Kaylink

yeah you read that right

i've been struggling to be productive with art for the last.... ugh like 5 years? lots of compounding issues i won't get into but part of it is also that my own characters are getting stale for me and frustrating to draw. so, i figured it wouldn't hurt to try something new. got an OC? slap a link in the comments. any species or style or type will do.

this is NOT a guarantee that i will draw you something, it's just going to be based on what characters catch my eye. i may end up doing a bunch, or only a few. i may very well end up doing none at all. but i figure it won't hurt to give it a shot and hey, no cost to you if nothing happens, right?

thanks for sticking with me through my unproductive times. 

**holy cow, thank you for all the characters! there's sooo many i'd like to draw! even if i don't get around to you pls know that i have looked at every single one of them! warms my heart that so many people are still sticking around, i kind of figured my account would be mostly deserted by now. <3

***yall i literally have not even started these yet theres no time limit, feel free to keep commenting ad infinitum

just so that the title doesn't confuse anyone not leaving this account

at the end of this week i am going to be moving back to my home state of CT, first time i'll be living there again since the 90s. the last 18 years i've spent in the south and midwest so i'm looking forward to getting back to my roots, so to speak. i am going to have to become the proverbial '20-something living in their parents basement looking for work' for a few months, which i don't love, but i'm optimistic that the time will give a chance to de-stress and (ideally) focus on art. i've been working 45/50hr workweeks for the past 4 years and while it's been good for building other skills, it's left me with very very little time or energy to work on art again. compounded with some chronic physical and mental health problems, i've very much fallen out of practice.

but since i'll presumably have lots of time to kill and be in a nice quiet environment, i'd really like to re-orient myself with art. i'll be borrowing a spare bedroom to use as a 'studio' in the meantime and i have a lot lot lot of things i want to work on - i want to try animating again, i need to re-orient myself with illustration because god knows how much my style's changed since i was last drawing regularily, need to finish up my last few commissions, want to take new commissions, want to make some more adoptables, want to re-do some of my older pieces, make more speedpaints, i got a sewing machine recently so i want to try making plushes, we'll be right near a mountain range/foothills so i want to go hiking with my dog and continue with photography... etc. more than i can chew, and what not.

... i feel like i post a 'dont worry guys im gonna start posting more art for realsies' journal every year or so lol. 

since i very first joined DA, my goal was always to get a DD for something i drew. that goal finally was accomplished, albeit under terrible circumstances. but it's helped to light a fire under my ass and i'm working hard to keep my physical and mental health problems managed appropriately. art was - is - a massive part of my identity and something i have been desperately missing the past few years. i want it back.

SO! that's the current status. i'll go ahead and plug that you can also find me on FA and tumblr if you'd like. FA's in about the same state as this account, i am more active on tumblr though, if you can suffer through the hundreds of dog pictures.

So I've gotten like 20 requests over the last day or two (which is a lot for me considering how dead this account is) regarding using my art work for some website thing... animal jam whatever.

Does the image include a character of mine? Then no.
Was the image a commission/trade/gift for someone else? Then no.
Is the image available for commercial use? Then no.
Does the image include no owned characters, was not drawn for anyone specific, and is not being used commercially? Then yes as long as I am credited as the artist and you link back to the original on DA. Neither of these are optional.

If you have a specific image you want to use that you think may be ok based on the above, then NOTE ME so I can tell you yes or no. If I catch anyone using art of my characters or for others without permission, then everything in my gallery is getting a blanket ban on being used, period. Historically I have never allowed any re-posting, I'm trying to be nice here so if you guys play by the rules then idc.

Also hi; my work is kicking my ass and I'm still trying to find the correct levels of meds so my brain stops being garbage. Still here though. I'm going to be moving across the country this winter so I'm hoping that while I have a period of unemployment I can finish up these ungodly overdue comms and get some new stuff up here.

Hi all, just wanted to formally announce that I will be attending MFF this weekend along with my wonderful friends Avyris ( SoldierYena ) and Johis ( Lhuin )! We will all be wearing at least one badge with our names on it so if you see us please come and say hi, I love meeting people! I'm not going to have any artwork with me but I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and attending some panels! I plan to be there all four days, unless something changes.

I apologize for the sudden silence the last few weeks, shortly after my birthday I ended up needing fairly short-notice abdominal surgery so that + recovery + making up the work hours has taken priority (all better now thankfully!). I'll be going through my messages soon if you've contacted me in the meantime as I'm not sure when my work hours will be changing next.

Hope to see some of you soon!

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone is planning to attend Midwest FurFest this year? I'm going to be going since I'm local (trying to orchestrate it so I can have some awesome out of town DA friends attend too!) but would love to know if anyone else is planning on going! I'm not going to be vending anything but I always love meeting people and saying hi, so just trying to get a sense of if I can look forward to meeting anyone else!