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Commissions, corrupted files, changes and future batches.
7 years ago
This is very important so please read if you are interested in future commissions/collab commissions. Thank you!
Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well!
As for the news I will try to write this journal as short as I possibly can without ranting too much.
I was aware that my computer bluescreens every once or twice every month so I built a habit of saving very often in Photoshop. One of the reasons why I’m very hesitant on working with big commission pieces with many layers so I have been very cautious with them, which can be very stressful because I want to avoid corrupted PSD files.
The reason I am writing this journal is this; I was working on
AISPs commission, almost done with the flat colors for the character. Was very pleased with the outcome and things were going smoothly as always with every commission that me and Felfi work on.
As usual, the image is being saved every 10 minutes or so, probably more often... and a minute later the dreaded bluescreen appears. It didn’t worry me as much since it happens now and then, the idea that the file will end up being corrupted didn’t even pass through my mind at that moment.
After restarting the PC and Photoshop to get back to work, I try opening the PSD file and I suddenly get an error that Photoshop could not open the file because it’s not compatible with this version of photoshop. My heart sank, I knew what that meant because it has happened before with other small adoptable projects that me and Felin wanted to post years ago but unfortunately it all got corrupted and lost.
I know I shouldn’t be this upset over a simple flat color that I can just redo in a couple of hours since Felfi has a backup file of the line art(since this was a collab commission, Felfi works on the lines while I do the rest). But it makes me wonder, what if I was almost done with the shading and the whole picture is just gone because of a surprise bluescreen+file being corrupted? All this is starting to put me off and really upset me. I don’t want anything like that to happen, all those hours wasted for nothing…
Now for the future commission batches, it’s going to be a pretty big change until I will be able to save up for a new computer, which will require quite a lot of money but it’s a motivation for me to work harder.
The changes are; I will not be working on big pieces that require many layers and large file size. Reserved big commission plans will be cancelled and I apologize for the letdown. I cannot risk it anymore, I hate the feeling of walking on eggshells the entire time.
I will be opening simple commissions such as sketches, colored sketches (both fullbody and portrait) this type of commission doesn’t require me to use massive resolution so I am hoping that things will go well. A journal with the price and slot list will be posted as soon as I finish the current commissions, you can check the progress here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8830482/
Also about the collab commissions with
felfi , these are stopped until I will be able to switch to that new PC but she will open her own commissions, so keep an eye on them! :)
I am definitely not asking for donations, tips or anything of the sort. I am only asking everyone to understand what I am going through and also a little bit of patience(ok maybe a bit more than just a “bit”) until I will be able to save up for the new PC and then things will go much smoother.
Also I wanted to mention about Twitter, I am not really the type of person to post daily or to rant about small things on social media but I will try and be more active with posting these small commissions that I will start very soon.
I apologize if this journal was too much of a read but I thought it would be important to share this with everyone since I have no other way of working on big commissions.
If there are any questions from you guys, please drop a comment on this journal and I will try and answer as soon as I can. Please do not note me unless it’s something that you want to discuss in private.
Thank you!
Tl;dr : old pc+bluescreen+corrupted PSD file= well
Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well!
As for the news I will try to write this journal as short as I possibly can without ranting too much.
I was aware that my computer bluescreens every once or twice every month so I built a habit of saving very often in Photoshop. One of the reasons why I’m very hesitant on working with big commission pieces with many layers so I have been very cautious with them, which can be very stressful because I want to avoid corrupted PSD files.
The reason I am writing this journal is this; I was working on
AISPs commission, almost done with the flat colors for the character. Was very pleased with the outcome and things were going smoothly as always with every commission that me and Felfi work on.As usual, the image is being saved every 10 minutes or so, probably more often... and a minute later the dreaded bluescreen appears. It didn’t worry me as much since it happens now and then, the idea that the file will end up being corrupted didn’t even pass through my mind at that moment.
After restarting the PC and Photoshop to get back to work, I try opening the PSD file and I suddenly get an error that Photoshop could not open the file because it’s not compatible with this version of photoshop. My heart sank, I knew what that meant because it has happened before with other small adoptable projects that me and Felin wanted to post years ago but unfortunately it all got corrupted and lost.
I know I shouldn’t be this upset over a simple flat color that I can just redo in a couple of hours since Felfi has a backup file of the line art(since this was a collab commission, Felfi works on the lines while I do the rest). But it makes me wonder, what if I was almost done with the shading and the whole picture is just gone because of a surprise bluescreen+file being corrupted? All this is starting to put me off and really upset me. I don’t want anything like that to happen, all those hours wasted for nothing…
Now for the future commission batches, it’s going to be a pretty big change until I will be able to save up for a new computer, which will require quite a lot of money but it’s a motivation for me to work harder.
The changes are; I will not be working on big pieces that require many layers and large file size. Reserved big commission plans will be cancelled and I apologize for the letdown. I cannot risk it anymore, I hate the feeling of walking on eggshells the entire time.
I will be opening simple commissions such as sketches, colored sketches (both fullbody and portrait) this type of commission doesn’t require me to use massive resolution so I am hoping that things will go well. A journal with the price and slot list will be posted as soon as I finish the current commissions, you can check the progress here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8830482/
Also about the collab commissions with
felfi , these are stopped until I will be able to switch to that new PC but she will open her own commissions, so keep an eye on them! :) I am definitely not asking for donations, tips or anything of the sort. I am only asking everyone to understand what I am going through and also a little bit of patience(ok maybe a bit more than just a “bit”) until I will be able to save up for the new PC and then things will go much smoother.
Also I wanted to mention about Twitter, I am not really the type of person to post daily or to rant about small things on social media but I will try and be more active with posting these small commissions that I will start very soon.
I apologize if this journal was too much of a read but I thought it would be important to share this with everyone since I have no other way of working on big commissions.
If there are any questions from you guys, please drop a comment on this journal and I will try and answer as soon as I can. Please do not note me unless it’s something that you want to discuss in private.
Thank you!
Tl;dr : old pc+bluescreen+corrupted PSD file= well
Also, I'd love to grab another sketch from you to help when you open ! Just one question, can you do bird characters at all or are you not comfortable with drawing them?
I will give you a poke through a note whenever the new commission batch will be reopened and I am 100% fine with birds!
Everytime it is saved, the old file that is overwritten gets deleted, but is still recoverable for some time, since dropbox keeps up to 50 old copies of every file for some time afaik.
This how i work with my Programm files for work and my Half Life Map projects myself now, after i once suffered a nasty breakdown myself.
I will poke you with a note as soon as the new batch is open.
The reason I need a pc with newer parts is that it's pretty sluggish recently and photoshop feels slower.
I appreciate the advice though!
I would also recommend giving the file a new name every few steps, so at least not all will be lost. I witnessed an artist losing 9 hours of lineart and colourwork when his photoshop crashed while saving, live on art stream. not a pleasant thing to behold.
I would be very, VERY angry.
*hugs*
I don't blame Photoshop, I think I just had a horrible timing saving the file and the bluescreen appearing right after it.
I lost a lot of progress once and since then I'm very careful.