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Hey there peeps and beeps!

Things are going along pretty well! We’re almost to the spookiest part of the year and I’m feeling pretty good, I have to say!

I’ve gotten through all of my deviantArt notes at this point, and I’m going through my comments on Inkbunny! Unfortunately, the other galleries that I’m on have less… manageable systems, but I also have a much smaller presence on them, so I’ll see what I can do (or need to do) when it comes to them next.

Commissions have been progressing well! Let’s have a look there.

2023

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#022: Spectrickster – In Progress!

#026: [REDACTED] – In Progress!

#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034

#034: Shaze – In Progress!

#035: Turner – Complete!

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

#039: Aspira - In Progress!

#040: Radec - In Progress!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

As you can see, I’ve knocked out another one and added more or less the rest of the list to the in progress section (save for one that needs to be recorded for ElBoberto, and the second one for Salisha.) Been a bit gung-ho on my projects lately so my muse has been all over the place, but soon we'll be cleared out completely!

I’m not going to let myself get into any dire straits trying to grind this stuff down, though. Starting in November, I’ll be switching things up! Old fans may know what’s up, but we’ll keep it a secret for now…

As for the poll stuff from last week… I’d been a bit excited, to be perfectly honest, and I intend to do it at some point, but after working on it for a bit, I kind of wore myself on it, so for right now I think we’ll save it for a rainy day.

Still have the site and comics to work on, and I’m doing plenty of personal stuff in between that, too! So there will be plenty coming down the pipeline.

Going to just do two streams this week. One day is my roommate’s birthday, and I’d like to relax a little bit. I don’t really have all that much to say that I didn’t say last week, so that’s it for now.

Take care of yourselves, and thanks for listening!

~Spooky

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So just something silly related to the last few sets of dubious canonicity (like "Pop the Bop"). I know what I want to do (and probably will) but I want to see what other ideas people are interested in. Just a couple of questions!

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Hey there peeps!

Progress! It is being made!

So I’m working on tidying up and properly managing my gallery sites (including the one on my website!) This means I’m going back through and checking all my notifications, a little everyday. So far it’s been progressing well! I’m cutting down on a lot of the unanswered comments and finding some really fun art pieces that I’ve missed out on! It’s been very fun!

Of course, if you found out I answered a REALLY old comment, I’m sorry if that’s kind of awkward. I’m trying to go back through and clear out all my comments and at least say something to them. I might not get ALL of them (or I might stop once they get far too old for it not to be weird, maybe like more than a year old unless I really have something to say about it) but if you were wondering, that’s why!

I do try and read everything people post, I’m just kind of shy and I also have a really hard time figuring out what to say sometimes, so I tend to read comments and just… forget to respond. But I do still appreciate it and I’m happy to see what y’all have to say about my stuff!

I also really don’t answer a lot of the communications from dA, just so y’all know, because I was inundated with offers to make NFTs there and it was just godawful, so I stopped paying attention to my private messages there (also their notification/pm interface is horrible.) So I’ll try to go through there soon and respond to things, but if you want to contact me, note me on a different site (FA, IB, what have you.) I’ll be more likely to see it then.

My commissions and other art are coming out well, too! Let’s take a look at the list…

2023

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#022: Spectrickster – In Queue

#026: [REDACTED] – In Progress!

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034

#034: Shaze – In Queue

#035: Turner – In Queue

#037: Maldore - In Queue

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

#039: Aspira - In Queue

#040: Radec - In Queue

#041: MadCoil - Complete!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

About a dozen left on the list now, with a quarter of those in some stage of completion! I still have a few items on the forms to grab after I finish off these, but then I’ll be totally cleared out! Once that’s done, I’ll be ready to rework the Discount Bin and unlock that again as I look into other ways of pulling in cash for the future!

As far as projects go, I’ve almost got half of the current chapter in Various Happenings blocked out as well, along with a few Clara Cosmos strips to boot! I’ll be ready to do the lineart for these soon enough, so we’ll see how far I get through them this month! Things are progressing quickly, and as long as I keep chipping away at things, eventually it’ll all be ready to go. Just have to keep at it and not get discouraged. Y’all have been enjoying my flights of fancy as well, so even those have been a worthy endeavor, if a bit silly!

I’ve been mostly playing things by ear, so I’ll continue to do that and the calendar won’t be updated yet (I also want to have a different display for stuff and try and play around with the site look a little but I decided against the one I was going to do so I have to come up with something else first!) Still, things have been working out so far!

So we’re going to keep at it! I hope you’re all doing well, and please take care of yourselves!

See you next week!

~Spooky

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Hey peeps!

Wow, what a week back! It was a lot of work, but I’m very happy with the progress we made over the last week. There was a lot of fun stuff and a few of the in-progress pieces were finished, or at least had a big chunk taken out of them, so I’m really pleased with that! I’ve still got a lot of stuff to do here at the house, but honestly, it hasn’t been too much trouble balancing things with my on stream work, so that's been pretty great!

There's nothing unusual coming up this week, so let’s go ahead and take a look at the list!

2023

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#022: Spectrickster – In Queue

#026: [REDACTED] – In Progress!

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#032: Norithics – Complete!

#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034

#034: Shaze – In Queue

#035: Turner – In Queue

#037: Maldore - In Queue

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

#039: Aspira - In Queue

#040: Radec - In Queue

#041: MadCoil - In Queue

#042: Turner - Complete!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (Complete!)

Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [#2023-042] (Complete!)

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

Catching up has been slow but steady! The list is being compressed rather nicely, and once we’ve caught up to the late line, I can start to pull the last few things from the submissions, and we can see about getting those taken care of as well until I have an entirely clean slate to work with!

I’ve been working on my buffer, too! I’ve already got three pages for Various Happenings in the blocking stage, and two strips for Clara Cosmos, too! I want to continue to work on those as much as possible until I’m sitting on a nice solid three month buffer of strips to start putting out once a week for the both of them! I’m hoping that’ll be taken care of by the end of the month, but there’s a lot going on, so I’m just going to try my best. Every little bit of progress is still progress, and without the constant treadmill of work, we might actually be able to make headway for once!

Since it’s October, I’ll also be trying to get the quarterly survey out next week, so y’all be on the lookout for that! I hope it'll be more coherant than last time!

As for the Spooky month, well yours truly would be remiss if she didn’t do SOMETHING, I guess… though I haven’t decided on just what yet. The last few Halloween sales have been… exhausting, and I didn’t do last year’s because it took me forever to recover from the previous year’s just due to my tooth problems, but I’m not counting it out. If I come up with anything, I’ll let y’all know closer to the end of the month, even if it’s just a Halloween themed stream or something. No promises, though!

Still, everything’s going surprisingly well, and after the sheer panic and nightmarish stress that was the move, all this stuff seems pretty friggin’ mundane! I feel like I can do just about anything!

So we’ll see what happens! We can do this!

Thanks again for reading, and I’ll see you next week!

~Spooky

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Hey everyone!

I’m friggin’ BACK. I have successfully made the trip from the far south to the midwest and after several weeks of pain, I’m finally getting settled in and getting a chance to get back to doing what I do best.

It was harrowing, it is very expensive to travel, the rental market is a fucking racket and you have to spend money to make money but we’re finally here in the creakiest old house we could get and ready to go.

So begins my year of working on projects and bettering myself to see if I can’t make this whole thing a more self-sustaining enterprise without me grinding my ghost ass down into ectopowder. X.x

My schedule is going to be a bit nebulous at first because I’m going to be getting up a lot earlier than I generally was and I don’t know what sort of help I’m going to have to be around the house with Tigre and the kid during the first week, so we’ll just have to play it by ear a bit.  

My plan is to make work “blocks” and hit things hard during the week, with liberal breaks, in order to get my leftover commissions done and get work on projects going. I’m hoping to aim for 40 hours a week or about 13 to 14 three-hour sessions on different things. So hopefully it’ll all come together!

One of my first priorities is finishing up my commission list, naturally, so let’s see where we stand there.

2023

#006: Doc – Complete!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#022: Spectrickster – In Queue

#026: [REDACTED] – In Progress!

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#032: Norithics – In Progress!

#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034

#034: Shaze – In Queue

#035: Turner – In Queue

#037: Maldore - In Queue

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

#039: Aspira - In Queue

#040: Radec - In Queue

#041: MadCoil - In Queue

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (In Progress!)

Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [Not Yet Issued]

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

As you can see, the list is still pretty hefty, but it’s coming down slowly. I’ll be chipping away at it, while also grinding away the discount bin stuff I have planned and coming up with new items to place on it. If you put in a form but I didn’t check in with you, as I complete things I’ll be adding the remaining orders to the list. I just want to keep things fresh and make sure I don’t get burnt out.

The money that I make now will be going towards improving my business and investing in things like new equipment for work as well as making merchandise as well as investing in my health and getting myself in a good place for future projects.

Back to work, I’ll be focusing on a large picture set for Doc and two Conception Foundation sets for Salisha and another client. These have all been in process way too long, so I’m hoping that now that the move is no longer hanging over my head, I’ll be able to properly focus and really enjoy the process.

I’d just been having a hard time concentrating for the last few months, knowing that this was coming and I was under the gun, but now that’s all over and I can finally just get back to drawing!

After that, we’ll burn the list down one by one. I’ve got a few personal pieces I want to do streams for, and we might get to see the return of an old favorite on Fridays coming up, so that’ll be fun.

I’ll also be doing Various Happenings and Clara blocks, some on stream, some by myself, in order to get that three month buffer going on both of them. I’ll have to see how much work I can put out, but hopefully, I can get some momentum going.

Anyway, that’s what’s going on. I’m back, peeps! I hope you’re all doing wonderful, the weather up here is lovely and I’m so happy to see fall once again.

Take care of yourselves! Until next week!

~Spooky

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Hello there, fox friends!

The week has arrived, and we’re making the final preparations for the coming move! We’ve already packed up a large number of boxes and moved them into the den, and now we’re just getting the remaining things from the various rooms and moving them forward so we can check off each one in sequence as we clean it out.

On Thursday, we’ll have our last run through and our last normal night here before getting everything completely packed away on Friday morning. The handyman will come and inspect the place then and then we’ll be off!

We’ll be making two hotel stops along the way and should arrive in the metro Chicago area on Sunday evening. From there we’ll be staying in an AirBnB for a week as we try to nail down a place that we can stay for about year or so until we can find something a bit more stable.

I don’t know how long it’ll be before I can make regular updates again. I’m hoping that we’ll be settled in a new place by the Sunday after next, at least enough for me to get my computer set up, but it could take a lot longer than that.

I will be able to work on things as soon as I get my equipment set up, of course, and I will, so at that point it’ll just be whether or not I have internet access aside from my phone.

Depending on the provider and the situation, it could happen quickly or it could take a week or so, maybe longer. I’m hoping that’s not the case, but I’ll be doing my best to keep everyone up to date on the situation.

2023

#006: Doc – Complete!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#022: Spectrickster – In Queue

#026: [REDACTED] – In Progress!

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#032: Norithics – In Progress!

#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034

#034: Shaze – In Queue

#035: Turner – In Queue

#037: Maldore - In Queue

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

#039: Aspira - In Queue

#040: Radec - In Queue

#041: MadCoil - Waiting For Payment

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (In Progress!)

Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [Not Yet Issued]

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

I didn’t get as much as I would have liked to get done, but I’m at least satisfied with the quality of the work that was done.

The bigger sequences will have to wait, but I’m going to be chipping away at those as soon as I have access to my computer again on the other end of things.

It’ll be a big upheaval, no doubt. I’m going to be changing my process and how I organize myself a bit, but hopefully it’ll be a change for the better.

Finishing the list and returning to my comic projects are my number one priority after the dust settles, so I hope to see all of you on the other side of that. It’s been a crazy month, and it’s going to be another crazy one, but I hope once October rolls around that this ghost will be back in full force!

We’ll have to see when we get there.

I’ll try my best to post short messages so y’all can keep tabs on me, though I may not have access to update the site for a bit. We’ll see what happens, but I’ll post journals on my various galleries, and I’ll be on Discord for sure.

I’ll do my best to take care of myself and be safe, and when I see y’all next, I’ll be happy to update y'all with any new developments!

Let’s hit the road!

Until next time, then!

~Spooky

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Hey there, fox friends!

Well, that’s that. As of 4PM EDT today, the Fox Saliant Studios Patreon will be shut down, after nine years of service. It sucks, and I wish it could be another way, but it was going to happen eventually and it’s time to move on. I’m not particularly sad to see it go; that particular foray into crowdfunding had been fraught with stumbling blocks and general difficulty from the beginning. I never was really good at it, to be perfectly honest and made a lot of mistakes early on that hampered things pretty badly.

But it was a lot of help when push came to shove, and without your support, I don't know if I could have made it through to now, things as they are.  So it is what it is!  I’ve learned a lot and I’m looking towards the future.

I’ve gone and dusted off the old SubscribeStar in the meantime! The tiers are the same and hopefully (after some inevitable growing pains) it’ll function exactly the same as the Patreon did. There shouldn’t be any issues, but I’m sure I’ll have to sort out a thing or two with the discord bot. Regardless, it’s there if anyone wants to immediately hop over. Remember, in order to see stuff early or get to vote on things in the VIP channel, you have to connect on Discord, so be sure to do that!

I know some people can’t do SubStar due to payment processors or whatnot, so I’m also going to be opening up a fanclub through Stripe via the Support Page on Foxsaliant.com which will be up and running hopefully by the end of next month. I’ll have donation options as well as monthly certificates for anyone seeking to support that way without having to jump through the hoops of a subscription site.

Again, this is all just to help fund the creation of the stuff that I do, and every little bit here and there, regardless of how much or how often, helps me out a lot.  None of this is mandatory, and I’m happy for you all just being here. Patron or not, I’m just glad to have all of you as my fans and friends, and thank you all for being there for me.

The last nine years on Patreon have helped me out a lot, and I hope that, going into the future, we can continue to produce cool stuff together (and even cooler stuff soon enough!)

On lighter news, I have a Co-Host now! It’s pretty fun, and you should check it out if you have one, too! Or at least bookmark it!

Less than two weeks now until the move and only three more stream days until I take off to get everything ready to go. The move should take three days physically, and then we’ll be staying in an AirBnB for about a week while we do location tours. Hopefully by that time, we’ll have nailed down a place and be ready to move our stuff in. We'll probably only be staying at the next place for a year, and then we’ll be able to get a longer term location, but I’m hopeful that things will work out to be better in the future overall!

Still, barring unforeseen difficulties, I’m hoping to be back to work streaming on the 18th of September, moon willing!

Let’s have a look at what we’ve got on the list!

2023

#006: Doc – In Progress!
#008: Artemis – Complete!
#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.
#011: Doc – In Progress!
#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.
#015: Salisha – In Progress!
#016: Salisha – In Queue
#018: Azure – Complete!
#022: Spectrickster – In Queue
#026: Mabel – In Progress!
- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -
#032: Norithics – In Progress!
#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034
#034: Shaze – In Queue
#035: Turner – In Queue
- - - - - - - Move Line - - - - - - -
#037: Maldore - In Queue
#038: ElBoberto - In Queue
#039: Aspira - In Queue
#040: Radec - In Queue
#041: MadCoil - Waiting For Payment

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)
Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (In Progress!)
Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [Not Yet Issued]
Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

I managed to get the two character sheets finished, at the very least! I’ve got a pair of image sets in the works for Doc, and two TCF sequences for Salisha and Mabel in the works still, as well as the doppled DB pinup for Nori. Some of these have been on the books for a while, and I’m probably only going to manage maybe two more in the time I have left before it’s time to focus on the move.  Not as much as I’d care for, but hopefully once everything’s set up, I can throw my whole concentration into checking these off and finally defeating the list once and for all!

The rest of Chapter 6 for Various Happenings is ready and waiting to be worked on, and I have a bunch of other projects ready to go as well. I won’t be putting the info here, because that just looked like ass, but my next main thing is working out the rest of the first episode of Clara Cosmos. Then I’ll pick a side project to work on to have ready in October. I’ve got a few things to choose from, so we’ll see what’s
the most appealing. I have a comic outline for a one-shot I’ve been looking forward to, as well as an interactive thing I want to work at. There’s my Partners fanwork, of course, as well as a collab that Azure Dreamer and I are working on, so there’s a lot to do! We’ll have to see what presents itself.

But for now, that’s all I have to talk about. I’ve got yardwork to take care of this afternoon, and then next week is going to be the last push before going into full packing mode, so we’ll just have to see.
Wish me luck, everyone!

I hope you’re doing well, and taking care of yourselves. Summer is… hopefully winding down here soon. Just stay hydrated and out of danger. I’ll see you all around.

Until next time!
~Spooky

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Commission Rules: https://foxsaliant.com/Commission.htm
Discount Bin: https://foxsaliant.com/Discount.htm

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Hey peeps!

So while we didn’t finish any pieces last week, we did get most of the way through several of the larger ones!  I’m just chipping away at things and at this point we still have two full weeks of work in order to take care of the things we already have in queue (save for the brand new ones that are going to be saved for after the move.)  

I am hopeful that we’ll at least get a few of these really big pieces out of the queue before I have to stop and handle the move.  I’m forgoing my by-week this month because I’m going to be out of commission for at LEAST two weeks starting on the 3rd of September.  Hopefully I’ll be hooked back up by the 17th of September, but we’ll see what happens!

In other news, despite having contacted Patreon, they’re still annoying me with e-mails to photographically verify my identity.  The alternatives they’ve said they would present haven’t manifested yet, so I’m putting up a poll for everyone to look at (it’s just one question) to see what people want me to do if they don’t come up with something within the week.

You can participate in that here:  https://strawpoll.com/DwyoD9aDenA

If nothing changes, I’ll be suspending/closing the Patreon on the 27th so my current patrons don’t get charged and then see about setting up an alternative funding method.

Thanks to all the patrons I’ve had over the years, and hopefully this won’t be much more than a bump in the road towards me being able to subsist without relying entirely on commission work!  You all have been fantastic, and I appreciate every bit of it. n.n

But, commission work is still what it is, for now, so let’s take a look at that list!



2023

#006: Doc – In Progress!
#008: Artemis – In Progress!
#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.
#011: Doc – In Progress!
#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.
#015: Salisha – In Progress!
#016: Salisha – In Queue
#018: Azure – In Progress!
#022: Spectrickster – In Queue
#026: Mabel – In Progress!
- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -
#032: Norithics – In Progress!
#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034
#034: Shaze – In Queue
#035: Turner – In Queue
- - - - - - - Move Line - - - - - - -
#037: Maldore - Waiting for Payment.
#038: ElBoberto - In Queue
#039: Aspira - In Queue
#040: Radec - In Queue
#041: MadCoil - Waiting For Payment

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)
Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (In Progress!)
Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [Not Yet Issued]
Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

The list hasn’t moved much since last week, though I have progressed thoroughly on several of the items on it.  I’m hoping that within the next two weeks I can pare down the pre-late line items quite a bit.  Otherwise, things are running smoothly.  I’m just stuck in an area with a bunch of large sequences and multi-variant pictures so finishing any one thing has been kind of a long process.

I’ve got two character sheets, two TCF related sequences, a transformation pic sequence, and two multi-variant pics in progress currently.  I at least want to get those done, and then anything else I get done on top of that before the move is just gravy.

We’ll see what happens.

Now, as far as projects go…
Let’s look at those:

Project Work

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Various Happenings

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Chapter 6: It's Never That Easy, Is It? (Pt.1) - Proofreading Finished
Chapter 7: ???? - Outlining
Chapter 8: ???? - Outlining
---
Current Updates Ready: 0
===

The Adventures of Clara Cosmos
---

Episode 1: A Planetary Plunder of Preposterous Proportions - Outlined, Scripting
Episode 2: ???? - Outlining
---
Current Updates Ready: 0

===
???? (Collaborative Project)

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Current Progress - 2 Parts Finished | 4 Parts In Progress | ~15 Parts Remain
===
???? (Interactive Media)

---

Current Phase - Asset Creation

===
???? (One-Shot Comic)

---

Current Phase - Outline Written

===
???? (Visual Novel Fanwork)
---

Episode 1: ???? - Scripting

The whole of Chapter 6 for Various Happenings that’s left is ready to be drawn now!  Me and Dicy went over it together and worked out the final draft, now I just have to sit down and get to it.  This will probably happen after the move, of course, but I’m eager to get it down on paper, so to speak!  I’m going to be working on the rest of Episode 1 for Clara as well, and then once the move is done, I’ll be settling into regular project work between trying to finish out the list once and for all.  I’ve got a collaborative piece, plus a few other things in the works that I’ll be poking at here and there, so we’ll see what happens.  Hopefully this winter will be a fun time for all!

That’s pretty much it for now.  We’ll just have to see how the Patreon thing shakes out, and keep on working both towards finishing my obligations, and getting things packed up and ready to go here.

So, we’ll see how that’s going next week! 

Thanks for reading, and I’ll talk at y’all then!

~Spooky

Commission Submission Form: https://forms.gle/wgUSpMcvE8LiUtuq6
Commission Rules: https://foxsaliant.com/Commission.htm
Discount Bin: https://foxsaliant.com/Discount.htm

Various Happenings: https://www.varioushappenings.com/
The Adventures of Clara Cosmos: https://www.claracosmos.space/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foxsaliant

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Heya fox friends!

So a lot of big news this week! First, my roommate’s position has been officially confirmed! This means we’ll be moving out of our current place within the month, on the weekend of the 8th of September, or so. From there it’ll be a three day trip north (we’re taking our time) and then hopefully only a week or so of trying to lock down a place before we begin moving everything in. Things are still very up in the air, but we’ve got a solid plan in place and we’re already cleaning things up and packing our stuff to get it shipped out.

That’s all already been on the table and expected, so not a big deal, just have to keep at it and make sure everything stays in order. Hopefully, it’ll all go smoothly!

Second thing, and more immediately important for y’all (sit tight, this is a long one,) is that Patreon seems to be intent on rolling out a new identity verification policy. Mandated by Mastercard (stated as such by Patreon themselves in their FAQ), it uses a service which cross references via AI a photo of your government ID/driver’s license with a photo you take yourself with your phone so that they can make sure that any adult content creators on the platform are 18 years of age or older.

I feel this is an invasion of privacy in a number of ways, not the least the scraping of your phone’s metadata in anything you send them, as well as the feeding of your personal documents and image into an AI database. Not to mention giving Mastercard undue power and information, things which it has been shown to abuse in the past in regards to adult content creators whom it seems to be staunchly opposed to.

Patreon has stated that none of the information given will be used to search for law violations (and nothing that I do violates the law, regardless), but I do not trust them or Mastercard not to enable discrimination against me as a transwoman or a creator of adult content, nor do I trust them not to sell my data to other parties.

Now, I would normally not care if I was dealing with a more direct business or if they were simply asking for my license number or something like that so they could look up the information themselves; I give my driver’s license in person all the time, at the doctor’s office or bank, for example, but it’s the method that irks me. They already have my bank and tax information; they could literally just call someone and ask. Not to mention I’ve been on the platform for over nine years now, so the possibility that I could be younger than 18 is ludicrously small.

It doesn’t help that Patreon has, in the past, outright lied about its intentions as well as mandated the behavior of its users on platforms that it does not own. I also do not trust Patreon, should I not cooperate, to not take the money from y’all at the end of the month, and just lock me out of drawing from it (that’s specifically, how they’ve stated they will operate, not that they’ll ban people, but rather that people won’t be able to draw from their payouts, which is extra scummy.)

I have spoken with the Trust and Safety team, of course, and they’ve stated that they will present alternatives to this system to all Patreon creators should they not wish to provide a photographic ID. If it is as simple as transmitting online paperwork, then I might consider it, but somehow I do not think that any of the alternatives will be acceptable. We will see.

However, if no viable alternatives are presented, on Sunday, August 27th, I will be suspending the Patreon’s collections until Patreon is willing to use the information it already possesses or allow a non-invasive means of verification. If neither of those things occur, or the alternatives presented are not actually alternatives, then I will have to see about my own alternatives to using Patreon as a crowd funding source.

I do have a dormant SubscribeStar that I could dust off, if people were willing to make use of that. I also have considered a manually run fanclub, which could be fun! I’ll also be looking into other alternatives as well.

While staying with Patreon would be easier, it’s been growing more and more hostile to the kind of content that I want to produce, and my Patreon itself is already handicapped by me not being able to show my work on the site and taking it upon me to make it presentable rather than giving me tools to allow people to opt-in or filter out my work as NSFW. The layers of obfuscation that I already have to deal with are so much so that I basically have to promote myself entirely without their assistance, and Patreon simply functions as a middleman. But I can always find another middleman, if not cut them out entirely.

So as that date approaches, I’ll keep you all informed and I may create another poll to see what sort of alternatives people would be interested in.

That was a lot! I’m sorry about that, but I needed to outline the situation as best as I could so that people knew where I stood, and how this will affect things going forward. I appreciate all the support I’ve been given by all of y’all and I don’t want anyone to feel cheated or to give and for me to not be able to make use of that.

Now then, back to commissions!

Let’s have a look at the list:

2023

#006: Doc – In Progress!

#008: Artemis – In Progress!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#018: Azure – In Progress!

#022: Spectrickster – In Queue

#026: Mabel – In Progress!

##EX: TZ – Complete!

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#032: Norithics – In Progress!

#033: Dakkath – In Conjunction with #034

#034: Shaze – In Queue

#035: Turner – In Queue

#036: KlinKitty – Complete!

- - - - - - - Move Line - - - - - - -

#037: Maldore - Waiting for Payment.

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

#039: Aspira - In Queue

#040: Radec - In Queue

#041: MadCoil - Waiting For Payment

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (In Progress!)

Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [Not Yet Issued]

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

So yeah! Things are being compressed nicely! I finished two things this week (though they were smaller ones, to be fair) and I’ve got a bunch of sequences and character sheets that are in progress to work on.

I currently have nine (9) pieces paid and in queue or working, and two (2) discount bin items that are paid and working, with a further two (2) discount bin items that are planned and waiting, and two (2) items that haven’t been paid for yet.

The more recent items are in queue for after the move, but that should be well within the hopeful 90-day turnaround.

Again, I don’t expect to get everything done, but I’m hoping to get as much as possible.

On further things, projects! I know you all have been patiently waiting for any kind of updates for Various Happenings and The Adventures of Clara Cosmos, so once the pressure of the list has been relieved somewhat, I intend to go full bore in on my work.

Let’s look at those:

Project Work

===

Various Happenings

---

Chapter 6: It's Never That Easy, Is It? (Pt.1) - Script Written, Proofreading

Chapter 7: ???? - Outlining

Chapter 8: ???? - Outlining

---

Current Updates Ready: 0

===

The Adventures of Clara Cosmos

---

Episode 1: A Planetary Plunder of Preposterous Proportions - Outlined, Scripting

Episode 2: ???? - Outlining

---

Current Updates Ready: 0

===

???? (Interactive Media)

---

Current Phase - Asset Creation

===

???? (One-Shot Comic)

---

Current Phase - Outline Written

===

???? (Visual Novel Fanwork)

---

Episode 1: ???? - Scripting

As you can see, there’s a lot of stuff I want to get to! This is a small fraction of it, certainly, but this is the stuff I think is the most time sensitive, important, or doable at the moment.

I know a lot of it is a mystery (on purpose, I assure you) but when it makes its debut, I’m hoping it will be exciting. Still, VH and Clara are the priority right now and I want to get them moving on a regular schedule. That, of course, means getting ahead so that my whims won’t dictate a six month hiatus on things in the future.

My goal is to get three months of updates ahead (that’s 12 on each) so that I have the time to go off and work on other things when I have the desire to without interfering with the overall update schedule. Anything beyond that will be considered extra updates and posted on an off day. Hopefully that will be enough time to take care of the next step of the story for each comic and buffer me against emergencies, flights of fancy, and periods of low motivation.

We’ll see what happens, but that’s where I want to be for the future. I’m so excited to share things with you and I’m tired of not being able to, so goshdarnit, I’m going to get a move on!

That’s all for now, so until the next time, everyone!

~Spooky 

Commission Submission Form: https://forms.gle/wgUSpMcvE8LiUtuq6

Commission Rules: https://foxsaliant.com/Commission.htm

Discount Bin: https://foxsaliant.com/Discount.htm

Various Happenings: https://www.varioushappenings.com/

The Adventures of Clara Cosmos: https://www.claracosmos.space/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foxsaliant

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Heya peeps!

Wow! Okay, some serious news this time. It looks like my roommate Dicy might actually have that job offer and we’ll soon be moving! The tentative date to start is going to be around the 24th of September, so that means we’ll be aiming to physically move in about a month, and trying to be settled in by that date.

This isn’t 100% confirmed but everything we’re looking at so far indicates that this is the direction this is heading, so for now we’re going to be working under the assumption that this is indeed the situation!

What does that mean for y’all?

Well, that means that for a few weeks there, at least, I won’t be able to work on anything because I’ll be in-between locations and most likely staying at a hotel. More directly, though, that means that my current commission work is going to be broken up between things that I’ve already accepted and things that are being put through this week, dividing them into stuff I want to get finished pre and post move.

So anything I’ve accepted before last Sunday, I will attempt to finish before the move, and anything I’ve accepted since, will be put on hold after the move. That’s not to say I’m going to get to everything before the move, but I’ll do my level best. That’s my goal.

So, let’s look and see what we’ve got.

2023

#006: Doc – In Progress!

#008: Artemis – In Progress!

#010: Chacumera – On Hold for Payment.

#011: Doc – In Progress!

#013: Kennie – On Hold for Payment.

#015: Salisha – In Progress!

#016: Salisha – In Queue

#018: Azure – In Progress!

#022: Spectrickster – In Queue

- - - - - - - Late Line - - - - - - -

#026: Mabel – In Progress!

##EX: TZ – In Progress!

#032: Norithics – In Progress!

#033: Dakkath – Paid, waiting for #034

#034: Shaze – Waiting for Payment

#035: Turner – In Queue

#036: KlinKitty – In Progress!

- - - - - - - Move Line - - - - - - -

#037: Maldore - Waiting for Payment.

#038: ElBoberto - In Queue

Credit: Doc - $320

Discount Bin

Salisha: Durex Date #2 - (Jessie Hart x Bakeneko Spooky) [#2023-015] (In Progress!)

Norithics: Princess Cocoa Doppled Pin-Up [#2023-032] (In Progress!)

Turner: Cass, Under Pressure [Not Yet Issued]

Anzu: Assorted Occurances [Not Yet Issued]

So, I’ve closed the submissions as of this (Sunday’s) afternoon. I’ve started contacting people, and I’ll work up to four new orders from each list before I start drawing new ones from the pool after I complete a commission, working through the submissions until I run out.

Hopefully, at that point, my list will be completely empty and I’ll have caught up and be able to better balance my incoming work load. So if you’re not on the queue list (and you probably aren’t yet) don’t fret. I’ll be looking over my communications this week and getting back to people as I get responses, sending out invoices to them. It just takes some time, but most likely the full set will be reflected on next week’s update.

I got my glasses, fortunately, so hopefully my headaches in the future will be greatly reduced. It’s already improved the distances at which I can see, though it’s taking me some time to get used to the new focal lengths.

I also went ahead and closed the FSS Survey for this quarter. Thanks to everyone who participated, the next one will be a little earlier in October. What I learned from that particular survey is as follows:

• People generally keep up with things and like to interact here at FSS via the Discord with my main galleries on FA, dA and IB being close behind. This isn’t a surprise, as those are my biggest audiences. In the future, I’ll make it easier to get into the Discord, but as of right now, the only way is via asking me directly, word of mouth, or becoming a member of the Patreon.
• Most of the respondents were Patrons.
• Most of the respondents agreed that the Projects were the main draw of FSS, though getting commissions is still important for a lot of people.
• People don’t really care how they get commissions, but there’s a slight preference towards the current method versus the stream only method.
• People are generally okay with the amount of time that commissions have taken. For some it’s a bit long, but it’s not a deal breaker. Hopefully this will improve as time goes on and I catch up. Also, I REALLY need to add in a “I have never commissioned before/don’t want to commission” option.
• For most people the change to Stripe is a non-issue or considered a positive aspect, though Paypal is generally considered more convenient.
• People want more short comics and sequences! Who knew? Second place were the pin-ups, so I’ll see what I can do in those directions in the future.
• People really want more Various Happenings! Unsurprising. The Adventures of Clara Cosmos was second and The Conception Foundation was a close third. I feel bad that I forgot to put Tomomi Saves The World on the list, but… I’ll correct that next time.
• Eddie and Cass dominated the favorite characters club, with Scooter, the Matsumori Sisters, Hibachi, Hemlock and yours truly also being on the list.
• Most people don’t mind things being done when they’re done, but there was a slight edge on people who wanted shorter or more frequent updates. I am definitely working on a Various Happenings and Clara Cosmos buffer, and I want to be able to consistently, at some point, put out a comic a week for each. I’ve been writing and working on panel scripts for them, so hopefully, soon they’ll start up as a regular thing and I’ll have the time to just work on them for the foreseeable future. I also have a few other back burner ideas that I want to work on, but we’ll try and get the stuff everyone’s looking for in the pipeline as a regular thing first.
• People seem to like a bunch of different things! I didn’t get any clear answers but VH and the different sequences came up; only The Conception Foundation was mentioned as something someone specifically didn’t like, which… I get it, it’s pretty niche. Currently I have a lot of TCF commission work, so I think that ideas for that universe will sit on the back burner until I get an itch for it.

And that’s pretty much how everyone responded! I think the results were useful, if not surprising so we’ll see how that affects things going forward!

As I said, I’m definitely moving to focus on comic work more, and to try and get back in the swing of things. As for the survey, I should have some more interesting and better thought out questions next time around, but thank you to everyone who participated, and for those of you who didn’t, I look forward to seeing your responses next time around!

Lastly but not leastly, today (since it’s after midnight) is my 37th Birthday (I think), so… yanno… meh! I’m older now, but what can you do? That’s never stopping. Thanks for all of you sticking around for all this time, and I hope for many more years of perhaps more productive Fox Saliant Studios content.

Until next week! Take care of yourselves, everyone!

~Spooky

Commission Submission Form: https://forms.gle/wgUSpMcvE8LiUtuq6

Commission Rules: https://foxsaliant.com/Commission.htm

Discount Bin: https://foxsaliant.com/Discount.htm

Various Happenings: https://www.varioushappenings.com/

The Adventures of Clara Cosmos: https://www.claracosmos.space/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foxsaliant