This will be a pretty long one.

First thing I would like to say is, I promise you that I am not going to run off with your money. As much as I can only give you my word, I would never be able to live with myself doing something like that. I've put so much into this account, this place, you wonderful people, to ever do that.
Now time to explain..

Basically, it seems to be apparent that life just does not want me to do these iron artist commissions. I had no deadline set on them, but that doesn't mean they should take this long, it's just ridiculous. I planned on working on them swiftly and having them done as they were ordered. Believe me, that was the plan. Because once September hit I knew I would be too busy to work as much on commissions as I would have liked to. First was the basement, ffffff.... then through my own negligence I let them go for too long, got back into the groove, got swamped with life, then, soon after thanksgiving, my monitor that I use for doing commissions finally crapped out. It had been buggy for a good six months before that, but it finally bit the dust. That wouldn't be a problem, if everything after that had worked out as planned. I replaced it with a large tv, since its cheaper than a computer monitor, and expecting the resolution to be better, thought problem fixed. Turns out that its widescreen, distorted and when set to normal, I just cannot work on it, almost 1/4 of my screen is gone. This new 'screen' was final sale, so I can't take it back. I've tried everything on that damn screen to make it work.
Plus I find out that my work computer is on its last legs.

My last resort was to move to a mac, the family computer. Saving all that I needed for commissions onto the web, and moving my tablet upstairs, I got prepared to install everything. As it turns out, SAI isn't compatible with mac. Didn't know that. I looked it up, and in order to install sai on the mac, I can either get some program, pirate a windows os, run the os on this program, then use sai, or pay 350 for a windows os for mac. Point blank that made me freaking hopeless. I'm broke. Dead broke. The money from the Iron Artist commissions? Car insurance, school fees, life costs. I can't return the damn tv screen either.

Yet somehow, through some strike of luck, I've found a solution. It's the best solution at this point. Basically, my family managed to get me a student license for Photoshop, CS6. For student price. Fully licensed. This solves all my problems as far as commissions go. My only problem now, is money. I've been job searching, with some promising outcomes, and am aiming to pay off my debt and bills that way. I do not plan on taking any more commissions, not for a while, if ever.
Wouldn't expect any of you to trust me enough to commission me any more anyways, which I understand.


Basically, once photoshop gets here, I'll resume and aim at getting them all done. I'm not going to run away with your money. I'm going to get them done. Then, enough with commissions. I'll find something else to do.
All iron artist commissions from this point will have to be in photoshop, which won't change the quality or style, I can assure you. Just a different program.

Why have I waited so long to explain all of this? I can't stand disappointing anyone, especially not customers. Either way, there would be disappointment. In my head, it seemed better to come to you with good news after this crapton of bad news. Obviously, didn't think that through too well. However, now that the anxiety and panic is all gone and I have good news for you, there it is. All of it.
Can't thank all of you enough for your patience. I'm so sorry for all of this, and hope I don't disappoint anymore. Can't thank my parents enough for doing something like that for me. It turned out to be the cheapest, most efficient option for all of this. And even though I can't afford it now, I can pay it off when I have the money.
Seems just in due time for thanksgiving. Your thanksgiving, anyways. Happy thanksgiving, you American neighbors of mine.


The only thing I'm not thankful for though, is the evolution of technology. Screw you Windows, screw you and your widescreen monitors, screw you for abandoning the arts market. And screw you too, mac, just because, I don't like mac. Stupid weird operating system. Damn mouse drives me crazy.

If you read all that, you get a cookie. Also, feel free to voice your concerns and objections here. I understand that I handled this terribly, but please feel free to express how you feel.