First let me start by saying, Happy New Year 2019! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to embrace a fresh start.
So sorry I have not been active for the last month. As you can imagine, the holiday time is very busy, it also doesn’t help that I work at an aquarium now that has had over 5000 guest a day. Now that New Years is over. I am praying that I will be able to finally get back on schedule.
Just know that Comic-Comic and Denatured will be making their returns shortly. I just need one more week to catch up and they will begin updating regularly again.
I have been pondering where I want to go moving forward in 2019, and after much thought and consideration, I have decided to stop accepting commissions.
Now some of you might be disappointed to hear that, while others will say “Wait, commissions? I didn’t even know you offered those.”
Yes I have always been open for commissions until this point, I realize I didn’t do a very good job at advertising them. That’s on me, and I aplogize if this is upsets you. Just know that I did not reach this desccision lightly. I love to make art for other people and it pains me to have to do this, I just want you to know why I’m doing this and why that’s a good thing.
After much consideration and thought, I’ve decided to put a hold on commissions for the following reasons.
This is probably the biggest reason I reached this conclusion, but it’s not the only one. I just don’t have the time to do them on top of my other projects which I want to see grow. I am using every bit of energy throughout the day and it just doesn’t seem feasible without putting those projects on hold to finish art for other people.
So putting them on hold doesn’t really impact me finacially simply because I barely ever get commissions to begin with. I might get one every one to four months. Which is fine, but it’s not what I hoped it would be.
Let’s face it, I want to keep improving at my art and developing my talent, but I just don’t feel like I’ve reached a point where I can honestly say I feel like a professional. It takes time to develop a skill, I’m miles and miles ahead of where I was a year ago, and I hope to continue that streak, but at this moment in time, I feel as if the majority of people that see my stuff online just seem to overlook it on their way to see porn. It’s upsetting to say the least. A year from now I want to see where I’m at and to see if the demand for commissions grow. It’s obvious to me that people don’t value my work enough to desire a commission. That is why I want to take the time to develop my skills into something more worthy of being desired.
When I first started I barely put any value on my art. I charged $5.00 for a single commission. It was because I felt that at the time that was all it was worth. As I grew, I began to raise the prices. Unfortunately I’ve learned that when you undervalue yourself early on, you have a really hard time placing a correct value later. I most of the time feel as if my work is overpriced, but at the same time I get friends and family saying that it’s way undervalued for the quality, time, and effort I put into it. I don’t know which one is right. The only way I can fix this is by improving to the point where I personally feel that my art is worth a certain amount. Which brings me to my next point.
Almost every time I do a commission I feel as if though I don’t put my whole heart into it. I often get the sense that the people who commission me are let down by what I give them. When I present an image and they give me a quick one sentence response, I immediately think, “Shit they hate it.” I realize a lot of that is in my head, but this again ties in with my desire to give you high quality work.
I just have a hard time getting motivated to make art that I feel like doesn’t represent the kind of image I want to do. I made a mistake early on by taking commissions for transformation art. While I personally love making TF art, there is a problem when it comes to doing commissions for it. The issue is that I run into many many people that want me to draw their personal fetish that I might not agree with or that I just don’t find interesting. It doesn’t help motivate me to make it. This doesn’t mean I wont make my own TF art, cause I will. It just means that I don’t want to be known for making specific types of things. I want a more professional SFW atmosphere that I can share with people
So what does this mean? Will you never take commissions again?
No, I want to eventually go back to taking commissions. I just want to make sure that when I do, it is on better terms. So for now, I won’t be taking commissions until I have the met the following criteria.
1. I find more free time
2. I am able to afford a better set up and better tools.
3. I feel that I’ve improved enough.
4. The is a demand for commissions from me increases.
So you need to know the reason why this is a good thing. This will give me much more free time to work on and grow Denatured, Comic-Comic, as well as a variety of other projects that I will get into later.
So I hope this didn’t put a bummer on your New Year. Again, understand that this is going to benefit my development and growth and that I will eventually go back to taking commissions.
I hope your 2019 is an awesome one.
With Love,
Light Lux Collie
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Pyra Jya-Luquay
starts with a slight chuckle before bellowing out in a full-on laugh AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...HA! XD
I was about to say the same thing about my owm commission status.