Anivethia

Ever sit down to write a post and then stop in your tracks because you have too many thoughts and you don't know how to write it all down? That's been me, all this month X'D I've wanted to share some goals I have for this year and keep getting stuck. So this will probably won't be a super long post lmao

~ My biggest art goal for this year is to finish art pieces that have been sitting unfinished for over a year. I have a lot of those, with some unfinished paintings even from 2021 ~ it's just time to get things done and so far I'm making progress at least!

~ Last year I didn't finish any paintings at all. To make up for the lack of painted works, I hope to finish at least one painting every month of 2024. So far I have several art pieces that are close to the final stages, so I think it's a workable goal ^^

~ Throughout this year I'll be spending more time focusing on anatomy and improving how I paint light reflecting on shapes, so things like hands look even more accurate than before. It's a fun focus so far. I might consider making tutorials on how I paint if there's any interest, once I've gotten back to my regular workflow again. There will be a bit more mature content at least in the form of anatomy studies, if I'm brave enough to post them XD

~ Outside of art goals, sometime this year I want to do public streams again. But instead of art streams (though I might do those on occasion), gaming will be the focus. My friends and I get into all sorts of hilarious chaos when we play together, so it would be a lot of fun to share that in the future. Whether it's live streaming or compilations of clips from our offline games, there's definitely fun things to share. The games most likely to be streamed are from the co-op horror genre (Lethal Company and Devour are the faves!), or Sea of Thieves. Depending on how things go, I could stream other games as well. But a lot of this will depend on my health and if/when it gets even better. It's not likely there will be a regular daily schedule of streams because of the migraines. So we'll see!

I think those were the main goals I wanted to mention. I can always write another post if there's something else I wanted to say, of course. But I hope everyone's had a good start to the year. What are you hoping to improve on with your own art?

Hey guys! I have a few things to update y'all on so I figured I'd put up a journal instead of a status this time around :3

My big set of Mario princess adopts that I started this summer are finally going up for sale this month. It's gonna be hard to let them go because I adore each and every one of them ;v; I hope you all look forward to seeing them

Twilitober might be over now, but I plan to continue with the prompts over time as I had a lot planned. I ended up getting sick partway through October and then my muse ran off to vampires instead XD

I've opened a new rito fangroup! The previous one I was co-founder of and collaborated in its creation, was closed without my consent and without warning. To avoid there not being an active place for people to share rito OCs etc, I made a new group by request. It has dA's new group layout so it's been taking a hot minute to figure out, but nonetheless you can join and re-share your rito works in Rito-FlightRange

After getting bloodwork done again the other day, it's showing that my thyroid is starting to crash into the hypothyroid stage. I'm finally prescribed the medication I need to balance that as well as help with the heart palpitations I've been suffering. This should in time, improve how I'm feeling overall health-wise. I do look forward to rediscovering my energy again and I'm hopeful for fast results ;v;

As of late October, my dA account is now 18 years old. It's insane how time flies, and by now some of my closest friends I've known well over 10 years now. I still have contact with people from my earliest days, though not everyone remained on dA (and nowadays I don't blame people leaving dA currently due to world events). One friend of mine I've known since before I joined dA, which I reflect on and have a lot of fun memories too. I don't plan on leaving dA as there aren't many good options for art sites currently, so here's to future years o/

And finally, I'm currently sorting out a bunch of designs I'm not vibing with, so my sales folder on my alt toyhouse has been updated! I'm entertaining art trade offers on these, so no worries if you can't afford full price. Feel free to check again over the next few days as I'm still working on moving some designs to my sales here: https://toyhou.se/Anilede/characters/folder:4364220

I hope everyone has been well! I have a lot to catch up on in terms of comments, DMs etc, but I'm working on it ;v; thank you all for the support and patience, it means a ton ^^

I first wanted to thank everyone for the well wishes on my last post, as well as in DMs and otherwise. It's meant a lot to me that everyone's been so patient during this challenging time. I haven't gone into a lot of detail with what's happened this year, but the stress of it all has brought my health to its knees, so to speak.

Since August of last year I've had this rare skin condition creep up on my legs, and two skin biopsies this summer finally identified it as pretibial myxedema. Because that's a condition related to the thyroid and with an idea of where to look more thoroughly, tests upon tests later, my doctors have diagnosed me with Hashimotos Thyroiditis. This is the reason why I've been so incredibly fatigued, with it getting worse over time. I'm at the stage where my thyroid is overreacting to everything, but then at some point it'll crash and continue to attack itself. My immune system is fragile and I rarely leave the house lately to avoid getting sick because it hits me so much harder than everyone else in my house.

I crash asleep during the day sometimes a few times every day. Whether it's because of overwhelming fatigue, or heart palpitations that wear me out, I've even fallen asleep during calls with friends because my body shuts down so fast. Brainfog makes it harder to keep up with my art, my writings. It's hard to even read fics my friends are working on because I fall asleep so easily and can't process what I'm looking at. It's hard to respond to everything sent to me, it's hard to respond to ideas in the moment, etc. I'm not on medication for my thyroid yet so my day to day energy is hard to predict.

This diagnosis comes up on the heels of my grandmother's death at the end of July, her funeral early August, and then taking a nasty fall where my knee twisted bad enough for MRI to show a grade II MCL sprain. A month later I'm still limping, and because of my body's slow healing it's not going away anytime soon. My family and closest friends have been loving and supportive while I've gradually slowed down over the last 2 years, and even moreso in recent weeks. My hiatus is much needed, I'm rarely online right now. And I'm still going to be mostly quiet for a while until my doctors help me get my thyroid under control.

Despite my health, I'm recovering emotionally. It's been one hard hit after another this year, but my closest circle of friends right now have been lifesaving in support ;v; being able to play games together, talk about OCs and vibe while drawing, makes all the difference for me to feel healthy even if for a few minutes ;v; the moments my brainfog lets me formulate words for OC content, my friends are there to listen to me ramble. I don't have anyone getting mad at me anymore for being depressed, I don't have to hide mourning my grandmother, and I'm not walking on eggshells anymore. Overall, I'm in a much safer circle now. I'm happier, and with time I'll get healthier too.

So if anyone's here to look for negatives, move on. If you blocked me because I asked for space from toxicity, that's for the best. I'm not interested in connections to people willing to believe slander the moment they hear it, rather than question it. There's always multiple sides to every story. And that's all I will say.

As for my OCs on toyhouse, I will say that I've decided to un-hide them one at a time. Those with more finished profiles will be updated as viewable when they're ready. It'll give me the chance to work on my OCs, solidify story connections, finish references etc. Despite how tired I am and how often I have to sleep lately, I do take advantage of the little moments I have energy. I've managed some art during my hiatus so far. Just haven't had the energy I need to get things posted yet. In time though, I promise you'll see everything again Here on dA otherwise, all of my OC references going forward will be for watchers only. I'm still gradually working on reorganizing my gallery though it'll take some time still.

I hope everyone has been doing well though. Please take care of yourselves when you're stressed. Longterm chronic stress truly wears you down.

I made a post like this on toyhouse and something small on twitter I think, but I needed to put something here too. I'm on hiatus currently due to my health. Finally after over a year of trying, I'm getting answers for why I've been so sick and fatigued. However, the answers I'm getting so far are stressful as it's more intense than I expected. Over the next 3 weeks I have 7 different appointments, with more to be added after them.

I also fell days ago and my leg bent outward/sideways badly. Currently using a knee-brace and hoping it's only a sprain. My doctor told me if it's not healed in a certain time that I'll have to get imaging done to see what the damage is. I'm annoyed with that part for sure. It's not helpful to be limping around right now ^^;;

When I have more answers from the upcoming tests and appointments, I'll update you all again. It's not ideal to go through all this over the course of my birthday on the 31st, but that's just how things happened I guess.

Health aside, when I return to doing more art and finding energy to post things, you'll see a variety of art from me. I'm in the process of re-working several OC ships again due to recent things happening, but the new stories I'm excited for. It means reworking some art too but that's not a huge deal. I'd rather focus on the good and fun things I can do, instead of the negative.

I'm still around, I'll fave things here and there when I can, but my activity is slower. Please reach out via note if you need anything and I'll do my best to respond when I'm able. I don't get notifs on my phone for the dA chat, so notes are preferred for now. I do hope everyone has been doing well at least. And if you haven't been, I hope you're getting things figured out for yourselves. Life is hard, and it's important to remember to take care of yourself and your health. So take care

Just wanted to announce that I've opened a new group here on dA, as I noticed there aren't any truly active zora groups around. Please feel free to join Domains-of-Zora! Join requests are automatically approved and currently you can submit up to 10 every day, per folder, to bolster the folders from the start

I do hope you'll join! It's my goal to encourage more art creation of canon fanart as well as original zora characters. Honestly I was inspired by the zora arc in Tears of the Kingdom, and I'm heavily into zora lately anyway XD

Hope you're all doing well ^^