Hind

Hey everyone. So, because the PayPal issue remains unresolved on Boosty so far (likely related to PayPal getting pissy with various websited in general lately), I've decided to finally make a Hipolink page, a sister service to Boosty, which still supports it:
https://hipolink.me/yukihind

I've been able to successfully receive several payments through it, so from now on I'll be using it to accept payments for commissions. The upside is that it's actually more convenient to use, since I can set the exact price and the person paying doesn't need to make an account, so it's a more controllable environment. I will still keep Boosty around for donations, however for the time being those will have to be made via card until the PayPal issue here is resolved.

On the drawing side of things, not much has been happening. Right now I'm having to focus on commissions because waiting for two months without them put a sizable hole in my budget, and me having minor technical issues with my PC (RAM turned out to be faulty so I had to wait a week for it to be RMA'd) didn't help. I won't be talking much about my health nowadays unless something important happens because I'd rather deal with these things in the background and not talk about it much (some things have gotten better, some have gotten worse).

An annoying issue I'm currently dealing with (and in fact have been dealing with ever since I switched to the new desktop) is that either Photoshop, my tablet, my system, my hardware, or all or none of the above aren't playing nice, resulting in my brush strokes frequently becoming jittery or jagged (which you might've been able to notice in my recent drawings). The issue generally manifests after drawing for a while and temporarily goes away after switching windows, but comes back soon after. Because it's apparently an issue that's existed for over a decade now and it has tons of potential causes and suggested solutions (none of which helped me, sadly), I'm just gonna try to cope with it and somehow mask it until I'm able to figure out a solution. In the meantime, here's me trying something different in a more sketchy style while I was experimenting with that:

Update: The earlier limitation regarding the minimal amount has supposedly been lifted, so small donations are viable again! No news on PayPal so far, but allegedly PayPal is having issues with multiple banks and websites so Boosty might be one of those affected. So for the time being payment via card will have to be used.

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Hey everyone, Boosty is currently having issues with PayPal so it's no longer available as a payment option. I was hoping to wait it out, but it seems like this is gonna take a while (if they're even able to fix it that is).

The good news is that payment via card is still available and I already had several people do it with no issues. However, there are a few potential caveats that I know some people have encountered:

- Since this is an international transfer, a lot of banks will ask you to verify the payment. If it doesn't go through, it's likely that your bank blocked the transfer and is asking you to verify it;

- Military banks, especially those in the US, appear to block transfers on their end no matter what, so be wary of that if you use one.

If things get dire enough, Boosty is also suggesting I use HipoLink for PayPal transfers in the meantime. While I'm not sure if I want to resort to using that, especially since it appears that connecting accounts appears to be janky at the time, I figured I should mention the name in advance if I have to start using it.

Hey everyone, I've been a bit quiet due to being busy so I should probably let you know what I've been up to.

First of all, I decided to finally make a personal website! Right now it only has the bare minimum and primarily acts as an art gallery, but I plan to later use it to host my various projects as well as information about my OCs and setting, you can check it out here!

Hey everyone! So, November has been a really busy month so far (and I have a feeling that December might end up just as busy), but I am in pretty high spirits right now so I've been trying to get more work done.

Hey everyone, sorry for a lengthy silence once again, as usual I find it difficult to post frequent updates unless something actually happened and sure enough, something did happen.

Long story short my laptop has been having frequent issues lately that appear to be hardware-related, so I've been saving up for a replacement. I'll probably have to make a more formal announcement regarding commissions later, but my Twitter profile appears to be in limbo after getting locked for no reason so I'm not sure if that one is currently functional.

Hopefully I'll be back in action again soon, but until then, here's a WIP of a pic of Ivan, Nadezhda and Masha that I was working on before all of that started happening:

Welp, I should've expected that something would end up disrupting things again. Long story short, while most of August didn't really have anything worth talking about, my health issues ended up repalsing which is why I was so quiet lately. I am feeling a bit better now, but it was still a good wake up call that it's time for me to finally get checked, so I'll probably end up getting bounced between a few doctors and examintions in the near future, considering it's something that's been developing for over a year and a half now.

Still, I am feeling motivated to draw, when I'm actually able to focus that is. Hopefully this will be something I will finally be able to address now.

On a side note, I have been considering a few possible subscription tiers, but I will hold off actually implementing them until I'm back to drawing more consistently, so hopefully by the end of this year or at the start of the next one. I will say however that these will be more like bonuses for those who want to steadily support me rather than something to entice people into subscribing. Hopefully this will also give my Boosty page a larger purpose rather than simply being a frontend to donate to me.

I probably won't go into more detail about health-related things for now until it's finally taken care of (or I at least finally get a proper diagnosis and start treatment), but I'll still try to keep you updated on how I'm doing until then.

Hey everyone, finally back in my apartment for about a month now and I gotta say that things are already improving.

Aside from a brief but strong depressive period (which I guess was from me acclimating), I can definitely say that I'm feeling a lot better now and I'm slowly getting back on my feet. I guess the change of environment (or not having to look after elderly relatives 24/7) really did help. While I'm still not drawing as much as I should, I'm slowly trying to pick up the pace again.

Hey everyone, sorry for the long silence, but I haven't been in the right state to work on anything for a while now.

So, while I still haven't been able to get my stomach issues checked yet, I've at least been able to alleviate those somewhat after sticking to a very strict died for a while, which seems to have helped a lot. The good news is that I will finally return to my apartment in a few days, as long as there's no sudden change of plans again. Ironically, this time I actually have to return there which sours it somewhat, but I'm glad that it's finally happening.

Hey everyone, unfortunately this month got a little rough near the end due to health issues, but I'm trying to slowly get back on track.

Long story short, my stomach issues relapsed near the end of April in a pretty strong way. Whereas before it only flared up from alcohol or certain foods (hence me being on a pretty strict diet for the past few months), this time it happened completely unprompted, and really strongly, too. I was hoping to get it checked properly when I'm finally able to return home, but since that keeps getting delayed I might have to try my luck with local doctors instead (which is problematic in a rural area as you can imagine) since there might be a more serious underlying issue behind it.

Hey everyone, another quiet month, this time both in a good and a bad way. Good because nothing too serious has been happening, bad because I haven't drawn as much as I should.