Misc. Journal
a year ago
General
I modified my commission prices. I'm flirting with the idea of resuming them eventually.
Fact is, I need reliable (ish) money sometimes. And while I will eventually get SSI and my settlement, the limbo is killing me.
Here is the new price guide I would be using for future commissions.
As of now I am not open for coms. I haven't decided yet. Art, even my vent works feel so laborious to do. I lost my biggest fan. My biggest supporter.
I lost someone who loved my worst work just as much as my best work, and yet knew how to motivate me to make the best art I can.
Flickie wasn't artistically motivated on his own but he was very much hyped about what I could do. Every piece of art I made during our 20 year story was touched by his influence in some way. It's because of him i switched to digital art in the first place. He research everything I now use like an old pro, and told me that this stuff would be good for my style.
I was initially extremely skeptical. And digital art is a steep learning curve. Although yes, far more forgiving than traditional art. But he pushed me to keep trying. He told me my art looked the way I wanted it to. That the things I drew still made sense.
He fed me ideas. He wanted to see me make things he'd dream up. But he also loved seeing where my mind wanders to.
Do you understand what it feels like to want to draw the person you love so much on a daily basis? I couldn't want to start my next picture of Flickie. I love him and this is my ability to communicate this.
To lose my muse... That was a crippling blow.
Fact is, I need reliable (ish) money sometimes. And while I will eventually get SSI and my settlement, the limbo is killing me.
Here is the new price guide I would be using for future commissions.
As of now I am not open for coms. I haven't decided yet. Art, even my vent works feel so laborious to do. I lost my biggest fan. My biggest supporter.
I lost someone who loved my worst work just as much as my best work, and yet knew how to motivate me to make the best art I can.
Flickie wasn't artistically motivated on his own but he was very much hyped about what I could do. Every piece of art I made during our 20 year story was touched by his influence in some way. It's because of him i switched to digital art in the first place. He research everything I now use like an old pro, and told me that this stuff would be good for my style.
I was initially extremely skeptical. And digital art is a steep learning curve. Although yes, far more forgiving than traditional art. But he pushed me to keep trying. He told me my art looked the way I wanted it to. That the things I drew still made sense.
He fed me ideas. He wanted to see me make things he'd dream up. But he also loved seeing where my mind wanders to.
Do you understand what it feels like to want to draw the person you love so much on a daily basis? I couldn't want to start my next picture of Flickie. I love him and this is my ability to communicate this.
To lose my muse... That was a crippling blow.
JackofMinds
~jackofminds
*Hugs* I can't even imagine going through that. I really wish there was something I could do to help.
Catt
~catt
OP
Aww. Thank you. I swear this whole ordeal is aging me. All my physical problems pretty much worsened in unison. Thankfully it doesn't really get in the way of what I want to do unless my back hurts. Then drawing becomes challenging.
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