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Step 3.C] RE: Holiday Sale. If I haven't replied yet to your commission request or comment that does not mean I'm not doing. Quite the opposite actually, it took more time to write up the "No, I can't take on your work load and here's why" e-mails than I'd thought. You'll be hearing from me soon.
Just sort of wanted to clear up a thing that happens to be biting me on the ass lately. ( Read more )
Thank you kuchisake_onna for making such a lovely specimen with which to poke at.

Step 2.C] RE: 2008 Conventions. Every comment, e-mail and response was noted and it cleared up my head in a big way. I can't express my thanks enough, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, no really. Because now I can move onto bigger things.

Like the long awaited...

Step 4. I've been offered a show in LA. I'm to understand it's an infamous Comic Shop that hosts art shows for local artists year-round. A friend, whose cousin owns it, threw my name into the hat and I said yes. [My exact words were "oh, maybe. I don't know, uh, I can't think of--well, I'd like to but I don't have anything--can I get back to you-won't take no for an answer will you?"] There is a bit of contract signing and schedule okay-ing but I'm aiming for spring [preferably April] which gives me from now till then to put together something resembling productivity, creativity and sense. That's good, yeah? :D

As soon as I get confirmation from them I'll have things, like Dates, Times and Location but I'm playing it fairly close to the chest until then.

One major difficulty is wrapping my brain around setting up a gallery when I'm on the other side of the continent. But I'm a big picture girl, the rest will sort itself out...or I'll make an ass of myself, which I'm pretty fine with as well. This is pretty much why I solicited help from a faery, that and handholding.

If by some miracle this manages to work out the show will be dragged then to London, possibly August. And honestly, wherever else I wrangle an invite and a couch to sleep on.

Actually, I think the more difficult part is deciding what to put in it. I'm good with organizing galleries, mounting and transporting things, insurance and reassurances, but I've never been the artist victim in the hot-seat before. Heheh, oooh nerves, they're all tingly just thinking.

This leads to Step 5., no, not the tingling.

3] Having a Holiday Art-Sale! What with the free time and lack of funds it seems like a logical step, yeah? ( bit of a brain spasm, feel free to skip this bit )

So...Officially, I am open for commissions. Preferably busts or chibi's, holiday or fandom themed, etc. OC's are difficult without enough time or background information and anything as detailed as a full character design would just have me weeping anyway. Prices are from as little as $10 - $50, based on complexity and timeliness [meaning if you need it in a week, to be shipped to Asia for someone's birthday and/or to arrive the day before Christmas, expect to be charged a bit more for shipping, packaging and stress manual labor.] I'd rather a lot of little commissions than two huge million dollar ones that will crush my spirit.

Make sense? If you have question or requests, e-mail me. bhanesidhe @ ohshush . com

Now, if you'd like help and art doesn't appeal to you, you could always just donate for the sake of kindness. I'm not above charity [seriously, I haven't gotten a pay check since May] or you can pimp me out how you like. 'How you like' I mean Art-Wise and by 'pimp' I mean promote, I specify because I don't feel like explaining myself to family when they inevitably get wind of this.

(Basic Pricelist is here - http://ohshush.com/bhanesidhe/commission.html - for anyone needing something structured to wrap their brain around. Or, skip through the "sale" tag to familiarize yourself with the options & process, but there isn't any time limit on this sale, which sounds open ended but actually mean I'll pull the plug on a whim.)

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This step was supposed to be Step 4, but since a phone call in the morning will decide the fate of the original Step 3, everything needs to be shuffled around a bit. So, revamped Step 4 first thing in the morning . . . erm, West Coast time ^^;

To put it quite simply, I need monies now for a flight to the UK that I can afford in two weeks, which would have been two weeks too late for the flight I need to catch. Its one of those really cruddy times of the month where you're waiting for checks to clear, while still paying bills, and even putting a subway-ride on your card is likely get you overdrawn [which it totally did =_=].

Back In November, just before the holidays, my friends-list was kind enough to help me through on a pinch and get some cheap, affordable but totally decent works out of it. (  See? )

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It is a good cause, I assure you. It'll give me the first proper vacation I've had in three years, even if it's still a working vacation. More importantly, it'll get me off my sister's couch. It'll also keep me in food stuffs for the duration of AnimeBoston, a night in Paris and AnimeNext.

It's a crazy/busy reckless period in the 'life of Val' dear friends, and while I'd love to catch you up, I'd much rather move onto the positive and productive side of thing then waffle about the pits.

If you don't wants stuffs but care to donate to the cause, I will happily accept on account of being in desperate need of getting control of my life. And if you know someone who might be interested, point them this way. I'll be nice, I swear. Well, as nice as my pain-pills will let me, which is plenty-enough.

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Same rules apply. Paypal Only. $5 mini-prints. $7 full-page prints. $10-$15 Pen/Pencil, Rough-Sketches, some markers, some details but I get to say what, not yous. Any fandom or OC keeping in account you provide source images if I'm clueless. Except for some very few extenuating circumstances, they get done in the order they are received. If you want it shipped, tack $5 more. Yes, I'll chibi. No, I won't porn, background, or cg on account of not much time, homework and project stuff. The goal is $350-400. So that's either 40 Slots - $10sketches, or 25 Slots - $15sketches, give or take. The window for getting an open slot is much smaller than last time around, this sale will last till Thursday, May 25 only. After that, I'll be on the road and it would have been too late.

Thanks for reading, considering, kind words, warm thoughts and all that good stuff my wonderful friend-list provides me with every single friggen day, most especially when they don't know it and I need it most.