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$10 badges for MFF only 5 slots 24 hours
Posted 8 years agohttps://twitter.com/eiudragon/statu.....00879422738435
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Choosing all 5 within 24 hours.
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Get them while they are hot
$40 badge commissions- basement flooded please help
Posted 8 years agohttps://twitter.com/eiudragon/statu.....35430315831296
Traditional badges with hand pressed flowers. Comes laminated and shipped at that price. I will also include hand made resin pendants with flowers, feathers, snake sheds if you pay $50.
All is one of a kind work by me. I need $2250 for fixing the concrete that cracked last night. Please let me work with your character. Have a badge that never bends or breaks.
I can’t do this a third time this year, this is massive flood number 2 in 6 months. Third in 18 months. Our emergency fund just can’t get refilled fast enough to actually fix the problem.
The end result will be French drains, which will be a substantial cost. I can triage with concrete work and be able to tackle the true fix. I honestly can’t do both. I honestly need additional work.
Thank you for your time. Even boosting for visibility helps.
Traditional badges with hand pressed flowers. Comes laminated and shipped at that price. I will also include hand made resin pendants with flowers, feathers, snake sheds if you pay $50.
All is one of a kind work by me. I need $2250 for fixing the concrete that cracked last night. Please let me work with your character. Have a badge that never bends or breaks.
I can’t do this a third time this year, this is massive flood number 2 in 6 months. Third in 18 months. Our emergency fund just can’t get refilled fast enough to actually fix the problem.
The end result will be French drains, which will be a substantial cost. I can triage with concrete work and be able to tackle the true fix. I honestly can’t do both. I honestly need additional work.
Thank you for your time. Even boosting for visibility helps.
Need money help to fix flooded basement
Posted 8 years agoI want to believe that FA is still a good place to stay viable to those hungry for badge art work. I’m feeling really low right now having the basement flood for a third time in the short time we have lived in this house.
It passed it’s inspection before we moved here. These flash floods are just killing our ability to keep water flowing away from the house.
So, tips and tricks anyone to get visibility to commissioners? Because I’m going to have to find enough work to fix the damages and triage a solution till we can figure out our next steps. We just can’t keep doing this. Myles and I are just exhausted with the flooding, the late nights of pushing water.
We lost so much 6 months ago with the major flood, so it was at least easy to bail out the items we still had. We had Rubbermaid’s this time around since we made an agreement to never have cardboard boxes ever again. It’s not at bad as last time since we caught it early.
I have no idea where I’m going to find $2000 to just put in some sort of trench/gutter into the concrete. We are at least certain we’re the water is coming from. The joint between the wall and the slab is just not holding back the water when it flash floods like this. I just want to find enough work to get through this mess, to be able to have breathing room to figure out our next steps.
So please, share some help, let me paint for people, fix our life, find our way out of this mess. There is only so much financial recovery that one can make in less than 6 months...
It passed it’s inspection before we moved here. These flash floods are just killing our ability to keep water flowing away from the house.
So, tips and tricks anyone to get visibility to commissioners? Because I’m going to have to find enough work to fix the damages and triage a solution till we can figure out our next steps. We just can’t keep doing this. Myles and I are just exhausted with the flooding, the late nights of pushing water.
We lost so much 6 months ago with the major flood, so it was at least easy to bail out the items we still had. We had Rubbermaid’s this time around since we made an agreement to never have cardboard boxes ever again. It’s not at bad as last time since we caught it early.
I have no idea where I’m going to find $2000 to just put in some sort of trench/gutter into the concrete. We are at least certain we’re the water is coming from. The joint between the wall and the slab is just not holding back the water when it flash floods like this. I just want to find enough work to get through this mess, to be able to have breathing room to figure out our next steps.
So please, share some help, let me paint for people, fix our life, find our way out of this mess. There is only so much financial recovery that one can make in less than 6 months...
Naperville, IL sept 16th Furries needed for charity event
Posted 8 years agohttps://www.facebook.com/events/141.....1455588??ti=ia
I'm going to be in fursuit at the Naperville riverwalk Saturday afternoon raising money for hurricane relief. I need some folks in suit/partial/etc as well as spotters to help mange crowds and communicate what we are doing. Water and bathrooms are prevalent here! Come put your furriness to work for charity!
I'm going to be in fursuit at the Naperville riverwalk Saturday afternoon raising money for hurricane relief. I need some folks in suit/partial/etc as well as spotters to help mange crowds and communicate what we are doing. Water and bathrooms are prevalent here! Come put your furriness to work for charity!
Looking for folks with damaged badges-lamination repair sale
Posted 8 years agoHi furries and friends.
I'm in need of money ASAP. I'm offering free return shipping to those who hire me to repair their badges' failing and broken lamination.
Repairs starting at $8 USD
Please reply, message me, email me at eiudragon[at]gmail.com to arrange your needed repairs.
No need to worry over the art you love, I'll get them back in convention shape. It will look fantastic once again! I guarantee my work. I'm easy to track down and have been repairing badges at AC and MFF for 5 years now. Saw lots of previous customers at AC proud of their badges still years later.
Badges are laminated with 10 MIL. Won't bend won't break!
I'm in need of money ASAP. I'm offering free return shipping to those who hire me to repair their badges' failing and broken lamination.
Repairs starting at $8 USD
Please reply, message me, email me at eiudragon[at]gmail.com to arrange your needed repairs.
No need to worry over the art you love, I'll get them back in convention shape. It will look fantastic once again! I guarantee my work. I'm easy to track down and have been repairing badges at AC and MFF for 5 years now. Saw lots of previous customers at AC proud of their badges still years later.
Badges are laminated with 10 MIL. Won't bend won't break!
OH hell naw- Unexpected facebook sales bombed
Posted 9 years agoSo I posted a call out for commissions on my Facebook.
Neighbor from college that I am friends with on Facebook asks if I know where she can sell framed paintings of hers. I was neutral and responded if I could generate sales myself I would tell you. It's a tough thing. We haven't posted or replied to stuff in years. But that's about par for the course for 80% of my friends list.
She replies with photos of her 7 paintings she wants to sell in my post. Fastest unfriended person ever. I was just stunned by the rudeness of riding what little interest I can generate to help with medical bills, so she can reach more people. Maybe if I wasn't trying to revive my internet presence after nearly 2 years post accident, physical therapy, missed work, surgical consults, ect I would not have been so rage responsive...
But, jeeze really come on, she hasn't lost her career, crippled her ability to create, and have to get creative on how to keep the rent paid.
Neighbor from college that I am friends with on Facebook asks if I know where she can sell framed paintings of hers. I was neutral and responded if I could generate sales myself I would tell you. It's a tough thing. We haven't posted or replied to stuff in years. But that's about par for the course for 80% of my friends list.
She replies with photos of her 7 paintings she wants to sell in my post. Fastest unfriended person ever. I was just stunned by the rudeness of riding what little interest I can generate to help with medical bills, so she can reach more people. Maybe if I wasn't trying to revive my internet presence after nearly 2 years post accident, physical therapy, missed work, surgical consults, ect I would not have been so rage responsive...
But, jeeze really come on, she hasn't lost her career, crippled her ability to create, and have to get creative on how to keep the rent paid.
Growler Auction ending SOON!!!
Posted 10 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/16892369/
top bid is only $60 and that is a STEAL
Ends at midnight, grab this slot while you can
top bid is only $60 and that is a STEAL
Ends at midnight, grab this slot while you can
24 hours ish to go on Beer Growler auction
Posted 10 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/16892369/
If you want an epic beer container for your favorite beverage and the ability to take it all sorts of places with you to share with others, YOU WANT THIS ONE AND ONLY SLOT
Just saying, you should bid and be one of the cool people
If you want an epic beer container for your favorite beverage and the ability to take it all sorts of places with you to share with others, YOU WANT THIS ONE AND ONLY SLOT
Just saying, you should bid and be one of the cool people
LARGE ENGRAVED GLASS AUCTION-CRAFT BEER GROWLER
Posted 10 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/16892369/
Bid at the link above. Alright furaffinity, get ready to roll because this is the first large glass piece to be offered for commission in over year. This is significant because my commission numbers will be greatly reduced in the future.
Since my car accident I have had to get clever with the tools I use and I have finally figured out how to etch without my wrists being left in serious pain. However I cannot etch as many as I used to, they tire out. So I'm offering fewer slots going forward so that my quality and skill remains at the most awesome and I can make everyone of you amazingly happy.
This is going to be a full etching commission, all the way around, awesome detail, and beautifully inspired by the commissioner's request.
If you cannot bid but you want to help my get back on my feet since this accident please share with some of your generous beer loving friends. It comes with a stopper flip lid and ideal for all your refilling needs!
Bid at the link above. Alright furaffinity, get ready to roll because this is the first large glass piece to be offered for commission in over year. This is significant because my commission numbers will be greatly reduced in the future.
Since my car accident I have had to get clever with the tools I use and I have finally figured out how to etch without my wrists being left in serious pain. However I cannot etch as many as I used to, they tire out. So I'm offering fewer slots going forward so that my quality and skill remains at the most awesome and I can make everyone of you amazingly happy.
This is going to be a full etching commission, all the way around, awesome detail, and beautifully inspired by the commissioner's request.
If you cannot bid but you want to help my get back on my feet since this accident please share with some of your generous beer loving friends. It comes with a stopper flip lid and ideal for all your refilling needs!
Wrist Updates and Figuring Out Where to Go Now
Posted 10 years agoI wish I had good news and I guess in some ways good things do happen.
Full time work: Officially transferred positions to Quality Assurance, I'm now doing clerical things which is not nearly as mentally stimulating, but it is work I can do without too much pain. I miss lab work but the people I work with are supportive and the work is still relative to what I went to school for. I'm honestly just waiting for someone to retire higher up in the food chain so I can be a supervisor.
Wrist recovery: It's not really recovering. I have gone through another round of cortisone shots when the pain and throbbing was intolerable again. This time the doc has shown me it is a result of repetitive movements in my forefinger and thumb... you know the parts of your hands you use for everything! Urghhh. So the shot went into the thumb joint this time and that hurt a lot less than the first round, still hurt, but it wasn't as bad. The effect hasn't seemed to work as long this time and they are hurting quite a bit more. It's been difficult to determine if they are not getting better, the cold makes them suck, weather change makes them suck, or even a typing job is beyond me at this point in my recovery.
Doc doesn't want to pull the trigger on surgery yet. He says I am way too young for wrist surgery options that exists and they won't really take away my pain and the cortisone shots are at least helping me keep most of my mobility in my wrists.
Lawsuit: Yes I have a lawyer and things are moving forward. I am at the bill collection stage, which seems to be taking forever! While a big pile of money isn't going to fix my wrists, it sure would make me feel a lot better about all the pain I am in. It's so frustrating, every time I turn around money keeps going out and I miss the money coming in. I completed my taxes and I am a whole $7000 shy of where I should be this year. Between missed work, ZERO outside con commissions, reduced hours at Bottle and Bottega leading paintings for parties, and medical things to try and make the pain feel better it has made keeping up with bills quite a challenge. Yes I am staying afloat, but opportunities to have fun with my husband, buy little things here and there that I would like to have, even the down payment for a house have all been stripped from my life.
Seriously, my husband and I planned to have a home this year and get out of living in an apartment. Our apartment isn't terrible, it's rather nice to be honest, but I am so very ready to own a wall on both sides of it. If I want to install a shelf I don't want to think about having to take it down. If I want to paint a wall something not white I don't want to have to think about it. If I want to install a trellis for a vertical garden I don't want to be denied to drill into siding or the fence of the balcony! I am so ready for my life to move forward and I am stuck in limbo. I am beyond my means to take charge of my life, increase my pay, find commissions I can complete.
Art: I am so slow at creating it disgusts me. Etching hurts way too much right now. I can complete a project, but the downtime needed from the pain is weeks from just 30 minutes of etching time. Painting is slow, but doable. But I think all the people that watch me here are perfectly aware that badges have never been the bulk of my business. I'm a nobody on the painting front and my ability isn't up to par to be competitive. Being able to engrave custom glass right here right now anything a client wanted, that was my thing and it was something that made me start taking my business as seriously as I had been wanting to for years.
I wish I could open for commissions at the rates I need to turn a profit in 2015. But nobody is going to pay for painted badges from me at a dollar more than I am already charging... and what I charge doesn't really keep a steady flow of work coming my way. Laminations are awesome, but they are really only at cons and it's barely enough profit to cover conventions and the numbers of laminations per con haven't been increasing. So now I worry. I hate worrying. It's this relentless depression creeping into my life and I just don't have enough happening to disprove to myself that I'm not failing.
Full time work: Officially transferred positions to Quality Assurance, I'm now doing clerical things which is not nearly as mentally stimulating, but it is work I can do without too much pain. I miss lab work but the people I work with are supportive and the work is still relative to what I went to school for. I'm honestly just waiting for someone to retire higher up in the food chain so I can be a supervisor.
Wrist recovery: It's not really recovering. I have gone through another round of cortisone shots when the pain and throbbing was intolerable again. This time the doc has shown me it is a result of repetitive movements in my forefinger and thumb... you know the parts of your hands you use for everything! Urghhh. So the shot went into the thumb joint this time and that hurt a lot less than the first round, still hurt, but it wasn't as bad. The effect hasn't seemed to work as long this time and they are hurting quite a bit more. It's been difficult to determine if they are not getting better, the cold makes them suck, weather change makes them suck, or even a typing job is beyond me at this point in my recovery.
Doc doesn't want to pull the trigger on surgery yet. He says I am way too young for wrist surgery options that exists and they won't really take away my pain and the cortisone shots are at least helping me keep most of my mobility in my wrists.
Lawsuit: Yes I have a lawyer and things are moving forward. I am at the bill collection stage, which seems to be taking forever! While a big pile of money isn't going to fix my wrists, it sure would make me feel a lot better about all the pain I am in. It's so frustrating, every time I turn around money keeps going out and I miss the money coming in. I completed my taxes and I am a whole $7000 shy of where I should be this year. Between missed work, ZERO outside con commissions, reduced hours at Bottle and Bottega leading paintings for parties, and medical things to try and make the pain feel better it has made keeping up with bills quite a challenge. Yes I am staying afloat, but opportunities to have fun with my husband, buy little things here and there that I would like to have, even the down payment for a house have all been stripped from my life.
Seriously, my husband and I planned to have a home this year and get out of living in an apartment. Our apartment isn't terrible, it's rather nice to be honest, but I am so very ready to own a wall on both sides of it. If I want to install a shelf I don't want to think about having to take it down. If I want to paint a wall something not white I don't want to have to think about it. If I want to install a trellis for a vertical garden I don't want to be denied to drill into siding or the fence of the balcony! I am so ready for my life to move forward and I am stuck in limbo. I am beyond my means to take charge of my life, increase my pay, find commissions I can complete.
Art: I am so slow at creating it disgusts me. Etching hurts way too much right now. I can complete a project, but the downtime needed from the pain is weeks from just 30 minutes of etching time. Painting is slow, but doable. But I think all the people that watch me here are perfectly aware that badges have never been the bulk of my business. I'm a nobody on the painting front and my ability isn't up to par to be competitive. Being able to engrave custom glass right here right now anything a client wanted, that was my thing and it was something that made me start taking my business as seriously as I had been wanting to for years.
I wish I could open for commissions at the rates I need to turn a profit in 2015. But nobody is going to pay for painted badges from me at a dollar more than I am already charging... and what I charge doesn't really keep a steady flow of work coming my way. Laminations are awesome, but they are really only at cons and it's barely enough profit to cover conventions and the numbers of laminations per con haven't been increasing. So now I worry. I hate worrying. It's this relentless depression creeping into my life and I just don't have enough happening to disprove to myself that I'm not failing.
Cortisone shots are hell
Posted 11 years agoSimple update before bed:
3 weeks ago I had a nasty flair-up from pushing myself in therapy and work
Got a cortisone shot-worst pain in my life!
Wrists finally making a turn for pain free days! No pills this last week were needed
Art is back in production and stuff owed is in the mail. I am so god awfully sorry to everyone that hired me from anthrocon that they had to wait this long. Juggling doctors, injury management, back to back illnesses, and general omg I can't figure my life out made conveying what needs to go where to my husband sketchy at best. I am finally confident enough to open for commissions again. I may need more breaks because my artist stamina isn't all there yet, but the skill level is back whereit should be.
I transferred to a different department at work. I have left the lab for the quality assurance department. It is a lateral move but I get my own desk and it's much kinder on my wrists and thumbs. It seems alienating from my friends in the lab, sometimes I wonder if they resent me for leaving for a less labor intense job, or we don't have that common bond of pain anymore. Cuz it seems like a huge disconnect happened and that bugs me a lot lately.
In a week my husband and I will be heading to fur pocalypse! I'm excited to try for an artist alley table there. All I can hope for continued healing, improving my strength again without hurting myself and that this cortisone relief will at least last throughout poc.
I am sorry again guys that I haven't managed my business very well with this accident. It's a new experience dealing with limits and pain and I am so appreciative of this community for the support and patience. I hope you feel it was well rewarded when it comes in the mail
3 weeks ago I had a nasty flair-up from pushing myself in therapy and work
Got a cortisone shot-worst pain in my life!
Wrists finally making a turn for pain free days! No pills this last week were needed
Art is back in production and stuff owed is in the mail. I am so god awfully sorry to everyone that hired me from anthrocon that they had to wait this long. Juggling doctors, injury management, back to back illnesses, and general omg I can't figure my life out made conveying what needs to go where to my husband sketchy at best. I am finally confident enough to open for commissions again. I may need more breaks because my artist stamina isn't all there yet, but the skill level is back whereit should be.
I transferred to a different department at work. I have left the lab for the quality assurance department. It is a lateral move but I get my own desk and it's much kinder on my wrists and thumbs. It seems alienating from my friends in the lab, sometimes I wonder if they resent me for leaving for a less labor intense job, or we don't have that common bond of pain anymore. Cuz it seems like a huge disconnect happened and that bugs me a lot lately.
In a week my husband and I will be heading to fur pocalypse! I'm excited to try for an artist alley table there. All I can hope for continued healing, improving my strength again without hurting myself and that this cortisone relief will at least last throughout poc.
I am sorry again guys that I haven't managed my business very well with this accident. It's a new experience dealing with limits and pain and I am so appreciative of this community for the support and patience. I hope you feel it was well rewarded when it comes in the mail
3 years of 10 Mil Lamination Auction! Car Accident update
Posted 11 years ago!!3 years of 10 mil lamination including repairs at MFF or Anthrocon, or shipped badges accepted just pay for the shipping!!
As a few of my watchers know, I bought Lagarto Lamination quite a few years ago and have taken up the mantle of being the Laminating Lizard at Anthrocon and MFF annually and now have started taking mail orders. In those years I have helped nearly a thousand people with their first time laminations and rescuing bent/broken badges, breathing new life into them. So to thank you all, and help with the issues written below ~(TLDR) I'm going to be without income next month :(~ I would like to offer a first time ever unlimited lamination for 1 person out there for the next 3 years! For shipped badges I only ask for shipping to be covered (usually about $2ish depending on how many per shipment). This is an excellent opportunity for badge making artists or frequent commissioners to save some serious cash and help me out in a serious time of need. Below I will start a comment with an opening bid, the bidding will close August 30th at midnight central time or 15 minutes after the last comment if a bidding war ensues!
If the auction isn't your thing, single badge lamination is $4-6 usually plus $2 for shipping! It will never bend or break! If you need a repair prices vary depending on what I need to do, most times just an additional $5! And it will look amazing after!!!! Note me for a paypal and shipping address
Please help, I'm not one to beg often, but I see the greatness this community can do. I have a lawyer, but until I heal a settlement is not likely to come any time soon.
CAR ACCIDENT UPDATE and the tricky situation from being out of work
So July 8th I was in a pretty significant accident that nearly totaled my car and seriously damaged my wrists. As a result I have been unable to work for the last month and a half. I feel miserable about the 3 commissions that are waiting to be dremmeled but at the moment my wrists are in braces and in significant pain. Which really sucks because I hate not knowing when they will get better. I am grateful for the paid time off and sick leave I have accrued at my job, which has gotten me this far. However in the last 4 weeks of being off from work my husband have had to get very serious about the reality that I cannot open 100 samples in an hour and be able to return to the lab... Next month the money from work stops coming in because sick leave is exhausted and I am honestly not sure where the money for rent and bills will come from. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
X-Rays have been taken and came back negative. The nature of wrist breaks are if they break they tend to go right back together and are difficult to detect. I am glad that my dominant hand seems to be getting better, but lab work and dremmeling requires two hands for me to do the job the way people deserve. I see an orthopedist that specializes in wrist/hand injuries tomorrow (friday), hopefully he will have more answers than, it could be just a very bad sprain/strain and I don't know when it is going to decide to heal.
The accident wasn't my fault, I was rear ended and the car took 1 month to get fixed back up. It was only $1000 shy of being totaled on a car worth about 10k at this point to give you an idea of the level of holy cow that was a hell of a fender bender. My hands were on the steering wheel and my knee went into the dash board. Fortunately my knee, back, and neck are healing normally and well, which has led me to realize something very serious is going on with my wrists. This case has gotten way bigger than I can manage alone and I have hired a lawyer to help me navigate this and ensure I get the money I need to handle what could be a permanent injury at the young age of 28 :( It's just a mess and I'm going stir crazy with not working at the lab or being able to complete art projects. I have never felt so utterly useless. It's made me seriously think about what am I without art or lab work. My husband has been great about reminding me I am a great wife and helping me fill my days with activities I can do. Scissors work, paper slicers work, lamination and repairing badges is one thing I can do without abusing my wrists... so when I can't work in a lab or work on commissions to the level my commissioners deserve, lamination would give me something to do.
As I said, I have a lawyer, and she is the top lawyer in the county this occurred in. The problem with personal injury cases is, settlements are reached within 60 days of completing treatment for the injury. So when doctors and my body don't have a clue as to when I can succeed at work again without my wrists giving in and throbbing and me wanting to cry, I have no idea when I can be reimbursed for the missed work, co-pays, and medications. When my accrued time off from work is exhausted, I will be covered by FMLA and won't lose my job, but I won't have any more money coming in from work... and as an adult living with a husband focused on paying off his student loans, rent due every month, gas needing to be paid for to get to appointments, it's really frightening. I don't want to take on commissions when I don't know when I can be back to artistic ability, and frankly that would be a dick move on my end when I still have 3 Anthrocon homeworks in the wings. I refuse to be a bad artist or screw those that have trusted me to turn their hard earned money into art. But I do need to do something to keep me secure while I focus on healing. Lamination could do that and this could be a really great opportunity to get your work laminated right the first time or your long list of badges that are tucked away to preserve them as they have bent and are on the verge of falling apart. I can fix them and keep them safe forever.
So please Furaffinity watchers, help me feel a little less scared about all this, please help us get by until this gets resolved. Let me preserve your art forever with something that will not bend or break, have those badges be resilient and keep them the envy of all other con goers!
As a few of my watchers know, I bought Lagarto Lamination quite a few years ago and have taken up the mantle of being the Laminating Lizard at Anthrocon and MFF annually and now have started taking mail orders. In those years I have helped nearly a thousand people with their first time laminations and rescuing bent/broken badges, breathing new life into them. So to thank you all, and help with the issues written below ~(TLDR) I'm going to be without income next month :(~ I would like to offer a first time ever unlimited lamination for 1 person out there for the next 3 years! For shipped badges I only ask for shipping to be covered (usually about $2ish depending on how many per shipment). This is an excellent opportunity for badge making artists or frequent commissioners to save some serious cash and help me out in a serious time of need. Below I will start a comment with an opening bid, the bidding will close August 30th at midnight central time or 15 minutes after the last comment if a bidding war ensues!
If the auction isn't your thing, single badge lamination is $4-6 usually plus $2 for shipping! It will never bend or break! If you need a repair prices vary depending on what I need to do, most times just an additional $5! And it will look amazing after!!!! Note me for a paypal and shipping address
Please help, I'm not one to beg often, but I see the greatness this community can do. I have a lawyer, but until I heal a settlement is not likely to come any time soon.
CAR ACCIDENT UPDATE and the tricky situation from being out of work
So July 8th I was in a pretty significant accident that nearly totaled my car and seriously damaged my wrists. As a result I have been unable to work for the last month and a half. I feel miserable about the 3 commissions that are waiting to be dremmeled but at the moment my wrists are in braces and in significant pain. Which really sucks because I hate not knowing when they will get better. I am grateful for the paid time off and sick leave I have accrued at my job, which has gotten me this far. However in the last 4 weeks of being off from work my husband have had to get very serious about the reality that I cannot open 100 samples in an hour and be able to return to the lab... Next month the money from work stops coming in because sick leave is exhausted and I am honestly not sure where the money for rent and bills will come from. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
X-Rays have been taken and came back negative. The nature of wrist breaks are if they break they tend to go right back together and are difficult to detect. I am glad that my dominant hand seems to be getting better, but lab work and dremmeling requires two hands for me to do the job the way people deserve. I see an orthopedist that specializes in wrist/hand injuries tomorrow (friday), hopefully he will have more answers than, it could be just a very bad sprain/strain and I don't know when it is going to decide to heal.
The accident wasn't my fault, I was rear ended and the car took 1 month to get fixed back up. It was only $1000 shy of being totaled on a car worth about 10k at this point to give you an idea of the level of holy cow that was a hell of a fender bender. My hands were on the steering wheel and my knee went into the dash board. Fortunately my knee, back, and neck are healing normally and well, which has led me to realize something very serious is going on with my wrists. This case has gotten way bigger than I can manage alone and I have hired a lawyer to help me navigate this and ensure I get the money I need to handle what could be a permanent injury at the young age of 28 :( It's just a mess and I'm going stir crazy with not working at the lab or being able to complete art projects. I have never felt so utterly useless. It's made me seriously think about what am I without art or lab work. My husband has been great about reminding me I am a great wife and helping me fill my days with activities I can do. Scissors work, paper slicers work, lamination and repairing badges is one thing I can do without abusing my wrists... so when I can't work in a lab or work on commissions to the level my commissioners deserve, lamination would give me something to do.
As I said, I have a lawyer, and she is the top lawyer in the county this occurred in. The problem with personal injury cases is, settlements are reached within 60 days of completing treatment for the injury. So when doctors and my body don't have a clue as to when I can succeed at work again without my wrists giving in and throbbing and me wanting to cry, I have no idea when I can be reimbursed for the missed work, co-pays, and medications. When my accrued time off from work is exhausted, I will be covered by FMLA and won't lose my job, but I won't have any more money coming in from work... and as an adult living with a husband focused on paying off his student loans, rent due every month, gas needing to be paid for to get to appointments, it's really frightening. I don't want to take on commissions when I don't know when I can be back to artistic ability, and frankly that would be a dick move on my end when I still have 3 Anthrocon homeworks in the wings. I refuse to be a bad artist or screw those that have trusted me to turn their hard earned money into art. But I do need to do something to keep me secure while I focus on healing. Lamination could do that and this could be a really great opportunity to get your work laminated right the first time or your long list of badges that are tucked away to preserve them as they have bent and are on the verge of falling apart. I can fix them and keep them safe forever.
So please Furaffinity watchers, help me feel a little less scared about all this, please help us get by until this gets resolved. Let me preserve your art forever with something that will not bend or break, have those badges be resilient and keep them the envy of all other con goers!
So what the hell happened after Anthrocon
Posted 11 years agoWell good things and bad. Good things are my studio is reorganized and functional once more after the con. The snake eggs that were laid on the monday we got back haven't rotted yet and actually have humidified nicely again. 2 weeks down, 6 to go till potential hatchings. I made a pretty tasty chowder and learned a thing or two about making them in the process. Hopefully next time I can put that knowledge to use and make it thicker next time.
Bad news... I got in a nasty car wreck Tuesday after anthrocon that has definitely thrown my life for a spin. 4 cars were involved and I was a sandwich. My car has been in the shop since and I'm actually really surprised they didn't total it. I guess it was new enough still that there was enough value left in it to cover the repairs. I get to keep the roof, frame, hood, some of the side panels, the wheels, windows, doors, and the guts of the car. Everything else is getting replaced even the floor of the car was damaged (is that possible?). My back was screwed up something fierce up until 2 days ago once the adjustments from my chiropractor finally actually stayed put and didn't get pulled back out of alignment by muscle spasms and pain from the accident. My knee slammed into the dash, it was grapefruit sized for a few days and I am still sporting blue bruises that make me wince if I touch them against anything to forcefully. I move slowly, I've already run into the corner of the bed last week and didn't even want to breathe for fear of screaming. I think the biggest pain in the ass right now is that my wrists just suck. Imagine having a bruise that runs between all the joints and bones along your wrists and that is what I have on both. My hands were on the steering wheel because I'm a responsible driver, and as a result the force over extended them and the pain hasn't done much in terms of getting better yet :(
So art is slow... badge people I should be wrapping up tomorrow. Paint brushes don't hurt as much as etching does so etching is on hold till next weekend when I will hopefully see better news.
It has been such a long time since I have been legitimately injured, and to be honest I have forgotten just how damned annoying it is. I can't work without pain and in the lab nobody has noticed yet but I am slower and it makes me feel so defeated. I'm Queen of the lab dangit and I hate not being anything less than amazing armed with a pipette and a mountain of literal crap to analyze. I bend wrong and I wince and whimper as quietly as possible because I have way better uses for my paid time off than letting the asshole, that hit the car behind me and pushed us both into the car in front of me, steal valuable con travel time. I just can't believe how expensive accidents can be and how long I have to wait to see reimbursement from the at fault party's insurance. So I'm filing everything (the cost of a rental, the ibuprofen, my chiropractor, and heaven help them if these wrists get classified as a permanent injury because I will bring my own lawyers to the table). I may never find out how in gods name he missed a pile of stopped cars waiting for the light to turn green on a great big road with plenty of daylight, but he has caused me a world of pain and frustration in everything I do.
My auto insurance has been seriously helpful in all this, it just sucks I need to pretty much pony up over $1000 to cover my deductible, health costs, and the rental. HOLY BALLS why in gods name is renting a car so expensive?!?!? So thank you everyone that visited my table at Anthrocon and those that got pre-orders as well. Those will be going out in the mail this week now that I am back on my feet and functioning well enough. This could have been a situation where I seriously would have failed at finding money for rent this month if not for you guys. I'm giving my wrists another week to heal and if I can get my homework done I intend to open discounted commissions to help find the remaining money I need to cover this nonsense. So look forward to next weekend for updates and opportunities to help a dragon out and get some awesome stuff in the process.
In the end the best news is, I can walk, talk, cook, and care for my husband. I can still create art in some form. I managed to not get my car totaled (not so true for the other sandwiched car behind me). And I have baby snakes to keep looking after. So Good and Bad balance out and I am still alive. I just have to stay positive even though my wrists hurt like nothing else. Thank god for voice to text options on my cell phone. That makes this way easier and all I have to do is edit in a few things which totally spares my wrists some suckage and pain.
Thank you all my watchers, and thank you friends
Bad news... I got in a nasty car wreck Tuesday after anthrocon that has definitely thrown my life for a spin. 4 cars were involved and I was a sandwich. My car has been in the shop since and I'm actually really surprised they didn't total it. I guess it was new enough still that there was enough value left in it to cover the repairs. I get to keep the roof, frame, hood, some of the side panels, the wheels, windows, doors, and the guts of the car. Everything else is getting replaced even the floor of the car was damaged (is that possible?). My back was screwed up something fierce up until 2 days ago once the adjustments from my chiropractor finally actually stayed put and didn't get pulled back out of alignment by muscle spasms and pain from the accident. My knee slammed into the dash, it was grapefruit sized for a few days and I am still sporting blue bruises that make me wince if I touch them against anything to forcefully. I move slowly, I've already run into the corner of the bed last week and didn't even want to breathe for fear of screaming. I think the biggest pain in the ass right now is that my wrists just suck. Imagine having a bruise that runs between all the joints and bones along your wrists and that is what I have on both. My hands were on the steering wheel because I'm a responsible driver, and as a result the force over extended them and the pain hasn't done much in terms of getting better yet :(
So art is slow... badge people I should be wrapping up tomorrow. Paint brushes don't hurt as much as etching does so etching is on hold till next weekend when I will hopefully see better news.
It has been such a long time since I have been legitimately injured, and to be honest I have forgotten just how damned annoying it is. I can't work without pain and in the lab nobody has noticed yet but I am slower and it makes me feel so defeated. I'm Queen of the lab dangit and I hate not being anything less than amazing armed with a pipette and a mountain of literal crap to analyze. I bend wrong and I wince and whimper as quietly as possible because I have way better uses for my paid time off than letting the asshole, that hit the car behind me and pushed us both into the car in front of me, steal valuable con travel time. I just can't believe how expensive accidents can be and how long I have to wait to see reimbursement from the at fault party's insurance. So I'm filing everything (the cost of a rental, the ibuprofen, my chiropractor, and heaven help them if these wrists get classified as a permanent injury because I will bring my own lawyers to the table). I may never find out how in gods name he missed a pile of stopped cars waiting for the light to turn green on a great big road with plenty of daylight, but he has caused me a world of pain and frustration in everything I do.
My auto insurance has been seriously helpful in all this, it just sucks I need to pretty much pony up over $1000 to cover my deductible, health costs, and the rental. HOLY BALLS why in gods name is renting a car so expensive?!?!? So thank you everyone that visited my table at Anthrocon and those that got pre-orders as well. Those will be going out in the mail this week now that I am back on my feet and functioning well enough. This could have been a situation where I seriously would have failed at finding money for rent this month if not for you guys. I'm giving my wrists another week to heal and if I can get my homework done I intend to open discounted commissions to help find the remaining money I need to cover this nonsense. So look forward to next weekend for updates and opportunities to help a dragon out and get some awesome stuff in the process.
In the end the best news is, I can walk, talk, cook, and care for my husband. I can still create art in some form. I managed to not get my car totaled (not so true for the other sandwiched car behind me). And I have baby snakes to keep looking after. So Good and Bad balance out and I am still alive. I just have to stay positive even though my wrists hurt like nothing else. Thank god for voice to text options on my cell phone. That makes this way easier and all I have to do is edit in a few things which totally spares my wrists some suckage and pain.
Thank you all my watchers, and thank you friends
Anthrocon recap- dragonhide pendant love and etched glass
Posted 11 years agoThis year's anthrocon went so much better than last year's! We may have slept in Thursday morning to make the commute to Pittsburgh, but in the end things went pretty smoothly. Anthrocon felt a bit different for me this year though. MFF dealers room wasn't big enough to accommodate the new influx of dealers and the traditional batch of folks that go every year too. So this year I really focused on spending time with people I probably won't see until next anthrocon... Which was so very sad to deal with yesterday on the way home.
Thank you everyone for finding me at lizard lamination! That was awesome of you to let me repair your delapadated badges to brand new condition and seeking me out to laminate it the first time too! Also thank you everyone for commissioning me! It was such a surprise to see so much interest in the Order of the White Lotus badges that I will keep offering them as an option in the future. Also holy science people! I almost sold out of Erlinmyer flasks. I went from having 1 etched commission of those last year to a bunch this year! I didn't think to buy any more for 2014 and it would have been sad to turn anyone away. Gratefully I didn't have too and everyone seemed happy with their commissions :)
Also thank you to all pendant buyers!!! It really was special to meet other reptile enthusiasts! It seemed like a great year for the snake shed pendants and someone bought my ball python painting ^_^ so reptile lovers unite! It was special of you fans to seek out my table and flip through my binder and pet my pendants. I will have to make a new batch soon with input I received this weekend as well!
Additionally I forgot to meantion the huge surprise!! My new snake I acquired when a friend passed away laid eggs on Monday!!! In 2 months we shall see how many Sinaloan milk snakes hatch out of that secret breeding
Much love,
Sssage
Thank you everyone for finding me at lizard lamination! That was awesome of you to let me repair your delapadated badges to brand new condition and seeking me out to laminate it the first time too! Also thank you everyone for commissioning me! It was such a surprise to see so much interest in the Order of the White Lotus badges that I will keep offering them as an option in the future. Also holy science people! I almost sold out of Erlinmyer flasks. I went from having 1 etched commission of those last year to a bunch this year! I didn't think to buy any more for 2014 and it would have been sad to turn anyone away. Gratefully I didn't have too and everyone seemed happy with their commissions :)
Also thank you to all pendant buyers!!! It really was special to meet other reptile enthusiasts! It seemed like a great year for the snake shed pendants and someone bought my ball python painting ^_^ so reptile lovers unite! It was special of you fans to seek out my table and flip through my binder and pet my pendants. I will have to make a new batch soon with input I received this weekend as well!
Additionally I forgot to meantion the huge surprise!! My new snake I acquired when a friend passed away laid eggs on Monday!!! In 2 months we shall see how many Sinaloan milk snakes hatch out of that secret breeding
Much love,
Sssage
Wooooo Lotus badges done! and cardboard boat regatta
Posted 11 years agohttp://www.dailyherald.com/article/.....ews/140628531/
Ok let's start with the strange news. So about a month ago my sister asked me to help paint a boat made of cardboard for the annual cardboard boat race. All you can use is cardboard, glue, tape, and paint. All other materials are forbidden! So click the above link to see what my town does every year before the fourth of July and see me awkwardly get interviewed after our whole team was exhausted completing the course in just over 2 minutes.
Also all lotus badges are finished! Just got to add flowers! Wooo. Thank you everyone for the awesomeness! Bills are handled at last and I have more than $20 for gas to get to Anthrocon ::blush:: I really appreciate the new watchers and I hope you enjoy the updates to come.
-Jess
Ok let's start with the strange news. So about a month ago my sister asked me to help paint a boat made of cardboard for the annual cardboard boat race. All you can use is cardboard, glue, tape, and paint. All other materials are forbidden! So click the above link to see what my town does every year before the fourth of July and see me awkwardly get interviewed after our whole team was exhausted completing the course in just over 2 minutes.
Also all lotus badges are finished! Just got to add flowers! Wooo. Thank you everyone for the awesomeness! Bills are handled at last and I have more than $20 for gas to get to Anthrocon ::blush:: I really appreciate the new watchers and I hope you enjoy the updates to come.
-Jess
FULL-white lotus badge~need encouragement
Posted 11 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/13787018/
FULL! no more slots left unless interested parties back out. Will update by the end of Saturday if this is so! OMG you all are amazing people out there!!! If you want a badge please visit me in the dealer's den at J18
Con badge+pressed flowers= $40 of awesome!
Seriously guys I could use the pre-order help. Money is tighter than I wish and Anthrocon feels just too far away when bills are due and business investments have been made... I know that the few watchers that follow me have been awesome and I could use a hand. Thank you again to those who have shown interest and given me some good encouragement. Please keep be busy this weekend, because I am a bundle of nerves.
I will happily ship to those who cannot be at the con but would love something truly unique to add to their badge/personal art collection.
Thanks again, I feel better after typing this out. Feel free to share some love in the comments or find me at my table with the big LAMINATION sign.
Take care,
Jess
Ps thank you visibility spreaders! You are both such dear friends and I am glad to know you
FULL! no more slots left unless interested parties back out. Will update by the end of Saturday if this is so! OMG you all are amazing people out there!!! If you want a badge please visit me in the dealer's den at J18
Con badge+pressed flowers= $40 of awesome!
Seriously guys I could use the pre-order help. Money is tighter than I wish and Anthrocon feels just too far away when bills are due and business investments have been made... I know that the few watchers that follow me have been awesome and I could use a hand. Thank you again to those who have shown interest and given me some good encouragement. Please keep be busy this weekend, because I am a bundle of nerves.
I will happily ship to those who cannot be at the con but would love something truly unique to add to their badge/personal art collection.
Thanks again, I feel better after typing this out. Feel free to share some love in the comments or find me at my table with the big LAMINATION sign.
Take care,
Jess
Ps thank you visibility spreaders! You are both such dear friends and I am glad to know you
Order of the White Lotus Badge- AC PREORDERS
Posted 11 years ago5 slots of preorder badges for Anthrocon. They include hand pressed flowers and a painted white lotus decal. These very detailed painted badges will allow you to join the secret society of the white lotus and pre-ordering will allow you to run around all con with some of the coolest badges ever.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13787018/
They are $40 that needs to be sent via Paypal. This will seriously help with some last second bills, but at least they come laminated in the very best stuff. Super thick 10 Mil lamination that won't break on you ever!
If you won't be at AC, since they will be laminated I can ship them to you if it means I can get some things paid down in time for Anthrocon
thanks for the help, pimpage, prodding that friend that owes you a favor.
Love ya,
Sssage
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13787018/
They are $40 that needs to be sent via Paypal. This will seriously help with some last second bills, but at least they come laminated in the very best stuff. Super thick 10 Mil lamination that won't break on you ever!
If you won't be at AC, since they will be laminated I can ship them to you if it means I can get some things paid down in time for Anthrocon
thanks for the help, pimpage, prodding that friend that owes you a favor.
Love ya,
Sssage
Got myself at table at MFF ?!?
Posted 11 years agoYes I am quite thrilled to have gotten a table when I got snubbed the year previous. However it would seem the usual crew I hang with in the dealers den will not be there... So a bit of a sad congrats for myself and my work. I just can't seem to figure out why some major artists and vendors were not selected and I was. Lagarto does a killing at mff-no usual reject corner for him. D with her wryms will not be there. The Windfalcon will not be there. Who the heck will I share pizza and cheesecake with?!?!? I hope they figure something out because this seems weird.
But seriously thank you MFF staff for letting me laminate to my hearts content and grind away on glass
But seriously thank you MFF staff for letting me laminate to my hearts content and grind away on glass
A formal invitation to you all April 12 & 13
Posted 11 years agoReptilefest is next weekend in Chicago, IL. It is the coolest herpetological thing in all the United States and happens once a year. You can expect incredible hands on opportunities with reptiles and amphibians and species that not many zoos have in their collections. Hundreds of owners will be there with their private collections and allow you to get up close to the creatures they care for. Bring a camera, bring friends, and go to www.reptilefest.com to get a coupon for a dollar off for each and every person in your group! You will be redirected to our reptilefest page, just an FYI :)
Over 150 different species will be there from around the world. So come to Chicago, come see us for the most incredible 2 days ever you can get for less than $10. Help us raise money for the undergraduate and graduate student research grants we give out each year, the charitable contributions to concervation efforts, and our adoptions and rehabilitation efforts this amazing non for profit leads.
I'll have a bookmark of my work for anyone that finds me through this FA post. Look for a girl with medium length brown hair showing off and letting people handle my uromastyx and blackhead python.
Over 150 different species will be there from around the world. So come to Chicago, come see us for the most incredible 2 days ever you can get for less than $10. Help us raise money for the undergraduate and graduate student research grants we give out each year, the charitable contributions to concervation efforts, and our adoptions and rehabilitation efforts this amazing non for profit leads.
I'll have a bookmark of my work for anyone that finds me through this FA post. Look for a girl with medium length brown hair showing off and letting people handle my uromastyx and blackhead python.
Dear winter, damn you expensive! Calling commissioners PWYC
Posted 11 years agoNot sure if everyone has been experiencing this, but OMG this winter is unexpectedly expensive.
Recap of winter thus far:
Too much fucking snow. Put my car into a snowbank on New Years Eve to avoid someone sliding through a red light. Car needed a new bumper because the snow ate part of it... yea deductible...
-30 or -40 F wind chills canceling everything except for work. Because if the mail is moving, samples can come in, and I have to process and analyze the poop for the lab. As a result our electric bills are DOUBLE our summer bills. WHAT THE HELL?!?!?! Seriously the thermostat is kept at 65F and turned off most of the night and when we aren't home (except sub zero days).... If I could survive it and my pet could survive it I'd keep the heat turned off, but my pet is a lizard and I am clearly half lizard....
The ice on my car last week broke my ice scrapper of 3 years (sad panda). Also again WHAT THE HELL WINTER?!?!?
Our HR sucked at the negotiation of our health care plan and my medical bills are on their way up. United Healthcare decided to move the prescriptions I take up a Tier making them cost $10-$20 more per refill. You better believe it I am rocking prescription discount cards from the drug makers to help mitigate those costs. Which is surprisingly effective. My Co-pays to see my doctors of course went up and the worst offense of our new contract.... my out of pocket deductible went up $3000 to a grand total of $9000 before my chiropractor, prescriptions, and other bull spit start coming up free (sigh)
PAY WHAT YOU CAN COMMISSION INFO!!!!
So... if you have some money floating around and care to throw some my way I will turn it into art. These will be 2D creations based on what you care to pay. Could be a silly sketch for $5 or if you have some generosity in your heart I would love to paint you a badge. Contact me or reply what you have available or guilt a friend into getting something for you. I can ship these to you for $3 extra and will happily laminate it for you if you want to wear it. This is a rare opportunity for my watchers since I tend not to offer art on a pay what you can basis.
3Doodler. Remember this bad boy? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12529776/ If you want a mini-figurine of your character (ferals only or can ferally interpret an anthro character) in a limited palate one slot is available. This is for the serious supporter of my craft, think about it and how many furs have one of these bad boys!
Good luck this winter guys it's only half over and I'm watching the snow add up tonight to a sloppy commute to work tomorrow morning. Thanks for reading and helping if you can
Recap of winter thus far:
Too much fucking snow. Put my car into a snowbank on New Years Eve to avoid someone sliding through a red light. Car needed a new bumper because the snow ate part of it... yea deductible...
-30 or -40 F wind chills canceling everything except for work. Because if the mail is moving, samples can come in, and I have to process and analyze the poop for the lab. As a result our electric bills are DOUBLE our summer bills. WHAT THE HELL?!?!?! Seriously the thermostat is kept at 65F and turned off most of the night and when we aren't home (except sub zero days).... If I could survive it and my pet could survive it I'd keep the heat turned off, but my pet is a lizard and I am clearly half lizard....
The ice on my car last week broke my ice scrapper of 3 years (sad panda). Also again WHAT THE HELL WINTER?!?!?
Our HR sucked at the negotiation of our health care plan and my medical bills are on their way up. United Healthcare decided to move the prescriptions I take up a Tier making them cost $10-$20 more per refill. You better believe it I am rocking prescription discount cards from the drug makers to help mitigate those costs. Which is surprisingly effective. My Co-pays to see my doctors of course went up and the worst offense of our new contract.... my out of pocket deductible went up $3000 to a grand total of $9000 before my chiropractor, prescriptions, and other bull spit start coming up free (sigh)
PAY WHAT YOU CAN COMMISSION INFO!!!!
So... if you have some money floating around and care to throw some my way I will turn it into art. These will be 2D creations based on what you care to pay. Could be a silly sketch for $5 or if you have some generosity in your heart I would love to paint you a badge. Contact me or reply what you have available or guilt a friend into getting something for you. I can ship these to you for $3 extra and will happily laminate it for you if you want to wear it. This is a rare opportunity for my watchers since I tend not to offer art on a pay what you can basis.
3Doodler. Remember this bad boy? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12529776/ If you want a mini-figurine of your character (ferals only or can ferally interpret an anthro character) in a limited palate one slot is available. This is for the serious supporter of my craft, think about it and how many furs have one of these bad boys!
Good luck this winter guys it's only half over and I'm watching the snow add up tonight to a sloppy commute to work tomorrow morning. Thanks for reading and helping if you can
MFF Thank you!
Posted 12 years agoThank you everyone that shared food with me, joined for dinner, visited my table despite being off the dealer's list, commissioned me, and sought me out for much needed badge repairs.
OMG Homework! You all rocked my socks this year with commissions. I deeply appreciate when I have a full table more than ever! As I only had half a table I couldn't laminate and commission during the con which meant everything went home at night. 4AM every night waking up at 7am to commute back to the con for good parking. I'm still feeling it today and it was worth every micro-nap to accomplish it!
After taking a week off to let me wrists heal from marathon demmel tooling, Thanksgiving food making, and making up for the day I took off from work. In case you weren't aware, I'm a med tech and I do some serious pipetting all day and my wrist cries when we have 100+ sample days back to back.
People I owe commissions to and am completing this week as long as my wrist holds up:
Redrazertalon
Ashfox
Tezmond
Wolfwings (I love you bro thanks for commissioning me again)
Corr
Aethonyc
Owens
And OMG test tube order person.
So again huge thanks to everyone that commissioned me, especially first time commissioners and those getting their first badge made from well me of all people ::Blush::
OMG Homework! You all rocked my socks this year with commissions. I deeply appreciate when I have a full table more than ever! As I only had half a table I couldn't laminate and commission during the con which meant everything went home at night. 4AM every night waking up at 7am to commute back to the con for good parking. I'm still feeling it today and it was worth every micro-nap to accomplish it!
After taking a week off to let me wrists heal from marathon demmel tooling, Thanksgiving food making, and making up for the day I took off from work. In case you weren't aware, I'm a med tech and I do some serious pipetting all day and my wrist cries when we have 100+ sample days back to back.
People I owe commissions to and am completing this week as long as my wrist holds up:
Redrazertalon
Ashfox
Tezmond
Wolfwings (I love you bro thanks for commissioning me again)
Corr
Aethonyc
Owens
And OMG test tube order person.
So again huge thanks to everyone that commissioned me, especially first time commissioners and those getting their first badge made from well me of all people ::Blush::
Crafter's meme!
Posted 12 years agoIt's not a meme until it spreads. From Mordrude!
What do you make/craft?
Snake shed pendants and acrylic paintings
Professional, hobby, or in between?
Professional. It's my second/third job though
Does your family/non-fur friends know about your craft?
Yes. My family might not quite get the furry thing, but they respect my craft and are finally seeing me grow as a business woman
How do you really feel about your work?
I used to be pretty thrilled about it. Lately I think I'm in a slump and having a hell of a time getting out of it. Art doesn't make me as happy as it should and I need to resolve this.
Do you ever get anxious trying something new?
Honestly, not really. I don't put too much stress into testing something new. I only get anxious when I try to elevate that new idea into a masterwork
What first got you interested in your craft?
I used to think fursuits were creepy (to be fair, I'd never seen realistic ones) until I went to the mall with an ex and an ex-friend and put on a silly paw glove in the pet store and derped about pawing at things. Something trivial, right?
How dirty/disorganized is your workspace?
I have a second bedroom I have converted into my studio. It's an unmitigated disasterzone... I blame the wedding for eating up the room with wedding stuff. Now that I am married I just can't find the energy or the drive to clean it up and organize it
Have you ever had to clean crafting debris off of your bed? (Eraser shavings, stray fur fibers, etc)
yes....
What's your favorite background noise when crafting?
Movies or audiobooks
Who was/were your artistic inspiration?
LeccathuFurvicael, Don Wheeler, Bill Love, my mother
Where would you like to be with your craft in five years?
I would like to have a recognizable style/brand. I'm tired of being behind the scenes and I seriously need to elevate my trade so that I don't keep getting lost in the background noise
If you could trade your skill in your craft for equal skill in another, would you? If so, which craft would you rather do?
No, I like what I am good at and it works for me
Which tends to come out better, your personal work or your work for others?
It depends. I like when I get a great inspiration from a client. I also like when I am inspired myself. This winter will be the season of Snakes and Glass thanks to an awesome photographer friend that is allowing me access to his hi res photos
What's the biggest pitfall of your craft?
Resin never comes out of anything it lands on..... many a ruined pair of pants
What's the best thing about your craft?
When a masterpiece comes out and it is magnificent
Which is your favorite piece you've made to date?
My iguana shed. I have never managed to find pieces of iguana shed with the spines still attached again. It's a piece of art
Where do you need to improve the most?
Turnaround time, not letting frustration eat away at the quality of my work, actually getting down to work. I need to find my metaphorical voice in my artwork. Something that when people see something they know that was done by me, that they would be interested in seeking me out to make their dreams come true. My favorite quote I've seen is "Art is hard! STOP PRETENDING". I need to stop hiding, following trails forged by others, riding the coat tails of people I look up to, and take risks and live with them
What do you make/craft?
Snake shed pendants and acrylic paintings
Professional, hobby, or in between?
Professional. It's my second/third job though
Does your family/non-fur friends know about your craft?
Yes. My family might not quite get the furry thing, but they respect my craft and are finally seeing me grow as a business woman
How do you really feel about your work?
I used to be pretty thrilled about it. Lately I think I'm in a slump and having a hell of a time getting out of it. Art doesn't make me as happy as it should and I need to resolve this.
Do you ever get anxious trying something new?
Honestly, not really. I don't put too much stress into testing something new. I only get anxious when I try to elevate that new idea into a masterwork
What first got you interested in your craft?
I used to think fursuits were creepy (to be fair, I'd never seen realistic ones) until I went to the mall with an ex and an ex-friend and put on a silly paw glove in the pet store and derped about pawing at things. Something trivial, right?
How dirty/disorganized is your workspace?
I have a second bedroom I have converted into my studio. It's an unmitigated disasterzone... I blame the wedding for eating up the room with wedding stuff. Now that I am married I just can't find the energy or the drive to clean it up and organize it
Have you ever had to clean crafting debris off of your bed? (Eraser shavings, stray fur fibers, etc)
yes....
What's your favorite background noise when crafting?
Movies or audiobooks
Who was/were your artistic inspiration?
LeccathuFurvicael, Don Wheeler, Bill Love, my mother
Where would you like to be with your craft in five years?
I would like to have a recognizable style/brand. I'm tired of being behind the scenes and I seriously need to elevate my trade so that I don't keep getting lost in the background noise
If you could trade your skill in your craft for equal skill in another, would you? If so, which craft would you rather do?
No, I like what I am good at and it works for me
Which tends to come out better, your personal work or your work for others?
It depends. I like when I get a great inspiration from a client. I also like when I am inspired myself. This winter will be the season of Snakes and Glass thanks to an awesome photographer friend that is allowing me access to his hi res photos
What's the biggest pitfall of your craft?
Resin never comes out of anything it lands on..... many a ruined pair of pants
What's the best thing about your craft?
When a masterpiece comes out and it is magnificent
Which is your favorite piece you've made to date?
My iguana shed. I have never managed to find pieces of iguana shed with the spines still attached again. It's a piece of art
Where do you need to improve the most?
Turnaround time, not letting frustration eat away at the quality of my work, actually getting down to work. I need to find my metaphorical voice in my artwork. Something that when people see something they know that was done by me, that they would be interested in seeking me out to make their dreams come true. My favorite quote I've seen is "Art is hard! STOP PRETENDING". I need to stop hiding, following trails forged by others, riding the coat tails of people I look up to, and take risks and live with them
MFF is on it's way and I actually will be there
Posted 12 years agoWow did the den fill fast this year. And sadly I didn't get a spot. I however leaned on a huge supporter of my business and managed to buy a couple feet of space off Lagarto. So I will be in the bright green corner with his incredible Leatherwork. You'll be able to find my Lizard Laminations banner easily and get your 10 Mil Lamination from your most trusted laminater!
What this means. I will not be completing on the spot commissions. They will be pick up the next day or shipped pieces. I will only be taking only 3 a day for completion the next day. My pendants will not be out on the table for purchase, I will have a binder to help keep things manageable with my limited space. If you are looking to get my work at super prices, check out my 3D table in the art show. If you want something of mine you will probably have to get it from there.
I will be the Queen of Lamination. This will hopefully help me earn enough to make up for Anthrocon's losses, debt remaining from my wedding, and to fill the time at MFF. I am less than thrilled that I will be at such a limited capacity, but I hope customers will appreciate the options I have available and support me nonetheless.
Same super awesome low prices for Lamination. Inflation and the costs of living may be going up but the cost of preserving and repairing the art you love will still be super affordable!
Commissions you can get for completion at the con
Painted badges are $40
Sketched glass is as follows:
Shot glasses $30
Test tubes $40 I am only offering large ones
Glass flasks $55
What will be at the art show:
A large wine decanter with pirate ship battling a Kracken in a storm etched around it
2 Jellyfish wine glasses
Snake shed pendants at half price
1 spare wine glass for the charity auction
More to come as the week goes forth. Like maybe an octopus goblet
What this means. I will not be completing on the spot commissions. They will be pick up the next day or shipped pieces. I will only be taking only 3 a day for completion the next day. My pendants will not be out on the table for purchase, I will have a binder to help keep things manageable with my limited space. If you are looking to get my work at super prices, check out my 3D table in the art show. If you want something of mine you will probably have to get it from there.
I will be the Queen of Lamination. This will hopefully help me earn enough to make up for Anthrocon's losses, debt remaining from my wedding, and to fill the time at MFF. I am less than thrilled that I will be at such a limited capacity, but I hope customers will appreciate the options I have available and support me nonetheless.
Same super awesome low prices for Lamination. Inflation and the costs of living may be going up but the cost of preserving and repairing the art you love will still be super affordable!
Commissions you can get for completion at the con
Painted badges are $40
Sketched glass is as follows:
Shot glasses $30
Test tubes $40 I am only offering large ones
Glass flasks $55
What will be at the art show:
A large wine decanter with pirate ship battling a Kracken in a storm etched around it
2 Jellyfish wine glasses
Snake shed pendants at half price
1 spare wine glass for the charity auction
More to come as the week goes forth. Like maybe an octopus goblet
So I disappeared for a while, update in the busy times
Posted 12 years agoCommissions are moving forward and I will post pictures and update my commissioners in the coming month and I will get them wrapped up and finished before MFF.
Yes I will be at MFF with Lagarto due to sudden insurgence of dealers and I got muscled out of a spot. Thank you Lagarto.
By the way Lagarto and I share something new other than being awesome reptile people. We have married the love of our lives (not each other sillies) I married my now husband September 28th, 2013 and it was a beautiful affair filled with family and friends and I am dying to get some pictures back from our awesome photographers.
My current commissioners will have the last pieces signed under my maiden name (lucky you guys).
If you want art from me at MFF they will be pick up the next day or shipped commissions as space will be an issue for me and I cannot promise I can work on commissions and laminate in the few feet of space I bartered for. So look for me in the corner next to all the green lights. I'm Lizard Lamination & Art. You can easily find my art in the art show for super low prices so that I can make up for Anthrocon's losses. Take a chance and break my unlucky streak in the art show and bid you glorious fans you. There will be a wine decanter/lamp beyond your imaginations as well as wine glasses to accompany it. Treasured pendants of all price ranges. I don't plan on getting panel space, just 3d tables so it will be easy to find my goodies.
Signing off as Jessica Van Camp for the first time on FA. Love you guys
Yes I will be at MFF with Lagarto due to sudden insurgence of dealers and I got muscled out of a spot. Thank you Lagarto.
By the way Lagarto and I share something new other than being awesome reptile people. We have married the love of our lives (not each other sillies) I married my now husband September 28th, 2013 and it was a beautiful affair filled with family and friends and I am dying to get some pictures back from our awesome photographers.
My current commissioners will have the last pieces signed under my maiden name (lucky you guys).
If you want art from me at MFF they will be pick up the next day or shipped commissions as space will be an issue for me and I cannot promise I can work on commissions and laminate in the few feet of space I bartered for. So look for me in the corner next to all the green lights. I'm Lizard Lamination & Art. You can easily find my art in the art show for super low prices so that I can make up for Anthrocon's losses. Take a chance and break my unlucky streak in the art show and bid you glorious fans you. There will be a wine decanter/lamp beyond your imaginations as well as wine glasses to accompany it. Treasured pendants of all price ranges. I don't plan on getting panel space, just 3d tables so it will be easy to find my goodies.
Signing off as Jessica Van Camp for the first time on FA. Love you guys
I don't think I can thank just 1 person for inspiration
Posted 12 years agoMy last journal was a really downer of a day. Not that anything happened specifically. Plans made people busy, missed time with my fiance, got a bit envious of all the art people were producing.
All the words you shared were so very helpful and meant everything to me. Fur fest time is in full swing and I am working on my couple commissions today, starting some art show pieces, and bridesmaid gifts. So inspired so productive today so much better
love you guys and thank you for the at a girls!
All the words you shared were so very helpful and meant everything to me. Fur fest time is in full swing and I am working on my couple commissions today, starting some art show pieces, and bridesmaid gifts. So inspired so productive today so much better
love you guys and thank you for the at a girls!
