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Kinda Weekly Update! (2020/07/31)

Added 2020-07-31 23:03:47 +0000 UTC

Hey there, everyone!

How are you all doing? Man, this month has been both rough and liberating for me, and I have to say… I’m feeling a bit better coming out the other side.

So, I finally finished off all my commissions last month, and you all know about that and I started my two week vacation just before I was set to go in to get some of my worst teeth pulled. I’m going to be slowly getting those removed and getting dentures on the top jaw, and partials on the bottom. It’s been getting progressively harder to eat for a time, so it needs to get done and I had to wait two months for my previous appointment. That was on the 8th of July.

I spent the next week sort of recovering and zonked out because of the painkillers. Overall it wasn’t so bad, but I’m still convalescing a bit from that, as my gums haven’t 100% healed yet. But they will in time and I’m more or less doing alright with them now.

About a week later on the 16th of July, we had to make a difficult decision, and that was to say goodbye to our dog, Sobe. He was a great friend for thirteen years and it had come to the point where his back legs were no longer working and he was… very tired. He had more or less been with us the entire time we’ve been out on our own and seen us through a lot of hard situations and different homes. He was one of the few constants in our lives for that period and it feels weird and kind of somber moving forward without him into a perhaps even more uncertain time.

He was a good boy, and I miss him very much.

So, for those reasons and burnout from the last couple of years of intense work and hardship, I’ve more or less not wanted to be around for a bit. I needed some time to just… not worry about drawing or creating for a while and kind of get my drive and creative focus back. I feel like that’s healing, now, and soon I’ll be able to continue my projects and get back to doing the sort of things that I want to do. I’m starting to get restless again, and need to create. And that’s good!

So if I haven’t responded to an e-mail or a note, or I flaked on remembering to do something or somewhat, it’s just been hard to keep my head straight over the last month or so.

But… I’m recovering. I’ve got another dental appointment on the 12th of August, on the week after my birthday (on the 7th) so I’ll be in and out for a few months yet, as I get these last teeth pulled and everything fitted. But once that’s all finished, I think I’ll be doing much better.

I’m sorry to my Patreon subscribers, I know my production’s been a bit spotty, and I thank you all for sticking with me. If you ever need to pull back because of your own finances or I’m just not producing or whatever the reason is, feel free. It’s your money, and while I appreciate you supporting me, ultimately I want you to take care of yourselves first. I know a few people have asked me about that.

For those of you on the $5 tier on Patreon, because of the recent events on Patreon (which I haven’t been personally affected by because I’m rather small compared to some) I will be posting all of my Patreon specific art in the Discord and not on the Patreon itself. You can access this through your benefits, but if you need help with that, just toss me a message or e-mail me at sali[at]foxsaliant.com and I’ll get things fixed for you.

As for old sketches that I owe, projects, and the wobbles, I do have a plan for that. I will be, starting probably near the end of August or the beginning of September, running sketch streams once a week on Fridays to clean those out. There’ll be a big Wobble stream on the last Friday of the month, and once I clean out my Patreon sketches, those streams (with the exception of the ongoing Wobble streams on the last Friday) will be converted back into Sketch on the Spot, once again. I’ll be posting new rules, limitations and guidelines sometime during the next couple months along with my new prices for 2020/2021.

So yes, I’m still slowly getting back into it. Various Happenings is coming along slowly and I have a couple other projects and ideas I’m chipping away at, but I can feel myself recovering and I’m happy for that. For the first time in a long time I feel good about my art and I feel good doing art, and that’s really important.

Thanks for sticking with me, both my patrons and my general fans, and I’m happy to be here and have you here with me. Hopefully I’m on the way to keeping my health up and better, and giving you guys many many more years of stuff to look forward to. So, I hope you’re all doing well, keeping safe and keeping healthy.

Thanks again, and I’ll see you… next week, probably!

~Spooky

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