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Hello everyone... you may have read my previous update ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/39481199 ) regarding a disaster with OneDrive, and the subsequent loss of all of my working files. My last update was I was bringing my laptop to a technician to get some professional help.
All useless. The files are forever gone.
I know this is gonna be a long read, but please bear with me, especially if you're a commissioner or patron; it's extremely important.
(I'm also linking a couple corrupted files at the end, in the hope someone can miraculously fix them)
The files I've lost are all .sai and .psd, including commissions, hundreds of concepts for future preposes and adopts, lots of fanart (including scenes from personal rps dear to me), tons of personal art and designs, all of my comic work, and even bases I had purchased from other artists. A total of 1000+ files.
The final images (.jpg and .png) are safe as far I can tell, at exception of those saved within the last 24-48h from the accident. (edit: nope...it seems I have lost half them too...yay c,: ) The P2U bases I've released so far are also safe, as they are on Dropbox (personal bases like the Baroquerie or Seraphic Bunny bases, however, are not).
So...given the situation, this is the plan: please allow me a few days to cope with this and organize myself. I know there are people out there dealing with worse losses, like all of their belongings in house fires or natural disasters (I've lost my father last year. I know how it feels a real loss.), but please understand I still need this. It's the work of almost a decade I've lost, and I know that due to my memory issues most of it is 100% gone and I'll never recover some designs or ideas. In these days, I'll also save any WIP that may be around I have, be it from my Patreon or shared with friends...hopefully I'll recover some sketches/ideas that way. It'll be probably just a few, but better than nothing...
Afterwards, I'm probably going to post an art slave auction, starting this Friday and ending on Sunday, to be an art slave for a week (the entirety of next week; SB is going to probs be €400-500). That way I can work on something fresh to keep my mind off, and get some much needed cash to cover the refunds I'll have to give.
Speaking of refunds...to my commissioners: I'll 100% have to refund anyone who had a commission in progress with me (unless a sketch WIP can be found, and the progress was no more than the sketch itself). No exceptions. I'm sorry, but if I had already started lining/coloring your commission, I don't have the mental and physical energy to start it all over...I'd really rather just refund you. I'm so sorry.
Right off the top of my head, commissioners I'm sure will have to be refunded are Cici88, TialaSakura/Leafestia, and DragonLordT. There'll be definitely more, but I need to check my list, and if any wips are salvageable first.
For those who are waiting on YCHs: they'll be most likely be completed, even if it'll take much longer. I still have the old sale previews in my galleries, so I can save them and trace over them to get the YCH bases back. In case I'm unable, you'll be refunded.
To those with which I had agreed to art trade in the recent journal: if you're still up for it, I still am! I honestly need something less stressful to work on after this, and getting some pretty art in return will heal my heart a bit ♥
About my comic, Moon's Other Side: it's officially discontinued until further notice. I have lost all of my files about it, including the storyboards of chapters 2 and 3, and lots of character designs, concepts and doodles. I feel very depressed just thinking about it, so it'll be discontinued until I have the energy to start all over with it.
Last but not least, to my $20+ patrons: I had mentioned in a recent update ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/pleas.....d-may-39354751 ) I was probably going to delete the $20/27/50 tiers at the end of August, so that in September there'd be no more art reward tiers. I'm truly sorry for the little notice, but given the current situation I'm going to delete the tiers at the end of this month instead, so that those tiers WON'T be active anymore in August. I just can't handle them right now, I'm sorry....
Please do unpledge or downpledge before August, or you'll be charged for a non-existent tier! ;w; However, for $3+ patrons I'll open exclusive patron-only commissions every month at least (and every week at most), slightly discounted from regular prices, so you'll still be able to snag art every month if you wish!
If you had chosen to stack this month, you can choose to either change idea and claim right now your monthly art, or you can pay the difference ($20 or $50) through Paypal to get the same reward as a stacked one!
And...I think that's all about the announcements I had to give to the public.
I'm still keeping the corrupted .sai and .psd files around, in case the can magically be restored some day, so...if anyone wants to tinker with them, feel absolutely free to. I'll be forever in your debt if you manage to save them ;w; (even if they're wonky/glitchy, as long as the art is recognizable it would save a lot of my ideas/sketches...)
Here's one, an in-work YCH slot for Shimoko (from this YCH: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36818897/ )
https://sta.sh/0cichipgvkn (thanks to Jaki for already tinkering some with it!! You're a sweetheart ;w; )
And this is a simpler file, should be a single layer with an idea for a future base:
https://sta.sh/01ab1upyq6zd
Thank you SO much for reading all of this...it was really uplifting reading all of your supportive comments, even if I couldn't reply to everyone, but I've read them all, tried all of your advices, and the helped me a lot staying positive ♥
My apologies in advance if I'm going to be silent/gloomy for a while...but I'll be back stronger than before, also thanks to you ♥ Bless you all ♥♥♥
All useless. The files are forever gone.
I know this is gonna be a long read, but please bear with me, especially if you're a commissioner or patron; it's extremely important.
(I'm also linking a couple corrupted files at the end, in the hope someone can miraculously fix them)
The files I've lost are all .sai and .psd, including commissions, hundreds of concepts for future preposes and adopts, lots of fanart (including scenes from personal rps dear to me), tons of personal art and designs, all of my comic work, and even bases I had purchased from other artists. A total of 1000+ files.
The final images (.jpg and .png) are safe as far I can tell, at exception of those saved within the last 24-48h from the accident. (edit: nope...it seems I have lost half them too...yay c,: ) The P2U bases I've released so far are also safe, as they are on Dropbox (personal bases like the Baroquerie or Seraphic Bunny bases, however, are not).
So...given the situation, this is the plan: please allow me a few days to cope with this and organize myself. I know there are people out there dealing with worse losses, like all of their belongings in house fires or natural disasters (I've lost my father last year. I know how it feels a real loss.), but please understand I still need this. It's the work of almost a decade I've lost, and I know that due to my memory issues most of it is 100% gone and I'll never recover some designs or ideas. In these days, I'll also save any WIP that may be around I have, be it from my Patreon or shared with friends...hopefully I'll recover some sketches/ideas that way. It'll be probably just a few, but better than nothing...
Afterwards, I'm probably going to post an art slave auction, starting this Friday and ending on Sunday, to be an art slave for a week (the entirety of next week; SB is going to probs be €400-500). That way I can work on something fresh to keep my mind off, and get some much needed cash to cover the refunds I'll have to give.
Speaking of refunds...to my commissioners: I'll 100% have to refund anyone who had a commission in progress with me (unless a sketch WIP can be found, and the progress was no more than the sketch itself). No exceptions. I'm sorry, but if I had already started lining/coloring your commission, I don't have the mental and physical energy to start it all over...I'd really rather just refund you. I'm so sorry.
Right off the top of my head, commissioners I'm sure will have to be refunded are Cici88, TialaSakura/Leafestia, and DragonLordT. There'll be definitely more, but I need to check my list, and if any wips are salvageable first.
For those who are waiting on YCHs: they'll be most likely be completed, even if it'll take much longer. I still have the old sale previews in my galleries, so I can save them and trace over them to get the YCH bases back. In case I'm unable, you'll be refunded.
To those with which I had agreed to art trade in the recent journal: if you're still up for it, I still am! I honestly need something less stressful to work on after this, and getting some pretty art in return will heal my heart a bit ♥
About my comic, Moon's Other Side: it's officially discontinued until further notice. I have lost all of my files about it, including the storyboards of chapters 2 and 3, and lots of character designs, concepts and doodles. I feel very depressed just thinking about it, so it'll be discontinued until I have the energy to start all over with it.
Last but not least, to my $20+ patrons: I had mentioned in a recent update ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/pleas.....d-may-39354751 ) I was probably going to delete the $20/27/50 tiers at the end of August, so that in September there'd be no more art reward tiers. I'm truly sorry for the little notice, but given the current situation I'm going to delete the tiers at the end of this month instead, so that those tiers WON'T be active anymore in August. I just can't handle them right now, I'm sorry....
Please do unpledge or downpledge before August, or you'll be charged for a non-existent tier! ;w; However, for $3+ patrons I'll open exclusive patron-only commissions every month at least (and every week at most), slightly discounted from regular prices, so you'll still be able to snag art every month if you wish!
If you had chosen to stack this month, you can choose to either change idea and claim right now your monthly art, or you can pay the difference ($20 or $50) through Paypal to get the same reward as a stacked one!
And...I think that's all about the announcements I had to give to the public.
I'm still keeping the corrupted .sai and .psd files around, in case the can magically be restored some day, so...if anyone wants to tinker with them, feel absolutely free to. I'll be forever in your debt if you manage to save them ;w; (even if they're wonky/glitchy, as long as the art is recognizable it would save a lot of my ideas/sketches...)
Here's one, an in-work YCH slot for Shimoko (from this YCH: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36818897/ )
https://sta.sh/0cichipgvkn (thanks to Jaki for already tinkering some with it!! You're a sweetheart ;w; )
And this is a simpler file, should be a single layer with an idea for a future base:
https://sta.sh/01ab1upyq6zd
Thank you SO much for reading all of this...it was really uplifting reading all of your supportive comments, even if I couldn't reply to everyone, but I've read them all, tried all of your advices, and the helped me a lot staying positive ♥
My apologies in advance if I'm going to be silent/gloomy for a while...but I'll be back stronger than before, also thanks to you ♥ Bless you all ♥♥♥
(I'm still down for our art trade BTW !)
I hope you will get back on your feet and find a way to manage. <3
I'm so so sorry for all your lost work. Please take as much time as you need. The loss of personal projects is a strong and harsh one, and I genuinely don't wish it on anyone. I'm sorry you have to go through it now, and I hope that with time you can rebuild.<3
I moved from OneDrive / HDD to Google Drive's paid service just because of it. I highly recommend it since... Google Sync i think its called, keeps a cloud version (in fact a shit ton of versions) of the file that you can just go back and recover.
Hugs and lots of good vibes, i know how depressing is going through that kind of situation.
Personally, I'd suggest Backblaze as a proper backup solution and maybe pCloud as sync/file distribution/storage service.
You already know I'm not worried about being refunded, also if it will help I'd totally love to do an art-trade with you to put you at ease a bit. You are strong! Heck I'll draw arts for you regardless if its art-trade because you deserve good things!
I am also trying to find people (asked my brother who is into computer things) who can help recover some of (or all) the corrupted files for you.
Keep your head up but if you need help in here with a spare hand hehe sorry, tried to make a joke to cheer you up.
Not sure as im not a pnedrive user but if it may help you.
I've had to use sata cables to rescue data before.
Sorry for this loss, really hope there's still some way.
Other than that, I’m really sorry. We can’t do much with the corrupted files ;_;
It was not your fault! :)
It was an accident and no one is angry at you!
You are still a great artist(nothing has changed)!
Just calm down and take your time with every art you make!
Have a nice day/night!
I understand how you feel since I've lost all my files too some years ago 'cause my entire pc HD was dead... I've lost eveything (photos, illustrations, school projects and also my thesis notes) and I was heartbreaking ç__ç I hope you can find a way to restore them, take your time to recover!
Please take all the time that you need~
I don’t know if you can remember specifically bases you have bought from artists but if you can prove purchase maybe they can provide you with the file again!!
I am still up for the art trade if you want dear <3 I just want you to feel better ! I'd love to make you some gift art too as soon as my health is better (recently got hand problems ><) so I cant wait to feel better and then being able to help you heal a little and feel better too !!v ;^;<3