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.

None yet! Got my hands full and prepping for a bunch of things that need taking care of in December.

(Been a minute since I’ve drawn the boy though. I’ll make sure the next drawing of him that he receives a good plowing or head pats!)

lmao
Things are gonna be rather tame this month. i think.
Still, good luck anon

Can’t say I can show anything right now! (my process is honestly routinely basic/same as a lot of other artists)

but I still have this old bad gif I made a long time ago when I use to paint more.

Still somewhat the same process; very rough sketch, flats, shade (somewhat the reverse here), fx, clean up the mess and edges. Repeat! (The process just depends on the type of piece I’m working on. Paints, Cell Shades or sketches don’t need as much work as the other. @_@ )

Can’t say I’ll go asking someone to change something.

But you can Just ask me if you’re unsure about your idea. I more likely won’t answer right away. But throw a message my way. Email or inbox me. Just not on Anon.

Just to be a bit clear here. I picked 30.
But there’s no way I can possibly satisfy a good chunk of the number of submissions received.

To be honest, I’m not sure what I can say to help improve your own odds.
So I doubt my ramble below will be helpful.

I went more for comfort picks this month because I have more work to get back to once I finish sketches for this week. (ideas, body types or characters I’m somewhat used to. Some commissioners did give me the options/idea to change things up if I want to.)

Since I’m flimsy as hell with what I want to draw somewhat often. one minute I want just draw a ton of big asses and the next second I just want to draw tons of smooches. Also having to do a batch of 25+ sketches back to back within a few days. It makes me jump around a bit with what i’m doing/vary things up even if it’s just by a very small margin.

Sometimes I want to draw short-stacks, BIG OL dicks (SOMETIMES BOTH), something cute, kickass or get surprised by a possible fun idea someone had. So for sketches, I grab X amount of short-stacked characters then move onto the next X amount of Cute things and so on. (This can be a bit difficult considering how big the pool of submissions are, especially this month.)

Got a few newcomers, some with OCs that are fresh or just haven’t been drawn much before. Either the design or the way the person describe them sounds nice to me. Kinda makes me want to take a swing at them for fun.

Idk, things like that. (My best solution would be to just start theme’ing sketches monthly and putting certain commissioners on a cooldown. But I honestly don’t feel like keeping up with all that right now and I just want to draw.)

On a rather serious note. I’ll keep my mouth shut a bit until I figured out more of what I want to do. But I want and need to rethink sketches a bit for November and so on.

y e p!