#I’m working hard on commissions

[caycanteven]

He likes what he sees. 🫵

Husbone appreciation in the midst of my busyness.

#my art #sans #sans au #undertale au #caycantdoodle #underfell sans #fell sans #Red #underfell #husbone #my beloved #I wanna snuggle him so much #give him kisses #just a wee sketch #haven’t been able to draw anything for myself lately #I’m working hard on commissions #I’m having fun tho dw #miss y’all sm lovelies 🫶❤️ promise I’ll do good stuff soon #wanna do redraws of headcannon designs

[nuppu-nuppu]

Power <3

#hope u like this I worked very hard #power #power chainsaw man #power fanart #chainsaw man #chainsawman fanart #csm #csm fanart #nuppu nuppu #my art #fanart #art #artists of tumblr #artists on tumblr #I wanna make charms and stickers but I have no idea where to start #also I’m thinking of opening commissions again

[gayvampyr]

i hate when people try to defend ai art with “but i want to be able to make pretty pictures like you guys!!” ok grab a canvas go to youtube and watch bob ross. grab some pencils buy a sketchbook and a beginners drawing book and learn like the rest of us. we didn’t spend years honing our craft just so you could plug it into a machine that spits out a poor mimicry in .2 seconds so that you could feel like you made something you didn’t work for

#ai art #wanna make cool things? learn #the rest of us got here not by being naturally talented but by putting in the work and effort #it takes time and dedication. you don’t get to surpass the skills and work and time we spent trying to create something for you to look at #because you just think it’s too hard #commission a real artist if you want a customized picture #don’t just steal #i get that it’s hard. believe me i’m working on it every day and it’s very easy to get discouraged #but im not just gonna give up and be like ‘whatever i can just farm from other peoples stolen crops’ #i want to make cool stuff so i’m putting in the effort to learn how #that’s kind of how it works #text post #top posts

[seagull-scribbles]

The set is alive, with the sound of music 🎶

#animaniacs #screenshot redraw #my friend got me a luxurious Yakko figure a month ago #and she asked me what he was meant to be #and I was just spending days stairing at it and thinking about it #so I binged watched the entire origional show and I have 300 screen caps I took as I went #so I drew a bunch today and I think going forward I may just try do one every time works been hard as a distress because they are v fun #but here’s one I did today from the first episode #I’ll post the entire page when it’s full but idk I’m happy and wanted to show im not dead #I have a commission and a prize to do and hopefully i can do one of my many valentines ideas #but yeah proof I haven’t been stagnant for a month

[sweetest-honeybee]

How come you finished welcome home commissions before other commissions?

Sorry to be kind of rude but a friend of mine commissioned something a while before you started posting about Welcome Home and it’s understandable that you are busy but the welcome home commissions were likely commissioned after you started posting about it so I don’t know why you did them first.

I already know I’m gonna sound like an ass for a moment but here we go-

Firstly this can be taken up privately by your friend if they’re concerned. I also don’t particularly appreciate this in my inbox but to answer, it’s just whatever I can get through quickest. My oldest of the ones sitting are from much longer ago than anything anyone in Tumblr has commissioned me for and I’m finishing those tomorrow (they’re from Twitter and Instagram respectively and I dedicated my entire last Saturday to them alone). Those two have been quite kind and expressed their concerns about turnaround themselves if need be

Anything that’s particularly fun and interesting gets done quicker and keeps space open when others are a bit stuck when I need a quick slot filled like last week to cover an expense, for example. Scraping by on harder/less interesting commissions slows things down

Truly, it’s not that I don’t like some commissions, they’re just harder to sit and focus on

Additionally, my time management has been awful this year because of several points of uncertainty about getting a job, a couple scares on my living situation, and not having a clear window of time consistently to know when to work on things that have been sitting (and of course, burnout is always an issue). It’s easy to find time to just. Scribble and doodle, maybe do a piece for myself, but getting actual work done is a little more difficult. I’ve discovered preclaimed adopts and taking up so many commissions in May last minute wasas a bad choice so I’m still quite literally 15 commissions in the hole to finish on top of your friend’s commission. So making sure that isn’t gonna happen again is all I can do, at the moment. I’ve been chipping away at em in little bits of free time as best I can, reorganizing my canvases, getting a good idea of what’ll be finished first and last, etc etc I’ve actually been quite productive for the last week or so

If your friend is upset they need to tell me. They’re the client, and the content doesn’t concern you directly if you haven’t commissioned me and are waiting. If they’d like a refund because the turnaround is too long, that’s for them to communicate with me and I’m happy to provide a refund. I’m not always gonna be the best artist for the job if you want quick work and that’s fine. I’ve refunded MUCH larger pieces before for that reason. Clients may check in at any time whether I’ve got progress to show for the time or not. And oftentimes I don’t! Sometimes it’s days or a couple-few weeks before I can get progress to people, it just happens and I’ve been working on making sure it doesn’t keep happening so I don’t have to make people expect to wait so long before they hear from me. Trust me, it’s always a bit disappointing when I can’t show anything

And now that I’m working as well, my ability to finish those things just depends on what days I get to myself during the week and atm thats 3 days this week so those 3 days are dedicated to downtime and paid commission work. Which quite frankly, is a bit exhausting. Fun puppet characters and scaly dragons and whatnot are fun and rewarding and I’m clearing my queue while doing something I’m enjoying and that gets me to the older stuff much faster

I’m very sorry the turnaround estimate was more than a little off and it’ll be tweaked for better preparation in the future. I’m also sorry if they’ve asked and I didn’t respond quickly or have sounded dismissive. Hell, some clients pester and pester and that certainly makes doing work for them unenjoyable. I think about these commissions every single day and how I can approach them so I can finish them by sometime in July

#I probably shouldn’t answer this so late bc I’m tired and burned out socially and was extremely pissed earlier #but while I hate to say it it’s true #commissions are hard work #people have sat for a long while and I hate that they do #all the time every day I’m thinking oh #surely I can get this sketch out for this person #pr I can do the flats for this person #just to make a LITTLE bit of progress #and it just doesn’t happen #I do try I really do #and some I’m more successful than others ‘] #half the time it’s no excuse but like I said #if this is so bad that you need to barge into my inbox just have your friends talk to me #I’m sure they’ll be a lot more respectful about it than you certainly were

[millenniumringg]

I’m gonna be selling earrings :3 will post my Etsy shop link in a few days!

#just letting you guys know hehehe #I’m prepping to move for school in the fall and trying to get some extra revenue goin #I have some delightful designs and will be doing CUSTOM designs for $20 :3 #so that is exciting hehehehe #also will be opening commissions but one thing at a time for now #also hi it’s been a while I’m still here working hard and drawing sillies #perhaps I’ll have to doodle dump later #ramble

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

Today was the last DND session for a three-year campaign and I am big sad :(

One of the players brought whiskey for a last toast, which was very kind of them. I had never had whiskey before. Turns out I do not like whiskey. Unsurprising.

It tastes like slightly nicer hand sanitizer.

#blue chatter #it was a flavored whiskey as well #everyone else who had it said it was rly smooth and sweet #so I don’t think I super wanna know what regular whiskey tastes like #it was supposed to be like vanilla caramel flavored or smth #I was told it was like cream soda and that was a LIE it was like disinfectant #with a vanilla aftertaste #the campaign went rly rly well though #I’m seriously going to miss it #the final boss battle was just pure catharsis we absolutely whaled on that dark abberant goddess #she got Destroyed #an entire section of the continent restructured bc of the removal of her corruption #I rly like that my character got to be disabled at the tail end of this campaign #they wielded experimental magic that wasn’t supposed to work and resurrected someone who the Keeper very intentionally kept dead #it worked because they partially fused with Arawai the goddess of life and became her aspect on earth #but becoming partially divine in a mortal body takes a toll #they had more and more limited mobility and the more they cast magic to compensate the more of a toll it takes #functionally that meant my movement speed was reduced #and I lost more abilities after each combat as the consequences of overextending myself caught up to me #I wish I’d gotten to play this longer to see how this ended mechanically but it was a lot of fun to get a character who is both #very magically competent and still disabled and that still affects their ability and they still get the dignity of risk #to choose whether to continue casting or not knowing the consequences of doing so #it is very much a fantastical disability which I flavored heavily off of chronic fatigue and a mobility disorder #in-game their skin became hard and brassy around their joints which make them difficult and painful to bend #they lose a lot of sensation and fine motor control #thankfully they have a lot of money from their adventuring so they can commission an accessible house and mobility aids #and their friends help take care of them

[journcys-archived]

—EMERGENCY COMMISISONS.

So uh, hi guys! While I sold at a convention this past weekend and did pretty okay, most of that money went towards a few bills, paying for my table. Ect. I’m actually still behind on some bills and wasn’t able to pay for everything. I also won’t have enough for groceries tomorrow either.

I do have a queue right now, but starting next week I will be hunkering down on commissions. Most of my spare time will be working on commission work so activity may be slow.

I live as a single income home right now and my partner is having a hard time finding work, so sometimes things like this come up where we don’t have enough money for stuff.

If I can maybe *somehow* get $100-$200 by tomorrow, I can pay for groceries to last us until next pay day. I am even slicing my prices in order to get more to my queue.

I do have merch that I sold at the con too ( prints, stickers, charms, buttons ). Lots of Pokémon, some original stuff, metal gear solid, twisted wonderland and street fighter. If interested in any of that stuff please DM me and I will give you pricing + shipping.

— GRAPHIC PRICING.

Promos ( 2, 3, or 4 panels ) - $15.00-$30.00 ( depending on gif or not and complexity ) FLAT FEE OF $15 T

Post Splitters - $5.00

Dash Icon - $5.00

Icon Borders - $5.00

Icon Borders + Icons - $5.00 for the border, 0.50 0.25 cents per icon ( i will put a psd and the icons in the border for you. )

Banners (Headcanons, pinned, ect) - $10 $5 for 5 banners.

Header - $10.00 $5.00

Full Package ( everything above as a deal ) - $60 $40( only includes 30-50 icons depending on resources )

—ART COMMISSIONS.

These are much slower then graphics due to my mental health. I have a lot of examples so if interested in this I can DM you examples and my pricing list—I just can’t fit all examples here and I don’t have a proper sheet.

If this isn’t possible I’d appreciate sharing this regardless. I’m desperate and it sucks. While I don’t expect handouts, I will leave my PayPal here for those who want to help but don’t want to actually purchase anything: [email protected]

#I’m so tired of being broke #I wish the job market in my city didn’t such so bad because my partner is trying SO HARD to find work and is even enrolling in school #in January but #yeah #0. — cat. | out of character. #commissions #art commissions #graphic commissions #emergency commissions

[lacefedora]

My dear friend commissioned me to draw Edward for an Organized crime/mob AU that we plotted one day. I sort of poured my soul into this one for a few months. Including designing the chair, and creating not one but two kraken Motifs (one for the front of the chair and the other on his damask vest). I’m pretty happy with the result over all.

#laces art #OFMD #Edward teach #Blackbeard #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #our flag means death #I worked so hard on this lol #no one has my permission to use this for anything #it belongs to who commissioned it #and me #I’m planning on opening some portrait commissions soon #you can reblog it of course #i'm just paranoid these days

[noxcaelestia]

If you’re legitimately interested in my current pricing, my state’s min wage went up recently and the cheapest option, pushed up to the next highest dollar (not rounded) totals up to about an 8 hour work day not adding in any other expenses or subtracting fees.

Between drawing and scanning then finishing up on my iPad via Procreate, the time is decently accurate if not underestimated. The more expensive option is twice that which is about two work days in total hours.

It’s already hard to price my stuff accurately especially when I have been so ill back and forth and I haven’t completed much work in about a year now. I hope you’ll understand. Thank you for your continued support regardless.

#text post #delete later #about commissions #about pricing commissions #sometimes I don’t draw for long periods and I have to relearn a lot #my condition(s) burn me out quicker than I would like so it’s not that I’m not ‘trying’ hard enough #I can’t work a regular job anymore without accommodation #and given my current situation I can’t just ‘not’ work because I need some kind of income for survival #but until a doctor as slow as they are at times gives me the okay I can’t even imagine getting government assistance aside from my medical #I sleep a lot these days and I have been for about a year as well if not longer

[mcnuggyy]

phew so glad I cut my hair, I’ve been feeling so much better gender wise :o) <3

#still struggling with my motivation though SAD! #I got 3 commissions. a presentation. my comic. and more coloring pages for the next asi es mi _ event OUGH #trust me though I am extremely thankful for the commissions please don’t ever stop w those 😭💗 #I’m just struggling with motivation </3 #I think not having a proper space of my own to work is getting to me #I miss my little work room :-( #being at my parents it’s like okay pick from the living room or kitchen where everyone can see what you’re doing #and there is no silence whatsoever 😔 #AND I HAVE NUDITY TO DRAW!!’ OUGH #but more than anything it’s just a lack of energy and motivation overall #doing things hard :-( #SAD! #I miss my wife tails

[artistichermit]

I’ve been rewatching the new episodes of Demon Slayer a bit too much, and I really should work on my commissions.

Mitsuri is pretty though.

#digital art #illustration #demon slayer #kimetsu mitsuri #kimetsu no yaiba #mitsuri kanroji #fanart #I like mitsuri #but dear god is her hair hard to draw #it took me forever to do this #anyway I’m going to work on my commissions now #kny mitsuri #kny

[aquaquadrant]

I have a question about darkness exists to make light truly count. How come the fanfic I locked to ao3 users only?

ah yeah, that was a recent change because there was evidence that popular AI bots were scanning writing share sites like A03 in order to get better at fake writing. i don’t want my writing, that i spend a lot of time and energy on, to be used by AI to spit out automated responses to prompts. so i locked all my A03 fics to be user only (hopefully preventing any bots from having access, though i’m sure that’s not 100% foolproof).

i’m not sure what the current situation is, i’ve heard the A03 legal team was aware of the problem and working on a solution but until i know for sure, i’d rather be safe than sorry. i do apologize for the inconvenience, i’m not happy about it either (traffic and comments on my A03 took a sharp dive as expected) but it’s gonna stay that way until i know for sure my writing won’t be stolen by AI. god help us if AI starts farming from tumblr (luckily our reputation isn’t that of a writing site).

#my writing #anyway if you don’t see a problem with AI ‘art’ then you’re not paying attention #and if you support AI ‘art’ then you should probably unfollow me #and dw anon ur question was totally valid it’s just that the answer is unfortunately pretty grim #cannot emphasize enough how much i hate that AI is stealing work from creatives when it could be doing so much good in the world #but if AI steals ‘real’ jobs (eyeroll) then we’d have to restructure our society around a universal income #ANYWAY. i’m done salting now LOL friendly reminder to commission artists and writers when u can #and always share how much you love their work. if you aren’t an artist or writer yourself it’s hard to understand how much it means to us

[storytellering]

hey man love ur stuff. i was wondering if youd considered posting some of ur art on ao3? ive seen more ppl doing that lately, since ao3 isnt gonna ban "adult content." id love to follow u on twitter but i had to quit using that god forsaken app awhile ago lmao

Hey!

I honestly don’t plan to do that, truth be told I was initially very hesitant to publicly link my ao3 to my art account at all tjfk writing is a skill I’ve only just started brushing up on (I’ve always done it, but never seriously and not with the intent of making stuff that was to be seen by the public, and definitely haven’t studied it the way I have art) and it’s taking me a bit, still, to not feel embarrassed enough by everything I put out to not even want my name on it. I’d rather keep my art and my writing separate! If I were to I would have to make an account specifically for that, but honestly, that would only come if I felt the need to archive my stuff and not actively partecipate in the community anymore? I don’t know how to explain it. Obviously I’m still gonna keep posting my stuff even if Twitter crumbles, I’m trying to find an equivalent alternative still, and I don’t blame anyone for wanting to leave that dumpster fire, I’m just the kind of person who’s very hesitant to leave a place once I’ve figured out how it works - I honestly don’t know where else to put my nsfw if it does crumble into dust, tho. I might start posting previews on Tumblr with links to privatter in that case (they say they don’t allow nsfw but until they actively come down and delete my posts themselves, honestly, I’m gonna treat it like it is ok. After all all my posts there come with a disclaimer warning about 18+ themes and every potential CW present in the image so, I don’t think there’s anything morally wrong with that.)? I think I’ll see about that once it really comes to it. Terribly sorry if that locks anyone out! For what it’s worth, the full pieces of my nsfw are still on privatter so if you can access them there they’re still gonna be available, and for regular art I have here, bluesky, and misskey. (And Instagram, though I try to be as non-controversial there as possible because I’m honestly kinda terrified of the large anti presence there hfjfkf, so I don’t post most of my ship art there.)

#asks #sorry if that’s not the answer you were looking for anon! #honestly re: twitter #the issue is also that it’s the only place I’ve managed to get a significant following on #and like. obviously I don’t care about clout or numbers that way #BUT art is kind of where I’m trying to go career wise #and if I’ve got a crumb of visibility and work (commissions) it’s been mostly thanks to it #weren’t it for twitter visibility my discord wouldn’t be visible either and while Tumblr is really nice #it’s really only down to how active your fandom is if you get any attention at all and also it’s not as international as twitter #unfortunately spardacest fandom while picking up slightly is still kinda dead here #and that’s ok! again I’m not doing it for like attention or clout or numbers #I’d keep making art even without an audience #(it’s what I’ve done all my life anyway since before dmc I never HAD an audience lol) #BUT AGAIN #it is what I’m trying to make a living off of #and that’s kind of hard in todays climate if no one on the internet knows you exist #so it’s kinda hard to move anywhere else #since I’ve kinda figured out how to make the whole twitter thing work #everywhere else? not so much #and I refuse to get on tiktok like. categorically LOL #+ I think what I do is just not the kind of content for platforms like it and again IG

[imreaallyasorry]

Late night doodle….

#art #digital art #character design #if you guys were wondering why I don’t yap as much or get on tumblr as much anymore it’s because I only get on super late at night #I’m busy with school and my naps #mutual’s if I reblog your posts with no tags it’s not because I don’t have anything to say it’s because I’m too sleepy to type it out #I’m gonna get back into posting my Loki and Thor art #I don’t wanna post any because it’s just all incomprehensible Thor doodles #I’ll probably render a few and then add Loki there too #or just do a bunch of solo Loki drawings because I love drawing her #my favorite character is Thor!!! proceeds to never draw him #I’ll probably hunt down some of my mutuals ocs and draw them when I have time #I actually don’t have a lot of mutuals with like public ocs #they draw their favorite character #soooooo I’ll have to draw their design of that character #sighhh #it’s so late guys #(it’s like 9 pm) #I usually go to bed at 8 #though I’ve been staying up later for some reason??? #don’t know why but I don’t mind the extra time #still not waking up any earlier though #I should stop waking up 20 minutes before I have to go places… #my bed is so comfy!!! #sighhhhhhhh sometimes self care is doing the hard things #(is kicking and screaming clawing at my mattress) #((I have to go walk my dog)) #unemployed activities #I’m gonna get a job in summer because I am not working on TOP of school #I’m sorry my art commissions I do once every 2 months drain me enough

[stinkybrowndogs]

The government has decided that I am not disabled Enough, thought I had one more disability payment (I do not) gotta make rent in the next week (not impossible but rather stressful)

#we r jumping into life: hard mode #I’m still waiting for my new printer (hell on earth) and I’m so backed up with orders #WHERE IS SHE #SHE WAS SO EXOENSIVE WHERE IS SHE #I. working through commissions but holy fuck I don’t think it will be enough #I gotta do more products #which u need money for #money I do not have #cannot believe I cannot just get supplies for free. what is this. #most of the dog show money went to travel and bills