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No more trades, this time I mean it
8 years ago
anybody want a peanut?
Don't commend me for that quote. I hate that movie. It was imposed on me by a hateful person. I read the book two years ago but I cannot remember if it contains that line, but I specifically think of Andre the Giant saying it, so I am quoting the film that I hate.
And so I seek not to impose. But the fact of the matter is that I, the version of me who uses the "pleistocene" fur-affinity account, have a disease that is apparently more chronic than I guessed eight years ago. I only want one thing drawn for me, and it needs to be done in a ludicrously specific fashion. Likewise, I only want to draw one thing for others. They are free to request other things, but they might not, and then hold that against me later. I can't predict that. And I might hold it against them if I draw something first but they cannot reciprocate out of fear of me being insane (that refers to a different situation than the previous sentence but I could see them ending up the same way). I don't want people to be afraid of me, it is ridiculous. I can't be the Phantom of the Opera; I can't throw fireballs and hate having stuff attached to my face. And I might get bitter/confused when other people openly draw sexually-exploitative stuff for each other and get along just fine. It just isn't going to work the way I do it, apparently. Even when both of us seem to be in on it, it probably won't work. The other person may get by on the ostensibly friendly gesture alone, but I am pedantic and will want specifics, and that is not really a fair trade, and someone will be hurt. Draw my characters any way you want, if you want, but don't give me a chance to tell you how to do it. And don't expect anything back, either, then.
And if -I- ask -you- for a trade, please, PLEASE for the love of glob remind me that I wrote this. I can tell you this, I won't forget that I did write it. There are different factions inside my mind which seek to undermine each other.
Any lingering "trades," for which I have already delivered a pleist-styled exploitative drawing, and not received anything back, congratulations, please forget about it, in the event you saw this and momentarily remembered. I think you are more than capable of doing it in a way I like, but you shouldn't need to be worried if you wanted to do it differently.
And if I gave you MONEY and you didn't give me what I paid you for, then it doesn't really matter what I say, does it? I have no leverage to make you do anything and am a garbage sub-human because I don't like real porn or zootopia or five nights under the woods or whatever this week's furry-friendly sacred cow is right? And also because you don't watch my page! Even if you forgot to stop statistically pretending you do.
I will have another underwhelming "announcement" shortly, unless I change my mind, and I hope I don't, but I remembered I had this typed up from weeks ago and figure I might as well show it first. And I am too busy to write a new one in a way that is readable at the moment.
That was supposed to prevent me from posting this, but ultimately this all has to come out. But I am not planning to delete anything. Or not much, anyway.
Thank you and good luck.
Don't commend me for that quote. I hate that movie. It was imposed on me by a hateful person. I read the book two years ago but I cannot remember if it contains that line, but I specifically think of Andre the Giant saying it, so I am quoting the film that I hate.
And so I seek not to impose. But the fact of the matter is that I, the version of me who uses the "pleistocene" fur-affinity account, have a disease that is apparently more chronic than I guessed eight years ago. I only want one thing drawn for me, and it needs to be done in a ludicrously specific fashion. Likewise, I only want to draw one thing for others. They are free to request other things, but they might not, and then hold that against me later. I can't predict that. And I might hold it against them if I draw something first but they cannot reciprocate out of fear of me being insane (that refers to a different situation than the previous sentence but I could see them ending up the same way). I don't want people to be afraid of me, it is ridiculous. I can't be the Phantom of the Opera; I can't throw fireballs and hate having stuff attached to my face. And I might get bitter/confused when other people openly draw sexually-exploitative stuff for each other and get along just fine. It just isn't going to work the way I do it, apparently. Even when both of us seem to be in on it, it probably won't work. The other person may get by on the ostensibly friendly gesture alone, but I am pedantic and will want specifics, and that is not really a fair trade, and someone will be hurt. Draw my characters any way you want, if you want, but don't give me a chance to tell you how to do it. And don't expect anything back, either, then.
And if -I- ask -you- for a trade, please, PLEASE for the love of glob remind me that I wrote this. I can tell you this, I won't forget that I did write it. There are different factions inside my mind which seek to undermine each other.
Any lingering "trades," for which I have already delivered a pleist-styled exploitative drawing, and not received anything back, congratulations, please forget about it, in the event you saw this and momentarily remembered. I think you are more than capable of doing it in a way I like, but you shouldn't need to be worried if you wanted to do it differently.
And if I gave you MONEY and you didn't give me what I paid you for, then it doesn't really matter what I say, does it? I have no leverage to make you do anything and am a garbage sub-human because I don't like real porn or zootopia or five nights under the woods or whatever this week's furry-friendly sacred cow is right? And also because you don't watch my page! Even if you forgot to stop statistically pretending you do.
I will have another underwhelming "announcement" shortly, unless I change my mind, and I hope I don't, but I remembered I had this typed up from weeks ago and figure I might as well show it first. And I am too busy to write a new one in a way that is readable at the moment.
That was supposed to prevent me from posting this, but ultimately this all has to come out. But I am not planning to delete anything. Or not much, anyway.
Thank you and good luck.
Pity they had to cancel Oklacon. Over here, it's really just too rainy except in the summer, and maybe even then.
"I only want one thing drawn for me and [it needs to be done a certain way]"
I find this to be the inherent problem with trades/commissions. Basically, one can't get what one wants. It's been quite hard for me to do this over the years. I eventually settled "i either have to use a shotgun commission approach or just spend the 10,0000 hours and learn to draw".
The part that frustrates me is, money seems to have no effect. People want money in some degree, but offering more etc or making a promise has no effect on anything they actually do.
Maybe it is harder for you than for me, perhaps you feel even more maligned and marginalized, but I have found when both parties can be honest and clear with each other, the process goes more smoothly. Whenever I have to word my request oddly because I am afraid of creeping somebody out or think they won't understand my English, I should consider not doing it at all.
Oh, hey, not a trade request, but I drew a character in something like your characteristic legs pose.. one mo... here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25056867/
I need to smooth the shading from body to leg, and... Oh I need to add a jacket or something.