Hello everyone!

I'd like to let everyone know what's been going on the number of days before as well as my plans going forward.

First of all, the emergency commissions has successfully helped me pay rent! Thanks to everyone who had sent me the payments, the rent was paid and I have a little extra left over to help with the next bill. The process was a little rocky but it worked out in the end! :)

For the emergency comms themselves, I had to organize them for easier access; least to the best of my abilities. It's been a while since I gotten such a large batch. Right now, almost everyone paid their commissions, for those who didn't, I'll confirm it with them to see what is their status. Right now I've sketched up almost everyone's commissions and will be sending the batches to everyone for corrections and changes.

For those who wish to know the schedule in which I shall do work, I shall paste it here.

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Once all the sketches finish, the general scheduling will be like this:

Sunday - Free day
Monday - Commissions
Tuesday - Commissions
Wednesday - YCH/painted commissions/normal commissions
Thursday - Commissions
Friday - Commissions
Saturday - Free day

Commissions: These will be when I work on the emergency commissions. I'll try to do them within the order I receive them. The process, for those new to how I make the commissions, is simple: Sketch, Ink, Flat color, and shade. Once I finish the sketching phase, I send it to the commissioner for approval and to

make any major changes required or add notes on what needs to be added. Once approved, it goes to the ink phase. Once inked, it'll be showed for approval. Once approved, it'll be colored. This process repeats until the pictures are complete.

YCH/painted/normal commissions - These are commissions that I had done before the emergency commissions. I'll be doing these separately to keep things organized.

Free day - Allows me to take a break and prevent burnout. A burnt out artist can't draw, after all. :)
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I hope to finish at least one commission per day, maybe even more. Depend on how things go on any particular day. I do plan to finish every commission, hopefully before the 12th. That way, I can get ready on normal commissioning.

Speaking of which, the last week or so, I've come to terms about my prices for commissions. It started around 6 months ago or more, at least when I considered doing serious YCH stuff. People enjoyed it and it was helping me pay the bills at a reasonable price. However, almost no one wanted to get my regular commissions. I couldn't figure out why. However, instead of investigating the problem, I just stuck to YCHs because they were pulling in the most revenue. I couldn't be picky about it as I didn't have the financial safety net of a steady job. (A story for another time.) I didn't start worrying at first, as long as I get at least a YCH per week, I'd gain 2-3 people interested in a set of slots; thus, I'd fulfill my quota for my bills. It wasn't until the rapid decline people and the various happenings in real life in the last few months made me realize that the YCHs were just a bandage to the underlining problem.

The issue was the pricing compared to the quality as well as the lack of experience. When I made the price chart for my commissions, I based it off of other artists that have a similar style or quality as mine. I figured that would be the standard and the most reasonable amount. Yet when the months roll by and very few willing to bite for it, I realize the mistake I made only just a week ago. The prices I used as a base were from artists with similar styles, but all of them had a much larger fanbase. Not just the number of people they had, but the experience they had with drawings as well. You could tell their drawings had more lift and life. Hell, they could update more frequently than I could.

Long story short, I realized my art doesn't match with the prices and I'm going to reduce my prices of commissions going forward. At least until I can get better at drawing. They won't be half the amount like I did with the emergency commissions, but it'll definitely be lower than it is now. I'll have it updated sometime this week. I'll continue working on the commissions as needed. I'll keep everyone updated when I can.