You know, this ENTIRE YEAR has been like..

"holy cow another month has gone by! I gotta get things sorted and organized before I can really dive into these big projects I've got"

It FEELS like I'm constantly working toward this goal, but it's never done.

I should just say "fuck it" and start the projects.

So I've just finished a BIG fanart commission project. I managed to get really good momentum in the beginning, but it got pretty challenging by the mid-point. (and in typical Penny-fashion I definitely made some things more complicated than they needed to be). All in all, it was a success!

But now it's done.. and now I face a returning challenge: when I actually FINISH something... starting the NEXT thing is always hard. Each time it happens, the conditions which make it hard are different. Because of this its not easy to identify why, and find a solution. Sometimes it's hard cuz of "the day job" or "real life (TM)". Sometimes it's hard cuz of burnout (thankfully that's not happened this time). Sometimes it's hard cuz I've been so FOCUSED on the last project, I can't get into the headspace of the NEXT project. Also, if I just decide to "take it easy!" "don't be so hard on yourself!" "take some time off!" then I always LOSE MOMENTUM. and it's so hard to build that momentum back up.

SO for the moment, I'm just walking along, gonna try to keep artistically busy, and find traction on whatever the next thing is!

Wish me luck!

-P

I did a fair amount of fanarts (and still have a few left to work on) recently, as a part of a fund raiser a few weeks ago. I did lewd art commissions as a prize for people who donated to the cause!

This was a bit of a departure since I hardly EVER do fanart. it's good to be drawing again!

It was good practice, and it gave me an idea on how many pieces I could do if I opened commissions up for actual $. Or like, only doing them in batches of three, or four (maybe five?).

That will be for the future to determine! Right now, all the pieces I've done are in the art gallery, here!

it's astonishing how long it takes to clean up the mess of someone who's passed away. You gotta take all the loose threads and unfinished ideas and decide whether to bring them to fruition or just pay to have it thrown away.

It goes without saying my own ideas and plans are on hold until I figure out how to deal with decades of my Dad's unfinished business.

I am making art in my 1-4 hours of free time each night, sometimes getting good art done, sometimes just sketching shit to alleviate my mind. Boy oh boy this is certainly a time.

I hope you all are doing okay!

My dad passed about 3.5 months ago and I'm still wading thru all his stuff. He collected/hoarded a LOT during his life, and I'm still spending most days going through dusty/dirty (sometimes moldy! eww) boxes and containers, separating the garbage from the salvage from the actually-usable and sometimes irreplaceable heirlooms. Dad had no sorting skills whatsoever

but in my own time, in the evenings, I am still drawing. TRYING to at least. the last hour or so each day I've dedicated to sketching & refining my style (like here) or slowly building a larger illustration (like here). Right now I'm torn between doing another lewd Trek-themed romance novel cover, and finally doing my OC's character sheets...

But realistically I could be doing both, if I'm just doing an hour or so each day. ALL PROJECTS are piece-by-piece marathon projects....

I haven't been on much lately, but I hopped on today to see a ton of amazing comments on a lot of my pieces, from a new follower who had a lot of really kind things to say!

But shortly after I read them, the dog made it known he needed to be walked. So I planned to respond after I got back from walkies. But when I got back, I saw the user and all of their comments had gone!

I dunno what happened, kind user. I hope everything is OK. If you see this, know you made my day!

I've been getting some coaching advice lately, and I've started to see that projects that have been sitting on the backburner are gaining momentum again!

I hope to finish and post more projects in the next few weeks, and after that hopefully get my own project developed more!

It's all naughty stuff. every single back-burner project. Even though the contents of this news post is "E" suitable for everyone, I'm gonna mark it as "M" cuz none of my output for the next few weeks will be "E" for everyone!

It seems so strange to say, but I've actually been really busy making art, which has been world-building type stuff which:

1. isn't porn and
2. is cool but not something that wouldn't make sense by itself, but only in context from when it appears in the story

I should sketch something naughty and pervy, so that I can I can have something in the back pocket when this world-building project is done. I gotta put out something fun for yall!

I hope everyone's doing well!

This isn't much of a news update... but I do have a lotta stuff in the works.

Does it ever feel to you that you're on the VERGE of a huge deluge of art and creativity, you sketch and write and have so many ideas, it feels like you're doing a ton... But then you look at all your "works in progress" and none of them are remotely ready to be shared?

I'll have something new soon...

I have successfully relocated!

But I don't really have the BEST privacy right now...

Don't worry, I will once again draw lewd cartoons

I have lots of ideas for new stuff

I just need to get settled and figure out the best way to draw it away from prying intolerant eyes

How are you doing?