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Posted 12 years agoI'm switching accounts back to 
I've now watched everyone I was watching on this account over there and unwatched them here. Terribly sorry if I double clicked some people...these things happen.
So yeah...the next step is uploading all the art here over there...that's gonna take a while...especially with only my phone...might try to hook up my computer in the next couple weeks to facilitate the expedition of this shift...or something like that.
Love you all!
Fern
I've now watched everyone I was watching on this account over there and unwatched them here. Terribly sorry if I double clicked some people...these things happen.
So yeah...the next step is uploading all the art here over there...that's gonna take a while...especially with only my phone...might try to hook up my computer in the next couple weeks to facilitate the expedition of this shift...or something like that.
Love you all!
Fern
Halloween Badge raffle!
Posted 12 years agoGo here my lovelies!
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5085147/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5085147/
WE MOVED!
Posted 12 years agoYup.
Our friend Sam convinced his mom to let us park our camper at their place and hook up to water and electric for $150/month! We'll also have access to a bathroom and laundry room!
The stars are so bright and the horses knickering nearby is so much nicer than the cars whizzing past where we were.
It's just gorgeous out here.
There's also a very distinct possibility that we'll be moving into a HOUSE early to mid October! Cross your fingers/claws/toes/talons/flipperes/etc. for us on that one!
Love you all my sweet babu's.
Good night
*sleepy kitty cuddles*
Our friend Sam convinced his mom to let us park our camper at their place and hook up to water and electric for $150/month! We'll also have access to a bathroom and laundry room!
The stars are so bright and the horses knickering nearby is so much nicer than the cars whizzing past where we were.
It's just gorgeous out here.
There's also a very distinct possibility that we'll be moving into a HOUSE early to mid October! Cross your fingers/claws/toes/talons/flipperes/etc. for us on that one!
Love you all my sweet babu's.
Good night
*sleepy kitty cuddles*
Oh The Things You See at Walmart...
Posted 12 years agoI heard what sounded like an ailing cow...upon closer inspection it proved to be an untrained pair of lips sounding a horn! A trumpet to be more precise.
My middle school days came back to me in a blur and I sought it out.
Some dude selling his trumpet in the parking lot. This dad was there with his kid trying out the instrument and I offered to take a look, out of practice though I may be. The middle valve was a bit sticky, but it loosened up as I played a few notes. Damn good horn! The kid with his dad is joining his Jazz Band this year, and I wish him well! Kinda makes me want to take it up again...but no, not now.
Ah memory lane! What a nice stroll!
My middle school days came back to me in a blur and I sought it out.
Some dude selling his trumpet in the parking lot. This dad was there with his kid trying out the instrument and I offered to take a look, out of practice though I may be. The middle valve was a bit sticky, but it loosened up as I played a few notes. Damn good horn! The kid with his dad is joining his Jazz Band this year, and I wish him well! Kinda makes me want to take it up again...but no, not now.
Ah memory lane! What a nice stroll!
Social Awkwardness and it's victims...
Posted 12 years agoGo here for more information: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5088912/
Serendipitious Discovery...
Posted 12 years agoSix years ago, I drew this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/987470/
A little over a month and a half ago, I drew this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11261467/
Fascinating what one finds when cruising through their old gallery! 0.o
A little over a month and a half ago, I drew this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11261467/
Fascinating what one finds when cruising through their old gallery! 0.o
FREE custom chari's!
Posted 12 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5086560/
go here! and give them a watch too! supercute chibis! XD
go here! and give them a watch too! supercute chibis! XD
Anybody wanna...
Posted 12 years agoDo me a favor? It's just a simple thing...a pic...since I can't do it myself right now...
would someone draw my character Leaf Storm as a zombie...all corpsified and gross...? Just no bugs please...they make me cringe...in a sort of beckoning 'hey cutie, come here...' sort of pose?
If not, no worries it was just a passing fancy I had...
would someone draw my character Leaf Storm as a zombie...all corpsified and gross...? Just no bugs please...they make me cringe...in a sort of beckoning 'hey cutie, come here...' sort of pose?
If not, no worries it was just a passing fancy I had...
Go Watch DreamingDaemus!
Posted 12 years ago
DreamingDaemus Because she's made of god and win. And she does amazing weekly raffles!
I loves her so much I entered her into this raffle! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5082568/
May have found a place...
Posted 12 years agoA room to rent. More on this as it develops.
sick...
Posted 12 years agoWith stomach ache and liqui-poos...tmi...sorry...also nausea.....wheeeeeeee.
WHO THE FUCK....
Posted 12 years agoInvites a five year old out for a birthday treat and has the unmittigated GALL to tell her mother SHE CAN'T COME WITH????!!!!!!
My retarded brother, that's who...just now...
Fuck. That. Shit!
My retarded brother, that's who...just now...
Fuck. That. Shit!
DLed a couple of drawing apps for my phone.
Posted 12 years agoI was going crazy with no way to art! DX tried a few and discarded them. . they sucked...found one i sorta like. just gotta figure it out...no eraser and only an undo button makes it really difficult...also no LAYERS! DX the search continues...
You, artists, refunds, PayPal and chargebacks
Posted 12 years agoTaken from 
She was kind enough to send it to me in a note so I could copy paste it easier.
There have been some disturbing trends in the furry commission world that I'd like to take a moment to address.
First, artists and commissioners:
No Refund clauses are not okay. They would not hold up in court. I understand furry doesn't typically end up in court, but there's a reason everyone you buy from can't just take your money and say no refunds. This is not A Thing you are Allowed To Do.
And yet it seems to have become popular for artists to put this in their Terms of Service. It is another thing entirely to have a bad commissioner and only want to refund them for work you haven't done, and that is not what I'm discussing here. I am also not discussing non-refundable deposits on fursuits. I'm discussing throwing in a no refunds clause and deciding it's okay to keep the money of people you don't like or who have upset you in some way, or even just to point at if the client wants a refund so you can go, "Well look, you agreed to my TOS, so that means no refund and now I don't have to do your art! Yay!". Just because you write something in your TOS and the commissioner seemingly agrees to it, that doesn't necessarily make it legally binding. You really can't just put whatever you want in a TOS.
No, you can't do that. There is no real circumstance where it would be legal or morally okay to both keep someone's money and their product. If a client is being a huge jerk and you don't want to work for them anymore, refund them and blacklist them. Don't be the worse person by becoming a thief. I'd personally rather hang out with a jerk than someone who would steal from me. Though I suppose they could be both, huh?
And to commissioners, please read your artist's TOS before you commission them, and if you see something shady like a no refund clause, DON'T COMMISSION THEM! This is a big red flag. Just.. don't do it. The kind of people who would have these clauses to begin with are usually the ones a little more likely to screw you (and they're the ones that often end up on AB...). And not the good kind.
Onto the second problem.
There has been an unfortunate rash of chargebacks in the community lately. Someone, somewhere, decided that if paying through paypal with a credit card, they can merely wait until they receive the art and then file a chargeback via their bank, and tada!! Free art!
This is fraud. This is Theft of Services. Yes, that is a real crime. I understand furries aren't exactly known for taking legal action, but before you think you're so smart in your ill-gotten piles of porn art, understand that you are taking a great risk, and for what? You're going to risk being arrested/sued for the sake of pictures of your character? Ridiculous.
For the artists, there is unfortunately not much that can be done to curb this. With paypal, they will want some sort of proof of shipping, and for many artists they simply won't have it as it would be for digital works. What's worse, the length of time people can charge back is far longer than the 45 days provided by paypal. Many times, people can chargeback up to roughly a year! All I can recommend it to use invoices (which won't necessarily protect you, but will let you keep things more organized), to always make sure you have enough in your paypal/bank account to cover a possible chargeback, and if you really want to get creative, you can start shipping something for every digital piece that you do. Just make sure you label your invoices in such a way that it looks like the client is paying for what it is you're sending, and that the art is just a little thing on the side. However, this is impractical and may scare off clients who think you'll use that same reasoning to screw them, as they would likely not be able to get their money back via paypal as long as you sent that object, regardless of whether you actually created the art you owed.
This will likely continue to be a problem until someone chargebacks the wrong person, and ends up arrested/in court. People will hear about it, and most (not all, people who do these things don't tend to be very smart) will realize risking such an extreme punishment isn't worth pictures of their wolf trying to look sexy. If it happens to you, make sure you post your experience on artists_beware and do your best to get the word out so others can avoid being scammed.
One last thing... paypal fees. I still regularly find artists who erronously believe it is okay to put in their TOS or otherwise that the client must pay the paypal fees. This is against paypal's terms of service and will get your account FROZEN. The fee is for you, the seller to pay, as you are taking advantage of their service to make money. It is perfectly reasonable for paypal to want a small cut.
You also can not ask your clients to pay as a gift to avoid the fee entirely, for the same reason above. Simply put, don't try to get around paying the fee. It is expected that artists will consider paypal fees in their prices to begin with.
That said, if a client chooses to put in a couple dollars to cover the fee of their own free will, that's okay! And very kind of them. Make a point to thank clients who do this, because they don't have to!
Commissioners: Never pay your artist via the Gift tab in paypal. You may think you're being nice, but not only could you accidentally get them frozen, if the artist ends up not doing your work, you will not be able to get your money back via paypal. You can not open a dispute on a payment that was sent as a gift! If you want to pay the fees for them, consider tacking on another 5 dollars or so, instead. Artists will appreciate it and will remember a client that regularly goes out of their way to do so!
I hope something in this mass of text helps somebody.
She was kind enough to send it to me in a note so I could copy paste it easier. There have been some disturbing trends in the furry commission world that I'd like to take a moment to address.
First, artists and commissioners:
No Refund clauses are not okay. They would not hold up in court. I understand furry doesn't typically end up in court, but there's a reason everyone you buy from can't just take your money and say no refunds. This is not A Thing you are Allowed To Do.
And yet it seems to have become popular for artists to put this in their Terms of Service. It is another thing entirely to have a bad commissioner and only want to refund them for work you haven't done, and that is not what I'm discussing here. I am also not discussing non-refundable deposits on fursuits. I'm discussing throwing in a no refunds clause and deciding it's okay to keep the money of people you don't like or who have upset you in some way, or even just to point at if the client wants a refund so you can go, "Well look, you agreed to my TOS, so that means no refund and now I don't have to do your art! Yay!". Just because you write something in your TOS and the commissioner seemingly agrees to it, that doesn't necessarily make it legally binding. You really can't just put whatever you want in a TOS.
No, you can't do that. There is no real circumstance where it would be legal or morally okay to both keep someone's money and their product. If a client is being a huge jerk and you don't want to work for them anymore, refund them and blacklist them. Don't be the worse person by becoming a thief. I'd personally rather hang out with a jerk than someone who would steal from me. Though I suppose they could be both, huh?
And to commissioners, please read your artist's TOS before you commission them, and if you see something shady like a no refund clause, DON'T COMMISSION THEM! This is a big red flag. Just.. don't do it. The kind of people who would have these clauses to begin with are usually the ones a little more likely to screw you (and they're the ones that often end up on AB...). And not the good kind.
Onto the second problem.
There has been an unfortunate rash of chargebacks in the community lately. Someone, somewhere, decided that if paying through paypal with a credit card, they can merely wait until they receive the art and then file a chargeback via their bank, and tada!! Free art!
This is fraud. This is Theft of Services. Yes, that is a real crime. I understand furries aren't exactly known for taking legal action, but before you think you're so smart in your ill-gotten piles of porn art, understand that you are taking a great risk, and for what? You're going to risk being arrested/sued for the sake of pictures of your character? Ridiculous.
For the artists, there is unfortunately not much that can be done to curb this. With paypal, they will want some sort of proof of shipping, and for many artists they simply won't have it as it would be for digital works. What's worse, the length of time people can charge back is far longer than the 45 days provided by paypal. Many times, people can chargeback up to roughly a year! All I can recommend it to use invoices (which won't necessarily protect you, but will let you keep things more organized), to always make sure you have enough in your paypal/bank account to cover a possible chargeback, and if you really want to get creative, you can start shipping something for every digital piece that you do. Just make sure you label your invoices in such a way that it looks like the client is paying for what it is you're sending, and that the art is just a little thing on the side. However, this is impractical and may scare off clients who think you'll use that same reasoning to screw them, as they would likely not be able to get their money back via paypal as long as you sent that object, regardless of whether you actually created the art you owed.
This will likely continue to be a problem until someone chargebacks the wrong person, and ends up arrested/in court. People will hear about it, and most (not all, people who do these things don't tend to be very smart) will realize risking such an extreme punishment isn't worth pictures of their wolf trying to look sexy. If it happens to you, make sure you post your experience on artists_beware and do your best to get the word out so others can avoid being scammed.
One last thing... paypal fees. I still regularly find artists who erronously believe it is okay to put in their TOS or otherwise that the client must pay the paypal fees. This is against paypal's terms of service and will get your account FROZEN. The fee is for you, the seller to pay, as you are taking advantage of their service to make money. It is perfectly reasonable for paypal to want a small cut.
You also can not ask your clients to pay as a gift to avoid the fee entirely, for the same reason above. Simply put, don't try to get around paying the fee. It is expected that artists will consider paypal fees in their prices to begin with.
That said, if a client chooses to put in a couple dollars to cover the fee of their own free will, that's okay! And very kind of them. Make a point to thank clients who do this, because they don't have to!
Commissioners: Never pay your artist via the Gift tab in paypal. You may think you're being nice, but not only could you accidentally get them frozen, if the artist ends up not doing your work, you will not be able to get your money back via paypal. You can not open a dispute on a payment that was sent as a gift! If you want to pay the fees for them, consider tacking on another 5 dollars or so, instead. Artists will appreciate it and will remember a client that regularly goes out of their way to do so!
I hope something in this mass of text helps somebody.
Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
Posted 12 years agoFood stamps! We has them! XD
Annd going to bed early cause stuff tomorrow. Yeah.
I'm tired. Had to wash stuff by hand in a baby bath with cold water cause Squeak has had 5 'accidents' in 7 days. *heavy sigh* yeeeaaaaahhh...been an interesting week.
got kids enrolled in Head Start. just waiting for their doc and dentist appts beginning of nextmonth and then for slots to open up. blahblahblah ..abd such.
Ok. night night cutes.
much the loves.
Annd going to bed early cause stuff tomorrow. Yeah.
I'm tired. Had to wash stuff by hand in a baby bath with cold water cause Squeak has had 5 'accidents' in 7 days. *heavy sigh* yeeeaaaaahhh...been an interesting week.
got kids enrolled in Head Start. just waiting for their doc and dentist appts beginning of nextmonth and then for slots to open up. blahblahblah ..abd such.
Ok. night night cutes.
much the loves.
stoof
Posted 12 years agoSo yeah. sleeping in a walmart parking lot. indefinite duration so long as we don't impede traffic.
Going on three days with no real rest. sleeping but just not resting if that makes sense.
got appt for Squeak for Head Start tomorrow, then to get app for foodstamps. yeah.
um. sirry if this is disjointed and crap-tastic in nature but there you have it.
Leaf Storm out.
Going on three days with no real rest. sleeping but just not resting if that makes sense.
got appt for Squeak for Head Start tomorrow, then to get app for foodstamps. yeah.
um. sirry if this is disjointed and crap-tastic in nature but there you have it.
Leaf Storm out.
Hiya Keeds!
Posted 12 years agoFern..er Leaf Storm here to let you know: THE CAMPER IS 100%FUNCTIONAL AND FRUGGING AMAZIZING! (Second 'iz' intentionally added for emphasis!)
Topped off the hydrolic fluid in all four jacks and they ALL work! XD Dances!
The electric works! The ice box....is a fully functional ice box! Just add ICE LOL
I'll take pics of it tomorrow. It's so freaking amazizing! *dies of amazizing overload*
Good night my preciouc babies! OH! And if you're wondering what to get me for Christmas? (Not that anyone would be....) commission me so I can get myself not so homeless aaaaaand....a hooded rat from
dragonpunk ! They are so totally incredibly fantastically....AMAZIZING! XD
Topped off the hydrolic fluid in all four jacks and they ALL work! XD Dances!
The electric works! The ice box....is a fully functional ice box! Just add ICE LOL
I'll take pics of it tomorrow. It's so freaking amazizing! *dies of amazizing overload*
Good night my preciouc babies! OH! And if you're wondering what to get me for Christmas? (Not that anyone would be....) commission me so I can get myself not so homeless aaaaaand....a hooded rat from
dragonpunk ! They are so totally incredibly fantastically....AMAZIZING! XDSleepin in the camper tonight!
Posted 12 years agoCause we CAN! It still needs to be deep cleaned, but cursory cleaning rendered it immediately livable! And it's extra awesome since Ghizmo's bro-in-law gave us a memory foam mattress topper to cut to fit for our bed! It's amazingy comfortable and EXACTLY the right width for a camper mattress! There's a nice breeze going through right now. It's very pleasant. Gonna watch a movie with my mate and lover. Good night furries!
OMGOD! CAMPER! XD
Posted 12 years agoWe got it today! *happy dances* It's really super dirty and there are some minor cosmetic issues that need addressed, but otherwise, it's AWESOME. XD Going to clean our crap out of the trailer tomorrow, my parents rented a giant dumpster for me to throw things out in. So that's good. But yeah. The camper is VERY workable. Ghizmo's bro-in-law even gave us a king sized memory foam mattress topper we can cut up and use cause there's only one of the original pads left. I'm really super duper excited! Incase you couldn't tell. =^.^=
Safe for now.
Posted 12 years agoOnce again Ghizmo's family has come to our aid. We're. staying with his sister and brother-in-law until something more permanent comes up. Time for sleeping now.
updateish
Posted 12 years agoStayed with Buck last night. camper was too big for the bed of his truck. so we're concocting an...adapter of sorts so that it would make it work. also check this out: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11553584/ Tailswisher is made of so much win. I lovers hir. :3
Delays...so sorry...
Posted 12 years agoYeah...can't work on anything artwise until we have a stable place to hook up my computer...To those in the YCH piece: I promise it will get it done first thing I can get my computer up and running again...I'm so very very sorry.
HOMELESS!
Posted 12 years agoSocial worker told us we couldn't stay at the trailer anymore.
She called the police to get it confirmed.
We're at a hotel tonight.
More updates as I have them.
She called the police to get it confirmed.
We're at a hotel tonight.
More updates as I have them.
Winner of the Requests!
Posted 12 years ago
lakrafarrunner with her entry of Sheeba!
Sheeba is a blind lioness/cheetah mix that can somewhat control nature and use it to heal others, though she cannot use it on herself. She was born blind so her pride didn't really pay attention to her and saw her as more of a burden than an asset because she wouldn't be able to hunt efficiently and because she wasn't a pure lion. When she discovered her abilities she hid it from most people and only used it on and told those who did care for her. Her body is like a lion and her face is a mix with the makings of a cheetah but shape and color like a lion. As you get down to her paws and limbs they get gradually darker brown until it reaches a dark caramel color. She is gentle and kind but doesn't trust easily.
CONGRATULATIONS SWEETIE!
I may reveal a second winner after I've finished with this one...haven't decided yet. =^.^=
But first! I must do my YCH plushie picutre! XD
lakrafarrunnerSorry For the Inconvenience:
Posted 12 years agoI made my favorites only viewable to me, and also opted to make my account only viewable for FA users...
