Okay, so, there's a bit to cover, but I want to make things simple so that there's clarity on things as far as commissions, why things're slow, why I haven't offered many new ones over the last year or so, and how they'll work in the future.

First off, on being a freelance artist: This shit... is hard.

Personal shit gets in the way all of the time, and because of it, I've failed miserably at meeting deadlines. This said, it's not right for somebody to take on work and not be done with it is an allotted time. It is that, no matter how you slice it:

Work.

And I've become one of "Those Furry Artists" because of my excessive tardiness. I'm sorry for being That Guy, and I have awesome Commissioners that are ever-so-patient as I get my personal shit together. Thank you very much for that!

On the flipside, I've taken it upon myself to "up" what was originally paid for. What was originally a batch of "Iron Artist/IA" speedpaints and "Iron Artist Comic/IAC" colored sketch mini-comics with up to about three pages each became more advanced paints with either extra content or detail thrown in, or comics that consist of many more pages than originally planned, or more detail if kept a shorter comic.

Now, I know things come off oddly via text, so gotta stress that I'm not personally bitching about it, I'm offering because they did wait as long as they did, and to show that I'm grateful for them choosing to transact with me in the first place.

But yeah, because of me upping that ante, I have to take more time and think things out in more detail for the pics and comics. And hey, I'm almost done with the queue, so I feel safe with making a clear list of my current workload:

Paints

 kwikdog  squirrely[x2]  ddraglaisdragon  tozier  titanrockwell  wreckerdog  gingerbear  foeclan

Mini-Comics

 draftstallion2005  danmaku  red-pyro  tango-mutt

Hokay, so that listed, not so bad, right? lol Not being sarcastic, it's honestly not as bad as it once was, and outside of the comics, should be killed off by the end of the month, if not even with the comics. I just have to be consistent.

Which is where things come in. I'm probably gonna stream a lot of the owed work throughout the month. But, I will start streaming new Commissions; Note: Until I'm done with the Paints, I probably won't offer anything beyond quicker streamed work, like a speedpaint or sketch. And comics I might open for after I finish the current list, if people will like my style of doing them.

Now, Trades and the way that I do Gifts:

I'm fine with trades, but for now, because of my current workload, I tend to get sidetracked. So I prefer to keep it simple and either initiate/ask for the Trade myself, or accept specific artists, due to what they produce. This doesn't particularly mean skill level, but content and style do factor in. I tend to do some trades for bartering pics of personal friends; I'm not against gift art and the occasional Trade for art of my character[s], but I'm actually not too ecstatic about the concept in general, so I tend to get pics of friends done instead of my Fuzzy self for the other artist's side of the Trade.

For now, I want to keep Trades simple and I'll initiate Trades when I'm able to. But when I'm ready, I'll post a Journal on it, and it's as simple as sending a note when I post that Journal, asking for a trade. It's not a guarantee that I'll say yes, but I'm definitely not a snob about it; Trades tend to be fun, and fun is great when it comes to creating art lol

Me doing gift art: I, of course, tend to draw what I fancy, and usually it's a friend, or a character that I find hot or cool or at least luke-warm (hurrrrr). But, on occasion, I tend to be random with it. Somebody notes me about free art, and I'll say yes, if it's simple enough, or has a noble enough cause for it. Or I'll decline, if I simply can't. I don't want to blow myself out, and I do want to make money off of commissions, so I want to keep it simple. In the future, I will randomly do Streams where I do some free stuff every so oft, it might be a bit more controlled and satisfying on both ends. Just keep an eye out for Journals with "Free Stream" in the title.

That said, here are my current Trades and Gifts planned:

Trades

 redrusker  noma  corvuspointer  dasaod (Collab)  dwalker[x11] (tattoo trade, full bodysuit)

Gift Art



And, along with some personal projects and practice rounds, I think that's pretty much it. I know it's a lil TL;DR, but I hope that it's cleared up some things on the Commission front. Got a lot of work to kill, and hope to fill your inbox with some hot, chill, or at least, luke-warm stuff!