DanShive

I’ve gotten some proposals lately for illustrating other people’s projects. I appreciate the thinking of me, but I’m still not available.

I know that title could easily be read with a grumpy "harumph!" tone, but really, this is just a friendly PSA. I get occasional notes asking about commissions, which is flattering! But I'm too busy with my own comic and such to actually do any :( That, and there's a limit to how NSFW I get, so I suspect some would be disappointed with me even if I DID accept them, BUT THAT'S TANGENTIAL! ^^;

It's good.

Seconds later, Phoenix would cry out "hold it!", and immediately realize what he'd just done.

I like situations in which characters act a bit out of character, and I've come to realize that, in a lot of ways, what I like is basically the fiction of alcohol. I like characters acting less inhibited, more playful, energetic, silly, lacking in modesty, etc. These are all expectations one might associate with partying with alcohol. Having been the sober person at a few parties full of not very responsible drinking, however, I know that's not the reality. I've also read about alcohol, its effects, and how a lot of what people experience at parties is more placebo than chemical, but there's having an academic appreciation, and then there's