~The_Hookaloof

Hey, so, I got fired from my job.

The reasons for this are many and obnoxious, but basically I made the gamble of asking a company that's on the precipice of failing for more respect. I asked my boss to make less demeaning, disrespectful jokes about my sexuality, or about my coworkers, and he fired me for it. Sad, but not something I didn't see coming.

The past few months or so, the changes happening at my (former) workplace had me thinking this was likely, but this happened a lot faster than I expected. I worked at this place for nearly 6 years, and now I'm stuck with a few different choices. I could try and find another spot to work in that same industry, but I don't really want to after the recent issues, so I'm gonna try and see what I can do as a full time artist. This is gonna come with a few big changes.

Firstly: I'm gonna take a couple days off. I've been taking too long with those YCH animation comms, those are still in the works, I'm done with about half of them, done in the order of payment, if yours hasn't been finished just yet don't worry it'll be up soon, promise, but I just gotta take a couple days and not draw. I was trying to push past everything and keep drawing but I'm just spinning my wheels.

Second steps are going to be updated comms sheet, with accurate pricing, and some sort of public queue people can check to see progress and open-ness, as well as starting up a Patreon. I could just open my patreon up generally but I wanna make sure it's set up for success, has rewards that people want, that sort of thing. I've got enough cash saved up that I can successfully keep myself afloat for a bit, but I don't plan to take more than a week before getting this second step accomplished. In the meantime, I'll also be posting stuff I've got drawn that I haven't shared yet, for whatever reason or another.

Third more long term steps, merch, physical goods, that sorta thing, definitely something I'd like to branch into doing, have little booths in artist alleys at conventions and stuff, doing comms at cons, that stuff. I think it'd be fun, and might be profitable, but since it takes setup cash and everything it's a long term goal.

But, first things first, I'm taking it easy, finishing the last of those animated YCHs (or at least most of them), then comm sheets and crowdfunding stuff, and finally I become the next Hyena Agenda. Not actually, but that's the order of events.

In the meantime, if you'd like to support me with a one time donation while I'm getting set up, I do have a Ko-fi, it's not immediately necessary but if you wanna support me you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/hookaloof

More updates and details to come soon!