I don't have any commission deadlines this month (as of this post) so my other art projects are back on the list; even without commissions, it's bound to be a busy month! Also I'll not be home from today until Monday, and then next week Friday and Saturday, and then the week after that Friday to Monday, so progress will be kind of slow.

Report summary:
- commission progress
- sketch sale
- magical girl adopt (sold to novastartherapter)
- (very late) Mahou May updates
- DnDeeveelution progress
- Fruit/Candy Gore commissions

Business:
- Halloween Costume YCH commissions are now available for regular orders! I'm keeping these up until November 15, after that they're gone until next year!
- Fruit/Candy Gore YCH commissions are up! These will be up indefinitely.
- Redbubble store
- Palette commissions
- Sketch sale until November 10 because November is kind of a low income month for me.
- Found a design I never did anything with so I put her up for adoption; she's been sold to novastartherapter on toyhou.se

Goals:
- 816/2000 USD earned for my second art raffle goal; the prize for the big raffle is a fully lined piece with a complex background and up to five characters.
- 27/400 for my subscriber goal.

Finished Works:
Previews: Will be publicly posted after November 15.
- "ooh I look REALLY good" (Flash sale sketch for Raynie Springs)
- Full sequence TF for Aicarom

Subscriber Exclusive: Staying here on subscribestar.
- Thallen for Cyraen Halloween WIPs
- Aicarom Halloween WIPs
- Halloween YCH for Aicarom WIPs

Public: Posted this week.
- Thallen for Cyraen (Halloween YCH 1A)
- Mahou May sketch 26: Astrologer
- Mahou May sketch 27: Cyberpunk

Art WIPs:
Commissions: Focusing mostly on the stuff that has deadlines in November, but I'm picking away at the larger projects too. This week's progress as follows:
- Flash sale sketches for Raynie Springs: Next one is already thumbnailed; I just need to draft it out.
- Full Sequence TF for Raynie: No progress this week.
- Monochrome for Shafujipin: No progress this week.
- Cel-shade painting for Elysian/Shipyarn: No progress this week.
- Ref sheet for -|- : No progress this week.
- Ref sheet for PENfys: No progress this week.
- Halloween YCH (Type B2) for Aicarom: Paid october 28 2023, Thumbnailed and drafted so far.

Other Art:
- Finished days 26 and 27 of Mahou May: Astrologer and Cyberpunk! They'll go up for 20 bucks but if you go over 50 for her I'll clean and color the design. Once they're all done, I'll actually set them up on BMAC and toyhouse for easier viewing and purchase.
- DnDeeveelution adopts are still underway! I've gotten up to 5 out of 9 sketched out so far; after that, I'll line and color them, and put them up for adoption.

Writing Updates:
- Inadvisably, I'm going through with NaNo this year. Subscribers at Storyteller and up will get to see my progress starting next week.
- Krampusnacht is still getting some work done but we're almost at the end! Every time I hit my wordcount for NaNo, I'll add a few words to Krampusnacht, for luck.
- I got an update from DigitalPopsicle on the cover for Milk And Honey! It's looking good, but not yet at a stage I can share it. When I do though, I'll post the PDF for subscribers at Storyteller and higher.

I still have a few leftovers to post but it's been a pretty busy week.

Report summary:
- Halloween YCH commissions
- Posting week
- Redbubble store opening
- Commission progress

Business:
- I've added a new option to my discounts so check those out if you're interested in commissioning me! Topics is now separated between SFW and NSFW.
- Halloween YCH commissions are now available for regular orders! I'll be focusing on these all month, hence the price bump.
- Redbubble store is now open! I've been wanting to do this for years but never got it right. Now it's finally up! You'll find some new art there as well!

Goals:
- 565/2000 USD earned for my second art raffle goal; the prize for the big raffle is a fully lined piece with a complex background and up to five characters.
- 27/400 for my subscriber goal.

Finished Works:
Previews: Will be publicly posted after November 15.
- Soul gems/Flowers stickers: Finally finished these, they're up on redbubble now!

Subscriber Exclusive: Staying here on subscribestar.
- WIPs for Leilana in C1 Halloween YCH (ClaraTehKitty)
- WIPs for Ryouga Shiki in C1 Halloween YCH (Shafujipin)
- WIPs for Miery in B2 shibari YCH (waffle_bunneh)
- WIPs for "Gotta Bang 'Em All" (elysian/shipyarn)
- WIPs for Bubblerum TF sequence lineart (aicarom)
- WIPs for Quenelda in C2 Halloween YCH (theloverofdragons)
- WIPs for DnDEeveelution Adopts

Public: Posted this week.
- "Vehafor and Miraak" (flat color for Syntax)
- "The Groom" (and her brides) (sketches for PEnfys)
- "Magical Girl Raynie Springs" (lined painting for Raynie Springs)
- Ryougi Shiki in C1 (Halloween YCH for Shafujipin)
- Leilana in C1 (Halloween YCH for ClaraTehKitty): With and without tights.
- Shibari YCH for waffle_bunneh: Posted early in the hopes that more people will commission this sort of thing from me lol
- Quenelda in C2 (Halloween YCH for theloverofdragons)
- Rider in sportswear (sketch for shafujipin)
- Selnia in C2 (Shibari YCH for shafujipin)

Art WIPs:
Commissions: Focusing mostly on the stuff that has deadlines in October, but I'm picking away at the larger projects too. This week's progress as follows:
- 41 Flash sale sketches for Raynie: On hold until November.
- Full sequence TF for Aicarom: Finished the lineart!
- Full Sequence TF for Raynie: No progress this week.
- Monochrome for Shafujipin: No progress this week.
- Cel-shade painting for Elysian/Shipyarn: Adjusted the proportions and started adding details.
- Ref sheet for -|- : No progress this week.
- Alexander (DragonFable) Halloween YCH C1 for 7YD1A: Paid october 20 2023. Currently drafting.

Other Art:
- DnDeeveelutions: Working on the drafts for the second set now, and adjusted the drafts for the first set.

Writing Updates:

- Surprisingly nothing this week.

Slowly getting back in the swing of things. I'm thinking of not taking commissions for a month to try and clear the queue, but I'm not sure how sustainable that is rn.

Report summary:
- OC refs
- commission progress

Business:
- Nothing new this week.

Goals:
- 62/2000 USD earned for my second art raffle goal! The prize for the big raffle is a fully lined piece with a complex background and up to seven characters.
- 39/400 for my subscriber goal.

Raffle Updates:
- The August 1 raffle has been moved to January 15 of 2024. The next few months are going to be pretty tough for me, so I hope to start the new year that way.

Finished Works:
Previews: Will be publicly posted after August 15.
- Flash Sale sketch for Doot

Subscriber Exclusive: Staying here on subscribestar.
- Aicarom mermaid thumbnails
- Jennifer playing doctor partial lineart

Public: Posted this week.
- Nikolai refs. This is technically a 'sona of mine so it's a little weird for me to have a nude ref up but there's also that degree of separation that helps a little, so why not. I hope to do some art with him in the future.
- Knoell refs. Completely overhauled his design so I had to do this. I didn't draw his weird long tongue this time but I assure you he can still do that.
- Marzi refs. My boy has stopped dyeing his hair that weird brown, and gotten some new clothes! They technically cover more skin but somehow *feel* more revealing.
- Barbie/Ken Mugshot YCH (OC) for  arellasmercy (discord)

Art WIPs:
Commission WIPs:
- Flash sale sketches (OC TF comics) for Ratchet: No progress this week. Really sorry to Ratchet for this, I think I may have burned myself out on these.
- Flash sale sketch (trollsona) for Ratchet: On hold.
- Magical girl commission for Ratchet: On hold.
- Monochrome commission(Aethy): Currently doing the lineart. Progress is slow but steady, and I hope to have this done before September.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for chelcat (furaffinity): No progress this week.
- Full sequence TF for greycait: No progress this week.
- Full sequence TF for Aicarom: Did a couple of thumbnail tests. I wish I'd done more but this is at least something.
- Lined painting commission for doot: No progress this week.
- Grimace Shake Sketch YCH (OC) for Ratchet: No progress this week. I hope to get this done next week though, since the trend is pretty much over now.
- Flat Color (OC/Miraak) for Syntax: No progress this week.
- Barbie Mugshot YCH (Mungojerrie/Rumpleteazer) for StatisticalCats: No progress this week.
- Barbie Mugshot YCH (Jerrica Benton/Eric Raymond) for overlord_mordax: No progress this week.
- Full Sequence TF for Ratchet: No progress this week.
- Shibari YCH ( Selnia Iori Flameheart from Ladies vs Butlers) for shafujipin: No progress this week.
- Muse freebie (sketch) for Ratchet: No progress this week.
- Bard freebie (sketch) for Madame Hardy: TBD

Other Art WIPs: Due to the volume of commissions I've gotten, most of these are on hold until further notice.
- Eeveelution Magical Girl adoptables: Drafted 7/9.

Writing Updates:
Series:
- On hold

Standalone:
- On hold

Other Writing:
- Been tapping away at some fanfics while I take my break. Surprisingly, I updated Devilfish this week.

You'll notice a LOT of things have been marked On Hold this week. This means I probably won't be working on them until at least next month, because I just bought a lot (that will be a house in a couple years) and need to focus on more immediate money-makers.

Report Summary:
- Commission progress
- Sketch sale
- Barbie Mugshot YCH sale
- 2k Goal met

Business:
- Sticker sale: Last 2 still available!
- July's special offers: Still available for 1 more week! Commissions with any one of these conditions are eligible for 20% off base price. Subscribers get an additional 5%-50% off depending on tier. Please be sure to wait for confirmation on price before sending the money.
- Sketch Sale: Yep, another one, this time for quite a while! Running until August 1.
- Barbie Mugshot YCH: On Sale until August 1! Now it's 6 USD for both icons.
- Tentacle Drive: On hold while I focus on commissions.

Goals:
- 2026/2000 USD earned for my art raffle goal! Thank you to Ratchet Akarui for the final push!
- 84/400 for my subscriber goal; I lowered it since I'm making more on commissions lately.

Raffle Updates:
- And using a randomizer, the raffle winner is: ArseniCyanide over on discord. Congratulations! The prize for the big raffle is a fully lined piece with a complex background and up to seven characters.
- August 1 is rapidly approaching, which means the first subscriber raffle is coming up. If you're interested in getting free art (up to cel shading tier), please subscribe before then!

Finished Works:
Previews: Will be publicly posted after August 15.
- None this week

Subscriber Exclusive: Staying here on subscribestar.
- bpdfishprince pool YCH WIPs
- chelcat shibari draft
- Ratchet TF thumbnails
- azureSoul OC thumbnail
- Day 25 belated Mahou May: Tailor WIP
- Rae Barbie YCH WIPs
- Mordred/Politoed OC WIP
- Greycait Bubblerum TF thumbnail

Public: Posted this week.
- Grimace Shake Sketch YCH (OC + TF) for Aicarom
- Grimace shake Sketch YCH (OC) for Calopex

Art WIPs:
Commission WIPs:
- Flash sale sketches (OC TF comics) for Ratchet: Ratchet requested I get on the next comic, so I'm thumbnailing that now. It's gonna be a friend's OC turned into an innertube.
- Flash sale sketch (trollsona) for Ratchet: On hold.
- Magical girl commission for Ratchet: On hold.
- Monochrome commission for King Mordred and JustAPolitoed (discord): Working on lineart.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for bpdfishprince (discord): Adding shading.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for bpdfishprince: No progress this week.
- Monochrome commission for Jennifer (Aethy): No progress this week. This one's going to be a bit gory, + the characters look a bit young, so it'll probably stay on Aethy and subscribestar.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for chelcat (furaffinity): No progress this week.
- Full sequence TF for greycait: Thumbnailed.
- Full sequence TF for Aicarom: No progress this week.
- Lined painting commission for doot: No progress this week.
- Grimace Shake Sketch YCH (OC) for Ratchet: No progress this week.
- Barbie/Ken Mugshot YCH (OC) for Rae: Paid July 20 2023. Up to the lineart.
- Flash Sale sketch for Doot: Paid July 19 2023.
- Flat Color (OC/Miraak) for Syntax: Paid July 21 2023.
- Barbie Mugshot YCH (Mungojerrie/Rumpleteazer) for StatisticalCats: Paid July 21 2023.
- Barbie Mugshot YCH (Jerrica Benton/Eric Raymond) for overlord_mordax: Paid July 22 2023.
- Full Sequence TF for Ratchet: Paid july 21 2023.

Other Art WIPs: Due to the volume of commissions I've gotten, most of these are on hold until further notice.
- Muse freebie (sketch) for Ratchet: No progress this week.
- Bard freebie (sketch) for Madame Hardy: TBD
- Next puella adopt (21 - Wolf-walker): On hold.
- Chromian adopts: On hold.
- Beta trolls and flowers stickers: On hold.
- Soul gems and flowers stickers: On hold.
- Khvorost in shibari: On hold.
- DragonFable major arcana: On hold but I did a quick sketch of Lady Celestia's card, The Empress.
- Tentacle Drive milestone art: On hold.
- Mahou May (belated) Sketches: Got started on Tailor but still, On hold.
- Birthday cake YCH: No progress this week.
- Remthalas candy gore (full color): On hold.

Writing Updates:
Ditto for writing updates. I'll start posting previews again when I have material to post, but right now I really need to focus on things that get me money faster.
Series:
- Marzipan part 2: Milk And Honey: On hold.
- God Will Understand part 1: On hold.
- Yakuza Magical Girl: On hold.
- Strange Saints and Odd Orders: On hold.

Standalone:
- Krampusnacht: On hold.

Other Writing:
- No progress this week.

I got a lot of commissions this week so progress might be a bit slow next week.

Report Summary:
- commission progress
- new and returning YCHs
- raffle updates
- Mahou May (late) sketches
- sticker progress
- writing progress

Business:
- Pride YCH icons: Back to being 5 USD, but still available!
- New YCH: Grimace Shake Sketch YCH; 15 USD. Ask about the 2 USD secret menu!
- Brought back a TF Treat, Bubblerum Bombs, now permanently available!
- Sticker sale: Last 2 still available!
- July's special offers: Any commission that fulfills any one of these conditions is eligible for 20% off base price. Subscribers get an additional 5%-50% off depending on tier. Please be sure to wait for confirmation on price before sending the money.
- Tentacle Drive: Things have gotten a bit busy again so I might need to extend this past August. Sorry for the wait!

Goals:
- 39/1000 USD per month from subscriptions.
- 1868/2000 USD earned for my art raffle goal! The prize for the big raffle is a fully lined piece with a complex background and up to seven characters. You can enter the raffle by buying any of my work: Commissions, stickers, adopts, etc.

Raffle Updates:
- Realized it would conflict with the tentacle drive, so the seasonal subscriber raffle has been moved to September 1. The prizes are a custom cel-shaded image (simple background, maximum 2 characters) OR a custom flat color image (simple background, maximum 3 characters.)

Finished Works:
Previews: will be publicly posted after July 15.
- Sketch commission (OC comic) for PEnfys, "Sweet Boy"
- Witch commission pack for doot, "Puppenspielerin"
- Sketch commission (OCs) for Dante, "Battle With War"

Subscriber Exclusive: staying here on subscribestar.
- WIPs for PEnfys's OC comic "Sweet Boy"
- Ahegao version of Penfys's OC comic "Sweet Boy"
- WIP lineart for Sepulchure
- WIP lineart for Sweetie Bell
- 3d draft for a birthday cake YCH
- WIP draft for Ratchet's color freebie
- WIP thumbnail for Dante
- Remthalas candy gore WIPs
- WIP sketch for aicarom
- Karkat and thistle sticker draft

Public: Posted this week.
- Pride Icon YCH (OC) for fangirlAnxiety
- Barbie and Ken YCH (DragonFable) for SyntacticalDoodles: Poor Serenity has no idea why she's here or why Sepulchure is here with her. Seppy knows but he's not admitting it to the court.
- Barbie and Ken YCHs (OCs) for 7yd1a.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for corrupted.stars: Had lots of fun with this one, this OC is gorgeous.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for Ratchet: Was supposed to be on hold but now it's done because it was Bikini Day on the 5th.
- Mahou May sketch 24 Puppet. This took a bit longer than I expected it to, mostly because of her hair.
- Mahou May sketch 29 Beast. This one is based on a nekomata. Six more designs to go!

Art WIPs:
Commission WIPs:
- Monochrome commission for Jennifer (Aethy): Paid July 4.
- Flash sale sketches (OC TF comics) for Ratchet: On hold until the painted freebie is done.
- Flash sale sketch (trollsona) for Ratchet: On hold until the painted freebie is done.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for chelcat: Not started yet.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for bpdfishprince: Not started yet.
- Magical girl commission for Ratchet: On hold until the freebie is done.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for GothicGuttz: Not started yet.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for bpdfishprince: Not started yet.
- Grimace Shake Sketch YCH (OC) for meetbawlz: Paid july 3.
- Grimace Shake Sketch YCH (OC) for Calopex: Paid july 5.
- Grimace Shake Sketch YCH (OC + TF) for Aicarom: Halfway done!
- Monochrome commission for King Mordred and JustAPolitoed: Not started yet.
- Full sequence TF for greycait: Paid july 4.
- Full sequence TF for Aicarom: Paid july 4.
- Lined painting commission for doot: Just sealed this deal so it'll take a while to get to it, but I'm pretty excited about starting!

Other Art WIPs:
- Muse freebie (flat color) for Ratchet: Drafted! I need to refine the details soon.
- Muse freebie (sketch) for Ratchet: A pair to the muse freebie; thumbnailed but needs to be drafted.
- Bard freebie (sketch) for Madame Hardy: TBD; I should probably remind them that they haven't requested anything yet.
- Next puella adopt (21 - Wolf-walker): No progress this week.
- Chromian adopts: No progress this week.
- Beta trolls and flowers stickers: Drafted Karkat.
- Soul gems and flowers stickers: No progress this week.
- Khvorost in shibari: No progress this week.
- DragonFable major arcana: No progress this week.
- Tentacle Drive milestone art: No progress this week.
- Magical Girl Sketches: Five more sketches to go!
- Birthday cake YCH: My birthday is in a couple months so I'm making this early, since the background is slightly more elaborate than my usual choice for YCHs.
- Remthalas candy gore (full color): Someone was kind enough to point out that my reference images for my commissions were a bit old so I started this to update at least the lined paintings. Currently at the detailed draft stage.

Writing Updates:
This week's preview is from the outline of Yakuza Magical Girl.

Series:
- Marzipan part 2: Milk And Honey: Added a couple more paragraphs; the sex scene is progressing smoothly!
- God Will Understand part 1: Written about 300 words.
- Yakuza Magical Girl: Things have slowed down here, so unless I get inspired to work on this some more, I'll probably have to send a different preview the next time it comes up in the queue.
- Strange Saints and Odd Orders: No progress this week.

Standalone:
- Krampusnacht: No progress this week.

Other Writing:
- Started writing a short fic for The Untamed called A Cat In Cloud Recesses, based on a dream I had.
- Finished House Rules, a platonic (mostly) fic about Cysero and Warlic getting used to living together.

Actually got quite a bit done this week!
Report Summary:
- commission progress
- adoptable progress
- writing progress
- new YCH offers

Business:
- Regular commission prices: I've lowered the prices for pretty much everything so if you're interested in commissioning me, please take a look! The main prices now go from 20 to 100 USD.
- Pride YCH icons: Still 3 USD until July 7th. Get them while you can, after that they go back to 5 USD.
- New offer: Pool Pinup YCH; it's a bit simple but it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. 20 USD, with 5 USD add-ons!
- Sticker sale: Last 2 still available!
- Shibari commissions: Still available!
- Barbie (And Ken!) mugshot meme YCH: You can now change the hand position for character A.
- July's special offers: Live! Any commission that fulfills any one of these conditions is eligible for 20% off base price. Subscribers get an additional 5%-50% off depending on tier, so please be sure to wait for confirmation on price before sending the money.
- Completely forgot to make an announcement here: Magical Girl Commissions are still available.
- Tentacle Drive: Still working on the milestone images, but until further notice, planned for August!
- Knot A Problem: Finally published for real! You can get it here on Smashwords for 3 USD. I'm hoping to get another installment out sometime this year so wish me luck! (And hopefully I can get a cover for that by the same artist.)

Goals:
- 39/1000 USD per month from subscriptions.
- 1484/2000 USD earned for my art raffle goal! The prize for the big raffle is a fully lined piece with a complex background and up to seven characters. You can enter the raffle by buying any of my work: Commissions, stickers, adopts, etc.

Raffle Updates:
- Realized it would conflict with the tentacle drive, so the subscriber raffle has been moved to September 1. The prizes are a custom cel-shaded image (simple background, maximum 2 characters) OR a custom flat color image (simple background, maximum 3 characters.)

Finished Works:
Previews: will be publicly posted after July 15.
- Flash sale sketch (OC TF comic) for Ratchet
- Madoka soul gem sticker

Subscriber Exclusive: staying here on subscribestar.
- None this week.

Public: Posted this week.
- Barbie and Ken YCH (DragonFable) for valorousOwl. I messed up a layer on Notha's goggles so she went to jail twice.
- Milf vampire OC sketch for PEnfys.
- Zarbon (OC) for CurseOfBoredom.
- Pool Pinup YCH example. I didn't expect to be so possessed by the spirit of poolside relaxation but here you go.

Art WIPs:
Commission WIPs:
- Sketch commission (OC comic) for PEnfys: Having some trouble with the last panel.
- Sketch commission (single) for Dante: No progress this week.
- Flash sale sketches (OC TF comics) for Ratchet: Thumbnailing the second one. This is the second out of three.
- Flash sale sketch (trollsona) for Ratchet: On hold until the painted freebie is done.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for corrupted.stars: Not started yet.
- Shibari YCH (OC) for chelcat: Not started yet.
- Barbie and Ken YCH (DragonFable) for SyntacticalDoodles: I've sketched out Sepulchure because he's a bit complicated, but this should be done in a couple more days.
- Barbie and Ken YCHs (OCs) for 7yd1a: Got the sketch for one half down!
- Magical girl commission for Ratchet: On hold until the freebie is done.
- Pride Icon YCH (OC) for fangirlAnxiety: Not started yet but I plan to get this done today.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for GothicGuttz: Not started yet.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for Ratchet: On hold until the painted freebie is done.
- Pool Pinup YCH (OC) for bpdfishprince: Just got this so I'll get started on Monday.
- Witch commission for doot: Thumbnailed!
- Monochrome commission for King Mordred and JustAPolitoed: Just got this so I'll get started on Monday.

Other Art WIPs:
- Muse freebie (flat color) for Ratchet: No progress this week.
- Muse freebie (sketch) for Ratchet: TBD
- Bard freebie (sketch) for Madame Hardy: TBD
- Next puella adopt (21 - Wolf-walker): No progress this week.
- Chromian adopts: Finally drafted! Just three of them for now, the ones I saw in the dream. I might post them with some of the info I remember from the dream soon.
- Beta trolls and flowers stickers: Adjusted some details on Sollux and gotten started on Karkat. I'm sketching these out before I get any color in there.
- Soul gems and flowers stickers: I've finished Madoka's sticker! Next I'm working on Kyoko's.
- Khvorost in shibari: No progress this week.
- DragonFable major arcana: No progress this week.
- Eridan AU painting: Actually shelfing this until further notice; I have a lot on my plate.
- Karkat and Aradia AU painting: Ditto for this one.
- Tentacle Drive milestone art: All thumbnails done! I'll actually get started on the art on Monday.
- Magical Girl Sketches: Surprising myself, I started working on these again. The last ten or so should start cropping up soon, but probably not with any regularity like last month. The sketches already up are up for adoption, though; they're Offer To Adopt until I finish the set, upon which I'll start trying to figure out prices.

Writing Updates:
This week's preview is from Milk And Honey.

Series:
- Marzipan part 2: Milk And Honey: Adjusted some phrasing but haven't really added anything yet.
- God Will Understand part 1: No progress this week.
- Yakuza Magical Girl: Figured out a couple more story beats. I'm still outlining chapter 5; I plan to have at least 10 chapters outlined before I get back to drawing.
- Strange Saints and Odd Orders: No progress this week.

Standalone:
- Krampusnacht: No progress this week.

Other Writing:
- Nothing posted but I've been working on some fanfics here and there. It's Camp NaNo again so hopefully I can get some stuff out!