Previous Newsposts (That may still be relevant) ;
🌸 (10/12) (Health Struggles) https://twitter.com/8_8itArtistries/status/1580400318294028288?s=20&t=U9oAKGTCA-6P_btHdoUQwg
🌸 (9/7) (Supply Update) https://twitter.com/8_8itArtistries/status/1567736034519302144?s=20&t=U9oAKGTCA-6P_btHdoUQwg
🌸 (7/31) (Fursuit Damages) https://twitter.com/8_8itArtistries/status/1553932655946711041?s=20&t=U9oAKGTCA-6P_btHdoUQwg
🌸 (6/23) (Budget Issues, Bed bugs, Homelessness Ect) https://twitter.com/8_8itArtistries/status/1539856412926427136?s=20&t=U9oAKGTCA-6P_btHdoUQwg
This will be the only newspost that has this much of a backlog, ones in the future will only have one or two (in the case of a tweet that needs referenced), as this is the first tumblr newspost and news has been posted awfully sporadically on my business/furry twitter in the past.
TL;DR: A lot has happened in 2022, including but not limited to, two instances of covid, mental and physical health issues outside of covid, bed bugs, homelessness, fursuit damages, really the list could go on.
More Below,
There’s not an excessive amount of content I need to push towards you, since nothing recently has happened. Luckily, I believe, the emergencies have stopped. However I’m still struggling to recover from them, so please send over an ask or a dm if you’re curious how to help.
In the last year I was completely overthrown by a bedbug infestation in my previous home. All of my work is done from my bedroom, so this was majorly concerning. Work with my fursuits was done with high diligence and concern for quality. Several attempts at killing the bugs was made, but we were evicted before the issue could've been controlled. All of our beds have been replaced since then and not a single bug has been seen since we moved into our new trailer in july. There was a month between eviction and moving into our new place where I was effectively homeless.
All of the fursuits were exterminated via high heats while we were moving, as bedbugs cannot survive temperatures above 113 degrees. Not a single carcass has been found whilst unpacking the suits.
Unfortunately higher damages has applied to the suits, as seen in a twitter thread above. My highest condolences and efforts have been given to this issue.
Around the same time as the bed-bugs started to get worse i had come down with covid-19, and received a refund that pushed me $200 back in funds. I have thankfully barely just recovered from this with help of a few kind donations for supply money. The only supplies i believe i am missing for commissions is now just foam, and a set of clippers.
Fursuit and illustration commissions remain my main set of income as per now, so I can’t see myself able to acquire these in the near future. However I think later may be possible.
I recently got covid again in late july and post recovery had been focusing on work for Vast Error Volume 5 (://music.deconreconstruction.com/)
Since then I’ve been mostly focusing on my mental health and recovery from a very traumatic incident i will not touch on here.
My current plan of action is this;
I need to organize my commissions and their information, anything that i have received since june 2021 needs to be allocated into an easy to find location. (Trello)
As I’m not even quite sure how many commissions i have, i can estimate around 22, this is a huge issue for my productivity. (Around 10 are fursuit commissions, and 12 are illustrations)
I also need to see how many commissioners I am still able to contact, as I believe I have lost contact for at least one commission, I need to make sure it is just that one.
I need to sign up for social security disability so I can play catch up with the very low prices i received most of my commissions with, lost shipping money thanks to refunds and health/living complications, and support myself and my service dog without having to take as many in the future.
I will be speedrunning (as much as possible) all of my illustration commissions, after i organize everything, finishing non-fursuit sewing commissions, and then starting to pick down my fursuit commissions in order that I have received them. If your commission is newer it will take longer to get to. I plan on finishing all of these commissions by july 2023. I will be opening up 5 slots then to quickly acquire funds for moving to Seattle in 2024, and the commissions then will be finished once I get there and have housing. I am not sure when I will open fursuit commissions after that, as I intend on attending art school in 2024. I may still do 5 yearly, as that seems like it will work for me. I will be beginning my medical transition around fall of 2023, and taking the holidays off so I can spend some final time with my family, so this can probably get in the way of commissions. There’s no way of saying for sure right now. This is very much so subject to change as time goes on.
I cannot promise anything other than it will all be finished in due time, just know that my highest efforts (considering my disabilities) are being applied to the situation at hand.
I believe this is all I have to say for now. Again if you have any questions or comments, my ask box is open.
Thank you so much! 💙🌸
