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Hello everyone! Just wanted to give a few updates on what's been going on with me lately and what's (hopefully) in store for my art. I would also love to answer any questions you could come up with, tho I probably won't get any (which is cool too idk what I'm doing really).

I've been doodling on paper lately, which is unusual for me.

ART: I've been doing a lot of soul searching I guess. Sounds corny, but I do a whole lot of pondering. I want to draw more. I have my story I've been working on pretty much every single day for the last two years, We Are Not Good People. Even when I'm not working on it I'm thinking about it. It's definitely a passion project that will never come out but I will continue to share my art and thoughts about it. A lot of thought is going into my characters and dialogue. Aside from that project, I want to do more Fan Art, I want to open my Commissions back up, and I want to re-open my Patreon or something similar. I want to start experimenting with traditional formats again, watercolor especially to the point where I wanted to do Watercolor Postcards! Something I'd offer on Patreon or whatever, probably as Commissions too or whatever lol. Bottom Line: I wanna get weird with it. Lots of 'wants'.

My Dual Protagonists, Lily and Luis.

LIFE/WORK VENT: Work has been fucking abysmal. I set up events and parties for a living, which means I'm doing labor outdoors all day, rain, shine, snow, etc, with two other guys if I'm lucky. No one wants to work here because of the labor involved, and my bosses won't pay anyone above what every other employer would pay in a 100 mile radius because they're strapped for cash too. I've been working here since 2014 and now we have new owners as of 2021. Since then the summertime workload has me working up to 80 hour weeks at worst, and 50 at best. I have the physique of a retired construction laborer and I'm only 28. They're paying me more than any other place will with my education and experience because I had leverage, but that also means I need to stay here to make rent, which has recently gone up (man FUCK New Jersey). Needless to say my art output has slowed down to a crawl and I wish it weren't so. At least it keeps me active, and I've learned a lot about working smarter and managing half-wits. All this said, if we could just get like 6 more guys hired it would be a God damn cakewalk. On top of all of this, my father had a heart pump put in a month ago. Idk if any of you are familiar with LVADs, but I'm the family member who has to make sure he's doing okay and clean/re-apply new dressing (basically clean, gauze, and tape) once a day, every day, until it's healed. After that he can do it on his own but it's still not fully healed and the Summer Season at work has already kicked off. I'm tired man, but I will keep going anyway because what else am I suppose to do lol?

I am trying, I promise.

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone who has stuck around so long. I always peek at my notifications and stuff and see so many familiar names that have been following me forever. People I remember even from before I changed my name in the deviantart days. It makes me happy, it keeps me going, and I appreciate you guys so much. All of my peers, friends, and peeps I aspire to be like who have boosted me up to help out and get me some exposure despite me being so reclusive and anti-social are forever goated.

You can always expect me to draw Lily, this is non-negotiable. I will just have to draw more of other stuff to balance it out.

You guys can always find me here, and my other links on my profile. I'm aware I have trouble following through with things because it's very easy to knock me off track, but I really am trying. If you have read all of this, thank you.

-MELON