Life update and summer plans 🏖

Having just taken care of the reach out for this months commissions (and finished the first sketch, sorry was slow with putting this together) I thought it might be a good idea to put out some info on my plans for the summer and a more general update.

First, am doing the artist alley at Närcon again this year so if you're in Scandinavia at the end of July and plan on going, come by and say hi (will mostly have sfw art there at the table but dealing NSFW under the table for anyone interested ;3 )

For the rest of the month of July I'll be doing things a bit differently then I normally do. Normally I take on half my commissions from the commission tiers on Patreon and Substar and half from the oldest submissions on the form. Too try to give myself some time for a short vacation (first one I'll have taken since I started doing this for a living) to make some time for this I will only be taking on the commissions from patreon and substar for the month of July. Things should return to normal in August if all goes to plan.

Have briefly spoken about this on my discord streams but full reason behind this is that stress and anxiety I deal with daily has gone from an daily annoyance, to going for my vitals with chest pains. My stress and anxiety about work and my general life situation has gotten to the point where I've landed in the ER and had to call an ambulance both in the span of about a week. I'm taking this as a signal that something needs to be done and so I've been taking measures to reduce stress and it is working, but I desperately also need time off and away from work hence these changes for the month of July.

Am also actively looking to move which should solve many of the underlying issues of my stress but finding a place to rent with my job/pay has proven difficult so not getting my hopes up for that quite yet. Though with some luck a new place and a better work/life balance is on the horizon.

To anyone on the commission form I'm sorry for the additional wait but even through the wait I hope you'll have a good summer. To anyone who's read this far, thank you ♥️ and if opportunities allow, I hope to see you at Närcon!

-Hermia 🐈