Commission Update 2023 Outlook

Afternoon everyone! Here's an update as I'm getting through the last of my queue and heading towards opening this upcoming month.

Before I talk art, the discord server will continue to be an exclusive benefit! Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts about it! I'm very grateful that y'all like my server so much! I'll be working on some more Arador Branded stuff for the such as emotes, banners, stickers, etc... for the server and my galleries. They are much needed now that I've been full time for a while. So look forward to that!  

Commission wise, I've got two things:  

First, my "Basic" and "Refined" styles have been blending together over the course of this year, which is a good and bad thing. On the plus side, My art has been coming out better and more consistent! On the downside, the Basic commissions have been taking me more time to complete without the proper compensation that I would normally charge with the refined. Rather than lowering the quality of my work, the best solution for me would be to keep the Basic level an actual sketch, ie: not line and clean it up to the degree of the refined pieces. This will not only up the speed at which I can take those commissions, but will help distinguish between my tiers of art work. Also many of you have liked my other personal draws that have been messy sketches I ended up coloring so I honestly think they'll look even better!

Secondly: I'd like to move from my current "whenever I finish my current queue" openings to one that is more predictable. I get asked at least 3-4 times a week by non patrons if and when I open, so this can help everyone to know when I am taking commissions. I haven't solidified a schedule yet, but it'll look something like opening 4, maybe 5 times a year and in slightly larger batches. Patrons will still have a short period ahead of the opening to get on the queue first and Intern Tier will still have access to my exclusive queue at any time ;3 I'm hoping this will work out in several ways, as seasonal themes and memes can be better planned around much better.  

 As always feel free to gimme a poke or leave comments! And thank you all again from the bottom of my heart! <333