So, some people have been asking and wondering if I'm still around, which of course I am, even in this crazy Covid world. However, as many have rightly surmised, I've also been busy with work and with life, which doesn't afford me nearly the time that I once had to hunt around and yes, tinker with stories. I haven't completely given up on it of course and as a slower time of year is coming, I might try and work out some story of some kind for one of the better images I have. As it currently stands, I still have way too many things that I haven't uploaded here, many of which are the result of having some ideas for stories and not wanting to post them until I do, but for those curious, they exist out in the wild though. I've never been a fan of hoarding art for myself and not letting everyone else see it and enjoy it, save for a few occasions when the pictures themselves don't live up to my personal standards, in which case they will likely never see the light of day, but those are few and far between. Generally, people are more than welcome to ask if they're curious about it though.

That being said, I'm open to suggestions for stories for any of my art, if there are particular pieces that people are fond of or rough ideas (think something easily summed up in a sentence or two) to go with them. As stated, I'm strongly considering trying to write SOMETHING here in the next month, so if you wanted to see one done for anything, speak now or forever hold your peace. As it were. My DMs are open and of course you are welcome to comment on this journal as well.

This brings me of course to the second part of my update. Harkening back to my previous statement about lack of time, I really have had the secondary issue of finding a decent artist/artists anymore. I don't exactly have the time to camp everyone's twitter, patreon, and FA page to keep up with it and frankly, so many new and good artists have come and gone in the past few years that I've never seen. There are still a small list of those that I've gotten to know over the years who I still keep in touch with, but obviously I'm looking to branch out just a bit, so consider this a good opportunity if you have an artist friend with openings, or even if you are an artist yourself, to drop me a line or a link so I can check your work and potentially throw money at your face. Also and potentially related, I have been looking on and off for someone who does good, short animations, but holy crap do I suck at finding people who do those, again any suggestions would be appreciated.
Of course please don't be offended if I'm not interested in any particular person or style, I'm not going to talk down to anyone for not liking the style, but I do have my own standards that I tend to stick to when I commission people.

All this said, I hope you all had a great Christmas this last week and hopefully a good new year coming up. Hopefully things can only get better from this point for us all!