Potential refunds/things going forward
9 years ago
General
Hey there,
So I've been thinking about this as of late and as necessary as it feels it also bothers me: It's no secret that I've been backed up for roughly a year now and it'll also be of no surprise that I've tried to keep my list down several times but never really got it to stick. As awesome and patient as everyone has been with me it still isn't right to keep you all waiting as long as you have and I've been having waves of anxiety over it as of late. That's why I regret to say that I'll likely be talking with my commissioners one on one about refunds. I don't know who or how many but it's something I feel I need to do. The recent sarcophagus sale did extremely well with still more interested customers wanting in on the eventual second wave of sarcophagi; so I'm currently set to make a few refunds and still manage to pay for necessities for the next month or so. I apologize to those that I do refund. I know you might have been waiting a long while for your commissioned work but I can say that this doesn't rule out ever doing them again. In fact, you might not have to wait long to commission whatever you initially got from me again. This is ultimately just so I can reduce my anxiety and pace myself a little more. That being said, I'll be talking to commissioners on my own but if you were willing to discuss a refund you can go ahead and throw me a note. Though do keep in mind that I can only refund so many at one time so some might need to wait or larger projects might need to be shrunk rather than entirely refunded.
That aside, I've been in talks with a few people about getting the patreon comic up and running again. I'll likely refrain from putting anything on patreon for roughly a month until I can figure out what I'm doing with it and to get back into the rhythm of drawing comics again. I'm aiming to have this be a short story format with weekly one page updates (Though I don't want to promise too much while it's still in the concept phase) But I will be doing some commissioned comic work in the meantime just to give people an idea of what comics from me are gonna look like.
That won't mean I'll be stopping commission work, of course. At least not for a long while if ever. I'll be focusing more on well thought out sales and trying to pace myself on a monthly basis. I'll also be getting back on saving money in case anything urgent comes up in the future just so I wont have to take on a bunch of work I can't keep up with to pay for it. All of this is in an effort to be more professional with my work. I've been doing this for over three years now so it seems only appropriate that I learn to do my job better.
Sooooo hows about something less serious to cap things off?: breath of the wild! If you follow my twitter you'll likely know that I've been pretty into it lately. I'd have to disagree with it being one of the bestest games ever forever and ever but I've still thoroughly enjoyed my time none the less. It really does feel like a modern take on the kinda gray-around-the-edges 3D zelda format that uses modern open world design ideas but uses a few new ones of it's own. Plus that gerudo outfit is so fab :v
So I've been thinking about this as of late and as necessary as it feels it also bothers me: It's no secret that I've been backed up for roughly a year now and it'll also be of no surprise that I've tried to keep my list down several times but never really got it to stick. As awesome and patient as everyone has been with me it still isn't right to keep you all waiting as long as you have and I've been having waves of anxiety over it as of late. That's why I regret to say that I'll likely be talking with my commissioners one on one about refunds. I don't know who or how many but it's something I feel I need to do. The recent sarcophagus sale did extremely well with still more interested customers wanting in on the eventual second wave of sarcophagi; so I'm currently set to make a few refunds and still manage to pay for necessities for the next month or so. I apologize to those that I do refund. I know you might have been waiting a long while for your commissioned work but I can say that this doesn't rule out ever doing them again. In fact, you might not have to wait long to commission whatever you initially got from me again. This is ultimately just so I can reduce my anxiety and pace myself a little more. That being said, I'll be talking to commissioners on my own but if you were willing to discuss a refund you can go ahead and throw me a note. Though do keep in mind that I can only refund so many at one time so some might need to wait or larger projects might need to be shrunk rather than entirely refunded.
That aside, I've been in talks with a few people about getting the patreon comic up and running again. I'll likely refrain from putting anything on patreon for roughly a month until I can figure out what I'm doing with it and to get back into the rhythm of drawing comics again. I'm aiming to have this be a short story format with weekly one page updates (Though I don't want to promise too much while it's still in the concept phase) But I will be doing some commissioned comic work in the meantime just to give people an idea of what comics from me are gonna look like.
That won't mean I'll be stopping commission work, of course. At least not for a long while if ever. I'll be focusing more on well thought out sales and trying to pace myself on a monthly basis. I'll also be getting back on saving money in case anything urgent comes up in the future just so I wont have to take on a bunch of work I can't keep up with to pay for it. All of this is in an effort to be more professional with my work. I've been doing this for over three years now so it seems only appropriate that I learn to do my job better.
Sooooo hows about something less serious to cap things off?: breath of the wild! If you follow my twitter you'll likely know that I've been pretty into it lately. I'd have to disagree with it being one of the bestest games ever forever and ever but I've still thoroughly enjoyed my time none the less. It really does feel like a modern take on the kinda gray-around-the-edges 3D zelda format that uses modern open world design ideas but uses a few new ones of it's own. Plus that gerudo outfit is so fab :v
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What if you were to do a ten minute 'sorry bro' sketch with each refund. I bet some of those speed sketches would have you go 'hmmmm...' and finish the commission after all. You know, salvage what you can, keep your professional rep up, and all that.