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Hello all!


I just thought I'd post a journal and make some things clear since I've received a lot of messages about this lately.


I am no longer taking commissions. I work in a highly regulated industry where I am actually not permitted to do work outside of my job unless I have preapproval from our compliance department. I'm not interested in the money anyway--I much prefer to do art for fun.


I primarily do art for the members of Incandescence (http://incandescencex.com/). If you are not a member of Incandescence, please send me a private message. If I have time, I might be able to make you a gift--but no promises.


A few conditions:


1. Since I am not charging for my services, I ask that if you receive a gift from me to make a donation to your local animal shelter for what you would have been willing to pay for it, if you are financially able. It is always nice to be able to pay a kindness forward, hm?


2. My manipulations will include a small "yahtzee" signature in the background. It will be subtle. Please do not remove this.


3. You must credit me where appropriate when you use the manipulation outside of Deviant Art with a link to either my profile or my publication of the image itself. For example, if you are creating an HTML roleplaying table, please credit me at the bottom of the table; if you are using the art as a banner, please credit me at the bottom of the site. I think this is only fair.


To ensure that you have fully read this, please write "Boba Tea" as the subject line of the message you send to me. If the message is not titled appropriately, I will likely ignore your request.


Thanks! Happy arts!

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Hello all,

I won't be taking wolf commissions anymore. They're tiring, don't pay particularly well, and honestly, they take the fun out of art for me. I do wolf manipulations because I enjoy it -- I like keeping my Photoshop skills sharp and while I don't roleplay wolves anymore, I still like keeping up with the latest wolf art trends. Besides, constantly being on the lookout for stock photos that allow unlimited commercial purposes is exhausting. I'm over it. :P

Instead, I'll be taking requests and making gifts. If you are interested, feel free to shoot me a note (but PLEASE -- READ THIS ENTIRE JOURNAL ENTRY. There is important and relevant information down below). You'll probably want to include a profile of your wolf character -- I like seeing links and references. Include anything else that might be good for me to know.

Now, although I'm opening up requests to the public, I want to make a few points very clear. These are my conditions:


  1. I work full-time by day and study in an accelerated CFP program by night. Between our busy schedules, my fiance and I treasure what little time we have together. I also have a dog, whom I love and spoil. <3 These requests will be done on my timeline and by my availability. This may mean that your request won't be looked at in weeks, maybe even months. I guarantee nothing.
  2. I reserve the right to reject any request for any reason, even if it's as petty as "I hate white wolves. White wolves are annoying to manipulate." (The above statement isn't true for me, but I was providing a petty example, so don't let your white wolf deter you from sending in a request.) Basically, if I don't want to fulfill your request, I have the right to turn it down.
  3. Gifts are final. I'll do my best to make any additional edits, if you're not satisfied, but I reserve the right to draw the line.
  4. Requests should be reasonable. This means following the rules of common courtesy and decency. Flex your pleases and thank yous. Send me only one of your characters at a time, so you don't clog up others' opportunities for a gift manipulation. Don't abuse my time and efforts.
  5. You can use my art outside of Deviantart. Nothing commercial, please. You are free to crop the image and make tables, banners, avatars, etc. I do firmly insist that you CREDIT me (Penguiduck or Yahtzee) and link to my DA account anywhere you do use it -- ultimately, it's still my art. No, I won't be stalking your usage of my images; no, I won't hunt you down if you don't credit me in your table. Please just do the courteous thing and abide by my credit wishes. As a community, I do ask that you help protect my art from thieves. Also, the credit will lead other roleplayers to me who may want to make a request. Free art for everyone! (If you need help with adding credits to a forum table, please let me know, and I can assist you.)
  6. All stocks I use are free to use on DA because their providers and artists are wonderful and allow for that, though they might have other off-site requirements.  Along with my final product, you must also credit the creators of any stocks and backgrounds I may use in your manipulation should they require it off of DA.  I list them in the notes of the manipulation itself, so you should have no trouble finding them.  Please do your due diligence and check their stock usage requirements.  I will mostly be using stock from Dawnthieves, and the photographers do allow use anywhere.
  7. Like I said, these are not commissions. These are gifts. I make no money from creating these wolf manipulations. If you are able and willing, however, and you think that you would have paid for my art anyway, please consider making a donation to a charitable cause in the amount that you were willing to pay. Any charitable cause. Go fund the rescue of puppies or conservation of forests, the curing of aids or the feeding of the homeless. I believe that the greatest gift in life is the ability to give.


After reading the above and if you are still interested, send me a note with the following in the subject line: "I've read and understand your request conditions." Type your pertinent request information in the body of the note, and send it on off! If the subject line is not appropriately titled, I will not respond to your request. Assuming everything is good to go, I will acknowledge your request within a few days or so, just to make you aware.

Questions? Feel free to ask!

--Penguiduck   
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Hello, all!

I shall be starting up commissions.

As you probably already know, my main focus is on realistic-ish wolves, but I would be happy to give any animal a try.

For now, I will charge a flat rate of $8 per manipulation (unless it gets super complicated with multiple characters and fantasy elements) and will only be accepting payment through Paypal.  

There is no commitment.  You will not pay until I have completed the manipulation to your 100% satisfaction.  I will keep you updated along the way, and my turnaround time should be relatively quick, especially if you give me a deadline.  

I can also code simple tables for those who enjoy roleplaying.  +$1 if you would like me to do this.

Send me a note if you're interested.

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I will also have a referral program.  If you refer someone to me, and they make a purchase, I will give you $2 off your next commission.  :)

I'm excited about this, and I hope you are, too!

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Commissions will be closed until I feel like picking them up again.  I do love doing them, but they can be exhausting, and ultimately, I think I just like doing wolves that I fancy.  :'D  If you're dying to give me a request, however, shoot me a message.  We might be able to work something out, if your request interests me.
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Bleeeeeh...

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I'm feeling extraordinarily bitter today so I'm naturally going to rant here.  Ranting, I've been doing that a lot lately.  You know how you always think that you're going to have all this homework right when you get into high school?  Well, that's untrue.  I got less homework freshman year than in 8th grade, which is kinda sad now that I think about it, 'cause practically all of my classes were honors.  Anyway, every year after that, I was told that the next year was going to be the most difficult one of high school.  >.>;  Funny how they just keep getting harder.  Or maybe it's because I'm being more of a slacker. I really don't know.  I think I have Senioritis already... wait, no.  I've had that since I was a Freshman.  Senior year hasn't been very fun, despite what others have told me.  The only thing I've experienced is stress.  Lots and lots of it, it seems.  ._.

I knew AP chemistry was going to be difficult but not /this/ difficult.  Come on now-- I stayed up till two in the morning studying for the chemistry test and I think I did horribly on it.  -.-;  There's something wrong with that.  Seriously.  No one seems to do as badly as I do in chem and I'm not entirely sure why.  I scraped A's in both semesters last year during honors chemistry but this is a lot harder.  The highest I've gotten on a quiz/test so far is an 80% which is horrible.  <.<;  I don't want a C in chemistry this year; it's gonna screw up my scholarship opportunities!  I'm going to be ecstatic with a B, even though I wanted an A.  ._.  I feel like I'm failing all my classes, though the only one I'm really doing badly in is AP chemistry.  (A B or a C, I've been to scared to calculate it.) >.>  I have an A everywhere else, I've discovered just today.  It doesn't make me feel any better, surprisingly enough but whatever.

Mom's convinced that I'm not careful enough and that's why I'm doing badly.  Fine, so I'll admit that I'm /not/ careful on my tests and quizzes which really ticks me off, especially when I make stupid mistakes.  >.<  Like on our last-last math quiz, I could've gotten 100% though I got a D because I was being stupid.  >.>;  Granted, most of the honors students made the same mistakes, I felt horrible for it.  Mom always lectures me when I do that... it's not that I don't agree with her but I feel bad enough already!  Does she really need to bite my head off every single time I do something stupid?  ...I guess so.  <.<  *chews tongue*

So another thing that ticked me off today!  My orchestra teacher... sucks.  I don't like insulting people and I'd never do it without reason but he /really/ sucks.  1) He's not even an orchestra teacher; he's a band teacher and even as a band teacher, he's not all that great.  2) He's got male PMS half the time.  ...more than half the time, actually, more like /all/ the time.  3) He's got no manners whatsoever and is extraordinary intolerant of others.  Let's call him Bob, since I seem to call everything Bob.  Well, Bob has made two good friends cry in the past two weeks and I'm so sick of it.  One of my friends is head drum major and for the most minute of reasons, he always puts her down and makes her feel that she's not doing her job, when he's just intolerant and lazy himself.  The other friend was simply tuning her instrument and he kept on telling her that she really ought to know her instrument better and how we were in an "advanced" group and she shouldn't be playing like "crap."  I was seriously offended by that.  He can't even frigg'n /play/ a stringed instrument!  How is he supposed to expect us to play well if he can't play any better?  I wanted to just slap him in the face and tell him to f*ck off.

Few people I know actually like him-- most of those who do are jerks themselves.  I know that my friends don't appreciate him and half the time, we're plotting against him once we graduate.  Funnily enough, he's got this fear of girls and their "feminine issues" so I really want to dip a tampon in red food coloring and wave it in front of his face.  ...of course, this would be after I get my report card and have been accepted to some college.  >.>;  Bob's just such a jerk and I want to claw his eyes out.  -.-  Just today I found out that the music in The Last Samurai (which the marching band is doing) is an entirely orchestral piece.  Naturally, since he favors his precious bands so much more, he gives them a good /orchestral/ piece that he doesn't even bother presenting to my group!  (Yes, I was hoping to play it.)  What kind of a teacher does that?!?  It's so messed up.  >.<

What I really want right now is a B in Chemistry and a certain someone to go dig a ditch and lay in it.  Although I'm kinda peeved right now, I'll admit that ranting makes me feel a lot better.  I'll give you a cookie if you got all the way down here.  :O You'll notice that I only add journals when I'm upset.  It's just one of those things. :P
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