End of Year Update! (Please Read)

Hey hey everyone. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and/or holiday with their family or friends. Mine was pretty enjoyable, though missing some of what used to be there given a recent passing... However we made the most of it! This post is mainly to give a few updates, so lets get to them.

1). Commission Update: I am still on track to get a good percentage of my backlog done before 2025-- however there are a few people that I am sad to say that I will have to delay into it as I don't see myself able to work on these before the end of the month. Those being; xX_ELTRAPITO_Xx (Twitter), Denojab/Eden (Twitter), Rolli (FA), Drakon (3D - FA) and the "Beach Bodies" Comic. While I have poked around and gotten a layout (or more) on some of these-- I NEED to finish the others if I am to get to any of theses in a manageable time-- some of which have been waiting far longer than I should have allowed to take... I do apologize basically putting these on hold till I get the others finished, however I believe I can resume work on these within mid to late January, if not sooner. Till then, I will not be taking on any new commissions until ALL of these are finished-- and not any time sooner. That said, those listed an contact me about these project if they have concerns or etc. as they have the right to do so.

2). Another Break: I am looking to take another month off in 2025-- possibly more than one as I have some IRL business that I'm going to have to do if I want to get something off the ground and running. I am thinking March, June and possibly November as months I will be taking off and pausing all pages and etc. Not 100% sure just yet but March (being the closest one) is more likely to happen than the others. I'll have more information on this if and when it happens, but thought I'd give everyone a heads up on this now rather than later. Said project is something that has been in the works for a while (and partly why I am so behind) but I am hoping to finally get it up and running this year. (Wish me luck!)

3). Future Commissions: I still plan on doing commissions, however this may take another form going forward. With that project I mentioned above likely to take some of my time this coming year and etc. I have decided to more or less to change how I have been doing commissions... Possibly going into a more YCH-type style (Sketch-work done, just need a character) OR only taking 1 or two on at any given time. I have expressed this before but never did commit to it as I've clearly taken on more than I can do with everything that has been going on... It isn't fair to the people who Commissioned me to wait that long for a piece of art, so I am only going to do pieces I know I can turn around quickly (or far faster than I have been) going forward.

With that all said, I thank everyone who has been patient with me throughout all of this as well as those who've supported me though my years of doing artwork. My hope is that 2025 finally stabilizes what have been rather rough 4 years... I'm already hopeful with some of the things happening already before the years end-- so I am pretty positive going into next year. That said, I do stress that if you are one of the named listed above AND/OR one I haven't listed an want to know the status or etc. of a piece I am working on for you; please contact me ASAP and we can talk it out.

Thank you all and have a wonderful day!

~MadArtRaven