Yo, Update (Commissioners)

I’d like to apologize for going intensely slow through October-December. Besides the much-needed hiatus and the move itself in October, everything wasn’t fine and I ended up being mostly mia/moping without mentioning anything. I felt it was nothing and thought I could continue to work through it. I was mistaken. I’m sorry for the delay. I’ve mostly got my head on straight again, double checking to make sure emails have been responded to and currently resuming work on the backlog.

Using this week/weekend to handle some commissions that had deadlines/meant as holiday gifts.

I’ll be back to working on comms intensely December 25th – February 1st!
Streams more likely won’t be making a return for a while.

Email:
If you have to send an email asking for an update or just to ask a question. PLEASE DO NOT create a new message! Reply to the same THREAD/Message we spoke through. Because of this it clutters my inbox and pushes other messages down. Having to keep up with more new messages on top of everything I’ve already organized causes mass confusion and clutter.

Discord:
Since I won’t really be streaming much.
I created a secondary discord account earlier this month so I would be able to speak and give updates a little more directly + instant feedback while I try to clear this backlog. (Private stream if necessary)

if you’ve gotten a colored sketch, character page, comic page and I have your email. No need to send an email. (please DON’T Send an email) I’ll be Sending out a mass email to commissioners with the discord Name# later this week!
This is NOT a social account. Once your piece has been completed. You will be removed.

idk

I feel like taking another hiatus but I also feel like scratching an “art itch.” (personal art/study related)

Probably not the best thing to say right now, given got work to finish and I’m all set up. I finally got everything this year and then some. Got my own place, got a brand new setup and even working on a much better tablet. (Though, feels like switching over to a new tablet did more harm than good. still trying to get use to the size/adjusting to it. idk?? )

The plan was to binge owed commissions and stream until I dropped. (Get back into those 7-10 hour streams. Maybe even 24hrs again. Tried, barely stream for an hour or two because of art frustration / not liking how my stuff was coming out.)

There’s no stress on my back.

But I’m honestly stuck in a mildly frustrating art funk or rather an almost gloomy funk in general. (Nothing has happened, nothing bad has happened. I’m just, out of it.)

Not completely sure what’s up. But hoping to get out of it soon.

Might actually just scratch that art itch and see if it helps.

Update (its Friday)

(This isn’t really important at all unless you’re waiting on a piece from me or just curious about the moving junk. Other than that, this post is junk. Image unrelated and old.)

Okay, where do I start without going into a vent-ish word vomit mess. Had an entire thing I typed out last week but didn’t upload because it got far too personal and lengthy. So here is a more condensed version without the whining or being toxic.

MY apologies for the silence and delay.

TLDR:
Back to streaming again. Full throttle(ish) Might stream a bit this weekend
Mon-Fridays (3hrs in the morning and 3hrs at night)
finishing up owed Colored-Sketches, owed YCHS/DESIGNS for September.
Getting back to emails today.

Moving Stuff:
Didn’t qualify for the house I was originally saving for September to be near Amazon.(Still a bit upset/sulking a tad about the leasing office and their agent made it clear my chances were actually pretty good/not to worry about it. Pretty much use to this by now. Figured having the Amazon job + large chunk of savings would make it easier. But it’s whatever.)

But! Found a few places that I’ve been spending the last several days trying to secure for late September/Early October. (Subleasing/subletting is a thing I wasn’t aware existed. )

Driving around a lot out of the city into other areas, contacting, applying for other shit, seeing what can be done in my situation through different leasing offices/actual owners/landlords. As an introverted fuck, It’s been draining.

Had a bit of a spat with family/reached a boiling point with not wanting to have anything to do with my siblings for a while. (Nothing major or anything I want to get into anymore, things are just a tad uncomfortable.)

IN A NUTSHELL:
Streaming again. Streaming hours may flex up or down since I’m still jumping around/looking for a place to live comfortably even if temporarily asap. So I’m here, not completely but I’m getting back to drawing.

Thanks for being patient as fck with me.

Up all night sorting out documents, coloring pieces and making sure all my junk is together. Gotta get up in barely 3 hours. oh boy

Guess I’m gonna start adding coffee/stronger caffeine into my life

Thank god for weekends off tho

Incoming slew of content

Wanted to hold off a lil longer before throwing artwork until I finished up a few more commission pieces, a side comic for a good acquaintance and Sinder’s comic. Just to avoid overshadowing major/larger pieces or projects under sketches or commission pieces…

But here we go! (gonna upload in 1-2 chunks at a time)

(My apologies in advance if anything goes up that’s already been posted)

I’d like to say something.

I’ll get back to posting art regularly soon. Sorry for the chatter!
I don’t do these kinds of posts/journals very much. So I do apologize if It sounds like I’m repeating something I’ve already said in the past.

Copying and pasting this from my patreon/FA page, felt this applied to everyone who’s viewed, faved, shared and supported me. Regardless of how brief or how long.

Things have been good. (Damn good infact)

The job at Amazon has been going better than expected. Took a while to get use to the physical labor, the commuting and getting truck all fixed up. But shit’s been good. So damn good, this feels NORMAL? Like I’m actually on track for once, I have proper direction, a proper schedule. (I know to expect some bumps along the way. I’ll get better at correcting them quickly. But still!) That actually means a lot to me. THIS feels amazing. Even for such a “SMALL/COMMON” step in life others have gone through already. I’m just super late catching up haha…It just took way too long.

I feel confident enough to say as of August this patreon page will be set $5 only. For everything.

NSFW, Animations, Sketches, Experiments, Alternate Versions, Voting.
Everything.

If you’re currently supporting me, plan to support me or once supported. Through patreon, commissions or side projects. i don’t care. THANK YOU.

I know I’ve been a pain in the ass and very hectic to keep up with over the years. Sometimes I can be a consistent hard worker, knocking pieces out quickly and efficiently, with decent communication! And sometimes I stumble over myself causing problems, giving paper promises and delays/not so great situations for everyone involved. I’m sorry for my fuck ups and wasting the time of those who once worked with/supported me.

But through all that fuckery

Thank you all kindly for all the support you’ve given this slow ass artist/ stranger on the internet. You guys helped me stay afloat consistently, through my troubles, family situations, emergencies and when I really needed it. I still have some catching up to do, but my schedule is feeling more and more…Under my control than ever compared to the last few years of taking commissions and projects.

I love you guys for what you do for me and owe you all so damn much for that.

Thanks for sticking with!

-Kanel/Brandon!

2am and could use the chatter

I really just want to spend the weekend drawing squids, konosuba and boku no hero academia art.

Having a slow sluggish night playing catch up with owed work and a surprise small vet bill. So feel free to shoot an ask my way. Can answer a few questions in-between pieces to give my wrist small breaks. (orleague/HotS)

Answering asks/talking a bit

Oh boy, am I feeling social tonight but I really don’t want to talk to anyone or folks on discord. (This is the dumb norm for me.)

Probably gonna take a similar approach as another artist on here to handle asks. (Answer them until I’m tired/satisfied and delete em all later.)

Feel free to fill up the inbox tonight, I’ll take a peek in between drawing and answer whatever catches my attention.

Might turn off anon.

Yo, Some of yall

got some character designs that are pretty damn gorgeous or straight up badass imo. Actually surprised to know and not have seen them around much. what the hell..! Get them drawn more.

Got a few I love a lot but doubt i could do them justice lmao.

Gonna start picking a few in the next few hours. (Just letting them pile in, so there are more choices.)

//ramble

Irrelevant Chatter

Had a new-year piece just sitting there. But I wanna improve my anatomy a bit before I get back onto it. (Got a bunch of art-book-pdfs from a friend for Christmas. Currently starting with one by Andrew Loomis. In all seriousness haven’t been feeling too great with my artwork for..well, the longest. Anatomy, perspective, lack of a decent technique and even my coloring all over the place. Everything’s pretty jumbled up. Gonna keep reading up and practicing on my own time. So apologies if I sometimes end up posting not so polished studies/experiments. I’ve always enjoyed showing progress with at least someone. Lonely artist problems probably)

For now, have some garbage dragons: