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*smack* Get a Hold of Yourself, LN!
13 years ago
So three individuals in the last 24 hours independently mentioned they were getting a little concerned that I've been getting a little carried away lately. You may have noticed productivity's at an all time high! Well, that's because I have been arting non-stop during all my free time XD There have been a flood of great art opportunities lately. While drawing them all is probably great practice and has been plenty of fun, it's also been causing me to neglect my social responsibilities, sleep, and kinda starting to burn me out!
So this is more a note to myself than to you guys, but it's worth broadcasting: I have GOT to learn to say "No" more often. There is an endless sea of great ideas out there and I wish I could draw every one of them. I want to draw every one of them! But the sad fact is, at 8-20 hours a picture, I can't come even close :( My brain keeps throwing that logic aside though and before I know it I say "Cool idea, sure!" and end up with a queue of commitments a mile long!
Fundamentally I need to come up with a fair, structured and limited policy toward doing art for others, not just to be clearer to you guys about how to get art from me, but also to restrict myself from committing to more than I can handle. I will try to come up with something solid - likely lottery-based - for the new year, but for now, just to be clear, I am:
-CLOSED for requests
-CLOSED for commissions
Not that I've ever really been open for either per se, but somehow they keep weaseling their way in x_x I'll wrap up the current queue I've got and then hopefully retain the self restraint to take a break for a little, refresh and unwind.
So if you ask for art and I cannot accept, please don't be offended! I get the feeling there are a lot of folks out there now who would like art from me, and I'm flattered immensely! But I'm just not in a position to make it happen right now. Likewise - and this is not targeted at anyone in particular - I respectfully ask, please don't be an enabler and persuade me into saying yes XD Similarly if I express interest in an idea, this does not mean yes!!! I absolutely hate to let anyone down, but may have to learn to if I am going to take back some measure of control of my free time. Thanks everyone for your understanding!
In other news,
lunacatta is doing "Binding of Isaac" style icons like this one - she's taking commissions for those if anyone's interested!
So this is more a note to myself than to you guys, but it's worth broadcasting: I have GOT to learn to say "No" more often. There is an endless sea of great ideas out there and I wish I could draw every one of them. I want to draw every one of them! But the sad fact is, at 8-20 hours a picture, I can't come even close :( My brain keeps throwing that logic aside though and before I know it I say "Cool idea, sure!" and end up with a queue of commitments a mile long!
Fundamentally I need to come up with a fair, structured and limited policy toward doing art for others, not just to be clearer to you guys about how to get art from me, but also to restrict myself from committing to more than I can handle. I will try to come up with something solid - likely lottery-based - for the new year, but for now, just to be clear, I am:
-CLOSED for requests
-CLOSED for commissions
Not that I've ever really been open for either per se, but somehow they keep weaseling their way in x_x I'll wrap up the current queue I've got and then hopefully retain the self restraint to take a break for a little, refresh and unwind.
So if you ask for art and I cannot accept, please don't be offended! I get the feeling there are a lot of folks out there now who would like art from me, and I'm flattered immensely! But I'm just not in a position to make it happen right now. Likewise - and this is not targeted at anyone in particular - I respectfully ask, please don't be an enabler and persuade me into saying yes XD Similarly if I express interest in an idea, this does not mean yes!!! I absolutely hate to let anyone down, but may have to learn to if I am going to take back some measure of control of my free time. Thanks everyone for your understanding!
In other news,
lunacatta is doing "Binding of Isaac" style icons like this one - she's taking commissions for those if anyone's interested!
However, and this is not a mean spirited message or anything. Try to make sure that the time you free is put to things you require them to go to. The worst mistake you could do is drop things to reward yourself, only to end up gaining nothing for that. So make sure those hours are productive and go from there. :P
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Seriously, though, good idea to throttle back if yer getting burned out...
Ooops! Did *I* say that?
Anyway, good idea, don't go overboard
I just don't know how to implement it.