Pupaveg

My goodness! It's been... how many years? I completely forgot about this account! I'm still alive and kicking, but just haven't been able to draw anything because I work 6-7 days a week fulltime and run an animal sanctuary before and after work, and am currently moving 3 things in the same month: myself (broke up with my ex, so leaving), the animal sanctuary (moving it from my ex's house to a field I rent) and the shop (yep, I have opened a physical film & game merchandise store in The Netherlands: www.twila.nl) so I am working almost 24/7. (Free time? Never heard of it!) 😅 I have been working on a book in-between, of which I eventually plan to draw a Youtube video. A lot of work, I know. But it's one of my largest projects and the first one I'm actually going to send to a publisher. This might also take some time because I want to save for a drawing tablet but I have waaaaay too many bills to pay (I fund my animal sanctuary from my own income and vet costs are killing). I still sell

😞 Sadly my vegan webshop Pupaya did not survive the Corona crisis. (www.pupaya.nl) I really depended on conventions and markets to sell and promote this webshop, but due to corona, there haven't been cons for months. Webshop visits and sales are very little now (yeah, I know it's because I suck at promoting my website, but I don't have the time to learn it, as I have my hands full on other things). You see, this shop was meant to support the animals in my sanctuary: PAWpaya (www.pawpaya.nl), but it has now come to a point where I can no longer sustain the animals with its sales. I will close this vegan shop soon and take up a regular job instead, so I can still support the animals who depend on me. If you still want to get some of my products (vegan books/shirts/keychains etc.), now is the time to order. Because at the end of this month, this webshop will no longer exist.

  My job, my 13 art projects, the animal sanctuary, my 2 webshops, commission work... I can't keep up with everything! I'm trying to, but it is just too much to handle for one person. I have recovered from my burnout, but I can't risk getting one again, so I am going to have to postpone some things. And I have decided that this will be the vegan books. Yes, I am still very passionate about defending animals and the planet against their violent oppressors. But I really can't find the time to draw the comics I make in their defense right now. I can't work on all of my books anymore, the time I have in-between work is simply too little for that