The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

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I know the new update has people freaking out, but further on in the details of the update it states that it’s real life images are what’s actually being banned, in a lower paragraph it states art is still allowed. so long as it’s not real life people.

I often draw short characters poking people in their buttholes with massive dicks.

I am pretty sure they ain’t talking about me when it comes to the type of art being allowed.

Though I still planned to post here but will definitely have to remove a chunk of straight up NSFW content that goes beyond a TIDDY flash or artistic nudity. possibly the lamest option for the time being until something else better shows up.

Wait so they’re gonna officially kill NSFW blogs on the 17th? Why and when was that announced?

In a help desk post a few moments ago.

but it looks like Tumblr itself just made a post on their blog just now. https://staff.tumblr.com/post/180758987165/a-better-more-positive-tumblr

Tumblr is going to kill all 18+ blogs in Dec 17th, where else can we find you?

Yeah saw and talking to others who shared and link it in the discord server.

God damn the timing is piss-poor.
I’ll do a proper location/my plans post here shortly.

Though the alternative that I feel would work best is turning the blog into an ask-blog / links and removing most NSFW content just so the blogs can still be used as an update feed, SFW posts and nudity-only and cloth version artwork… (lame)

You’re not going to work on old comissions from last year because they were cheaper than your current prices? What kind of system is that? If anything, you should make the overdue art first, considering that people paid for it a year ago and waited on it for a year. You do know how the economy works, yes? A normal company would loose its customers in a matter of months if they would operate like you do.

Just so I understand:

So taking the steps to remove the remainder of the backlog that keeps me from buckling down on a single solid schedule and in a manner where everyone gets their pieces evenly and in a reasonable time. (And with the safety net of no payment until their work is finished) and where I can stay on top of bills/expenses so that I may do a better job so a backlog pile up doesn’t happen as often as it has even during any emergences is >not< a good idea?

But continuing to proceed when mentioned multiple times I’ve quite literally hit my limit with balancing it all throughout the last several years. Set up a deadline for December, finished what I could within that time, a damn large amount and majority of it actually even while certain people pushing themselves over the others who waited longer and/or paid fairly more which have messed up the queue plenty, while also growing stagnant, still having payments to make, bills to handle, refunds to give, pushing more people into an extended queue is a good idea?

I mentioned there needs to be a reset, a hard reset so I can try again and do a better with the methods and schedule that has worked out fairly okay the last few months now.

– I get complaints if a deadline is extended. (Even if I am finishing work left to right, quality increased or extra art given. Large projects or small ones that go unposted but delivered.)

– I get complaints if I choose to refund. (Even if it was asked for)

There absolutely no way either option will make both sides of that coin happy when it’s taken this long.

My priority is cleaning the remainder of the backlog one way or another, I know down the line when I can manage it I can provide something for those who had to deal with the mess as compensation. I know who the names are and they are listed. And if even SLIGHTLY given another chance from the commissioner that had a poor experience with me, is do a better job overall with delivery time and quality if there even is a next time.

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.)