One day, I'm going to write a book about my job (in middle-management at the missouri humane society).

Last night a beagle was brought in by animal control. It had a collar with a name ("Kisser") and ID tag, but the phone number was outdated, so couldn't contact the owner.

Beagle was fine when I left for the evening, and I was the last one out. First one in in the morning, and I find the beagle dead, having tried to push through the bottom of the chain link front of the kennel, and got stuck, strangling himself trying to get back out. Got to take pictures and pry him out with pliers myself.

Which was bad.

Later this afternoon, nice guy and his kids came in looking for his lost beagle named Kisser. Yeah, I got to tell him why he wasn't getting his beagle back. Because our old stray runs suck because we have no budget, his dog died on my property, in my care.

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

...that, now that I have been for the past few hours, my hand is cramping up horribly and my pinky finger is bruised where it presses against my tablet.

Ow.  Art is painful.  ;__;

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

I'm going to cut them.

I'm going to cut them so bad they're gonna wish I didn't cut them so bad.

...Random thought over.

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Sorry, this is kind of a random post, but I need help.

So I'm starting a very small pit bull/"bully breed" rescue, and it needs a name before I can submit my licensing/certification application. Aaaaand all the good ones have been taken.

SO I NEED THE HELP OF ALL Y'ALL BRILLIANT DEVIANTS. Please give me some suggestions for names! It can be a retarded clever little anagram type deal (like PAWS—Pits Are Worth Saving), something fancy (like Broken Hearts, Mended Souls or Project Precious Paws), or something basic (Central Missouri Pit Bull Rescue).


THE BACKGROUND STORY:
As some of you know, I'm an intake manager at the Central Missouri Humane Society. We have a policy of euthanizing pit bulls, pit mixes, and any "bully breed" dog (such as cane corsos, dogo argentinos, etc). This rescue will be very small and operate out of foster homes, and will only take bully breed dogs that come into the shelter that are highly adoptable and need no rehabilitation or socialization prior to adoption.

So basically, this rescue will be the only chance for these dogs—their only other option is euthanasia. We've been toying around with names like "nick of time" or "last chance," but all the ones we come up with are either already taken or are totally depressing. >__>


THANK YOUUUUU.

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Haven't been able to visit dA in awhile...mainly because I haven't been drawing... >_>

...But damn, all my shit that's getting attention is my old Avatar fanart.  Apparently people still care about this series and I should draw more.  I need to get off my ass one of these days.  (It would help if I had inspiration--GIVE ME IDEAS.)

Also, no, still haven't seen the movie and won't see it.  Don't talk to me about it, I will glower and grumble unpleasantly.

*grumblebitchmoanwhinesnarl*


...Anywho.  Uh.  Hi guys.

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

So some small few of you may know I "recently" was contracted with a publisher to create a straight-to-print three book graphic novel series called Taboo. Those of you who didn't know, surprise!

Unfortunately...my editor (and, by extent, publisher) and I mutually dropped eachother, for the following reasons:

1. I couldn't meet deadlines because I am a horrible person.
2. We had conflicting style preferences for the art.
3. I am not a writer! He ended up rewriting quite a bit of dialogue, which was fine at first, but eventually it began to change the characters too much for my taste.
4. He wanted it NC-17, I wanted it R at absolute max. This was the final conflict.

So now I'm free of my contract, but I will be completing Taboo regardless (I've put WAY too much work into this project not to see it to completion). Instead of offering it in book form, I'll be making it into a web comic, free to access. Yay! I've got quite a bit of work ready to display, but I need to set up a website for it yet, so it may be a couple more months until it's available. Keep an eye out, if you care; I'll make another journal and post some pages and promo art when I'm ready to start pushing it.


PS: Unfortunately I can't post all the material on deviantART due to adult material (blood, sex, drugs, rock and roll...okay, not rock and roll).  FurAffinity peeps, check out my account over there for all the promo pieces and concept work.

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Just got off a 12 hour shift at the Humane Society, the last half hour of which was consumed by me euthanising 12 6-week old puppies.

So I get paid $9 an hour, so for that half hour I got paid $4.50, so for each puppy I put down I got paid $0.38.  That is the price I apparently require to murderize a puppy.

I AM AN AWESOME PERSON.  

(No comments along the lines of "Aww poor you your facility sucks" or "You are a heartless bitch and deserve to be stabbed with your own needle of puppyd00m" are required, I just needed to get that depressing realization out of my system.)

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

I just wanted to extend my thanks to my watchers and friends who have been responding to my polls about my job recently (regarding our Humane Society's new policies regarding euthanasia and my involvement thereof).  I've read and considered each comment that was offered, even if I didn't respond to all of them...I felt like I'd be repeating myself after awhile.  But I really appreciate that all of you took the time to read about my situation and offer your opinions and some advice.

I've really come to rely on this community to get a feel for how others feel in a wide variety of situations, and even though I suppose I shouldn't be directing my life based on what an online art community says, it really does help me decide what to do when I'm in a jam, and always helps shed new light on a situation.

So...just thanks so much.  You guys are just great.  <3

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

If you have Photoshop and Windows 7, please tell me what version of Photoshop you're using!    Especially if you're a CS user!

I usually use CS1, but all of a sudden my CS1 crapped out.  Adobe support tells me CS1 should not work with Win7, and tell me I need an upgrade.  I want to make the smallest upgrade possible that will still be compatible with my OS! T__T

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

I wish I hadn't missed it (I was out of town), but it's nice to finally get a DD on something I'm still pleased with.  ...And my 200k pageviews in the same day!  xD  Thanks very much to ~talliesynn for suggesting it and to ^Katmomma for the feature.  ^__^  *dancedance*

I've been really depressed lately due to the failing health of my cat, so this brightened my...middle-of-the-night.  xD

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Why do those little packages of silicone gel that come with some clothes and shoes all clearly display the label "Do not eat"?  Are a lot of people inclined to see these little packets filled with tiny balls of apparently indigestible polymers and decide to rip them open and shovel the tiny treats hungrily into their mouths and then procede to keel over?  I mean, styrofoam is also used in packaging and could potentially kill you if consumed, and I don't see it labeled with a health warning.

Really, America?  Do we really have to label everything that shouldn't be eaten, just to remind consumers of this fact?

WHYYY?  o_o

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Okay, I have TWO commissions to finish first (Before I draw ANYTHING else, I swear!...and only one of which can be posted here due to content), but after that I will be holding a commission auction for a full painted portrait of 1-2 characters, anthro or quad (no humans this time, sorry!), of any rating, G-X (for those of you who swing that way).

The FULL PROFITS will be going to the Central Missouri Humane Society, to throw a drop in the bucket for our upcoming RENOVATIONS from the ZOO TOO million dollar fundraiser project!  WHOOO!  So, if you want a commission and you want to help homeless animals, keep a look out.  This will probably happen in a month, and the starting bid will be between $150-200 USD, so save up!  

Our website: [link]

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Wal-Mart cashiers are pretty much as good as cheap therapists.  Every so often you unload on them, and you feel so much better afterwards!  Having worked as a Wal-Mart cashier on the night shift before, I've been on both ends of this exchange many times.

Last night, I had occasion to visit my local 24-hour Wal-Mart at roughly 1:00 AM with it being 6 degrees F outside, and checked out with Alka Seltzer, Visine, kitten milk replacement formula, a radiator filter and a case of beer:

Cashier: So, got a boyfriend with the flu or something?
Me: No…T_T
Cashier: Then why else are you out in the middle of the night?
Me: *deep breath* I have swine flu and I'm out of medicine, my cat has an infected eye and he's anorexic so I have to force feed him formula to keep up his weight, it's six degrees outside and my radiator filter just caught fire so I need a new one so I can turn the heat back on in my apartment without burning the dump down and I have three, count em, THREE, finals on Wednesday so I need some booze or I'm going to have an emotional breakdown.
Cashier: …Fuck your life, man.
Me: Fuck my life indeed.

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

I really need to get off my ass and make a real CSS layout one of these days.

BUT NOT TODAY.

Sorry to flood your inboxes with this pointless update, yall.  >>

I am currently involved in a contracted long-term graphic novel project, which means I am absolutely unavailable for commissions, trades, or any other job offers. Please check back later!

Okay, so, you may have noticed I recently had a poll asking if dog stock photos (for references or manips) would be useful to yall, and a lot of people said yes, sooo...gonna start uploading some.  All will be free for personal use.  :3  If you have any requests for specific poses or breeds, let me know!

THESE PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND ON MY STOCK ACCOUNT:

Next kiriban is approaching...it's 175k, btw.  First one to send me a screenshot wins an inked/flat-coloured drawing of one character (or two if they're Avatar characters lawl, as always).

Yeah, okay, I just wanted to get that hooker poll off my userpage.  xD

...Did I ever finish the last kiriban drawing?  I don't remember which it was.  >__>

If this was even remotely accurate, I would totally drop out of school and become a professional ho.  >_>

Stolen from someone who I do not recall.

---

Natural Hair Color:
[x] Brown - $100
[ ] Blonde - $50
[ ] Black - $15
[ ] Bald - $5
[ ] Other-$75

Total: $100


Eye Color:
[x] Brown - $50
[ ] Green - $75
[ ] Blue $150
[ ] Hazel $100
[ ] Other - $15

Total so far: $150


Height:
[ ] Over 7′ - $200
[ ] 6′8″ to 7′ - $175
[ ] 6′0″ to 6′7″ - $150
[ ] 5′5″ to 5′11″ - $75
[ ] 5′4″ to 5′10″ - $85
[x] Under 5′4 - $25

Total so far: $175


Age:
[ ] 50 to 56 - $175
[ ] 46 to 50 - $150
[ ] 41 to 45 - $125
[ ] 31 to 40 - $100
[ ] 26 to 30 - $75
[x] 21 to 25 - $50
[ ] 19 to 20 - $25
[ ] 0 to 18 - $100

Total so far: $225


Birth Order:

[ ] Twins or more than twins - $750
[ ] First Born - $320
[ ] Only Child - $250
[x] Second born - $150
[ ] Middle child - $100
[x] Last Born - $100
[ ] third born - $550
[ ] fourth born - $300
[ ] fifth born - $400
[ ] sixth born -$215

Total so far: $475


Drink?
[ ] I did like twice - $400
[ ] Only Holidays - $250
[ ] Sometimes - $215
[ ] YES - $200
[ ] only weekends - $300
[ ] Every other day - $50
[ ] Once a day - $15
[ ] I live from the bottle - $Bankrupt$
[x] No - $600

Total so far: $1075


Vision?
[ ] perfect vision $400
[ ]need or have glasses/ contacts but dont wear them $200
[ ] No correction $100
[x] Glasses $50
[ ] contacts $25
[ ] Surgical correction -$100

Total so far: $1125

Shoe Size:
[ ] 13+ - $300
[ ] 12 and a half to 13 - $250
[ ] 11 to 12 - $400
[ ] 7 to 10 - $500
[x] Under 7- $450

Total so far: $1575


Favorite Colors (two):
[ ] Green-$750
[x] Red - $600
[ ] Black - $100
[ ] Yellow -$475
[x] Brown - $300
[ ] Purple - $225
[ ] White - $400
[ ] Aqua - $350
[ ] Orange - $300
[ ] Blue - $300
[ ] Pink - $100
[ ] Other - $500

Total: $2475


Did you use a calculator to add it all up?
[ ] Yes $0
[x] Nope - $1000
[ ] some- $750

Final Total: $3475

EDIT:  CLOSED.  Try back in 15 months, babe.  >]  Anyone who's already noted me or commented here is in, but no more!

---

My subscription is FINALLY running out (a super kind commissioner gave me an additional 12 months sub as a tip sometime last year…I miss him), and since I’m poor I want to try to get one the sneaky way before forking up the dough myself.  SO.

Buy me a sub, and get a “gift commission” in return, keeping in mind that I AM CLOSED FOR NORMAL COMMISSIONS AND PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS WILL BE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVERRRRR.

*..ahem*

1 month = a cleaned sketch of one character
3 months = a cleaned sketch of two characters, or an inked/flat-coloured drawing of one character
12 months = an inked/cel-shaded drawing of one or two characters.  This is also the only level where ADULT CONTENT is acceptable (if that’s the thing that floats your goat).


These “commissions” are first come, first served.  I’d like to get at least 3 months total for now, so if the first person comes to me with a 12 month subscription, I’ll be closed for business.

NOTE ME OR REPLY HERE IF INTERESTED.

SUP.

Got that out of the way.

The anthology of short stories [adult material with an anthro theme, illustrated by several well-known artists in the anthro/furry community (myself included, buahaha!...but there are more kickass artists such as BLOTCH, too, pff)] has hit the presses, and will be first available for purchase at Anthrocon 2009 (next month!).  It's called X and is published by Sofawolf Press, so if you're interested, check out their shop at the con!

After that, it should be available elsewhere, but most easily accessible from the press' online store.

[/shameless plug]

Next kiriban coming up!

First one to send me a screenshot gets a free inked and flat coloured illustration of any character of their choice (or two characters, if they happen to be Avatar characters, of course, as always).

Yep.  Although I still haven't filled the request for the last one yet.  >_>

Nylak is slow.

Yep.

...Okay, I lied.  I just wanted to see how many people actually click on these things.  Next kiriban isn't until 175k pageviews.  Back to your regularly scheduled programming, folks.

THIS HAS BEEN A TEST.  >____>

Thank you for your cooperation.

*screams and runs away while dodging flung objects*