I’m not really understanding why you’re taking so many more commissions lately (your november list had like fifty names..) when you are so behind on so many other commissions for the last year+. It seems like a dubious and sketchy practice. Just raking in money and then saying “I’ll pay you back later” when you can’t get to the projects that you most assuredly won’t be able to get to. Offering people credit instead to re-commission you.. so they can wait another year+ and get nothing? Jussayin.

(My November list had 30. Just like the 30 taken in October.All finished in less than a month, cleaned and polished. Feel free to check the post and upload dates on the blog if you’re uncertain.)

Because. I stay in a house by myself, with rent and bills entirely of my own. So working on pieces that were half or even 1/3th of current prices does nothing more than push other commissioners wait times and myself back when I could be doing the same amount of work, with current prices that can be used as both a refund and still keeping myself from falling behind on my bills/rent.

Haven’t gotten to every project or backlog work because I’ve been tugged from all ends while still having payments to make and the massive setback of having my earnings cut by 30% for roughly 10 months. (Which was only just cleared in August and I already made a massive post about) Has put me in a hole plenty of times.

I tried my best, but If I want to clean up shop, like really clean up.

I can no longer reasonably spend several hours on something that was purchased for $40-60-150 while bumping up the quality when the same amount of time put in could be used on something of the same quality that costs $90-150-350.

Not sure why this explanation is hard to understand or grasp.

Credit was offered as an option because
– There are those who just want art, couldn’t care for a refund or the wait.
– Having priority because of it and getting their art as fast or faster than newer commissioners
– Just because they ask for credit doesn’t mean they can’t change their minds to request a refund at any point. That also means I can still choose to refund them at any point regardless if they took the credit option.

I personally tried to remain as fair as I could, with work that was promised while keeping myself afloat, full refunded those who wanted it and finished/upgraded/extra art to those who still wanted to wait on a completion after already waiting such long periods.

Though It wasn’t something done in time for everyone, I absolutely did my best with what I could manage and that was not enough.

So the towel has been thrown in.

(A more personal comment: please don’t assume I’m sitting on money. majority of it is refunded, paid on bills or food. I ain’t chilling in a sports car, going on vacations somewhere or buying luxurious items in this empty house of mines.)