Well, well, well, it's about time we did this song and dance again, eh? Gonna be lining up a pretty significant amount of hours today with no particular stipulations, now that cons and traveling are more or less (I think?) done for the year. It also helps that I'm finally over all my con crud and back to reasonable working order on a day to day basis. Without further ado, let's be on with it!

Now, ONWARDS, TO STANDARD COPY PASTED GLORY:

NOTES TO BE AWARE OF FOR THIS BATCH OF ORDERS:

Actually, this one's a little different than usual. A fellow artist I admire-- the amazing Sasha, aka  Caelansky-- is also open for hours here ( http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7836762/ ), and I wanted to give him a visibility boost while we're here. Seriously, if you're gunning for some commissions with absolutely stellar quality and AMAZING sensitivity to light and color and modeling, give him a look. And a follow. Seriously. The guy is just weeping skill out every pore and I want to color like that one day. Also, he's just fantastic to socialize with, and extremely professional. So yeah!

ALSO also, I should probably note that I WILL be opening up for a "side queue" slot list again as soon as I've organized everything here, possibly tonight or tomorrow, which will consist of 10 slots for icons and/or 2 hour portraits under the stipulation that they may be painted offline/while clients aren't present/etc. I've really missed having that short list to pad my work with recently, and think it'd be great to indulge in again. Quickies are also fantastic to keep my work fresh for one-and-dones!

PROTOCOL FOR THOSE LOOKING TO OBTAIN A SLOT:

- Successfully claim a slot when open via my journals (SPECIFY AMOUNT OF HOURS)
- Send me a note containing ALL relevant information, written and visual, of the characters in question. This includes descriptions, piece expectations/wants, and ALL absolutely “must have” elements.*
- Send payment to kdavis51[at]uco.edu via paypal WITH A NOTE ATTACHED of your FA username. If I don’t have the latter, it’s hard to tell who sent me what. Don’t be that person!* Seriously though, notes with usernames attached are SUPER ESSENTIAL to make pay identification easier, especially now that Paypal's UI looks like a crappy phone app.

*ALL NOTES AND PAYMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF A SLOT CLAIM UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE. Failure to do this will AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT your slot for that round. Please, if you cannot get me pay and information in this window, DON’T make a claim in the first place. I WILL BE ENFORCING THIS MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN I USED TO, be warned! Exceptions are to be made purely at my discretion and only with clear, prior details given as to the circumstances.


SLOTS (STANDARD):
1.  Sleet - 7 hours -
2.  Straander - 5 hours -
3.  Antediluvia - 5 hours - DONE
4.  Scyvvir - 7 hours - DONE
5.  Serandite - 4 hours (sketch upgrade!) - DONE
6.  Areyath - 3 hours (sketch upgrade!) - DONE

SPECIAL QUEUE FOR PRIOR SLOT HONORINGS: (writing these down from memory, if I missed you, just tap me please)
1.  JonathanMereis - 15 hours - DONE
2.  Redblackdragon - 10 hours -
3. Null and Ker
4. Possibly Stripe if he wants it for design stuff
5. Syd - she's paid! 5 hours. Awaiting info. (she and Abraxis also have some filthy doodle incoming)

This is however many. Like I said, y'all know who you are. Please just leave me a footnote with your hour claims in this journal when you get the chance over the next 24-ish hours if you can!

PREVIOUS QUEUE (for Han's memory purposes) OF THINGS WITH FINISH PRIORITY:
1.  Fenric - 3 hours to go on the KAHLO MUCHA (this one has priority above all others)
2.  Lionel - approx. 2.5-ish hours spent between pieces, 6.6 originally paid, still awaiting design clearance?
3.  Bast_TW Sketch PAGE complete, waiting on choice/confirmation for which to take to a speedpaint finish - 1h 40m in remaining paid credit from 8h
4.  Rooth - well sort of. Gift-ish thing. Working on this! Maybe finishing tonight?

NOTE: I know I stated this before, but for CLIENTS I HAVE =NOT= PERSONALLY PROMISED WORK, about 30 hours are openly available. Clients I HAVE promised work, your hours don't count towards my "open" ones right now, even though they are valid. I'm not even gonna try to gauge how many hours this winds up stopping at this round; I'll tackle it regardless, and am looking forward to being quite busy!

1, 2, 3, open! READY SET GO.

(-2/30-ish hours left)

AND REMEMBER, I WILL be opening up for that side queue (restricted to icons and speed-portraits at 2h) later on tonight or tomorrow if you're interested. If anyone wants to preemptively claim a slot there in this journal, I don't mind, either. Cheers, all! Happy Thursday!