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11 years ago
This goes out to friends and commissioners alike;
Firstly, I need to apologize to anyone who's been waiting for a commission from me for an extended amount of time. The way I've been handling it has been extremely unprofessional and it took me way too long to realise it. As such, I've decided to return to FA and post my art here once again, as insentive to recollect my composition regarding using art as a sufficient form of income, and respecting my customers as the people they deserve to be treated. I'm deeply sorry if you were caught up in this and I only hope for the chance now to rectify the mistakes I've made to date, in a much more reasonable time.
As such, I need everyone who's currently waiting on a commission from me, no matter how small or long they've been waiting, to email me at swizzlecomms[at]gmail.com regarding details on what they commissioned from me, and when. I know a few of you have me on IMs and it would be easy enough to send the details there, but I would appreciate an email as I'll be using this address solely to work out commission stuff; it'll be a lot easier for me to work out from there.
For those of you unaffected or glancing through, in summary:
I've made this journal in attempt to form some positive outlook for those who have put their faith in me by commissioning me, and have been already far too patient with me to-date. I will be working much harder from this point on, and I vow to use FA frequently again to ensure motivation is peaked. That means I'll be updating my gallery with progressive work as I draw, but I will be prioritizing completing commissions for those who are still waiting for one from me.
My aim now is to get owed commissions done. This is why emails regarding details would be very useful for me as organization will help me make this process as streamline and efficient as possible for all of us.
I'll probably be uploading my work from the point of disappearance to now, in the gallery update, but it will be a gradual process instead of an 'art dump'.
Please refrain from discussing owed commissions in reply to this journal; I understand my mistakes, and my hope now is to work out a solution with you, the commissioner, that best suits yourself, which would best be done in emails. I truly am sorry for neglecting any of you and I really want the chance to sort this out with you from this point on, and I'd appreciate a level of reason from yourself to achieve this outcome. As such I will be deleting negative comments if they've not given me a chance to address them directly first. I will accept your aggression, I'm sure I deserve it from a number of you, however this is not something I want to impose on anyone else here.
Hopefully the level of publicity in this journal will help project an idea of seriousness with this movement. I really do want to fix this, and become a more routine, trustworthy artist again, within the fandom in general. Please give me the chance to do so. Thanks.
Firstly, I need to apologize to anyone who's been waiting for a commission from me for an extended amount of time. The way I've been handling it has been extremely unprofessional and it took me way too long to realise it. As such, I've decided to return to FA and post my art here once again, as insentive to recollect my composition regarding using art as a sufficient form of income, and respecting my customers as the people they deserve to be treated. I'm deeply sorry if you were caught up in this and I only hope for the chance now to rectify the mistakes I've made to date, in a much more reasonable time.
As such, I need everyone who's currently waiting on a commission from me, no matter how small or long they've been waiting, to email me at swizzlecomms[at]gmail.com regarding details on what they commissioned from me, and when. I know a few of you have me on IMs and it would be easy enough to send the details there, but I would appreciate an email as I'll be using this address solely to work out commission stuff; it'll be a lot easier for me to work out from there.
For those of you unaffected or glancing through, in summary:
I've made this journal in attempt to form some positive outlook for those who have put their faith in me by commissioning me, and have been already far too patient with me to-date. I will be working much harder from this point on, and I vow to use FA frequently again to ensure motivation is peaked. That means I'll be updating my gallery with progressive work as I draw, but I will be prioritizing completing commissions for those who are still waiting for one from me.
My aim now is to get owed commissions done. This is why emails regarding details would be very useful for me as organization will help me make this process as streamline and efficient as possible for all of us.
I'll probably be uploading my work from the point of disappearance to now, in the gallery update, but it will be a gradual process instead of an 'art dump'.
Please refrain from discussing owed commissions in reply to this journal; I understand my mistakes, and my hope now is to work out a solution with you, the commissioner, that best suits yourself, which would best be done in emails. I truly am sorry for neglecting any of you and I really want the chance to sort this out with you from this point on, and I'd appreciate a level of reason from yourself to achieve this outcome. As such I will be deleting negative comments if they've not given me a chance to address them directly first. I will accept your aggression, I'm sure I deserve it from a number of you, however this is not something I want to impose on anyone else here.
Hopefully the level of publicity in this journal will help project an idea of seriousness with this movement. I really do want to fix this, and become a more routine, trustworthy artist again, within the fandom in general. Please give me the chance to do so. Thanks.
Emailed you about the commission info, since i'd still enjoy having that piece~
Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing your works coming back in soon.
I knwo it may be some time away, but let me know when you decide to open up some slots. :) I've always wanted some work from you.
I too have put off and promised many start dates only to have them pass and quietly pass without much of a word only to followed and followed and followed up with strings of empty promise dates.
Many times I have felt the need to rage, yell and flip all the virtual tables in the world in Swizz direction. A few times I've even decided if I should go the nuclear route and force a return payment from Paypal due to lack of communication.
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But I am happy to finally state I have had my commission completed and I hope the rest of you still waiting will be completed soon as well.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15511166/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15511191/
While I can’t speak for everybody, I do know all of my notes and emails have been read and I wish for all of you continue to stay positive through this very frustrating period and continue to send supporting notes and messages for Swizz.
Right off the Inkbunny page.
http://artists-beware.livejournal.c......html#comments
http://artists-beware.livejournal.c......html#comments
if your paypal transaction is too far outdated, call your bank and find the exact transaction and do a chargeback, if you can't raise a dispute or get a refund any other way.
I have some commissions that are as old as some of the ones Swizz has and I have about 40 commissions on my backlog right now that I'm working to finish. I totally messed up and I've been working to fix it. I don't have any artists_beware posts and most of my commissioners have been super understanding about my circumstances...because I talk to them.
As much as I fear it [and I admit, if I'm having a particularly bad time with my depression, sometimes I leave things unread for a couple days to give me time to work up some courage], I make myself reply because I KNOW that's all people want. They want to know what's happening, they want to be assured they're not forgotten. I respect my commissioners and they deserve at least that if I haven't been able to complete the work I owe them.
If you read this Swizz, all you need to do is keep in contact. It's hard, I know, but many of the people on your page and in this journal are just looking to know that you respect them enough not to ignore them and that you're not trying to steal from them. All they want is an email. The more the emails pile up, the more impossible it's going to seem to reply to them. I promise it would take a ton of the stress off your shoulders if you just kept in contact.
I'm rooting for you and I hope you get back to square one. It sucks being indebted to so many people, it's an easy trap to fall into when your art is in high demand, but you can do it!
I contacted him so many times without reply, I waited four and a half months i think, that's way more than anyone would need when at the time of me commissioning him, he had 3 people shown on his "todo list", so i was theoretically number 4, i only wanted one picture, not even high detail, four and a half months is just crazy, i went to a gaming con recently, paid and got an art commission in 30 minutes, and every other online commission has taken under a month at the very longest.
I mean the (second) newest comment is four months old.
Also, Half-Life 3 got confirmed. I guess.
~PSG