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I'm an independent artist who loves moths and bugs. I do commissions, create original art and designs, cause mischief, and go to conventions. Catch me next at:

I realized I hadn't written a journal here in four years even though I have kept my gallery updated in intermittent chunks. A lot has happened! We had a pandemic! I got top surgery! We went back to cons again! Last year in early autumn, I developed a cervical spine injury that didn't get properly diagnosed until January! Holy hell. That last one there is why my gallery here hasn't been updated since September. I've talked some about what happened as it was developing, and again once I'd started making progress in physical therapy; suffice it to say the whole thing was incredibly painful and debilitating, and while I have started to feel like myself again, the emotional recovery from such an experience doesn't necessarily happen at the same rate as the physical recovery. However, I am still here! And that is something!

► What's next?
As my ability to work was severely affected during the worst of my injury, I'm getting back on track now with my project schedule, personal goals, gallery updates, and convention planning. I'll be updating my FA gallery later today and responding to some comments I received over the last while. Next up, you can find me at FURNAL EQUINOX March 15th-17th (so this coming weekend as of writing), where I'll be splitting a table with :iconcatmonkshiro: at J2. I'll be open for commissions there for the first time since last summer. My next planned con after that is Anthrocon, where I continue as staff making the Friends standees and other signage and graphics as needed. In between, I'm hoping to bring back some shop favorites that have needed reruns for a long time and introduce some cool new stuff, too! 🐛 Lots to do!!

► Help make the magic happen!
I'd be lying if I said the past half a year hasn't been incredibly difficult, and the support I received from my patrons has been stupendously helpful and encouraging. I retooled my tier system for the first time since I first launched in 2016 and now have more reward options, including a tier where you get to vote on some of the things I'll make next and a limited tier where you can get a sketch request from me every month. Please check it out if you haven't in a while or weren't aware I had one! I try not to be too annoying about it, but I absolutely appreciate everyone who decides to fund some of their favorite artists existing in one way or another. Even a tiny pledge makes a difference in creating stable ground for creators to work from.

Thanks for your attention for a bit! I hope you've all been keeping well and enjoying what I've been posting since I last had much to say. Maybe we'll run into each other at a con sometime. Until then, back to the drawing board for me!