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HEY! ✨ I've been meaning to make my wait-list more accessible and ~finally~ had the time! I'm so sorry to everyone who's been waiting to join, it's been difficult to keep up manually as my audience grows! I'm hoping to remedy this by making my Discord wait-list now public to join ✨
♥ There are limitations for new members as a layer of protection from nonsense. Harassment, Bigotry and Drama will not be tolerated. New members must be approved before they can type/react.
♥ I open through Discord first - any remaining spots will be advertised publicly on twitter, bsky or FA!
Openings don't usually make it outside of discord (they get claimed fast!) so this is the best place to snag one!
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Selling XP-Pen Display Tablets - Excellent Condition.
Posted 3 years ago I have two XP-Pen display tablets for sale, excellent condition, comes with multi-position parbo stands, check tweet for more details and videos.
Link to tweet - https://twitter.com/MiniAussieArt/s.....25231736467461 ✨ Commission Wait-list ✨
Posted 4 years ago
HEY! ✨ I've just created a commission wait list server on discord! This is not a typical chat- but a channel that will be explicitly used as an interactive wait list for future clients looking to commission artwork! If you'd like to join, send me a NOTE for an invite! 🦦
and just in case it needs to be said, DO NOT ask to join this chat if you are NOT interested in being added to my wait list for future commission openings, this is not a typical chat room- just an interactive wait list to make my life and job easier :D
-tailgrip ⚡️ FEEDBACK PLS? + New Patreon Rewards!⚡️
Posted 4 years ago
Hey guys! Sorry for my quietness lately, I've been working hard on clearing my queue.
So first off- I'd really appreciate some feedback! I know I don't advertise when I'm (public)streaming here on FA, but I'm looking toward changing that!
My PICARTO.tv premium membership ended 2 days ago, which offers private streaming (which I use as a Patreon intensive), it's $134 for 12 months versus PICZEL.tv which is $100 for 15 months. Which Artist streaming service are you more likely to visit and watch streams? and if you have a moment to explain why- please do! Your feedback will aid my decision greatly & is super appreciated! (and required for me. to obtain. ✨success✨)
additionally... if anybody would like to help an Otter afford premium again.... you can donate to my ko-fi & i'll send you a whiskery otter smooch as thanks!! ~ 🦦 https://ko-fi.com/tailgrip 🦦 (also i'm still making payments on my Cintiq 22HD and only have so many dollarydoos.... )
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In otter news,
✨💎✨ I recently added an awesome new reward on Patreon for my $2, $5 & $10 tiers that shows my appreciation for current and future long time patrons! ✨💎✨ I've also added two more MEGA Cream Pie tier slots if anyone is looking to nab a monthly detailed flat colored sketch!
All and any support means the world to me & helps IMMENSELY with making freelance Art & Animation a viable full-time career. I seriously couldn't do it without you guys!
Thank you for taking the time to read!
much love,
-tailgrip ART Updates!
Posted 4 years ago Happy August!....wait, we're 8 months into 2021 already?! @_@
Sorry for the quiet July friends-- I had a medical emergency in the first week that left me unable to do much for a little over 2 weeks, and I was waiting on new glasses to arrive throughout the rest of the month (I have severe vision issues so working without them is a 100% no-go). I want to extent a ginormous apology to my current commissioners for the wait+delays! ;__; I have a lot of catching up to do this month and I really appreciate everyone's patience and understanding, I promise I'll make the wait worth it with extra love in every artwork!
As for future clients / those on my wait list-- I'll open as soon as my queue is cleared, I'm working as fast as I can while maintaining love&quality ✨💖
aside from client work-- I have a lot of great content to come! you can see most things weeks in advance on my ~*Patreon*~
every bit of support means the world to me & helps tremendously with doing Artwork for a living!
Hoping everyone is doing well, staying safe & healthy~
-tailgrip YCH Coming soon!
Posted 4 years ago My partner and I have our 60,000 mile car maintenance next week and I also need to make a payment on my Wacom Cintiq so I'll be offering 2 or 3 , 2 character YCH's soon to be finished within june/july! I'm curious of what everyone would be most interested in? I have plans for a CanidxCanid and OtterxOtter , thinking about a possible pokemon themed one orrrr something r34... suggestions? :D
(would also help w/ future YCH ideas too!)
Looking forward to hearing what's on everyone's minds, thanks for reading & taking the time!
much love,
-tailgrip MORE tablet issues.... :(
Posted 4 years ago
UPDATE 5/6: Cintiq 22 purchased w/ payment plans and is home and set up. Everything is working flawlessly and I'm very hype to get back to work! Also so so so happy payment plans were an option for this thing :) I'll be paying it off over the next 5 months, any tips/donations are welcome and extremely appreciated! I'll also have YCH auctions available soon to help me with paying this off as well.
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Over the last month I've experienced consistent cursor offset with my XP-Pen 24Pro. No amount of troubleshooting or re-calibrating will fix it, I've tried all of my pens and every possible solution google + tech and non tech friends have suggested. At this point we all believe it's likely a driver/software issue and I'll need to work with XP-Pen again to find a solution, however I'm admittedly not very excited to get in touch with their Customer Support after the Hell they put me through just handful of months ago.
I have deadlines I can't miss this month and bills don't wait for tablet companies to pull their heads out of their a$$es. I'm very highly considering the Cintiq 22 at this point but I'm honestly no where near financially capable of getting it right now without a little bit of help. I don't like having to ask for things like this but the importance is really up there, this is my job, this is my livelihood and I just caught back up from the delays caused the last time I had tablet issues. I can't do this again my dudes. ;;__;;
I'll have my ko-fi available below for donations/tips if anyone has the means to help this Otter achieve a properly functioning display tablet. I would offer some YCH or do a donation stream but drawing is just not possible with my current device at this time. I'll take some publicly voted requests for R34 fan arts once I get the new tablet as a thanks for the communal support!
✨Thank you in advance for all and any support, every little bit matters!✨
✨ https://ko-fi.com/tailgrip ✨
$ 342/1,199hello my dudes and thank you!!
Posted 4 years ago Hey!!! :D
I want to thank everyone for the watches, follows and support lately!! It's hard to get back to everyone as I'm currently wading through a tight schedule/backlog (Yes, I'm still catching up from my tablet issues >.<) but hopefully this suffices; I see & appreciate you all!
I also have a lottt of commission inquiries/notes to get back to wow!! I promise I'm not ignoring anyone and you'll hear from me soon. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Thank you all SO much for the interest, I'm very grateful & excited for all of these future artistic opportunities. ^^
much love,
tailgrip Safety Concerns. ( IMPORTANT. )
Posted 4 years ago
I have growing concerns I need to address regarding boundaries and respect if I'm to continue sharing my adult work here. I understand that FA can be fun and relaxing or considered a safe space for most, however bear in mind what others might use the platform for, also bear in mind the basic principals of human communication and the pre-set boundaries every adult should be fully aware and respectful of.
In the little over a year that I've had this account I've had numbers of boundaries crossed and respect in my work space completely disregarded. I didn't think I'd need to draw a line but since I started sharing my work I've experienced a lot of sexual harassment, primarily from people asking for quotes or people who come in to watch streams. I don't care if it's a ha ha joke for you, it's distasteful and disrespectful to me and makes me incredibly uncomfortable. I'm not okay with being disrespected and objectified. I'm not here to offer personal sexual gratification or services.
I've had sketches taken and colored without permission (one instance even re-gifted to me? like thanks.) , I've had my work posted on random porn accounts with 0 credit/links and one instance where someone posted client work w/ a very rapey title and ignored multiple requests to remove it. I've had my entire gallery posted on other websites, including my personal character references, again with no permission granted from me. I don't mind having my work SHARED, but I'm heavily against re-posting, especially without explicit granted permission. I have sites I do and don't want my art on and I don't have time to jump through the hoops of filing multiple take down notices. I don't get paid for my time lost and this sh*t honestly causes delays I shouldn't even have to worry about. Please leave the uploading onto other platforms to me- the Artist, or the client who has paid rights.
idk why people think I spawned fully equipped from a talented dark crack in the floor but I'm not new to the furry fandom, I've been here for 10+ years diligently working on my Art and my career as a professional Artist, I've made mistakes and I've kicked my own ass while simultaneously working it off. I have aspirations for other professional creative opportunities and I would like to keep my NSFW art and personal info separate and hidden (as much as possible) from the view of any possible future employer. I know this might sound like a silly ask because my art is public, but my stuff is not free-to-use-as-you-please... especially if you didn't pay for it.
As I've mentioned before I do SFW full-time on other websites. I'm known throughout certain parts of the fandom and with that I'm very serious about not linking my accounts and information for a plethora of reasons from personal to professional, three primary examples being the protection of minors who follow & are inspired by my SFW Artwork (I'm also working on childrens books, pls guys..), second being potential future employers, and third to protect and curate my work spaces accordingly as I do not accept NSFW clients through non-NSFW accounts. I have designated accounts for a reason, if you know me or have found me along the way, that's awesome but please keep it to yourself or if curiosity is beaming then have the respect to ask privately instead of publicly. I don't want overtly sexual people who follow my NSFW Art to follow my SFW accounts or end up in my SFW streams where they risk harming minors. I will not allow myself or my work to be a gateway for abuse of any sort. I'm here to share my NSFW Artwork, not for people to make my work space not safe for me, or my following.
Please keep all sexual gestures, comments, proposals, insults, etc to yourself. Do not take steps to seek out my personal information. Do not make me regret sharing my NSFW content. Please be considerate of Artists and don't lump us in baskets based on content. I'm a very timid and vanilla person.
- tailgrip------Art Update!!------ (Headaches Included)
Posted 5 years ago
Hey guys! I hope you're staying safe & healthy, especially around the Holidays!
Sorry in advance for this slight TL;DR, it's important though. >__<
I want to apologize for my lack of artwork & general activity lately! I got a large professional grade tablet in August that's more suitable for my office set up + something that can keep up with the work I do- but within a month I noticed it was defective on a few fronts :c. I contacted the company and explained that I'm a professional full time freelance artist who relies on a working tablet to do my job, so we made arrangements that a replacement will be sent when the defective one is dropped off+confirmed by carrier. it took 2 weeks before a replacement was *issued* and an additional week for delivery, and that one came in broken. It wouldn't connect and it wouldn't track and had severe light bleed on the top panel. Fast forward another 2 weeks, a third replacement comes in and it has box damage + cosmetic issues and presents similar connection problems as the 2nd replacement - though it *could* draw, with the exception of 1 stutter every 3 minutes and very occasional disconnection. After contacting the company again they 1: misunderstood the issue I was experiencing (claimed the USB-C port ON the tablet is broken. no, like, the whole effing device is broken... also claiming my gaming rig built for Art is incompatible, laugh out loud. The first Tablet connected just fine, but it had loose ports and the express keyboard was broken. ) and 2: upon sending information to upper management, they accidentally emailed me an internal email where the Tech support agent who was helping me (the guy who completely misunderstood my issue) claimed I was holding onto the first tablet + the replacements!!! WhAt?? I was appalled to put it short considering I provided drop-off receipts AND the tracking info (which, if they bothered double checking with their returns department, would have seen the returns were delivered within 2 days of being shipped from me!)
After expression my disappointment and further concern, they hope I'll give up if they resort to unscrupulous business practices by claiming they wont cover the return label costs this time-- and if I choose to return the tablet for a replacement, my only option is shipping it to their Chinese warehouse for- and I SHIT YOU NOT $400/minimum - claiming they will ''reimburse my shipping expense''. The previous ones were shipped back to their CA, USA returns warehouse. I told them I simply could not afford that given the circumstances and they copy pasted the same response to me 3 times before I told them I would be going public about the unprofessional mistreatment they were pushing on a client using their most expensive tablet if they didn't render the situation professionally and appropriately. Boom- handled, but trust broken. That tablet has been returned.
Let me mention real quick, this is a long story put short here. I was given an absolute tail-pulling run-around. I became so frustrated I cried a few times because not only has this been affecting my ability to perform my job at full potential, but it extends to my livelihood and my clients! The inconveniences are running and they have ripple effects and XP-Pen showed very little concern and remorse, even after alleging I was stealing the replacements. No apologies, nothing.
No thanks to XP-Pen I'm 2 months behind on work and my bank account + savings is bone dry. A close buddy of mine helped me grab another 24Pro off Amazon that would arrive within just days- and the return process is wayy easier and quicker if I received another broken tablet. I received the 4th one on Nov.27th and after a handful of tests it seems to be working properly! No box damage, no cosmetic damage and it responded as a pointer as soon as it was plugged in - though I'm keeping to cautious optimism for now.
''Why even bother after all of that though? Why not go for a different brand/Tablet?''
Valid. I went over this with myself, and my frustration falls on the fact that this company has created *my* ideal tablet, and it's literally Perfect if it actually works, and I like working hard for the things I love, even if they can be frustrating to achieve. >__<;
Anyway~ I do a lot of SFW on another website and am currently wrapping up that queue, and I have a handful of goodies I'll be posting here soon *and* I'll be offering a Pikachu YCH + a custom pokemon commission to help me get some funds for the month since I'm in a very uncomfortable red zone thanks to the running tablet inconveniences. :'\
Aside from that, sticking to optimism, hoping you all the best, stay healthy, stay fluffy ^^ (or scaley or slimey, whatever is you ) and thank you for reading through my update!----Open for 1 Commission----
Posted 5 years ago I'm really itchin' to do a pr0n commission of some sort. Anyone interested in some feral Pokemon or rule34 smut? Will be completed within a week of order date. Note if interested and we'll talk details. :)
Thanks in advanced for the opportunity!
Apologies to all for not accepting more than 1 for now. I'm looking to open for a few more custom slots probably in the next week though.
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