If wasn't nervous enough about AC running smoothly, now i have to contend with knowing Furry fandom enemy #1 is going to be there being creepy.

I need bodygaurds. Big burly ones.

JUST a reminder that the prices for the ink stage of my commissions will be going up from $20 to $25, AFTER ANTHROCON i have already started working more into linework so that it looks more fluid.

The new prices for commissions will be:

sketch- $10 (same)
Ink- $25
Flat Color - $35
Shading- $50

Again just a reminder.

Also will be trying out a "speed painting" option, much like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8120699/
starting at $80.

There are stipulations to the speed painting option.
if you are a micromanaging commissioner, this option is not for you.
I basically require a character, a suggestion for a pose and thats it, the rest is up to me to have fun with.
For those of you who love giving your artist artistic freedom, rest assured, this is the perfect option for you if your willing.


AND AGAIN! Im trying to get my girl Lina to AC, so if your interested in a fur tail for reasonable prices check out her page :  linadivorceeofL if you get a tail from her i'll give you a free sketch between now and AC.

yeah yeah i decided to do this... im a massochist apparnetly.
Slots be open yo,
1.jadedfox
2.kenku
3.
4.
5.

AS WITH ALL SPECIALS, purchases of $45 or more get rewarded with free sketches.

please note that while i recognize im opening myself up to a potential deluge of crazy, i would like to say this theres some things out there i dont yet know if they would scar me for life SO. I leiu of not wanting to be scared for life, i have the right to refuse any idea that comes my way.

THAT being said, i WILL be open for ADULT THEMED IMAGES this evening as well. Please bear in mind that adult themed images are STILL THREE TIMES THE PRICE OF normal commissions. I will not back down on that.

ALSO. My girl Lina wants to go to AC and i want her to go to AC. SO. Lina gots herself A LOTS of pretty fur tails, FOR EVERYONE WHO ORDERS A TAIL FROM HER THIS WEEK I WILL GIVE AWAY A FREE SKETCH TO YOU OR WHOMEVER YOU GET TO BUY FROM HER. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linadivorceeofl/

make it happen people.

Stream slots open for this evening, they seem to keep me better organized sooo heres the First five slots for the night:

1.Coco
2.
3.
4.
5.

ON to the news!

I know ive said this in stream a few times, but i might as well make it official and give you guys fair warning. Digital inks are getting raised from $20 to $25, i fought with this decision for awhile but i feel it will be better in the long run, my inking tech is probably one of the most time consuming parts of the commisson aside from the color in some cases.

THE PRICE CHANGE WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTILL AFTER ANTHROCON ON JUNE 18TH.

this is also coming from a standpoint that im trying to remove the issue of splitting 5's as much when i add addiional characters, i will also be removing the simple shading option. it will be either flat color or Shading. again these changes will be effective after AC.

The new prices will be:

Sketch - $10 - stays the same, this is also the default prize for anyone winning the raffles.
Ink- $25
Flat color $40
Shading $50

Basically the two most time consuming parts of the commission, the ink and the color are now both $15 upcharges, whereas color was originally the only one that broke the mold at being a $15 increase from the previous step.

In response to the increase i will also try to act less "rushed" in doing the inkwork it will still be soft and more fluid but i'll stop feeling like i have to plow through the step.

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

I have always been a conniseur of the strange nomenclature, mixing it at times to cultural disambiguation with normal names in previous stories.(*7 crystals... my god.... 7 Crystals)

I came up with beautiful elaborate names growing up, or at least, they were beautiful and elaborate to me.

Cabayo was one of those names, Hartley Torn, another. Execurus, a name came up with when i was ten for a fox constellation. Crazy freaking names. Aileeron Romenoren, the name of a white lion. but for characters that represented me.... for some reason, far less creativity was ever exibited, Foxena Wolf, Fox Tiberon, Kathleen The Blade. "Foxena" was cool to me but created when i was 12, i never shook the name even though the story attached to her should be burned in a fire. I still use the name today but only in usernames as its honestly just easy to remember i've used it for nearly 15 years now.

I prefer 3 letter words for my "name" Throughout my later years of highschool i unnoficiaily changed my name to "Kat" which i still use as a nom de plume and very few people outside of my parents and family call me by my "real" name. (you can imagine how weird it was for my parents to simply avoid adressing me by any name at all at conventions, since hearing them say "Kat" instead of my real name, from them, was weird. But having them say my name in front of others, was equally distressing, so I instead trained them to simply NOT say my name. They'd tap me on the shoulder if they needed me for something or when talking about me "our daughter is so creative" not "[redacted] is so creative"

These days, on stream, here on FA, and largely at conventions I go by one or both names. "Fox" or "Kat" I don't mind that my name is a dime a dozen, i don't care that "Fox" is used by more people in the fandom than anywhere else in various incarnations. I am not my name and my name will never fully define me. I will instead define my name, however people know me by. I may be one of a million Foxes or Kats. But its what i DO with the boring, the mundane, the unoriginal, that will have people know me for more than just a label.




* 7 crystals was the name a furry novel i wrote originally when i was 16, and refined and attempted to publish at age 18.... I'd put it on the same level as Twilight and i am not proud of this at all

Gonna start off with 5 slots to begin. Stream will begin earlier than usual at 5pm EDT. USA/can

1.Maldran
2.Chakat Blackwater
3.Habenero hero.
4. Carrow
5.Barisaxiphone
nite tigrezzz (wont count this as a slot because it wont take me too long)

wow... okay opening a few more slots. not guarantee i'll get to all of them but i'll try my damndest.

6.Lina gets an icon!
7.
8.
I will probably open more as the night wears on.

opening slots for tonight's stream weee.

We'll start at 5 and if i havent made my goal by the time they're filled up i'll open more.

1. koichi
2. barisaxiphone
3.
4.
5.

ALSO traditional will resume on Tuesday. Which means AC pre-order badges, dogtags, and all other things awesome that are done on paper.

okay figured I'd give you guys the rundown of what specials i'll be having and when i have them.

two specials this coming week.

on sunday we have Sweet Sunday. turn your character into candy, or living candy.

on monday, memorial day, we have its 5'oclock monday, the playlist will feature songs from Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson among other beachy themed musics.

the theme special will be hawaiian, beach, fun-in-the-sun, margaritaville, tropical themed pics.

WITH ALL SPECIALS if you purchase a full color full shade (for $45) single character or more you get a free sketch!

also EVERY NIGHT that we get 40 or more named users i do a raffle for free art, so bring your friends and frienemies and aquiantences to the stream for fun times, laughs and lots and lots of bacon :p

also, every night the artist makes $200 or more, we do another raffle regaurdless of how many users are in the stream.

That being said, there are 5 slots to take up tonight, i'll add more if my primary goal isnt met.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

of course you do! and its a book about furries! how cool is that!

check out my girl lina  linadivorceeofl for more info. She's co-writing it with the author and needs your input! you can even submit your artwork to be featured in the book!

Have to take the night off tonight details to come later so sorry

in a few short hours i will have my car!! yaaaayyy hello true independance! yippie! im so psyched, i can go to the farmers market now without worry or care, i can go to the store and the mall and everywhere i want to go im so full of squee. (i'll be mailing things out by the end of the week, and getting some furnature so i can get traditional back underway. omg YAAAAYY.

finally moved into my brand new apartment, all on my own. it's a little scary and i cant afford much in the way of furnature as of yet and kinda stranded untill my dad gets me my car.

Letting you guys know i wont be doing tradtional for awhile unless your planning on picking it up at anthrocon (in which case, badge pre-orders are open) otherwise it will be a bit difficult to mail things for a bit while i get settled in and fanagle around not having immediate transporation. Theres a few things i CAN mail out but i dont want to compound what i have to mail out with new things untill i have a reliable source of transportation.

a NOTE if you havent received your dog-tag yet please note me and ill check to see if your one of the ones who were "unidentifiable" after the fact. Sometimes things fall through the cracks and things have gotten crazy. if your one of these people and your going to anthrocon you can choose to pick it up there. PLEASE contact me ASAP as iwill be refunding the shipping on everyone whom i havent sent out yet if you give me your paypal.I feel bad i let things slide a bit even though it did get crazy for me. things will be slowing down a bit now but without a car currently i need to get everything compiled.

then theres AC prep.... weeeeee.

as always digital streams will be a constant in the evening. I WILL BE STREAMING FRIDAY in lieu of taking a day off yesterday due to not having internet.

As some of you know, im a starwars virgin. HOWEVER... i have been infomred that friday is Jedi day. so in honor of Jedi day, i am offering a special! for EVERY fullcolor full shaded starwars themed pic you buy you get a free sketch to go with it (up to two characters for the sketch) Even if your pic ISNT Jedi themed come on in anyway! I'll still be here doing regular commissions!

And with my new fast Digital delivery system you'll have your shiny new star-wars artwork ready to post on your galleries just in time for May the Fourth Be With you.

So come on by! The stream will start at 6pm Eastern Daylight time.

I draw DRAGONS.

That is all.

We now return you to your normallly sceduled broadcast.

Edit:

I also draw:

Gryphons
sergals
chakats
cannines
felines
lagomorphs...
all mammals
all reptiles
all mythical creatures.
all avians

I CAN DRAW ANYTHING.just give me a reference or a written description with examples if you can.

Tame Fetishes are okay too ex:
Paw,
fat fur
stuffing,
bondage
bdS&m
soft vore
tail
boobies
inflation

my only limits are:

excessive bodily fluids,
ex, scat, watersports vomit I WILL NOT DRAW IT.
i will not draw excessive amounts of blood from the point of entry. small cuts and blood smeared on weapons is fine. but exessive bleeding like GUSHING from an arterial wound.... no.

Porn:
I'll draw it.
But expect to pay 3X as much for it. I LIKE being a CLEAN artist who does tame fetishi.
If you want me to draw that stuff for you i will do so happily at the additional price.

im not taking preorders untill im sure this will work
but IF IT WORKS. there will be 5 scents to choose from.

Lavender
Jasmine
orange
rose





and Bacon



coming soon is Vanilla

So im looking into making my own solid perfume, its an easy enough process and your suppose to rub it onto your wrists and neck. I was just going to make some for me, but i was able to find a whole bunch of containers for NOT alot of money at all to put the solid perfume in. Question is, would anyone buy them? I was thining of having a few scents avaialble and then make customs for people who wanted something more complex.

What would the interest be for this? like everything else the product would be available on my storenvy when they were made and ready for sale.

Lately the stream has been getting out of controll behaviour wise, lots of RPing that wasn't being reigned in, stupid crap that shouldn't have ever happened and lots of freaking drama in which i am frusterated with myself for letting happen.

The mods have come to a consensus that if they're going to earn thier pay (they get one freebie from me a month as payment for thier service and no this is not an open invitiation to ask to be a mod, it doesn't work that way) they're going to take thier job alot more seriously. Not that they haven't but i think they're going to be a bit stricter with allowing the rules to be more solidly enforced than just 'eh".

I didn't realize how much I was holding them back untill last night when all hell practically broke loose.

From now on, the mods are going to do thier job and they have the right to make the call ON THIER OWN without my consultation anything from repremands, warnings to a 5 minute ban. I can at any time choose to override thier decisions/warnings/bans if i think they're being too harsh with a certain situation. 2 week and permabans still have to go through me, so rest assured if im not paying attention and something happens, its by far not going to effect you for very long if you were acting up.

I have a job to do the mods have thier job to do. I was trying to KEEP them from doing thier job by trying to micromanage them AND do art, and as evidenced by last night, they kind of.... did a friendly mutiny of the stream for the sake of my sanity because i was HARDLY paying attention at all. I love each and every one of my mods and Im happy to say that aside from a few PR issues here and there they essentially were able to whip the stream back in shape.


Things to remember about me people. I have ADD, i can get distracted VERY easily and the medicine i bought to fix that i can't take very often because it can cause liver issues if taken excessively. And I like my Liver. So lets all work together to make sure the stream runs smoothly and Drama and CRAZY WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED ITS LIKE KILLING FLOOR ZOMBIES EVERYWHERE RUUUUUUNNNN doesnt happen.

Basic rules to follow:

When Hormel's Law is called aka someone shouts "BACON" it means to shut up and talk about something else, preferably bacon. attempts to continue to talk about the subject will be seen as grandstanding/drama mongering, and warnings will be metted out.

There are topics you dont discuss around me. OS battles are a hotbutton for me, i dont care if you can CIVILLY discuss what you like about X operating system but saying apple, windows, linux is crap, overpriced, stupid,buggy etc is going to make me see red. I USE A MAC, I LOVE MY MAC, NOTHING ANYONE SAYS IS GOING TO MAKE ME CHANGE THAT. Its like owning a breed of Dog, and loving that dog. You wouldnt want someone to come up to you and tell you that your Dog is overpriced and stupid, would you? No. so don't do it to me or anyone else.

Being intentionally abrasive and argumentitive is another way to get my goat, i get that people have differing opinions from my own and i respect thier opinions, but durnng every discussion attempted into a mudslinging contest about my interests is going to wear thin on me very quickly.

Running jokes are only funny for so long, then they get annoying and old and UNFORTUNATELY for me, I laugh at everything, a rule of thumb, if it isn't a loud boisterous cackle like i usually do or me whooping like a Hyena, i probably dont think its all that funny. I laugh as a defensive mechanisim when im uncomfortable or trying just to think of something to say, usually evidenced by an uneasy giggle "eheheh" < is usually what it sounds like. I can't help i do this, i really can't Its like a stutter, its an involuntary thing.

If a mod tells you to stop something, dont argue, dont throw a little hissy fit and make a point that your leaving. This is drama. If you try to cause any of it in MY stream I will throw you to the dogs that are my Mods. (... and most of them are... no.. all of them ARE canine fursonas..... huh... i did NOT plan that at all.... sweeet) I've grown increasingly senstive to drama mongering even in the slightest incarnation, if you bring drama or try to make drama in my stream, expect fur to fly. My mods for the most part are older than me they're alot less tolerant of stupid crap than i am, ergo they're perfect for dealing with juvenile crap. my mods are allowed to mod ME if they think i'm getting out of hand or too silly, they smack me and tell me to pay attention to my art, and i love them for it.

I know i say i fap to drama, but its honestly to me like watching a sport, its lots of fun and you get to cheer for your favorite team, but asking me to PLAY the sport is a whole other matter, if it were soccer for example i'd pick the ball up and chuck it at the goal, i don't play by the rules, i end the game. I like WATCHING drama, i dont like being apart of it.


NOW with that said I AM NOT UPSET AT ANYONE, i dont hold grudges and unless your one of those unfortunate nitwits thats on my permabanned list, odds are ive already forgave and forgot. All i want is for my stream to run smoothly with little to no drama.

As far as my TOS goes, the "pay after the commission" thing is going to be changed to ONLY apply to appointments and people who are on my "gold' or higher credit plan. People who are in bronze or silver, you're going to have to pay me before the month is up and from now on you'll be required to pay at the end of each week if you plan on purchasing more than one thing from the new store.

People who ARE on the gold plan or higher:

Sierra
Ampersand
Lina
Maldran
Jade
Kere
Rylana
Rebel squirrel

if you dont see your name here, you're on a two-week payment plan. you have two weeks to get me my stuff, i'll be doing budget on thursday so i WILL know who owes what. If for some reason you can't pay in two weeks, i'll work something out with you, since I know lots of peeps owe money. Im not going to be mean about it, i just want everyone on a clean slate come next month.

i dont have enough space yet to make a public folder for everyone. SO you can help me by doing through this little referral link http://db.tt/qurK5VDI signing up, and giving me more space.

incentives: for every referral i get up to my 16 gig limit i will offer a free digital sketch with the purchase of any commission from here onwards. you MUST buy something to get a free sketch and you MUST be one of my referrals.

help me help you, sign up for drop box through me and get from free stuff.

when i reach my limit, i will change the link to Jaded Fox so she can have more space too, and the free art offer will still stand.

okay... as some of you know, I offer tabs to people who cant affort art RIGHT AWAY but can pay over time. Problem is my records have gotten a bit messy lately and i'll be working on fixing those up here soon,

however! I've divised a way to keep track of the immediate payments and the ones on the Tabs.

I have two paypal accounts.The one ive always used, for those of you who pay right away, use that one, for those who are on TABS i will give you the adress for the other one, this way i can MUCH more easily keep track of payments from each and tick it off as it goes. who owes what and who doesnt etc.

ALSO, theres going to be a change coming up here with tradiional commissions. in the next couple weeks i'll be changing how thigs get sent out, using flatrate priority envelopes so you all get your artwork in a timely manner with automatic tracking, the post office will pick the mailers up at my apartment and that way im no-longer dependant on my roomate and her hectic scedule to get things mailed out. The downside to this is that things will be basically mailed out AS they are done instead of shoved into piles. This is only for those of you who do immediate payments mind.

how it will work:

starting tomorrow traditional art slots will be sold on my STORENVY account. additional characters will also be avaialbe as a separate, shipping-free purchase.

Shipping will be $5 from now on, i will do my best to make sure you can still make your piles count and find a way to still bulk ship things.


FOR DIGITAL ART.

I will be setting up Dropbox this weekend. MY commission folder will be full of HIGH REZ psd files for you to grab and download as things are confirmed as paid. USING MY DROPBOX IS GOING TO BE A PRIVILAGE. if that privilage is abused in any way i will take it back down. the Dropbox SHOULD hold most of not ALL of everything i owe people. So make sure to be ready. each person will be put into individual folders containing your art. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO DOWNLOAD SOMEONE ELSES ART, PLEASE DON'T. its rude and i count that as abuse. I will know everyone who has acess to my dropbox, if it is abused i'll tell everyone who used the service WHO YOU ARE and let them deal with you. I will not tolerate being an ass about it.

That is all.

I look forward to streamlining this process as much as possible if you have any questions regaurding anything here please comment.

Funny little thing i came up with after listening to Voltaire's "Beast of pirate's bay" as some of you may know i fell off the wagon when it came to Warcraft.. *hangs head in shame*

anyway this is a little parody of the aformentioned song.

Gather weary travelers
I have a tale to tell
it might just save your lives
but only if you listen well,

out there beyond the dockside
and just around the way.
there is a sign that say's beware
"the beast of booty bay"

Some say she's a monster
that was once sylvanas' pet
but if you want to look for her
you surely would regret
They say that she stands ten feet tall
and there's no place to hide,
everyone whose seen her twice
don't make it back alive

don't you go out after dark
and don't turn off the light
'cause out there is a creature
who occupies the night
She'll tear you up in pieces
if you ever come her way
you've seen the sign it says beware
the beast of booty bay.

Some say she's a demon
who came here straight from hell
to banish the forsaken
and sinners just as well
I see you don't believe me
but you do have to agree,
from what I've said this crazy bitch
should never have been free

don't you go out after dark
and don't turn off the light
'cause out there is a creature
who occupies the night
She'll tear you up in pieces
if you ever come her way
you've seen the sign it says beware
the beast of booty bay.

You've heard of warden stillwater
who was turning men undead
He really was a piece of work
he filled hillsbrad with dread
one day he met the creature
I'm not sad at all he's dead
with one swipe, her massive paw
took off the warden's head.

don't you go out after dark
and don't turn off the light
'cause out there is a creature
who occupies the night
She'll tear you up in pieces
if you ever come her way
you've seen the sign it says beware
the beast of booty bay.

Varien Wryn you know of him
they once called him lo'gosh
because he fought just like a wolf
when in the horde he fought,
one day he met the monster
and it isn't hard to see
why now these days he never leaves
he safety of his keep

don't you go out after dark
and don't turn off the light
'cause out there is a creature
who occupies the night
She'll tear you up in pieces
if you ever come her way
you've seen the sign it says beware
the beast of booty bay.

Well now the bar is empty
and there's only you and me
and if you care I'd like to share
how this song came to be
so come a little closer if
if you really want to know
this very sad and woeful tale
didn't happen long ago

I was minding my own business
when I came to booty bay
and there i saw the creature who
was in such a disarray,
She wanted so much to be a thing
which everyone would fear
a scourge upon the 7 seas
and she shed a lonely tear

no one would fear a worgen
they thought she was a cur
and so i promised Tiberon
to warn everyone of her,
And all I could to do help her
was to tell everyone each day
and I wrote the sign that said
beware the beast of booty bay!
and what did it say?

don't you go out after dark
and don't turn off the light
'cause out there is a creature
who occupies the night
She'll tear you up in pieces
if you ever come her way
you've seen the sign it says beware
hell I should know I put it there!
heed the sign that says beware
the beast of booty bay.

So i finally got off my arse and shoved all you peoples piles into envelopes, unseald as of yet just in case you want me to "hold" your bundle.

This is the list of people i need adresses from.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR ADRESS IN A NOTE
and i will save it to my rolladex once and for all so this crap doesnt happen

I will be checking you off as i get your addys

Peeps i need shiz from: (in no particular order)

ANIONEDGE

ARISUVIXEN

SIERRA - aquired

LEON DOTA - aquired

PARIAH

KACIFOX - aquired

DRACOSILVERSCAR

CODYDOG

SABER

ISK84WAFFLES

FLEXICO

CHAKAT TIGERSTRIPE

TIGERMARK

FORVET

KOICHI - aquired

LINADIVORCEOFL

REBEL SQUIRREL

(note if you know i need to send you shiz and your not on the list, it may be you have "less" of a pile with me. if so poke me and i will add you to the list and cross you off)

gonna rest a bit today still feeling off colour from yesterday. Stream should resume tonight.
Just feeling meh.

Sooo yeah this is my first year being more or less 100% in charge of my own finances.

I really wish this hadnt been hammered into my head at an early age that this was a horrifying thing that all adults must do but hate because it's so darn difficult. It's not. As was filing my taxes for the very first time, not nearly as scary as my mother made it out to be.

What got me most about using turbo tax was that at the end it said : congratulations on filing your tax return, would you like to tweet or Facebook your achievement? Don't forget to like us on Facebook!

Adulthood has achievements.... Wtf

So my Mac got overheated in our lovely air condition-less apartment and fried it's bloody motherboard. I'll be taking it to apple tomorrow to get it repaired but unless they have spare motherboards lying around I doubt im goings to be live for the next few days. Unfortunately I can't simply take nights off the way is like. I still have my tools of the trade just no way to record what I'm doing.best I can do is give someone pictures of what I'm doing. Basically if anyone wants traditional art cards badges or wha t have you I shall find a way to communicate with you I still have my iPad and I can still draw for people. I'm still willing to work as always just not I. The same way I used to. Please please help me out my goal is $100 a night and this is my only income. This is my job. Please help me.

i'll be taking digital commisshies for the first half of the night tonight if anyone would like one before i transition back to trad for the rest of the evening please say so now, Mixed media streams will happen on monday, wendsday, and if im not doing MTG with my roomate, Friday. all other days will be Traditional only.

otherwise! I will be doing TLDragon's two digital commissions and then transitioning, you have untill i complete his order to stake your claim.

I should be starting at 6pm EST barring any unforseen circumstances, but failing that 7pmEST

(i am on GMT -5)