Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Little update

Why I've been inactive

I haven't been particularly active as of late, neither with my art nor on my Discord server due to my mental and physical health being really poor. I'm battling with chronic nightmares and subsequent fatigue that no amount of methylphenidate can fix. To add insult to injury my fluoxetine is doing nothing to combat my depression and anxiety anymore so I'm in dire need of a change in medication again which has already been arranged for the 20th August.
Nevertheless I feel I owe an apology to those who saw my rant on bluesky as I admitted to my suicidal ideations without any warning. I have deleted the posts in question but I'm sorry I let my negative thoughts spiral to the point where I subjected strangers to my self-pity party.

Commission Work

Regardless of all that I intend to stick to my plan of taking on commissions again in September. This means people on my waitlist will be contacted by the end of August to discuss details and payment should any of your ideas have changed.
I'd like to get more serious and work towards doing art full-time once my health improves. As of right now the plan is to take 3-5 commissions a month - though I would like to be able to take on more when time and health allows it. Practice makes perfect so hopefully once I get into the rhythm of things it'll be smooth sailing from there.

Pricing Changes

I will not be raising my prices yet but I intend to up them by £5-£10 next year if I think the quality of my work justifies it. I can't currently judge my own abilities due to my mood fluctuations and low confidence but would nevertheless be open to hear your guys' opinion on the matter.
I've not raised my prices in two years during which the costs of quite literally everything else here in the UK increased drastically. That's the main reason I intend to raise them - because it's really hard to get by these days. I'm currently having to make due with glasses I can't see out of because I can't afford new ones, various things in our apartment stopped working and need to be replaced and frankly I don't know the last time I've been able to buy myself anything for fun rather than necessity as food and bills take priority. It's a miserable way to live long-term.Anyway, that is all for now. Sorry for the wall of text, this was probably entirely unnecessary to explain but I feel awful about my inactivity.

Thank you for reading. I have some WIPs below for those wanting to see them.
-Hiccy