I'm back, I need all my clients to read this please.
6 years ago
General
Hey there, so you guys might of noticed I deactivated a few days ago. It's a long story but basically I deactivated during a real bad depressive episode I was having after I met up with a therapist I was reaching out to as a first step to getting some help around here. It didn't go too well, and basically made my condition and suicidal ideations I was already having, worse. So I found myself closing myself off completely from everyone to be in complete isolation. Friends, family, the internet...literally everyone.
I drafted a statement regarding what happened that you can read here: https://tinyurl.com/yxwbny68
There was a bit of an uproar on twitter about my disappearance that was really... uh.. jarring to come back home to after I had come back from going to a few CRCs nearby me to get some help. Due to this uproar I ultimately decided that it would be in my best interests for my health, and for the sake of my clients that I keep in waiting for long periods of time while I'm fighting my mental health issues that I should just issue refunds via adopts. I explained all that in the document if you'd like to read my reasoning in full. But it's just gotten to a point where I just can't keep jeopardizing my health any longer. I make money faster with adopts/bases than I produce individual pieces of art that I pour a lot of my time into, and a lot of that time is affected by my disorders I was diagnosed with recently that I didn't even know I had until I saw a psychiatrist recently for medication.
So I need all my clients reading this that I did not personally reach out to recently, to fill out this form for your refund. I'm really sorry it's come to this, and I know for most of you it's highly disappointing: https://tinyurl.com/y3d4vt8p
So far I only have 25/96 of the people on my refund list that I pulled from the full list of owed work that have filled out the refund form. I'm keeping 25 clients I personally picked to keep the art for due to personal reasoning. Most are friends that keep up with me personally to understand why my art outcome might be affected and don't mind waiting with zero pressure. I wanted to keep it to a strict number of 25 since I personally know that it's something I can handle once all my refunds have been dealt with.
After I have tackled my overdue rent for March, rent for April and funds for bills, I will be dedicating April to dishing out as many adopts as possible to start hacking away at these refunds. It'll be no different than how I managed to get the funds I needed for moving and my car last year, so I'm pretty confident I can make this happen to get my queue cleared once and for all.
If you know someone I owe work to, and they've lost touch with me, I urge you to share this and help me get the word out that I'd like to refund everyone I owe something to. No matter how long ago it may have been, I just want to get this all cleared up.
I drafted a statement regarding what happened that you can read here: https://tinyurl.com/yxwbny68
There was a bit of an uproar on twitter about my disappearance that was really... uh.. jarring to come back home to after I had come back from going to a few CRCs nearby me to get some help. Due to this uproar I ultimately decided that it would be in my best interests for my health, and for the sake of my clients that I keep in waiting for long periods of time while I'm fighting my mental health issues that I should just issue refunds via adopts. I explained all that in the document if you'd like to read my reasoning in full. But it's just gotten to a point where I just can't keep jeopardizing my health any longer. I make money faster with adopts/bases than I produce individual pieces of art that I pour a lot of my time into, and a lot of that time is affected by my disorders I was diagnosed with recently that I didn't even know I had until I saw a psychiatrist recently for medication.
So I need all my clients reading this that I did not personally reach out to recently, to fill out this form for your refund. I'm really sorry it's come to this, and I know for most of you it's highly disappointing: https://tinyurl.com/y3d4vt8p
So far I only have 25/96 of the people on my refund list that I pulled from the full list of owed work that have filled out the refund form. I'm keeping 25 clients I personally picked to keep the art for due to personal reasoning. Most are friends that keep up with me personally to understand why my art outcome might be affected and don't mind waiting with zero pressure. I wanted to keep it to a strict number of 25 since I personally know that it's something I can handle once all my refunds have been dealt with.
After I have tackled my overdue rent for March, rent for April and funds for bills, I will be dedicating April to dishing out as many adopts as possible to start hacking away at these refunds. It'll be no different than how I managed to get the funds I needed for moving and my car last year, so I'm pretty confident I can make this happen to get my queue cleared once and for all.
If you know someone I owe work to, and they've lost touch with me, I urge you to share this and help me get the word out that I'd like to refund everyone I owe something to. No matter how long ago it may have been, I just want to get this all cleared up.
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Good luck! :D
I wish you the best of luck in this endeavor.
I'm glad you reached out for help, and I'm glad that you did finally find someone that's working with you. I really hope they can help you get to a better place. Please take all the time you need for recovery. It's a long process but it's worth it.
You had some problems, things happened.... but.. You're on the mend now.
Now? Things'll keep going up =) You're getting back on top of stuff and that's commendable. I hope you keep that momentum up and achieve those goals you set <3.
Well, except for all the artists who aren't that we never notice. Maybe it's this furry shit, I know I'm pretty much a walking carcinogen I'm so cancerous.
Anyway, good to see you back and not dead or retiring.... Unless you retire next journal, in which case FUCK! Why does everyone I love quit!
I figured if I do ever decide to take on something custom that I would just auction off one slot every now and then when I'm in the mood. That way people can set the price they want via bids.
I will be seconding Seconding filthy here, I think because of how well-known you are in this fandom it's time to charge high hundreds or well into the thousands as Miles-DF has done for just adopts. Your adopts is what you've delivered well as of yet and in a timely manner including the bases. Stick to those and ditch the custom commissions for good knowing that isn't within your realm.
I do believe if you charge in the high hundreds and low thousands with still keeping high demand you will flourish in making sales, will produce less work with less stress on you and your health.
I'm hoping that you get the help you need to be the best you possible. You deserve to be able to take care of yourself.
Sending vibes for nothing but the greatest success and the utmost patience and understanding from people while you work on things.
Please take care of yourself