Commission Updates – November – Part 1

Good morning everyone!
Before diving in: This is partly rehashed information which I posted on my Discord server, Ash Something’s Art Lovers, at the end of last month. In the last week, new info has happened, but not really enough for a full update.

If you follow this invite link, you’ll be taken to the discord.
I’ve been trying to make that my base of operations, and form a community there for awhile now, and it’s where I post the most consistend and detailed updates about everything aside from completed art as I finish it.

Now, I do apologize that this will come off kind of like a statistics breakdown, but it’s kind of just how I process my commission queue.
After my Backlog from 2023 was handled, I’ve been fumbling a bit with how best to give people this information, and keep people updated and apprised as I work, because the end of that backlog was also the end of me using Photoshop which makes my prior commission list graphic obsolete and way harder to use; But I’m also very aware that communicating to my clients how things are moving is really my biggest pitfall when it comes to this work. The reality is, until your name comes up on my list, I can’t really think about your project all that deeply (I’m ADHD. It’s a mix of object permanence and executive dysfunction where I just have to focus on whatever’s current or it won’t get done) until YOUR piece is the current project.

This sometimes leaves gaps that are around a month or longer where you may not recieve a single update, because the reality is if you commission me and are number 20 on my list, those other 19 projects are taking ALL of my energy and attention until I get to you; And recently I’ve also had to add quite a few projects to my list that are either post-pay contracts with tight deadlines, or are rush delivery projects also with tight deadlines, which has started to make my turnaround time fluctuate a bit.

It’s not increasing wait times to the point that they were when I was working through my 2023 backlog, so no one should be expecting currently to be waiting 6+ months like you woul d have been at the start of this year, but I AM averaging around 2-3 months currently; This is longer than I would like, but there’s only so much I can do about it, and I appreciate everyone’s patience regarding this!

Commission Queue Detailed Update for November

And here is the meat of this update; I apologize for the longwinded block of context before getting here!

October 1 Commmission Queue:
27 Projects
October 1 Existing commission Types:
26x Standard Commissions, 1x Postpay Contract (with 24 Images)
New Commissions ordered in October:
2 Projects
Commission Types:
1x Standard Commission, 1x Postpay Contract with 4 Images
Commissions Completed in October:
8 Projects; Sketch phase of 1/2 of the 24 image project.

Additional updates as of November 7:
November 1 Commission Queue:
21 Projects
Existing commission Types:
19x Standard Commissions, 2x Postpay Contract (with 24 Images and 4 images respectively)
Commissions completed in November as of 11/7:
2 Projects
Current Commission Queue:
19 Projects waiting; 17 Standard, 2 Post-pay contracts.
No rush delivery projects.

Tentative projects planned for completion in November:
This also doubles as a notification that your number is coming up soon. This is not a guarantee that these projects will ALL be completed in November, just what I am attempting to complete:
Don Eccles/FGG Games – Contract Project ft 4 images (Due Date on November 24)
Unicycle Girl Nyx – Single Illustration; No Deadline
Dire Angel – Single Illustration; No Deadline
TheRedDeadHood – Comic Page/Illustration; No Deadline
Elle Rose – Single Illustration; No Deadline
Sunshine the Clown – Single Illustration; No Deadline
Alyssa Greatbanks – First of 2 single Illustrations; No Deadline
Alyssa Greatbanks – Second of 2 single Illustrations; No Deadline
Mercy Fae – Single Illustration; No Deadline
Skylar Gateman – Single Illustration; No Deadline

*These names are listed in first-come order, aside from Contract projects, which have tight deadlines. If you do not see your name on the list above, it’s not because I have forgotten you, it’s just because you are not within the upcoming 10 projects on my list!*
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Going forward, I plan to release a monthly update like this, although hopefully a bit less messy and more user friendly, to keep everyone aprised of where they stand in my current workload.
Once again, I appreciate your patience as well as your continued support.

I do not use AI in my art, and I take massive care to make sure that each artwork I do is exactly what you wanted. I don’t cut corners, and I devote myself to your art once it comes time for your piece.
This level of care and attention takes a lot of time and energy, and I appreciate those of you who understand that!

Anyway, that is all for today.
I’ll close up by leaving you with all of the commissions I finished this past 5 weeks since the start of October!

As well as a quick BTS look at the 12 initial sketches for the 24-piece Lokean Rune Card project I’m working on for The Three Little Sisters.
These are still rough sketches and a lot will change with these images from here, but this accounts for around 5 full days of work over the last month