the-gneech

I was going to do a commission raffle when my Patreon hit $200! But... it turns out that raffles are officially not allowed as Patreon rewards, so that's out.

So instead, I've decided to invite my subscribers to come up with and vote on a piece of bonus art, here

www.patreon.com/posts/19239757

Later this week (probably Weds or Thurs) I'll bring all the suggestions together into a poll the idea that gets the most votes will be the winner. Think of it as a crowdsourced commission.

(Note: This is in addition to the monthly SJ Boogie and other images.)

Ground Rules

1. It has to be something I'm willing to draw, so all the usual caveats of no gore, cruelty, disempowerment, that kind of jazz apply. Things I'm not willing to draw, simply won't go onto the poll.
   
2. It can involve the SJ cast, OCs, pop culture characters, whatever. It could be another Ponies vs. Daleks piece if that's what would float your boat.
   
3. Maximum three characters, pls.
   
4. It can be a NSFW piece (rule 1 still applies), but that would only be available to $5+ subscribers. If a SFW version is feasible, that will be available to everyone.

So! Whattya want to see? Here are some potential ideas I've had, which will also be on the poll:

• Finished version of Slippery When Wet ( roughhouse.suburbanjungle.com/… ).
  
• Langley: Bikini-top snatcher! And a very irritated Charity.
  
• Ponies vs. Daleks: Princess Luna
  
• Ponies vs. Daleks: Princess Cadance
  

Head on over and post your ideas! www.patreon.com/posts/19239757 (Only ideas from subscribers will go into the poll, thanks! ^.^')

-The Gneech

First of all, hello and welcome to everyone coming to see me after picking up my card at Furthe'More! I hope you'll find lots of stuff here you like. ^.^ Posts have been a little sporadic since March, due to the whole selling-my-house-and-moving thing, but that's all cleared up now and the production machine is moving again. As I owe some of you commissions, and others of you may simply be curious as to what I've got in the pipeline, this is one of my periodic "state of the Gneech" posts to let you know what's going on.

My first priority is to get Issue Three of Suburban Jungle: Rough Housing finished as quickly as possible, in the hopes that I can have it on hand for AnthroCon, which is only a month away! (Eep!) Everything else I've got going on is officially on hold until I get that squared away. If I'm lucky, that will be done by the end of next week... if I'm unlucky, it will take pretty much the rest of June and no issue three at the con, which will make me go all sadface.

Once issue three is done, either way, I will be emptying out my digital commission queue. This is what I have listed in my notes, so if I'm missing something of yours, please remind me!

• KarmaKat's Watering Hole series (4 of 4)
• Conqure commission
• Miertam Twilight/Fluttershy monster studies commission

Assuming the SJ work gets done on time, these should be finished by the end of June and/or AC. Finally, once those are done, I'm going to turn all of my attention to Dungeons and Denizens and get that finished off while I work on the script for the fourth issue of SJ. That will probably take most of July and/or August.

So, that's my summer spoken for. If you want to squeeze a commission in there, they are technically still open, but your best bet to get art from me in the near future is to get me to do it for you at AnthroCon. As you may have read in my LiveJournal, badges and sketchbooks at Furthe'More were almost nonexistent for whatever reason, which is not a happy way to spend a convention for an artist! Especially when most of the other dealers were booked solid. Don't you love me any more? *sniffle* Aw well, hopefully AnthroCon will be better!

Anyway! Time for me to get to work. Catcha later!

-The Gneech

I must admit that I've never really paid a lot of attention to the Ursa Major Awards, for two reasons. First, I tend to be more of a producer than a consumer, and as such awards just don't show up on my radar that much. Second, in my capacity as a producer, I rarely had anything that I thought really merited recognition on a "literary award" kind of scale, except possibly No Predation Allowed, and I completely missed the window on that one due to dealing with personal crises at the time.

However, that has changed. This year, No Predation Allowed: Ten Years of The Suburban Jungle is eligible for nomination due to its new edition from FurPlanet. In short, I've got a second shot at it, and as this is currently my magnum opus, I have to admit that it would be really nice to see it get at least a nomination nod.

So this is a call to my fans! Please nominate and vote for at least one of my books, here: www.ursamajorawards.org/nomina… I actually have five that are eligible: all three volumes of No Predation Allowed and issues one and two of Rough Housing. I won't be so greedy as to ask you to use all five nomination slots on my work... but I will be just greedy enough to point out the lovely symmetry of it.

Seriously tho. I've been told that Suburban Jungle was an important work in the furry world, and I'd certainly like to think it made its mark. If you could help make this happen, I'd be grateful. Thanks!

-The Gneech

AnthroCon 2014 is comin' at us fast! So here's the lowdown!

I will be in the Dealer's Room most of the time during the day, sharing a table with my buddy SirFox, specifically table K14, which can be found here:



Thanks to the awesome folks at FurPlanet, I will have Suburban Jungle (Rough Housing) Issue One, as well as No Predation Allowed and a smattering of older merchandise, and of course I'll be doing sketches, badges, and anything else I can get ahold of to do.

At night I'll be bouncing around a lot, but I tend to spend most of my time in the Zoo looking for people to hang out and art jam with. Come and find me! If you ask real nice, I might even tell you what my secret upcoming project is.

-The Gneech

PS: Yes! There will be a cameo up for bidding at the charity auction! I can't believe I almost forgot to mention that.

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