Fortnightly Update 66: Return of the Plant Update! And Burnout! Dangit! (Patreon)

Hey everyone, in this update I'll be sharing both an in progress commission and an update on the Monthly Art. Also, in life stuff i'll bitch about burnout after sharing the first plant update since January (i know that's what you're all here for)

Art Stuff

Since last update i've finished two of the five commissions on my queue and i'm currently over halfway through shading the third (though I haven't forgotten the TG Preg Alt):

After this chonky bat i've got Indiana Jones getting cowed and a demi-Gomamon TF  (and i'm really thankful to those clients for their patience!) which are both smaller in scope so hopefully they'll be done before June :) 

And i'm making steady progress on the monthly art, while it's slower than i'd have liked I'm pretty on track to have it finished at the usual-ish time.

Check out my cheeky use of 3D Models, i'm gonna try and not lean on that too hard. I'm excited to do some of the alts this month - feels like this layout is conducive to fun stuff :)  (perfect views for preg alt, for sweaty alt, for reality shifting macro goodness maybe...)  

I've gotten sidetracked with some cute side projects this month already - the centaurs with a couple bonus posts were kinda an apology for delays to the monthly art, and spending a couple of hours on a cute animation felt worth it :) 

Life Stuff

Can't believe it's been ages since I shared a photo of my houseplants. But the kitchen windowsill underwent some upgrades last weekend - I repotted my two succulents and binned one of my repainted nettles, replacing it with a healthier looking cutting. Also, has some leftover decorative gravel so I figured i'd add that to two of the pots :) 

It feels like winter only just wrapped up, and i've been enjoying being able to mow the lawn and tend to plants again - though my flowerbed is full of grass and weeds and slugs and snails... I've been doing weeding here and there but hff, it's a lot of work. I'll get it sorted. 

I don't talk about it much, but i've been running an afterschool club at a local school, teaching them things like Python and HTML. This week's lesson was fun because I got to muck about with images and CSS. I promise that I actually can do advanced web stuff (3 years Angular experience, a couple in React) but this basic mucking about is great fun. 

Anyway, I mentioned burnout at the beginning and yeah, i'm kinda completely exhausted. It's not entirely art's fault I think, my day job is getting really rather demotivating and simultaneously busy. 

I'm getting better about commission pressure - i'm not crunching myself to deliver them since clients are always more patient and understanding than I expect, but having them on my plate at the same time as patreon is a bit of a stressor. I'll get through this bad spot, but in the meantime I really appreciate your patience!

This update's already late as it is so i'll wrap up - thank you for reading, and for your support! I've nearly filled up a new sketch page, and we'll have more commission rough sketches in the near future, and I'm really hoping to finish the monthly art for Early Access before the next Update too :) 

Have a lovely weekend!