Hi there, Nomsune here speaking for

As some of you may have noticed Essy has withdrawn himself from most of his socials and kinda had a massive crashout. As his partner I can lend some insight into what has been going on and what this means going forwards.

Essy has always struggled with his ADHD, he suffers a pretty severe case of it, and back when he was in the United States he was medicated for it. In the last 12 months he has literally uprooted his entire life to come and live here in Australia with me and it has been.... quite turbulent to say the least. We are in the process of getting him officially diagnosed here so he can get back onto his medications again which will bring him some more ability to actually focus on a task rather than just abstracting into oblivion. It has been a horrible feedback loop where he has been unable to actually sit down to do his art, then feeling like shit due to being unable to produce what he owes to his client, and then the depression that has come from people poking him for updates when he has none to give. It has all come to a head in the last few days and he has expressed to me that he no longer WANTS to be an artist and that the joy has gone from drawing due to the aformentioned problems. On top of this he has also had some existing debts back in the US that have been brewing in the backround and it just been the perfect storm for him.

Tal,
That's all nice and all but what about my art, what about my money??

I am currently working with Essy to try and work out a solution going forwards in which the most likely outcome is that as he is able to afford to do so, he is going to be refunding everyone that he currently has on his commission queue. I am going to help facilitate and organize this and then the long term objective is to clear his queue and that is it, he is going to be done drawing for money and will be looking to take on a different job here at home going forwards.

Currently Essy is a ball of anxiety and stress and depression and has been unable to really interact or even look at his DM's and such.

This is not going to be quick process as he owes a significant amount over several clients, but It is the best thing that we can do for the moment. I am going to be taking over directly dealing with people to try and take some pressure off him during this time and let him mentally recover.

I know this comes as a disappointment to many and that people are going to be frustrated, but first and foremost my partners mental health and wellbeing is my top priority here.

Thank you for your understanding and once I have worked out a proper plan with him (he is crashed out asleep rn) I will communicate this via further journals and will be seeking to reach out to the people that he owes and working on a solution with them.

~Nomsune~