Weekly Update! (2023-03-12)

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

Hey there peeps!  

Alright, all of the family stuff is done for the moment!  Now that that’s done, I can focus on doing Various Happenings stuff!  I don’t have as much time as I’d like for it, but I’ll just try to do what I can!  

I do finally have the VH update done, so I’ll be posting that this week, probably to coincide with the site update.  If I can’t have it done on Tuesday, I’ll do my best to have it done by the end of the week, though the comic update itself will be posted on Tuesday, regardless, so watch out for that! n.n  

We’ll try to get back to normal work on Wednesday, but we’ll see what happens with the site!  

Current List:      

2022:     

#001 – In Progress, need to work on lines     

#003 – On Hold, waiting for payment     

#005 – In Queue     

#006 – In Queue     

#009 – In Queue, Preliminary on Docket     

#012 – In Queue, Preliminary on Docket     

#013 – In Queue     

#015 – In Queue     

#016 – In Queue     

#017/#2023-002 – In Queue      

2023:     

#001 – In Queue     

#003 – In Queue     

#004 – In Queue     

#006 – In Queue  

Once again, the form for submitting commission ideas is open.  I have four slots for this month (not including the set for Patreon members,) and as I said, it may take some time to get to everything, so bear that in mind.  

Things are going well, though, so hopefully I’m that much closer to catching the end of the list.  

You can check out that form here:  https://forms.gle/z9mKrXLZRNxduu3PA

I’ve also opened my discount bin to the public, in case there’s anything of mine that you’re interested or would wish to sponsor!  You can find out how to do that in the bin itself right here:  https://foxsaliant.com/Discount.htm

Otherwise that’s it!  Just getting back to normal operations and making sure everything is checked and accounted for!  I hope everyone’s doing well and spring is being good to all of you!

I’ll see you all next week~!  

~Spooky  

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

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

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

Hey there, peeps!

Boy, this last week was really rough, and this upcoming couple are going to be worse, but that’s okay!  Once we’re past that, things will calm down a bit.

I’ve got a lot of stuff to deal with this week, so streams may be highly irregular.  My roommates’ daughter’s birthday is coming up and there’s going to be a big party next Sunday.  I also have to watch her early on Monday morning (tomorrow) in order for some doctor appointments to happen, Wednesday is her actual birthday, and Friday I promised to help clean things up while we’re getting ready for Sunday.  So I don’t know when or if streams are going to happen this week, and there probably won't be an update next Sunday.

Next week, after recovering on Monday, I’m going to have to do a little personal work that needs to be done on Wednesday, followed by getting the Various Happenings site up to date for the 8th Anniversary on March 14th.  I want to have the Chapter 5 conversion done by then as well as a few minor site updates and things, so that’s going to be a bit of work.  I also want to have the next comic up.  The lineart is finished, but I haven’t had the chance to do the values or backgrounds yet.  So things are going to be up in the air on those days, too.

Still, I will try to do some stuff over these next two weeks, I’m just not making any promises about what.

Heading into next month, I have to secure my funds for the month, of course, so that means I’m going to be reopening commissions, too.  I’ll be opening my form back up and you’ll be able to put in submission when that’s ready.

Other information that you might want to know:

• There will be four slots for patrons and four for non-patrons.

◦ The patron slots will open as soon as the form is ready.

◦ The non-patron slots will open on Sunday, March 12th at 12PM, EST

• These are for my monthly income so I have to secure funds while still working on previous commitments, and though I will be doing my best to attack things in the order received as enthusiastically as I can, please expect a turnaround of anywhere from 30 to 90 days. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

• Discount bin stuff will be available!  This is apart from the regular commission queue and has its own slots.  You’ll be able to read the rules and info when that opens, which will also be on March 12th for non-patrons (though it will remain open indefinitely after that.)

Once those slots are taken care of, hopefully I’ll have enough money coming to secure things for March (and maybe April) and I’ll be able to focus back on getting down to the bottom of the queue.

How is that queue doing, anyway?

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#526 – Lines are done, just need to color it!

#542 - Cancelled, recredited.

#2022-001 – Going to try and get the sketchlines down for this soon.

#2022-003 – On hold until payment can be secured.

#2022-004/010/011 – Completed!

#2022-005 – In queue.

#2022-006 – In queue.

#2022-009 – In queue.

#2022-012 – In queue.

#2022-013 – In queue.

#2022-015 – In queue.

#2022-016 – In queue.

#2022-017/2023-002 – In queue.

#2023-001 – In queue.

#2023-003 – In queue.

#2023-004 – Idea secured, invoice sent.  Replaces #542.

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Well, that’s a lot!  But we’ll see what we can do.  Again, no promises over the next couple of weeks, but hopefully things will settle down by the middle of the month and then I’ll be able to focus again.  This month has been good, but I’m already tired, and it hasn’t even begun yet.

XD

Anyway, thanks for checking in!

Until next time, peeps!

~Spooky

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

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

Weekly Update! (2023-02-19)

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Hey there, peeps!

Was a little low on energy last week, so I didn’t manage to get everything that I wanted to do done, but that’s okay! I’m nearing the end of a large set of commissions and I have a rather large Various Happenings update in progress! I’m hoping to be done with that by the end of the week!

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#526 – Going to try to finish the lines for this Sunday night, and finish it Tuesday evening if I can. I’ve been trying to get to this but life stuff and other work stuff keeps getting in the way and everytime I look another week’s passed. n.n; Sorry.

#542 – Still on hold until an idea is solidified.

#2022-001 – Going to try and get the sketchlines down for this on Wednesday

#2022-003 – On hold until payment can be secured.

#2022-004/010/011 – Two out of five completed, two out of five flat color. Will try to finish on Monday’s stream.

#2022-005 – In queue.

#2022-006 – In queue.

#2022-009 – In queue, will probably attempt preliminaries on Wednesday or Friday.

#2022-012 – In queue, will probably attempt preliminaries on Wednesday or Friday.

#2022-013 – In queue.

#2022-015 – In queue.

#2022-016 – In queue.

#2022-017/2023-002 – In queue.

#2023-001 – In queue.

#2023-003 – In queue.

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That’s what’s going on. Not to much of a difference from last week. Still moving forward! Once I’ve got a few of the larger things out of the way, though, the rest should just fall into place fairly easily.

Hope y’all are doing well and the weather isn’t being too weird. Here, it can’t seem to make up its mind!

Until next time, peeps!

~Spooky

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

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

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

How’s everything going? Still working on stuff to try and get as much done as I can by the end of February! Just chipping away at work and seeing how everything goes!

Currently, I’m working on my commissions to try and get them out of the door so I can maybe set up Sketch on the Spot again towards the end of the month.

The current list:

  • #526: Still on the docket! Gonna see about taking care of this one for good off-stream on Tuesday evening.

  • #542: Still on hold!

  • #2022-001: Preliminary done, going to see about getting this taken care of on Wednesday and colored on Friday!

  • #2022-003: On hold.

  • #2022-004/010/011: In progress! 4 of 5 lines done, will try to finish it and start coloring on Monday!

  • #2022-005: In queue.

  • #2022-006: In queue.

  • #2022-009: In queue.

  • #2022-012: In queue.

  • #2022-013: In queue.

  • #2022-015: In queue.

  • #2022-016: In queue.

  • #2022-017/2023-002: In queue.

  • #2023-001: In queue.

  • #2023-003: In queue.

Plans are to wrap up the in-progress work I have completely, and see about doing the written Various Happenings comic I have and getting that up this weekend.

Next week, I’m looking to hit the list and get out a bunch of preliminary pictures to try and thin the list out a bit. Towards the end of February and March, leading up to the VH 8th Anniversary (oh god), I’m going to finish up parting and putting up the comic version of Chapter 5 so that people reading will have a nice solid reading experience.

Those are my goals!

Other than that, we’re just keeping things going! I’ve gotten a lot of new patrons this month, so thanks for being there! I appreciate it and it’s good to meet some new faces!

I’ll see, once I’ve done my work on the Various Happenings site, to work on the Fox Saliant on-site gallery. It’s technically been a Patreon reward for like… the $100 a month total for forever, but because of focusing on various projects and commissions, I just haven’t had the time or energy to do that. But backing up my old work and getting it in a place where people can see it is honestly probably pretty important.

I’m also mucking with the site design a bit. While I did enjoy the seasonal looks, it gets really hard to make good looking colors schemes every few weeks and I just kind of fell off of it for a while. So I’ll be doing little panes and stuff, but I think I’m going to try and find an easy on the eyes look with the classic Fox Saliant colors and such to make updating less of a trial.

So there we are! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you next week!

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

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

**Weekly Update! (2023-02-05)** 

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Heya peeps!

Short update today, because I'm just not feeling it and I want to relax, but schedule is going to be more or less the same as it was. While I didn't get any comic stuff done, I did get a lot of project work done and there's some stuff in the pipeline as far as commissions and planned stuff goes, so I'm hoping that we'll have some fun stuff to post this week. Thanks for being understanding, and I'll catch you all around! See ya next week~!

~Spooky

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

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

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

Heya peeps!

Everything’s going pretty well! While I was feeling a little off, I still managed to get a lot of work done last week, and get out another page of Various Happenings, so check that out when you’re able!

I'm sorry if I've kind of beaned you all over the head with the weirdness in some of my content lately. I really should have put up a heads up or something in a journal on my various sites, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it. I thank you all that have stuck around in spite of that, though, and the not at all insignificant number of you who found me because of it.

Thanks, everyone!

As for work, well let’s see what we’ve got:

• #526 – Still on the docket
• #533 – Coloring in progress, should be done Monday!
• #542 – Still on hold.
• #2002-001 – Verifying composition.
• #2002-003 – Verifying payment and information.
• #2002-004/010/011 – Should start on this during stream on Wednesday.

Going to be knocking things out, going full bore into February to try and clear out that list. I don’t need to take anything new this month, so I’ve got a nice chance to clean things out and pear the list down quite a bit!

I’m going to keep on working to put out one comic/sequence a week! This week I’ve got both a VH and a Clara Cosmos written and planned out so we’ll see which one appeals more!

Also a warm and bright Candlemas (Imbolc) to all of you. Spring is quick approaching (especially if you live somewhere like I do) and the life will soon begin to return to the trees and grass. We can only hope it does so… gently.

Take care of yourselves, everyone, and I’ll see you all next week!

~Spooky

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

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

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

Heyo, peeps!

Rockin’ along pretty well!

Gonna see about switching up my schedule and doing management days on Sunday, while trying to have days off in between each stream so that I have time to recover and I don’t risk injuring myself and can work on other things or try and relax.

Not a big change for you guys, the number and timing of the streams will largely remain the same, and what days they’ll be on really depends on what I have to do that week. So we’ll see what happens!

Let’s see what we’ve got:

#526 – Still on the docket. Will try to find/make some free time.

#533 – Preliminaries done and approved! Will probably get started on this on Wednesday and see how far we can go with it.

#542 – Still on hold.

#544 – Inks are done! Ready to be colored. We’ll be doing that on Monday.

#2022-001 – Preliminary done! Have to send that off, and if approved, will see about doing that one on Friday.

In the meanwhile, there are some other things to do.

This week I have an Adventures of Clara Cosmos strip for you all, so go check that out over on

www.claracosmos.space!

I don’t have a comic prepared for this week coming up, but we’ll see what comes out in the process during the week.

I’ve got scripts for both Various Happenings and Clara good to go, so that’s not a problem. I can hit the next one running if I really want to. I also have some more ideas for sequences, if that tickles my fancy, too. So we’ll get something out, we’ll just have to see what it ends up being.

Either way, things are coming along rather well!

Gonna tweak the site a bit, too. Going back to giving it a more generic look (with the exception of the calendar, I think) and maybe a few splash bars, because changing the color palette and site balance every few weeks is actually kind of a pain in the ass! So we’ll see if we can be a bit more efficient about it! So sorry about those bits lagging behind a little. We’ll get to them!

Anyway! That’s what’s going! Hope you’re enjoying the stuff as of late, and that the weather isn’t getting you too down! It’s a bit rainy here,

but I sleep better like that, so I don’t mind so much.

I’ll see you all next week! Until then!

~Spooky

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

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

Weekly Update! (2023-01-16)

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Hey there, peeps!

Well last week was surprisingly intense! Had some huge streams before having to take a break to avoid hurting myself and attend to some things at home that happened to come up suddenly.

The comic I got out last week wasn’t quite what I’d expected, but I enjoyed it nonetheless! I know some of my material lately has been a little different than usual, but it’s also been exceedingly popular so I hope you’ll enjoy what weirdness comes along now and again. I know it may be offputting to some, so I’ll do my best to continue to telegraph and tag it as best I can. Still, the response has been wonderful and I thank you all for the support in being rather odd now and again.

As for my regular work, I got a big commission thing done last week, which will be posted shortly, as well as a few other items to manage. So that’s great! I still have stuff I want to get to, of course. I’m going to do the Clara comic this week!

But for now, let’s see:

#526: Determined to get to this one offstream this week. We’ll see how it goes.

#533: This one is good to go, we’ll do the composition on Tuesday and get this thing started!

#542: Currently on hold.

#544: Plausible attempt on Friday, depending on whether or not the commissioner is available. If not, we’ll just do composition for it.

#2022-001: Aiming to give this one a try on stream Thursday! We’ll see what happens. Need to do the preliminary at least.

And those are my plans for the week! We’ll see how it goes and what gets knocked out!

Thanks for being understanding and supportive, everyone! You’re all fantastic, and I couldn’t make it without your support~!

Until next week, peeps!

~Spooky

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

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

Weekly Update! (2023-01-09)

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

Hey peeps!

Alright! Was horribly sick last week, but I've been mulling over things and trying to get my goals in order, regardless! So what do we have on the 

docket for this week and beyond? I’ve got resolutions and I want to see if I can meet them!

So here we are!

This week:

- #526: This one has been sitting aside since August and I feel really bad about not finishing it. I just haven’t had the motivation (or been able to) 

work on it outside of my normal work hours. I’ll set aside some time in the evenings to finally take care of it this week.

- #533: Aiming to start this one on Friday. I’m going to verify stuff on Thursday evening and that will be the last set of changes to the idea that 

will be made. We’ll go ahead and just blast through the composition on Friday and get it ready to be wrapped up early next week.

- #541: We’ll go ahead and see about finishing this one on Tuesday or Thursday! I’ll ask if either day is better and on that stream I’ll sit down after 

warm-ups and just blow through it. Should be fun!

- #542: Verified that this one is to be put on hold and expanded. Need more information to be determined later.

- #544: Aiming to start this one next week, but we’ll see. The last invoice from the old invoicing system to be cleared out.

Hopefully we can do all that (and maybe more) this week. Those are my goals!

As for my general goals heading forward, my resolutions for the year:

- I want to have one comic done a week, every week. It can be either Various Happenings, or The Adventures of Clara Cosmos, though possibly a 

one-off here and there of something else if I feel like it. I just want something done every week.

- By the end of February, I want to be done with my current commission list and be set to restore Sketch on the Spot.

- By March (Pi Day), I want to be done with the renovations on the Various Happenings website and the conversion of Chapter 5 into comic format.

- I want to take a vote on and complete a nice, salacious Mother’s Day comic this year. I think that would be fun. :3

- Previous idea not withstanding, as with last year, I want to have at least one short story, in whatever form it might take, completed by the end 

of the year.

And that’s all for now. I’ll have other ones later in the year if I manage to succeed with these. I know this year is going to be wild, and there are

going to be a lot of challenges coming up, so I’m not going to get too pie in the sky for now.

That’s what I’ve got! Wish me luck and I’ll see you all next week! Take care~!

~Spooky

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

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

**Weekly Update! (2023-01-02)**

https://www.foxsaliant.com/

My current big priority, other than venting my artistic need out into Various Happenings and Clara Cosmos, is getting commissions done. To that end, things are progressing well.

Thanks to building up the pledges from my patrons at Patreon over the last couple of months, I should have enough to manage the site hosting without a problem, so thank you all. With what I’ve saved so far, I should have a good bulk of my monthly commitments already taken care of. Hopefully this means less new work this month and more concentrating on getting things done.

It’s been rough getting things moving, but I’m feeling more confident now that I’ve had some time off and a chance to recharge.

While I’m currently closed for commissions, if you’re curious about my prices you can check those out here:

https://foxsaliant.com/Commission.htm

The current prices will probably not be changing this year, but there will be other things such as Sketch on the Spot and special discounted items added later. Once things are open, the link for the form will go there, too. So keep an eye out there, and here on my update journal, for more information in the future!

I’m sorry for those of you who have been messaging me via DeviantArt. The notes vs requests system is very obtuse and I’ve just been flooded with people asking if I want to make NFTs, and I just… really don’t check those. I’m going to make an effort to wade through some of those and try to find honest inquiries, but if you sent me something a few months back and I haven’t responded there, that’s why.

DeviantArt is becoming a very user and poster unfriendly place and just not all that pleasant to use, if I’m being honest, since the introduction of the Eclipse UI. So if my engagement is less than ideal there, you know why.

Still, I’m going to be doing my best to respond to correspondence and notes, and in general stay on top of things instead of letting a bunch of notifications build up in my inbox on various sites. No promises, but I want to make a concerted effort at it this year.

So yeah! The future's looking bright and I hope that once I’m on top of things, I’ll stay there. A lot of big plans for this year, so I’ll let you all know about those once they begin to solidify more!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you’re doing well, and I’ll see you again as we head onward into 2023!

Until next time!

~Spooky

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

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