Kahea 🔜BLFC🔜PAWcon

Packing up for BLFC! See you soon, Reno. ;3

Oh man!!! Poor kitty, I hope they're doing better soon. You two are very loving pet parents.

I'll miss seeing you this con! But do what you gotta. <3

Hi everyone, life update from Laughing Coyote Homestead. Not only are we grieving the loss of several members of our chicken flock, including beautiful Brave, a rooster I raised from hatching 5 years ago, but life has thrown us an even harder curve ball.  Last night, moments after we pulled our 8-year anniversary pie out of the oven, Echo and I noticed our cat, Nebby, in distress. Turns out that the coolest, sweetest cat in the world had his very first bout of urinary crystals. The night before we were to leave on a 2 day road trip to BLFC. We must attend conventions to pay our bills-- and they're our only chance to see many of our found family and closest friends-- but now, we have to stay home. We must watch over Nebby, administer meds, and find ways to increase his fluid intake to prevent this from happening in the future. I knew male cats struggled with this problem, but even my best at prevention wasn't enough. It is what it is.  We must allow ourselves to love, even if it hurts sometimes.

So. What this means for us is we'll be working harder to make cool art from home, running sales and maybe streams and opening commissions, so we can make it through to January for Further Confusion. (We may not even get selling tables there, either, but will shoot for what we can.) Our life is a financial hopscotch from convention to art fair to convention, and missing a step is going to be quite a leap indeed. If you appreciate what Echo and I do, whether it be the experimental art, farming, local political activism, or what have you, now would be a fantastic time to help. There’s also lots of inexpensive digital downloads on my PayHip, where you can get crafts to make, sketchbook compilations, and ebooks. Anything helps to recoup the cost of needing to miss a huge chunk of our yearly income. Thank you for your support: the only reason our studio runs at all is because of you. And now it's time to get to work! Stay tuned for announcements for shop sales and commission openings. www.marandart.com/s/shop https://payhip.com/MCromwell https://ko-fi.com/marandart

A tuxedo cat half in a carrier, two hands (ours) holding his head and paw

Important update: Echo and I will not be at #BLFC as planned. Alt txt/ img for details.

A comic of a black spikes figure speaking to a white figure with a rectangular head. Black figure: “Everything fucking sucks. And everyone online is like… Make art! Art is, you know, super important! But what if nobody cares about my art? Who is that going to help? Who is that gonna SAVE?” White figure: “You. And a few people like you, maybe.” Black figure: “Yeah. Maybe.”

I do think it’s important.

Im slowly getting things sorted out but could still use a decent amount of help unfortunately xX

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Art Prints by Mongrelist.

Took a better photo of the art prints I bought at Another Fur Con.

Art prints by @mongrelist.bsky.social

The talent in this community speaks volumes.

New place is coming together. :)

I underestimated how tiresome moving would be in-between doing like 2 different conventions. Ugh.

Fortunately, I kinda just have a perpetual con-setup in my bag ready to go so there's not too much to do for BLFC. I just haven't been drawing as much as I had hoped I'd be. :T

So at the dentist today they were doing a filling and the drill(?) malfunctioned for a second, or she lost her grip, or I dunno WHAT but now I have a new nightmare core memory oh boy. :3

Didn't do any damage fortunately and I'm surprised I managed to stay fairly still and fought the urge to flail.

No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.

You are an incredibly resourceful and strong man, dude. Take your time, be upset, feel your feels, do what you gotta do. You deserve genuine family, whether they're blood relatives or not.

I don't think she understands the amount of damage she did to me and as it's been years and years since everything happened (like at least 25) I get like... guilty about it?

You're entirely right, it's just a hard subject for me to talk about with her, I guess. :S

It'd be nice to have the control and being able to do more variations without feeling like I have to bulk order would be nice.

I just moved and am working on setting up the office/studio area and I was thinking about this a bit! I personally order thru a printer and sell the prints directly at conventions. I would like to eventually get my own printer, though.

That's a pretty solid alternative to be honest. I'll see if I can wrangle some proper words for her about it.

Same person. Basically the last time we talked about it, she told me she's been able to forgive herself and move on and I need to do the same.

But it feels different when *she* does it. It feels worse. More personal. I get pulled back to be a child again and it fucks with me more than it should. I went to therapy as a kid for all this. I should be over this. X_x

Like, honestly whenever this comes up I feel like I'm being stupid and dramatic. I can tolerate other people's beliefs. I think church is good for *some* people, just not me.

Yeeeeah. It's at least something I can look at fondly. Like I made it with genuine love and I still care about the guy (from a distance), but it feels a bit weird.

I think I'm almost out of stock of it anyway so I might just toss the rest into some print packs to move em out at this point.

The piece above was a direct response to the shittiest letter she ever sent me a few years ago. I stopped talking to her for months. Eventually, Both of us agreed we wanted the other in our lives despite our differences. I love my mom, i really do. It's just hard
to be honest with her.

I always fumble, trying to talk to her about it because I don't like the idea of telling her one of her most dear values is something that causes me stress. I dont want to break her heart.

She's the reason I rejected religion, but it's given her so much purpose I dont want to fight her on it.

A wolf prays with golden tears running down their face.

So does anyone have advice on how you kindly ask your religious mother to not send you Christian versus or things plastered with the cross/Jesus on it.

She's doing it out of genuine kindness and I know that... but I have trauma that makes me uncomfortable about it.

I've learned my lesson on making merch about partners... if we become exes, it's really awkward when people ask about the story behind it now. :/

I might just discontinue the print/try to make something new. It's a pretty cute piece just feels.. weird now.

This cutie is still looking for a home and now comes with a candle from the awesome @saintfax.bsky.social !! Open to offers! Head only, no upgrades available. If youre interested please email me at myrtlesmonsters@gmail.com ♡ must be 18+, us shipping only.

Digital illustration of a long majestic cat-like creature with a dragon-ish tail, colored like the beach (sandy tans in the front fading into lighter blues in the middle and ending in darker blues at the end of the tail). They are splashing through a shallow reflective shoreline, followed in the air by two terns.

Commission for @bardy.bsky.social, character design by @torntethers.bsky.social!
[ #Art #FurryArt ]

I love the vibe!!!

I was unaware that when they juice up your eyes for an exame, it makes it hard to see for like 5-6 hours. I've never had a proper exam before. >>;

Well, there goes my plans for errands today.

Good news is my eyes looked healthy/no diabetes damage. \o/

I would LOVE a scan! A scanner is something ive been meaning to acquire.... on the list for the home office.

Thank YOU for supporting my art ;w;
You're always a treat to chat with!!!