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Commissions closed. And some other things to say:
5 months ago
Comm forms are closed, and i've sent messages to those who have gotten in. If you are one of the lucky few, congratulations :)
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I think I'm gonna be scrapping the standard commission types for a while. I might've made a mistake opening both forms at the same time, and having to take in so much work within a batch, I will quickly burn myself out. I've heard from artist friends of mine who would open one batch, and then take up to a year+ to finish an entire batch. And I cannot be in that position. I think having the guilt of people waiting on me and having money on the line would just add to my stress.
As of right now, I ended up not taking a ton of the standard comms out of lack of interest (I still took some) and there were too many forms on both sides to choose from. But as for the ones with the choice of creative freedom, I can feel a huge weight off of my shoulders knowing that I'm allowed to have fun with it. My work, in terms of output, is very important to me. And as much as we can pretend that Harley can do a lot of things, I can't just take comms I wouldn't be able to put all my heart into, and charge people for it. With that said, I might be shelving the standard comm forms for a while... because the creative freedom comms is the only way I can make money and keep myself sane during these times. (I currently live alone and am juggling with a lot while also pouring in so much of my mental work into making art, I need all the shortcuts I can get)
I apologize for the inconvenience this may have affected to interested commissioners, I hope you guys understand that I am very protective of my artwork, the results and the quality I post. Art burnout or any hit to my sanity or emotion, can badly damage my work. At this stage in my life, I can't let that happen. (Or atleast, I can't let it happen with paid art.)
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I think I'm gonna be scrapping the standard commission types for a while. I might've made a mistake opening both forms at the same time, and having to take in so much work within a batch, I will quickly burn myself out. I've heard from artist friends of mine who would open one batch, and then take up to a year+ to finish an entire batch. And I cannot be in that position. I think having the guilt of people waiting on me and having money on the line would just add to my stress.
As of right now, I ended up not taking a ton of the standard comms out of lack of interest (I still took some) and there were too many forms on both sides to choose from. But as for the ones with the choice of creative freedom, I can feel a huge weight off of my shoulders knowing that I'm allowed to have fun with it. My work, in terms of output, is very important to me. And as much as we can pretend that Harley can do a lot of things, I can't just take comms I wouldn't be able to put all my heart into, and charge people for it. With that said, I might be shelving the standard comm forms for a while... because the creative freedom comms is the only way I can make money and keep myself sane during these times. (I currently live alone and am juggling with a lot while also pouring in so much of my mental work into making art, I need all the shortcuts I can get)
I apologize for the inconvenience this may have affected to interested commissioners, I hope you guys understand that I am very protective of my artwork, the results and the quality I post. Art burnout or any hit to my sanity or emotion, can badly damage my work. At this stage in my life, I can't let that happen. (Or atleast, I can't let it happen with paid art.)
I do also wonder if limiting the responses for the comm form might also work? Might prevent multiple fun ideas from coming through, but I'd imagine that by limiting it you would get much less total possible comms to consider/review 🤔
also I would be one of those ,when i eventually commission you, I will give ya all the freedom lol
Those sound fun!