Hi folks.I'm super embarrassed. The first of the month came and went and I just honestly got so involved in other things and burnt out on drawing that I just completely disappeared for a bit and missed it entirely. I'm extremely sorry.
Quick TL;DR version (the only version):
I bit off more than I could chew with last months' illustration. Another 6 character piece after last month's just wore me out. I got anxious about it taking a while, the anxiety made me avoid working on it, and nasty feedback loop was built.
To alleviate the burnout, I started work on some new, non-drawing projects. The good news is I have learned my way around 3d sculpting in like, under 2 days (which is wild) and I have a fursuit head fully sculpted and patterned. The bad news is... that's not what you guys are paying me to do and I totally dropped the ball.
After several days of modeling, suitmaking, and basically living in a little dumb adhd dog hyperfocus reverie, I got halfway through my day and realized... oh shit it's the 1st of a new month. I was so embarrassed I completely missed the coming and going of the month I just froze up and didn't say anything.
What I'm going to do about it:
Last months' piece is sitting at around 80% done. I'm stuck on it. The last bit is just tedious detail work, cum, editing, etc - all my least favorite part. YES i will get this handled asap and posted. I'm hoping for sometime this week.
This month's piece is going to be some 3d modeling work since that is just where my creativity is at right now. I'll run a poll and y'all can decide which of my characters you'd like to see a sculpt for.
IMPORTANT PART: Refunds. If anyone feels they should get a refund for last month because they didn't get what they paid for, fine with me, just DM me here. I'll be doing last month's piece AND this month's work during this month, so it will even out with being late, but I'd still like to offer that in case it makes folks feel more comfortable. I did, after all, not deliver on something I was paid to do.
That's about it. Thanks for reading, sorry for just going into creative/online catatonia. I have no excuse other than I'm human and managed my time poorly while also biting off way too big of a project - a perfect storm for not getting stuff done.
Take care and, as always, thank you all for your support.
Kihu