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3 years ago
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HELLO ITS been a while (Again) since I posted something that wasn't just 'open btw' so gonna blabber for a little bit. Been feeling kinda rough for a really long time. Burnout sort of waxes and wanes as time passes, there's definitely been times where it's not as bad and others where it's crippling. Mental health hasn't been the best for one reason or another and goes terribly hand-in-hand with burnout.
That's pretty much why I'm still heavily limiting commissions to portraits and chibis with the odd exception here and there, but I have noticed the interest in them hasn't been the best and I could probably do to offer more variety while still limiting it. There has been a style I've been kindasorta working on trying to develop to offer as another alternative in addition to those, and I may offer those next time I open. MORE ON THAT IN A BIT.
FURSONA? BIRD????
So when I left my original account I was primarily trying to distance myself from the username, I'd made it in high school and as the time passed I finally wanted to distance myself from it, even though my 'sona hadn't been that character for a while at that point.
Silvyr was meant to just be a mascot but as much as I like the character it just never clicked with me so the username has felt. EH, but I don't want to change accounts again just to change the username, so I'll be sticking with it until some sort of way to change it is implemented but it will be different on pretty much every other site.
Anyone following me on twitter (where I'm admittedly a little more active) will have probably noticed the little gremlin trash bird that I've been doodling often. A crow gryphon! Or dragon. Or just a crow...maybe a raven idk man. I've been a corvid enthusiast for ages and as I worked on this character, it made me really happy and doodling them is very fun. I still love Tessa but have found I just don't click with her as much anymore.
Commissions hooooah
So this is something I've struggled with, I know there are people who would like larger commissions rather than the smaller ones I've been taking but I still really struggle with the majority of large projects these days. I will also admit that a major contributor was to the amount of adult oriented art was doing. I WILL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST IT and enjoy it from time to time and have no plans of permanently stopping it, but it was getting to the point where it felt like I was doing it too much. Whenever I open for standard commissions again I plan on placing more limitations specifically on adult oriented art to help mitigate this issue because I do still want to offer it.
Input here is absolutely welcome, if anyone has any suggestions on that or any other sort of styles you'd like to see.
Also about pricing. I am told that I still charge too little but I find that when I increase it and start giving quotes I get nervous and think to myself 'oh that's too much' because I'm so used to the rates I have. (I have looked at what the approximate hourly rate is, opinion still about the same) And asking does give some mixed results because the value vs quality is so subjective. But still, I'd really like to hear thoughts on my pricing-- Chibi and portrait included but I primarily refer to the more standard commission options. I think I'm most reluctant to charge for backgrounds, I included them without an additional charge at first so I could practice on them, but now that's more of a habit so I end up requesting the absolute minimum listed if a background is desired and tend to put a bit more time into them. WOOPS.
HOWEVER WITH ALL OF THAT, The next planned opening is on May 25th I will most likely still limit it to portraits and chibis, but I will try to have an additional option. MAYBE some normal commissions???? WE SHALL SEE.
LASTLY, ANTHROCON?
YEAH UH. I'm honestly still really skeptical about convention activity given the state of things. Going to be as careful as I can be but Anthrocon is very much planned. First con in...hoooo a while. Maybe meet some people :O
That's pretty much why I'm still heavily limiting commissions to portraits and chibis with the odd exception here and there, but I have noticed the interest in them hasn't been the best and I could probably do to offer more variety while still limiting it. There has been a style I've been kindasorta working on trying to develop to offer as another alternative in addition to those, and I may offer those next time I open. MORE ON THAT IN A BIT.
FURSONA? BIRD????
So when I left my original account I was primarily trying to distance myself from the username, I'd made it in high school and as the time passed I finally wanted to distance myself from it, even though my 'sona hadn't been that character for a while at that point.
Silvyr was meant to just be a mascot but as much as I like the character it just never clicked with me so the username has felt. EH, but I don't want to change accounts again just to change the username, so I'll be sticking with it until some sort of way to change it is implemented but it will be different on pretty much every other site.
Anyone following me on twitter (where I'm admittedly a little more active) will have probably noticed the little gremlin trash bird that I've been doodling often. A crow gryphon! Or dragon. Or just a crow...maybe a raven idk man. I've been a corvid enthusiast for ages and as I worked on this character, it made me really happy and doodling them is very fun. I still love Tessa but have found I just don't click with her as much anymore.
Commissions hooooah
So this is something I've struggled with, I know there are people who would like larger commissions rather than the smaller ones I've been taking but I still really struggle with the majority of large projects these days. I will also admit that a major contributor was to the amount of adult oriented art was doing. I WILL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST IT and enjoy it from time to time and have no plans of permanently stopping it, but it was getting to the point where it felt like I was doing it too much. Whenever I open for standard commissions again I plan on placing more limitations specifically on adult oriented art to help mitigate this issue because I do still want to offer it.
Input here is absolutely welcome, if anyone has any suggestions on that or any other sort of styles you'd like to see.
Also about pricing. I am told that I still charge too little but I find that when I increase it and start giving quotes I get nervous and think to myself 'oh that's too much' because I'm so used to the rates I have. (I have looked at what the approximate hourly rate is, opinion still about the same) And asking does give some mixed results because the value vs quality is so subjective. But still, I'd really like to hear thoughts on my pricing-- Chibi and portrait included but I primarily refer to the more standard commission options. I think I'm most reluctant to charge for backgrounds, I included them without an additional charge at first so I could practice on them, but now that's more of a habit so I end up requesting the absolute minimum listed if a background is desired and tend to put a bit more time into them. WOOPS.
HOWEVER WITH ALL OF THAT, The next planned opening is on May 25th I will most likely still limit it to portraits and chibis, but I will try to have an additional option. MAYBE some normal commissions???? WE SHALL SEE.
LASTLY, ANTHROCON?
YEAH UH. I'm honestly still really skeptical about convention activity given the state of things. Going to be as careful as I can be but Anthrocon is very much planned. First con in...hoooo a while. Maybe meet some people :O
