Commission Mission Statement

Still slowly pushing late and some incredibly late commissions forward. Images show where the WIP stuff stands right now.

I was hoping to have the last batch wrapped up by the end of summer and the mess that was July helped put the kibosh on my schedule. And now I've been dealing with some bad physical issues, because my shoulder is freezing up and my arm is pretty screwed up. Worse than usual. I'm blowing my arm and hand out just typing a while, so writing and drawing has been tough. I can't hand write script notes for Beasts of Burden because I have trouble holding the pen properly after about five to ten minutes. It isn't anywhere near as bad when I draw, but I have to take more breaks and sometimes do something else for an hour or two. Or three. I'm using Salonpas regularly, taking Ibuprofin, stretching and resting, icing and wearing my wrist brace.  I'm also using a shoulder strap thingie that holds an icepack in place there. I'm not going to the doctor because all they're going to do is what they did before, which was tell me to rest it and they don't know if there's a specific problem other than how I work. I should try to work differently and lessen the details, but that's going to be something I'll have to work at. I like the details! 

Anyway, I appreciate everyone who's bared with me for such a long time. I am trying to get these here done and then I think I still have four or five left to go before I'm done with the old list. I haven't been taking on any new commissions, which has not been good for me, but it is what it is. I'll have to adjust how I handle commissions from here on in, regarding how much detail and effort I put in. I have to try to simplify and not accept commissions I know are hard for me and my weird brain. Page reproductions are a lot of work, all the lettering I do is tough on my wrist,
animals and likenesses are tough for me, I've had a lot of trouble with this ever-ongoing Fugazi piece, that and the M&C with the polar bear and panda piece have stymied me the most and I feel lousy about the length of time it's taking me to walk them towards the bullseye. It's never the fault of the customer, I agree to the commissions, and I add the extra touches, and I get all frazzled and change stuff and rework stuff a lot. I just want everyone to enjoy their commission and then I ache them and they take months longer, if not years. I'm sorry. I am trying to make good on everything. I hope this ongoing saga is over soon and everyone will be pleased with the results.