World Famous Artisan

It has been a while!

To keep a long story short, I was forced to choose between my job and my family.
So I chose my family.

I've been spending a lot of time with my Wife and Baby enjoying this new season of my life, however my savings have dried up so we have no choice but to send me back on the job hunt.
Unfortunantly, telling a prospective employer "I want to spend as much time with my family as possible," doesn't make me sound like a very good prospect..
So the job hunt hasn't been going well.

While the Job hunt remains fruitless, I've been busy working on a variety of other projects:
1. I'm the voice of Tempest on the upcomming RDP Move "The BIG little Hippo Pony Movie".
2. I've been preparing to apply to some Pony Conventions in 2027.
3. Monthly Open Tables, Artisan Art Jams, and Artisan Short Films are being resumed.
4. I'm reworking my Monster Tamer Game "Artisan Monsters: Alpha"
5. Commissions are once again open.

If you'd like to see projects like these continue, please consider Messaging me on Discord for a Commission, or check out my Live Streams on Twitch or YouTube.

January was a Chaotic Month!

We got home and started to get settled into a routine, except the Wife and I settled into different routines..
Eventually, we worked out a schedule to help bring our routines (And Expectations) into alignment.
The each of us get take an 8 Hour Shift to let the other sleep, as well a 3 hour shift to gie eachother a break to maintain our sanity.

In Opposition of our sanity, we learned about Life Flight, the hard way, with a $62,000.00 bill..
Worse yet, we're expecting a similarly large bill from the NICU and Neurologist that looked at my Baby.
Originally, the plan was to keep my creative projects to a minimum and focus on time with Baby, but financial pressures are pushing us to reorganize once again.
The wife is going back to work early and trying to get to 40 hours. (She's self employed, so no paid leave for her)
I'm presently on paid leave, so I won't be able to earn any more by going back to work. Instead, I'm opening Commissions and Resuming Streaming when I can, to raise funds to help us avoid Bankruptcy and losing the House...

That Brings us to the February Plans:

+ Streaming: I should be able to stream between 3pm - 6pm PST most weekdays. (But if my Family needs extra Support, I have to prioratize time with them.)

+ Commissions: I draw Wizards starting at $15, and Non-Wizards starting at $20. And as part of my Fundraiser, I'll be willing to mail the original drawing for free.
To get a Slot, join our Discord Server and ping me @Artisan.

+ Artisan Monsters: I have the Design Doc almost ready to publish, I'll add a link to it here and on the AMA Game Page later tonight. (11th February)

+ Daily Wizards: I've gotten into a solid routine with Baby, and will start posting Daily Wizards Here, on X, and on Discord starting tomorrow night. (12th February)

+ Daily Comics: Postponed/Cancelled. Presently, I don't think I'll have the Capacity to keep up with a Daily Comic in addition to everything else.

It's a new year and we've got a new paradigm!

First off I'd like to announce that a new Artisan has joined the family! I've been calling her Lady and won't be sharing her government name.
We have a rough start to life and had to go to the NICU to help her get started, we then learned that the NICU isn't just a place for sick babies to get better, it's also a place where healthy babies get stuck forever..
The Artisan-Wife and I finally lost our patience and started asking some pointed questions, one of the docotors ended up admitting that that we could do outpatient for our duaghter. So we talked to the Social Worker and tolder how we felt. (Rare + for Social Workers!)
After which the discussions went from "We'll see how she's doing next week" to "We're getting you ready for discharge today."
We're now Home, Happy, and Healthy.

Last Year was a year of realizations.
I realized that while I have the best job I could ever home to have, I'm still miserable. (My current theory is that I am incapable of tolerating employment.)
I realized how little capacity I really have, and how hard I've been pushing my body over these years.
Overall, I can see that the employed season of my life is coming to an end, by my wife isn't on board with the transition. Which is entirly reasonable!
I want to jump ship from a great job with great benefits, to persue a nebulous "Creative Career", and my only 'proof' of success is my unusually fast growth on Twitch.
But on the other hand, this will allow me to work at home, giving me the freedom/flexibility to support my family at a more personal level.
I'm praying that my wife will see what I've been shown, but until I can get confirmation from her, I can't shake the boat.

What does that mean for 2026?
In this new year, I will continue to work on projects as much as I can. But I will be placing Family as a higher priority.
While I expect the frequency of my work to drop this year, I expect the quality of my work to continue to improve.
Over the next few weeks, My family and I will be settling into a new routine. I expect that I will be able to make a tenative schedule by the end of this month (January).

Streaming: will resume, but I won't have a schedule in place until Febuary (at the soonest).
The OSRS Marathon Stream in cancelled, as I can't see me being able to secure a large enough block of time for this in the near future.
We will be moving forward into Ape Escape! on the PS1, followed by Shadow of Collossus.
As for the JP Spyro Speedruns, the First Stream of each week will be a Speedrun to ensure I'm still getting my practice in.

Daily Wizards: are always on my mind. I've been chomping at the bit to get started, but with the recent Holiday season, and now the new baby, I've been unable to comit to daily uploads..

Quartly Films: are no longer on a schedule. I have a few videos recorded, and a few in the writing stage.
I can work on writing and editting between taking care of Lady, but I won't really have time to do more recording.
So there will be a few new videos to catch this year, and I'll think about releaseing some scripts..

Artisan Monsters: I am working on writing out a design document and a player's manual.
I don't expect to be able to work on any large updates this year.

DawnSomewhere Events: I expect that these will continue as normal this year. Aside from BabsCon which no longer exists.
The More demanding events are later in the year when I'll have found a better routine with my family, so I don't anticipate a conflict.

+ Weekly OSRS Clan Events: Every Saturdy at 3pm PST, I host events in OSRS for my clan "Ransomewhere".

+ Artisan's Monthly Open Table: On the last Saturday of Each Month, I run an Open Table on the Discord Server to introduce new people to Role Playing as opposed to Roll Playing.

+ VidSomewhere: Once a Year we host an online Film Festival where Effort is more important that Quality.

+ Also: We have a couple other amazing community members that run other events on our server!