Commissions!
To everyone who has a commission with me that was not finished or put on hold. (from tumblr or on fur-affinity) Please e-mail here:
I opened a fresh e-mail account so the important messages wouldn’t get lost in a sea of junk. Even if we spoke yesterday, please email there so I can keep all of my commission contacts in one place. Since I had lost my commission log in a hard drive failure, I don’t have everyone’s email contacts anymore.
Also, please read this entire post before emailing me.
I intend to finish all my commissions before re-opening my queue. In order to do that I need to funnel my vision and focus on a select few projects to ensure they get done. Otherwise I’m jumping from project to project, touching each one slightly before my attention is pulled away to another project. It’s hard to juggle so many things at once when what I’m doing is so time consuming and most of the time very challenging.
As of right now, I randomly selected 6 commissions from my backlog and placed them in a queue. It looks like this right now. I will post an updated queue on Twitter.
Miama (animation)
PeachXBowser (animation)
FalcoXKrystal (illustration)
Berry Punch (animation)
Commissar Spuds (animation)
If your project isn’t currently on the list, then it’s on hold. My apologies, but it will be on the list eventually! Once a project is cleared, I’ll replace it with another one. I will be going through my email (as listed above) to help me decide who will be going up next. If you have a commission with me from over on fur-affinity please contact me, this isn’t limited to tumblr only.
REFUNDS & STREAMS
I will no longer refund past projects, unless I have decided not to finish the project. If we already discussed a refund before this decision, then this doesn’t apply to you. My reason for this is that it was hurting me too much and I am not able to sustain my living by doing so. I don’t have an excess of money and it’s hard to refund even the smaller projects when I’m just making enough, sometimes not enough to pull through the months bills. I know a lot of people are in similar situations so I won’t whine lol. Just know that I often undercharged people or gave out discounts for commissions. Basically lowering the amount of $ per hour I was working. I just can’t do it anymore. Especially since it’ll be tax time here soon and I need to begin putting away for that.
I do have a few hefty refunds that I am working on paying off currently. Since I am not opening my animation queue until the work is cleared out, I will be doing sketch streams to help handle that situation. Sketch streams and backlog work streams will be posted over on my twitter.
@rainbowdashx3 ~ I understand you were upset, but did you not receive a full refund in the end? You also weren’t the easiest person to work with. I am only human and I work all on my own. I’m not a team of artists, I don’t have any back up or help. As I stated before, my commissions are closed, so no one can commission me anyway. I have a lot of backed up work that needs to be done and I’m trying to focus on that. Trying to juggle so many projects that are all different and complex in their own way is not easy. While also dealing with burnout, soreness and everyday issues. I did put myself in this position and I’m trying to work my way out of it. That’s why I posted here with a new email address. So I can re-establish contact with people who I haven’t spoken to or updated in a long time. Being paid what would be considered below minimum wage to do something complicated like animation only to have this happen ~ After you were refunded in full, is a little more than disheartening. Because there are people who have patiently waited longer than you and are still understanding and working with me as we go forward. Please be more understanding to the situations of others, because things aren’t always as simple as, ‘you were just ignored’. In case you saw me posting and just didn’t read anything I said before… I am trying to reconcile with people and move forward on what I was paid to do. I’m trying to be respectful and push through. But I can’t consistently work on all my projects at once. Which is another reason for my post and queue list. Some will wait but I do intend to finish everything.
