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I assume everyone active on DA is more in-the-know about this situation than I am, I'm pretty inactive on DA and heard about the situation on twitter.


This is exceedingly frustrating and I'm currently undecided what to do, but there is a chance that I deactivate my DA or take some other drastic measure. It's a debate for me.


What's especially troublesome is that back when I first left DA, I kept the purchasable templates/bases here on DA because there are those who already bought my stuff on DA and would lose the ability to re-download them. And now I'm in a situation anyways where I really have to debate taking that ability away from people.


The reason I'm making this journal is to say:


IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED P2U CONTENT FROM ME ON DA


MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD IT AND UPLOAD IT SOMEWHERE SAFE + PRIVATE FOR YOU TO ACCESS AGAIN LATER AS NEEDED. I do not know yet if I'll be taking down my DA and I'll be keeping an eye out on what other artists here are doing to follow their lead, but I want everyone to be PREPARED for that potential outcome.



Additionally, to remind, you can find me in these other locations:


Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/Machati

Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Machati Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/machati Twitter: https://twitter.com/Machatiwho

(which is also a sinking ship but ahh hhh 2022 is great isn't it lol)

Commissio: https://commiss.io/machati Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/machati (I will start uploading sfw artwork to kofi on top of it being a shop) I'm not in the process of making any accounts elsewhere but if I do, I'll try to make that information available on these platforms.

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I come on here only to occasionally look at art one friend or another has linked to me.


If you're interested in seeing my art, PLEASE follow me in one of these three places:


Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/Machati

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BWhoArt

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/machati


My adoptables are primarily being sold on patreon with some ending up on Toyhouse (and I do need to start posting them on twitter too but I'm apprehensive about thatfgdmg )

I have gacha cats available on Toyhouse, I'm working on a webcomic with pages currently available on Patreon (and eventually will be available elsewhere when I've gotten a big enough backlog) + Patreon also is the ONLY PLACE I'm putting NEW BASES/TEMPLATES, including a customizable horse template, sphynx base and kangaroo base!


I hope to see y'all around!

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ugh. I honestly wish I wrote this sooner but I did want to give new DA a chance of some form.


Honestly, I hate coming on here. Handling things on DA is really difficult now and my notifications quickly become a tangled mess. Things don't seem to be working right either with downloading my bases? I have no power to fix this. I don't have the old files anymore and I don't really know what the best move is from here but I'm incredibly frustrated that I've made so many bases and they're probably all in the void now thanks to eclipse.

(I guess my advice would be: if you've gotten a base from me and want to share it with people who bought it but can't download it, feel free to advertise as such on those submissions.. idk what else to do)


Maybe I'll come on from time to time, just to check up on things and see about any finished commissions I've gotten/buy commissions from folks, but YEAH this place sucks I don't want to be on here.


Please consider following me on:

Twitter -> https://twitter.com/BWhoArt

Toyhouse -> https://toyhou.se/Machati


I AM ALSO REOPENING MY PATREON (it's currently under the review process) https://www.patreon.com/machati

My patreon will have art as free content, although probably not any nude/nsfw art I do, that'll probably... be just on toyhouse for right now..


Love you all, hope DA gets well soon.

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-I have a gacha batch nearly completed and I've been apprehensive to finish it and post it up because I literally do not know if the adopt community is still here after Eclipse, or even if my own watchers are still around?


Anyone more currently-active in the adopt community (as a maker, buyer, or lurker) got an informed opinion on this?


If it's dying or migrating, I'd love to know where; I'll start posting adopts (and other art) in multiple locations :3

For one, I do intend on posting on Toyhouse adopts when I do them? I just imagine it won't do much for me since I primarily do animals and TH is primarily human/humanoid spawning waters.





-Other than that, I hope all is well for you folks. As many of you know, I've been dealing with a lot mentally and emotionally for months, but I do feel like I'm making progress returning to my old self, and finding my new self. I feel like I respect myself, and care about myself, a lot more lately. Definitely more than I did last year.

I hope the same can be said for anyone else with hurdles in front of them lately<3

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I do want to get back into adoptables and draw critters I love and enjoy. Things will be on my whim, whether that's obscure stuff or just a shitload of cats, idk. We'll see. I don't even know what my muse wants tbh.

I do want to get into drawing fantasy creatures more too? So that's why I'm making this journal. Throw me animal species, extant or extinct, that I can play with both in realistic or fantasy sense.


Please understand though that anything posted here isn't necessarily going to be drawn. And if I do draw it, it might just be in my own personal sketchbook. So no promises are being made here.
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