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9 years ago
***Transmission of Information Begins now...*** this month i haven't bought art much if at all, most art you will see posted this weekend was paid for prior to my financial shutdown of paying for fun stuff, artwork (commissioning others, adding to the adopt pile, etc), streaming services (hulu, funimation), games (ffxiv)
Honestly i still have $180.24 in rent I need to come up with, have about $400 other bills to pay not including my start of the month fios bill and cell (4145+65 respectively) My paycheck maxes at $414 after taxes this thurs so... No clue what I am doing since I stopped all things that wasn't food.
I do budget funds and normally I wouldn't be so badly hit, but since my SSI (disability) is disappearing due to my oh so better income from work (ya 828 a month is enough to live on in NY.... not when rent is $360 of that >.< ) and my back is getting more and more hell pained that i resort to taxi rides if i can or an hour walk that is so crippled that old ladies with canes can out pace me.
The doo dah parade tho fun did kill me as my back really decided to be bad this year, normally what i did (carry a lightweight banner for a mile at hell fast pace not in suit) should not have crippled me but it did >.< I did more carrying of that banner at the st patrick's day for all parade and I was fine...
My back locks up, low back pain that creeps up and down the initial area and later travels onto my ab muscles in the front. Usually ending in a full out lock up of all muscles and me being unable to move :(
Aleeve can help but it takes easily 1hr to activate and can not be used proactively (before doing pain activity like walking, I have to be in bad enough pain to see a result)
Nutrition is part of the issue but it's not the only bit and I have no clue how to get help from doctor in this. I need supermarket rides to the store at least once of month, 2x is better. I can make good meals usually from it but those have been scarce the 3 good supermarkets by me all closed up (2 from the A&P bankruptcy and no other store took up these stores) and the freeport stop and shop closed up. My options if my back is up to it is a pair of compare foods, but they are only good for meals made that day or so, the food goes bad if left more than 3 days in the fridge... I bought milk with a sell by date of 4/26/16 and on 4/20/16 the stuff was rancid.... visually and smell wise and my fridge was closed and working good....
Some people go well take a taxi, well the price to the nearest good supermarket (15-30$ one way) is more than the price to get to work 10$ one way... they too add up beyond my budget plus they charge per bag placed in taxi... 50c each
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some people love comments on things or favs or both, some don't
if something looks really cool and if i had the funds to buy but can't, i notice some take that negatively.... why? just cause i can't get now don't mean i can't later when i has funds...
some artist i watch have lovely work, choose to make art their sole income and price things at a living wage, which while nice, does price it out of range of most people whom make less than that. Some i can't comment on anything at all usually because it's degrading or insulting to say "i'd love to have but can't afford it" but some make me want to comment because they then make begging journals for toys or animals and things that seriously if you can't feed yourself, why beg funds in form of overpriced commissions for things you can't truly upkeep if you having issues feeding self and keeping up rent?
now I can say the above statement is NOT a single watcher of this account that i follow back.
This journal isn't asking for money or help, just stating facts as they be. I have 1 outstanding commission debt to worry about but as it's not scheduled nor should be anytime soon as there is a paid one waiting for scheduling and completion.
Adopt Talk
If an adopt concept sparks my interest I might say I like the concept, If it's financially plausible to do I might buy one, but I notice a lot of adopts by many people that are designed so intricately they really need more than 1 view. For such content makers if you going to sell a creature, my advice to you is sell something that shows more than 1 shot if it's got lines and things going around the back or interesting shapes and etc
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Art of 1 pose Adopts
I rarely give these to people to do art of, unless all you need to know really is staring you in the face. Usually these are feral creatures that show you their face in detail. Take Driggorclaw for example whom isn't an adopt but is a 1 pose ref, He is a Jaegertinger - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17927287/ . Is there info missing, yes, the skull that protects his 3rd eye, Is it needed to draw him? Unless it's showing that, no. You can see how the few stripes go, you see where his black mane ends, you see what is fluffy and what is not as fluffy. It works as a ref on it's own. If I asked from him to be anthro'd then um ya you could charge for that since that would take some reworking of bones to do (but I wouldn't ask for this)
Adopts that need more info I will go to creator and ask for a clearer ref before I get art of them :)
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Shaded refs
I always ask ref files be unshaded, why? to stop the confusion some artist have of knowing what is marking and what is shaded.
If I use/give a shaded ref, I will warn the artist the ref IS SHADED. Some adopts end up shaded. I will often ask for a flat version or pay for one later for more use.
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SPR submissions
most are flat colored but due to nature of creature especially the slime ones... they appear shaded or they might just need a better sheet.
Take outputt's entry of the guardian lion/ foo dog: Ubiquity
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17710271/ this is mostly flat but as the creature is running there is some motion blur of the back end of it. It has an intricate back pattern, so once I have the funds = to the GBP it will have a clear ref sheet showing what is needed to draw it.
That said I was able to get a half mask of it as the face is clear, I have no issue giving this for say a headshot or icon.
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Enough random talking for now i has work to do (am at work)
peace be
flykat / demillion
Honestly i still have $180.24 in rent I need to come up with, have about $400 other bills to pay not including my start of the month fios bill and cell (4145+65 respectively) My paycheck maxes at $414 after taxes this thurs so... No clue what I am doing since I stopped all things that wasn't food.
I do budget funds and normally I wouldn't be so badly hit, but since my SSI (disability) is disappearing due to my oh so better income from work (ya 828 a month is enough to live on in NY.... not when rent is $360 of that >.< ) and my back is getting more and more hell pained that i resort to taxi rides if i can or an hour walk that is so crippled that old ladies with canes can out pace me.
The doo dah parade tho fun did kill me as my back really decided to be bad this year, normally what i did (carry a lightweight banner for a mile at hell fast pace not in suit) should not have crippled me but it did >.< I did more carrying of that banner at the st patrick's day for all parade and I was fine...
My back locks up, low back pain that creeps up and down the initial area and later travels onto my ab muscles in the front. Usually ending in a full out lock up of all muscles and me being unable to move :(
Aleeve can help but it takes easily 1hr to activate and can not be used proactively (before doing pain activity like walking, I have to be in bad enough pain to see a result)
Nutrition is part of the issue but it's not the only bit and I have no clue how to get help from doctor in this. I need supermarket rides to the store at least once of month, 2x is better. I can make good meals usually from it but those have been scarce the 3 good supermarkets by me all closed up (2 from the A&P bankruptcy and no other store took up these stores) and the freeport stop and shop closed up. My options if my back is up to it is a pair of compare foods, but they are only good for meals made that day or so, the food goes bad if left more than 3 days in the fridge... I bought milk with a sell by date of 4/26/16 and on 4/20/16 the stuff was rancid.... visually and smell wise and my fridge was closed and working good....
Some people go well take a taxi, well the price to the nearest good supermarket (15-30$ one way) is more than the price to get to work 10$ one way... they too add up beyond my budget plus they charge per bag placed in taxi... 50c each
---
some people love comments on things or favs or both, some don't
if something looks really cool and if i had the funds to buy but can't, i notice some take that negatively.... why? just cause i can't get now don't mean i can't later when i has funds...
some artist i watch have lovely work, choose to make art their sole income and price things at a living wage, which while nice, does price it out of range of most people whom make less than that. Some i can't comment on anything at all usually because it's degrading or insulting to say "i'd love to have but can't afford it" but some make me want to comment because they then make begging journals for toys or animals and things that seriously if you can't feed yourself, why beg funds in form of overpriced commissions for things you can't truly upkeep if you having issues feeding self and keeping up rent?
now I can say the above statement is NOT a single watcher of this account that i follow back.
This journal isn't asking for money or help, just stating facts as they be. I have 1 outstanding commission debt to worry about but as it's not scheduled nor should be anytime soon as there is a paid one waiting for scheduling and completion.
Adopt Talk
If an adopt concept sparks my interest I might say I like the concept, If it's financially plausible to do I might buy one, but I notice a lot of adopts by many people that are designed so intricately they really need more than 1 view. For such content makers if you going to sell a creature, my advice to you is sell something that shows more than 1 shot if it's got lines and things going around the back or interesting shapes and etc
----
Art of 1 pose Adopts
I rarely give these to people to do art of, unless all you need to know really is staring you in the face. Usually these are feral creatures that show you their face in detail. Take Driggorclaw for example whom isn't an adopt but is a 1 pose ref, He is a Jaegertinger - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17927287/ . Is there info missing, yes, the skull that protects his 3rd eye, Is it needed to draw him? Unless it's showing that, no. You can see how the few stripes go, you see where his black mane ends, you see what is fluffy and what is not as fluffy. It works as a ref on it's own. If I asked from him to be anthro'd then um ya you could charge for that since that would take some reworking of bones to do (but I wouldn't ask for this)
Adopts that need more info I will go to creator and ask for a clearer ref before I get art of them :)
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Shaded refs
I always ask ref files be unshaded, why? to stop the confusion some artist have of knowing what is marking and what is shaded.
If I use/give a shaded ref, I will warn the artist the ref IS SHADED. Some adopts end up shaded. I will often ask for a flat version or pay for one later for more use.
---
SPR submissions
most are flat colored but due to nature of creature especially the slime ones... they appear shaded or they might just need a better sheet.
Take outputt's entry of the guardian lion/ foo dog: Ubiquity
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17710271/ this is mostly flat but as the creature is running there is some motion blur of the back end of it. It has an intricate back pattern, so once I have the funds = to the GBP it will have a clear ref sheet showing what is needed to draw it.
That said I was able to get a half mask of it as the face is clear, I have no issue giving this for say a headshot or icon.
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Enough random talking for now i has work to do (am at work)
peace be
flykat / demillion
Considering my day job, I get to see a lot of people in tough financial situations, and our disability/social security system often feels like it's better designed to punish those few people that are cheating the system than helping those that actually need it. :|
I'd like to leave the statements about some artists that seem to run commissions to finance things that seem a little frivolous (i.e. toys, animals, fursuits, etc.) and seem to do it fairly frequently, but I really can't help myself. I know a few artists that do/did this on a regular basis, and some of them were even those in the category of artists that are trying to make a living on this and/or were essentially homeless. And I would see these posts and I'd be "you can't feed yourself, you're about to have to give refunds for uncompleted work, you've borrowed from your friends, and you're offering commissions so you can buy that? Really?". And while a lot of that is a reflection on our different levels of maturity, there's also that little part of me that's going - "Their life is kinda crap and they're just saying they'd like this one nice thing and they're willing to work for it. Is that really a bad thing?"(response "But they could use it to pay their bills...")
It became especially difficult two years ago, when I had my hours cut at work and I opened for commissions to help meet some of my living expenses. Seeing those journals just really rubbed me the wrong way at the time (and they still do to a lesser extent). Of course, it took over a year for anyone to get around to commissioning me, and by that point my situation had changed some. Also, I'm a hobbyist, and not actually trying to make a living off my art, so I'm not really in the same boat as someone who is. blah blah blah - ramble.
But the reason I was responding to this in the first place: Thank you for your comments and faves. I know I whine fairly regularly about that sort of stuff, but you've always made me feel that someone appreciates my work, and that means a lot to me. So, thank you.
and no you definitely not one of the few i was talking about :)
it's 1 thing to take about issues and such, and to update folks, even the occasional rant is ok and ya asking for nice things is cool but the main person i wrote about does all of the above every single day and the cheapest commission for 75$ sketch that isn't even worthy of that title.... and they aren't a popufur name either