Let's get the unpleasantness out of the way:

I've realised that I have a few old, old requests way back in my journal:
~some of the people have left deviantart, and others have long since stopped caring about the characters, so starting back on them would just make no sense.

_{I must say, I was put off drawing requests when one requester was... unsatisfied (the picture in question had an effect that is nearly impossible traditionally, and very difficult to get looking right in Photoshop. I tried my best to get it looking right, but they thought I hadn't even tried to do it...)
They also wanted another request, but every time I tried to finish it (I had most of the characters' lineart done) I just got really depressed.
And then when I tried to do another request for someone else, I'd just get depressed again - because I felt like they were just going to complain that it wasn't right or something.}

I also haven't been keeping track very well, as a lot of what the requests were meant to be have disappeared... (someone gave me a list of character traits in a note, and then I couldn't find the note...) Aggh! Stress!
Others misunderstand when I decline the request, and get angry when no results come. Confusion!

It seems the only way to get results is to constantly harass me until I draw some crap to get you to leave me alone...

I don't want to start charging for commissions, as that is more stress - even IRL where I can see the person face-to-face, because I'm terrible at chasing after people for money. (It's not that I don't remember, I just hate constantly having to badger someone to keep a promise, and them getting annoyed, even though they clearly have no intention keeping their side of the bargain).

What I'd like to reinforce is that a lot of the stuff I post is actually something I've been trying and retrying on-and-off for months, possibly a year or more!I'm taking more and more time to develop a concept before putting it on DA - maybe I'm becoming more self-critical, or just have become better at filtering out the crap!
But because it's just for me, I don't feel guilty when I don't see results for say, 18 months...
but I understand that I can't do that to other people!

The stuff I post on DA is mostly 'chill-out' stuff, ie: I do it in my spare moments to relax.
What fun is it if I've got the extra stress of other people's expectations on my shoulders? (That's what college is for).


In brief: NO, I am not taking requests now.
Stop asking, random people I've never come across before!
_{Has that ever happened to you? Random DA users asking you for free stuff? Then disappearing?}
I am actually sorry if you were on my old list and were still waiting for something, even moreso if the request disappeared on me, and so was lost to history...


_{I would still like to try some of those wacky vampires though, but I'm not sure if sekele still needs them, or even asked me to do them in the first place...} You see what happens?

I'm not even going to ask if you had a request waiting, as I did that before and just got a ton of NEW requests.

Ahh, I feel lighter now.

Wanted to start the new year without that monkey on my back!


In other news, the snow is making everyone crazy - my college thinks it's okay to tell us if it's open on Monday at 7am that morning... m'yeah. That's going to work for people who need to get the bus up to Dublin today! Even though I'll still be at home at 7am (I leave at half-past 7) it seems a silly time to tell people, as we still have to get up early and also check which buses are still running!



Oh well, I'm just worried people are going to try getting there via the near-fatal road network, since the country has run out of road grit, and we don't have snowploughs in our country...

Stay safe, kids!

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