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Commissions reopening, as promised & why it took so long:
8 years ago
Glitch here!
Firstly, I'd like to announce that commissions are reopening! As our new policies state, I will typically be accepting only one active commission at a time, then completing it before moving to the next. This means only one person will have been invoiced for payment at a time, which is done as an effort to avoid creating a queue or a backlog--I have enough backlog already.
Orders that have been submitted but not chosen as the current actively-worked-on commission will be stored and kept, and the submitters of those orders will be informed that I will contact them when their order is up to be the next active commission! The commissioner will not be invoiced for payment until they agree to the price quote offered at that time, thereby relieving them of the stress of being queued and waiting on a prepaid order while others are still ahead of them in line.
The price catalog hasn't changed too much; commission types have been cut down from the morass that they were before and simplified into only four (4) tiers. Mostly because nobody really ordered the other options, anyway. Sketch and Lineart tiers were combined into the "Light" tier, due to the fact that the quality of my sketches has become essentially equal to that of my lineart, so pricing them separately became a bit silly. The price of a Full Render (now simply called "Full") has also increased slightly, due to it being too low to justify the time I have to put into a work of that tier.
To learn more about our updated policies, please look through the information linked below, and please please submit some order forms! I'm eager to get back to work after the events I will relate below the links here...
Glitchworks Commission Prices Catalog
Glitchworks Content Preferences and Restrictions
Glitchworks Guidelines and Terms of Service
Glitchworks Art Commission Order Form
We also have a Ko-fi for accepting tips now, too, for anyone who wants to give: https://ko-fi.com/glitchworks
Why This Took So Long
It has been a half-month since my last journal because, the day after posting it, I got sick. The sickness worsened for three days, and at that point I finally went to the hospital--I didn't want to see a doctor because I currently have no insurance. I turned 26 this summer, so my parents' coverage stopped applying to me, and due to various personal reasons I hadn't yet been able to find a new insurance to suit my needs.
Once in the hospital, several tests were run. My white cell count was way too high and, as the CT scan revealed, this is because I had appendicitis due to a fecolith (it's gross, I know, I'm sorry) getting jammed in the opening into the appendix. Once they got me into surgery, the doctors found out something the CT scan hadn't shown: my appendix had ruptured. Worse than that, it may have been ruptured for longer than most people survive that condition, indicated by the appendix being dead and gangrenous. The doctors told us the organ was black when they found it. Apparently, my luck was that my omentum had somehow sealed down around the site, which is the only reason I didn't become fully septic.
(More grossness in this line, I apologize) The dead, ruptured appendix wasn't just spilling infection into me, either; it was spilling a large amount of stool out from my bowel. My omentum had contained that, too, but when the laparoscopic procedure was performed, the incisions and insertions broke the seal, letting all those dangerous fluids loose into my abdomen to coat my internal organs. In another rare stroke of luck, the doctors managed to actually complete the surgery and drainage laparoscopically, never needing to switch to open surgery nor install an abdominal drain. Even so, they couldn't suck all of the filth out of there, and I was left with an uncommon amount of swelling and a very queasy internal sloshing feeling around my guts rather than within them that was both painful and nauseating. I was told that it was safe to lie on my sides in the hospital, but due to that... mess inside me, I couldn't, and as an asthmatic with crooked nasal passages, I can tell you that sleeping on my back is very difficult and uncomfortable, due primarily to inhibited breathing.
I was in the hospital an entire week--most appendectomies get to go home almost immediately--and I barely slept properly the entire time. The nurse care was... sub-par, to say the least, but that's something I don't need to get into here. I applied for Medicaid through a representative while in the hospital, and I'm hoping so hard that it goes through, or else I'm stuck with some very, very ugly bills. Currently I'm looking at ~$6,000 USD, and that's just for labs, scans, and anesthesia; the bills for the surgical procedures and the hospital stay haven't arrived yet, but I'm certainly afraid of them.
I almost died, and now that I'm back on my feet (for 3 hours or less at a time, since my insides haven't totally patched themselves up yet) I'm wanting to start taking commissions again. Even if this state's Medicaid does come through for me and cover part of the cost, there will still remain a large sum to be paid, and I have to prepare for that, as well as start paying the regular bills of life again. This is going to be very hard. The fact that I nearly died still feels... strange to me. I can't fully wrap my head around it, but if I think too hard about it I just get scared that it could happen again and I might be less lucky. Not appendicitis, that's obviously off the table, but just... life suddenly seems both more fragile and more valuable. I dunno, saying this feels almost too dramatic. I'll leave it at this.
I've been at the computer for almost 12 hours now trying to get all my updated commission info in order and it has taken a toll; my abdomen is hurting pretty bad and I definitely need to lie down. But I accomplished my goal, and I am finally open for commissions again. Moreover, I admitted to myself that hey, maybe I simply can't handle a queue and that's why I fall behind. So, as I've mentioned above, no more queuing, just one order at a time. Manageable!
Thank you to anyone who took the time to read through this,
and hey: Go look at my commission info up there! Fill out an order on that Google Form! It's time for me to get back into the art business. <3
~Glitch
Firstly, I'd like to announce that commissions are reopening! As our new policies state, I will typically be accepting only one active commission at a time, then completing it before moving to the next. This means only one person will have been invoiced for payment at a time, which is done as an effort to avoid creating a queue or a backlog--I have enough backlog already.
Orders that have been submitted but not chosen as the current actively-worked-on commission will be stored and kept, and the submitters of those orders will be informed that I will contact them when their order is up to be the next active commission! The commissioner will not be invoiced for payment until they agree to the price quote offered at that time, thereby relieving them of the stress of being queued and waiting on a prepaid order while others are still ahead of them in line.
The price catalog hasn't changed too much; commission types have been cut down from the morass that they were before and simplified into only four (4) tiers. Mostly because nobody really ordered the other options, anyway. Sketch and Lineart tiers were combined into the "Light" tier, due to the fact that the quality of my sketches has become essentially equal to that of my lineart, so pricing them separately became a bit silly. The price of a Full Render (now simply called "Full") has also increased slightly, due to it being too low to justify the time I have to put into a work of that tier.
To learn more about our updated policies, please look through the information linked below, and please please submit some order forms! I'm eager to get back to work after the events I will relate below the links here...
Glitchworks Commission Prices Catalog
Glitchworks Content Preferences and Restrictions
Glitchworks Guidelines and Terms of Service
Glitchworks Art Commission Order Form
We also have a Ko-fi for accepting tips now, too, for anyone who wants to give: https://ko-fi.com/glitchworks
Why This Took So Long
It has been a half-month since my last journal because, the day after posting it, I got sick. The sickness worsened for three days, and at that point I finally went to the hospital--I didn't want to see a doctor because I currently have no insurance. I turned 26 this summer, so my parents' coverage stopped applying to me, and due to various personal reasons I hadn't yet been able to find a new insurance to suit my needs.
Once in the hospital, several tests were run. My white cell count was way too high and, as the CT scan revealed, this is because I had appendicitis due to a fecolith (it's gross, I know, I'm sorry) getting jammed in the opening into the appendix. Once they got me into surgery, the doctors found out something the CT scan hadn't shown: my appendix had ruptured. Worse than that, it may have been ruptured for longer than most people survive that condition, indicated by the appendix being dead and gangrenous. The doctors told us the organ was black when they found it. Apparently, my luck was that my omentum had somehow sealed down around the site, which is the only reason I didn't become fully septic.
(More grossness in this line, I apologize) The dead, ruptured appendix wasn't just spilling infection into me, either; it was spilling a large amount of stool out from my bowel. My omentum had contained that, too, but when the laparoscopic procedure was performed, the incisions and insertions broke the seal, letting all those dangerous fluids loose into my abdomen to coat my internal organs. In another rare stroke of luck, the doctors managed to actually complete the surgery and drainage laparoscopically, never needing to switch to open surgery nor install an abdominal drain. Even so, they couldn't suck all of the filth out of there, and I was left with an uncommon amount of swelling and a very queasy internal sloshing feeling around my guts rather than within them that was both painful and nauseating. I was told that it was safe to lie on my sides in the hospital, but due to that... mess inside me, I couldn't, and as an asthmatic with crooked nasal passages, I can tell you that sleeping on my back is very difficult and uncomfortable, due primarily to inhibited breathing.
I was in the hospital an entire week--most appendectomies get to go home almost immediately--and I barely slept properly the entire time. The nurse care was... sub-par, to say the least, but that's something I don't need to get into here. I applied for Medicaid through a representative while in the hospital, and I'm hoping so hard that it goes through, or else I'm stuck with some very, very ugly bills. Currently I'm looking at ~$6,000 USD, and that's just for labs, scans, and anesthesia; the bills for the surgical procedures and the hospital stay haven't arrived yet, but I'm certainly afraid of them.
I almost died, and now that I'm back on my feet (for 3 hours or less at a time, since my insides haven't totally patched themselves up yet) I'm wanting to start taking commissions again. Even if this state's Medicaid does come through for me and cover part of the cost, there will still remain a large sum to be paid, and I have to prepare for that, as well as start paying the regular bills of life again. This is going to be very hard. The fact that I nearly died still feels... strange to me. I can't fully wrap my head around it, but if I think too hard about it I just get scared that it could happen again and I might be less lucky. Not appendicitis, that's obviously off the table, but just... life suddenly seems both more fragile and more valuable. I dunno, saying this feels almost too dramatic. I'll leave it at this.
I've been at the computer for almost 12 hours now trying to get all my updated commission info in order and it has taken a toll; my abdomen is hurting pretty bad and I definitely need to lie down. But I accomplished my goal, and I am finally open for commissions again. Moreover, I admitted to myself that hey, maybe I simply can't handle a queue and that's why I fall behind. So, as I've mentioned above, no more queuing, just one order at a time. Manageable!
Thank you to anyone who took the time to read through this,
and hey: Go look at my commission info up there! Fill out an order on that Google Form! It's time for me to get back into the art business. <3
~Glitch
Cant wait to see it all soon again! recover well!