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Changes in turnover, life update, situation report
9 years ago
So I'll be quick in this- life is not good.
I'm currently in a very stressful situation in which I'm not able to afford medication for my anxiety and ADD, not affording medication means not focusing well enough to complete work quickly, not completing work means not getting more work to make more money to pay for medication.
This cycle has been going on since about 3 months ago, when I first lost my insurance due to missed payment and has continued since to the point where completing comms is at a near standstill and I'm supplementing what would be medical grade amphetamines with about 7 to 10 coffees a day to keep up, which hasn't been doing wonders for my body as you can imagine.
I've consulted a few other painters and artists in the fandom that do art like I do (full color full feature paintings) and they've informed me that a "1 month turnover" is absurd, and that I should be boosting that up to a 6 month turnover so I can have a more practical queue size. As a result I've adjusted my ToS for the timeframe to get rid of the "1 month turnover" altogether and set up a trello so people can track their positions in the queue instead, that way you can gauge for yourselves where you are and how long your commission will take which (hopefully, provided you've got a shred of human sympathy in your body) can help you in some way to understand my workflow and which commissions get done first/faster.
Life troubles have driven me to not draw much at all and I've made VERY few additions to my queue in the last 2 months because of the existing comms (I don't believe in adding work when I have incomplete work no matter how desperate I am for money, I've been taught that's a terrible self destructive practice.) Still, without fail every -single- time I so much as take a $15 pizza commission I get 23 notes asking for statuses on other comms. Hopefully a trello will defuse that issue.
More news and the Trello link soon.
I'VE STARTED THE TRELLO
But I need to add more contents to it-
Here's the link for now while I dig through PSDs to render status updates:
https://trello.com/b/I7liaPoS/commissions
I'm currently in a very stressful situation in which I'm not able to afford medication for my anxiety and ADD, not affording medication means not focusing well enough to complete work quickly, not completing work means not getting more work to make more money to pay for medication.
This cycle has been going on since about 3 months ago, when I first lost my insurance due to missed payment and has continued since to the point where completing comms is at a near standstill and I'm supplementing what would be medical grade amphetamines with about 7 to 10 coffees a day to keep up, which hasn't been doing wonders for my body as you can imagine.
I've consulted a few other painters and artists in the fandom that do art like I do (full color full feature paintings) and they've informed me that a "1 month turnover" is absurd, and that I should be boosting that up to a 6 month turnover so I can have a more practical queue size. As a result I've adjusted my ToS for the timeframe to get rid of the "1 month turnover" altogether and set up a trello so people can track their positions in the queue instead, that way you can gauge for yourselves where you are and how long your commission will take which (hopefully, provided you've got a shred of human sympathy in your body) can help you in some way to understand my workflow and which commissions get done first/faster.
Life troubles have driven me to not draw much at all and I've made VERY few additions to my queue in the last 2 months because of the existing comms (I don't believe in adding work when I have incomplete work no matter how desperate I am for money, I've been taught that's a terrible self destructive practice.) Still, without fail every -single- time I so much as take a $15 pizza commission I get 23 notes asking for statuses on other comms. Hopefully a trello will defuse that issue.
More news and the Trello link soon.
I'VE STARTED THE TRELLO
But I need to add more contents to it-
Here's the link for now while I dig through PSDs to render status updates:
https://trello.com/b/I7liaPoS/commissions
Koorivlf
~koorivlf
Hopefully things turn out better soon!
Vinta
~vinta
Where can we expect to look for your Trello link once it's ready? Will it be edited into this journal? Posted on your page? Or in a new announcement journal?
CantRezHere
~cantrezhere
OP
https://trello.com/b/I7liaPoS/commissions
Vinta
~vinta
Thanks for giving it to me directly, I appreciate it. c:
CantRezHere
~cantrezhere
OP
more will be added today as I render previews
