h-picaso

Welp! Since my last update was in June of 2023, I suppose it's time for my bi-yearly update.

Let's see, what needs updating....

Health

Doing pretty alright. Carpal tunnel's been barely noticeable, and I don't push myself as hard as I used to so tendonitis hasn't been much of an issue.

Though apparently I've just had eczema since... forever. Specifically my hands. Mostly my drawing hand.

Bright side, my choice in visual personification has never been more accurate!

Plus, nothing bad enough to keep me from working, so that's good.

Work

Sigh... It's going fine.

Got a decent chunk of work from the Dec-discounts, so expect a lot of sketches over the next month or two.

Just bummed I haven't gotten my price sheet done yet. Wanted them finished last year, but took too long and needed to shift focus to some payed work.

Hopefully should have them done this year.

Game Dev work

As usual, you can read more about it here, but no major updates.

Did updates on the chat profiles and their code, as usual. That's roughly 90% of my progress at any given time. Love working on them.

Did a few art pieces too. Some rough ideas on CG scenes with Alti & Anaya (already on twitt/BlueSky), as well as a quick practice sketch of Julia.

Oh! Also some writing for Julia scenes. Super cute, in my humble opinion. Also pretty steamy. Definitely brought back my writing confidence.

So some progress I suppose.

Merch

Hm... Nope. Sorry. Nothin.

Still something I'd love to invest in. Just haven't had the sit down time.

However, I'm getting better at sitting down and working on personal stuff. So maybe.

Streaming

Maaaaaaybe?

I do have a nice mic now, and a pngtuber I've been playing around with.

At the very least I need to remember to record myself more often for timelapse. I do love editing.

But hey, maybe this'll be the year.

Last weekend this polls is gonna be up.

Looking for some feedback on tips/merch interest.

Fanart n' Stuff

I'd be able to do the various fanart challenges I like doing more often (6fanarts, shirt-cut, booty, etc) as well as polls for bigger pinups. It'd be nice.

Merch

Likewise I could turn some of it into merch. Make them high res enough for things like stickers/prints. Fanart challenges would likely be stickers, while the pinups would be prints.

Examples: Here

Twitter Poll: @ h_picaso (pinned)

Been a hot minute so I though ya'll were due an update. Plus I have actual things to update.

Health

Carpal Tunnel's been manageable. Not great but "manageable". It's to the point that I haven't had much trouble working;

even doing a bit of gaming on the side.

Highly recommend anyone dealing with it look up tendon glide exorcises. Helped a lot along with general flexing and

tensing any tingly spots.

Work

Like I said, going well. Been working fairly steadily the past few months, managed to finish all my old queue work, even

finishing some new pieces.

I'm currently working on a proper price-sheet(s) that I'll post once I've fully opened up commissions again. With the way

things are going, might be next month.

Posting

Planning on pacing out my posting a little bit. I've got a decent backlog of pieces going that I'll probably post over the

weekends.

Meanwhile I'll post WIPs of anything I'm currently working on during the week.

I like this. It means I should always have something to post and I'm not being antsy about when I should post them.

As always you can find those on my twitter.

Game Development

So my last update on this was over six months ago... which I spent most of not being able to work because of the Carpal

Tunnel. Yeah; definitely pushing that estimate back some.

Working on it again now that my hands are "better." Though work-work takes obvious precedent.

Merch?

In an attempt to create some passive income, I've thought about doing things like fanart stickers, prints, etc.

Where do ya'll get yours? Would you be down for some merch?

Shark Robot might be good (if there's enough interest to keep them up).

Redbubble might be more permanent, but they'd have to be on the tame side. Which I don't mind too much since I typically

prefer cheesecake-y pinups.

Shibe.ink is one I've seen a few artists I like using, though their website gives me no clear indication of how that process works or how to sign up. Still looking into it.

DA Deviant Art kinda gets hit harder than my other accounts when it comes to posting content. In addition to my backlog, there are just some I can't post here without editing of some kind.

Which sucks, because some of them are my best pieces. Suggest checking out my other accounts on Furaffinity, Newgrounds and Hentai Foundry in the meantime.

Celebratory well-wishes to everyone who follows me, supports my work and bothers to ever read my journal entries. Here's to hoping this year treats us all better than the previous 3 combined.

Plans/Hopes for this year

A return to form, for the most part. Focusing on things like commissions, occasional fanart, and hopefully merch.

The past couple years have basically been a lot of me running my hands through meat-grinders kind of work. Fun, but time consuming, high effort & low returns.

With one less thing on my plate (Read more about that HERE) I'll have more time for work, "less" hand trouble, and more work-adjacent/free time.

Fingers crossed.

After an internal discussion, it was agreed that a majority of the staff didn’t have the time to devote to the project, and so; Queens of our Hearts been dissolved. We already announced it on the Discord and the Patreon has been halted.

<b>What’s next?</b>

Currently, all the tiers on the patron/discord have been made public; which means you can now view all the production art in its full resolution. Including the sexy variants I made for the seasonal costumes! You’ll be able to access them over the next month or so before both are permanently shut down. No worries though, I’ll also be uploading/re-uploading them across my various accounts as well.

<b>The FUTURE of the project?</b>

One of the first things I brought up was how we should divide up the characters between us. It was agreed that I would make the most use of them, so the majority of the cast and material associated with them are now under my care. The two exceptions being Nia and Lily, whose creators have taken charge of them. Certainly sad to see them go, but hope they’re well taken care of.

With that, I’m happy to say that the project is not dead and I do intend to continue work on it. This might mean a little quiet on the subject as I re-write, re-code and re-shuffle things around a bit into something similar yet distinct. Most likely keeping the college setting, but changing some character bios/dynamics, adding some new ones, and fleshing out plot-lines. You can still certainly expect a sexy-fun adventure from me.

<b>Can you code?</b>

For anyone curious about my ability to handle this on my own I’ll say this; since Aster’s intro I’ve had a heavy hand in both coding and re-coding the game. In fact, the current builds as of Aster’s intro were largely re-coded (cleaned up/optimized) by me, or made from scratch in the case of Sunny. Additionally I’ve been experimenting with mini test-projects to expand my knowledge and implementation of the python coding system. It’s safe to say that, for the project at hand, I know what I’m doing.

<b>What happens when/if it’s finished?</b>

We’ll have to see, but I’m keen on putting it up on STEAM, or some other platform for sale; most likely with the intro as a free demo (maybe more). I have a list of the patrons and their emails, so if you supported the game I’ll try to get you a game-key for a free/discounted download. Not sure what the process is for that, but I’ll certainly try.

But, that’ll be a while.

<b>How long should we wait?</b>

As I said, I want some time to make changes/reformulate things before putting anything public out. I’d say give me a year before checking in or expecting to see something from me as far as updates. I’d like to get as much done as possible to make sure progress is consistent before putting anything out there. Once I think things are progressing steadily enough, I’ll take it from there.

Wish me luck.