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This… Feels weird.
No, really. It does. It feels weird.

It feels strange to be behind text when I’m so used to just… Talking to everyone while I work!

I’ve been streaming since, oh, what, 2022? I was finishing up my degree around that time (and streaming my homework to make it more bearable), so that feels about right. It’s been one of the primary ways that I communicate with the outside world anymore– a way for me to connect with other people in real-time. It’s special.

But I also think… It’s time for something new.

I’ve put a lot of thought into how I want to approach my creative work over the last few months. The last whole quarter of last year, to be honest. I’ve been kicking around new ideas, and weighing pros and cons of different mediums and workflows, and trying to think about what I can manage with my real-life obligations while also making something… Special. Because I do want to make something special.

Also, I’m tired of being chased off of social media platforms!

I want a place to call home. A place to put all of the weird stuff that I make in whatever format that I make it in.

That place is here.

So, here we are.

It feels weird, and I think that it will take some time for me to get the hang of making this space the sort of primary place where I upload my work and interact with people who want to enjoy my work, but… I really do think that this is going to be better for me, my mental health, and the health of my work in the future.

Probably.

Maybe.

Probably.

So, like, what even is happening here?

Right. Right. The important stuff. Like what the heck this is going to be for.

Well, first and foremost, this website will be a place I can stash my art. I won’t have to worry about content restrictions, post limits, audience reach, or any crap like that. I can make art, and post it here. Ta-Da~!

Also, I can put other projects here! Stuff that might not necessarily be related to visual art only (hint hint, wink wink). That will have a place to live right here on the site, too. Sort of a one-stop-shop for all of the stuff that I make.

What about your actual shop?

Uhhh that’s still not quite integrated yet. At least not entirely. I’m not sure that it will be beyond having a special link up at the navigation bar. Right click and open in a new tab if you want to. I haven’t figured out how to make it do that independently.

I’m still going to be using FourthWall to host my shop. At some point I plan on expanding my offerings but I’m being mindful of what I’m able to do and I’ve learned that I never want to be in charge of shipping anything off myself ever again (I still have the goodies from last year’s streamathon to send off. IT WILL GET MAILED EVENTUALLY).

The links on the shop will now (in theory) point to this website.

What about Commissions?

Still closed! For now.

Eventually they may re-open. I moved the carrd menu to the website and there’s a page for it. But, honestly, I really want to focus on other work this year. I have one long-standing commission that I’ve been tinkering away at in the background but I think it’s going to be a long time before I open up for bespoke art.

I’m really, really excited about what I’m working on in the meantime, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Stream isn’t going anywhere.

At least, not for now. It may be that I take a step back from streaming for a while so that I can focus on other projects. There will be a lot of stuff that I don’t know that I want to livestream– or that would be fun for viewers to watch. But who knows, maybe I’ll change my mind about that. The internet really surprises me sometimes.

….But Discord might.

Like I said, I’m tired of being run off of social media platforms.

I’m not sure how the discord chaos is going to shake down. I will not be providing my ID. I will not be providing social media companies my personal information. I will not be participating in that.

So, for now, things aren’t changing there. But in the future, it may be that the primary place to get updates about streams, projects, offerings, or anything else– might be here.

I don’t know what the future holds in that regard. I’m willing to keep an open mind for now, but I know that I’m tired of jumping ship when a social media platform inevitably shits its own bed.

So all in all…

Welcome! Welcome to the new site. I have minimal idea about what I’m doing and there might be hiccups as I go.

But hey, that’s part of the fun.

See you next time, folks.

Cheers!