Taking the Day off
Posted 13 years agoAgainst my better judgment I'm taking another day off before my trip to Vegas tomorrow. I had a long day yesterday and I need to recover before getting on my plane. I'll be back to art-streaming on wendsday ideally. The next few weeks are going to be incredibly dicy for me but once I know whats going on with everything hopefully i'll be back enforce with minimal interruptions.
I WILL however continue to doodle "Ask overlord Fox" answers today and if i have time while in Vegas.
If you like the blog and would like to donate please drop a bit in the bucket.
http://www.storenvy.com/products/524155-tip-jar
I'd like to continue answering the questions and love to and making a little bit of cash on the side wouldnt hurt. Regaurdless the answers will keep coming Im TRYING to answer everyone, im just going in order I've only thrown out a few really silly questions (or things that werent questions at all) I know I'll have to start picking and choosing when the volume goes up but I currently have about 15 questions to answer from this batch. That said I don't mind it! I love the intrest shown has been overhwelming. Thank you! I hope you guys enjoy my little doodles.
I WILL however continue to doodle "Ask overlord Fox" answers today and if i have time while in Vegas.
If you like the blog and would like to donate please drop a bit in the bucket.
http://www.storenvy.com/products/524155-tip-jar
I'd like to continue answering the questions and love to and making a little bit of cash on the side wouldnt hurt. Regaurdless the answers will keep coming Im TRYING to answer everyone, im just going in order I've only thrown out a few really silly questions (or things that werent questions at all) I know I'll have to start picking and choosing when the volume goes up but I currently have about 15 questions to answer from this batch. That said I don't mind it! I love the intrest shown has been overhwelming. Thank you! I hope you guys enjoy my little doodles.
ASK OVERLORD FOX (Tumblr Launch)
Posted 13 years agoThe Votes are in the Decision is final!
Yesterday I spent the better part of my afternoon tweaking the design and such and I hope it will be fun.
http://askoverlordfox.tumblr.com/
little comics will be as regular as good questions so please ask away. (for now i have enabled anonymous comments but I WILL disable them if that gets abused)
Yesterday I spent the better part of my afternoon tweaking the design and such and I hope it will be fun.
http://askoverlordfox.tumblr.com/
little comics will be as regular as good questions so please ask away. (for now i have enabled anonymous comments but I WILL disable them if that gets abused)
Commission ettiquite. (rant journal)
Posted 13 years agoThis is going to seem like hilarious nitpicking so please bear with me. It's happened alot recently and I just... I need to say something.
I get it, alot of what i draw for people, pornography or not, can be and is fetish material. I GET IT.
HOWEVER. A due sense of Decorum would be HUGELY appreciated. Just because I draw it doesn't mean i wear my perversions on my sleeve like you do. I try TRY to keep an illusion of professionalism when I work with people. Its friendly and slightly informal but it doesn't steep into getting raunchy and vulgar.
Please remember that at its core commissioning me is a business transaction and that using certain vulgar terms to describe certain "parts" of a person's anatomy is not a good way to make me feel comfortable drawing for you.
I'm going to say some bad words now, the senstive members of the audience might want to avert thier eyes for this portion of the scenario.
Words like: snatch, cunt, cooter, pussy, dick, balls, cock. <PLEASE DEAR GOD nothing makes me curl up into a ball of uncomfortable writhing artist more than seeing this in what charades as a professional transaction. I am a LADY (or trying to be) would you say such words to a LADY? No? then dear God DON'T do it to me. Seriously I know its boring but my regular customers usually use "bits" "manbits" "ladybits" 'manparts" "ladyparts"
I dont even draw most of this stuff unless your paying 3x as much.
another fun thing. ASKING IF YOUR ARTIST IS EVEN COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR FETISH BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO A DELIGHTFULLY GRAPHIC SCENARIO OF YOUR COMMISSION MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. some descriptions ive read i almost wanted to charge just for the amount of brainbleach i had to apply to my brain after reading it.
Another less uncomfortable point.
If you're going to micromange every thing down to the position of the hands arms and legs I WILL CHARGE MORE for robbing me of every ounce of wiggle room I delight in. I like a certain level of artistic freedom, if that is stripped from me I WILL NOT ENJOY drawing your peice and it will show. In order to enjoy it in the slightest I will charge extra, i can at least be comforted in knowing "im getting paid more for this."
WHEN GIVING DESCRIPTIONS.
bullet points are your friend. i do NOT need paragraphs upon paragraphs detailing your characters descrption in flowery purple prose. If i wanted to read a book Id get one from audible or my local library's audio book secion, seeing a trend?
IF YOU WANT COPIOUS DETAILS:
Things I like to see in descriptions.
* Black wolf
*white stomach chest throat cheeks and muzzle inner ear, inner thigh paws and tailtip
*silvery white hair
*green eyes
*red dress (add reference if you a have one)
actions:
sitting in a park bench under a tree
reading a book
looking (insert emotion here)
If you want artistic freedom the character descriptor is enough.
tldr:
don't be a creepy pervert when commissioning me.
being anal about details will see you paying more.
Make sure Im open to doing your fetish/porn before launching into your idea.
for descriptions BREIF bullet points are your friend.
Don't make me get my cattleprod.
I get it, alot of what i draw for people, pornography or not, can be and is fetish material. I GET IT.
HOWEVER. A due sense of Decorum would be HUGELY appreciated. Just because I draw it doesn't mean i wear my perversions on my sleeve like you do. I try TRY to keep an illusion of professionalism when I work with people. Its friendly and slightly informal but it doesn't steep into getting raunchy and vulgar.
Please remember that at its core commissioning me is a business transaction and that using certain vulgar terms to describe certain "parts" of a person's anatomy is not a good way to make me feel comfortable drawing for you.
I'm going to say some bad words now, the senstive members of the audience might want to avert thier eyes for this portion of the scenario.
Words like: snatch, cunt, cooter, pussy, dick, balls, cock. <PLEASE DEAR GOD nothing makes me curl up into a ball of uncomfortable writhing artist more than seeing this in what charades as a professional transaction. I am a LADY (or trying to be) would you say such words to a LADY? No? then dear God DON'T do it to me. Seriously I know its boring but my regular customers usually use "bits" "manbits" "ladybits" 'manparts" "ladyparts"
I dont even draw most of this stuff unless your paying 3x as much.
another fun thing. ASKING IF YOUR ARTIST IS EVEN COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR FETISH BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO A DELIGHTFULLY GRAPHIC SCENARIO OF YOUR COMMISSION MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. some descriptions ive read i almost wanted to charge just for the amount of brainbleach i had to apply to my brain after reading it.
Another less uncomfortable point.
If you're going to micromange every thing down to the position of the hands arms and legs I WILL CHARGE MORE for robbing me of every ounce of wiggle room I delight in. I like a certain level of artistic freedom, if that is stripped from me I WILL NOT ENJOY drawing your peice and it will show. In order to enjoy it in the slightest I will charge extra, i can at least be comforted in knowing "im getting paid more for this."
WHEN GIVING DESCRIPTIONS.
bullet points are your friend. i do NOT need paragraphs upon paragraphs detailing your characters descrption in flowery purple prose. If i wanted to read a book Id get one from audible or my local library's audio book secion, seeing a trend?
IF YOU WANT COPIOUS DETAILS:
Things I like to see in descriptions.
* Black wolf
*white stomach chest throat cheeks and muzzle inner ear, inner thigh paws and tailtip
*silvery white hair
*green eyes
*red dress (add reference if you a have one)
actions:
sitting in a park bench under a tree
reading a book
looking (insert emotion here)
If you want artistic freedom the character descriptor is enough.
tldr:
don't be a creepy pervert when commissioning me.
being anal about details will see you paying more.
Make sure Im open to doing your fetish/porn before launching into your idea.
for descriptions BREIF bullet points are your friend.
Don't make me get my cattleprod.
Theme week so far and news!
Posted 13 years agoI'll admit ive been FLOORED by how many of you like macro stuff. Its not something that was 100% my cup of tea but like paw and other tame things, i don't mind drawing it in the slightest.
Theres a few things I would like to implment soon from a social networking standpoint, as you know i've started on twitter and while i'll avoid Facebook like the ever loving plauge I've been thinking of starting up a new tumblr for the fans of Crazy People, thinking of a kind of Ask-tumblr with my some what psychotic "i will miam you if you decide your going to be stupid in the professional process of commissions"
some of the names Ive come up with there are:
Ask Overlord Fox (a tougue in cheek nod to my friends calling themselves minions among other funny things asscoiated)
ask Foxena
Tiberons questionarre corner
any suggestions or kudos to the suggestions would be awesome there. I'd do little illustrations for every entry.
Ex:Q: Fox what is your favorite method of smacking down crazies with?
A: oh tons of options but I think i'm best known for my cattleprod.
I'm trying to find ways to interact more with the community and just have FUN.
im also pondering having one day dsignated per-month where i'd do adult themed peices. and these would specifically be the ones that would apply to the 3x upcharge. NOOOT sure i want to open myself up for that QUITE yet and there would be alot of restrictions on certain things, and my mods would be there like security so that the creepy levels stay at a minimum.
Theres a few things I would like to implment soon from a social networking standpoint, as you know i've started on twitter and while i'll avoid Facebook like the ever loving plauge I've been thinking of starting up a new tumblr for the fans of Crazy People, thinking of a kind of Ask-tumblr with my some what psychotic "i will miam you if you decide your going to be stupid in the professional process of commissions"
some of the names Ive come up with there are:
Ask Overlord Fox (a tougue in cheek nod to my friends calling themselves minions among other funny things asscoiated)
ask Foxena
Tiberons questionarre corner
any suggestions or kudos to the suggestions would be awesome there. I'd do little illustrations for every entry.
Ex:Q: Fox what is your favorite method of smacking down crazies with?
A: oh tons of options but I think i'm best known for my cattleprod.
I'm trying to find ways to interact more with the community and just have FUN.
im also pondering having one day dsignated per-month where i'd do adult themed peices. and these would specifically be the ones that would apply to the 3x upcharge. NOOOT sure i want to open myself up for that QUITE yet and there would be alot of restrictions on certain things, and my mods would be there like security so that the creepy levels stay at a minimum.
Art Theft signal boost
Posted 13 years agoits a horrible thing when it happens. To my knowledge it hasn't happened to me yet however:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3820309/
Good friend of mine had one of his truck drawings stolen for a tshirt. Just getting the word out there in case other people better suited than me can help and not only that make sure your own artwork hasn't been ripped off.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3820309/
Good friend of mine had one of his truck drawings stolen for a tshirt. Just getting the word out there in case other people better suited than me can help and not only that make sure your own artwork hasn't been ripped off.
AAaaaaarrrgh
Posted 13 years agoLying awake, worrying i'll be a massive failure, terrified im going to fail MISERABLY at being responsible for two living things in my apartment and im going to end up killing my cats, every time i close my eyes my brain goes to the repressed "high octaine nightmarefuel" section and i can't sleep.
WHHHYYYY why brain, why do you do this to me. Why can't i be normal and confident that i can DO things normal people do. This is litterally a paralyzing fear, i wonder if this is how brides get cold feet when they're about to be married.... wouldnt that be funny if it was the same anxiety...
WHHHYYYY why brain, why do you do this to me. Why can't i be normal and confident that i can DO things normal people do. This is litterally a paralyzing fear, i wonder if this is how brides get cold feet when they're about to be married.... wouldnt that be funny if it was the same anxiety...
Titanic tuesday!
Posted 13 years agoSoo yeah didn't get to everyone BUT thats okay!
Tomorrow we continue to big bodacious buxom theme with MORE Macro Mountainous monolithic mayhem.
0. "finishing up" Dogfox
1. Punkfox
2.Mr.L
3.Foxfencer
4.Wes13
5.
here's hoping I'll get to everyone with a bit of wiggle room. I'll be starting the stream again at 6 PM EDT.
FUN TIMES!
Tomorrow we continue to big bodacious buxom theme with MORE Macro Mountainous monolithic mayhem.
0. "finishing up" Dogfox
1. Punkfox
2.Mr.L
3.Foxfencer
4.Wes13
5.
here's hoping I'll get to everyone with a bit of wiggle room. I'll be starting the stream again at 6 PM EDT.
FUN TIMES!
MACRO MONDAY!
Posted 13 years agoMits here again! everyone's favorite day for BBW and a little Kaiju too. Come all ye Macrophiles to Macro monday!
(remember each purchase equalling $50 or more gets you a free sketch on event days with pieces in-theme)
Slots!
1. Dogfox
2. "Mr. L"
3. Miester li
4. Yellow 07 ?
5.Foxfencer
6. Timuri ?
7.
8.
The stream starts at 6pm EDT, ANYONE I DONT GET TO will be carried over to tomorrow (titanic tuesday weee)
(remember each purchase equalling $50 or more gets you a free sketch on event days with pieces in-theme)
Slots!
1. Dogfox
2. "Mr. L"
3. Miester li
4. Yellow 07 ?
5.Foxfencer
6. Timuri ?
7.
8.
The stream starts at 6pm EDT, ANYONE I DONT GET TO will be carried over to tomorrow (titanic tuesday weee)
Yaay!...oh fuck...
Posted 13 years agoSo i am FINALLY going to get my cats. YAAAAY omg i can't wait. Bad thing.... my dad has given me a narrow window in order to take them or my big baby Tigger is going to the shelter because of his nasty habit to spray.
im psyched that i'm going to get my pets though even though its going to add more fun stress times to my already lost income from last week. I'll loose more days of work than i wanted. ARRGG.
still im confident that having my puddy tats will REALLY improve my stress levels that have been through the roof lately.
im psyched that i'm going to get my pets though even though its going to add more fun stress times to my already lost income from last week. I'll loose more days of work than i wanted. ARRGG.
still im confident that having my puddy tats will REALLY improve my stress levels that have been through the roof lately.
Woo FBA day
Posted 13 years agoso in leiu of Buck having his free agency today my stream will be basketball themed, whether or not you have a character in the FBA or not come in and enjoy the fun. Not limited to basketball either I will work on anything you wish me to.
Today sometime i will be working on a picture of Redawn (pronounced red-dawn) my FBA pointgaurd draftee. I've been told i REALLY NEED to draw things for myself so thats what i'll be doing. Or try to.
Today sometime i will be working on a picture of Redawn (pronounced red-dawn) my FBA pointgaurd draftee. I've been told i REALLY NEED to draw things for myself so thats what i'll be doing. Or try to.
State of Streaming.
Posted 13 years agoI may not be streaming tonight and tomorrow, i'll be doing an event-heavy week when i get back home from vacation to offset that however. The hurricane isnt going to directly hit us but i think after a few stressful days I deserve a bit of a break, worrying about whether or not its going to hit. Im exhausted and i need a bigger break than just a single day off.
with certaintly i will resume commission streams on saturday i may stream on thursday but its unlikely.
I thank you for your patience with me and I hope this hasn't disturbed any plans you may have had for arts and such. I'm just TIRED and i dont trust myself to work on someone elses work, i may stream for myself but even thats iffy.
with certaintly i will resume commission streams on saturday i may stream on thursday but its unlikely.
I thank you for your patience with me and I hope this hasn't disturbed any plans you may have had for arts and such. I'm just TIRED and i dont trust myself to work on someone elses work, i may stream for myself but even thats iffy.
Well.. this is going to be "fun" (hurricane)
Posted 13 years agoSo as some of you know I'm currently vacationing in sunny north-west florida a on the pan handle in santa Rosa beach. You may also know, if you watch wheather patterns marginally less obsessively than i do (/sarcasim, im a wheather nut :p ) you'll know that there's a possible Cat-2 hurricane headed straight for me, and my parents whom i am vacatoning with at the moment, have informed me they are going to ride out the storm. Depending on the severity by the time it reaches us i really hope they know what they're doing. I was in a universal studios hotel when I rode out Charlie back in 04' so i know that hurricanes are indeed no laughing matter. I can only hope that everything will be fine, most of the beach houses here are built to code to withstand these types of thing but less than a block from the beach and basically on an island, you might understand why i might be a bit concerned.
If for WHATEVER reason after monday i go off the grid, I will do my best to stay in contact with the handful of friends I have that can update you guys on the situation.
I'd like to thank everyone who offered thier help from the previous journal, I really appreciate the kindness of this community in light of everything.
Anyway my apologies if im sparse today and tomorrow, I'm going to try and enjoy the weather before things go to heck.
If for WHATEVER reason after monday i go off the grid, I will do my best to stay in contact with the handful of friends I have that can update you guys on the situation.
I'd like to thank everyone who offered thier help from the previous journal, I really appreciate the kindness of this community in light of everything.
Anyway my apologies if im sparse today and tomorrow, I'm going to try and enjoy the weather before things go to heck.
Convention Issues.
Posted 13 years agoSo as many of you know, I am the GOH for the brand new Convetion in nashville TN, Fangcon.
I've been working with my commissioners to have a con-theme day (musicals in this case) so that I can easily provide artwork with my crazy schedule. And I'll be doing a Panel on Character development on one of the con days.
However I've hit a snag, even though I'm Guest of Honor, The con has informed me that I will neither have a hotel room or transportation fees to get there from ohio. I can stay with my parents but I'd really not want to bother them to transport me at all hours of the day and night I want to ENJOY the con and mingle and that will be difficult to do that when I have no car and my parents are older and won't very much enjoy ferrying me back and forth especially at 2 am.
If anyone in the area can help me out on this issue please send me a note. I really don't want to impose on the constaff any more than I feel I am.
Have any other Guests of Honor had this issue?
I've been working with my commissioners to have a con-theme day (musicals in this case) so that I can easily provide artwork with my crazy schedule. And I'll be doing a Panel on Character development on one of the con days.
However I've hit a snag, even though I'm Guest of Honor, The con has informed me that I will neither have a hotel room or transportation fees to get there from ohio. I can stay with my parents but I'd really not want to bother them to transport me at all hours of the day and night I want to ENJOY the con and mingle and that will be difficult to do that when I have no car and my parents are older and won't very much enjoy ferrying me back and forth especially at 2 am.
If anyone in the area can help me out on this issue please send me a note. I really don't want to impose on the constaff any more than I feel I am.
Have any other Guests of Honor had this issue?
Fat Bunny Stream
Posted 13 years agoI won't be doing an art-stream on thursday, so this will be one of the few times this week you can get FBW art before its over. I'm offering a special new product that I MAY OR MAY NOT keep (it depends completely on how sucessful it is this week) of a three-panel transformation sequence of a colored sketch for $50
it would basically look like this:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8692796/
I may also be debuting another related product but to get the details of it you'll have to attend this week's streams.
FBW slots:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
it would basically look like this:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8692796/
I may also be debuting another related product but to get the details of it you'll have to attend this week's streams.
FBW slots:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
And this is why we can't have nice things....
Posted 13 years agohttp://www.customerssuck.com/board/.....ad.php?t=91975
FURRIES I AM DISSAPOINT.
This shit right here, this freaking entitlement crap. This deserves its very own crazy people, this right there is why i see so many artists dropping out of doing commissions. Customer service is a bitch.
Dear Fellow Fuzzies. EXPECTING something to be pornographic if someone has paid X amount of money for it is CRASS, RUDE AND GET OFF MY DAMN PAGE YOU CREEPY PERV I DO NOT CATER TO THE LIKES OF YOU.
I deal with perverts on a daily basis, you know what the best thing is about my circle of perverts? they're usually GENTLEMEN about it. Dota? Perv, awesome guy. Rylana? perv, also awesome. Forvet? MAJOR perv and a testament to proving to the world that I personally "will draw almost ANYTHING with enough money" also, awesome guy. The list could go on about how MY pervs have enough tact and class or at least listen to me when i say "hey.... getting a little too pervy here" For the most part the best element is RESPECT. they respect me as an artist to do work for them and i in turn respect thier interests. My personal issues rarely come into play when my customers play by the rules of common sense. its so nice to know when my friends know my boundaries.
Not too long ago with a certain PONY picture *AHEM* when i first posted it with the price tag the VERY FIRST COMMENT I got for it because $100 for a digital painting must be highway robbery otherwise was "can you fuck it!!??" ..... no dumbass, you can't, its a non-pornographic picture of a freaking pony... someone wanted something PRETTY does that escape your tiny little sex-starved cranium? That the ONLY reason someone would pay THAT much for something is because an innocent picture of a pony is someone's weird fetish, the ONLY reason someone would pay that much is so they can jerk off to it, the ONLY reason someone would pay THAT MUCH is if it were PORN.
I'm a professional, people, I went to art college for 4 years, slogged through the animation, illustration and graphic design industry for 4 more years. The industry isn't pretty but damned if they don't know how to properly treat a college-grade artist.
FUN FACTS!
in the animation industry for a week-long deadline for 12 frames of story boards for a 30 second commercial you can be paid by a low-end animation company... brace yourselves... $250 for 12 SKETCHES practically, and my coworker got paid that and he was a worse artist than i was, his work was scribbles compared to mine. Still got paid $250 per-project storyboarding PSAs
The people who do veggie tales? their deadlines are 2-3 days, guess what they pay? $450-500 for 30 seconds worth of storyboards, thereabouts again, 12 drawings.
People in the industry value art, its what drives their product. So when you put that into perspective, me asking $100 for a lovingly rendered speedpaint looks freaking cheap by comparison dosn't it? Considering i got paid TWICE or 4 times as much to do sketches of vegetables.
Don't complain about prices, most of the artist's prices are freaking Cheap compared to what we could work for. This isn't me standing on a high horse and saying "I COULD MAKE 3 TIMES THIS MUCH ELSEWHERE" no. I've had my share of humbling, I do artwork for a living, it pays my bills, my food, my gas my everything. I owe my livlihood to the wonderful customerbase i've accrued over this past year, however, I'm sick and tired of seeing random people who DON'T KNOW ME, or how i work, how i STRIVE to be the best in customer service, (and lordy some people will tell you i will bend over backward sometimes,) think im too expensive, that other artists are too expensive or are "overpriced because they're in high demand" It should probably be noted that if I have people who stand in line every night to get work from me, that my prices are NOT infact too steep.
TL;dr
just because our prices seem high to you? Doesn't mean its pornographic, expecting it to be reflects badly on YOU. Making the remark that the price should be lower because you personally can't afford it? Nooooooot my problem. you want nice artwork, you will pay more for it, you want cheap artwork? theres PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE who will draw for you, it's a buyers market as much as I hate to admit it.
My problem? worrying about how i'm going to pay my rent and making sure the people who RESPECT ME and RESPECT my work, are happy. Because THEY make this work worth it, every night i am blessed. BLESSED to be surrounded by awesome understanding and oftentimes even broke people. I don't care if you can't buy my work, but don't be an ass about not being able to afford it.
I love my work and I love what I do, I would never do anything else, and while yeah people like the above article would make me want to rip my hair out and throttle someone, at the end of the day im largely surrounded by FREAKING AWESOME PEOPLE. And I can only hope that they continue to bring in even MORE awesome people, 'cause I love community too. Community rocks.
SO while i may be ranty and silly and hOMG WTFBBQ WHY DOES THIS CRAP HAPPEN TO ME, I'm also FULLY aware that the people who make it awesome attend my streams every night, to YOU who make my life and work worthwhile, thank you. To those who are dumbass ignorant harble-handlers, don't let the door hit'cha on the way out.
FURRIES I AM DISSAPOINT.
This shit right here, this freaking entitlement crap. This deserves its very own crazy people, this right there is why i see so many artists dropping out of doing commissions. Customer service is a bitch.
Dear Fellow Fuzzies. EXPECTING something to be pornographic if someone has paid X amount of money for it is CRASS, RUDE AND GET OFF MY DAMN PAGE YOU CREEPY PERV I DO NOT CATER TO THE LIKES OF YOU.
I deal with perverts on a daily basis, you know what the best thing is about my circle of perverts? they're usually GENTLEMEN about it. Dota? Perv, awesome guy. Rylana? perv, also awesome. Forvet? MAJOR perv and a testament to proving to the world that I personally "will draw almost ANYTHING with enough money" also, awesome guy. The list could go on about how MY pervs have enough tact and class or at least listen to me when i say "hey.... getting a little too pervy here" For the most part the best element is RESPECT. they respect me as an artist to do work for them and i in turn respect thier interests. My personal issues rarely come into play when my customers play by the rules of common sense. its so nice to know when my friends know my boundaries.
Not too long ago with a certain PONY picture *AHEM* when i first posted it with the price tag the VERY FIRST COMMENT I got for it because $100 for a digital painting must be highway robbery otherwise was "can you fuck it!!??" ..... no dumbass, you can't, its a non-pornographic picture of a freaking pony... someone wanted something PRETTY does that escape your tiny little sex-starved cranium? That the ONLY reason someone would pay THAT much for something is because an innocent picture of a pony is someone's weird fetish, the ONLY reason someone would pay that much is so they can jerk off to it, the ONLY reason someone would pay THAT MUCH is if it were PORN.
I'm a professional, people, I went to art college for 4 years, slogged through the animation, illustration and graphic design industry for 4 more years. The industry isn't pretty but damned if they don't know how to properly treat a college-grade artist.
FUN FACTS!
in the animation industry for a week-long deadline for 12 frames of story boards for a 30 second commercial you can be paid by a low-end animation company... brace yourselves... $250 for 12 SKETCHES practically, and my coworker got paid that and he was a worse artist than i was, his work was scribbles compared to mine. Still got paid $250 per-project storyboarding PSAs
The people who do veggie tales? their deadlines are 2-3 days, guess what they pay? $450-500 for 30 seconds worth of storyboards, thereabouts again, 12 drawings.
People in the industry value art, its what drives their product. So when you put that into perspective, me asking $100 for a lovingly rendered speedpaint looks freaking cheap by comparison dosn't it? Considering i got paid TWICE or 4 times as much to do sketches of vegetables.
Don't complain about prices, most of the artist's prices are freaking Cheap compared to what we could work for. This isn't me standing on a high horse and saying "I COULD MAKE 3 TIMES THIS MUCH ELSEWHERE" no. I've had my share of humbling, I do artwork for a living, it pays my bills, my food, my gas my everything. I owe my livlihood to the wonderful customerbase i've accrued over this past year, however, I'm sick and tired of seeing random people who DON'T KNOW ME, or how i work, how i STRIVE to be the best in customer service, (and lordy some people will tell you i will bend over backward sometimes,) think im too expensive, that other artists are too expensive or are "overpriced because they're in high demand" It should probably be noted that if I have people who stand in line every night to get work from me, that my prices are NOT infact too steep.
TL;dr
just because our prices seem high to you? Doesn't mean its pornographic, expecting it to be reflects badly on YOU. Making the remark that the price should be lower because you personally can't afford it? Nooooooot my problem. you want nice artwork, you will pay more for it, you want cheap artwork? theres PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE who will draw for you, it's a buyers market as much as I hate to admit it.
My problem? worrying about how i'm going to pay my rent and making sure the people who RESPECT ME and RESPECT my work, are happy. Because THEY make this work worth it, every night i am blessed. BLESSED to be surrounded by awesome understanding and oftentimes even broke people. I don't care if you can't buy my work, but don't be an ass about not being able to afford it.
I love my work and I love what I do, I would never do anything else, and while yeah people like the above article would make me want to rip my hair out and throttle someone, at the end of the day im largely surrounded by FREAKING AWESOME PEOPLE. And I can only hope that they continue to bring in even MORE awesome people, 'cause I love community too. Community rocks.
SO while i may be ranty and silly and hOMG WTFBBQ WHY DOES THIS CRAP HAPPEN TO ME, I'm also FULLY aware that the people who make it awesome attend my streams every night, to YOU who make my life and work worthwhile, thank you. To those who are dumbass ignorant harble-handlers, don't let the door hit'cha on the way out.
Ssssssshhaaark stufffff
Posted 13 years agoSo yeah tonight is TF tuesday somewhat-unofficial but heyo I'm thinking about embracing the whole shark week thing so if for whatever reason you dudes and dudettes want shark related THIINNNGSSS, my stream, all dis week (except friday, thats my day off) Sharky things.
oh also Sergals this sunday freakin SERGALS tell your friends.
oh also Sergals this sunday freakin SERGALS tell your friends.
9 Reasons Why
Posted 13 years ago Back in the day when i was an Art Student at my Alma Mater, CCAD (columbus collge of art and design) it was rather common knowledge that despite its location within the city we were an EXTREAMLY safe campus. If you ever visited that part of town you might question why considering how run down alot of the buildings looked, its been cleaned up in recent years but the fact of the matter still remained, CCAD seemed incased in a saftybubble so during my years as a student there I compiled a list of reasons for why we were awesomely devoid of violent crimes.
9 reasons why CCAD students are less likely to be robbed and/or murdered on campus:
1. The average CCAD student, especially freshmen, can be seen equipped with one or all of these items: an exacto knife, a box cutter (also know as a mat-knife by students and falculty as that is often its primary function) and a rather large metal, yard-long t-square ruler.
2. the aforementioned weaponry is often found in jacket pockets for easy wielding for the absent minded. Any such poor attacker may find their insides rather deplorable to look at as they are spilled on the sidewalk. And thusly painted later (should he survive) by his would be victim.
3. Your mother has said it before: Artists are crazy. It is popular belief that fighting a crazy person can only lead to your own defeat as your intentioned victim not only doesn’t care that you are flaying him with your little pocket knife but he is also cataloging your reactions and physical movements for later projects. With no reguard for self worth, and life being of little importance, CCAD students are less likely to submit to their fate but rather fight back for the enjoyment of it.
4. have you ever been hit in the head with a paint box? The dreadfully heavy apparati is often hauled long distances and artists will happly throw this at any idiot who is stupid enough to get close.
5. double 0 seven has nothing on us. Artists that reside in the dorm often suffer from boredom when projects become too much to bear, in order to rectify this problem they partake in an activity called “stair walking” which is done in the tight spaces of the stairwell. The point is to not allow any part of your body to touch the floors or the stairs, thusly it becomes a wall climbing exercise. These select few of students become closely akin to ninja. Don’t fuck with us.
6. Art students are poor. All of the aforementioned equipment we haul around sucks our pocket books dry and we are most likely to have maybe spare change in our wallets at best. The last known mugging that took place on CCAD was summed up with a few buises, a black eye and the loss of two dollars from one of the victims’ wallet. Seriously we aren’t worth it.
7. You know those art supplies that aren’t used as weapons? We sniff them. Do you attack a guy whose high as a kite? Nooo. You think chloroform will work on us? Dude we huff paint and rubber cement. Chloroform aint gonna work.
8. Suicidal tendencies, freshmen year is hell. If you kill us your only granting us our most cherished wish.
9. Self inflicted injuries. Students can be stupid at 4 am in the morning racing deadlines for projects. We’ve been stabbed, cut, stitched burned slashed, gashed and mutilated…. All by ourselves….
9 reasons why CCAD students are less likely to be robbed and/or murdered on campus:
1. The average CCAD student, especially freshmen, can be seen equipped with one or all of these items: an exacto knife, a box cutter (also know as a mat-knife by students and falculty as that is often its primary function) and a rather large metal, yard-long t-square ruler.
2. the aforementioned weaponry is often found in jacket pockets for easy wielding for the absent minded. Any such poor attacker may find their insides rather deplorable to look at as they are spilled on the sidewalk. And thusly painted later (should he survive) by his would be victim.
3. Your mother has said it before: Artists are crazy. It is popular belief that fighting a crazy person can only lead to your own defeat as your intentioned victim not only doesn’t care that you are flaying him with your little pocket knife but he is also cataloging your reactions and physical movements for later projects. With no reguard for self worth, and life being of little importance, CCAD students are less likely to submit to their fate but rather fight back for the enjoyment of it.
4. have you ever been hit in the head with a paint box? The dreadfully heavy apparati is often hauled long distances and artists will happly throw this at any idiot who is stupid enough to get close.
5. double 0 seven has nothing on us. Artists that reside in the dorm often suffer from boredom when projects become too much to bear, in order to rectify this problem they partake in an activity called “stair walking” which is done in the tight spaces of the stairwell. The point is to not allow any part of your body to touch the floors or the stairs, thusly it becomes a wall climbing exercise. These select few of students become closely akin to ninja. Don’t fuck with us.
6. Art students are poor. All of the aforementioned equipment we haul around sucks our pocket books dry and we are most likely to have maybe spare change in our wallets at best. The last known mugging that took place on CCAD was summed up with a few buises, a black eye and the loss of two dollars from one of the victims’ wallet. Seriously we aren’t worth it.
7. You know those art supplies that aren’t used as weapons? We sniff them. Do you attack a guy whose high as a kite? Nooo. You think chloroform will work on us? Dude we huff paint and rubber cement. Chloroform aint gonna work.
8. Suicidal tendencies, freshmen year is hell. If you kill us your only granting us our most cherished wish.
9. Self inflicted injuries. Students can be stupid at 4 am in the morning racing deadlines for projects. We’ve been stabbed, cut, stitched burned slashed, gashed and mutilated…. All by ourselves….
Okay officially selling my sony PSP 3000
Posted 13 years agoim selling my Sony psp 3000 and the game "need for speed, most wanted" for $60 plus shipping to wherever. if its international just be advised it will be more.
the right top button doesn't work and Im selling this as a small fixerupper with a game.
This is first come first served but in order to ensure that you get it before someone else I shall expect payment within 24 hours of purchase. (i'll also throw in a pawprint button or cutiemark button if you're a brony)
the right top button doesn't work and Im selling this as a small fixerupper with a game.
This is first come first served but in order to ensure that you get it before someone else I shall expect payment within 24 hours of purchase. (i'll also throw in a pawprint button or cutiemark button if you're a brony)
Pondering selling my used PSP...
Posted 13 years agoI bought a PSP awhile ago, slash dent sale, the right button doesn't work and I've tried everything in my power to fix it (which basically consisted of opening up the unit, cleaning under the button and re-assembleing it.) and yes after doing that the unit works just fine save for the fact the right top button is stubborn as heck.
SO. I'd rather sell it as a mild fixerupper and actually use the money i get toward a PSP thats something other than black. (looking at a blue one)
is $50 a fair price for that?
SO. I'd rather sell it as a mild fixerupper and actually use the money i get toward a PSP thats something other than black. (looking at a blue one)
is $50 a fair price for that?
On the Tweeter...
Posted 13 years agoI dunno i like to sound like im an out of touch old lady apparently, even though I'm only 27.
ANYWAY So ifinally resolved to be more active with twitter, and yeah most of this is because im getting into the FBA RP stuff and I figured it was high time to reactivate my basic account too.
I currently have 3 accounts.
Foxena: my main, i'll post streaming announcements there when i remember and alot of general complaints,glees,squees,mini rants. most other times. If you want to be amused with my slice-of-life watch that one.
The other two are RP accounts for the characters I currently have in the FBA, (or are indirectly involved. There will be a third one added later IF Red gets drafted. Fingers crossed she does.)
ningfenwatcher - and elderly panda and the head coach for the Bikers, if he tweets on his phone pray that auto correct is active or it will be next to impossible to tell what hes trying to say. He's a terrible texter and usually tweets from his home computer or dictates it to someone else if they're nearby and can work his iphone. He's a borderline Luddite, most of his technology was provided for him by his Neice Red' and while he seems to be able to do normal things on his computer he's still very technologically illiterate. Which may be why his Neice set him up with apple products. Don't hate on the mac-love though. The name "Ning" means "Peace" in chinese
zhanzing - Ning's Nephew and Red's brother, he's a younger panda in his mid twenties and often described as an "angry youth" He's not affiliated with the FBA but he's a constant distraction and foil for both Ning and Red and the storyline i have going for all three is an intertwined familial mess. Zhan has semi-fresh claw marks over his right eye from an incident back in june but he won't discuss it to anyone but family allthough he seems both proud and ashamed of the scars for various reasons he won't yet reveal. Zhanzing has a very tenuous relationship with his uncle and if you though their relationship was strained you might want to look at how Zhan's father treats him. Ning tends to be quite a bit more tolerant of Zhan than his brother. The name Zhanzing means "War" in chinese.
Red' - she doesnt have an account yet but Red' is the Niece of Ning and Sister of Zhanzing, a veritable spitfire she hails from Otter State University and is applying for the FBA draft as a pointgaurd for her small stature. She behaves outwardly demure, respectable and sweet to people who have only just met her, but to her brother and her opponents on the court she's downright brutal. She plays barefoot trusting her paws more than shoes and also to show off a tattoo she has on her right sole-pad which reads "Made in china" which she'll verbally follow up with "but im not 'cheap'" She's fluent in both chinese and English like her uncle and brother and transferred to america to go to college.
She's adept in all forms of martial arts but her preference is Judo and Akkido and she tends to use the latter on the court when she can get away with it. Her perpetual sparring partner and rival is her Brother Zhanzing whom she enjoys besting in combat and games every chance she gets. Growing up in china where males are ehalted above females she strove to become not just as good as her brother, no, that wouldn't matter, she had to be better. However in her climb to glory instead of being recognized for her achievements over her brother, her brother was condemned for being so weak that he could be beaten by a girl, thus undermineing the both of them. Red is much closer with her Uncle than she is with her traditionalist father and both her and Zhan mutually agree that the man is insane even by asian standards. She gets along well enough with her mother buts its readily apparent that Ning is more of a father to the both of them than thier own.
She owns a "flaming red" (by her description) Yamaha motorcycle. Her ownership of the "mechanical monstrosity" is dismaying to Ning and a source of Jealousy for Zahn. She's exreamly protective of her "baby" and usually wears a matching biking suit when she rides complete with a state of the art helmet. unbeknownst to even her family Red' Races once a month at a seedy dragstrip on the outskirts of town, the races are illegal and she's narrowly escaped being arrested on two occasions but she tells her biker friends thats "part of the thrill" (i really need to make her account)
ANYWAY So ifinally resolved to be more active with twitter, and yeah most of this is because im getting into the FBA RP stuff and I figured it was high time to reactivate my basic account too.
I currently have 3 accounts.
Foxena: my main, i'll post streaming announcements there when i remember and alot of general complaints,glees,squees,mini rants. most other times. If you want to be amused with my slice-of-life watch that one.
The other two are RP accounts for the characters I currently have in the FBA, (or are indirectly involved. There will be a third one added later IF Red gets drafted. Fingers crossed she does.)
ningfenwatcher - and elderly panda and the head coach for the Bikers, if he tweets on his phone pray that auto correct is active or it will be next to impossible to tell what hes trying to say. He's a terrible texter and usually tweets from his home computer or dictates it to someone else if they're nearby and can work his iphone. He's a borderline Luddite, most of his technology was provided for him by his Neice Red' and while he seems to be able to do normal things on his computer he's still very technologically illiterate. Which may be why his Neice set him up with apple products. Don't hate on the mac-love though. The name "Ning" means "Peace" in chinese
zhanzing - Ning's Nephew and Red's brother, he's a younger panda in his mid twenties and often described as an "angry youth" He's not affiliated with the FBA but he's a constant distraction and foil for both Ning and Red and the storyline i have going for all three is an intertwined familial mess. Zhan has semi-fresh claw marks over his right eye from an incident back in june but he won't discuss it to anyone but family allthough he seems both proud and ashamed of the scars for various reasons he won't yet reveal. Zhanzing has a very tenuous relationship with his uncle and if you though their relationship was strained you might want to look at how Zhan's father treats him. Ning tends to be quite a bit more tolerant of Zhan than his brother. The name Zhanzing means "War" in chinese.
Red' - she doesnt have an account yet but Red' is the Niece of Ning and Sister of Zhanzing, a veritable spitfire she hails from Otter State University and is applying for the FBA draft as a pointgaurd for her small stature. She behaves outwardly demure, respectable and sweet to people who have only just met her, but to her brother and her opponents on the court she's downright brutal. She plays barefoot trusting her paws more than shoes and also to show off a tattoo she has on her right sole-pad which reads "Made in china" which she'll verbally follow up with "but im not 'cheap'" She's fluent in both chinese and English like her uncle and brother and transferred to america to go to college.
She's adept in all forms of martial arts but her preference is Judo and Akkido and she tends to use the latter on the court when she can get away with it. Her perpetual sparring partner and rival is her Brother Zhanzing whom she enjoys besting in combat and games every chance she gets. Growing up in china where males are ehalted above females she strove to become not just as good as her brother, no, that wouldn't matter, she had to be better. However in her climb to glory instead of being recognized for her achievements over her brother, her brother was condemned for being so weak that he could be beaten by a girl, thus undermineing the both of them. Red is much closer with her Uncle than she is with her traditionalist father and both her and Zhan mutually agree that the man is insane even by asian standards. She gets along well enough with her mother buts its readily apparent that Ning is more of a father to the both of them than thier own.
She owns a "flaming red" (by her description) Yamaha motorcycle. Her ownership of the "mechanical monstrosity" is dismaying to Ning and a source of Jealousy for Zahn. She's exreamly protective of her "baby" and usually wears a matching biking suit when she rides complete with a state of the art helmet. unbeknownst to even her family Red' Races once a month at a seedy dragstrip on the outskirts of town, the races are illegal and she's narrowly escaped being arrested on two occasions but she tells her biker friends thats "part of the thrill" (i really need to make her account)
Volume v gratitude v entitlement
Posted 13 years agoSo a friend of mine alerted me to a nasty new trend that's been coming over some of my friends pages. NORMALLY I wouldn't care because i find this hilariously petty. But when it upsets my friends I have to take a step back and think "okay... thats not.... cool."
I know some artists CAN and DO do this and i admire them for it, I alas cannot keep up with it I have alot to do every day and preacious little time to myself. What am I talking about?
Thanking people for favs/watches/comments. Wish I could really, but I get such a VOLUME of people most days i just don't think of it as a big deal, I love all my watchers and i appreciate it when I get them and favs and comments and If i feel particularly lovey dovey i may make a journal spreading the love for all my watchers.
HOWEVER. you take it into douchbag territory if you expect to be thanked/watched back for every single fav/comment/watch you receive, if you take it a step futher and leave A NOTE telling the artist/commisisoner whatever that the SOLE REASON you unwatched/unfaved/hid a comment was because they didn't respond in kind.
...... ENTITLEMENT MUCH? We as artists LOVE getting comments/favs/watchers. but if your ONLY faving, commenting, or watchng someone to get attention for yourself, your doing it for the wrong reasons. If you are THAT self centered that you think you're doing an artist a collossal favor by +faving a peice of this your sorely mistaken and it makes you look like a petulant child when you demand thanks for something that hundreds of people have done before and not been thanked for and hundrends if not thousands will do afterward and get the same lack of response.
I'll continue to do my best and thank when i can but hinging your interaction with an artist based on something like that when most of us have lives outside the internet (legasp) it a little silly and immature. If you really care about the artist and REALLY want to be thanked for your contribution to thier gallery, why not commission them or bring them some business if they're one of the ones who do art for a living? that way you'll get a truely GENUINE thanks and not one that is borne out of pure obligations of trying to pander to adult children with entitlement issues.
yes expect a crazy people out of this one
I know some artists CAN and DO do this and i admire them for it, I alas cannot keep up with it I have alot to do every day and preacious little time to myself. What am I talking about?
Thanking people for favs/watches/comments. Wish I could really, but I get such a VOLUME of people most days i just don't think of it as a big deal, I love all my watchers and i appreciate it when I get them and favs and comments and If i feel particularly lovey dovey i may make a journal spreading the love for all my watchers.
HOWEVER. you take it into douchbag territory if you expect to be thanked/watched back for every single fav/comment/watch you receive, if you take it a step futher and leave A NOTE telling the artist/commisisoner whatever that the SOLE REASON you unwatched/unfaved/hid a comment was because they didn't respond in kind.
...... ENTITLEMENT MUCH? We as artists LOVE getting comments/favs/watchers. but if your ONLY faving, commenting, or watchng someone to get attention for yourself, your doing it for the wrong reasons. If you are THAT self centered that you think you're doing an artist a collossal favor by +faving a peice of this your sorely mistaken and it makes you look like a petulant child when you demand thanks for something that hundreds of people have done before and not been thanked for and hundrends if not thousands will do afterward and get the same lack of response.
I'll continue to do my best and thank when i can but hinging your interaction with an artist based on something like that when most of us have lives outside the internet (legasp) it a little silly and immature. If you really care about the artist and REALLY want to be thanked for your contribution to thier gallery, why not commission them or bring them some business if they're one of the ones who do art for a living? that way you'll get a truely GENUINE thanks and not one that is borne out of pure obligations of trying to pander to adult children with entitlement issues.
yes expect a crazy people out of this one
STARWARS DAY TOMORROW!
Posted 13 years agoThat's right boys and girls, we be having another starwars day up in HEAH I'm gonna go to my local blockbuster tomorrow (yeah mine is still in buisness, whoda thunk it) and rent Episode 4 and 5. Streaming will start at 5pm (hopefully. and you'll hear fox breaking her Starwars virginity. (I've never seen it) If the queue gets long it will spill over into monday wherein i will rent episode 6 and watch that as well during monday's stream.
First slots, i can gaurantee i can fill these. any slots beyond five may be carried into monday's stream.
Please note at allways these are commissions and not requests, my prices are as follows for single characters:
$10 - sketch
$25 - ink
$40 - flat color
$50 - full shading
as with all themed days, buying any full-shaded peice will earn you a free sketch.
1.Akkari 3 character shade - 2 free sketches
2.Omega_422
3.Eonfurioso 1 full shade - 1 free sketch
4.
5.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING OR INTEND TO BUY SOMETHING TO ATTEND THE STREAM! I LOVE PEOPLE WHO WATCH TOO!
May the Force be With you.
First slots, i can gaurantee i can fill these. any slots beyond five may be carried into monday's stream.
Please note at allways these are commissions and not requests, my prices are as follows for single characters:
$10 - sketch
$25 - ink
$40 - flat color
$50 - full shading
as with all themed days, buying any full-shaded peice will earn you a free sketch.
1.Akkari 3 character shade - 2 free sketches
2.Omega_422
3.Eonfurioso 1 full shade - 1 free sketch
4.
5.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING OR INTEND TO BUY SOMETHING TO ATTEND THE STREAM! I LOVE PEOPLE WHO WATCH TOO!
May the Force be With you.
on insensitivity
Posted 13 years agoIt makes me want to break my oath of pacifism, rip out the offender's digital spine and digitally smack them with it.
Or throw corn on the cob at them uncooked.
Seriously though. I don't care who has obligations to you, what those obligations are, or how urgently you perceive them to be needed. Its not okay to tell them what to do when the result makes you look like a needy douchbag when the person in question is obviously in some kind of distress.
EX:
Artist: i'm so behind on commissions but im feeling really burnt out right now so im going to do some personal artwork to get back into the swing of things.
(TRANSLATION AND EXPLAINATION: alot of artists can be flaky and 9 times out of 10 they may be falling into the pitfalls that is procrastination brought on by stress and overwhelming circumstance, they may need a time to step back, re-evaluate and excercise thier art muscles on non-commissioned art, afterall how many of you would REALLY appreciate an artist taking artistic liberties with your peice and doing stylistic experimentation if they're known for X and for you have suddenly done Y because in your needy desperate clammor for artwork from them, you failed to realize that taking a breather is part of the artistic process and instead may enact this experimentation on work they owe. (if they even can with unfamiliar subject matter) the end result even if they dont but are forced to work when they're burned out is a subpar product.
Ex of response: IF YOU OWE ART YOU SHOULD DO ART I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO PERSONAL ART WHEN THEY OWE ON COMMISSIONS! CATER TO ME! I DEMAND YOU CATER TO ME.
.... this isn't cool. it makes you look like an insensitive asshole and furthermore, I feel sorry that the artist can't afford to deny you as a customer. Alot of us CAN'T especially if our art is our only way of surviving.
TL:DR: Being pushy with artists especially ones you've barely met is a good way to get blocked by the ones who are less likely to be pushed over.
I called the FBI on someone who wished death and rape on me, I am not a person who puts up with bullshit on any level. Even less so now. Treat people with respect and respect will be given in kind. Treat people and the work they do with no shred of common decency don't be surprised when thier fans rise up and want to burn you at the hypothetical stake of some errant internet justice.
Or throw corn on the cob at them uncooked.
Seriously though. I don't care who has obligations to you, what those obligations are, or how urgently you perceive them to be needed. Its not okay to tell them what to do when the result makes you look like a needy douchbag when the person in question is obviously in some kind of distress.
EX:
Artist: i'm so behind on commissions but im feeling really burnt out right now so im going to do some personal artwork to get back into the swing of things.
(TRANSLATION AND EXPLAINATION: alot of artists can be flaky and 9 times out of 10 they may be falling into the pitfalls that is procrastination brought on by stress and overwhelming circumstance, they may need a time to step back, re-evaluate and excercise thier art muscles on non-commissioned art, afterall how many of you would REALLY appreciate an artist taking artistic liberties with your peice and doing stylistic experimentation if they're known for X and for you have suddenly done Y because in your needy desperate clammor for artwork from them, you failed to realize that taking a breather is part of the artistic process and instead may enact this experimentation on work they owe. (if they even can with unfamiliar subject matter) the end result even if they dont but are forced to work when they're burned out is a subpar product.
Ex of response: IF YOU OWE ART YOU SHOULD DO ART I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO PERSONAL ART WHEN THEY OWE ON COMMISSIONS! CATER TO ME! I DEMAND YOU CATER TO ME.
.... this isn't cool. it makes you look like an insensitive asshole and furthermore, I feel sorry that the artist can't afford to deny you as a customer. Alot of us CAN'T especially if our art is our only way of surviving.
TL:DR: Being pushy with artists especially ones you've barely met is a good way to get blocked by the ones who are less likely to be pushed over.
I called the FBI on someone who wished death and rape on me, I am not a person who puts up with bullshit on any level. Even less so now. Treat people with respect and respect will be given in kind. Treat people and the work they do with no shred of common decency don't be surprised when thier fans rise up and want to burn you at the hypothetical stake of some errant internet justice.
Cant... sleep
Posted 13 years agothis has been going on for some nights now where i simply cannot fall asleep untill after 4 even if im dead tired, I have no clue whats wrong with me but im currently only adveraging 5-6 hours a night when i usually get at LEAST 8 or 9 normally. (being self employed, i can obviously sleep however late i want but I feel like a lazy good-for-nothing when i sleep past 11 let alone noon. I did that crap in college, my sleep scedule got so messed up that i was almost officially nocturnal. yet here i am again, flirting with a 5am bedtime. I daresay its reaching the need for using mild sedatives for a little bit to re-boot my bedtime.
Also my right knee is starting to get all achey, which has me worried when its 90 something degrees outside (in the 30s for the celsius peeps out there) i should NOT have arthritis there i havent DONE anything to it and even if i DID why the fork is it acting up in the baking heat of summer? Explicame por favor.
(im 27 years old that is NOT old enough to start having joint pain..... shut up and let me beleive im not as old in body as i really am) (yes that is my actual age)
Also my right knee is starting to get all achey, which has me worried when its 90 something degrees outside (in the 30s for the celsius peeps out there) i should NOT have arthritis there i havent DONE anything to it and even if i DID why the fork is it acting up in the baking heat of summer? Explicame por favor.
(im 27 years old that is NOT old enough to start having joint pain..... shut up and let me beleive im not as old in body as i really am) (yes that is my actual age)
On Justice.
Posted 13 years agoIt's often thought of in my stream that however jokingly, however humourously, that I am at my core a type of Villain, and not only a villain but a villain that commands respect and fear from her minions. My reputation of CRAZY PEOPLE preceeds me so much in some regard that there are actually people out there who actively fear me. I'm not 100% on the why, other than i make marginally violent comics exaggerating my personal flaws of wanting to maim people for screwing with me. Its hilarious when you learn to really get to know me and find out I'm a pacifist. When push comes to shove i HATE confrontation, I avoid it like the plague and whenever I sense someone might be upset with me, angry at me or otherwise I have done something ANYTHING that i perceive as wrong (re. catholic guilt) I simply avoid that person until they come to me wherein i can apologise.
My parents beat it into me (not physically, mentally) that pestering people for forgiveness was a good way to prolong the process, better to leave off and let them cool off and let them approach you. So ingrained in my head now that i actively FEAR confrontation because my parents made sure that such instances were unpleasant.
But I digress. In this mentality that I am a villiain, I get actively dismayed when people seem to be indifferent to my "power" that they actively disrespect me for the soul purpose of not wanting to cater to my ego. Its funny that I feel a very villain like response to such. I'll never act on it obviously because its also humbleing and everyone needs to be humbled every so often. However, as many of you might know, a few days ago i was unforgivably disrespected, Evil actions of horrendous specificity were wished upon me. I could not and WOULD not stand idly by whilst I and womankind was thought of in such a manner.
This caused a phenomena I didn't think i could weild. people id NEVER EVEN TALKED TO before were coming out of the woodwork when this came to light coming to my aid expressing support, and expressing a desire among much else to inflict HARM on this individual. Needless to say WITH that help things will be expedited and the chances of justice happening is high. It just goes to show if you are at least a good honest villain who cares enough about her legions of minions, eventually, the minions do awesome things for you. And You experience something alot of overlords never do. Love. Love and loyalty.
Im so blessed to know each and every one of you and I love you too. ^_^
My parents beat it into me (not physically, mentally) that pestering people for forgiveness was a good way to prolong the process, better to leave off and let them cool off and let them approach you. So ingrained in my head now that i actively FEAR confrontation because my parents made sure that such instances were unpleasant.
But I digress. In this mentality that I am a villiain, I get actively dismayed when people seem to be indifferent to my "power" that they actively disrespect me for the soul purpose of not wanting to cater to my ego. Its funny that I feel a very villain like response to such. I'll never act on it obviously because its also humbleing and everyone needs to be humbled every so often. However, as many of you might know, a few days ago i was unforgivably disrespected, Evil actions of horrendous specificity were wished upon me. I could not and WOULD not stand idly by whilst I and womankind was thought of in such a manner.
This caused a phenomena I didn't think i could weild. people id NEVER EVEN TALKED TO before were coming out of the woodwork when this came to light coming to my aid expressing support, and expressing a desire among much else to inflict HARM on this individual. Needless to say WITH that help things will be expedited and the chances of justice happening is high. It just goes to show if you are at least a good honest villain who cares enough about her legions of minions, eventually, the minions do awesome things for you. And You experience something alot of overlords never do. Love. Love and loyalty.
Im so blessed to know each and every one of you and I love you too. ^_^