It's been what, 7 months? Sheesh. Unac-fucking-ceptable.

First of all, thanks for the watches, faves, etc. <3

Okay, so what have I been up to?

I got a job. Full time, working for one of the largest domain/hosting companies in the world. (It's pretty effing sweet, good pay, great benefits, and I had absolutely none of the qualifiers they were looking for when I applied.) I thought that I could balance commissions and full time work, but apparently it's been a while since I've had a full time job, and I'd forgotten how that actually ends up working. My apologies. I nonetheless attempted to continue to slog through my commissions and was making (very very slow) headway, when I got a promotion at same company. Now I don't need the money and have even less time. Commissions at my prices don't make much sense when I am making $19 an hour. :(

Soooo, much as I hate to do this, I am canceling all unpaid commissions unless I've already made other arrangements with you. I am sorry it didn't work out - I wanted to work on your stuff! But goddamn, I barely have time to cook, let alone do art. I haven't done a scrap of personal art since I last posted here either. I do have a few things I have been meaning to post and I will post those soon. You may feel free to rant at me in a note if you are seriously upset at how I fail at commissions, but I am guessing that some of you have probably already written me off. I was worried about this kind of thing happening, which is why I didn't take your money too far in advance! :D

If you've paid I will be making individual arrangements - I plan on completing all of the badges for the webhosting queue because they are small and fast, I've refunded one commission already. I would be overjoyed if I can get the whole damn list cleared out before Xmas so I can start off the new year with a clean slate, but I do not hold out much hope with my current speeds.

I am trying to turn this into something positive - I will be focusing more on personal art and improving my skills in the time to come. I would like to get into more emotionally-driven pieces... I feel like my art looks nice but lacks substance.

I need to also focus on speed - part of my problem is that I have a lot of momentum in the beginning, but as the hours turn into days and weeks, I get progressively slower and it becomes a struggle to retain interest in a project. If I were faster I could maintain that power all the way through.

What this means is that I will likely in the future be focusing more on small, fast commissions instead of larger, intricate pieces (like ponies). I might take large commissions again when/if I return to the ranks of the unemployed and have free time once more.

I will not be accepting any new commissions period for quite some time until I straighten out other parts of my life. I have a new relationship in the very beginning stages and while this makes me deliriously happy in some regards, one thing it does not lead to is productivity. :) We'll see how things go come February.

So tl;dr: I fail at commissions, I will be posting more, I am not dead, work owns my ass currently.