41 comms
31 lewd comms
1 trip from home
0 cons :(
got the Delta variant of COVID
another year thankfully employed
digging my way out of debt and ready to move

"A lot has happened" might be par for the course for everyone this year. For me I can count my lucky stars nobody died and I did not lose my job. It wasn't without its drawbacks of course. My aunt had a few ER trips, and cabin fever has taken its toll on the relationship between my mother and my husband, and of course my relationships with them. Being called back to the office, however, was not something I was entirely prepared for, nor has it been all that smooth. Maintaining peace at home has become a fulltime job.

We've also decided to adopt 3 kittens born in our backyard this past August. They are sweet and adorable but like any new addition it's a lot of work and stress, one that my mother was not all too happy about. Add to that the Christmas dinner debacle and the past few weeks I've been walking on a razor's edge. I love them but I am past my limit of living at home. I would have moved out long ago had it not been for the debt I accumulated over the years. Most of it is gone though not completely, and of course fixing/vaxxing 3 new cats was not cheap. But I made a promise to myself - if I have to buy, rent or squat I will have my own place by Christmas of this year. It's become clear my mental health depends on it.

Work has been... stagnant. There are projects, endless projects, but it feels like most of the work has gravitated away from my areas of expertise, and work life is now a constant battle to keep up with the trends. That and being forced to come back to an empty office mid-pandemic has given me consideration to find employment elsewhere. I always wanted a fully remote job and only took this one cause the pay hike was worth it, but the landscape does look different in 2022. I would actually have an interest in switching to an animation career but that would mean a big paycut, one I cannot afford right now if I want to move. So, I need to find a way to make this job work or hustle to get a new one. I just don't have it in me to hustle at the moment, not when so many things are vying for my energy at the moment.

I know my social life has shrunk in the past few months, and I apologize if I have been distant towards any of you. It's something I need to work on, I am aware that I draw inward when I am feeling stressed and overwhelmed. But you have all been an amazing family, one I am forever grateful to be a part of. Stay tuned, who knows what this year will bring!

OKAY!

So more than a few of you asked if my last loop https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45171173/ might be an available option for swapping characters. The answer is...


...hang on *goes to brew a cup of coffee*....






...Yes!

The details are as follows:
$50usd to swap prey and constrictor if I don't have to do any additional modeling. I can make some minor adjustments to the facial expression if you'd like
+$25 if I do not have your model and have to make it - I will only model the prey's head since that's all you'll see, hence the extreme model markdown
+$25 if you want your constrictor's coils to have anything that requires modeling - suckers, fins, spikes, whatever [fur is free]
[UPDATE: changing the texture on the coils and nothing else does not cost extra]
Background can be swapped with another solid color or a blurred out image.

If you want anything more detailed than that, it is my discretion whether I choose to accept it and will provide a specific quote. I am looking for these to be quick turnaround so I will turn down anything that is a lot of work.

I am not doing a big public list with X number of slots. That just stresses me out. Instead, if you are interested fill out my request form and I will contact you if and when I have the time to take yours next. I will try and keep things moving along but of course I have other commissions I need to honor, so I thank you in advance for your patience. No advance payment is required.

Don't forget to check out my other commission types and specials!

LINKS:
Big Crush Commission details - https://trello.com/c/DMQkruHi/173-big-crush-50
Request Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1.....cW9zQ/viewform
Character Roster - https://trello.com/b/hg6lLKOn/white.....aracter-roster
Commission Center - https://trello.com/b/L9bHDmN8/white.....mmission-sheet

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS??

I mean... it's not sorcery really, just rotating you fuzzbutts on a puck. Spin spin spin!!

Want one of your own? https://trello.com/c/grodcTpt/170-t.....able-portraits

Hello Friens, I have a couple of cool updates for ya!

First off, if you haven't seen my latest post, I have published a character roster of all the amazing characters you've honored me with creating. You can check it out here!

https://trello.com/b/hg6lLKOn/white.....aracter-roster

So if you're looking for a partner for your commission, or if you just want to see who I've made, this handy spreadsheet provides some basic info and portraits. It's still an evolving thing and will expand as I keep making more, but if I've missed you or mislabeled you, please let me know and I'll fix it right away!

In addition I am also offering a new commission type - the Artist's Choice! That's me, I'm the artist. For a still scene or animated loop, just provide me with a theme and a few characters from my roster and I'll do the rest! A quick job for me, a 33% discount for you, and everyone's happy! You can view the details at my Commission Center below!

https://trello.com/b/L9bHDmN8/white.....mmission-sheet

Artist's Choice commissions have a better chance of being picked up sooner because of its simple parameters, so consider it next time!

Uhhh, that's it. Yeah, I think that's it. I got Shepard's Pie in the oven and Rocky Horror queued up so I gotta go. Spook ya later :O

Hiya folks!

You may have noticed a long stretch of silence from me, either on FA, Twitter or Telegram. The long and short of it is, I've been battling some pretty heavy stress these days. Normally I get quiet around mid-summer cause I'm on vacation, but since I got back from my trip it's kind of been one thing after another. I got COVID, then there was the difficult decision of not traveling again this summer, then preparing for the Jewish high holidays, then work has abruptly announced a return to office mandate as smooth as an emergency water landing, then annual performance review - add to that the anniversary of my father's passing on 9/10, and of course 9/11, and well, you get the picture. The sad thing is, September has always been a grabbag of stress and emotions because of those latter two points and because of the "back to school" atmosphere which I've always hated. I've just been keeping my head down for a while and will probably continue to do so until October. I know this being Snektember you'd expect to see a bunch of coily good content from me but between all that stress and managing my current commission workload it's just not happening. I suspended payment for my Patreons for the last two months, though I have lately been posting content so things should even out soon. I will likely remain closed for commissions for a little while - I intend to finish what I have on my plate, then take a solid break and come back fresh. This probably means little to no Snektember goodness, and I'm probably themeless for October (though I do have a good snek/orc animation that I'm gunning to complete by the end of the month).

Anyway, thank you for taking the time to read this, I love you all <3

Hey folks!
I know it's been a while since I posted anything. Summer has been pretty crazy. Aside from busy with big work projects and traveling, I got Covid last month which knocked me on my ass for a week or so. Add to that the general malaise that seems to roll in every August and, well, you get it. But worry not - I am still here, and I have a surprise for you all, just in time for Snektember! Stay tuned!!

I returned from my scheduled vacation only to test positive for Covid-19. This has set back my timeline a bit, and I will be taking the next few days to recover. I thank you for your patronage, and for your patience and rest assured I will be back at the 3Dz before you can recite the full lyrics to "Whoop! There it is!".

I have re-uploaded one of my new posts "How to Catch A Thief", fixing an issue with the wrong hair color/coverage

Thank you to everyone who participated! I took a few ideas, also mixed and matched a few. These were really great for me - easy to make, a LOT of fun, and I really enjoyed getting some input. I may do this more often! In the meantime, look for some posts today!

Heya folks! Havin a severe artblock and I need to get things movin' again! Take a look at my character roster here:
https://trello.com/b/hg6lLKOn/character-roster

Pick two characters and suggest something! Can be SFW or NSFW. If I like it, I might make it!
[pending approval from OC owners, also let's keep the situations simple please!]

WSH ~<3

If there was any question about me being a greymuzzle before, you can consider it answered now! Today I have left my 30s behind me. It's been a wild ride, from switching careers to losing old friends to gaining new ones. Though what I'll miss most about my 30s is the fresh excitement of diving headfirst into the fandom. Y'all know how to make an old bun feel welcomed <3 Here's to another ten years!

Happy Paw Day everybody!
I really wanted to publish today everything I made celebrating, but sadly a splitting headache has been keeping me down today. So I may post a couple tonight, but I shoudl be well enough to do the rest tomorrow.

Thanks!!

Howdy folks!
Paw Day is coming up soon. To make things a bit easier on my workload I'll be sticking with characters from my roster. But if there's anything paw-related you'd like to see from me feel free to drop an idea or two! SFW or NSFW is cool
My roster: https://trello.com/b/hg6lLKOn/character-roster

I will be taking 2 new character slots with or without still scenes and 4 still scenes with characters I've already made. If interested check out my commissions center and fill out the request form [link in the first column].

https://trello.com/b/L9bHDmN8/white.....mmission-sheet

This is not a first come first served basis. Please take the time to craft your idea.

For the 4 scene slots, all chracters involved must have models by me so they can be ready to go. This is meant to be a rapid-fire sort of thing to fill the gaps between animations.

I apologize in advance but my animation and loops carts are full up at the moment.

Also to those still on my legacy queue I am still working on this list while doing these. If you're curious about your position please reach out.

Thanks!

Thank you to everyone who reached out to me yesterday. Truly, it means a lot to know I am not alone in my low times, and truly we are all going through something horrible together. It never ceases to amaze me how supportive and loving the furry community is. Part of why I posted my feelings the other day is to let you all know that I am susceptible to the same lows as the rest of you, I would not want you to think my life is all wonderful and exciting just because I don't post my frustrations. Which brings me to today.

I am doing much better. Not 100%, certainly the problems I spoke of were not cleared up in 48 hours. That would surely be some miracle. But I am working on myself, as are the other members of my family and household. Typically I am the one who is the recipient of others letting off steam, and I forget to do so myself. I also didn't want to start specific conversations with anyone in particular about it, which is why I posted it here. There is not anything that anyone can do, and while the need to talk is satisfied, I sometimes just need to be heard and ironically shouting into the not-so-void void has had that effect. It only reminds me that I used to do this through my music. I miss writing, recording, singing, and it occurs to me that once I move I can make space for that again. Clearly there is some emotional bloodletting to be done.

Until then, I am back on my bunpoop! More art, more animations, more bun. Thanks again, and as always, stay tuned!

-WSH =:3 <3

I want to start by thanking everyone for the holiday wishes, and I hope all of yours were amazing times.

I would say this is the worst Christmas I've ever had, except that I didn't have it. Christmas came and went without so much as a murmur in this house. There was no festiveness, no holiday cheer, no decorations. Even Chanukah was barely anything this year, and it left as quickly as it showed up. Now, none of my immediate family still practice any sort of Christianity, but the yuletide celebration was always a tradition in my family growing up. I have such fond memories of when I was younger, sitting under the tree, watching the lights, eating a fancy meal surrounded by family. Over the years the family thinned out - people stopped showing up, my mother's siblings essentially disowned all of us, and in the last year or two it was down to me, my mother, my sister, and our two spouses, one of whom is religiously Jewish and was never much for Christmas. This year, because of COVID-19, my sister did not come over. We didn't even put up the tree. So it was just the household to celebrate, and my partner doesn't. And so my mother let me know on Christmas Day that she felt as if she were being erased. This left me with three thoughts.

1. My mother for all the headbutting that we do to each other in this house, is not wrong. There needs to be space for each of us in this house, and right now it feels as if there is none for any of us. My partner doesn't feel he has the freedom to use the entire house, even though he does, because he will always feel like a guest. My mother feels that his buying of things is taking over the house and that his religious dietary needs are somehow above hers. And because they never talk it out, there is a cold war brewing that basically allows them to passive-aggressively enforce these misguided notions. And of course the tension all this creates has left me feeling, well, constricted in no way I could possibly enjoy.

2. Hearing her say this broke my heart. This is the last thing I want her to feel. And certainly the last thing I wanted to hear from her on Christmas. I am constantly filled with conflicting emotions. Like, it's not my husband's fault Christmas has diminished in this house, all you have to do is look at the petty siblings who refuse to come and send Christmas cards to my aunt and cousin in the same household but specifically not us. SPECIFICALLY NOT US, knowing full well that we'll see the envelopes in the downstairs lobby. And at the same time, yeah, my husband's religion took over cause frankly, we don't have one. But it's tradition, and the fact that we didn't do it this year is killing her, and it's killing me but I can't tell her that because it will just turn into a conversation that I cannot bear to hear again.

3. We should have put up that fucking tree. I regretted it the moment I agreed that it was too much of a bother. In my inaction I have been complicit in the atmosphere in this house, the very same atmosphere that chokes me. Most days I don't know what to do, what the solution is to all these problems, and in that absence of a solution I have found myself drawing inward - retreating to that same shell that I have called home for pretty much as long as I've been alive. It is the shell of an angry boy, hiding in here so he can shout into the void whatever stew of emotions it is that he needs to release. It used to be hammered out into ivory keys, but he has long accepted that he was never to accomplish anything as a musician. Though I dare say the word "accepted" is perhaps not the right word, more like "surrendered". Old habits, new vices.

It is a culmination of the things I have been feeling pretty much since October. With one incident after another, one more task to be managed, one more fire to be put out - I sometimes wonder how much more I can take before I crack. Usually, by the time you ask yourself that question, the cracks have already formed. You just don't see them yet. I do see them. I see what is happening to me, cause I've been through it before. Same story, different cast.

I am unsure of what the future may hold. What the next three months are going to look like. A few things are certain. For one, this is going to be a long winter. And while I don't vote for climate change at all, I wouldn't mind if it wasn't a bleak, frozen winter with nothing but pale sunrises and bone-chilling darkness. I suppose the only upside of the pandemic is that it makes time run fast, so maybe I won't have to worry about a long winter this time around. The other thing that is certain is that I need to move. I have wanted my own place for long, but I am now past the point where staying here will cause lasting harm to my mental health, and to the mental health of my husband and mother. We live on top of each other, and it isn't fair to anyone - but nobody knows how to fix it. The only solution I see is moving out. And as painful as that will be, I know there is so much more pain waiting for me if I stay.

Thank you for listening.

Hi folks! As we come up on the end of the year, I've taken upon assessing the state of my commissions. Aside from some minor changes to my rates, I am overhauling my commission management process.

First of all I have a new Commission Central space! Check it out: https://trello.com/b/L9bHDmN8/white.....mmission-sheet
This link displays my rates, my current commissions, and a link to my new commission request form.

Yes, you read that right - commission request form. I am going to be more selective with the commissions I take on. Please read through the form's TOS and the section in my Commission Center on tips for submission, that will give you a better idea of the work I am interested in taking on.

Additionally, I am no longer going to add commissions to my master queue. I will open and close for commissions as time and energy allows. I will put out notices here and on Twitter when I do open. While my submission form is always open, filling it out does NOT mean a guarantee that I will take your commission nor does it mean I will accept it in the order it was received. For those of you who are already on my queue from a pre-agreed arrangement do not worry - I will still be working through those left on the list.

I know this may seem like a drastic and maybe uncomfortable change. Please understand that I am making an effort to manage my commission workload as well as create more personal projects and participate in time-specific events and themes that my previous workload did not really allow.

Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe~ <3


Commission Center
https://trello.com/b/L9bHDmN8/white.....mmission-sheet

Submission Request Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1.....cW9zQ/viewform

My apologies, it seems I linked the NSFW version twice. It has been updated

Taking suggestions for Paw Day! Smush my OCs under soft beans? Tender or dominant foot worship? A bit o musk? A bit o... naughtyness? I'm all ears!

Tha coilssss! Go follow  GherinnCoils now!

Hi fuzzbutts,
As I'm sure you're all aware, this pandemic has a lot of us fearful, restless, yearning for a sign of normalcy again. I want to take this moment to thank you for doing your part in helping slow the spread of this virus. Please continue to be vigilant, wash your hands and surfaces, exercise social distancing.. you know the drill by now.

Some of you may NOT know, however, that I work for one of the largest hospitals on the eastern seaboard of the US. What this has meant for me is that I and all of my coworkers are operating in crisis mode. This means long long hours, demanding priorities, and generally expecting my 110% at the bare minimum.

This has a direct impact on my artwork and commission work. By the time the day is done, I am beyond exhausted. The little time I do have at night goes to recovery, leaving only a small window in the mornings to do any artwork. Even then it's been mostly personal stuff to ease the pressure. I am continuing with my commissions, please know that - just expect those active commissions and the backlog to move a lot slower for the time being. And yes, the tailwrap commission list is continuing through its taken slots, after which I will consider a FEW on the waiting list. If this is a concern for you, I am happy to discuss your commissions 1 on 1. Thank you all for your patience.

-WS

For another hour or so https://picarto.tv/WhiteshadowHare

Go check out  Aver-art who's been taking commissions for animations, including this great piece for me! furaffinity.net/view/35320783/
Go get yours today!!!

My good buddy  greensneky is planning to take on a few sticker commissions. go check it out! https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9287935/

The lovely  toeclaws sat me down for an interview on this week's Paw Post and I must say it was simply pawesome! Or, was it feetastic? Anywho, check it out! https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33335425/