On this day 10 years ago, I joined FurAffinity and began making digital art, starting off with a mouse and Microsoft Paint. As expected, I was terrible. But as the years passed, I slowly got better through practice, getting proper equipment like a tablet, and learning some art theory and techniques in college courses. I was always interested in drawing babes, because Pokemon hentai (of all things) is the thing that nudged me in this direction to begin with. After a few years, I started taking commissions, and it helped support me in a very rough period in my life. Over time, it even allowed me to build a competent work station. Soon my life began improving, as well as my babe drawing skills. This craft of mine is only a piece of the puzzle of where I'm headed next, and I still have significant life challenges to overcome, but art has been there as my creative outlet for over a decade now.

It feels like there are a million and a half things to improve on with my art (other artists, in their own experience, call this par for the course lol), and it's been a struggle trying to achieve that, maybe moreso than the next guy. I'm not the typical furry artist, and I don't cover the typical bases that a "popufur" would. I guess one could think of it as a bowling alley, but the ball has to zigzag to reach the pins. But despite that, I think that's the best way to be honest with myself when it comes to my art, and to not branch out in directions that doesn't yet feel right to me. That's what I've done, for better or worse, and that's what I'll be sticking to.

As for the picture, these are three of my oldest characters, Garen, Izel, and Fior. They really haven't changed much over the years, oddly enough. I made them for a story that I've been concocting for the past several years. The world building runs at a snail's pace currently, due to aforementioned life challenges, but I'm slowly laying the brick work for something I hope will be interesting for folk. It may be a webcomic, a graphic novel, or just a written story, but the aim is to one day get it out to the world in some way, shape, or form. It's still up in the air, but we'll see! In the mean time, cutesy/sexy pics of my pups make for fun personal projects.

Finally, I want to thank my friends, fans, and clients for supporting me for all this time. The reason I have the tools to draw is because of my patrons and commissioners. I'd literally be nothing without you guys; tree falling in the woods and all that. It's definitely humbling for someone to pay me to draw for them once, let alone multiple times. I hope to meet and exceed your expectations as I figure out the art I want to put out into the world. So thank you <3

As for the future, I'm gonna keep on truckin' along with sexy arts! Got no reason to stop now. I still like FurAffinity and Twitter, so those will remain my two main public sites. There's also my Discord, which will be turning 2 here pretty soon! That place in particular is a riot, and full of nerds that I talk to on the daily. It's the Discord community that's run to my own personal standards, and I'm happy with how its turned out, because everyone plays nice and gets along, for the most part. Links as always are below! Also, fun fact: now that I've achieved this milestone, I may start doing adult-themed commissions, which I've turned down time and again prior. I'll still have a limited criteria of stuff I'll do, and they'll likely be 50% more expensive and/or for patrons only, but it's better than saying no flat out, right? :P We'll see how that develops.

Yours truly,
Jimmu

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