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ATTENTION COMMISSIONERS! IMPORTANT JOURNAL! PLEASE READ!
13 years ago
I'm not going to lie, this isn't the easiest journal to write, but at the same time, I don't want to keep jerking people along while I'm trying to get my life back under control.
::A quick TL;DR about this journal - I'm going to be offering REFUNDS(paid over a period of time because I need to make back a lot of the money spent of materials and moving costs and living expenses over time) For suits that I'm already late on, OR, change the deadline to a floating deadline, where it WILL get finished no matter what, but I need the time to space the suits out more now that I can actually work on things on a regular basis, but I'm not nearly as fast at this as I thought I was, especially when working on another persons character.
::The long version.
As some of you might have been following, the living conditions at my grandmothers house were less that perfect for suit work.
At the beginning, I got the family blessing of 'OH YAY! YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE!' but as the work actually began and they realized just how messy suitwork can be, the attitude quickly changed, but instead of saying anything right away, frustrations with my 'public workspace' of the living room, it turned into lots of little glares and disapproving looks but everything was always 'perfectly fine :D' whenever I'd ask. I'd keep working, or trying to, and the main questions that would always pop up was 'when was I going to be cleaning up this mess' or 'when will I be done with these projects' like it was just a momentary thing. I tried to explain that it was going to be something of a constant, and the 'happy' attitude was dropped. After that, the attitude between us and them deteriorated into arguments and fights every couple of days, and staying in the community areas of the house was asking for conflict.
A little over a month ago things came to a head and we were asked point blank to find an apartment and move out. About the only lucky break was that my friend was actually looking for roommates, and also does suit work, so it was something of a god send.
We weren't actually able to move out until last weekend, and the moving process pretty much took up the week before with packing, and this past week with unpacking, but the workshop is 90% completely set up aside from filling in things both of us are missing.
Starting this week, I'm going to be trying to dig in and finish the suits that have been started more than just materials ordered, but I realize that 'I dun fucked up' a lot, or that one circumstance after another has royally fucked me with suit work, and I have not been able to even pretend I've been on top of things.
That said, I'd like to be able to finish every project I have, but I don't think most of them will be on time, especially considering how many haven't even been started yet, and how many deadlines have already been missed.
I want to be able to possibly keep up with the deadlines that are still coming up, November and onward, but everything that was an october deadline and earlier, I'd like to offer either a Full refund, to be paid over a period of time. I'm not sure how long it would take because as mentioned before, I do need to gather some funds to replace the material cost that's been used to order things for the suits, moving costs, and other living expenses that have come up over the months. This would be something of a long term payment plan, depending on how many people will want refunds versus option 2, how much the refunds will actually be, and how fast I can gather funds while still being able to pay rent and other bills.
Option 2 would be scrubbing the previous deadlines and I will work on finishing the suits as I go. I won't be taking on any new commissions until I can get these done, and I'd hope to get everything finished before Furry Weekend Atlanta in March, BUT I'm not sure if that would be possible. It's about the same amount of time that has been lost due to family issues, and it's more a floating estimate, but this could change for a shorter amount of time, or longer amount of time depending on how my speed at making these goes. I like to be able to spend a lot of time on suits to make them looks as good as I can, but at the same time, this works against me for finishing suits faster. With each suits I do, I SHOULD be able to work at the same quality but make the next one faster than the last. I do NOT want to cheat quality for speed, and unless someone specifically tells me 'I don't care as long as it's done on time' I would rather miss a deadline and make a sturdy, nice looking suit that make something that falls apart the first time it's worn just to make it on time.
I'm really really sorry things have gotten so out of hand, and I really want to own up to things. I'm not good with words most of the time, and I get really nervous posting anything like this, but I'd rather try to keep things under control during chaos than hiding in a corner and waiting for my mistakes to to away, cause I know they won't unless something like this is done. Sorta, I think? I don't know. I just realize I'm getting backed into a mental corner, and I don't want to make anyone upset, and I realize I've been put into situations that I wasn't able to work on things, but now that we're getting settled in the new apartment, things are turning around, and I'm going to be posting a lot more, a lot more often.
If anyone has any other ideas more than what I've put up, or other options that I don't know of, or something, please, put that out there on here, too, cause I kind of know what I'm doing, but at the same thing, I'm kind of floundering. I don't want to let people down, but I feel like I'm already doing that.
Advice would be amazing, and if people can be patient with me a little bit longer, I promise to get my shit under control again <:3
REFUNDS
$40/ $150
::A quick TL;DR about this journal - I'm going to be offering REFUNDS(paid over a period of time because I need to make back a lot of the money spent of materials and moving costs and living expenses over time) For suits that I'm already late on, OR, change the deadline to a floating deadline, where it WILL get finished no matter what, but I need the time to space the suits out more now that I can actually work on things on a regular basis, but I'm not nearly as fast at this as I thought I was, especially when working on another persons character.
::The long version.
As some of you might have been following, the living conditions at my grandmothers house were less that perfect for suit work.
At the beginning, I got the family blessing of 'OH YAY! YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE!' but as the work actually began and they realized just how messy suitwork can be, the attitude quickly changed, but instead of saying anything right away, frustrations with my 'public workspace' of the living room, it turned into lots of little glares and disapproving looks but everything was always 'perfectly fine :D' whenever I'd ask. I'd keep working, or trying to, and the main questions that would always pop up was 'when was I going to be cleaning up this mess' or 'when will I be done with these projects' like it was just a momentary thing. I tried to explain that it was going to be something of a constant, and the 'happy' attitude was dropped. After that, the attitude between us and them deteriorated into arguments and fights every couple of days, and staying in the community areas of the house was asking for conflict.
A little over a month ago things came to a head and we were asked point blank to find an apartment and move out. About the only lucky break was that my friend was actually looking for roommates, and also does suit work, so it was something of a god send.
We weren't actually able to move out until last weekend, and the moving process pretty much took up the week before with packing, and this past week with unpacking, but the workshop is 90% completely set up aside from filling in things both of us are missing.
Starting this week, I'm going to be trying to dig in and finish the suits that have been started more than just materials ordered, but I realize that 'I dun fucked up' a lot, or that one circumstance after another has royally fucked me with suit work, and I have not been able to even pretend I've been on top of things.
That said, I'd like to be able to finish every project I have, but I don't think most of them will be on time, especially considering how many haven't even been started yet, and how many deadlines have already been missed.
I want to be able to possibly keep up with the deadlines that are still coming up, November and onward, but everything that was an october deadline and earlier, I'd like to offer either a Full refund, to be paid over a period of time. I'm not sure how long it would take because as mentioned before, I do need to gather some funds to replace the material cost that's been used to order things for the suits, moving costs, and other living expenses that have come up over the months. This would be something of a long term payment plan, depending on how many people will want refunds versus option 2, how much the refunds will actually be, and how fast I can gather funds while still being able to pay rent and other bills.
Option 2 would be scrubbing the previous deadlines and I will work on finishing the suits as I go. I won't be taking on any new commissions until I can get these done, and I'd hope to get everything finished before Furry Weekend Atlanta in March, BUT I'm not sure if that would be possible. It's about the same amount of time that has been lost due to family issues, and it's more a floating estimate, but this could change for a shorter amount of time, or longer amount of time depending on how my speed at making these goes. I like to be able to spend a lot of time on suits to make them looks as good as I can, but at the same time, this works against me for finishing suits faster. With each suits I do, I SHOULD be able to work at the same quality but make the next one faster than the last. I do NOT want to cheat quality for speed, and unless someone specifically tells me 'I don't care as long as it's done on time' I would rather miss a deadline and make a sturdy, nice looking suit that make something that falls apart the first time it's worn just to make it on time.
I'm really really sorry things have gotten so out of hand, and I really want to own up to things. I'm not good with words most of the time, and I get really nervous posting anything like this, but I'd rather try to keep things under control during chaos than hiding in a corner and waiting for my mistakes to to away, cause I know they won't unless something like this is done. Sorta, I think? I don't know. I just realize I'm getting backed into a mental corner, and I don't want to make anyone upset, and I realize I've been put into situations that I wasn't able to work on things, but now that we're getting settled in the new apartment, things are turning around, and I'm going to be posting a lot more, a lot more often.
If anyone has any other ideas more than what I've put up, or other options that I don't know of, or something, please, put that out there on here, too, cause I kind of know what I'm doing, but at the same thing, I'm kind of floundering. I don't want to let people down, but I feel like I'm already doing that.
Advice would be amazing, and if people can be patient with me a little bit longer, I promise to get my shit under control again <:3
REFUNDS
$40/ $150
Well, keep in touch then. I don't have any deadlines for you(I've actually been making a suit myself ;)) so whenever you're done is cool. Just like.. Try and finish it soonish if you can. xD;;; I'm so damn excited to see what you made and the wait is hard but I'm patient as fuck. :P
Would you be able to get a few pictures? :D
We're heading out on a food run right now, so I'll see if I can get some when I get back. I've got that to get pictures of *holding off on pictures of Moby's pieces till it's fully done for a full reveal* but I had a side project I started back in june that's been sitting unfinished for months as well that I'm going to be handing over to Skelly to finish as a collab thing.
Once you settle into that regime then add in another suit or so as you complete them but never take on more until you finish what you already have. It'll save your butt around deadlines. :P
As for your current workload, do what you can to pay people back but don't worry too much, furries are pushovers lmao. Don't put yourself at odds if you don't feel comfortable with it and if you think it'd put extra stress on yourself.
Have you found a house away from family? Just curious, because living with family and doing this doesn't always work out. You could try explaining it to them though. You're running a business, it's a job, etc. I can't give any advice for your family stuff though just because I don't know you or them enough to say anything. x3
I hope things work out, and I can't wait to see my suit. <3
As for the rest of it, Yeah, I overestimated what I could do Horribly from the start. I should have kept myself in check and not jumped on every suit I thought was awesome looking and really wanted to make, but I couldn't help it. When I see awesome designs, I tend to make grabby hands XD'
I messed up, but I'm trying to work out how to fix it not.
I still owe people a bit of money too from commissions. Damn computer died so I can't make digital art anymore..
How are things in the new place? :o I hope things are better heh. :3
Shit happened at the last place I was living so my boyfriend and I moved in with my parents. Hopefully we'll be able to move out soon but yeah, we're just playing the waiting game and saving money for now. :3
And I'm sorry its come to this.
With that being said, and that being all I really can say without being repetitive with what others will say, I paid you for a tail a while ago, and was wondering of it had ever been started? I never got info from you about my heads unless I asked.
So really the only thing I'm wondering about is...am I getting a refund for the tail or has it been started or anything? Really I'd just like to be aware of things and contact for me is always key, since stuff like this is rather a big thing to me. I don't mind waiting, and im curious if my heads will still be alright for you to take on and finish in a timely fashion?
I'm really not trying to be rude, or anything, really I understand and I'm sorry about your situation having to up an move, I'm sure it wasn't easy. But like I said, I like to know!
Well I'll wait, I'm patient really but I just never had seen much from you recently, and I just want to know if my heads are still ok for their semi deadline?
Hope everything goes well :3
i think you took on just enough commissions....problem was you took on too many commissions with a 3 month dead line @_@
I would say have the same amount of commission spread them out along the year and if some one wants something done in 4 months or less that is a full suit charge them $X more for the lost time on other suits and rushing on theres.
I only take one 2 suits at a time personally and i still find it hard to reach 3-4 month dead lines. >.>
But loved the head you made me, will buy many more from you (i have 3 people waiting for new foam heads) But im gonna force them to wait till January when most of your commissions are done
You made mistakes (sincerely, I don't mean to lay it on or anything, but honestly you should go look at major makers and see the sorts of queues they maintain and the speed/rate at which they work), but hey, we're all human, right? It's okay c: All that matters is you realize it and do your best to fix it, and that's exactly what you're doing! No worries!
Keep on keepin' on, I know you'll be able to catch up just fine and you'll take on work at a more reasonable pace in the future :D!
As for my commission, I'm patient, let that deadline float, do it when you have the time! Please don't stress over it, I'm not angry at all C:
sry bout that.
I also know your pain of taking too much on, at first it overwhelmed me but now taking it day by day its better :3 I do think I opened too early as well x.x hence my decision to close suit commissions and go back to education (and hopefully art school)!
I have noted my commissioners about delays but two seem to have dropped off the face of the planet o.o (genuinely worried about one of them).
Anyway! Back to work o.o got a lot to do today!! Good luck!! (sorry for my little rant x.x but its similar to your situation)