Hello all! I thought it was time for the 2nd monthly journal! Enjoy the rambles!

OC related

If you've known me for any length of time, you might know how much I was worrying about having too many OCs and keeping up with info and images back when I had around 50. It's why I cut down to less than 30. I have 2 USBs and my Neocities (Eventually Nekoweb too once I get around to it) as backups, and that fear has calmed down some, so with getting a new guy (Please look at them.) I'm thinking of making it an even 30 since I feel like I can handle that. And just to keep my humans at an even number. Idk why that bugs me so much. So, if you remember Kiara, she might be coming back. And if I do go on ahead with the 30 thing, I'll either be bringing back my first fursona, Skye, or making a new furry oc since I really want more furry ocs. Thinking of making a deer since I've always loved seeing deer furries!

Other than that, I'll be updating the character codes on my alt account. It's 99% fan characters that I still dearly love. So check them out if you'd like

Real Life related

Mango's doing well! We had a scare with Bella. I learned that cat tails can be degloved. Thankfully I caught it in time and she's fine! Mango was hissing and growling at her when she had the bandage on her tail though, and was completely fine once it was off

I got a new laptop! After having that HP 4GB RAM one since 2016, I've finally been able to get a new one (Shout out to Ellteo for the recommendation) Lenovo 8GB RAM gaming laptop c:
Only real complaint is there's no USB slots on the left and no SD card slot, but I can live without. I'm excited to play games I couldn't even run on the old one! I gotta finish Etrian Odyssey first though. It still feels so foriegn to me too. This laptop doesn't feel 100% mine yet. It's so fast and can play Spyro and Palia on epic graphics????? You can ask my friends how excited I was to check what could be played x3

Medibang also runs nicely! No lag at all now! Timelapses are smooth, but for some reason the files save with like 300MB? Idk how to fix that. I kinda wanna look into PaintStorm Studio (Yes just because the name) and try the trial version. Or even other art programs. Mostly for the fun of it to try different things, but I wouldn't mind switching from Medibang if it was a free program or pay once

Comms are still open

Anyway, that's all I can think of. if you want pet pics lemme know. Tell me who you wanna see out of Mango and Bella (Cats), or Chloe and Maggie (Dogs)

Hello all! Someone I follow does monthly updates, and I've been wanting to do those too. I'll be possibly crossposting these to Sheezy? Idk. Depends on what I type. So yeah! I thought it'd be cool, and give me a chance to interact more since I wanna do that too! So how's everyone's 2024 going?

Kind Sheezy users have helped me with a new OC page layout for my Neocities, so I'm gonna go through everyone and slowly update their Neocities page! Tangle's page is done, I'm just reading through it again to see if there's anything I wanna update. Please do lmk what you think! Does it look okay? Colors are fine? I'm open to tips and critiques! :D (I honestly constantly wonder if the colors are alright T_T)

Cholpon's been updated a bit! More magic added to the magic classes, and the Narix have also been updated! With this update, Bruno and Shiro are gonna get a bit of a backstory overhaul since I wanna make them part of the Narix. I also have plans to write a little bit of a story. I have the beginning of an enemies to lovers that ended up turning into more than I originally planned. No idea when I'll get back to that though

So yeah! Check out my Neocities and do give your thoughts! If you ever see spelling or grammar mistakes, please tell me!

Hello! I'm going around and making sure everyone is updated. I'm switching to a new character code since I didn't like the big, blue empty space. So here's my question to you all. Do you like or hate getting notifs of updated character profiles?

I feel like 2024 is gonna be pretty good! I'ma try and change my mindset on some things, and hopefully draw more. Plans? Let's see?

- Be unapologetic about talking about my OCs. These guys mean the world to me! So I'm gonna ramble about them on my Masto, Bsky (Ask for code. Moots/friends only), and Tumblr! Wanna ask my OCs a question, or ask me about their world? Go to my OC tumblr or Retrospring!

- Less art sites. I tried multiple. So you can find my art at any of these art sites, with the first two being my main! (I say less when I only quit two of them)
Furaffinity | Sheezyart | Artfol | Side7 | Weasyl | Newgrounds (Will do art for NG premium. I wanna change my name)
(You can find me under Storm on Sheezy for the beta. Sheezy link won't work until public release)
Once Sheezy goes public, I may be cutting off NG. I'm only there due to Postybirb atm. And I just really don't like it as an art site for multiple reasons. Might cut off Artfol too but that depends
I will still post art to Masto, Bsky, and Tumblr

- I'm a part of the Sheezy Staff! I'm a Helper, so feel free to come to me with any questions! I'll do my best to answer

- I'm gonna go through and make sure all my OCs are updated. I think right now I only need to flesh out Zap, Sonic!Vivie, and Lucia. Also expect more literature from me! I'm having story ideas!

- Art! This yeah I'm doing the same as 2022! Do B-Day art of all the OCs on this account!

Anyway I can't think of anything else. So here's a question. When you think of me, which OC do you think of?

Info here

Thought it was worth a shot making a bulletin too. Any of my friends/moots/ followers do ref sheets like that? Been wanting an unshaded ref for Storm and Neon

Idk what kinda style I'm looking for, so you can look though Storm's gallery to get the kinda style vibe I like. Please do recommend people you know or have commissioned before too!

I did this one last year too, and I'm happy that it's back! Feel free to leave your tree too!

https://colormytree.me/2023/01GN3PZ9BZ8S7V04F61A0YJPGA

Gonna ramble and then do some shoutouts. idk whether to ping or not so I'm gonna link comm info or profile.

Vivie reach 100 in her gallery, and I couldn't be happier! Vivie really does mean a lot to me. If you knew me back when I first got into digital drawing and the furry fandom, you know just how much I struggled with keeping a fursona. My first fursona, Skye, went through a few tweaks. not even big ones most of the time either! It was frustrating that I couldn't just stick with one design. So I eventually retired her and now she sit on my alt account. Mango was next (Yes I named rl cat Mango after her) and she went through so many tweaks and marking changes. I kept searching videos on how to stick with a fursona, and looking at other fursonas wondering why I couldn't just stick with her instead of redesigning her every so often. I just couldn't handle it anymore, so she was retired and eventually given to my gf. It's also why I made Fidget, and how she had the same problem until recently. And then came along Vivie. A bat who was originally going to be a fan character Nimbat for Dust: An Elysian Tale. Not a lot about Nimbats were mentioned in the game, and I decided to make her a fursona while designing her. it honestly surprised me when I actually kept her! While she has had some tweaks here and there, She's mostly stayed the same! She originally had heterochromia with a blue and orange eye, but I changed that to mint pretty early on, her colors were lightened just slightly, I gave her a more bat like nose (Though the slit can be used still), and now her neck doesn't have any white marking. Though I still can't fully decide on the last one and idm what way that's done. The winter coat was given brown eyes instead of mint, while I'm not 100% one that, I do like her winter coat. Sometimes I've thought of just keeping the orange fluff with mint eyes instead of 2 different coats. Anyway, yeah. It's why Vivie is so special to me! And I hope this silly little bat makes other people happy too!

Also dw I just wanted to do this special occasion for Vivie. Though I am tempted to do it for the Raslio sisters with how much history they have. Or Storm but I dunno

Now on to the shout outs! I'm going from the bottom of the gallery to the top, starting with busts and ending with fulls! I'm gonna try at least one shout per row

This one was made by my friend Kota! | One of the very first Vivie arts! From Red-Mercury!

Umbral-Calamity | Coat | Princess-TF-ofAzurel | Emeowth

Sockune| Sirulyn

I realized how long this would take halfway through going through the busts so I'm sorry if I don't say anything about a piece. But if anyone wants to know my thoughts on a piece you're free to ask!

LarynxPaw | Patako(First art that's not mine!) | I actually don't have a lot of half bodies this is honestly surprising that I have more fulls than half wow

I have too many favorites aaaaa
TopazTalon remember this? | Fgo | Jiffy | Muffin

Pendergast | Skykristal(First comm of Vivie!) | NerdPrinceAlec | Crazyclaw (This has been my laptop background off and on since I got it!)

And a bonus shoutout for Oyzix for Vivie's 100th image and being an amazing friend! :D

Wow this took like at least an hour to type and link everything XD
I'm sorry I don't have the patience to link all the images I didn't draw, but I love each and every one of them <3
Thank you to everyone who's drawn her over the years. It really does mean a lot! And here's to hoping Vivie will stick for years to come! Please do reach out to any artist in her gallery and maybe follow, comm, or even comment on their art. Artists deserve more than just likes. Please remember to tell them how much and what you like about a piece! Even if it's something small!

Anyway, if you've read this far, thank you for reading, and please remember to stretch and hydrate yourself!

It's been over a month since my last bulletin mentioning Mango, and if you don't follow me on Masto, Bsky, or Tumblr you might not have seen the regular updates I do about Mango. For new subs or even anyone stumbling across this, Mango had FHO (femoral head ostectomy) back in August. Basically the joint connecting his leg to his hip broke. They go in and take the head and neck off that leg so now scar tissue will form the new joint. Pretty interesting read tbh! He had surgery and he's healing well. We hit the 2 month post recovery point. Mango's acting normal and all that, but he's not walking on that leg completely normal just yet. He started jumping into his fav chair again a couple days ago. So I'm confident he'll be fine after awhile. Found out that it was indeed hereditary, and we're waiting to find out if the other leg needs to be done too.

TLDR: Mango's 2 month post surgery now and healing well. Not walking completely normal, but he is getting up and walking

Now for the OC thing. I already went through OCs last month and updated some things, but I had a huge burst of motivation and went through them all again. Everyone has a quote now. Some may change. Links have been updated for my ocs who are linked together. All the furries in the Furry folder got the biggest update. Peluna has also gotten an update and magic has been added to the world. Humans and FCs didn't get much of an update, but I'm wanting to write something with Jazz, Ace, and Chance. May expect more literatures? Idk. I wanna write but I'm not confident about my writing

Anyway! Thank you for reading! As a quick reminder, I am doing commissions, and I have a YCH up and plan to do more eventually! But if my style isn't your taste, I have some people I've gotten art from gift or commission wise that I'd love to recommend if you want some comm info to look at!

I wanna read rambles and ask questions if I can think of anything. I love reading about OCs. If you wanna ask one of mine a question you can or let me ramble, but I wanna read other peoples rambles. If you can't think of anything to ramble about, ask me to tell you my fav oc of yours and I'll look through them!

I try doing this kinda stuff on Masto and Bsky but no one answers so please ramble as much as you wanna

Vivie reached 100 favs! I know favs don't really matter, but knowing that people like my fursona makes me happy <3
I just wanted to remember this little milestone since she's the first fursona I've stuck with. Hoping to draw her more over the rest of the year and get her to 100 images too (Like art that I took time on, not just scribbles yaknow?)