UPDATE: We're pretty sure little Delilah is pregnant! She's been taken to my sisters house to keep an eye on her and will be the next to go to the vets. She's round and firm in the middle, eats and drinks twice as much as my sisters other cats, and uses the litter tray far more frequently too. Any sharing and donations would be so so helpful in making sure all the cats and any possible kittens Delilah has, get any and all medical treatment they need!

Here's links to posts on other sites that you can share:

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Current total of the fundraiser (as of 01/10/18, 11am):
£167.63

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UPDATE: I've now made a twitter that will share updates, donation totals as it goes, and pics of the kitties! If anyone is interested in keeping up with that: https://twitter.com/Nimue_N_Co

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Hey all,

For a while now I've been feeding four stray cats. Two females, Two males.

They were kicked out by their owner several months ago because the landlord said she couldn't have cats anymore. Instead of taking them to a shelter or finding new homes for them, the previous owner kicked locked them out and no longer provides ANY care for them. At the time, one of the females was pregnant, visibly so. (waddling along with her big round belly bless her) Since then she's clearly given birth, though there's no evidence of kittens anywhere and she doesn't seem to be producing milk. So we believe none of them survived.

From another neighbour trying to talk to the original owner, we know the pregnant one has had kittens before and lost the litter prior to that one as well. We also know that the original owner wanted to keep the cats around so that she could catch the kittens and sell them. That's the only reason, and even then she refused ot feed or give them veterinary care or alternate shelters. Which is disgusting in my opinion.

So another neighbour was feeding them, but lost her job and had to stop doing so. Since then, I've taken over feeding them.

A few days ago, the previously pregnant female, Who I've named Nimue, was found to be bleeding from her vagina. I took her to the vet myself and paid all that. They found nothing indicating a womb infection or any big issues. They believe either she may have been pregnant again and had a small litter, or it's from being mated. however there's still no sign of a litter or her having milk.

All of them are un-spayed/neutered, one has haematoma in his ears which must be uncomfortable for him. Another has possibly the same issue in one ear. And the other female might be pregnant, she's also VERY small and young so this would be her first litter if she is and we're worried about that.

I've forgotten the exact cost of things from the vet as their prices are only displayed in the clinic.
I believe it's around £30-£40 per animal?
Spaying a female is £59 and neutering a male is £49. (and there are two males to me neutered.
I'm not sure of the price for dealing with the ear issues.
They would likely also need all their vaccinations and boosters.

I'm planning on keeping Nimue, and as such will be paying for her medical are myself. In an ideal world I'd keep all of them and pay for all their vets fees myself, but I can't afford to do that for four cats. The catch and release programs for neutering strays here is booked until December and none of the shelters can afford to take cats who are pretty healthy, they can only take severe cases due to lack of resources.

What I'm asking is that anyone who is willing, please donate to help me get these cats medical care!

They are all VERY sweet cats, very affectionate, all can be picked up easily with no hassle. Nimue was a perfect angel when I took her to the vet, no trouble getting her in the carrier, no trouble in the car, not a peep out of her. Even in the vets being prodded and having thermometer put up her butt she was calm and only trembled a bit and curled against me for cuddles. We also found then that she's not got a microchip, which means it's unlikely the other three have one either.

Due to my mum already having a cat, who is very antisocial at the best of times, I can't really take them in myself, though my mum has said I can have Nimue in my room, which I'll be doing after her spaying while she heals, and then I'll be taking her with me when I move (which is planned for as soon as we find a house lol).

I absolutely adore these cats and I want to do everything I can to make sure they're healthy and cared for.

Normally I'd offer art for people, however due to events earlier this summer, my work queue is currently a bit out of whack and I'm not reasonably able to take on any more work until I've sorted that.

If you're able to donate and want to, please do so here! paypal.me or here ko-fi, and please make sure to ADD A NOTE to say the donation is for the cats!

If you'd like to see a picture of the cats, you can do so here

So this past weekend I went LARPing (Live Action RolePlay) for the first time.
I haven't really roleplayed in any capacity much in the past besides a few one on one RP's back in the day when i RP'd Visual Kei stuff lol. But I've certainly never RP'd with groups and haven't done any proper RP in years, let alone live action.

I had a LOT of fun. I was really apprehensive to the point I almost didn't go, but I'd paid for it and my friends were excited to have me there, especially akizura (Maya IC) who invited me in the first place. Growing up I always HATED drama class and things. I get really easily embarrassed and shy and severe stage fright, so I wasn't expecting to enjoy myself as much as I did. But I think having so many people around (the crew for the event said it was 2000ish people there, in character), all IC and doing the same, helped a lot. I wasn't the focus or on display for people not involved.

The LARP we went to is Empire run by Profound Decisions. The setting is what I'd call kind of... mid fantasy. There's magic and Orcs and the Human characters can have 'Lineages' which can give them physical traits like Naga lineage having scales and slit pupils, and Changelings having antlers, and Cambions having ram like horns.

My character is Keilan, a human with no lineage (half because I wasn't feeling any of them much when i first signed up as it was all new to me, and half because as a new player, I didn't want to have to pile more guidelines on behaviour and history on myself than needed while I got a feel for the whole thing)

Originally I chose to have him be an Artisan, but after this event, where I had a few stints in the Imperial Hospital thanks for my friend Prince (Ryn IC), I decided I wanted to get into the healing side of things. The time in the Hospital was pretty fun. There wasn't much to do because the two battles we were helping for, one had so many people die that there weren't as many injuries to treat (I did bandage someones knee though lol), and the other was a skirmish that went really well and there weren't a huge number of injuries. But I felt like that was a good thing for me to kind of dip my toes into the healing side without being immediately overwhelmed.

I participated in a few rituals to scry for information for the Military, though I was just a Mana battery and stood there to power it. I still feel a little silly about doing that since people were standing around the regio waiting for their turn to do a ritual and watching, so I don't think I'd like to take charge of any rituals but would happily have minor roles in them.

My character is a member of the nation of Wintermark, which had three peoples to it. There's the Kallavesi (which Keilan is), Steinr and Suaq. These have different traditions and looks to them, though Wintermark is largely inspired by Saxons.

Keilan is a member of the Hall of Fyrgalan, and the Circle of Twilight coven, which is a coven of Night Mages. I'm considering taking skills in Astronomy which I know would be helpful to the coven, especially as Night magic is based around stars and the moon and stuff.

I found it really fun to be able to use and earn IC money (20 Rings to a Crown, 8 Crowns to a Throne), and managed to earn myself 1 Throne and 5 Crowns selling my resources and a further Throne was given to Keilan by Maya for donating my Volhovs Robes to the coven, which allows a mage to do rituals with other Covens. (though Keilan lent it back cause Maya needed change for a trade xD, need to make a note that I'm owed a Throne.)

I found it super fun to sit around a fire with the Hall of Wyverns Watch, who were extremely hospitable and plied Keilan with mead and stories and a seat by a nice warm fire.

The drama of Maya being cursed just after being voted into the position of Keeper of Covens for the mark was a big bit of drama and was really interesting, even if it did result in a disrupted dinner and none of us eating that night since the fire was too cold to cook on by the time people returned to the Hall, and we'd run out of coals and firewood, and it was too dark to safely collect more.

Isylvar, Maya's partner, took on the role of 'acting Thrane' for the Hall, so that temporarily we'd have someone to be a point of call for contact from those outside the Hall, and to go to Thrane meetings. we later decided as a Hall that we'd like him to be permanent Thrane as we thought he's best suited for the job.

Keilan was offered the role within the Hall of a Grimnir. While in the Empire at large, a Grimnir is a healer who takes an oath involving not battling or doing harm, in Wintermark there is a tradition of a Grimnir being a person in the Hall in charge of hospitality. Making sure everyone in the Hall is in good spirits, has eaten, got enough water, ect, and making sure guests are offered our full hospitality, which can include a fire, drink and food if we have the ability to provide such. ( as a small Hall, we don't currently have the resources to provide much drink and food to guests though we did have a fire for people for a while lol).

I met a bunch of nice people and had a great time in the Forge (IC pub), chatting and listening to other groups break out into rowdy songs, all fuelled by mead and ale. It was a good atmosphere.

Overall, it was a super fun experience and I really think being away from the internet just for a few days, has really kind of recharged me? I've come back eager to work and eager to plan for the next event I attend.

Off to Empire LARP this weekend starting tomorrow, so I'm not gonna be around and probably wont have access to internet much until the day after I get home.

Looking forward to it tho!

Hope y'all have a good weekend. Let me know what you've got planned maybe?

Just a heads up

I've closed my general coms for a bit to help catch up on the ones I have outstanding.

I know in comparison to some people my current waiting time (just over 1 month from order to starting work) isn't that long, but i feel bad if it gets over a month at all lol

The PAWS UP icon/stickers are still open as they're something i do in down time as a break or as warm ups/warm downs!

I'll open once more when the backlog is mostly cleared

it was caused by my dads illness and death, and my having to move house so it's not a common issue for me and i hope to get it sorted asap!

Current commissions can keep up to date with commission progress on my trello

PAWS UP Sticker commissions!

check em out here!!

£10 each, you get the telegram sized sticker and an 810x810px icon with a background!

Finished stickers are all also put into this pack

any species is ok and any wings will be drawn small to fit into the square canvas.
Paws up if you want one!!

To Order fill out this form

(stickers are done as warm-ups for larger commissions)

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I've now set up a discord server for anyone who likes my art/writing

PLEASE NOTE if you do not do an introduction and get given roles before logging off you will be kicked from the server automatically. You may rejoin if this happens though!

https://discordapp.com/invite/V5AQTZr

this time artists c-e!

 catgem
absolutely beautiful art! some of my fav tbh. I love the soft feel and the brushes they use and the colours and sakdfhsdkf.

 chioky
does really nice art and adopt designs! They have a really cute kemono style but are super versatile in style!

 chocolace
they do such beautiful scenes! great polish and compostion.

 coffee-mutt
a really nice style and does some lovely lively scenes!

 crosserabbit
super cute style and characters!

 crowske
really beautiful style, i love their compositions!

 ezerain
does really breathtaking scenes with beautiful composition!

I'm now looking for someone to make a fullsuit of Kei!

Preferably someone who does nice thicc digi legs and who has an option to just do the bodysuit (aka everything but head), or including head if I like their head styles! And maybe if they can do big bappy handpaws too.

Kei's ref: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25118960/

Budget not an issue and am more then willing to pay to get a suit/style i really want/love!

So please rec any suitmakers!

Figured I'd go through the list of who I watch and rec some artists to check out who really deserve more attention!

This time around It's Artists in the - to B section of my watch list!
I hope you check them out and give them a watch if you like what you see <3

 6cans
Lovely art and really nice use of colour!

 ALMEE
Beautifully atmospheric art with really dynamic compositions!

 asthmacat
Suuuper cute art style and great use of colour!

 stayria
Adorable art style!

 blackshee.p
Absolutely beautiful style and wonderful use of colour!

 blake.rosey
Super cute art style!

To celebrate World Lion Day I'm having a quick free art raffle on twitter!

Go here to enter: https://twitter.com/KEIHIKO_GALAXY/.....05577954344982

Hey, just a reminder that I have Patreon and it's only $1 a month to access ALL content!

This month you can request ANYTHING for Fanart Friday as long as it's fanart! (not your oc's)

One request from the lot will be picked and drawn for FF next month! If several are similar/the same fandom, I'll likely merge them if I can!

https://www.patreon.com/clubgalaxy

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Also, if you're a UK based Furry artist or want to help support UK artists, there's a new UK Furry Artist twitter that promotes and signal boots content and commissions info from UK based furry artists!!
So if you're looking for a commission or want your info boosted, check them out!

https://twitter.com/FurryArtistsUK

sorry if i'm slow to reply to anything the next few days.

my dads funeral is tomorrow, and saturday i'm moving into my mums.

I need to focus on packing today because there's still so much to do.

Commission work will be paused until Monday.

Due to my dads recent death, I now have to move out of the house I lived in with him, at the end of July. At first I’ll be staying with my mum but I’m hoping to move in with some friends as soon as possible. To do this I need to save as much as I can as soon as I can!

If you’re able to, please consider commissioning me for some art! I’m happy to draw pretty much any kinda thing (so long as it’s not listed on my website as something I wont draw).

I can do humans, furries, ferals, aliens, monsters, ect. SFW, NSFW, and gore are fine, as are multiple characters in one image, and fanart is totally cool too!

If you’d like to help out but for a smaller amount, I have KO-FI!

If you can’t or don’t want to commission/donate, please considering sharing the tumblr or twitter post so maybe someone else will see it who might not have otherwise done so!

Prices for commissions vary on what you want and the level of finish but basic coloured sketches start at £15 for a 1 character half body!

Please click here for full commission prices, info and to order a commission!
Please email clubgalaxyart[at]gmail.com with any commission related questions!

https://artfight.net/~Keihiko

drop me your profile link if you're also joining in!!
Maybe you'll get some free art lol.

Was just curious since I know quite a few artists have discord servers for fans to interact with them and stuff in a more casual setting than i think FA and stuff provide.

Would any of you be interested in me making one?
If so what kinda channels do ya think it should have?
It would have a bot (or two) as well.

I DO have a personal server already that I may open up however that depends on how the people already in it feel about that since it's a general 'These are Kei's friends' server lol.
Alternately I'd just make a new server ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, tell me your thoughts??

This morning my dad died.

We were all with him when it happened. He seemed to have held on until me and my brother arrived. It wasn't long after we got there that he went. He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer just two months ago. It was extremely aggressive. He'd also been struggling with pain we assume was from it, for around 7 months before it was finally picked up on after being taken into A&E.

Everyone's offered for me to stay with them but I just want to be at home, even though it's difficult because I lived with Dad and now he will never be here again.

I feel sick.

I'll still be doing my best to work on commissions (I'll need the distraction), though things my be a bit slow.
I've also cancelled my recent YCH for now because of this.

I hope everyone is having a better day than me.

If you want to, please tell me something good that happened to you recently! I'd like to see that the world isn't all dark right now.

anyone who uses Ko-Fi gold, or has switched from Patreon to Ko-Fi gold, any input? Do you feel it's a better platform than Patreon?

Also followers, would you be more likely to support via ko-fi (either one off payments for specific things like a high res, or as a monthly payment) than via Patreon?

What are your thoughts?

Ended up getting a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series! i5 8th gen. looking good so far though i've yet to install clip on it since i lost my install files lol

does anyone use a laptop for drawing on the go sometimes?

if so what specs does it have?

Whats a decent laptop for use with clip studio/for general art stuff?

i need a new laptop anyway since my current one is almost 5 years old, cant run art programs without dying now and is super slow (even with extra ram in it lol)
and it wanted to get one i can use for drawing at cons or when i visit a friend!

I don't want any suggestions for macs or other tablets, only windows laptops! (cause i know how to fix windows if something goes wrong lol)
Also not looking for second hand laptops!

leave your suggestions or specs below! <3

finally home!

trains were so fucked up today down at mine due to heavy flooding (destroyed some roads, trains weren't running, peoples houses flooded, ect. we pretty much never get flooding so it's a big issue that's its happened i think.)

ConFuzzled was lots of fun! It was really great to see friends I haven't seen since last year pretty much. And it was super nice to make new friends too! I got to hang with a bunch of new people and had some neat conversations and good times. Pretty much everyone was super lovely!

Was feeling pretty under the weather most days cause for some reason the alcohol hit me a LOT harder than it ever has before (i had three drinks one night and spent 2 days recovering after? wtf body?)

Definitely need to try and register sooner next year because I really don't want to be in overflow again. While the rooms were nice overall (nicer than Hilton imo) the mattress was basically a block of wood (my back is crying) and trekking around the lake at least twice a day is annoying. plus the whole not getting the same hotel perks despite paying the same price lol. i missed out on a few things i wanted to do merely because of the walk if i needed to go get something.

Next year I'll have my shit together asap!

Where are you staying?
Crowne Plaza (overflow hotel)

Means of transportation?
Train

Sharing a room with:
jeevestheroo

What is your gender?
Male

Relationship Status:
Single

How tall are you?
5'3/5'4 idk

How old are you?
25

Which languages do you speak :
English and a little Japanese

What day are you getting there?
Friday

Who will you be with?
Whoever I find that i know and can latch onto. xD

Do you have art in the art show?
nope

Where will you be most of the time during the day?
wandering around probably! or where ever friends are.

What suit(s) will you have?
Kei (if i can get his paws done)

Can I dance with you?
nope

Can I touch you?
nope

Can I talk to you
Yep!

Can I hug you?
Ask first!

Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Sure! I ;p

Can I give you lots of money?
MAKE IT RAIN

Can I hang out with you?
Sure!

How will I recognize you?
you can probably check my twitter (@keihiko_galaxy) or instagram (monsterkei) and i'll probably be posting a selfie at somepoint xD

Can I take photos of you/with you?
Ask first! ^-^

Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I drink! Don't smoke.

Attending any events?
Probably the dance comp!!

Other cons you may go to?
None

For anyone interested, here's an update (in my sisters words) on what's going on in regards to my Dad's cancer and our living situation, which has resulted in the gofundme being paused since certain information has become more clear and Dad's wishes have changed.



From my own end, I'll obviously be working as hard as I can to take and complete as many commissions as I can to help my Dad as much as I can and to save for moving when it comes to that. Because I will have to move regardless once Dad is gone. And living with my sister is the most preferable/comfortable situation. (As for how I'm personally doing emotionally? I'm a hot mess and probably need some kinda therapy even before all this lmao. Kind words are appreciated though unfortunately nothing feels comforting. Nothing can change the facts. But I'm not the one with cancer.)

My art is my only source of income.
(My income is usually between £5000 to £6000 a year, which is... not much considering minimum wage in England is around £15000 a year for full time work. sadly there are literally no jobs around the area I live)

So if you'd like to help at all, please consider commissioning me!

I've also been trying to make my patreon more active and post exclusive higher res copies of most commissions and personal work there, and personal art and any speedpaint videos are posted there a week before anywhere else.
All content there can be accessed for as little as $1 a month though higher pledges are obviously greatly appreciated!
So if you'd like to support via patreon, you can do so here!

If you'd like to help support but can't afford a commission and would prefer a one time donation, I also have a ko-fi you can donate to, or you can paypal.me

If you can't afford any kind of support via money, ANY and all sharing of my info is absolutely wonderful and much appreciated!
Word of mouth is an artists best friend and marketing is half the battle.
so if you know someone is looking to commission some art any time, please let them know about me!

hey everyone,

As some of you might have seen form a previous journal of mine, We recently found out dad has lung and spine cancer. My sister has made a gofundme to help us raise money so that me, her and him can move into a house together with him and care for him better than we’d be able to in our current situation.

Currently I live with my dad but would struggle to provide all the assistance and care he'd need on my own. And my sister lives a good 20-30 minute drive away and is a carer for her autistic son, as well has having a daughter. I can't drive, my dad may no longer be able to drive, and with my sister living that far and having kids, relying on her to drive for us if needed would be a problem.

You can read more about the situation on the gofundme page. But basically, we can afford rent monthly, but we'll really struggle (to the point of it being near impossible) to find the upfront costs of moving (deposit, hiring movers, ect) on our own.

We’re all doing what we can to make things easier on him as while the spinal surgery restored movement to his legs, he still can't really feel them and he's going to need a lot more help in the future as it's not looking like they'll be able to get rid of the cancer.

Any help via sharing or donating would be so so amazing. Thank you to each and every one who shares this <3

gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/c7f93-my-dad-has-cancer

twitter retweet: https://twitter.com/KEIHIKO_GALAXY/.....92384068374528
tumblr reblog: http://trashbambi.tumblr.com/post/172918964700
facebook share: https://www.facebook.com/orewakei/p.....23579711032087

(inb4 anyone says it, gofundme removed the fees/whatever percentage they took of the donations for the uk in late 2017 now there's only a transaction fee which is small)

hey everyone, i might not be around for a while, or not very talkative. just found out some devastating news.

Basically we just found out my dad has two types of cancer and a fractured spine

sorry if i'm hard to get a hold of. i'll be doing my best to get commissions done.
i'll probably be easiest to contact via twitter keihiko_galaxy so feel free to tweet me

sometimes i write fanfiction for shits n giggles and most of it is weird kink.

so if you're interested in that, a hannibal fan (or yuri on ice a guess since some older ones are that), then you can give my stuff a read on my AO3 account https://archiveofourown.org/users/trashbambi/

If you read and like what you read, it'd be cool if ya could click the kudos button at the end of a fic!
(you dont have to have an account or be logged in to leave kudos or a comment <3)

Hey all!

I'm making a spreadsheet with information on art programs, where to get them, how much they cost, pros and cons, if they're good for beginners, ect!

This is to help artists pick art programs that they think are best for them.

to do this I need as many people as possible to share information on the art programs they use! It'd would be great if people could fill out this form so I can add info on as many programs as possible to the spreadsheet!

you can submit info here

You can view the spreadsheet with program information itself here

any sharing and spreading of this would be greatly appreciated to get as much input as possible!

You can also retweet: https://twitter.com/TrashBambi/stat.....95618806910977
or reblog: http://trashbambi.tumblr.com/post/171945278010