As some people will know, I was suspended from Weasyl a few days back for "backseat modding". For the people who don't follow my twitter; I had cut&pasted the part of the rules that say "no cub porn" to a guy who had uploaded 23 cub porn images to Weasyl! Before I did, I mailed Weasyl staff and tol…
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I have it, I've played it some, I love it but just can't find the time to finish it and it's getting harder to dodge spoilers. In addition to ignoring people who upload SL screenshots/overwhelming amounts of rule 34/bestiality/etc. who don't tag their work, I now also have to ignore people who uplo…
People have asked and asked, so I'm happy to announce that yes, I'm open for commissions! I'll take about €100 worth of commissions and then close them again while I make them. I'm not sure when I'll open for commissions again after that, so if you want one, get it while you can! (Also a good idea…
3 people discuss their orientation for National Coming Out day. Dude interjects "Conversations like this are why I think I'm the last straight, white male on the Internet." Really dude? Really?! People call him on it in the most polite and sensible ways, even empathizing that he might feel vilified…
Steal a photo! This has always been a thing, but I'm noticing it a lot in the new uploads; people who for whatever reason won't try to draw their own background and just stick in a photo thinking "Yeah, that looks good." No it doesn't. It looks horrible. This goes doubly so for beginning artists; i…
Never! Honestly I've had, percentage-wise, more difficult and disrespectful customers for my €5,- commissions than for my regularly priced commissions. Logically you'd think people would be grateful for the chance at some nice, cheap art with a fast turn around and people would be on their best beh…
I've decided to take a break from most of the internet to concentrate on my art. I plan on doing a few streams over the course of August, which I'll announce via my Twitter. So if you'd care to join me for a stream on Tigerdile this month, be sure to follow me here: https://twitter.com/Thaily
Please speak out against the Orphan Works Copyright Act on behalf of all artists! http://marcianek.tumblr.com/post/124554407811/digital-doodle-i-interrupt-a-long-term-hiatus If this bill passes with: People being able to copyright derivative work; as in, take one of your pictures, edit it slightly,…
His work was part of my introduction into the fandom as a teenager, and while some might say "Jeesh, some introduction." in regards to the nature of his work, I saw someone who enjoyed drawing. Someone who was having fun. I was drawing at that time, but not getting much support from.. Well, anyone.…
I often see people condemn certain types of work they dislike with "That's not art!" and whinge about how arrogant someone must be to call the work in question, art. Completely missing the point that it's far more arrogant to think you can tell people what is and isn't art, like you've seen all the…
I found out someone was trying to sell their character, for which I had drawn the character reference sheet, saying that "You would Get the Rights to All the Art". No, no you would not. It's in my TOS, but sadly this bears repeating, I reserve all the rights of work commissioned from me. So do most…
I've seen some people ask "Why do artists charge more for complex characters?" and I'm here to explain this for you. Are you ready? Because it takes more time. That's it. It's not personal. It's not a conspiracy. It's not something "only furry artists do". As an example, take an artist who really l…
They were looking for artists who had experience using Ecoline, a type of coloured ink, to give feedback. I asked if there was anything in it for the artists and they invited me to their factory in Apeldoorn, in the original location where it's been since 1899! :D It was like Willy Wonka for artist…
It's a long and private story, so I'm just going to give the relevant details: There was 1 day between Ryu's old work contract ending and him signing a new, better contract. Because he was technically out of a job for 1 single work day, a debtor has seized all our bank accounts and money, including…
I decided to just move it to 1 page on my homepage, rather than a journal on every art site I use. That way I can update it more easily and not accidentally forget to update one, creating unnecessary confusion. Here it is! http://bridgeofmagpies.com/buy-art/terms-of-service/
This isn't the sort of thing I tend to post about publicly, but I feel that someone should say something to counterbalance the generally overwhelming onslaught of misinformation on the topic which I find all over the internet. It's kind of personal, and I'm risking wasting a lot of time getting ang…
I love that Weasyl is getting more traffic, but annoyed that some of this traffic is teens from DeviantArt. Cue a sudden influx of crappy MS paint doodles, screenshots, photos of screens, bad sideways photos of stuff people own, character generator-made things, people trying to sell character gener…
Sooner or later, someone is going to complain. And I feel kind of bad for doing it, but at the same time, not bad enough to stop. Blocking people here on Weasyl also means you can't see their uploads on the new uploads page, so that means I've been able to cut out the "worst offenders" who upload t…
I wasn't sure if I wanted to post this publicly, but since this is affecting commissions I think I ought to. I have some health issues I'm not going to go into detail over that require me to take a lengthy course of medication that has some serious side effects. Three of those are chronic exhaustio…
Had a nice day at the Comicon, come home to d-bag neighbors from hell. They've only been there a few months, but they're noisy. They played loud music yesterday, but stopped before 22:00 and I was like "Whatever, party on Friday." but they're at it again today and stuff in the kitchen was trembling…
Okay so, I wanted to see which Fables paperbacks I had so I could see if they had anything new at the Comic Con tomorrow, only to find like 10 of my paperbacks missing. I currently own #2, #10, #12, #13, #15, #16 and the Cinderella special. I guess someone borrowed the others, but it's been so long…
I will never know why people like Pinterest, and I don't really care. I just want to ask people to stop uploading my work there; people never ask, never cite credit, never link back and it doesn't generate any traffic for me, much less any extra work. All it does is create content for Pinterest, wh…
I have this friend who works hard on her own business AND commissions. She makes ends meet, but only just. Yesterday her shop was robbed; they stole cash and her laptop, which she needs to make commissions and pay bills. She's insured, but there's a $1000 deductible, which she doesn't have. It woul…
I hadn't expected him to, but I suppose I should have. This is funny to me, in a mind boggling "y u do dis?" sort of way. In 2011 someone contacted me for commissions and after 2 hours of talking, decided to get 4 commissions of his elf character; they totaled €120,-. Shortly after he sent me the d…
We knew she had been eating more, but her stomach was so hard and swollen non-stop we decided to go to the vet and make sure it wasn't pancreatitis, which diabetic cats are vulnerable to. The X-rays showed both her stomach and bowels were full of food, and she's still eating and pooping, so she's t…
No sketches for this one, sorry :P Quick poll if people could spare me the time to answer; do you prefer "human hair" on your anthros, or none at all on animals with no mane? For example I'd draw hair on a lion or horse, but not on a wolf or rat (unless it was for a commission/etc.). Do people pref…
I used the random number generator and it gave me a 6, the 6'th comment belonging to LadyDarkSphynx, congratulations! http://myriadofmagpies.com/uploads/stuff/weasylraffle.png I really appreciate everyone participating, so my thanks to you. It can be tricky getting feedback on your work, but that's…
Shamelessly stolen from Viral_Divinity. I'll raffle off a little bust sketch among people who answer this, just to give some motivation :3 I'll raffle the sketch on Monday. 1 - What motivates you to comment on a submission? 2 - What demotivates you to comment on a submission? 3 - Are you discourage…
Update: I have picked 8 species, though it was hard. There's so many awesome, exotic animals I'd love to draw! I hope I will get the chance in the future, but until then I have picked 8 species to make a mini-portolio with. Thanks for reading and the suggestions :) Original post: If I were to draw…
You know, the whole two weeks :P I'm not on communication hiatus, but I am still incredibly busy. I've finished half of my current IB commissions, which will be the last I take in a while. I'm almost done inking a very complex commission. This Sunday I will open my exposition which will last 'till…
Going to go incommunicado next week to get some art done. Current customers can reach me via e-mail. I've had a lot of non-art obligations and distractions lately and I have a lot to do, so I'm gonna go art-crazy over the next week. I won't make much time for anything else. Just so you know, please…
Some people are using Weasyl as a platform to bitch about what's happening on another site, rather than just using it as an awesome alternative for said site. I'm guessing many of these have not read this site's rules, which, like some other site we could mention, also has a rule against "call-out…
"For those that might be looking for more attention on Weasyl there's currently the #weasylwednesday hastag where you promote your page or the page of an artist/writer/musician/user you really like. Hope it helps." - FayV Hope she doesn't mind me quoting her here, but that's a good looking hashtag.…
So I went to Welcome to Night Vale last night, and it was awesome. But I observed some things.. Judging by conversations I overheard while waiting in line to get into the theater, and by my conversation with an old friend I hadn't seen in a while but who was there with a large group of friends, I t…
[CLOSED] Itty Bitty commissions are closed as per 12-12-14 [CLOSED] By popular request, I am re-opening my €5,- commissions! It's really cheap for nice art and a fast turn around. I'm not sure how long I'll be open for these cheap commissions, so grab one while you can! Sample: https://www.weasyl.c…
Remember this post? https://www.weasyl.com/journal/64920/recently-popular-to-random-art The admins were nice enough to make the tabs "sticky" now. If you click on say, "random art" it will continue to show that tab every time you re-load the index! Unless you change browsers or computers, but then…
I recently did a large traditional charcoal pet portrait for someone and I think it's something I could do more of in the future. That means I'd like to make a few more samples, to which end I need some volunteers; people with pets, current or deceased, who have a few decent photos of their beloved…
Is it possible to set the default on the index back to "random art" instead of "recently popular"? I mean, the recently popular stuff is nice, but it's always the same artists and sort of work. I really enjoy seeing things I missed and being introduced to new artists. I think the "recently popular"…
I'm in a chat place and mention I got my Tigerdile stream to work, yay! Guy goes "Huzzah, how much does a sketch cost?" Except there's almost a 100 people in the chat and he doesn't address me directly, so I go "Who, me?" and I don't hear from him again until later, when he says he has $10. I tell…
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I have a RedBubble account with some designs in it! ¸ , ♥ * ° ¨ ° * ♥ , ¸ http://www.redbubble.com/people/thaily ¸ , ♥ * ° ¨ ° * ♥ , ¸ Despite my inability to let people know, I have sold some things already. I just wanted to say a few things: 1. Thank…
On the previous question, asked a local colleague and he said yes, making my phone number public is weird. Like I mentioned, a gallery would normally act as an intermediary between the artist and the customer. If they don't, they risk missing out on a 30%-60% commission and the taxes thereof, which…
Sorry about the rant, I'm just checking in to see if I'm crazy or not. I mean.. In this aspect, I know I'm crazy in a sort of general way, but, when I was a kid we just had land lines. You know, no mobile phones, just phones in homes. That meant that when you called someone, you were a guest of sor…
Because it looks like a fun meme, sorry! What are your assumptions about me and I'll tell you how close or how way off you are! I'm curious!
I'm so happy! :D I actually found out a while ago; they let you know right after your final exam presentation, mercifully enough. But I've been tying up loose ends and catching up on work and chores I neglected in that tense pre-exam period, so I haven't really gotten around to updating people, to…
Not going to AC? Try some FLASH SALES! A group of artists are offering special deals just for you folks who aren't hitting AC and I'm one of said artists! I'll be offering digital inked commissions at 50% from regular price, only €12,50! I'll be accepting these commissions for the duration of the s…
So sorry for my lack of responsiveness! My internet provider (Tele2, which I have bitched about before because they're incompetent) had misplaced several months worth of payment, so they cut us off for non-payment. They told us they needed 3 work days to sort things out, naturally it is now a week…
My presence been kind of flaky and erratic lately. It's due to do my graduation exams this month and I'm opening my art exhibition tonight! So I've been kind of pre-occupied and just generally climbing the walls. Commissions are closed for the time being. My current customers are the first in line…
First of all, if you're from Lousiana or know people there, we'd still really appreciate any tips people might have on helping a mother and her son move out of an abusive environment. Details here: https://www.weasyl.com/journal/50126/plea-for-help-from-people-in-the-alexandria-la-area Also commiss…
So sorry to have to ask, but it's quite important. Short background: I have a friend whom I've been friends with for over a decade. He's a good guy; kind, generous, considerate, really dedicated to doing work for a cheetah (and other big cat/African predators) charity. He lives in the Netherlands,…
Sorry about all the griping, just had a really shitty weekend =_= After the health issues with my budgie Rana (whom is currently on painkillers and doing okay, but fingers crossed, she's a little skinnier than before) our plans for our exam exhibition fell through, after a month+ of planning =_= I'…
Woke up and got dressed to go do fun stuff, then at the moment we were about to leave I noticed my female budgie Rana was out of her nest box and on a perch. She's been laying eggs and nestling for a while now, to no avail because she's probably too old to lay fertile eggs. I noticed she was lookin…
Taking ONE [1] single character, flat coloured commission for only $20 (instead of €30) but only for the next 12 hours. First come, first serve. You have to be able to pay right away, but you'll have the art within a week.
Instead of having to click on a link to see someone's faves, they're now displayed right under their submissions. Which is something of an unfortunate positioning in my opinion, as it looks like a continuation of the submissions thumbnails. Is there a way to untoggle the visible faves on people's p…
My workload for the next 2 weeks is somewhat lighter than anticipated, so I'm open for some commissions if people want one right away!
I already added it, but I thought it might require a highlight as well. I see people (re-)selling characters and then charging for art they commissioned of the character while they owned it. I guess they're trying to get their money back, or even turn a profit? However, legally, with freelance work…
I'm at a supermarket and a young girl is fussy because her parents didn't buy her something she wanted. She's not having a tantrum, she's just sulking and glaring. The mother and cashier tell her "Pretty girls don't get angry." The girl frowns as she seems to struggle with the concept. They're effe…
I'm just letting you guys know I'm closing commissions for a week or two. I have a couple on my plate now and I don't want the waiting time to run too long, so I'm holding off on taking new work until I've finished a few. I might hold off a while longer still to do a raffle, so keep an eye open for…
You sit down behind your PC in the morning, still half asleep, and are met with a screen full of horse willy. I should shut down Photoshop before I go to bed.
This is a copy of a journal elsewhere, I'm posting it here since there are still people who'll commission without reading a TOS or commission artists who have such nonsense as "no refund" in it. Read or disregard the following at your leisure. How Not To Get Scammed. Maybe, sometimes, possibly. I c…
I'm only taking commissions for this until this Monday. Samples here: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/350560/sketch-sale It's a pretty sweet deal, with regular b/w sketches starting at 15 euro. So if you want one, be sure to nab a slot this weekend! Turn around is usually a week or less, TOS appl…
So, apparently I need to offer an image for it to be included in someone's collection. If I did a commission, trade or gift for you, feel free to let me know if you want it included in your collection. Also if I need to upload it first :P Just leave a comment with a link to the image(s).
What's your real name? Thaily is as real as it gets bby! How tall are you? Around 1.70 What's your natural hair color? Weird, kind of a salt&pepper, ash blond. What's your eye color? Brown, huehue.. What's your orientation? South-East Are you single, taken or undecided? Taken. What do you do in you…
I am truly gratified to see so many people have come over to Weasyl, and that so many people have even +followed me here! I'm considering a kiriban, but ah.. I don't seem to have any statistics on my profile. I sent a note to staff, hopefully they can resolve the issue and I can offer a kiriban dow…
Draw Shen Draw Gethin Aahahaa art so old and shitty! Mind I can't be the only one with really old characters and you love them but you haven't drawn them in a dog's age. I should do it, I should do something nice for myself.
It's really nice to see so many people showing up here! Also so many artists; without all the YCH/streaming/Facebook photo spam I'm finding a lot of neat new artists whose work I hadn't seen before. I'm really loving that.
Spent a good while printing today, then cut more lino to print next time. Walked a long way after to try and find White Rabbit candy for Margaret Cho. We're seeing her in Amsterdam tomorrow, squee! But ugh, so tired right now. My body is ready for the weekend.
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Like so many, this being a fairly new site I guess? Anyway, still finding my way about the site, but hi!
