~Malikfoxen

So its pretty clear to most of you I haven't been active like at all lately.

Im still getting watchers though miraculously enough but I wanted to put this out there to let them know, and set expectations.

Ive given it a lot of thought and decided commissions are going to be permanently closed and art is going to be sporadic at best. The reason for this is, I originally had goals to make a career out of this but life/ God had other plans for me. I still draw, not outside doodles, but to be honest Ive spent more of my free time gaming with friends than anything else and find that I enjoy doing that much more and find it more worthwhile than spending hours on my own scribbling at something that I end up never really finding fulfilling due to afterwards finding flaws in it and just hating it for those.
People would say "well just practice more" but, I dont find it worth it to put in the time. Maybe other artists do but my passion for it is pretty much nonexistent at this point. Its become just "something fun I do when an idea comes and I want to humor it for a day or an hour or something." I was investing more time into my pieces than I think I'm currently willing to. Like I guess its more of a hobby now, the moments Im interested in my work are fleeting. Where I used to be more dedicated to the pieces Im working on, setting aside days/weeks at a time to dig in and get works done, I am now to a point where when I stop, I tend to not start back up on the same piece anymore, I've started seeing it as a chore these days.

To those of you I owe work to btw, I plan to issue refunds to those people within 2 weeks time finally, keep an eye out for a DM/ Announcement in discord with this page linked to it, and I want to remind you that I thank each and every one of you for getting me out of that difficult time I was in when I started it. This is pertaining to the "Encountering Magic" comic I had started years ago with Mousie that had paid slots for character roles/ cameos. This includes a refund for even those pages (which were not many) that were completed due to me not finishing the arc the character is featured in and for the sake of simplicity

I dont plan to finish it. I did for a while but for the last few months Ive been beating myself up for it, and when I go to do it, Ive been finding excuses not to. This has lead me to believe my passion is gone for the project, and art in general has been treated this way as well. So this is also a formal apology for any time wasted for this project. Moving forward again I plan not to take anymore commissions until such a time as my passion is rekindled for my artwork. This may or may not happen, I do not know, but I appreciate all of yall sticking with me until now.

I might start posting my random unfinished doodles occasionally, but largely, Im stepping out of the game. Yall have been fantastic, yall have been great, most notably, yall have been more patient than I deserve... but I think I'm movin' on from here.

Thanks for hangin around. I'll still be lurking in FA cause I love the art still, just not gonna be making much of it anymore. Thankfully there are many other great artists in my watch list that you might want to try following who love their work more than I love mine, and probably deserve you alls attention more. Peace yall.