JenGaleia

Hi everyone!

I have been pretty non existant for a long while now. Several reasons for that.

First of all, Ive been working from a course on Udemy to improve my workflow and my technique. Ive been working through it slowly, as I have also been very busy, not just with work.

Secondly, last february I became a parent! My child is almost a year old and getting into everything! As such I had to swap from my old set up to a new one. At the end of last year I bought a tablet to do art on, rather than be weighed down by cables that little fingers could grab. Ive been slowly adjusting to the touch screen but Ive managed to work it out and an producing work again, albeit very slowly considering needy almost 1 year old child.

Hopefully I should be posting more work soon, both commissions and my own work, and more WIP and character sheets.

Hi Everyone! 

Okay, so I'm finally learning where I'm going wrong with my work. Its taken me a while to work it out, but now I should steadily start to produce better work. Hopefully. 

You probably noticed that I've posted very slowly recently. I have a lot of WIPs on the go, but perhaps I should focus on one at a time. If I put my mind to it, I could probably produce something maybe twice a week. My biggest issue with that though is that I procrastinate. A lot. I'm very easily distracted.

As I start to produce more art, I want to post more of the story that goes with the Images. and more of the story that goes with my OC's. there's no point in having all these OC's posted If no one knows the world they come from, the story behind them, their personalities, their preferences, their fears, their loves, or their past. Every one of my characters have so much of my heart and soul poured into them, as does the world they live in. I guess in a way I lack the confidence in my writing skills to actually write anything out, despite the story being there, amounting to 2 huge arcs and a 3rd in the works alongside my partner who is my inspiration for much of the plot. My issue is that there is a lingering fear that no one else will love them the way I do. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself, but that's a thing that's always in the back of my mind. That is making me hold back. It's making me hesitant about posting them, both the written stories and the artwork. This huge art project I am working on is all part of this. I have many Traditional pieces I have never posted here that I want to redraw as digital pieces. I have a roster of 80 characters that I am drawing out. I want to share the world they are all from too, otherwise, the characters by themselves don't mean anything, but I'm afraid... 

So there's my dilemma... 

So it has been a while since I last posted a journal. I've had a good long break and reflected on a few things, and with the practice I've had between now and the last piece I submitted I feel ready to start posting things again. 

but now for the important part of my journal.

Commissions are still available, please dont hesistate to message me. I do accept PayPal as well as points. both prices are the same. I have officially closed requests for good for obvious reasons; it takes me far too much time and effort to prepare and complete a piece for nothing in return, and considering I have a lot of work of my own to do, if I start taking requests then I won't get anything done as I get inundated with requests for personal work. Even a small donation would have been nice - I have that open so people can donate. Its a request that took time and effort to complete and a small donation was all I could have asked for considering that. I know it sounds asshole-ish, but that's the root of my problems with requests - the underappreciation from certain individuals. Not everyone is the same thankfully, but 90% are, and to be honest i cant deal with it any more. If im going to do free work, then it will be MY own personal work or Fan Art that I WANT to do. So sorry - No More Free Work. Period.

If it seems like I'm beating a dead horse, then I apologise, but I've had to explain this to 7 different people in the last 3 days despite my last journal entry. 

Speaking of Fan Art, I am taking suggestions. not requests, suggestions. I am thinking of doing some fan art of the things that I love, Starting with my Game of Thrones piece. Is this a good Idea do you think? and if it is, what do you suggest? Other than Pony (Anthro or otherwise, I already do that) and Mecha (I cant draw mecha for SH*T), what Fan Art would you guys like to see? Would you LIKE to see fan art from me? If so what do you suggest? I have no issue with NSFW, Hentai, Yaoi or Yuri so thats an option too if you're into that. Remember! This not an open invitation for requests, so If you do want something specific and personal to you, then you WILL have to pay my commission prices, which is only fair.

Hi, guys!

So let me start this journal off on a high note. I've almost reached my first really milestone of 100 watchers! That might not seem like a lot to most people but I am incredibly grateful to everyone that has watched me so far. So thank you

Now onto slightly heavier things. Its not a big deal but I will be focusing more on my OC's and my own creative work now, Twin World Saga. I've neglected it for far too long here and lost sight of what I wanted, which was to share the story that i created with everyone.  One of my hopes is that you enjoy them as much as any pony art that I do. Sometimes when I see that some of my older pony Art, even my new one has more views individually than anything else collectively in my gallery, It hurts. But that's my own grievances and I have to deal with that. And to Deal with that, I will be putting more time into my own characters, my own story. Its something I need to do. I will do Commissions still, but my own work will be taking priority for a while. Its part of the reason I stopped posting for a while. My motivation Died. So, there will occasionally be Pony art with my OC's Blaze and Flare, but Its not who I am. I may be able to do anthro and pony art, but I have my own creative work that has been neglected since i got my graphics tablet. I'm ashamed of that. So no more pony art for a while. Sorry if that disappoints any of my watchers, but I need to do what's best for me.

To start, I'm going to be redrawing a few pictures from my gallery - specifically my old Tradition OC pics. I may post them as "draw this again" memes. The Streams for them will start once I've finished my Yaoi piece. Also more plans in the pipeline for more mature artwork, as well as finishing several WIPs that got pushed to one side. I'll be focusing on producing the written work to go alongside all of the images, and converting it into manga strips. Some of my work will be NSFW, so will be posted in other places, but otherwise the majority will go here. 

I may put full NSFW written work or Images on patreon. I DO have a patreon, but it's still not set up properly yet xD Rewards for becoming a patron are still in progress. Im thinking maybe in depth step by step tutorials, but i still dont feel im good enough. I dont have a set routine and a set pattern for how i work with things like eyes, ears colouring skin..... But a basic reward will be access to the full NSWF images seems like a fair starting point at least lol

So all in all, not gonna be much more pony art from me. Sorry. I need to do this for myself. When I am feeling better and have been able to focus on more of my own work. Patreon will be set up, Images that have NSFW options will have the patreon logo. 

All in all, I hope this doesn't disappoint anyone. I need to do what is best for me, and right now im pushing my own creative work to one side for the sake of another. And i wont be doing that anymore. 

So yeah. Thats It. My thoughts and feelings out in the open. Finally. 

So look forward to more of my personal work in the future

Howdy!

Well a few changes. My live stream is going well! I enjoy using it while im drawing. Its really become a good motivation to keep up with my work. But im also aware I havent been that active recently. I can and should do more when I can, catch up with my outstandimg requests and commissions, properly set up my patreon, and do as much as I can to improve my work and get out there as much as I can. So im going to try and be a lot more active from now on. Participate in contests for some of the groups im a member of, get involved more with the community,that sort of thing...

So yeah a lot to be getting on with and  no reason to be sat around. I genuinely want to do more and I just havent been.

So first of all, does anyone have any suggestions what I should do next? I have a piece im working on at the moment for someone, and a commission I need to finish,  but I like to break some of that apart with some of my own original work (obviously ) it doesnt need to be anything specific, more of a theme, an emotion, something like that. Just drop a comment!

Thanks andntalk to you all later