not be everyone's cup of tea but at least I'm able to draw and learn from my mistakes and improve on them no matter how long it takes.

I have my inspirations that help me draw in the style I've honed for years (which isn't hard to tell) but please be patient and give me time to learn and improve my craft

And yes I know that I tend to commission a lot of art from other people despite the fact I draw myself but know this, I do it because one, I want to support them and two, I just want to see how my OC's, my creations that hold so much sentimental value to me, look like in other people's styles, so when I get the impression that certain people are being smug because they got something from an artist before I did and they know that I've been wanting to get something from them and hold it over me, you can at least understand why I get bitter and angry at times, I'm sure that there are times where the shoe is on the other foot.

I'm here to be me and sometimes "Me" can be a pain to handle, even for myself but as long as people are patient with me, I will genuinely appreiciate it.