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My Service, My Time, My Worth
3 months ago
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This journal entry is written to display part of my workflow, and show off exactly how my time is distributed.
I have written up the primary index and guides for
caffeinatedcultist
and manage the Carrd, website, all platforms, you name it- It's likely all me. Being able to be in multiple places all at once is pretty exhausting, but I am very proud of what I do. Sometimes I burn out and need to take a day or two off, because on average I push 12-16hr shifts of total active work time. Not many would dare do what I do for this long, and keep it together. I also don't encourage it!
For now I want to focus on my commissioning breakdown, and different types of ways I take on an order. Please use this guide as a reference point. I have FA Notes turned off, but you can always reach out to me on Telegram.
In some cases, if we need to discuss more details, or come up with an idea together, then approximately ~1h. This is not a problem if we discuss this up-front and I understand we need to take more time to talk about your commission. I only ask that you remain respectful of course, and please try to schedule something with me.
I am more than happy to help when there is confusion, but when it comes to direct hand-holding, and spoon-feeding, this is where I start to draw the line. This is where I will begin to charge for my time, which is only fair. Art takes time to make, and sometimes so does the order itself. It's up to you to decide how long you'd like to spend ordering. The faster I can get you processed, the faster I can add you into the queue, and get art going. Once that's all done, post-processing occurs.
This is why I have and use, Buy Me A Coffee | here!!
I lock my pledge tiers at $1, but this wont prevent you from tipping me manually as you see fit. Upon extreme cases, I will not invoice you for your commission, until you've paid me for my time, which will be discussed before finalizing your order. In pure kindness cases, if you do believe I do a good job, and you like what I do, or simply want to throw me some coin, I always welcome it!
SelfDugGrave wrote:"Thank you to those of you who do read my little posts. I am thankful there are a handful of you who do see me and all of what I do. I apologize for the times some of you have seen me falling apart and virtually killing myself for this work, and slaving away for others who realistically don't matter. I am slowly working on building up my own self-worth and trying to better myself and practice self-care more frequently. Learning how to say "no" is one of my bigger challenges, but thanks to you (you know who you are) your help is truly taking root in me and I think with time things will be better."
Coordination Cultist
90% of what I do is writing. The rest is fixing things, taking orders, and networking. All of what I do is entirely for free. See all those posts, and the alt-text? The descriptions, the cross-linking? Tags? All of that is sort of my bread and butter. I don't rely on or trust automation tools, like Postybirb (although I understand how it could be helpful) it's just not for me. I personally prefer to be upset at myself than a tool if something goes wrong. This way I can correct by hand, in the same way everything else is written and done. I build all my own templates, and keep everything organized both digitally and physically to help me stay on top of everything I manage and coordinate.I have written up the primary index and guides for
caffeinatedcultistand manage the Carrd, website, all platforms, you name it- It's likely all me. Being able to be in multiple places all at once is pretty exhausting, but I am very proud of what I do. Sometimes I burn out and need to take a day or two off, because on average I push 12-16hr shifts of total active work time. Not many would dare do what I do for this long, and keep it together. I also don't encourage it!
For now I want to focus on my commissioning breakdown, and different types of ways I take on an order. Please use this guide as a reference point. I have FA Notes turned off, but you can always reach out to me on Telegram.
The Ideal Process
If the original instructions are followed, this should only take about ~15-25m max.Active Discussion
In some cases, if we need to discuss more details, or come up with an idea together, then approximately ~1h. This is not a problem if we discuss this up-front and I understand we need to take more time to talk about your commission. I only ask that you remain respectful of course, and please try to schedule something with me.
Extreme Cases
Extreme cases, require me to spend over 1h, and sometimes even days to weeks to not only take the order, but process it beyond my control. This is due to several factors; Redirecting to the TOS, answering questions, repeating commissioning instructions, offering quotes, providing other information regarding rendering, canvas size, or even TAT and total estimated time for the commission.I am more than happy to help when there is confusion, but when it comes to direct hand-holding, and spoon-feeding, this is where I start to draw the line. This is where I will begin to charge for my time, which is only fair. Art takes time to make, and sometimes so does the order itself. It's up to you to decide how long you'd like to spend ordering. The faster I can get you processed, the faster I can add you into the queue, and get art going. Once that's all done, post-processing occurs.
This is why I have and use, Buy Me A Coffee | here!!
I lock my pledge tiers at $1, but this wont prevent you from tipping me manually as you see fit. Upon extreme cases, I will not invoice you for your commission, until you've paid me for my time, which will be discussed before finalizing your order. In pure kindness cases, if you do believe I do a good job, and you like what I do, or simply want to throw me some coin, I always welcome it!
SelfDugGrave wrote:"Thank you to those of you who do read my little posts. I am thankful there are a handful of you who do see me and all of what I do. I apologize for the times some of you have seen me falling apart and virtually killing myself for this work, and slaving away for others who realistically don't matter. I am slowly working on building up my own self-worth and trying to better myself and practice self-care more frequently. Learning how to say "no" is one of my bigger challenges, but thanks to you (you know who you are) your help is truly taking root in me and I think with time things will be better."
Maybe a tip percentage on the comm itself as optional for your service? But that might also make some people embarrassed for not wanting to pay. I don’t know!
I think what I’m trying to say is that is really cool to see how much effort you put into that and I also feel like if every artist (or the ones like me bahahah) had someone like you to work for them, even if for a fixed money amount, it would be way less harder. So what you do it’s REALLY cool. Super awesome.