Okay so I regularly get questions about "When are you gonna be open for commissions?" and "How much do you charge for commissions?" and so on...

Well, I don't, usually. I've shied away from drawing commissions for a long time, because I tend to get overwhelmed and burnt out because I feel guilty for taking people's money and taking so long to draw their stuff. This most recent batch of commissions was an "emergency fund": I needed the money to completely replace my dead PC which was completely non-functional, leaving me with a 2GB netbook (that's hard drive space, ladies and gents) and traditional media. And my markers are all dried up.

But I digress.

I got an idea about how I can handle taking commissions WITHOUT burning out, and WITHOUT feeling overly pressured. But I'm not doing it quite yet... I need to take some time to think up pricing and get some kind of system into place. I will most likely be doing this over the weekend. I'm also thinking about setting up a website so people can order prints, but that's another story entirely, maybe.

So...

Watch for a journal this weekend or shortly thereafter. I CANNOT take requests or names for a waiting list until I officially announce that I'm open, that's no fair. I don't care how long you've been waiting, I can almost guarantee someone asked me for a commission a year before you did.

I just figured I'd give adequate heads up, so no one is completely caught unaware.