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Blackpawstudios1 member! Hey guys, just giving you a heads up that I'm trying to get commissions out as fast as I can. I feel the need to go through a couple of things - not because they've been issues on anybody's part but my own, but mostly because my schedule is non-existent right now.
If I miss your commission - even if you've paid - you can always tell by checking my Trello. If you go through my Trello (found here https://trello.com/b/yA1co0d0/ych) and you don't see your name, remind me. Odds say that I was falling asleep and forgot to add you. If I forget to add you within 24 hours, I will probably forget until I stumble across your note and ask myself who this user was and if I finished their piece before the realization sets in.
If I'm running behind on linework or flats - this can happen. Right now I do everything by myself and I don't want to give anything to you that's sloppy. I try to warn everyone in advance that I will make base edits, but they never look as pretty as the original base. I still have some basic lineart I'm trying to straighten up and another piece that I'm struggling with placement on. Flats usually don't take much, but can take up to 12 hours if the character is really complicated.
Right now, I'm trying to keep myself at a semi-decent schedule - which usually means I try to be in bed by midnight (EST) at the latest with weekends I try to keep free (excluding Sundays 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. for babysitting). This changes depending on how busy I am, but I usually spend up to 13 hours sketching and coloring. This is a big reason for the Trello. It reminds me where I left off, who I'm behind on, and who's my top priority. Before I go to bed, I send out WIP's and organize my Trello to make sure I can remember everything in the morning.
Not really important to anyone else, but important for my own health - I have epilepsy - so I can't keep stressing myself out and running on 4 hours of sleep to try and get pieces done in 3 days like I was. I can't run the risk of having a seizure at my desk, cracking my head open, and being hospitalized - so stressing out about trying to get a piece done in 24-72 hours is something I have to stop doing. Meaning moving forward, pieces may take a little bit longer to complete - both for my health and to prevent any form of burn-out.
Nobody's been pressuring me, but I realized that I've forgotten someone, been slower on pieces, and generally been quieter than usual and felt the need to explain why. I'll get as many WIP's out tomorrow as I can, I try to finish any linework first and then flats and send everything out as a group.
And as a friendly reminder - I keep WIP's on hold pending feedback until I hear back from you. So if I don't hear back from you for a month, your piece will be on hold for that amount of time. I will send you a reminder each week, but until I hear back, any WIP's I send will be on hold pending feedback.
Thank you for taking time to read this. I hope you can understand and put up with me as everything in my schedule adapts.
If I miss your commission - even if you've paid - you can always tell by checking my Trello. If you go through my Trello (found here https://trello.com/b/yA1co0d0/ych) and you don't see your name, remind me. Odds say that I was falling asleep and forgot to add you. If I forget to add you within 24 hours, I will probably forget until I stumble across your note and ask myself who this user was and if I finished their piece before the realization sets in.
If I'm running behind on linework or flats - this can happen. Right now I do everything by myself and I don't want to give anything to you that's sloppy. I try to warn everyone in advance that I will make base edits, but they never look as pretty as the original base. I still have some basic lineart I'm trying to straighten up and another piece that I'm struggling with placement on. Flats usually don't take much, but can take up to 12 hours if the character is really complicated.
Right now, I'm trying to keep myself at a semi-decent schedule - which usually means I try to be in bed by midnight (EST) at the latest with weekends I try to keep free (excluding Sundays 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. for babysitting). This changes depending on how busy I am, but I usually spend up to 13 hours sketching and coloring. This is a big reason for the Trello. It reminds me where I left off, who I'm behind on, and who's my top priority. Before I go to bed, I send out WIP's and organize my Trello to make sure I can remember everything in the morning.
Not really important to anyone else, but important for my own health - I have epilepsy - so I can't keep stressing myself out and running on 4 hours of sleep to try and get pieces done in 3 days like I was. I can't run the risk of having a seizure at my desk, cracking my head open, and being hospitalized - so stressing out about trying to get a piece done in 24-72 hours is something I have to stop doing. Meaning moving forward, pieces may take a little bit longer to complete - both for my health and to prevent any form of burn-out.
Nobody's been pressuring me, but I realized that I've forgotten someone, been slower on pieces, and generally been quieter than usual and felt the need to explain why. I'll get as many WIP's out tomorrow as I can, I try to finish any linework first and then flats and send everything out as a group.
And as a friendly reminder - I keep WIP's on hold pending feedback until I hear back from you. So if I don't hear back from you for a month, your piece will be on hold for that amount of time. I will send you a reminder each week, but until I hear back, any WIP's I send will be on hold pending feedback.
Thank you for taking time to read this. I hope you can understand and put up with me as everything in my schedule adapts.
