Hi friends! I'm jumping on the bandwagon and have gotten myself a Bluesky account! Come follow me over there, i'll be posting the same stuff

https://bsky.app/profile/alieliart.bsky.social

Hello! I know I say this a lot, but im really gonna try to upload more regularly. My life has been consumed by working and I miss doing art so I'm really gonna make an effort to do more commissions and personal art. Thanks for sticking with me!

Hey everyone! I figured I should actually give a more in-depth update about how things have been going.

In November 2020 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and I started taking insulin shots. It was rough the first few months because it was VERY trial and error, I had to really figure out what kind of foods/physical activities affected my blood sugar and how much insulin was appropriate to give for each little thing.

I ended up in the ER a good number of times because on top of wonky blood sugar, my phosphorus levels dropped into critical levels. Over the course of a week in March I was in the ER 3 times for several 6 hour IV infusions of phosphorus. Since then my levels have been steady, but hopefully it doesn't happen again!

I took a leave of absence from my day job as I struggled to get my blood sugars under control, along with dealing with some severe depression, and at this point I think im doing a pretty okay job. I'm on 60mg of Prozac now and I'm starting to go back to my day job, but I've also started to find more motivation to do art.

I've been selling a lot on my etsy shop, https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaribitsTreasures , and have signed up to host some craft fair tables in the next few months! Exciting!

I have quite a bit of credit card dept racked up since I wasn't at work for a few months, and my car desperately needs some work done, and so I plan on putting my YCH's up and also open commissions! I also am going to try to start uploading more personal art, since I don't nearly do enough of that, so I'm kinda excited about that too!

Hope everyone is doing well, thanks for reading!

Hi everyone! I'm finally having a rush of motivation to draw, so expect more art soon!

After going through months of depression, 3 different jobs, moving, and many health problems and many hospital visits later, I think it's time for me to come out of my 6 month absence and start uploading again! Thanks for being patient with me, guys, <3

I hate to throw this on you guys but im desperate. I don't have a whole lot of time left and my cat needs medical attention very soon. Anything helps, thank you <3
https://www.gofundme.com/f/pippin03.....l-bills-urgent

Hello! It's been a while again and I apologize, I don't want to get too much into a sob story, but it's been almost humorous how much horrible shit I've gone through in the past few months. I feel like I just can't catch a break, everything awful just keeps happening.

First, I've been diagnosed with diabetes. My doctor can't figure out what type I am, since I don't fit any description of either type 1 or type 2. I've always been a pretty healthy person, I'm not overweight(in fact I'm almost underweight), I'm not too sedentary either. The current theory is that im something called "Bronze Diabetes", where my body absorbs too much iron from my food and it collects on my organs and causes damage. So they think my pancreas got damaged by my iron overload and so I make less insulin now. My fasting blood sugar when I was diagnosed was 306 and my a1c level is 11.2, and those are pretty serous numbers that can have serious complications like stroke, heart attack, nerve damage and blindness. I've since cut all sugar from my diet and have been eating low carb, and i've brought my numbers down a good lot, but still not enough to be considered "normal".

I've gone to so many specialists and have spent so much money on medical bills it's unreal, but get this, I got laid off from my job, so now I'm unemployed with a new medical condition on me. It was due to budget cuts and it also being a limited duration position, but there was a chance I could have been extended, but since they changed their whole computer system, it basically got rid of people's jobs and also my job.*tabelflip*

And now my cat is having breathing problems, and the vet says it could either be heart problems, lung problems or asthma, and they want to do a chest x-ray and I sure can't afford $300 for it, and if it turns out to be asthma one single cat inhaler would be $300. I love my cat so very dearly, he's my sweety boy and basically my emotional support cat. He has my schedule, sleeps in bed with me every night and loves hugs and kisses, but I just can't afford $600 when i've lost my job.

I'm applying for unemployment but there's a waiting period and I won't end up making as much as I was while I was at my last job. Also my rent has been raised. Dx

Also my dad had a knee replacement surgery done about 2 months ago, and now he has the flu so im scared he's still immunocompromised. My sister's car died so we have to share my car now, and it's been tough trying to get us to places we need to go.

Just so much shit has happened and I wonder if the world hates me or something.

I just don't know what to do, I'm scared and depressed, I'm going to try my hardest to finish all commissions I owe and then try to push out more YCH's even through my depression. Anything helps, guys. I love you all, thanks for reading.

So I said I was back, but I've been trying to draw and it's just been hard. I'm stuck in a weird depression funk again and its really been putting me in an art block and it's making me really frustrated. I might put drawing on a pause and just wait until it "comes back", I guess. If you want to commission me I still pop on to check messages and such, so it's not like I'm gone or anything. Sorry! D: I really hate depression.

Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while, I decided to take a break for the holidays. I'm back now and I plan on posting more! :D

My fiance's mother passed away tuesday morning and we're all just devastated :(
She didn't have any insurance so we have to pay the whole funeral out of pocket. We need like $5000 down payment by monday. I've set up a gofundme page and would really appreciate if any of you guys could help us out D: or commissions.
https://www.gofundme.com/rosie-stel.....-funeral-costs

So I moved out of my parents house and I feel more depressed than happy. I'm living with my twin and my fiance, and its new/modern mobile home in a mobile home park that is well kept and their community center has cool shit like a heated pool, hot tub, billiard tables, and gym room, but I cant help feeling depressed since I left my parents. I love them a lot, and I'm gonna miss those little things, like saying goodnight every night and having dinner together and showing each other dumb videos and movies. It kind of really shocks me into the whole, im really an adult, no turning back, feelings. Im just stuck and have had no energy to even unpack because i'm too busy feeling anxious and crying. I hope this passes. :(

Yep, it's FINALLY happening! Next month im officially moving into my own place. I'm super excited and terrified, but mostly excited. The thing is, im jumping straight to purchasing rather than renting, and so all those scary fees and down payments are creeping up on me. I'm gonna try to upload a few YCH's and such to help with the costs, so look at for those! :D

Been kind of in an art slump for the past two months. Everything I draw looks terrible, and so I just give up and maybe try again another day. Sorry to those owed commissions, they'll be done soon. D:

I'm on vacation this week and I'm needing a bit of extra cash, so I'm gonna be uploading a few YCHs for sale if anyone is interested.
Thanks!

Sorry I've been inactive again. My life kind of got really busy all of a sudden. Work has been kicking my ass, and it doesn't help i've been having troubles with my lazy coworker.

Home life is hard too. My sister is moving out, so now I have to do all the housework/cooking and tend to our ridiculous garden everyday by myself because my parents won't do it. I'm also trying to juggle moving out myself as well on top of all the housework, and it's really tough because my fiance has been slacking on getting his shit together and also he's been kind of an asshole to me lately to the point I'm concerned about us staying together.

I've also been going to a lot of events and festivals lately, so I've just not even been home Dx

In other news, yesterday I was trapped in a parking complex elevator for about 45 minutes. Had to call 911 and all that stuff. It was really hard to keep my cool, also because I was alone in there. I managed to keep my shit together for about 30 minutes and then it all started going downhill. They finally got me out, but it wasn't even the fire department or anything, it was my boss who got the door open because I had just left work to go home and I was trying to get to my car. Some maintenance people for the elevator had shown up to help but holy shit if I was in there any longer then that I would have been shit out of luck, because it was the maintenance guy's time to end his shift. I would have really lost my shit.

So I got myself that new laptop I said I needed. Still trying to get used to it! But I'm pretty happy with it. Expect more art :)

yaaaaaay I'm gonna go to the aquarium and see the fishies

So sorry I've been inactive for a few weeks. I'm also sorry to those I owe commissions to! I went to NewCon over the weekend and I just got back home now. I had fun, but I busted my knee at the Rave and it really sucks. Hopefully soon I'll got everyone's commissions done now :D

So yesterday my car unexpectedly died, and according to my dad and the shop, it's better off I just invest in getting a new car at this point. This sucks royally, because I use that car to get to my job everyday, and now I have to ask my fiance's dad to take me which is going to suck because my schedules are kind of spontaneous, and sometimes they ask me to come in randomly so I always had to be ready to go out the door. I can't even afford a car right now so I don't know what the hell to do.
I just want to fucking cry.

My hand injury is pretty much healed up, so I'm going to try to continue drawing YCH's and such.

So last night I got into a bad argument with my parents and had a major panic attack. I ended up smashing a window and cut open my finger on my right hand- my drawing hand- and had to go to the ER for stitches. Now my hand is all cut up to hell. :( I can still kind of use my hand, but it's really hard to write or draw, so i'm going to have to put everything on hold - all commissions/ych's and such. Sorry!

I'm all bleh right now. I'm very ashamed and embarrassed by it, because I thought I was better at controlling myself than this. Oh well. :(

I'm trying to save up for a new laptop and a new camera lens, so in total I'm going to need to save up like $1,000 or so. I have a job, but it's not enough so I'm going to see how much I can do here. :)

I know I owe two people art still, but I've been in a weird funk lately and I just haven't been able to make any art look good.
I just got a job and that's been zapping my energy really fast due to the nature of it. I work at a pottery painting studio, and ton's of people and kids come in daily and I have to talk to all of them and teach them how to paint, pretty much.
I guess it just kind of zapped my motivation to do art at home. I'll still finish them, but it might not be until the end of the month when the store goes on vacation and I have a week for myself. Sorry! D:

I know I said I would get them done within the day, but I'm not feeling too well tonight. I've started on all of them at least, and I will try to get them done before sunday. Sorry! D:

Because I've been having severe abdominal pain and I've got every symptom of gallstones. I don't know whats going to happen or if they're going to send me to the hospital to get my gallbladder removed or something, so I'm just giving you guys a heads up now that if I disappear that's why. Wish me luck, I guess. D: Kind of anxious about it.

Hooray I made it past the 300 mark! I couldn't have done it without all you lovely people! :D Thanks so much!