He's still on furaffinity and it's quite obvious he's working on it still.
That doesn't justify going dark over here and not posting any updates. A simple "hey guys I'm still working on it, just going to be awhile" and an estimation would go a lot better than saying nothing.
He's just allowed his biggest criticizers to spam and whine over here and really, their criticism isn't wrong, as he has rather abruptly abandoned a good percent of his community. Especially when he previously was giving weekly updates.