Cactus Codex

Pony blogger, actual cactus, artist, writer, computer scientist, and linguist. New Jersey / Pennsylvania | 21 | male, he/him/his | asexual hispanic | Cereus repandus, or Peruvian apple cactus

X-rays failed to develop the first time, so now I have wait some more .

In the meantime, how about some end -of-the-year TMI Tuesday?

Waiting at the orthodontist’s for the x-rays that shall determine if my wisdom teeth are to be pulled.

Currently getting Rick-rolled by the office music station. >_>

  • Post Cactus: ey :T
  • Post Cactus: i am a fantastic comedian
  • Post Cactus: and if you think otherwise
  • Post Cactus: then you obviously haven't heard my great joke
  • Post Cactus: it's the one where I pretend to be a fantastic comedian
  • Post Cactus: *budum tss*

I saw the thing about the folio, and... well, Mr. Cactus, I just don't feel right about viewing or paying for foalcon. I know you don't wish to talk about it, and I don't expect an answer to this ask, but I just thought I should say as such. Once you open up commissions, I'd gladly support you there (if I can think of anything to ask for).

Asked by Anonymous

I completely understand.

This is one of the things I was considering while making the series. That people would be uncomfortable with paying for something like this. So I tried to play it down and not make it so “in-your-face” but that wasn’t working.

Really, I’ve fallen into a blind stage. (Slightly off-topic rant time) I only draw because I want to draw and continue the stories I’ve started. But practically no one is criticizing or reacting to anything and I feel like I’m beginning to stagnate. On the rare case I get good comments or even fanart, I get massively giddy because it doesn’t happen often like a lot of other people on this site.

There’s also the case of what I draw, and how gives me the opposite feeling to the above. There’s so many pics that are all good and finished but are never posted because I’m too scared to see it go public. And I get scared that I will become targeted for what I draw because it’s so unorthodox. 

It’s why I’m so nervous about putting a price on my art, or even defending it when it gets edited or even stolen. I don’t know if it’s good enough to even care for it. If I can’t even price my own work, then why should I oblige you to donate or pay for a commission?

For the longest time, I thought “cishet” was a retaliation slur until I realized that it’s a portmanteau of “cisgender” and “heterosexual.”

I am a genius. /)_-