Okay, so I owe several people art, and a handful of people writing. Don’t worry, I still intend to follow through, but I need your help to make sure that I’m organized since I lost my original commission sheet when my laptop was stolen a year and a half ago.
“A year and a half ago?” you might ask. “But it’s been so long, and you’ve owed me for longer than that!” True! Some of you have even been waiting for ten years (from the donation drive) for me to draw you the things I’ve promised, and that’s terrible. A lot has happened in that time, and it all boils down to one thing: depression. Legit, professionally diagnosed, chronic depression + anxiety + ADHD + insomnia. Cool, right?
But excuses, excuses… I want to get these done, I want everyone to be happy, and I want to show that I am so grateful for all of the patience and understanding you guys have shown. BUT I’m moving soon and I have a full-time job, so it’s still going to take a while. What I am going to do, then, is this:
As of now, officially, I am no longer taking on any new commissions for the foreseeable future, with the exception of:
- On-site at conventions
- Livestream events
- Professional work (at my full contract rate)
All artwork, with the exception of those events + professional work, will now strictly be personal projects, including merchandising through things like redbubble. Commissions are just too much pressure when I don’t have the budgeted time for it, and I can be much more productive working on other things. I don’t want to charge enough for custom work/personal commissions to make financial sense, so I am saving them for events. They’re fun to do, I just can’t handle it on top of everything else outside of very limited runs.
Yes, that means that Clingy Badges will still be a thing, but right now I don’t even have any cons lined up, so it’ll be a while. And when I do them next, they will be much better, because part of this downtime is devoted to developing better products. (This also means that I have a crapload of prints that I need to find homes for… ugh…)
Anyway, back to the matter at hand: Do I owe you art/whatever? Let’s talk and make sure that we’re on the same page. Please help me get back on track by sending an email to work@gabapple.com with the following information:
- Your name/username
- Your email address
- Date you commissioned me (estimated is fine, it’ll just help me find the original records)
- What I owe you (or what you want if you’ve changed your mind)
I will construct a new spreadsheet via google docs and have 4 projects on deck at a time, utilizing Harvest to manage my time.
And of course, if you would prefer a refund, I completely understand… it just might take me a bit to get it to you.
SO. That’s pretty much it. This post has been a very long-time coming. Thank you for reading, I appreciate all of your patience and understanding. <3
