Signal boost! Armiandillo full colour pics at discount
Posted 4 years ago
is currently doing a sale for full colour pics to help pay for medical bills. At only $25 a pic with a further discount for getting a second pic, its a really good way of getting a lovely paw pic or two ^^. Details are here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43289803/
Annoying twitter issue
Posted 4 years agoWell I am currently locked out of my account on twitter. It happened during the weekend where after going onto my account it went straight into asking for phone verification. I have my number set to my twitter however whenever I try to get a code sent to my phone, I never receive it. Therefore I cannot access my account at all.
I have tried different things to my phone just in case its that stopping the messages getting to me but I have had no luck. After sending a ticket or two to twitter about this and trying multiple times to get the code sent I get an e-mail saying my account is flagged for unusual behaviour. This is frustrating to say the least. I guess I have to wait until twitter response before I have any chance on getting back onto my account.
I have tried different things to my phone just in case its that stopping the messages getting to me but I have had no luck. After sending a ticket or two to twitter about this and trying multiple times to get the code sent I get an e-mail saying my account is flagged for unusual behaviour. This is frustrating to say the least. I guess I have to wait until twitter response before I have any chance on getting back onto my account.
Merry Christmas!
Posted 6 years agoMay you all have a wonderful cheery holiday and plenty to eat and drink!
Abit of an update,l upload warning etc
Posted 7 years agoMan can't believe my last journal was soo long ago. I certainly have not been active much on here ><
Work has been strenuous for quite some time, having to do alot of evening work. Still I have to admit I have been lazy ^^. As I am getting older I have become quieter online, many can say that easily about me.
Its been over a year since I last uploaded anything to my gallery, which is bad of me but I have had reasons for it that goes beyond just my laziness. One simple reason is I tend to avoid any commissions I get where the artist has uploaded the pic themselves on their gallery. Since they are the ones that have drawn it, they should be getting all the views and favs for it. the other reason is something I have mentioned abit before and its to do with the kinds of.....ok no other way to say it...kinks i am into, more importantly how I combine them.
As many of you know I enjoy bigness,whether its macro, muscle, fat, inflation, they are all great. Many of you also know that i really enjoy feets as well, probably even more. In the passed I tended to go for either bigness or feets separately but as time went on I started combining the two. At this point I ran into my first worry with uploading my pics. With having a few followers who were into feets and others who were into bigness, I was worried that uploading pics would put off soo many people because no matter what, there would be things in majority of pics that people may not like.
That in itself I kind of got over, however I have taken that combination a number of steps further.
I will be uploading a fair number of pics this weekend of commissions I have gotten, both old and more recent ones. I wanted to give you all a heads up on this as pretty much all of them combine my multiple things together:
The first thing to let you know is that in these pics, there will be characters with feets which are larger than normal, both in size and in thickness, whether its fatness of swelled up.
Many of them will also contain a unique thing, which I can confidently say I have invented as of how...different it is, and that is fattening/inflation caused by being close to feets, whether its nuzzling or by scent.
Now I know many of you will think these are weird and in the latter case doesn't even make any sense and quite frankly you would be correct in thinking that. Believe me I think these are weird and don't make sense in how they can be possible. (I won't get into the whole what is physically possible as that has been talked about to death already when it comes to inflation/fatness etc). I fully understand that they go into more extremes than what most people who like or even be comfortable with. I am a very weird person and I doubt that will change any time soon.
Some may think that I am abit obsessed with these things and I am too repetitive in what I commission (and believe me I am very repetitive, I get soo many pics of different or same characters doing the same things/ same poses and same perspectives) and again I feel i would agree with that. Its just that I know what i like and I tend to go for what I like. From a spending point of view, if I am going to spend money on something, I should get something that I really enjoy. Of course I never ask for these things of any artist who would be uncomfortable doing it. Even if I am commissioning someone I take great importance in being respectful and understanding of their preferences and feelings. Paying money doesn't mean one can be disrespectful or be too demanding on their requests.
The one thing I would like to stress is that while I would agree I am weird, obsessed and repetitive, I do not think am not doing anything wrong. The subject matter is odd and doesn't always make sense but I don't think I am doing anything morally disagreeable. If you don't like what I like and you find it too weird, I fully understand and respect your opinion. If some of you decide to un-follow me from what I am going to post then thats all fine, I won't be sad or angry about it as its perfectly reasonable to do that.
What I really would prefer not to happen though is for people to constantly make comments on my posts saying things like "what the hell how can you like this?" "this is disgusting" "you are sick". I like what I like and I do not believe I am hurting anyone. I don't need people hassling me just because they don't like something or understand it. Now if you do have honest concerns about anything let me know in a calm way and I will address it.
One other thing you will notice in my posts is that certain well known characters will feature often in these pics. I apologise if I offend anyone with what characters are in these (I am not talking about any underage in sexual situations, thats not what I mean). I fully understand what characters from cartoons/anime or films mean to people and seeing them in certain kinks can seem to be disrespectful. I do want you to know that I don't just see these characters as kink material. I do like and respect them beyond kinks, its just that with liking my interests soo much, I like to include my favourite characters in them as I would like to see them in tv shows or when playing games.
Thank you to everyone who reads through all this. I know i have rambled alot with this. I am abit of a worrier so I like to try my best at explaining things. After all this I do hope you enjoy what I post :)
Work has been strenuous for quite some time, having to do alot of evening work. Still I have to admit I have been lazy ^^. As I am getting older I have become quieter online, many can say that easily about me.
Its been over a year since I last uploaded anything to my gallery, which is bad of me but I have had reasons for it that goes beyond just my laziness. One simple reason is I tend to avoid any commissions I get where the artist has uploaded the pic themselves on their gallery. Since they are the ones that have drawn it, they should be getting all the views and favs for it. the other reason is something I have mentioned abit before and its to do with the kinds of.....ok no other way to say it...kinks i am into, more importantly how I combine them.
As many of you know I enjoy bigness,whether its macro, muscle, fat, inflation, they are all great. Many of you also know that i really enjoy feets as well, probably even more. In the passed I tended to go for either bigness or feets separately but as time went on I started combining the two. At this point I ran into my first worry with uploading my pics. With having a few followers who were into feets and others who were into bigness, I was worried that uploading pics would put off soo many people because no matter what, there would be things in majority of pics that people may not like.
That in itself I kind of got over, however I have taken that combination a number of steps further.
I will be uploading a fair number of pics this weekend of commissions I have gotten, both old and more recent ones. I wanted to give you all a heads up on this as pretty much all of them combine my multiple things together:
The first thing to let you know is that in these pics, there will be characters with feets which are larger than normal, both in size and in thickness, whether its fatness of swelled up.
Many of them will also contain a unique thing, which I can confidently say I have invented as of how...different it is, and that is fattening/inflation caused by being close to feets, whether its nuzzling or by scent.
Now I know many of you will think these are weird and in the latter case doesn't even make any sense and quite frankly you would be correct in thinking that. Believe me I think these are weird and don't make sense in how they can be possible. (I won't get into the whole what is physically possible as that has been talked about to death already when it comes to inflation/fatness etc). I fully understand that they go into more extremes than what most people who like or even be comfortable with. I am a very weird person and I doubt that will change any time soon.
Some may think that I am abit obsessed with these things and I am too repetitive in what I commission (and believe me I am very repetitive, I get soo many pics of different or same characters doing the same things/ same poses and same perspectives) and again I feel i would agree with that. Its just that I know what i like and I tend to go for what I like. From a spending point of view, if I am going to spend money on something, I should get something that I really enjoy. Of course I never ask for these things of any artist who would be uncomfortable doing it. Even if I am commissioning someone I take great importance in being respectful and understanding of their preferences and feelings. Paying money doesn't mean one can be disrespectful or be too demanding on their requests.
The one thing I would like to stress is that while I would agree I am weird, obsessed and repetitive, I do not think am not doing anything wrong. The subject matter is odd and doesn't always make sense but I don't think I am doing anything morally disagreeable. If you don't like what I like and you find it too weird, I fully understand and respect your opinion. If some of you decide to un-follow me from what I am going to post then thats all fine, I won't be sad or angry about it as its perfectly reasonable to do that.
What I really would prefer not to happen though is for people to constantly make comments on my posts saying things like "what the hell how can you like this?" "this is disgusting" "you are sick". I like what I like and I do not believe I am hurting anyone. I don't need people hassling me just because they don't like something or understand it. Now if you do have honest concerns about anything let me know in a calm way and I will address it.
One other thing you will notice in my posts is that certain well known characters will feature often in these pics. I apologise if I offend anyone with what characters are in these (I am not talking about any underage in sexual situations, thats not what I mean). I fully understand what characters from cartoons/anime or films mean to people and seeing them in certain kinks can seem to be disrespectful. I do want you to know that I don't just see these characters as kink material. I do like and respect them beyond kinks, its just that with liking my interests soo much, I like to include my favourite characters in them as I would like to see them in tv shows or when playing games.
Thank you to everyone who reads through all this. I know i have rambled alot with this. I am abit of a worrier so I like to try my best at explaining things. After all this I do hope you enjoy what I post :)
My changes for 2017
Posted 9 years agoi am abit late to making this kind of journal considering we are already several days within the new year, but might as well make it anyway.
For this year I will try to make some changes for myself both on here and in general. I do not call them resolutions as quite frankly I am not that resolute with things ^_^.
First one is a typical and obvious one which is to get better in shape. I have been super lazy last year, giving up on hobbies because I preferred to always be on my computer. I am getting close to 30 so I really should watch my weight and fitness alot more. The moving about more I think I can do but boy I am not so sure about avoiding eating alot of things.
I would also like to try more new things. I have always had this odd apprehension of trying new things whether its an activity, game or anime etc. I feel like it won't be worth it so I always stick to what I already do/watch. I need to have more going on in my life lol.
As for here I am going to do my best to be more active in commenting on submissions and journals. Another thing I have become super lazy with. There is soo many things that I fav or read yet I don't put the effort into commenting on it. While some of that is down to me being slightly simple minding, unable to come up with anything interesting to say except...cool or awesome, I feel that I need to stop being quiet lazy ass and actually make a better effort.
I will try to post more on my gallery of the commissions I get. I still feel worry about uploading pics due to many of them being the same typical things I get or the same character, but I will try to get passed that wall.
The final thing is a big thing and something that is going to sound odd but I have reasons to why.
I would like to have less patience.
I like to think I am a patient person and having it is a good thing, but I have come to realize that sometimes there should be a limit to it. I hate to sound like a broken record but as some of you may know I have been having slight problems with commissions. I have many commissions "in the works" which I have been waiting on for months and years. I have always tried to be discreet and fair when checking to the status of commissions, yet I always get the same response of "Things have cropped up. Will get to it" or "I am working on it this week". I am abit ashamed to admit that I have over $1000 worth of commissions I am still waiting for that is dating back over years for a fair chunk of them.
While I am against the idea of bothering artists frequency to ask about them as it can be a rude and unhelpful thing to do (plus I do not like confrontation), After this long and this amount I need to become more stern and serious about it. during this year I am going to be more "active" in trying to get the stuff I have paid for. This will label me as a douche to some and will most likely result in me losing all chance in getting some of the commissions but right now I think I'd rather do this than just wait and "hope for the best".
Now that I am done with all that I hope everyone has a great 2017 and succeeds in the goals they have.
For this year I will try to make some changes for myself both on here and in general. I do not call them resolutions as quite frankly I am not that resolute with things ^_^.
First one is a typical and obvious one which is to get better in shape. I have been super lazy last year, giving up on hobbies because I preferred to always be on my computer. I am getting close to 30 so I really should watch my weight and fitness alot more. The moving about more I think I can do but boy I am not so sure about avoiding eating alot of things.
I would also like to try more new things. I have always had this odd apprehension of trying new things whether its an activity, game or anime etc. I feel like it won't be worth it so I always stick to what I already do/watch. I need to have more going on in my life lol.
As for here I am going to do my best to be more active in commenting on submissions and journals. Another thing I have become super lazy with. There is soo many things that I fav or read yet I don't put the effort into commenting on it. While some of that is down to me being slightly simple minding, unable to come up with anything interesting to say except...cool or awesome, I feel that I need to stop being quiet lazy ass and actually make a better effort.
I will try to post more on my gallery of the commissions I get. I still feel worry about uploading pics due to many of them being the same typical things I get or the same character, but I will try to get passed that wall.
The final thing is a big thing and something that is going to sound odd but I have reasons to why.
I would like to have less patience.
I like to think I am a patient person and having it is a good thing, but I have come to realize that sometimes there should be a limit to it. I hate to sound like a broken record but as some of you may know I have been having slight problems with commissions. I have many commissions "in the works" which I have been waiting on for months and years. I have always tried to be discreet and fair when checking to the status of commissions, yet I always get the same response of "Things have cropped up. Will get to it" or "I am working on it this week". I am abit ashamed to admit that I have over $1000 worth of commissions I am still waiting for that is dating back over years for a fair chunk of them.
While I am against the idea of bothering artists frequency to ask about them as it can be a rude and unhelpful thing to do (plus I do not like confrontation), After this long and this amount I need to become more stern and serious about it. during this year I am going to be more "active" in trying to get the stuff I have paid for. This will label me as a douche to some and will most likely result in me losing all chance in getting some of the commissions but right now I think I'd rather do this than just wait and "hope for the best".
Now that I am done with all that I hope everyone has a great 2017 and succeeds in the goals they have.
28 already! The years are going by soo quick
Posted 9 years agoI have turned 28 today and boy it is scary at how quickly I feel i have reached it.
Thanks to everyone who has wished me a happy birthday. I have been having a wonderful day out and about, involving plenty of eating too ^_^.
Man I haven't updated my gallery in soo long
Posted 9 years agoI honestly can't believe its been two years since I last uploaded something into my gallery. I had thought it was approaching 1 year at most, but I haven't looked at my own page in ages, so shows how out of things I have been.
Now its not that I haven't been buying commissions. Most of you who know me, know that its just impossible for me to resist getting commissions as I enjoy getting them soo much. I guess you can say its my main addiction in life. While I still am having problems on waiting a long long time on commissions that I have paid for, it has improved somewhat these last half of the year,
I always believe that its better to show commission work so everyone can see the wonderful things artist create and before I would of always uploaded them. However over the course of these two years I have thinking alot about the kind of stuff I ask for with commissions and I have to admit I have been getting a growing sense of...well not embarrassment but something close to it.
Another thing you all well know is the types of commissions I get and also how similar they can be to each other when it comes to poses, perspectives and the characters I use for them. I bet that there is many fan groups that hate me for what I get of their favorite characters. For most I try not to think about it, but there is one in particular which I always love to get a pic of (bet you can easily guess who it is :)). Now I know that I will never stop getting pics of him as this character is my absolute most favorite of all time, but at the same time I almost always ask for him to be drawn big in some way. Looking at all the pics in my own folders of him and other characters I get, I really see a massive trend of particular "interests".
Of course we all have particular interests and on places like FA its easy to express them without the worry of being hated on for having them. I can also fully admit I am weird and I am not bothered by it really.
but what kind of has bothered me of late is the level I feel my weirdness as gone. The two main interests of mine are of course being being big in someway whether its fat or by inflation & there is of course Feets. This led to combining the two where a character's feet become big, whether its just in general size though more frequently its also their thickness, essentially making them fat or inflated. Nowadays 90% of what I like to ask for in a commission will involve huge feet.
Compared to other interests, this is not really a common one shared with many people, well enjoy it to level I go to at least. I do wonder whether this obsession of mine, as to be frank this is an obsession, is just too weird and whether I go too far with it.
Do you feel that perhaps I should tone it down or think or new things to go into? Have I been too samey in who I get pics of and its getting too repetitive?
Should I go back to uploading my commissions? If so how should I go about doing it? should I limit what I upload of certain things or characters? Would you mind seeing something that you may not be interested in and may find really odd?
Of course if I were to upload stuff again, I wouldn't mind it if any of your un-watch me. I will fully understand.
Now its not that I haven't been buying commissions. Most of you who know me, know that its just impossible for me to resist getting commissions as I enjoy getting them soo much. I guess you can say its my main addiction in life. While I still am having problems on waiting a long long time on commissions that I have paid for, it has improved somewhat these last half of the year,
I always believe that its better to show commission work so everyone can see the wonderful things artist create and before I would of always uploaded them. However over the course of these two years I have thinking alot about the kind of stuff I ask for with commissions and I have to admit I have been getting a growing sense of...well not embarrassment but something close to it.
Another thing you all well know is the types of commissions I get and also how similar they can be to each other when it comes to poses, perspectives and the characters I use for them. I bet that there is many fan groups that hate me for what I get of their favorite characters. For most I try not to think about it, but there is one in particular which I always love to get a pic of (bet you can easily guess who it is :)). Now I know that I will never stop getting pics of him as this character is my absolute most favorite of all time, but at the same time I almost always ask for him to be drawn big in some way. Looking at all the pics in my own folders of him and other characters I get, I really see a massive trend of particular "interests".
Of course we all have particular interests and on places like FA its easy to express them without the worry of being hated on for having them. I can also fully admit I am weird and I am not bothered by it really.
but what kind of has bothered me of late is the level I feel my weirdness as gone. The two main interests of mine are of course being being big in someway whether its fat or by inflation & there is of course Feets. This led to combining the two where a character's feet become big, whether its just in general size though more frequently its also their thickness, essentially making them fat or inflated. Nowadays 90% of what I like to ask for in a commission will involve huge feet.
Compared to other interests, this is not really a common one shared with many people, well enjoy it to level I go to at least. I do wonder whether this obsession of mine, as to be frank this is an obsession, is just too weird and whether I go too far with it.
Do you feel that perhaps I should tone it down or think or new things to go into? Have I been too samey in who I get pics of and its getting too repetitive?
Should I go back to uploading my commissions? If so how should I go about doing it? should I limit what I upload of certain things or characters? Would you mind seeing something that you may not be interested in and may find really odd?
Of course if I were to upload stuff again, I wouldn't mind it if any of your un-watch me. I will fully understand.
Signal Boost: Vhyena's Vore Growth Quest!!!!
Posted 9 years ago
has started a very major and unique vore growth drive that aims to be alot more than any normal drive you have seen. This is not a simple thing of people donating and watching someone grow by eating others. This is a big interactive story that creates a detailed and fulfilling progression. You will be able to see why Elijah is trying to get bigger and what he does to gain in size. You can vote on what he does with multiple choices and when donating, you can choose what he eats :)
Here is the details for thw Vore Growth Quest:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7345410/
It has already started so you can read up on how it all begins. :)
Merry Christmas everyone
Posted 10 years agoI wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. *hugs tightly*
Hope you all got what you wanted and that you have had alot to eat too because tis the season :)
Please give a friend a hand
Posted 10 years ago
is struggling to pay rent this month: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6999804/Anything you can give will help him tremendously.
Many thanks in advance
Looking to create a new character. Need suggestions
Posted 10 years agoI have been thinking about this for a while now. While I always love my Draggy self, I feel its time for something new :)
How the only problem with this is the fact that I am not that creative really and am very indecisive.
So with this journal, I would like to ask you for any suggestions for characters in terms of species, traits, body types etc. I am pretty much open to most things, the only two must have really is that its a male and he would be able to have plantigrade feet ^_^.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Any way to report artists?
Posted 10 years agoJust checking if there is any way to report artists here or anywhere else? I think in likelihood though there may be no way of doing so.
I may have a number in mind I need to report if I can.
Thanks in advance for any information you can give.
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Posted 11 years agoHope you all had a wonderful new year.
Lets all toast for this year to be a great one :)
Reasons for lack of updates in my Gallery
Posted 11 years agoHi All,
Just another negative journal letting you know why I've not updated my gallery in some time. I wanted to explain the reasons why though some you probably already know.
- There is a number of commissions I have gotten that I am not completely comfortable uploading. Its an odd thing I sometimes have where I feel slightly bothered about what I like when I get more extreme pictures. I have to admit that the combinations of things I enjoy is very weird and I can feel put off by how far from normal they are.
Does anyone else get that way?
- Some who watch me will know I have a particular character I like to get commissions of. He is my all time favorite character that I always love seeing. However though the content of the pics I get of him are my typical weird interests, I do have a more deep feeling for him that just a person to use for those interests. From his personality and actions within the anime he is in, I have a big respect for him and like him as a deep thinking, kind and honorable character. Now already this may sound odd to you, but it is this point that I have been keeping certain things private when it involves this character. Whenever a picture of him that I've commissioned goes public either by myself or by the artist I commissioned, I feel a feeling of guilt in what I have done to the character I respect, by having him drawn in ways that is considered weird by most. I certainly know I have angered people by essentially perverting a well liked character.
The final reason which is the one you all know by know is the on-going issue I've been having with some artists with commissions. I can easily say now that the situation has not improved at all. Its always the same thing where I am waiting months and months and even years for things I am doubting more and more I will ever see. I just don't see anything I can do to try and sort this except completely posting everything that I am owed within a journal. Of course chances are, the only thing that it would achieve is getting some people angry and crushing any chance of me receiving the stuff I have paid for.
A dark part of me at this stage would want some retribution to anyone who have effectively just stolen my money, by naming and shaming them so that people know who seems to just think of commissions as a quick paying non-obligation form of work that they don't have to worry about or it is basically them getting paid to do their hobby that they can get around to doing only when they are in the best of moods.
No matter what mood I am in, I still go into work or I don't get paid........thats how things work in the world.
I will say this now. I will be posting another journal in the new year which will say everything I am owed, but I won't be stating which artists specifically that owe me. I just want to show you all the perspective of why I've done nothing but rant about commissions this past year.
I promise someday I will post a positive journal.
It has come down to this...Naming my first artist
Posted 11 years agoThat I have to name and shame.
I kind of hoped it wouldn't come down to this as frankly I am not sure what if anything this will achieve but I feel I need to do this.
As mentioned before many times, I have had problems with artists that don't do the work I have paid them for.
One such artist is

I have waited a long time for commissions I have paid for, going over years for some and I think I have waited enough before finally mentioning this. I've waited and waited while seeing Saint opening up for more and more commissions with a lot of slots available and more often than not, many commissions for different people end up on an "Old" commission list (though I feel one or two people seem to have alot less problems getting their commissions done in a timely manner)
Now some of you may know that Saint does not charge a great deal for his work and believe me that is generous of him as he could probably charge more given his skills, if he could do them on time. If it was just a few pics, I wouldn't be this frustrated as it would not really be much, However it is more than a few and the total amount owed to me has become way too large.
Of course, I have to take blame for the amount owed to me being so large as I could of easier held off and not get as many. I just don't have enough self control sometimes.
Right now I feel like if I knew a way to officially report this on this site, I would as something needs to be done.
This does NOT mean that anyone reading this should go to his page and shout or abuse him in any way. Thats not why I am writing this journal. NO-one should take abuse here. This journal is bringing things to light and quite frankly giving a number of warnings:
-To other commissioners, Be very weary if you consider commissioning Saint. His art is good and he puts effort into them, however he just does not seem to be disciplined enough to do them to a reasonable schedule (for what ever reason good or bad).
-To him - I do in some way apologize for this as I do consider him a friend cause personally he is a very kind and fun person. He has never been abusive and to an extent he is aware of his problems with his growing list of overdue work. As a person himself I have no complaints to him. But enough is enough with waiting. I have to let him know I can no longer be silent about this, I feel I have been fair in how I have dealt with this up til now.
-To other artist - I know this seems like a really **** move on my part, me being arrogant into demanding things without fully understanding the situations you may be in. However I am going to be doing more and more as time goes on about sorting the issues with commissions, being more of these journals or doing anything officially. Perhaps there is little I can do at this stage, its not like can really present a case in this situation, but I will at least try to have things resolved in someway.
Sorry to everyone who watches me for yet another ranting journal which has become the usual thing with me now. I hope in future I can post some more positive journals.
I'm done waiting. Now its time to do something about this
Posted 11 years agoI am done being the fool. I've had it with this massive problem of commissions
I've given enough time for soo many people, I've been patient and I've been relatively calm about it all but now enough is enough. Too many people I have dealt with for soo long have done little except to grind my tolerance down bit by bit and I've reached my limit.
I don't know what it is about commissions that so many artists feel like its just something to get around to when ever they feel like it, but I don't see how any excuse they can give which justifies having to wait for months of bloody YEARS for them to do the WORK they have been PAID to do.
Yea I said it......NEWS FLASH....COMMISSIONS IS WORK.
You take commissions you need to do the work. Yes its true that it generally doesn't pay as well as a typical 9 to 5 job, Its true it does not provide a regular income as like other jobs and yes its true that you artists do have to deal with alot of pain in the ass customers who on occasion may try to screw you over. I get that
But seriously from my perspective its gone the other way around here. More often nowadays its the customers that are getting screwed over.
Artists can set their own price to an extent (market forces and such may be argued of course). More so than not they accept the money before doing the work.......leaves it all out of the hands of the customer....nothing much it seems we can do at this point *shrugs*
I know how hard work is, especially when times are being rough....my job may be contracted for a 9 to 5 schedule but boy of boy do I need to work overtime (which is unpaid) to get the job done. Times have been stressful and I am sure most of us can say that. Thats the world we live in.
But no matter what, I do the work I get paid to do. I cannot afford to say to my bosses "oh I will get back to you on the work I am meant to be doing. Don't hold your breath for it". Cause that would mean I get fired and I lose my job.
Now before anyone says it, I know no one has forced me to buy commissions from anyone. I didn't have to get them. They are a luxury item. But does that mean its my fault I got screwed over? Do I get the blame for not knowing certain artists wouldn't do the work? Is it my weakness for not being able to know if they really have been having such difficult busy times where they are or in fact they are just lazying away scratching their own behind.
When it comes to the art itself I will never argue the work artist do is not worth the price paid for them. I do believe that the skills shown justifies the prices they set, in fact I can easily say many artists should charge more for their work cause their skills and what they offer is so dam good, they should be getting what they deserve for their expertise and effort.
...but then it means little when end of the day you don't get anything to make a judgment on.
So now that I've run out of patience, I am taking matters into my hands like I should of done ages ago. I am demanding now that all artists that have been screwing me over these months and years either finally do the work I paid them for or refund me completely. I will be going to you and I will want answers and no I am not going to be abusive about it. I am just going to be perfectly straight with you how unacceptable things have been. From my experiences now, I have full confidence I am in my right to complain.
Oh I am not kidding myself it would be possible to get all the work or refunds that are owed to me back. It is a long list and from a long time.
But I think its high time I let people know WHO I have had to deal with that has been screwing me over. Frankly people should know who to be careful of, otherwise they end up in same situation as I am now. If there was a way to report people in a sort of official sense I feel I would do. I will no longer be silent about this. I want to see progress, I want to see artists take their work seriously.
Now anyone here who disagrees with me, that is perfectly fine, everyone has their opinion and experiences on here. I am not trying to badmouth all artists. If you don't like what I have said feel free to tell me on here, I will not remove your comments and I will not get pissy about them as long as your not abusive about it. You disagree then we can discuss it not argue about it.
Well that about wraps it up for me now. The final point I think I will make is that I feel something needs to change on here. Another system if possible needs to be in place concerning commissions on this site.
Patience on waiting for commissions is running thin
Posted 11 years agoYea this may be going on for quite some time, but I am losing one of my few redeeming traits because of the more and more common problem I am facing on here.
Rather than improve since the last journal I wrote, things just keep getting worse in this front. I've been buying more commissions and for the most part just been adding to my ever growing list of things I am waiting for, some of the stuff on the list since OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO!!!!!
Now I know some on that list is pretty much dead and buried and in fact I have decided on a few of them, that they might as well be scrapped at this stage, though shockingly that doesn't make me feel any better.
Am I a fool for getting commissions?
So many..............perhaps
But at any rate, I think its gone past the point of just sitting and waiting for things to happen.
Soon I am going to do something about this.
Advice for people looking to commission artists. Good luck
Posted 11 years agoCause nowadays your going to need it.
Its becoming more and more apparent that commissioning artist is like a game of chance....a chance on whether or not you will actually get anything back for your money. Both from ALOT of personal experiences and looking a many many journals, there is a growing pattern of either artists saying how and why they are behind on commissions or people who like me have had bad experiences with some artists where getting anything they have paid for is extremely hard.
Now I fully understand that times are tough for many people with the high economical problems happening around the world. Many people are in difficulty situations or run into unexpected problematic situations out of their control. Also don't get me wrong, I truly feel strong about people who commission artists to be patient. You cannot rush art and artists do alot of work for a price that may not be as high as they deserve. Thinking it on getting paid by the hour, many artists don't get enough.
But! There is a limit to how much patience people should have. Its one thing to be behind on doing commissions but then another when that stretches for months or even years.
Even if times are busy for people, its sometimes hard to see how at least making progress on commissions even if they are not completed, cannot be done by so many artists. However they can still try to take more and more new commissions. Yes if finances if really tight, for many it may seem like only option, but then doesn't it seem that getting the money is most important and then when thats done, the work is of such less priority?
Now finances are abit difficult for me....but its down to myself in bad spending habits both on and off fa. For all the money I get each month I have had to work 9 to 5, 5 days a week every week. I don't get a choice to do more work or not if I want to be paid. Even if I am not in the mood for doing my work, I still do it because I have to otherwise I am up a creak without a paddle.
Yet does that same rule apply to artists? *shrugs*
I am not saying they should be slaving everyday drawing hour after hour till their hand falls off. Like I said before with the amount they charge for their work, they should get plenty of time and understanding to do their work in a stress less environment. But I feel that for some, more drive is needed to do the work or at least make progress in work they have been paid to do.
So for people wanting to commission artists for some work...I really advice you to not focus on simply the degree of quality of work they can do because quality doesn't mean anything when the work isn't done. Check to see if they have a list of commissions to do. If its a large list or one that doesn't seem to update that often then be weary.
Also even if you want to commission something extensive like a comic. Try to arrange with the artist to pay for it in segments as more is completed. Try to avoid sending a huge amount for the whole comic and have the risk of getting none of it back. If you can't then maybe just buy a couple of pages at a time and wait for the artist to be open again.
If your not sure of a particular artist, try to ask other people who can tell you what they are like in doing commissions.
Don't harass artists to do you work, cause that is just being pushy and rude, but do ask for updates from time to time so that it cannot be forgotten about.
To finish up this journal which I will be honest is a big rant with advice attached. I know most artists are perfectly fine to commission and do a good job in getting their work done. After reading this please don't assume that all delays on commissions are down to laziness of artists. That is not true. Just watch your spending so you can mitigate the amount of risks you take.
Alot of work I have been waiting for ages for, but that is due alot to me continuing to get commissions even when I am still waiting for others. My situation could of been avoided if I had more self control. I will learn from it now.
Just make sure you don't fall in the same situation. Don't let your wanting of art get the best of you. Remember moderation and self control.
Thank you for reading this.
P.S If you read this and disagree with what I said, thats fine, please feel free to say so. I may of been too unfair with what I have said and I could be mistaken in what I think. All I ask is that you say it in a calm respectful manner with out using foul language please.
Happy New Year everyone!
Posted 12 years agoAnother year has past, would you believe it.
Hope this coming year brings happiness and joy to everyone
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Posted 12 years agoI hope all of you had a very merry and wonderful Christmas with loads of food consumed ^_^
May the rest of this year be calm and relaxing ready for new years :)
Eeveelution Meme
Posted 12 years agoOne of the few times I have done a meme but its going around alot so might as well
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~~~~~~~~~EEVEE~~~~~~~
[] You are cute
[] You love to play
[x] You don't like getting into fights
[] You hate the darkness or you are afraid of it
[] You have a best friend forever
[] You love your best friend very much
[x] You usually don't lie
[x] You don't say bad words
[] Most people love you
[] You are youngest of all your siblings
[] You like to wish upon a star
[] You have a lots of stuffed animals (Which could be taken literally with all the people I know on fa haha, boy are they stuffed)
TOTAL: 3
~~~~~~~~~VAPOREON~~~~
[x] You can swim
[] You go to swimming pool at least one time a week
[] You hate the racism
[] Someone has said that you are hot
[] You are very social
[] You don't spend more than 2 hours on the computer or TV
[] You enjoy sleeping
[] You know most of your neighbors' names
[] You can speak in another language than English.
[] You visit social places
[] People call you a "smiley face"
[] You LOVE spending time in the water
TOTAL: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~JOLTEON~~~~
[] You are a street kid
[] You have been in an accident
[] You usually get into street fights
[] Your favourite kind of music is rap
[] You have been shocked by electricity
[x] You seriously need to get a life.
[] People say you're too egocentric
[] You have tried gangsta style
[] You try to be really cool
[] You really want someone
[] Last thing you did before you sit on computer was meeting with someone.
[] You hate something right now
TOTAL: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~FLAREON
[] You are kind of a hothead
[] People try to calm you down
[] When you want something, you won't stop until you get it.
[] You are seriously waiting for something right now
[] You annoy people
[] You like cartoon villains more than heroes
[] You would like to have red eyes.
[] You were born in summer or spring
[] You can think of crazy things
[] You have burned something
[] Things around you are stupid
[x] You don't like your life at a moment
TOTAL: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~ESPEON
[] You believe in magic
[] Your first boyfriend/girlfriend dumped you
[] You really love someone
[] You believe in love at first sight
[] You haven't tried to smoke,drugs or drink alcohol
[x] You are a goody-goody......
[] ......or average
[] You get injured easily
[] People don't really get you
[] You MUST do something right now
[x] You are like a psychic (Like to think I have dreams of the future for I often sometimes get deja vu)
[] You have a great sight
TOTAL: 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~UMBREON
[] You love the dark.
[] you like to wear/see/use the color black.
[x] glow in the dark stickers are cool.
[] you are sometimes thought of as evil by your appearance.
[] you look out for yourself at Most of the time.
[] you have or would like to have a umbreon in your pokemon games.
[] you are terrifyingly silent.
[x] you have eyes that make people timid or afraid.
[] you have helped or been helped by someone but never said 'you're welcome' or 'thank you'.
[x] you are somewhat of MOSTLY a loner.
[] you love to go out in the night.
[] You have excellent vision in dark places.
TOTAL: 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~LEAFEON
[] Fall or spring is one of your favourite seasons.
[x] you adore the colour green.
[] you love flowers but choose not to pick them.
[] clean, green and pristine is your way of life.
[x] animals adore you and you adore them.
[x] you are a very peaceful person.
[] you care deeply for anyone even if you do not know them at all.
[] you enjoy long walks in nature or the woods.
[] you are a vegetarian.
[] your eyes are or you wish for them to be green.
[x] you really can't stand cold days.
[] people really love to be around you.
TOTAL: 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~GLACEON
[] Winter days are your favourite seasons.
[] cold weathers don't phase you with or without a jacket.
[] you have or wish to have amazingly snow white or light blue eyes.
[] You live in a place where it's cold all year round.
[] Hot days are your most hated time of any week.
[] you don't mind cold foods.
[] You have once used a cold joke during cold times.
[] You adore very much the colour white.
[] you take long walks in the snow. (I wish the snow lasted longer)
[] you have a cold personality.
[] people can't really call onto you for sympathy.
[] you have heard the song Cold by crossfade.
TOTAL: 0
Well looks like I am LEAFEON though not scoring much at all on all of them
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~~~~~~~~~EEVEE~~~~~~~
[] You are cute
[] You love to play
[x] You don't like getting into fights
[] You hate the darkness or you are afraid of it
[] You have a best friend forever
[] You love your best friend very much
[x] You usually don't lie
[x] You don't say bad words
[] Most people love you
[] You are youngest of all your siblings
[] You like to wish upon a star
[] You have a lots of stuffed animals (Which could be taken literally with all the people I know on fa haha, boy are they stuffed)
TOTAL: 3
~~~~~~~~~VAPOREON~~~~
[x] You can swim
[] You go to swimming pool at least one time a week
[] You hate the racism
[] Someone has said that you are hot
[] You are very social
[] You don't spend more than 2 hours on the computer or TV
[] You enjoy sleeping
[] You know most of your neighbors' names
[] You can speak in another language than English.
[] You visit social places
[] People call you a "smiley face"
[] You LOVE spending time in the water
TOTAL: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~JOLTEON~~~~
[] You are a street kid
[] You have been in an accident
[] You usually get into street fights
[] Your favourite kind of music is rap
[] You have been shocked by electricity
[x] You seriously need to get a life.
[] People say you're too egocentric
[] You have tried gangsta style
[] You try to be really cool
[] You really want someone
[] Last thing you did before you sit on computer was meeting with someone.
[] You hate something right now
TOTAL: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~FLAREON
[] You are kind of a hothead
[] People try to calm you down
[] When you want something, you won't stop until you get it.
[] You are seriously waiting for something right now
[] You annoy people
[] You like cartoon villains more than heroes
[] You would like to have red eyes.
[] You were born in summer or spring
[] You can think of crazy things
[] You have burned something
[] Things around you are stupid
[x] You don't like your life at a moment
TOTAL: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~ESPEON
[] You believe in magic
[] Your first boyfriend/girlfriend dumped you
[] You really love someone
[] You believe in love at first sight
[] You haven't tried to smoke,drugs or drink alcohol
[x] You are a goody-goody......
[] ......or average
[] You get injured easily
[] People don't really get you
[] You MUST do something right now
[x] You are like a psychic (Like to think I have dreams of the future for I often sometimes get deja vu)
[] You have a great sight
TOTAL: 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~UMBREON
[] You love the dark.
[] you like to wear/see/use the color black.
[x] glow in the dark stickers are cool.
[] you are sometimes thought of as evil by your appearance.
[] you look out for yourself at Most of the time.
[] you have or would like to have a umbreon in your pokemon games.
[] you are terrifyingly silent.
[x] you have eyes that make people timid or afraid.
[] you have helped or been helped by someone but never said 'you're welcome' or 'thank you'.
[x] you are somewhat of MOSTLY a loner.
[] you love to go out in the night.
[] You have excellent vision in dark places.
TOTAL: 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~LEAFEON
[] Fall or spring is one of your favourite seasons.
[x] you adore the colour green.
[] you love flowers but choose not to pick them.
[] clean, green and pristine is your way of life.
[x] animals adore you and you adore them.
[x] you are a very peaceful person.
[] you care deeply for anyone even if you do not know them at all.
[] you enjoy long walks in nature or the woods.
[] you are a vegetarian.
[] your eyes are or you wish for them to be green.
[x] you really can't stand cold days.
[] people really love to be around you.
TOTAL: 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~GLACEON
[] Winter days are your favourite seasons.
[] cold weathers don't phase you with or without a jacket.
[] you have or wish to have amazingly snow white or light blue eyes.
[] You live in a place where it's cold all year round.
[] Hot days are your most hated time of any week.
[] you don't mind cold foods.
[] You have once used a cold joke during cold times.
[] You adore very much the colour white.
[] you take long walks in the snow. (I wish the snow lasted longer)
[] you have a cold personality.
[] people can't really call onto you for sympathy.
[] you have heard the song Cold by crossfade.
TOTAL: 0
Well looks like I am LEAFEON though not scoring much at all on all of them
Uploaded pics
Posted 12 years agoWell it is great to have them finally uploaded.....though I do have plenty more to go ^_^
Will be uploading those tomorrow
Also just in case some of you didn't know, the character that I frequently get pictures of is Sajin Komamura from the anime bleach: http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Sajin_Komamura
He is an awesome guy and if you haven't watched it yet, go take a look at the Bleach anime
Warning, going to be uploading pics. Cover your eyes!!!!
Posted 12 years agoYea, I have a fair number of stuff I want to upload, though I thought it best to warn you that some of them may contain stuff you may not like.
Also you may notice a particular character showing frequently
Commissions: quantity or quality?
Posted 12 years agoDoesn't really matter when it ends up being nether.
But whatever what do you think?
Very big and nifty series you can be in
Posted 12 years ago
has come up with a very neat idea of a new series of his character Gabriel being summoned to a new realm full of people to become their new ruler...of course he needs some help to "fit" the role ^_^And you could be one doing that!!!
Head here to find out more: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4497743/
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