Attacks made: 11

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Yeah, not my most active AF year ever (even considering I only posted my first attack like halfway through the month), but in my defense, I was extremely busy with stuff.

Oh well, there's always next year! Now that Art Fight is over, I'm going to work on a little reset concerning my upcoming projects and an official unveiling of a new account. I'll post a later announcement when I have it.

-Kay M. Raven

Now I normally don't post stuff like this, but this is important.

The Kid's Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been re-introduced into the Senate. In light of all the UK OSA stuff and the recent pressures from payment processors onto Steam and itch.io, I feel like I must use my meager platform to share stuff to fight this bad bill.

https://www.stopkosa.com/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IyBUe6frFGF44rJQU3TahZ5zyG3tC7jai_hPneAKlnM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.kuf5n9cgpu5q

https://www.woodhullfoundation.org/get-involved/stop-kosa/

https://act.eff.org/action/congress-shouldn-t-control-what-we-re-allowed-to-read-online

Sign petitions, call your reps, do whatever it takes. Don't back down!

I'll post a lighter post, like what I'm doing with the last days of Art Fight, later on.

-Kay M. Raven

I really should've posted this earlier, but whatever!

I'm on Team Crystals, so come on and fight me*!

*on Art Fight, that is

I've joined yet another Pride collab by the ever delightful tydaze, click below!

I had a drawing planned for today, but I don't have enough time to finish it today before work, so here's a small WIP of what I have planned!

You're awesome! Thanks to all of y'all, I have 125 fans. I may not talk about it much, but I appreciate everyone who follows me. You really make my day. Now, to make some art. I still need to make a post featuring all the heads I made for Wanted, as well as get back to drawing and animating more frequently. Until then, see you later!

-Kay M. Raven

A Chinese Zen story, one that I like to share for anyone struggling:

One day a farmer’s mare escaped from the pen. When he discovered this the villagers said, “Oh what terrible luck!”

The farmer said, “We’ll see.”

A few days later the mare returned and brought 6 stallions with her. And the villagers said, “What good luck!”

The farmer said, “We’ll see.”

A few days later the farmer's son was trying to train one of the wild horses, fell off and broke a leg. And the villagers said, “What terrible luck!”

The farmer said, “We’ll see.”

A few days later the Emperor’s men came through the village conscripting young men for the military and the farmers son was rejected because of his broken leg. The villagers said, “What good luck!”

The farmer said, “We’ll see.”

So I heard about Indie Animation Day making the rounds on Bluesky, so I will take this moment to make a (somewhat belated, but shhh) announcement thing.

For a few months now, I've been planning an animated series for Newgrounds, Youtube, and a few other places called Ivy's Story. Ivy's Story is about the titular Ivy, an enslaved cat boy who escapes from his master and goes on a quest to break the bondage spell that was placed on him. On this journey for emancipation, he would travel to far off lands, make new allies, and try to avoid his master at all costs, lest he be captured and enslaved once more. The release date is still TBA, but I aim to release the first episode sometime in 2025.

I'll be making a few announcements detailing my progress with this series, and if I get enough attention and interest on this project, I can make a Patreon so others can support the show. Just like a real indie animator!

Now that I got this announcement out, I'm gonna go now. I have a comic to finish!

Remember a couple weeks ago when I said I was planning a name change? Well, it is my pleasure to say that it has now happened!

Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Kay Mementomori Raven, and despite the name, I'm actually a crow of many shapes and forms! I also go by Featherwaite or Fealy, though I'd mostly go by Kay.

I'm also in the process of moving my carrd website (which is now at featherwaite.carrd.co) to Neocities, which is taking a while because, well, HTML and CSS is hard! I also haven't changed all of my accounts yet (I need to make a new Mastodon because of Federation rules :'3), but for the moment, all my current social medias are now under the name Featherwaite.

Before I leave, I also wanted to say sorry for the long silence. I've been busy with my part-time job and my incoming graduation, so I didn't have much time to actually work on my projects and stuff! But don't worry, I have several cooking up for the next few months and into the new year. I'm also trying to finish off the prologue of Zombies and Marshmallows before the year ends; it's been long overdue! I switched to Krita and a new art style for the next page and possibly future pages, so you'd notice some changes.

Anyways, enough rambling. I gotta go! Have a nice day, and if you're in the US and over 18, don't forget to vote!

Recently, I've been thinking of changing my screen name here and almost every place I'm logged in to. Yabloko doesn't fit me anymore, and I need a change. When this will happen, I have no idea. When the changes fall into place, I'll let y'all know.

See you soon,

The Artist Soon to Be Formerly Known as Yabloko