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My Commission Status and Dash007: A Story Of Gold
6 years ago
Good day, all,
It's been a minute, hasn't it?
I thought I should update folk on my commission status and, also, share a very positive story with you all.
Recently, I got a note from
Dash007 asking me about my commission status. This young fan is fairly new to such things but had already researched my rates and had a solid idea in mind of what he wanted.
It was more than I could really do at this time.
But you know how "Artists Beware" works, right? Well, Dash007 deserves the exact opposite: "Fans Applaud".
This gracious furry was certainly disappointed that I could not take his commission at the moment but he completely understood. He was polite, professional, and a very kindly dude. Fellow writers and artists: he is an honorable person who approaches commissions with a mature understanding of how they work. He will respect you!
At a time when we hear horror stories about entitled or obsessed fans, I thought I should share this piece of gold ... that there are some really great folk out there in our community: folk whom I look forward to working for, doing a commission, at some point in the future.
As for my commission status, I've not posted much, recently.
I started work on a series of stories, several of which are finished and about twice as many are still in-progress. It's a series of super-heroic adventures and I'm looking to get them published, perhaps as part of an anthology. This is, mostly, what's been taking up my time. I have also been continuing to flesh out one of my fantasy world of Talvali/Skylands and build it in Pathfinder 1st Edition's system, perhaps for sale as well. These two projects have been taking up most of my time and are, largely, why I turn down most long-form commissions, these days.
Besides that, I suffer from both anxiety and depression. I'm 51 years old as I write this; two-thirds of a year from 52, to be precise. I'm not in very good shape, physically, and have felt very tired for a long, long time. I've lost jobs in the past and been lucky to stay employed through the recent Great Recession although, looking ahead, I worry about that. These days, I'm doing front-end XHTML, jQuery/JavaScript, and CSS coding for a retail space. I honestly don't have any interest in learning more languages, either. As I said before: I'm tired. The depression and anxiety certainly don't help. I'm on meds for those (as well as asthma, allergies, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and a lot of other fat-guy ailments) but I still have very little drive. It's hard to work on my stories and gaming projects as it is.
This is not an excuse but it is an explanation of why I really can't take many commissions unless they really spark my interest: something that's not happened in a very long time, now. And, even then, I wouldn't take one unless it was very short: under 1,000 words. This would be something I feel I could do for the commissioner without leaving them in the lurch. (I'm not speedy.)
So, to bring this back around to the positive side of things, Dash007 really made my day even though I couldn't fulfill his request. He was respectful and positive: a really solid, good fur!
Everyone: try to be more like him!
And, for those who want to follow me on various places, here are where I post most stuff:
Twitter - Sylvan_Scott
Dreamwidth - Joshuwain
See you guys, later!
Keep in touch ... I'd like to remain one of those venerable grey-muzzles who helps out the newcomers to our fandom while still staying fresh within and because of it!
And, again: thank you to Dash007! You helped make this old fur feel respected!
Blessed Be,
Sylvan Scott
It's been a minute, hasn't it?
I thought I should update folk on my commission status and, also, share a very positive story with you all.
Recently, I got a note from
Dash007 asking me about my commission status. This young fan is fairly new to such things but had already researched my rates and had a solid idea in mind of what he wanted.It was more than I could really do at this time.
But you know how "Artists Beware" works, right? Well,
Dash007 deserves the exact opposite: "Fans Applaud".This gracious furry was certainly disappointed that I could not take his commission at the moment but he completely understood. He was polite, professional, and a very kindly dude. Fellow writers and artists: he is an honorable person who approaches commissions with a mature understanding of how they work. He will respect you!
At a time when we hear horror stories about entitled or obsessed fans, I thought I should share this piece of gold ... that there are some really great folk out there in our community: folk whom I look forward to working for, doing a commission, at some point in the future.
As for my commission status, I've not posted much, recently.
I started work on a series of stories, several of which are finished and about twice as many are still in-progress. It's a series of super-heroic adventures and I'm looking to get them published, perhaps as part of an anthology. This is, mostly, what's been taking up my time. I have also been continuing to flesh out one of my fantasy world of Talvali/Skylands and build it in Pathfinder 1st Edition's system, perhaps for sale as well. These two projects have been taking up most of my time and are, largely, why I turn down most long-form commissions, these days.
Besides that, I suffer from both anxiety and depression. I'm 51 years old as I write this; two-thirds of a year from 52, to be precise. I'm not in very good shape, physically, and have felt very tired for a long, long time. I've lost jobs in the past and been lucky to stay employed through the recent Great Recession although, looking ahead, I worry about that. These days, I'm doing front-end XHTML, jQuery/JavaScript, and CSS coding for a retail space. I honestly don't have any interest in learning more languages, either. As I said before: I'm tired. The depression and anxiety certainly don't help. I'm on meds for those (as well as asthma, allergies, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and a lot of other fat-guy ailments) but I still have very little drive. It's hard to work on my stories and gaming projects as it is.
This is not an excuse but it is an explanation of why I really can't take many commissions unless they really spark my interest: something that's not happened in a very long time, now. And, even then, I wouldn't take one unless it was very short: under 1,000 words. This would be something I feel I could do for the commissioner without leaving them in the lurch. (I'm not speedy.)
So, to bring this back around to the positive side of things,
Dash007 really made my day even though I couldn't fulfill his request. He was respectful and positive: a really solid, good fur!Everyone: try to be more like him!
And, for those who want to follow me on various places, here are where I post most stuff:
Twitter - Sylvan_Scott
Dreamwidth - Joshuwain
See you guys, later!
Keep in touch ... I'd like to remain one of those venerable grey-muzzles who helps out the newcomers to our fandom while still staying fresh within and because of it!
And, again: thank you to
Dash007! You helped make this old fur feel respected!Blessed Be,
Sylvan Scott
