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Posted 4 weeks agoWith the last of the free halfbody colored sketches done, I want to turn the page and start working on a more diverse range of stuff, though still furry stuff.
I'm going to be opening for commissions again, even though the interest in getting *free* art from me has been limited enough that I had no takers in 3-4 months (although to be fair I wasn't broadcasting the availability of such too loudly).
And, on top of that, the prices are going to be higher than I've offered commissions for in the past, not only because living in the country I live in is basically equivalent to getting scammed by billionaires every day but also because art shouldn't be treated as borderline worthless, even if I'm not the most skilled by a long way.
HOWEVER, I will be offering big discounts, probably around 50%, on works that align with what I currently want to practice or kinks I'm interested in trying drawing. Prices are yet to be decided.
So here's what's likely to receive discounts for the sake of practice:
- Female characters - as I rarely draw them
- Headshots/icons of any level of finish (I feel the heads or faces in my art have been of inconsistent quality in my recent submissions)
- Halfbodies or headshots/icons with soft shading (ALTHOUGH this would be a discount on a higher price to reflect the higher quality shading)
- Complex outfits
- Muscular characters (but no hyper muscle please)
- Art involving 2 characters, interacting or not (will be priced the same as two single-character pieces)
- Mild NSFW e.g. nudity
And the same but for the sake of drawing kinks I'm interested in:
- Thick/curvy characters
- Chubby characters
- Taurs
- Multiboob
- Large to very large underwear bulges (maybe not as far as hyper)
What I'm NOT interested in drawing in the near future that isn't already in my will/won't draw list, or that I feel needs emphasis here:
- Highly detailed and complex backgrounds
- Very complex poses
- Transformation (I love it but my skills aren't there yet)
- Significant presence of latex (In small amounts it's ok but, same as above, skills are an issue)
- Explicit NSFW
For the sake of clarity, discounts for ideas that cover more than one of these will not stack.
I'm going to be opening for commissions again, even though the interest in getting *free* art from me has been limited enough that I had no takers in 3-4 months (although to be fair I wasn't broadcasting the availability of such too loudly).
And, on top of that, the prices are going to be higher than I've offered commissions for in the past, not only because living in the country I live in is basically equivalent to getting scammed by billionaires every day but also because art shouldn't be treated as borderline worthless, even if I'm not the most skilled by a long way.
HOWEVER, I will be offering big discounts, probably around 50%, on works that align with what I currently want to practice or kinks I'm interested in trying drawing. Prices are yet to be decided.
So here's what's likely to receive discounts for the sake of practice:
- Female characters - as I rarely draw them
- Headshots/icons of any level of finish (I feel the heads or faces in my art have been of inconsistent quality in my recent submissions)
- Halfbodies or headshots/icons with soft shading (ALTHOUGH this would be a discount on a higher price to reflect the higher quality shading)
- Complex outfits
- Muscular characters (but no hyper muscle please)
- Art involving 2 characters, interacting or not (will be priced the same as two single-character pieces)
- Mild NSFW e.g. nudity
And the same but for the sake of drawing kinks I'm interested in:
- Thick/curvy characters
- Chubby characters
- Taurs
- Multiboob
- Large to very large underwear bulges (maybe not as far as hyper)
What I'm NOT interested in drawing in the near future that isn't already in my will/won't draw list, or that I feel needs emphasis here:
- Highly detailed and complex backgrounds
- Very complex poses
- Transformation (I love it but my skills aren't there yet)
- Significant presence of latex (In small amounts it's ok but, same as above, skills are an issue)
- Explicit NSFW
For the sake of clarity, discounts for ideas that cover more than one of these will not stack.
Really having a hard time folks...
Posted 3 months ago[CW politics, news, current events]
Seriously don't read this if you don't want to know about news or politics or current events because I'll go into a lot of that here.
You really don't have to read all of this and the solution is of course to touch grass, but that's not as easy as you might think it is for me for reasons I'd really rather not go into.
I'm in a sort of death spiral where all of this 👇 makes me unmotivated, so I spend more time on social media and my feeds are filled with such stuff. But that makes me dread the future which makes me even more unmotivated, and so it continues. In theory, stopping using social media or curating my feeds more would solve this but it won't stop what's happening and I can't unlearn what I've learned to reverse the effect it's having on me.
I'm so tired of the rapid decline of global stability, it feels like there's more bad news every day and I don't mean 2000s "this bad thing happened but things will return to the norm in a few weeks for the most part", I mean "steps towards the global collapse of democracy and takeover by objectively evil tech oligarchs". If you don't know what I mean about objectively evil tech oligarchs then trust me, you're better off not knowing - it's mentally damaging to know who is actually in control of the USA and aiming to control other countries and usurp their democracies, and what these people believe in. It's not a conspiracy theory, there's nothing theoretical about it, the people involved have openly spoken about it at conferences, in interviews, talk shows, and on their own blogs. I'm avoiding mentioning names for my own safety. I don't even live in the USA but they're pushing their agenda in my country too.
Victories that should feel big, like massive protests across the USA, seem like a drop in the ocean compared to the breakneck speed that everything is falling apart.
Where we are at:
Completely ineffective opposition to far right pushes to end democracy all over the west. Over a decade of a propaganda mill in the mainstream media and social media, owned by people who would benefit from the erosion of regulations, rights, freedoms and public services that keep people safe.
Politicians that watch their sociopathic leaders threaten to invade sovereign countries, then continue working like it's business usual. That watch opponents get assassinated and say nothing. (You can be sure whatever happens to that assassin, Luigi is going to be worse off than him)
Deportation of immigrants to foreign slave labor camps.
Unchallanged spread of polluting, resource-guzzling AI data centers that make a mockery of efforts to reduce pollution and fossil fuel dependence.
Even worse, AI being used in Gaza as a tool to select and eliminate targets and detach people responsible from the act and its consequences. Don't forget the imperial boomerang.
Billionaires and the previously mentioned tech oligarchs consolidating power everywhere.
120 million acres of US land planned for sale, and some of it will likely go to tech oligarchs that want to create a network state world (IYKYK).
Denmark voted for a US defence bill completely against the interests of its own citizens.
What could be next?
Civil war in the US and genocide of civilians opposed to far-right regime, carried out by AI-controlled murder drones and robots owned by a certain tech oligarch PMC.
Totalitarian control of the USA enforced via the same technology combined with the largest and most real-time database of surveillance-state information, enabling the termination of opposition
Long-term war in the middle east.
Departure of the USA from NATO, weakening the alliance and emboldening Putin and his imperialist agenda and likely to lead to a challenge to article 5.
Election of anti-democratic, far-right, post-truth dictator-appeasing politicians across the rest of the West.
Mass unemployment caused by replacement of workers by AI. Destitution and even greater wealth inequality, driving even more people to the far right.
Multipolarity; completion of the collapse of the post-WWII international order.
Possible US war with Western countries including Canada & those in Europe that reject coups of their democracies by US oligarchs.
Refugee crises caused by climate change-induced damage in the southern hemisphere.
Wars over resources.
How is anyone supposed to be motivated when this is what we're up against?
I'm afraid what I describe could be next is locked in because of decisions that have been made over the last few days, weeks and months.
I've already thought about what I can do with my own tiny agency to nudge things, I've been donating most of my disposable income to campaigns and petitions that oppose erosion of democracy and individual rights, political corruption and overextension of corporate power, but even if I could send 100% of my income every month it would be a drop in the ocean compared to the diabolical wealth of opponents that seek to benefit from these problems.
I've considered joining local nonprofit community organizations that grow produce, pick up litter, do community engagement stuff etc. but I wonder whether it will make any relevant difference to what I've raised here.
I've thought about printing off stuff to put in mailboxes with information of what's going on to try and wake people up, but I fear deep down it would overwhelmingly be a waste of time as people would totally disregard the information without any research or a moment's consideration, or they would just disbelieve it.
I've thought about joining protests but there are no ongoing major protests in my country at the moment, at least none near me that I know of.
There is a a politician in my extended family but I don't have much of a personal connection with him and I'd say in some ways he's not that far from being on the wrong side of history. What I can't deny is that he works hard and I don't know I'd have the skills to do what he does.
I don't really know how to conclude this so I guess it's just a vent journal with an abrupt end.
Seriously don't read this if you don't want to know about news or politics or current events because I'll go into a lot of that here.
You really don't have to read all of this and the solution is of course to touch grass, but that's not as easy as you might think it is for me for reasons I'd really rather not go into.
I'm in a sort of death spiral where all of this 👇 makes me unmotivated, so I spend more time on social media and my feeds are filled with such stuff. But that makes me dread the future which makes me even more unmotivated, and so it continues. In theory, stopping using social media or curating my feeds more would solve this but it won't stop what's happening and I can't unlearn what I've learned to reverse the effect it's having on me.
I'm so tired of the rapid decline of global stability, it feels like there's more bad news every day and I don't mean 2000s "this bad thing happened but things will return to the norm in a few weeks for the most part", I mean "steps towards the global collapse of democracy and takeover by objectively evil tech oligarchs". If you don't know what I mean about objectively evil tech oligarchs then trust me, you're better off not knowing - it's mentally damaging to know who is actually in control of the USA and aiming to control other countries and usurp their democracies, and what these people believe in. It's not a conspiracy theory, there's nothing theoretical about it, the people involved have openly spoken about it at conferences, in interviews, talk shows, and on their own blogs. I'm avoiding mentioning names for my own safety. I don't even live in the USA but they're pushing their agenda in my country too.
Victories that should feel big, like massive protests across the USA, seem like a drop in the ocean compared to the breakneck speed that everything is falling apart.
Where we are at:
Completely ineffective opposition to far right pushes to end democracy all over the west. Over a decade of a propaganda mill in the mainstream media and social media, owned by people who would benefit from the erosion of regulations, rights, freedoms and public services that keep people safe.
Politicians that watch their sociopathic leaders threaten to invade sovereign countries, then continue working like it's business usual. That watch opponents get assassinated and say nothing. (You can be sure whatever happens to that assassin, Luigi is going to be worse off than him)
Deportation of immigrants to foreign slave labor camps.
Unchallanged spread of polluting, resource-guzzling AI data centers that make a mockery of efforts to reduce pollution and fossil fuel dependence.
Even worse, AI being used in Gaza as a tool to select and eliminate targets and detach people responsible from the act and its consequences. Don't forget the imperial boomerang.
Billionaires and the previously mentioned tech oligarchs consolidating power everywhere.
120 million acres of US land planned for sale, and some of it will likely go to tech oligarchs that want to create a network state world (IYKYK).
Denmark voted for a US defence bill completely against the interests of its own citizens.
What could be next?
Civil war in the US and genocide of civilians opposed to far-right regime, carried out by AI-controlled murder drones and robots owned by a certain tech oligarch PMC.
Totalitarian control of the USA enforced via the same technology combined with the largest and most real-time database of surveillance-state information, enabling the termination of opposition
Long-term war in the middle east.
Departure of the USA from NATO, weakening the alliance and emboldening Putin and his imperialist agenda and likely to lead to a challenge to article 5.
Election of anti-democratic, far-right, post-truth dictator-appeasing politicians across the rest of the West.
Mass unemployment caused by replacement of workers by AI. Destitution and even greater wealth inequality, driving even more people to the far right.
Multipolarity; completion of the collapse of the post-WWII international order.
Possible US war with Western countries including Canada & those in Europe that reject coups of their democracies by US oligarchs.
Refugee crises caused by climate change-induced damage in the southern hemisphere.
Wars over resources.
How is anyone supposed to be motivated when this is what we're up against?
I'm afraid what I describe could be next is locked in because of decisions that have been made over the last few days, weeks and months.
I've already thought about what I can do with my own tiny agency to nudge things, I've been donating most of my disposable income to campaigns and petitions that oppose erosion of democracy and individual rights, political corruption and overextension of corporate power, but even if I could send 100% of my income every month it would be a drop in the ocean compared to the diabolical wealth of opponents that seek to benefit from these problems.
I've considered joining local nonprofit community organizations that grow produce, pick up litter, do community engagement stuff etc. but I wonder whether it will make any relevant difference to what I've raised here.
I've thought about printing off stuff to put in mailboxes with information of what's going on to try and wake people up, but I fear deep down it would overwhelmingly be a waste of time as people would totally disregard the information without any research or a moment's consideration, or they would just disbelieve it.
I've thought about joining protests but there are no ongoing major protests in my country at the moment, at least none near me that I know of.
There is a a politician in my extended family but I don't have much of a personal connection with him and I'd say in some ways he's not that far from being on the wrong side of history. What I can't deny is that he works hard and I don't know I'd have the skills to do what he does.
I don't really know how to conclude this so I guess it's just a vent journal with an abrupt end.
☠ FurAffinity will be shut down
Posted 5 months agoOk, the title is kind of clickbait, but it kind of isn't but it kind of is but it kind of isn't.
It's a prediction.
If you're a conservative/moderate that doesn't think this could happen, then first of all please realise I'm not talking about you with what's ahead in this journal.
There was a time when conservatism in reference to the US political system wasn't synonymous with hatred, unfortunately that time was a few decades ago and the republican party has been now been entirely co-opted by far right extremists and doesn't represent you anymore.
If you voted for Trump believing he would actually "make america great again" rather than being misled into believing he was a "less bad" option than Harris, there's a "-Watch" button up there that I'd be more than happy for you to click. You can also do us both a favor and block me too, we'll both probably live happier lives if you do it.
But again, if you're a conservative/moderate that doesn't think this could happen, consider all the people that voted for Trump only to say "I didn't vote for this":
- people who had their wife/girlfriend/friends deported or citizenship removed
- farmers who can no longer sell their produce because of tariffs
- people who lost their jobs because the business they worked for isn't viable anymore because of tariffs
- farmers whose government-funded projects were dropped because of DOGE
- government workers and veterans who lost their jobs because of DOGE and/or DEI
Where is FurAffinity hosted? To my knowledge, the USA
Where are the current owners of FurAffinity? The USA
Which country is currently regressing on liberty, dismantling democracy at record speed and implementing fascism? The USA
I mean Trump LITERALLY SAID "If you vote for me, you won't have to vote again", but if you thought Trump was actually going to "make america great again" I guess the in tthe rally where he allegedly said that, that was just a deepfake. Just like Elon doing "Roman salute", twice, was a deepfake and not actually a "Roman salute" or he did it because he was autistic. Never mind that when you put it side by side with an overt neo-nazi doing a "Roman salute" the movement is almost identical.
Why would this happen? Well take a look at some aspects of MAGAt "culture" and it should be clear rather that the question should be why _wouldn't_ it.
- Extreme puritanicalism (except behind closed doors) and the very often pornographic and/or deviant content on FA is in conflict with this
- Likely to support the use of generative AI and be resentful towards artists - many of whom benefit from this sites' existence if not rely on it entirely, and whose works challenge the above point
- "DEI" hate - incapacity to put themselves in the shoes of actually oppressed people or to see any justification for minorities of any kind to want to be visible: quite the opposite in as far as trying to erase the existence of minorities and this site is FULL of LGBT+ people
- Similarly, anything considered "DEI" is being removed from US government websites
- "Protecting children" - except for when it comes to the war on actually protecting children through sex ed or showing them that it's okay to be anything besides a straight white male
So what's the point of this, other than self-indulgent ranting? The point is that we have to be prepared for FA to be existentially threatened, and ready to do what we can to keep it alive.
I'm not saying it's going to happen tomorrow, or next week, or even next year. But realise that the current administration is going to keep pushing until the pushback is enough to stop them, something which tragically has shown very little sign of happening with the current, weak ass opposition.
It's not a reality I want to face given how much would be lost and how much history there is on this site, so many bonds forged, so much joy between art creators and enjoyers alike, so much money raised and exchanged to those in need.
How do we keep it alive? I'm not in the USA so there's not much I can do, but if you are you should let your governors know that you're not okay with internet censorship and that if the existence of sites that host 18+ content are threatened then you want them to stand up for it to be allowed to exist. This isn't about only standing up for FA. If PornHub gets blocked, that's a likely performative first step because everyone knows about PornHub. If they can get away with banning that, they will know they can get away with taking down the sites with the most resources, and anything else will be easy in comparison.
Alternatively, if FA administration and hosting could be migrated to a country that isn't under some threat of fascism at least in the long term (and that's a big ask at the moment honestly), it's up to us as the users to make sure that the site staff and administrators are aware of the threat. That in itself is difficult, if the FA staff don't see things this way (which they probably don't or the steps required to mitigate it would likely already be underway) then it'd be an uphill battle to not come across preachy or as some kind of personal agenda. After all, no one is going to want to hear "The site you administrate is under threat of being taken down by neo-nazis. Oh also I guess you are too lol so you should, like, leave the country along with the site that has stayed alive for years. Trust me bro"
The approach has to be straightforward and make sense, otherwise the result is more likely to cause resistance against the intended outcome rather than inertia towards it.
It's a prediction.
If you're a conservative/moderate that doesn't think this could happen, then first of all please realise I'm not talking about you with what's ahead in this journal.
There was a time when conservatism in reference to the US political system wasn't synonymous with hatred, unfortunately that time was a few decades ago and the republican party has been now been entirely co-opted by far right extremists and doesn't represent you anymore.
If you voted for Trump believing he would actually "make america great again" rather than being misled into believing he was a "less bad" option than Harris, there's a "-Watch" button up there that I'd be more than happy for you to click. You can also do us both a favor and block me too, we'll both probably live happier lives if you do it.
But again, if you're a conservative/moderate that doesn't think this could happen, consider all the people that voted for Trump only to say "I didn't vote for this":
- people who had their wife/girlfriend/friends deported or citizenship removed
- farmers who can no longer sell their produce because of tariffs
- people who lost their jobs because the business they worked for isn't viable anymore because of tariffs
- farmers whose government-funded projects were dropped because of DOGE
- government workers and veterans who lost their jobs because of DOGE and/or DEI
Where is FurAffinity hosted? To my knowledge, the USA
Where are the current owners of FurAffinity? The USA
Which country is currently regressing on liberty, dismantling democracy at record speed and implementing fascism? The USA
I mean Trump LITERALLY SAID "If you vote for me, you won't have to vote again", but if you thought Trump was actually going to "make america great again" I guess the in tthe rally where he allegedly said that, that was just a deepfake. Just like Elon doing "Roman salute", twice, was a deepfake and not actually a "Roman salute" or he did it because he was autistic. Never mind that when you put it side by side with an overt neo-nazi doing a "Roman salute" the movement is almost identical.
Why would this happen? Well take a look at some aspects of MAGAt "culture" and it should be clear rather that the question should be why _wouldn't_ it.
- Extreme puritanicalism (except behind closed doors) and the very often pornographic and/or deviant content on FA is in conflict with this
- Likely to support the use of generative AI and be resentful towards artists - many of whom benefit from this sites' existence if not rely on it entirely, and whose works challenge the above point
- "DEI" hate - incapacity to put themselves in the shoes of actually oppressed people or to see any justification for minorities of any kind to want to be visible: quite the opposite in as far as trying to erase the existence of minorities and this site is FULL of LGBT+ people
- Similarly, anything considered "DEI" is being removed from US government websites
- "Protecting children" - except for when it comes to the war on actually protecting children through sex ed or showing them that it's okay to be anything besides a straight white male
So what's the point of this, other than self-indulgent ranting? The point is that we have to be prepared for FA to be existentially threatened, and ready to do what we can to keep it alive.
I'm not saying it's going to happen tomorrow, or next week, or even next year. But realise that the current administration is going to keep pushing until the pushback is enough to stop them, something which tragically has shown very little sign of happening with the current, weak ass opposition.
It's not a reality I want to face given how much would be lost and how much history there is on this site, so many bonds forged, so much joy between art creators and enjoyers alike, so much money raised and exchanged to those in need.
How do we keep it alive? I'm not in the USA so there's not much I can do, but if you are you should let your governors know that you're not okay with internet censorship and that if the existence of sites that host 18+ content are threatened then you want them to stand up for it to be allowed to exist. This isn't about only standing up for FA. If PornHub gets blocked, that's a likely performative first step because everyone knows about PornHub. If they can get away with banning that, they will know they can get away with taking down the sites with the most resources, and anything else will be easy in comparison.
Alternatively, if FA administration and hosting could be migrated to a country that isn't under some threat of fascism at least in the long term (and that's a big ask at the moment honestly), it's up to us as the users to make sure that the site staff and administrators are aware of the threat. That in itself is difficult, if the FA staff don't see things this way (which they probably don't or the steps required to mitigate it would likely already be underway) then it'd be an uphill battle to not come across preachy or as some kind of personal agenda. After all, no one is going to want to hear "The site you administrate is under threat of being taken down by neo-nazis. Oh also I guess you are too lol so you should, like, leave the country along with the site that has stayed alive for years. Trust me bro"
The approach has to be straightforward and make sense, otherwise the result is more likely to cause resistance against the intended outcome rather than inertia towards it.
Ukraine Fundraiser by PistachioHorror
Posted 7 months agoIn the midst of a new administration in the USA which seems determined to make enemies of allies, allies of enemies and complete and dangerous destabilization of the international order, there has never been a time that it's more urgent to support Ukraine.
If not for the sake of its own sovereignity and survival, then because of what it represents as the only countries standing in the way of Putin's belligerent, imperialist regime and direct conflict between it and Western countries, which at minimum, would result in mass death and would be likely to escalate into a global nuclear exchange.
The Ukrainian people have bravely held together against the odds, and as it can no longer rely on any aid from the regressive United States government for support, its citizens and those of the rest in the West must pick up the slack and help in any way we can, whether that's direct funding or contacting our politicians and letting them know how important the survival of Ukraine is to our own.
PistachioHorror is a wonderful artist I've commissioned several times and she has run multiple fundraisers that directly aid the Ukrainian efforts to protect their rightfully owned land, and she is running such a fundraiser right now, please check here for details:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11074130/ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
If you have concerns about the legitimacy of the fundraisers, you can read her full journal to see photographic evidence of the support her fundraisers has made possible. This has also been the case for her past fundraisers.
If you might thinking, "Well what have _you_ done for these fundraisers?", the answer is probably around $200 in the last couple of years and I have no regrets.
If you can't donate or are uncertain, please at least consider signal boosting the PistachioHorror fundraiser with a journal as I have.
If not for the sake of its own sovereignity and survival, then because of what it represents as the only countries standing in the way of Putin's belligerent, imperialist regime and direct conflict between it and Western countries, which at minimum, would result in mass death and would be likely to escalate into a global nuclear exchange.
The Ukrainian people have bravely held together against the odds, and as it can no longer rely on any aid from the regressive United States government for support, its citizens and those of the rest in the West must pick up the slack and help in any way we can, whether that's direct funding or contacting our politicians and letting them know how important the survival of Ukraine is to our own.
PistachioHorror is a wonderful artist I've commissioned several times and she has run multiple fundraisers that directly aid the Ukrainian efforts to protect their rightfully owned land, and she is running such a fundraiser right now, please check here for details:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11074130/ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
If you have concerns about the legitimacy of the fundraisers, you can read her full journal to see photographic evidence of the support her fundraisers has made possible. This has also been the case for her past fundraisers.
If you might thinking, "Well what have _you_ done for these fundraisers?", the answer is probably around $200 in the last couple of years and I have no regrets.
If you can't donate or are uncertain, please at least consider signal boosting the
PistachioHorror fundraiser with a journal as I have.2025 📅 Monthly FREE Digital Colored Sketch ❌ CLOSED
Posted 8 months agoUpdate 2
As I've now finished the last of these before anyone applied for another slot, this is now closed. In the future such halfbody colored sketches will sell for $25 as a starting price. If you're considering commissioning me, please check my ToS and will/won't draw.Update
As my skills improve I'm starting to feel that doing so much of this for free is devaluing my work.
If I get to the end of the month (any) and have no more of these in the queue, then I'll stop doing them.
This means that everyone that asked for one still gets one, and if they're successful enough that I get enough slots claimed for the whole year then they'll still all be done anyway!
After this has run its course, I'll probably be selling slots for them for around $25 as a starting price.
Another reason I'm doing this is that I have a lot of other stuff I want to do with my art, and just single character halfbody pieces is a bit limiting. I do have time to work on personal pieces, but only barely and only smaller ones if I want to get them done within the month too.This year I'm excited to offer one free digital thigh-up/knee-up colored sketch per month!
Truth be told I have a lot of other responsibilities so may not be able to get all of them done on time, but if no one is paying then no problem, right?
These will look like my most recent (as of journal creation time) submission with the Zoroark, possibly excluding hard shading - more on that soon.
Send me a note or comment here to claim, if you would prefer to contact through other means then you will have to send a note with details for that initially, I don't like to make my other contact details public.
Here's the current lineup of claimants:
January -
dDefinder - DONEFebruary -
Zeff_212 - DONE (1 day late)March -
FurrEver. - DONEApril -
Deram - DONE (very late)- CLOSED - CLOSED - CLOSED - CLOSED - CLOSED - CLOSED - CLOSED - CLOSED -
Terms & Conditions:
- Single character per colored sketch only
- No user can claim more than one slot
- If you don't specify a month for your colored sketch to be worked on, I'll just put you in the next soonest open slot
- Whether you'll get shading or not depends on the complexity of the piece, taking into account your character, clothing, pose, expression, and background
- There are some things I just can't draw well at the moment like foliage or extreme perspective angles, so I might refuse your claim if you ask for something like that
- If you're happy with the work I've done for you, donations are very welcome. Please? 🥺
- My usual Terms of Service apply where relevant to free work
Reflecting on 2024
Posted 8 months agoLast time I did a reflection journal it was... Let's say pessimistic, but actually at the end of this year I've achieved kind of a lot.
I posted 6 personal or gift pieces and 4 commissions, which might be a personal best in spite of everything!
"Everything" being not being almost strictly a digital artist for that long, making an unconventional choice as far as tools, not being that well practiced or consistent at doing digital from scratch, and having a major life event, AND creating and releasing a successful Garry's Mod map!
In 2025, I'd like to:
- Improve the speed that I can get stuff done at
- Draw more, other characters in aid of making my style even more consistent
- Nail an approach to doing coloured sketches
To the end of that last one, I'd like to do an art raffle for one or more half body colored sketches, but I don't think I'm popular enough for a raffle to make any sense. So instead, just hit me up with a note if you'd like one for free and I haven't done art of your character already. No guarantees about when it'll be done, consider the opportunity your reward for reading this.
With that out of the way, I wish you all happy holidays!
I posted 6 personal or gift pieces and 4 commissions, which might be a personal best in spite of everything!
"Everything" being not being almost strictly a digital artist for that long, making an unconventional choice as far as tools, not being that well practiced or consistent at doing digital from scratch, and having a major life event, AND creating and releasing a successful Garry's Mod map!
In 2025, I'd like to:
- Improve the speed that I can get stuff done at
- Draw more, other characters in aid of making my style even more consistent
- Nail an approach to doing coloured sketches
To the end of that last one, I'd like to do an art raffle for one or more half body colored sketches, but I don't think I'm popular enough for a raffle to make any sense. So instead, just hit me up with a note if you'd like one for free and I haven't done art of your character already. No guarantees about when it'll be done, consider the opportunity your reward for reading this.
With that out of the way, I wish you all happy holidays!
BlueSky ☀
Posted 9 months ago❓ Quick Question about Furcons ❓
Posted a year agoWho's been to or has plans to go to any, at least this year? It's something I think about sometimes and wonder how likely it is that I'd bump into someone I know.
Reflecting; Maybe it's time to throw in the towel
Posted a year agoI don't want this journal to be a complete downer so I'm going to start by reflecting positively on what I've achieved.
My creative journey started early, my 3D drawing skills were pretty unmatched in my grade in what most of you would probably call elementary school, funny enough I was never very good at drawing people. As I got into my teen years I started working on simple mods for indie games and equally simple games made with Game Maker, and later maps/levels for Source engine games. My first furry art was drawn around the time I created this profile. I don't even remember how I came up with the handle.
- I released nearly a dozen Source maps for Garry's Mod and Counter-Strike Source. I think one of my Garry's Mod maps ran on a server one time.
- I released a game development tool consisting of over 23,000 lines of code and developed over 10 years while juggling other creative works and a full time job, to 3 sales and $39 of income. During the final years I had to deal with my parents being on my ass about it not being released and not making money when it did, because they think the only way to exist in the world is to be a wage slave.
- I made a bunch of stupid ass, fun youtube videos
- I made a Starsector mod, it got shit on by the community and moderators just ignored it. Whatever lol
- I've completed half a dozen digital art commissions, which I never would've imagined doing just a few years ago
- Since 2010 I've learned to use various synthesizers and drum machines and OpenMPT to create rudimentary IDM (my melody crafting and songmaking skills are lacking though)
But the point of all this is, nothing I've made has ever actually blown up. Is that because what I create is garbage? Maybe? I don't know and I'm not in an appropriate position to judge it as judging ones own work is inevitably going to be biased in one way or another. I suspect the larger problem is the lack of focus, it's something that's been itching away at the back of my mind for a few years now, there's times where I've considered just dropping all but one thing for the sake of focus, but the idea of throwing out all but one of the things I used to enjoy doing terrifies me still. Which is weird, because the lack of any real breakthrough is getting to me so much that it's taking the joy out of everything when it all feels so damn pointless now.
One of the things that's difficult about taking creating shit seriously (i.e. wanting to make a living out of it off one's own back), and being open about it from the pov of failure is actually nothing to do with the creative process, but rather how to convey frustrations about the difficulties and reception of the results without coming across like it's all about popularity or money. For sure when I started creating stuff it was entirely for fun, but as time has progressed I've realised that the only way to continue being able to create all this stuff is to not be held back by a job that eats all of my time.
So the purpose of my creative works shifted because if the options are to not have time to create stuff at all, or only have time to create stuff on a career-drien point of view, the decision seemed obvious. But working in this way and having to fit everything around a job has taken all the joy out of it, also I think I'm burned out or at least in some weird state of long-term overwhelm.
The other option is to stop taking this i.e. being a professional furry artist, seriously as a potential career. That sounds like stopping taking commissions, but then I'd be unlikely to do free art for others either and if I can find the self-discipline to get things done in good time then there's no reason to close off that path prematurely. Fck knows if I did actually go this route then I would have a VERY long way to go to get fast enough to break even financially.
It doesn't matter anyway because I don't enjoy doing anything anymore, all creative stuff is just a chore, playing new games is a chore, the damn job is a chore (yeah who's surprised about that one), having to exist on this shitty planet in this shitty country and dance to the tune of rich cunts hoarding wealth and going through the bullshit social motions has taken it out of me.
Point is that what I'm doing right now isn't working but I don't know any other way to live. Anything else seems like a colossal effort that isn't worthwhile. I feel like I need to take a step back from everything for like 6-24 months but I have no idea what I'd do in that time and it can't happen anyway because there are rent and bills that have to be paid.
What sucks is that I have it easy compared to many, my job pays "well", I don't live in a country that is currently at war or authoritarian dictatorship, but there are real, serious global dangers that are NOT just "haha terminally online, touch grass" contributing to the feeling of ultimate pointlessness.
I'm going to abruptly stop this journal here before it gets any darker or more doomer-y. Please don't send me a note about this. I'm not putting this here for sympathy, I felt like I needed to get this down somewhere to organize my thoughts in some kind of concrete manner and in a sense give clarity or perspective to my activity on this site.
My creative journey started early, my 3D drawing skills were pretty unmatched in my grade in what most of you would probably call elementary school, funny enough I was never very good at drawing people. As I got into my teen years I started working on simple mods for indie games and equally simple games made with Game Maker, and later maps/levels for Source engine games. My first furry art was drawn around the time I created this profile. I don't even remember how I came up with the handle.
- I released nearly a dozen Source maps for Garry's Mod and Counter-Strike Source. I think one of my Garry's Mod maps ran on a server one time.
- I released a game development tool consisting of over 23,000 lines of code and developed over 10 years while juggling other creative works and a full time job, to 3 sales and $39 of income. During the final years I had to deal with my parents being on my ass about it not being released and not making money when it did, because they think the only way to exist in the world is to be a wage slave.
- I made a bunch of stupid ass, fun youtube videos
- I made a Starsector mod, it got shit on by the community and moderators just ignored it. Whatever lol
- I've completed half a dozen digital art commissions, which I never would've imagined doing just a few years ago
- Since 2010 I've learned to use various synthesizers and drum machines and OpenMPT to create rudimentary IDM (my melody crafting and songmaking skills are lacking though)
But the point of all this is, nothing I've made has ever actually blown up. Is that because what I create is garbage? Maybe? I don't know and I'm not in an appropriate position to judge it as judging ones own work is inevitably going to be biased in one way or another. I suspect the larger problem is the lack of focus, it's something that's been itching away at the back of my mind for a few years now, there's times where I've considered just dropping all but one thing for the sake of focus, but the idea of throwing out all but one of the things I used to enjoy doing terrifies me still. Which is weird, because the lack of any real breakthrough is getting to me so much that it's taking the joy out of everything when it all feels so damn pointless now.
One of the things that's difficult about taking creating shit seriously (i.e. wanting to make a living out of it off one's own back), and being open about it from the pov of failure is actually nothing to do with the creative process, but rather how to convey frustrations about the difficulties and reception of the results without coming across like it's all about popularity or money. For sure when I started creating stuff it was entirely for fun, but as time has progressed I've realised that the only way to continue being able to create all this stuff is to not be held back by a job that eats all of my time.
So the purpose of my creative works shifted because if the options are to not have time to create stuff at all, or only have time to create stuff on a career-drien point of view, the decision seemed obvious. But working in this way and having to fit everything around a job has taken all the joy out of it, also I think I'm burned out or at least in some weird state of long-term overwhelm.
The other option is to stop taking this i.e. being a professional furry artist, seriously as a potential career. That sounds like stopping taking commissions, but then I'd be unlikely to do free art for others either and if I can find the self-discipline to get things done in good time then there's no reason to close off that path prematurely. Fck knows if I did actually go this route then I would have a VERY long way to go to get fast enough to break even financially.
It doesn't matter anyway because I don't enjoy doing anything anymore, all creative stuff is just a chore, playing new games is a chore, the damn job is a chore (yeah who's surprised about that one), having to exist on this shitty planet in this shitty country and dance to the tune of rich cunts hoarding wealth and going through the bullshit social motions has taken it out of me.
Point is that what I'm doing right now isn't working but I don't know any other way to live. Anything else seems like a colossal effort that isn't worthwhile. I feel like I need to take a step back from everything for like 6-24 months but I have no idea what I'd do in that time and it can't happen anyway because there are rent and bills that have to be paid.
What sucks is that I have it easy compared to many, my job pays "well", I don't live in a country that is currently at war or authoritarian dictatorship, but there are real, serious global dangers that are NOT just "haha terminally online, touch grass" contributing to the feeling of ultimate pointlessness.
I'm going to abruptly stop this journal here before it gets any darker or more doomer-y. Please don't send me a note about this. I'm not putting this here for sympathy, I felt like I needed to get this down somewhere to organize my thoughts in some kind of concrete manner and in a sense give clarity or perspective to my activity on this site.
Potential impersonator (+Linktree)
Posted 2 years agoOver the last year or so I've noticed an increasing trend where I try to register for any social media only to find the handle "foxide" is already taken, to the point where it's now happend over 3 times.
It's a very particular username and I've checked some of the profiles that use it where possible, while they don't actually show signs of impersonation *at the moment* and none of them are consistent, I'm pretty sure one person I used to know and haven't had contact with for a while is doing this to troll me in an unprovable way.
As a precaution against impersonation, I've created a linktree page that you can find here: https://linktr.ee/foxide
If you see any profiles using my username you should always initially assume that they are NOT me even if they have any resemblance, and ESPECIALLY if my work is on their page whether they are trying to sell commissions by impersonating me or not.
If you are ever unsure of whether a profile belongs to me, check whether it is featured on the linktree page above, and if it isn't present then contact me from somewhere that IS linked on my linktree page then I can verify and add it if needed and be notified and put out a warning if not. Send the suspected URL in your FIRST message as I won't respond if you just say "hi" or some such with the intention of bringing it up in a conversation. I won't even visit the URL as I won't even need to in order to know whether it belongs to me.
I'll be using an alternative username in the meantime, but will avoid revealing that here as it's likely that if someone is doing some sort of registration trolling then they'll see this and catch on.
I guess for now my only other choice is to register for as many social media platforms as possible with this current username.
Edit: Additional evidence of f___ery is that at least one of these profiles has absolutely nothing on it so is just taking up space for nothing.
It's a very particular username and I've checked some of the profiles that use it where possible, while they don't actually show signs of impersonation *at the moment* and none of them are consistent, I'm pretty sure one person I used to know and haven't had contact with for a while is doing this to troll me in an unprovable way.
As a precaution against impersonation, I've created a linktree page that you can find here: https://linktr.ee/foxide
If you see any profiles using my username you should always initially assume that they are NOT me even if they have any resemblance, and ESPECIALLY if my work is on their page whether they are trying to sell commissions by impersonating me or not.
If you are ever unsure of whether a profile belongs to me, check whether it is featured on the linktree page above, and if it isn't present then contact me from somewhere that IS linked on my linktree page then I can verify and add it if needed and be notified and put out a warning if not. Send the suspected URL in your FIRST message as I won't respond if you just say "hi" or some such with the intention of bringing it up in a conversation. I won't even visit the URL as I won't even need to in order to know whether it belongs to me.
I'll be using an alternative username in the meantime, but will avoid revealing that here as it's likely that if someone is doing some sort of registration trolling then they'll see this and catch on.
I guess for now my only other choice is to register for as many social media platforms as possible with this current username.
Edit: Additional evidence of f___ery is that at least one of these profiles has absolutely nothing on it so is just taking up space for nothing.
Hard Shaded Full Body Raffle?
Posted 2 years agoYo, I noticed I surpassed 10,000 page views within the last few weeks or month or whatever.
And, I've been working on digital sketches on and off for a while now and feel like I need a little extra incentive of feeling obligated to do work for someone to actually complete something.
So I'm thinking of doing a raffle for a hard shaded full body, but before I do that officially I'd like to gauge interest using this journal first, to see how many people would be interested in actually entering. Drop a comment here if you'd be interested, then I'll know. Raffle is pointless if everyone that watches me either assumes my account is dead, is a dead account, or only watched me for stuff I commissioned from other artists lol
Notes:
- SFW only
- ToS apply as usual (except parts about money obviously)
- Any species and any gender/sex
- Simple background only
- Complex clothing or characters might be considered
- Work would be FREE, equivalent to what I would normally charge a starting price of $35 for
- May take up to 4 weeks to complete but will probably be less time than that (I'm still slow, but getting better)
Also does anyone know a better way to draw a random entry than using random.org? random.org is great but seems like it would be way too easy for the artist to fudge (I wouldn't do that but I want people to be confident the winner would be drawn in as fair a manner as possible)
And, I've been working on digital sketches on and off for a while now and feel like I need a little extra incentive of feeling obligated to do work for someone to actually complete something.
So I'm thinking of doing a raffle for a hard shaded full body, but before I do that officially I'd like to gauge interest using this journal first, to see how many people would be interested in actually entering. Drop a comment here if you'd be interested, then I'll know. Raffle is pointless if everyone that watches me either assumes my account is dead, is a dead account, or only watched me for stuff I commissioned from other artists lol
Notes:
- SFW only
- ToS apply as usual (except parts about money obviously)
- Any species and any gender/sex
- Simple background only
- Complex clothing or characters might be considered
- Work would be FREE, equivalent to what I would normally charge a starting price of $35 for
- May take up to 4 weeks to complete but will probably be less time than that (I'm still slow, but getting better)
Also does anyone know a better way to draw a random entry than using random.org? random.org is great but seems like it would be way too easy for the artist to fudge (I wouldn't do that but I want people to be confident the winner would be drawn in as fair a manner as possible)
Panic semi-over
Posted 3 years agoOk so I took the mobo, CPU and cooler to a local PC repair place.
They said it worked when they put it all together with their own test hardware, except for the integrated graphics. So their conclusion was the GPU causing trouble.
Doesn't really make sense to me why GPU problems would cause the DRAM LED to light, but what do I know.
After I took it home and put everything back together, everything seems to be working.
I'll be getting back to work on the one commission I desperately need to make progress on.
Thanks all who gave your advice and well wishes.
They said it worked when they put it all together with their own test hardware, except for the integrated graphics. So their conclusion was the GPU causing trouble.
Doesn't really make sense to me why GPU problems would cause the DRAM LED to light, but what do I know.
After I took it home and put everything back together, everything seems to be working.
I'll be getting back to work on the one commission I desperately need to make progress on.
Thanks all who gave your advice and well wishes.
RIP PC
Posted 3 years agoPC was kind of lacking RAM so I bought a couple of sticks, intending to put them in DIMM 1&3. Huh? My massive CPU cooler is in the way of DIMM 1.
No problem, it can fit if I take the fan off first.
Done.
Install downloaded RAM.
Reinstall CPU fan.
Boot.
Huh, no BIOS.
Try a few combinations of RAM sticks in different slots.
Still nothing.
Notice the DRAM LED is on. Uh oh.
Try every remaining combination, including only the original RAM sticks in the exact same configuration as previously.
Still fucked.
Remove CMOS, unplug PC, hold power button. Still fucked.
Leverage the knowledge of the internet.
CPU cooler screwed on too tight? Ok
Loosen a bit. Nope.
Fuck it, the thermal seal is probably fucked now.
In the end I've just taken off the cooler, but it's not looking good. Even in the best case scenario, I'd still have to clean the paste off the CPU and cooler, which will be a bitch to do properly. And then I'll have to apply it again and pray to RNGesus that I get it right.
I'd really hope I won't have to replace the entire CPU, cooler and motherboard as it has precisely the feature set I need for all the niche creative stuff I do. I've mostly been lucky with hardware reliability until the last couple of years, but had 3 storage devices fail in less years. A Seagate disk drive for no apparent reason except that Seagate is trash; a WD external backup disk drive after I knocked it off my desk; and most recently a Samsung M.2 SSD, which went into write-protected mode even though it reported having only written 9TB over the 4 years I've been using it (partly for readyboost so with the RAM upgrade I needed, that would be getting used a good amount).
Someone has recently commissioned me as well, so whatever the outcome, that's going to be abnormally delayed because this little laptop couldn't handle Paint.NET.
FFS
No problem, it can fit if I take the fan off first.
Done.
Install downloaded RAM.
Reinstall CPU fan.
Boot.
Huh, no BIOS.
Try a few combinations of RAM sticks in different slots.
Still nothing.
Notice the DRAM LED is on. Uh oh.
Try every remaining combination, including only the original RAM sticks in the exact same configuration as previously.
Still fucked.
Remove CMOS, unplug PC, hold power button. Still fucked.
Leverage the knowledge of the internet.
CPU cooler screwed on too tight? Ok
Loosen a bit. Nope.
Fuck it, the thermal seal is probably fucked now.
In the end I've just taken off the cooler, but it's not looking good. Even in the best case scenario, I'd still have to clean the paste off the CPU and cooler, which will be a bitch to do properly. And then I'll have to apply it again and pray to RNGesus that I get it right.
I'd really hope I won't have to replace the entire CPU, cooler and motherboard as it has precisely the feature set I need for all the niche creative stuff I do. I've mostly been lucky with hardware reliability until the last couple of years, but had 3 storage devices fail in less years. A Seagate disk drive for no apparent reason except that Seagate is trash; a WD external backup disk drive after I knocked it off my desk; and most recently a Samsung M.2 SSD, which went into write-protected mode even though it reported having only written 9TB over the 4 years I've been using it (partly for readyboost so with the RAM upgrade I needed, that would be getting used a good amount).
Someone has recently commissioned me as well, so whatever the outcome, that's going to be abnormally delayed because this little laptop couldn't handle Paint.NET.
FFS
What the fuck is going on
Posted 3 years agoCan we stop playing the "let's see how we can make this year even worse than the last" game now? I swear It's been going on since at least 2016 now
Dopamine detox? who's done one or more?
Posted 3 years agoMy motivation for creative stuff recently has kind of gone down the proverbial, and I'm having trouble figuring out why that is.
Is it just dopamine resistance? Is it burnout?
I think the latter can be ruled out because whenever I read about burnout it's always some article about some poor sap that has been working 16 hour days, including Saturdays, for the last year and a half and had to divorce, and can barely get out of bed in the morning, all for a pitiful paycheck, because fuck crapitalism.
But to avoid bitching about that too much: that's hardly the way I've been working so dopamine resistance is the next best explanation I can think of.
I've read and watched videos about these "dopamine detox" things where you do nothing more than relatively boring activities for 2/3/4+ weeks, it sounds like it would work in theory. The activities involved include reading books or listening to audiobooks, listening to music, going for walks... But not gaming or watching streams or videos. In my case I think it would have to involve not working on creative stuff either.
If I remember right the idea is that when you come back to the tasks that you avoided, those activities are more novel as they haven't been experienced in some time, and so your brain will release more dopamine upon engaging in those activities. Something like that anyway.
But every time I think of doing it my brain goes REEEEEE BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THIS WORK YOU COULD GET DONE AND YOU'LL BE SO BORED, when the truth of it is I'd probably waste most of that time watching videos or playing games anyway if I continued as normal. But the boredom is a thing to really think about. With so much time with my own thoughts and getting rid of what little interaction I have with others would I have an existential crisis? Ok maybe not an existential crisis specifically because I'm a gigachad that creates so much of my own life meaning that it could be prolonged across multiple lifetimes. But still the lack of socialising could lead to some unhealthy thoughts.
Actually, is socialising, even over text on the internet, one of those things that's supposed to be avoided in these dopamine detox things?
Is it just dopamine resistance? Is it burnout?
I think the latter can be ruled out because whenever I read about burnout it's always some article about some poor sap that has been working 16 hour days, including Saturdays, for the last year and a half and had to divorce, and can barely get out of bed in the morning, all for a pitiful paycheck, because fuck crapitalism.
But to avoid bitching about that too much: that's hardly the way I've been working so dopamine resistance is the next best explanation I can think of.
I've read and watched videos about these "dopamine detox" things where you do nothing more than relatively boring activities for 2/3/4+ weeks, it sounds like it would work in theory. The activities involved include reading books or listening to audiobooks, listening to music, going for walks... But not gaming or watching streams or videos. In my case I think it would have to involve not working on creative stuff either.
If I remember right the idea is that when you come back to the tasks that you avoided, those activities are more novel as they haven't been experienced in some time, and so your brain will release more dopamine upon engaging in those activities. Something like that anyway.
But every time I think of doing it my brain goes REEEEEE BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THIS WORK YOU COULD GET DONE AND YOU'LL BE SO BORED, when the truth of it is I'd probably waste most of that time watching videos or playing games anyway if I continued as normal. But the boredom is a thing to really think about. With so much time with my own thoughts and getting rid of what little interaction I have with others would I have an existential crisis? Ok maybe not an existential crisis specifically because I'm a gigachad that creates so much of my own life meaning that it could be prolonged across multiple lifetimes. But still the lack of socialising could lead to some unhealthy thoughts.
Actually, is socialising, even over text on the internet, one of those things that's supposed to be avoided in these dopamine detox things?
Why I put past art I've commissioned in Scraps
Posted 3 years agoSo the more I thought about this, the more I realised that people could make an interpretation that I'm disrespecting artists by putting the work I commissioned from them in my scraps, whether it's the artists themselves or just viewers.
For the avoidance of any doubt, here's the reasoning:
I'm not a watcher. I do furry artwork, that's my primary reason for being here (and I'll be the first to admit it's of questionable consistency and quality). I do a lot of personal stuff, a couple of commissions and I've commissioned probably coming up on a couple of dozen artists. I also post game development-related stuff and even the odd unlikely piece of music.
I noticed that something that could be driving away people that might be considering commissioning me, is potential confusion over what the result might look like, or what the hell the main focus of my profile is.
I want to make a very clear divide between art that I've created and everything else. The first step to this was when I tagged most things I created with square brackets [ ] and left everything else, but I don't think that's enough.
The worst case scenario is that someone spends money commissioning me based on a piece of work that was created by someone else that I commissioned, with the assumption that the end result would have any resemblance. Wasting a commissioner's time with understandably false expectations is not good. The same with potentially having to redraw lines or even worse having to redo shading multiple times to try to reach a standard of quality I'm simply incapable of. When my profile/userpage is a mixture of my own and commissioned work, I think the risk of this is a lot higher.
By having clearly labelled art I've commissioned from other artists in my gallery for just a few days before being moved to scraps, they have a chance at visibility while hopefully not giving a false impression or expectations. Hopefully you won't see this as disrespectful as it should help to clearly divide other artists' superior work from my own.
Somewhat reluctantly I'll also be moving game dev, music and any other creative work submissions to my scraps. The same will apply to any other types of creative stuff I pick up. This helps with making it clear what the purpose of my profile is, but unfortunately muddies the waters still with how I would have liked to keep scraps for work done by other artists I've commissioned only, but since there's no profile visibility to worry about, hopefully having the work in folders will help with that.
As usual I've made a big text wall to poorly explain a simple concept again, sorry for that.
For the avoidance of any doubt, here's the reasoning:
I'm not a watcher. I do furry artwork, that's my primary reason for being here (and I'll be the first to admit it's of questionable consistency and quality). I do a lot of personal stuff, a couple of commissions and I've commissioned probably coming up on a couple of dozen artists. I also post game development-related stuff and even the odd unlikely piece of music.
I noticed that something that could be driving away people that might be considering commissioning me, is potential confusion over what the result might look like, or what the hell the main focus of my profile is.
I want to make a very clear divide between art that I've created and everything else. The first step to this was when I tagged most things I created with square brackets [ ] and left everything else, but I don't think that's enough.
The worst case scenario is that someone spends money commissioning me based on a piece of work that was created by someone else that I commissioned, with the assumption that the end result would have any resemblance. Wasting a commissioner's time with understandably false expectations is not good. The same with potentially having to redraw lines or even worse having to redo shading multiple times to try to reach a standard of quality I'm simply incapable of. When my profile/userpage is a mixture of my own and commissioned work, I think the risk of this is a lot higher.
By having clearly labelled art I've commissioned from other artists in my gallery for just a few days before being moved to scraps, they have a chance at visibility while hopefully not giving a false impression or expectations. Hopefully you won't see this as disrespectful as it should help to clearly divide other artists' superior work from my own.
Somewhat reluctantly I'll also be moving game dev, music and any other creative work submissions to my scraps. The same will apply to any other types of creative stuff I pick up. This helps with making it clear what the purpose of my profile is, but unfortunately muddies the waters still with how I would have liked to keep scraps for work done by other artists I've commissioned only, but since there's no profile visibility to worry about, hopefully having the work in folders will help with that.
As usual I've made a big text wall to poorly explain a simple concept again, sorry for that.
Have your say on YCHes
Posted 4 years agoSo I've been debating in my head about whether to do straight up YCHes. I'd like to hear from any of you that happens to read this what your thoughts are on them!
I used to be kind of against YCHes because of how they are now so prevalent, but I think reminder spam is the bigger problem (although somewhat alleviated by changes to the rules).
I originally typed out a big text wall here but have decided to rewrite and try to keep it short. So here's the issues I have had or can see other people having with YCHes, each addressed with my opinion of what the fix is:
1. Low effort/character could be any other
- Personally I would allow a lot of customization with clothing, body shape and maybe some parts of the poses. For any users that make money exclusively off coloring free or purchased bases: I recommend improving your skills by practicing doing your own lineart (I admit I have plenty to improve on myself too, I'm working on it)
- I think the only time there is any significant loss here is the occasions where a commissioner comes to an artist with a very specific idea of what they want and it's as close to a unique situation for that character as possible. It seems to be common (and I may be mistaken) that commissioners come to artists with the idea of artistic freedom, and then leave things open enough that the artist will come up with something rather generic and inoffensive, whether intentionally or not. I don't think anyone is to blame for this as I don't think there is anything inherently wrong about it.
2. Lazy/cash grab
- If an artist does 50 copies of the same YCH, with little to no adjustment or customization of the base piece, and the base piece was already very rough, sure.
- I feel differently about this now, having worked on a software tool for 10 years and made $15 off of it. My current strategy for art commissions isn't working, so why should I keep doing what isn't working? And that could be exactly the same situation occurred with the other artist. YCHes may not be an artist's preferred way to get by, but it's better than working their ass off to get a job that they'd hate, just to be able to pay the rent/exist (thanks CRAPitalism).
3. Reminder spam
- I understand this can be really annoying for some. I don't want to drive any of you away with it. I will only ever post one reminder for everything I am open for, at least for now, i.e.; one reminder for both full body and headshot pieces.
- It seems to be a lot more difficult to get noticed on FA these days. I don't think it's entirely for lack of visibility of art either. Views are higher, as you'd expect from a community that has grown since years ago, but engagement in the form of comments, favorites and watches seems to be down. This is okay and mostly an observation, but I am confident enough in my art now to say that I think lack of interest in commissioning me comes from a lack of visibility more than a lack of skill. I think there are artists with more to learn than me that don't have trouble getting commissions because of how they put themselves out there.
There are a couple of benefits to YCHes from both artist and commissioner perspectives:
1. If something does not work out with a client but the lineart is done, the artist can re-use it for a YCH, giving a commissioner the opportunity for a piece that might never have existed otherwise. (in my case I'd ask the client for permission first)
2. The client has the opportunity to commission something for an idea they wouldn't have come up with on their own. But having been on the other end of this, it can be an enabler for commission addiction...
As I said in the beginning, I'd love to hear any of you peoples' thoughts on this!
I used to be kind of against YCHes because of how they are now so prevalent, but I think reminder spam is the bigger problem (although somewhat alleviated by changes to the rules).
I originally typed out a big text wall here but have decided to rewrite and try to keep it short. So here's the issues I have had or can see other people having with YCHes, each addressed with my opinion of what the fix is:
1. Low effort/character could be any other
- Personally I would allow a lot of customization with clothing, body shape and maybe some parts of the poses. For any users that make money exclusively off coloring free or purchased bases: I recommend improving your skills by practicing doing your own lineart (I admit I have plenty to improve on myself too, I'm working on it)
- I think the only time there is any significant loss here is the occasions where a commissioner comes to an artist with a very specific idea of what they want and it's as close to a unique situation for that character as possible. It seems to be common (and I may be mistaken) that commissioners come to artists with the idea of artistic freedom, and then leave things open enough that the artist will come up with something rather generic and inoffensive, whether intentionally or not. I don't think anyone is to blame for this as I don't think there is anything inherently wrong about it.
2. Lazy/cash grab
- If an artist does 50 copies of the same YCH, with little to no adjustment or customization of the base piece, and the base piece was already very rough, sure.
- I feel differently about this now, having worked on a software tool for 10 years and made $15 off of it. My current strategy for art commissions isn't working, so why should I keep doing what isn't working? And that could be exactly the same situation occurred with the other artist. YCHes may not be an artist's preferred way to get by, but it's better than working their ass off to get a job that they'd hate, just to be able to pay the rent/exist (thanks CRAPitalism).
3. Reminder spam
- I understand this can be really annoying for some. I don't want to drive any of you away with it. I will only ever post one reminder for everything I am open for, at least for now, i.e.; one reminder for both full body and headshot pieces.
- It seems to be a lot more difficult to get noticed on FA these days. I don't think it's entirely for lack of visibility of art either. Views are higher, as you'd expect from a community that has grown since years ago, but engagement in the form of comments, favorites and watches seems to be down. This is okay and mostly an observation, but I am confident enough in my art now to say that I think lack of interest in commissioning me comes from a lack of visibility more than a lack of skill. I think there are artists with more to learn than me that don't have trouble getting commissions because of how they put themselves out there.
There are a couple of benefits to YCHes from both artist and commissioner perspectives:
1. If something does not work out with a client but the lineart is done, the artist can re-use it for a YCH, giving a commissioner the opportunity for a piece that might never have existed otherwise. (in my case I'd ask the client for permission first)
2. The client has the opportunity to commission something for an idea they wouldn't have come up with on their own. But having been on the other end of this, it can be an enabler for commission addiction...
As I said in the beginning, I'd love to hear any of you peoples' thoughts on this!
Art dump incoming
Posted 4 years agoArt which I have commissioned, not which I've made.
But I'm thinking of moving stuff I've commissioned into its own folder and then scraps, because I'm going to be opening 1-2 slots for full body commissions and want my profile page to be clean and clear about what kind of quality people can expect of my own work.
But I'm thinking of moving stuff I've commissioned into its own folder and then scraps, because I'm going to be opening 1-2 slots for full body commissions and want my profile page to be clean and clear about what kind of quality people can expect of my own work.
Commission Prices
Posted 4 years agoThe listed prices are for hard/cel shading; For flat colour prices are halved.
Treat multiple characters as if they were separate commissions.
Icon/Headshot/Bust/Portrait: $10 base price
Up to +5$ for complexity in the relevant area (for example for complex hair, complex bondage such as ballgag & collar, multiple sets of ears or eyes)
+2$ for soft shading
Simple background = free; not eligible for a complex background
I will tend to include a little bit of the chest so you can crop the result as you want for use as a profile pic/avatar
Half body $20 base price
Up to +$10 for complexity in the relevant area (complex clothing or complex hair, wings etc.)
+10$ per head for characters with more than one head (hellhounds or cerberuses and other such)
+5$ for soft shading
Simple background = free; up to +15$ for a complex background
Full body $35 base price
Up to +15$ for complexity in the relevant area (complex clothing or complex hair; wings etc.)
+10$ per head for characters with more than one head (hellhounds or cerberuses and other such)
+10$ for soft shading
Simple background = $5; up to +20$ for a complex background
Treat multiple characters as if they were separate commissions.
Icon/Headshot/Bust/Portrait: $10 base price
Up to +5$ for complexity in the relevant area (for example for complex hair, complex bondage such as ballgag & collar, multiple sets of ears or eyes)
+2$ for soft shading
Simple background = free; not eligible for a complex background
I will tend to include a little bit of the chest so you can crop the result as you want for use as a profile pic/avatar
Half body $20 base price
Up to +$10 for complexity in the relevant area (complex clothing or complex hair, wings etc.)
+10$ per head for characters with more than one head (hellhounds or cerberuses and other such)
+5$ for soft shading
Simple background = free; up to +15$ for a complex background
Full body $35 base price
Up to +15$ for complexity in the relevant area (complex clothing or complex hair; wings etc.)
+10$ per head for characters with more than one head (hellhounds or cerberuses and other such)
+10$ for soft shading
Simple background = $5; up to +20$ for a complex background
Will/won't draw
Posted 4 years agoDISCLAIMER: This list is not exhaustive, and I reserve the right to refuse to draw anything you request that is not explicitly stated here. In such a case your right to privacy/confidentiality will be honored unless you are in breach of the FA Code of Conduct, in which case you may be reported via trouble ticket.
💙 Preferred content 💙
Feminine characters
Femboys & crossdressing
Vulpines, canines, felines, sharks & anthro dragons
Anti-capitalist/anti-corporate political messaging (within reason)
Chubby characters
Voloptuous characters
Various kinks
✅ Acceptable content ✅
Any gender
Any species
Pixel art
Simple backgrounds, abstract or of person-made environments
Niche content including:
Complex clothing and armor designs
Food play
Light to medium bondage
Light to medium inflation
Light to medium weight gain
Micro
Paws
Pregnancy (realistic sizes only)
Rule 63 / genderbend
Taurs
Wetting
When open for NSFW, large (but not hyper) genitals
⚠️ Situationally acceptable content ⚠️
Mature/adult sexual content
Extreme perspectives e.g.; looking up at the character from below
High resolution images
Latex/wet look/rubber clothing or characters made of these materials
Natural environments
Pokemon & Digimon
Transformation
🚫 Forbidden content 🚫
Underage characters or for underage clients
Intolerant/hateful content or for people demonstrating such views
Fan characters of other franchises and usually characters from those
Ferals/non-anthro and especially NSFW involving these
Gore/snuff
Hard vore
Rape/noncon/dubcon
Traces or knowingly commissioned pieces with nearly-identical linework to another artists' work
Hyper genitalia
Work involving use of AI10$ Full Colour Headshot Commissions
Posted 4 years agoThat's right, I'm finally doing it.
Details/examples
ToS <- you must read this before commissioning me, I reserve the right to test you on anything in it >:)
slot no. Commissioner ( type | stage )
1. <unclaimed>
2. <unclaimed>
3. <unclaimed>
Completed:
Yevhen
Details/examples
ToS <- you must read this before commissioning me, I reserve the right to test you on anything in it >:)
slot no. Commissioner ( type | stage )
1. <unclaimed>
2. <unclaimed>
3. <unclaimed>
Completed:
YevhenWhat would you like to see more of from me?
Posted 4 years agoSure wish we could make polls on FA
https://www.strawpoll.me/42580640
https://www.strawpoll.me/42580640
Commission ToS
Posted 5 years agoThank you for checking my ToS. Here are my terms:
• You must be over the age of 18 to commission me, regardless of whether the piece you are commissioning is NSFW. I reserve the right to ask you for proof that you meet this criteria and refund any payment and refuse to do the work if you cannot provide such proof or if it is not consistent with the payment details.• I reserve the right to an additional charge for working with characters from only a text description. If you don't have art to send me for reference, DO NOT send me an AI-generated reference as you will be blacklisted.
• I accept payment from PayPal only. I will NOT ask you to pay "friends & family" or in some other form where you have no chance to refund if I don't do the work. If anyone asks you to do that with my name it's a SCAM.
• If you claim a refund through PayPal after the work has been completed, this will be disputed
• If the style of a particular piece, or aspect of a particular piece in my gallery which I made appeals to you, you can ask me work with that specifically.
• You are expected to send payment within 48 hours of acknowledgment that you claimed a slot. If you fail to send payment within this time, you will lose the slot. Repeat offenders will be blacklisted.
• I have the right to refuse any commissioner for any reason
• Don't be a dick, or you'll be blacklisted and sent an appropriate refund if you've already paid. Just apply common sense and you'll be fine.
• I will NOT draw:
Minors in ANY situations
Genitals that are larger than the character they are attached to. I just don't appreciate the aesthetic.
Fanart of characters from existing franchises. Some exceptions may apply, don't be afraid to ask)
Gore, hard vore or excessive violence especially when this would glorify or attempt to erotically depict any of them (blood may be situationally acceptable)
Macro (but micro is fine)
Anything NSFW unless otherwise stated
WIPs and Edits
TL;DR: Will do free edits within reason according to the situation. When you are sent a WIP, work is paused until you approve it or request changes. You may edit my WIPs specifically show changes that you want to be made.• I will do up to 3 small edits and 1 sketch rework for free.
• If you ask for any edits which I could have been reasonably expected to notice from your ref(s), these won't be counted against your 3-edit quota.
• Try to provide as much detail as you can about what you want from me, otherwise I'm more likely to get things wrong and you're more likely to use up the 3 free edits. Having said that, artist freedom is fine but if I'm suffering from art block at that time there may be delays in sending you a WIP.
• Please leave it a week after we agree on all the details and you have sent payment before asking for a WIP! I will send you a sketch as soon as possible after everything is confirmed.
• I will not continue work on the piece until you approve the most recent WIP
• I will complete the work to the best of my ability and try to do so within a reasonable amount of time.
• Taking copies of WIPs and editing them to get across changes you want making is acceptable and encouraged: it's not always easy to put into words any change that you want making.
• If you ask for significant changes after the WIP sketch, you may be charged additional fees, have to accept the work as is, or ask for a refund.
Restrictions
TL;DR applying to all, not just commissioners: Don't mint/create NFTs of my art. Don't use my art with anything to do with AI. Don't use my art for commercial purposes. Don't use my art to represent any character when roleplaying extreme or illegal content. Ask the commissioner if you want to use art I made that they commissioned for personal use.These restrictions apply to art that others have commissioned from me, art I created that has not been commissioned, and apply to both commissioners and everyone else
• You may not mint/create NFTs of my art
• You may not use my art to train AI or machine learning systems for the purpose of generating art which resembles my own in style or content, or to enhance the quality of my art in any manner
• You may not use my art for commercial purposes
• You may not use my art to represent your roleplay character if you will be partaking in roleplaying extreme or illegal content, as this would indirectly present me in negative light for something which I never endorsed
• You must consult the rights holder of any art I have created for a person who has commissioned me, if you wish to use that art for personal use.
Exceptions and Additions to Restrictions for Commissioners
TL;DR: Only the commissioner and I have rights to use the art for merchandise or commercial purposes. Only the commissioner should have access to the version without a signature/watermark.• We, i.e. the commissioner and I and no one else, have joint rights to use the commissioned art for promotional and commercial purposes e.g.; merchandising
• You may request a copy of the commission with any background removed
• To transfer your rights to the art to any other person, you must meet the following conditions:
Your character is the only one in the piece
You abandon your own rights to the commission and ownership of the character (e.g.; you are selling the character in an art bundle auction or other manner as part of a collection of other art)
You include a copy of these rights and restrictions, in a way that clearly indicates the piece(s) associated with these rights and restrictions
You have reasonable and good faith expectation that the recipient will respect these rights and restrictions
Refunds
- obviously requests and other free art is exemptTL;DR: You can't scam me by demanding a refund higher than the price for the stage I've already completed the work for. If you breach my terms (or especially if you share private information) you'll be blacklisted, and refunded if appropriate. If you are unsatisfied with the work and can demonstrate why, you may be eligible for a partial refund.
• If you are in serious breach of these ToS you may be sent an appropriate refund and blacklisted
• If you are found to be sharing my or any other commissioner's private or personal information you will blacklisted, this would also be in breach of the FurAffinity Code of Conduct and you would be reported via trouble ticket. This does not affect your right to call me out with factual information if you feel within reason that I have scammed you, and likewise I reserve the right to do the same.
• If you have reasonable doubt that the finished piece is up to the expected standard or that it was not completed within a reasonable timespan, you may request a partial refund. And don't think you can pull this on me if you asked for a significant change too late into the piece and decided to go ahead with it anyway!
• You may request a refund up until after the finished piece is sent to you:
If you have not been sent a WIP sketch, you eligible for a full refund.
If the sketch has been completed, you are eligible for a half refund.
If flat colour has been completed, you are eligible for a refund worth 25% of the payment.
If when commissioning me you could quote any part of these terms to prove that you have read them, that would be great! Or better still, write a comment saying such. I reserve the right to remind or ask you about any of these terms if I suspect that you haven't read them.
Update history
03-Dec-2021 - Updated permissions10-May-2022 - Edits referring to stuff missed from refs don't count towards 3-edit quota
02-Aug-2022 - Clarification on payment method
17-Dec-2022 - Overhaul of permissions and restrictions
09-Jan-2024 - Point of note about uploading AI-upscaled commissions
29-Mar-2024 - Added TL;DRs, updated point about commercial usage & merchandising for joint rights for commissioner and artist/self
06-Apr-2025 - Added note about providing references and forbidding of AI references to top section, removed exception for commissioners regarding AI usage for upscaling only
Being Architect of One's own Demise
Posted 5 years agoEmpty. That's the first word that comes to mind as I sit staring at this screen as I type blankly. And my that's what my mind feels, is total indifference to the situation.
Yet my chest feels like the incomprehensibly powerful pull of a black hole, so painfully drawing in on itself, impossible to overcome. Not full, but like a void that needs to collapse in on itself but can't, so I guess the analogy doesn't really work.
Maybe it's what my own isolation is making me feel, or maybe it's thinking about how things are now and how they used to be.
But there doesn't seem to be any alternative when every social interaction just leads to disappointment, whether there's a real cause or if it's just fabricated in my head, it doesn't matter because it seems equally real either way. And I judge myself, seeing that I am no different and cause disappointment after disappointment in others. And so often I know what the cause is:
Trust. Or lack of it. I don't have the trust in myself to climb out of this hole I've dug, and when I can't trust myself, how can I trust anyone else? I don't have the trust in others to take me seriously or appreciate any effort I make relating to anything or to not just use me and discard me like an object. I don't have the trust in anyone new that approaches me to even consider giving them a chance. I don't trust anyone that even bothers trying to see anything more than a pathetic burden seeking attention about things that someone with real suffering would never want to discuss. I don't trust the future to get better or anything that comes to mind on how to prepare for a civilization on the brink of multi-faceted collapse. The only people I think I trust anymore may soon be gone forever.
And I scream out internally for a deep connection with someone, a desire to be understood, but the other half of me screams back that it can't happen and it can never happen again because it'll only lead to more disappointment and pain and banging my head against the wall expending massive effort all for nothing.
And listening to the only half that seems viable, this is where it's got me. Intentionally keeping a cold distance, except for when I don't, confusing anyone that might have had the capacity to give a shit. And then one by one, everyone I used to be close with has given up or been burned, having caught me in a lapse of self-control driven by frustration that has reached the point of overflowing. Past experiences gnaw at my soul like fucking irremovable parasites with fangs buried deep in my flesh spreading inky black darkness in me and causing me physical illness.
But now I'm so used to the pain and the disappointment that when anything comes up that ought to give me hope, I annihilate it. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's trust again; maybe I don't trust it. Maybe because all I see is someone looking at me in pity and self-sacrificing to make themselves feel good, or even in some honest hope that it'll making things better. But it won't. At best it's ephemeral, because that's all I can allow any positive interpersonal experience to be anymore. And finally, maybe I have some kind of deep-seated subconscious belief that I deserve all this suffering. Am I punishing myself for my failures? Failure on so many levels. And it may not look like I've failed, but I started to question, is everything I have now only because I was in the right place at the right time? Is that all that really sets me apart from those that have been through so much more hardship and have so much less to show for it? The interactions with others seem to increasingly tell me I only got to where I am through luck, so there doesn't seem to be any other explanation.
Yet my chest feels like the incomprehensibly powerful pull of a black hole, so painfully drawing in on itself, impossible to overcome. Not full, but like a void that needs to collapse in on itself but can't, so I guess the analogy doesn't really work.
Maybe it's what my own isolation is making me feel, or maybe it's thinking about how things are now and how they used to be.
But there doesn't seem to be any alternative when every social interaction just leads to disappointment, whether there's a real cause or if it's just fabricated in my head, it doesn't matter because it seems equally real either way. And I judge myself, seeing that I am no different and cause disappointment after disappointment in others. And so often I know what the cause is:
Trust. Or lack of it. I don't have the trust in myself to climb out of this hole I've dug, and when I can't trust myself, how can I trust anyone else? I don't have the trust in others to take me seriously or appreciate any effort I make relating to anything or to not just use me and discard me like an object. I don't have the trust in anyone new that approaches me to even consider giving them a chance. I don't trust anyone that even bothers trying to see anything more than a pathetic burden seeking attention about things that someone with real suffering would never want to discuss. I don't trust the future to get better or anything that comes to mind on how to prepare for a civilization on the brink of multi-faceted collapse. The only people I think I trust anymore may soon be gone forever.
And I scream out internally for a deep connection with someone, a desire to be understood, but the other half of me screams back that it can't happen and it can never happen again because it'll only lead to more disappointment and pain and banging my head against the wall expending massive effort all for nothing.
And listening to the only half that seems viable, this is where it's got me. Intentionally keeping a cold distance, except for when I don't, confusing anyone that might have had the capacity to give a shit. And then one by one, everyone I used to be close with has given up or been burned, having caught me in a lapse of self-control driven by frustration that has reached the point of overflowing. Past experiences gnaw at my soul like fucking irremovable parasites with fangs buried deep in my flesh spreading inky black darkness in me and causing me physical illness.
But now I'm so used to the pain and the disappointment that when anything comes up that ought to give me hope, I annihilate it. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's trust again; maybe I don't trust it. Maybe because all I see is someone looking at me in pity and self-sacrificing to make themselves feel good, or even in some honest hope that it'll making things better. But it won't. At best it's ephemeral, because that's all I can allow any positive interpersonal experience to be anymore. And finally, maybe I have some kind of deep-seated subconscious belief that I deserve all this suffering. Am I punishing myself for my failures? Failure on so many levels. And it may not look like I've failed, but I started to question, is everything I have now only because I was in the right place at the right time? Is that all that really sets me apart from those that have been through so much more hardship and have so much less to show for it? The interactions with others seem to increasingly tell me I only got to where I am through luck, so there doesn't seem to be any other explanation.
Question for an experienced C# developer
Posted 5 years agoLet's say you're trying to represent any building made of multiple different materials or parts. A single part has any number of mutual references to other parts on any given side on the 3 axes, and some parts can only be attached to other specific parts. For example, wood can be attached above stone, but stone cannot be attached above wood. Another example: A stone arch part can be attached above a window which can then have a stone part above it, but a flat stone part cannot be attached above a window.
Is it bad practice to represent this with a number of empty interfaces with constraints? Like the following, you'd have a base interface for everything:
IAttachablePart
Then you would have a number of interfaces which inherit IAttachablePart such as IAttachableWindow, IAttachableWood and IAttachableStone.
Then you might distinguish even further by having more interfaces that inherit one of those which themselves inherit from IAttachablePart, i.e.; for IAttachableStone:
IAttachableStoneArch, IAttachableStoneWall
Then in the concrete classes (as in implementation classes, not the material concrete) you could enforce the constraints described at the beginning of this post and do something like the following (which totally disregards the previous examples but please ignore that):
public class PlywoodPart : INonLoadBearingPart
{
public List<IStructuralPart> AttachmentsBelow;
public List<ILowMassPart> AttachmentsAbove;
...
}
So why bother doing this? Well, it allows you to create implicit constraints on the structure of a... Structure, and doesn't require any complex conditional logic that would grow increasingly complex to the point of being unmanageable. Also, if a hypothetical developer tried to do anything forbidden with it, the problem would be picked up by the IDE well before any manually thrown exception at runtime that could happen in any edge cases. Performance might also be better than any of the previously mentioned conditional logic in an alternative approach. Here are some problems I might see with this approach:
• You might need to remove a constraint because it makes sense to not have the constraint in one situation, but by removing the constraint you unwittingly make it possible to do something illogical elsewhere.
• It could make it difficult to enforce rules about neighbours of neighbours. If you don't do so, you could have situations where you have a stone arch above a free-standing window, which then has a tower of stone above it that couldn't realistically be supported above a window. But if you try to take this into account, the code could violate the law of demeter (by forcing you to do something like "if (below.below.below is IAttachableWindow) { ... }"
• The amount of interfaces shit starts inheriting could become confusing or outright nonsensical if it isn't done in a clear way
• The apparent bonus benefit that might appear to exist having avoided all the conditional logic, might be an illusion and all that has happened is that the inner workings of C# mean a runtime overhead to make sure all the constraints are satisfied.
Anyone understand enough of my bullshit to have an opinion?
Is it bad practice to represent this with a number of empty interfaces with constraints? Like the following, you'd have a base interface for everything:
IAttachablePart
Then you would have a number of interfaces which inherit IAttachablePart such as IAttachableWindow, IAttachableWood and IAttachableStone.
Then you might distinguish even further by having more interfaces that inherit one of those which themselves inherit from IAttachablePart, i.e.; for IAttachableStone:
IAttachableStoneArch, IAttachableStoneWall
Then in the concrete classes (as in implementation classes, not the material concrete) you could enforce the constraints described at the beginning of this post and do something like the following (which totally disregards the previous examples but please ignore that):
public class PlywoodPart : INonLoadBearingPart
{
public List<IStructuralPart> AttachmentsBelow;
public List<ILowMassPart> AttachmentsAbove;
...
}
So why bother doing this? Well, it allows you to create implicit constraints on the structure of a... Structure, and doesn't require any complex conditional logic that would grow increasingly complex to the point of being unmanageable. Also, if a hypothetical developer tried to do anything forbidden with it, the problem would be picked up by the IDE well before any manually thrown exception at runtime that could happen in any edge cases. Performance might also be better than any of the previously mentioned conditional logic in an alternative approach. Here are some problems I might see with this approach:
• You might need to remove a constraint because it makes sense to not have the constraint in one situation, but by removing the constraint you unwittingly make it possible to do something illogical elsewhere.
• It could make it difficult to enforce rules about neighbours of neighbours. If you don't do so, you could have situations where you have a stone arch above a free-standing window, which then has a tower of stone above it that couldn't realistically be supported above a window. But if you try to take this into account, the code could violate the law of demeter (by forcing you to do something like "if (below.below.below is IAttachableWindow) { ... }"
• The amount of interfaces shit starts inheriting could become confusing or outright nonsensical if it isn't done in a clear way
• The apparent bonus benefit that might appear to exist having avoided all the conditional logic, might be an illusion and all that has happened is that the inner workings of C# mean a runtime overhead to make sure all the constraints are satisfied.
Anyone understand enough of my bullshit to have an opinion?
