It's July now and where to start?

I may have some drawings to finish but I do want to continue writing even though it can be hard to get the motivation to do that.

I know that people seems to like my story Journey of the Gnoll Queen, but I haven't really gotten any comments on the parts that have been posted which makes me uncertain what about these parts it is that people likes or if they just looked at the art and faved without reading the story.

I know that I'm not always commenting, but I do want to get better at that.

For those who had read my stories so far, what about them do you like?

It would honestly help motivating me.

On to other things... there's no beating around the bush, despite Redbubble and Teepublic recently getting unfriendlier to smaller artists but I should try to at least get more merch up on those stores. Anything will be helpful since I haven't found a job that works for me yet.

Speaking of which, the donation drive will still be going since I really need to get to get a computer to finish the pilot comic for Heavenly Kyuubi. The finished pages are stored in one of my external hard drives and it would be difficult accessing them without a computer. X_X

I also want to return to streaming and making a big "relaunch" as the gnoll queen Alexis. C-L and other sonas/characters will still be used in some way during streams, I just hope that it's something you would like to watch, but I understand if timezones gets in the way

I will be streaming games and also do art since Twitch seem to have lighted up regarding what you can do on stream, but we'll have to see.

I just hope that I can find the motivation to do what I really want to do, your help is appreciated.

First off, I really want to thank everyone who has commissioned me so far and has helped me with bills, but I still have few bills left that happens to be the most expensive and are due in two days.

While I would ask for more commission (you're free to ask me for one), I also would be really thankful if you were to donate through my Ko-fi as part of my donation drive. For the next parts, Isabelle will appear to help Tom Nook out, but I will only draw those when each of the milestones are met.

Direct link to my Ko-fi where you may donate as much as you want: https://ko-fi.com/cyborglucario

And I would also like to remind you all that the highest donor of each part will receive a bonus pic, which will be ten of them that will either be done during or after the donation drive is finished.

In other news, because of the latest epieode of Helluva Boss I feel even more tempted to try my hands at making a hellhound as my hellsona. Not to worry, I will still be drawing more of my Zelda OCs including my Zonwi sona Lexai.

I will also try my best to find the time to write more of Journey of the Gnoll Queen and hope that it will be finished this year.

And I did start writing the script for a comic in May about Cyborg-Lucario and his supporting cast, which I also need to finish.

Oh boy, I sure will be busy, which means that I most probably won't have any time to RP (which I don't even do with just anyone), but I really hope people won't see me as anti-social because I don't like when people call me that and guilt tripping me doesn't make me want to spend more time with them.

I know it may sound harsh, but letting people do that to me may have been one of the things that caused me to become nervous these past few years.

Sorry for that sour note at the end, but if you have anything to say about it, feel free to comment, that way I know that you have read it.

I really hope by the goodness of your hearts that you will be able to help me out, thank you!

Hello everyone

It seemed like everything would turn out fine, but sadly bills came along, a lot of them, and that was around the same time I decided to do a new donation drive, which you can find in my gallery.

I would be thankful for the help, but commissions also works out well (and if you want, become a Patreon supporter)

If anyone wonders if I will do any special art for this month, then I sorry, I have no idea what to do this month. And also, despite being bi, I don't like walking around with it lile a label, because being bi is simply what I am.

However, I do have plans on remaking old drawings of mine, and I mean really old like my first few years on da and fa where I had a mix of hand drawn art and ms paint pics.

Talk about a strong comparison from back then to now.

If nothing else, I hope you're having a good time, and I also hope that there will be a time where I don't have to worry about bills while saving for a computer.

I plan on doing a donation drive next month to help saving up for a computer, but until then I need to do commissions to pay for the bills I got (and it's a lot), which you can do through Ko-fi (you may still donate if you want).

Spreading the word would be appreciated. 👍

https://ko-fi.com/cyborglucario

Hello everyone!

It's past the middle of May and I'm happy to have a my insurance but I still would be thankful if people commissioned me since as you may know, being an artist is technically my job (I think there is a certain threshold for how much you need to earn to have people consider it a job).

I do still have a Patreon and if you haven't seen it, some perks you can get like with the highest tier giving you either a line art drawing with no extra cost or 50% on any other drawing.

Like you would save €10 on a fully coloured with two characters in it.

I have had the thought of making a new donation drive through Ko-fi but I'm not sure if I should be using one of my own characters or one from a franchise that I like, and also, I'm not sure I got the charisma to get people interested in donating for the goal to get a new computer, but do you have any suggestions?

And work can get slow as I still haven’t finished the script for a one-shot comic featuring my Pokémon characters and part of that is due to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Man, this game is really great even though I have only gotten to finish one of the dungeons but that's because of the side quests and everything you can find by exploring (makes me wish that Game Freak could have gotten help from a studio like Monolith Soft when it came to open worlds), not to mention finding the titular tears.

And it might be an early game spoiler but Rauru is hot!

I hope anyone who's playing it is also having a good time.

Until next time, see ya!

After three years of work practice (which shouldn't have taken that long if it wasn't for the pandemic) I finally got my insurance approved by the Swedish Social Insurance company, now I don't have to worry about the ones at the commune giving me less money because of commission money or simple transfer between friends and family.

Admittedly, even though I'm happy to have a proper income I can't exactly take pride in how it's difficult for me to get a job since (I may not have said it before) I have a hard time focusing a lot of times, gets distracted and I'm not the best planner.

But hey, I'm happy that it got approved before my birthday, which is (as of the writing of this journal) in five days.

I don't ask for much, and IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION but if you want you can check my Throne wishlist for things you could gift me:

https://throne.com/alexis_strype/wishlist

Or you may draw for me if you got the time. Which is just simply another suggestion because birthdays and Christmas is the only times I will ask for art because those times are special and I wish to commission others if I want art, which I hope that I can do soon, but also while saving for a computer.

But honestly, do whatever you feel like. Just saying happy birthday is good enough.

And I do want to make it clear for the third time that it's just a suggestion since I don't want to put people through the same things I have been going through, even if those were in private.

I honestly wish that I could say no easier no matter whatever excuse those asking me for free art may have.

Even though I got my insurance approved, I still need to get money to make sure I can pay for my bills, and I would say its quite urgent: https://ko-fi.com/cyborglucario

You can either commission me or just donate on my Ko-fi.

If you have read all the way through, how are you doing? I hope you're doing well.

How do you do? I'm doing fine, despite the fact that I still got bills to pay and as you may have seen in my gallery I got a new price list and if you’re able to commission me, then I would be very thankful if you sent me a note (if you got me on Discord, feel free to contact me over there).

I'm also planning on making a shorter comic featuring Cyborg-Lucario and friends, and I'm close to finishing one of the new characters that will appear in it, however, they and any other of the characters who will first appear in that comic will probably only be posted for everyone outside of Patreon to see once the first few pages are done but in the meanwhile, please support me on Patreon if you really care for my art (also because I still haven’t managed to get a job (and it would be good to have more people who could vote on Patreon polls)): https://www.patreon.com/CyborgLucario

I do hope to watch the Super Mario Bros. movie, but it's a bit hard to be watching movies at the cinema, not only because of the bills I need to pay but as you’re probably aware no matter where you live that tickets are getting more expensive, I’m just glad the cinema in my city haven’t implemented the stupid ban of taking your own snacks and drinks with you.

I may be doing most of my status updates on Twitter, but it's good to be making sure I can tell people here how I'm doing and if you did read this journal, please leave a comment and I hope nothing bad is gonna happen (or worse than it already is).

An unexpected bill came. I really do not need those!

Some commissions may help.

https://ko-fi.com/cyborglucario/commissions

Or if you rather want to support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CyborgLucario

And in other news, I'm slowly reworking my Discord server and compiling my projects to make it easier for others to follow.

It's been a while I made a bigger journal entry and I can't say that a lot has happened since I'm still waiting for confirmation about my insurance and I also feel that I don’t have a lot to talk about since I don't have the resources to continue working with Heavenly Kyuubi or get back into streaming. I also wish to try and do other stuff with a computer like trying to develop a game, but I can’t promise much about that for now.

I just want to be sure, how many are interested in reading the Heavenly Kyuubi pilot comic when it comes out despite how long it has been since I worked on it?

And you might also be aware of it (and may be why you're not interested in my journals) but I'm trying to make my Patreon into something more than a glorified tipping jar, since I haven’t found a job that works for me it would be good for me to have a form of secondary income and I think I'm doing well with it and I hope you may consider supporting me on that site considering how I don't always have the time to do commission work (but commissions can still be nice).

https://www.patreon.com/CyborgLucario

And another thing I plan on doing when I get the computer and access to the files is to post the first chapter of Magus Doe on Newgrounds to let everyone see the start of it for free and maybe be interested in buying the other chapters. I also hope to get some feedback and maybe I'll get the motivation to continue with that story again.

Who knows what will happen, but I really hope that I will get my insurance and maybe I will get extra amount of cash which can help me get a computer (because I doubt that I will get anything back in tax returns this year, I'm j6st glad that I won't have to pay for any from what I have seen) and start working as soon as I can on those stuff.

But in the meanwhile I have resumed work on Journey of the Gnoll Queen which includes fixing grammatical mistakes I did in orevious chapters.

If nothing else I hope that you will all have be doing your best and until next time, see ya!

I made a new poll on Patreon for my supporters to help me out with future drawings. Feel free to join and take part to:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-will-i-draw-80087883?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link