Hello everyone, small update.

I'll be refunding everyone as soon as I'm able to. I get paid bi weekly and I'm trying to get stable financially. I appreciate your patience as I navigate this new chapter in my life. I am sorry I am not able to complete people's commissions. I just don't have the passion or time to do so (I'm working 55-60hrs a week, usually 6 days a week - multiple 12hr days and I'm working two jobs atm). I just can't make a living off art commissions anymore. I tried so hard to keep going and making art to the point I burned out completely and couldn't keep up or keep selling to keep bills paid. I could never keep up.

I will be refunding OLDEST to newest, unless otherwise contacted. I'm also have issues with Trello on mobile and I'm rarely at my desktop so I'll just make note of it.

Please if you can, don't do a dispute through PayPal to get a refund as I worry about being over drafted on my bank account. At this point I'm struggling because I'm paying bills and overdue bills with my pay I'm getting - I currently only have 60$ in my account that I need to stretch to next Thursday and I spend about 30$ in gas every 4 days and I have no food in the house atm besides rice and ramen. 😅 I should finally be okay to start refunding 3-5 people (maybe more!) each paycheck starting in May. I already put people that have noted me into my refund tab as a priority (and you can see the dates I transferred them to that tab on Trello as well, I try and check FA once a week but I really do just work and come home and sleep right now because Walmart has my hours everywhere). But I will eventually refund my entire queue. I might take a couple dollars off if I completed a sketch or did lines/flats, but most everyone will be getting some sort of money compensation. I might keep a few people on my queue to do in my spare time (like I mean a literal few). And it'll probably be long time clients or close friends.

Money/Bill wise, I still have to pay my taxes for my last year as a freelance illustrator (600$) - I only made 15k in total, so it's not as bad as it usually is but it's still a lot of money! I have to pay my car tags and figure out why it's stuttering (so who knows how much that'll be). And then there's my regular bills that span 600-800$ depending on varying factors, and my necessities/food that's about 200-250$ a month. So generally 1500$ out of my 2000-2200$ monthly income goes to bills and necessities. My goal is to have everyone refunded by the New Year. I'm going to try my best.

I am trying my best to get my life back in order. I'm trying my best to please people and right wrongs and mistakes. I'm literally just asking for patience at this point because I physically and literally cannot work any more hours (I'm capped at 15-20hrs at Dollar Tree and 40hrs at Walmart). And I get paid bi weekly. I literally cannot get money any faster. I promise if I could I would. But I am doing absolutely everything in my power.

I will keep trying. I appreciate everyone's kindness and some of the very sweet notes and comments over the last few weeks really does make me feel warm. I wish I could do more but I'm doing all I can right now. I love you all, and I'm going to keep going.

- MamaOwl