So I’ve decided to sell my 3DS along with the first set of new spiritual stones as an extra on ebay. Please check out the listing if you are interested.
If you just want the charms, don’t worry, we will have them ready and online soon! www.nappinkraken.com
Tom’s selling his DS :D As a bonus it’s got our first online set of the new Spiritual Stones! (Which we will have in our shiny new shop very, very soon!)
We’ll do the full screenshot set later when it feels less spoiler-y, but for now, THE ANNOUNCEMENT!
EPISODE 51, THE FINAL EPISODE, IS NOW ONLINE!
Fifty-one episodes.
Three intermissions.
1094 pages.
518, 974 words
And 337 screenshots.
Not to mention the countless messages, brainstorming and mutual support which helped us through this epic endeavor over the last almost three years.It’s been awesome! And we love you all for sticking with us through the whole stretch! :D
GUYS WE DID THE THING! WE DID IT!!!
So this is basically the perfect summary of DA’s merchant economy.
point system at work x20
(that’s ok bees, I will draw for u)
HEY DA ARTISTS
Undercharging hurts everyone. Even if you’re only a hobbyist, valuing your time and work is a great thing to do, and it helps customers to value everybody else’s work in return.
The less that artists charge, the less we’re all expected to work for, and it’s a big reason why it’s very hard for most of us to afford to live on what we love to do.
Everyone has the right to price their own work how they see fit but do consider how it affects the market.
I know how much of a problem this is for people that sell drawing commissions, and it’s a problem for me too when it comes to selling plushies. People charge $5 for a plushie that I know took them at least a couple hours.. and then potential buyers get mad at me for attempting to charge a decent amount for the time I spent working on a plushie. Why can’t we all just be fair to ourselves and other artists?
I’ve had the same problem with plushes. My plushes cost anywhere from 200 - 500, and we’re talking about fully poseable, armature inside, sculpted, stop-mo style bodies with custom made clothes and shoes (the entire body is custom made for each character and the heads are made to fit each character too, this is no mass produced pattern following ), embroidery, hand painted details, fur or hair wigs and… yeh i’ve had several people (mostly on DA) actually get -mad- at me when I give them a price quote.
It’s like… look I’m sorry, but I’m not a slave-wage factory pumping these out a dime a dozen. I put a ton of care into my plushes so when people don’t awnt to pay for them, i don’t lower the price, I just tell them maybe they can save up and I take the orders from those who understand the price of a custom made specialty item.
Heh, plush artist here too, on the side. I actually had to separate my plush from my main DA account due to the stress from the insults and ignorance I was getting from people, the amount of crap plush artists have to put up with is ridiculous. I can’t say how many times I’ve gotten notes and comments saying “Wow cool I’ll buy one for $20! Final offer lol” when the plush was a private $200+ commission. I’ve been called a hack, a rip-off artist, and heartless when I won’t make them something for their birthday or do one as a trade for a drawing. And I know many other plush artists go through the same thing constantly. It’s really affected how much I enjoy making them now (although I still love to make them for the awesome friends and really great customers I do have).
News flash: you are not entitled to our work.
Yeaaaah this reminds me of a Real Thing That Happened. So Big Apple Ponycon? I didn’t really saying about it, and I mean it was a huge bust for everyone I knew. Never before have I encountered such rude individuals, many people would come to my table and how how much my plush cost, only to look at me with absolute disgust when I responded with 200-300$. I’d try to explain that I spend a lot of time on each one and that I am simply accounting enough to give myself a livable wage. No one deserves to starve! They would usually just walk away, with no comment, some understood I would hope. Anyway on Sunday, we were told the dealers room was closing early, and so I was a little more open to bargaining, since it’s easier to pack less stuff for home! I had a younger girl who had been eyeing my plush all weekend come up to me, and ask if I had any sales because it was Sunday, “Sure, why not, make me an offer.” She thought for a moment, and then spoke, serious as a heart attack, “Would you do Rainbow Dash AND Derpy as a set for $20?” “REALLY!? $20?? For BOTH” I snapped, my mouth was moving faster than I could process and my usual calm and polite mannerisms went right out the window, “$20! You know I charge ~$280 each don’t you? $20 doesn’t even cover material, not even the shipping on the material! This isn’t some mass produced toy made in Hong Kong, this was made by myself and my partner over many hours, not even completed in a day! We just want to get compensation for our time.” She looked like she was going to cry, she mumbled but didn’t really say anything and left. I honestly feel really bad about snapping like that because she looked younger but someone needs to explain how artists have to eat too. Too many commissioners are unaware of how much work goes into things because they are used to the instant gratification of mass production, and artists too expect themselves to compete with this and charge less and soon artists are fighting each other to charge less and less. Nobody wins, not the artist, not the consumer. Artists won’t have any way to support themselves without a liveable wage and as we turn to working other jobs to make ends meet, consumers will lose out on rad handmade products. Seriously before you price something or gawk at a price consider how much time went into it. Don’t work for peanuts dudes. You hurt everyone.^ All of these points are important and worth reading.
A bunch of very good points here! Artists, never feel like you have to undercharge yourself. It’s very, very tempting to do so- I myself have been guilty of it-, but you really have to stick to your guns about it. Art is a luxury; there shouldn’t be this culture of undercharging and emphasis on speed and quantity, as art in of itself should be a product of expression and judged by quality. And most importantly, if you undercut yourself, your commissioners will treat you as such. If you think you are cheap and not worth much, attitudes towards you unfortunately follow.
I feel for you, fellow artists. Do your part to price yourself so it’s worth it! Encourage others to do the same! And if you’re commissioning, understand that art is a trade and people put their hearts and souls into every piece, and that you pay someone an amount worthy of their time and creativity. :)
So uh, I bought two Robb Stark vinyl Pop! figures at AN (along with the rest of series 2 but damnit I forgot I didn’t have Khal Drogo!)
I’ve had plans for that second one for a while.
Now the con’s over I have a bit of guiltless crafting time >__> Been too long since I modded anything, and I haven’t done a Pop! figure before. Really looking forward to this!
So I’m kind of in mad love with that CCS dress because it’s my favourite flower in dress form. And I want to cosplay it >_>
Except when done accurately to the ref, it’s extremely unflattering… (I’ve seen cosplays, on girls who would look good in anything else.)
But tweak that think to have Madoka’s super-fluffy cupcake skirt? ADORABLE. Ugh I want to make it so badly.
If I ever feel the need to make a contract, I want this to be my outfit >3> I don’t care if it’s from CCS, I’m under the impression that we get to pick (since Madoka was doodling her own).
Ahh I dunno?;;; xD; Make pattern, cut, sew? It’s not a thing that can be explained easily/quickly (for me at least). You can find tons of beginner tutorials on DeviantART with a quick search, that can explain it tons better than I can!
I DID THE THING.
WELLP. There I go forsaking Anime North Crafter’s Corner prep to act on my maddening impulse to plush this guy. Goats are my favourite animal so I was beyond thrilled that they FINALLY made a goat Pokemon! *o*
I’ll admit I was partly aiming for world first with this plush. I think I got it? At least according to deviantART. I’m not discounting other websites and I won’t be crushed if someone on another site beat me I’m just happy to have this guy
HE IS NOT FOR SALE!! He’s part of my goat collection now, and is actually the first goat I made myself xD
Made of Minky fabric with embroidered eyes. Has some decorative sand in his hooves and is stuffed with polyfill.
This is like the artist’s version of when people tell girls “if you don’t want to get raped don’t walk down the street in a short skirt” basically
Digimon Reboot Episode 29 - Wilted Rose
“Where has it gotten me, fighting every step of the way?”Okay. SO LET ME TELL YOU MY FEELINGS ABOUT ROSE..
I FUCKING LOVE HER.
She has turned around from being a character that was manic and a bit crazy, and then you actually get to see how damaged she is.
I adore the background we gave to the Divine family and the twins. It shows how people adapt differently to nature/nuture and… yeah.
Rose is one of the most, if not THE MOST, interesting character in Reboot for me. She craves the attention and approval of her peers more than anything and has been desiring that all her life. She has wanted the love and affection from her mother because she could never receive it from their father after he died.
She would do anything and everything to make Bella happy, to at the expense of her own sanity and probably her own life. Giving herself over to Mukademon’s influence without even realising it and becoming this entity of anger.
Honestly, writing the setting where she is basically a living, walking zombie was really interesting for me. And difficult at the same time. I had to use my own experiences of feeling that way when I’ve had my worst depressive episodes. Where I have literally laid in bed for a few days at a time and not got up except to use the bathroom. Where I’ve not wanted to sleep, not wanted to move, not wanted to do anything.
Hatimon here turns into the parent that Rose should have had all along. Trying to help and talk to her as best she can. But ultimately she has to go to Hunter, who still shows how much his sister means to him.
I love, love, LOVE the twins relatinship and how that has changed through the series too. How you SEE Rose and Hunter’s relationship soften towards one another as they realise they have only one another to rely on. One another and these new friends they are making and slowly gaining the trust of.
I had no idea when we created these twins they would eventually be so pivitol to the story and so important to me. I love these guys, and this whole fictional family. I think if they were real, they would be fascinating
If you guys ever want extra insight into each of the Reboot episodes, y’all should definitely be following Bek!
Digimon Reboot Episode 21 - Thunderstruck
“I’ve tried. And I know its selfish of me to be frightened of him when he’s probably more frightened of himself. But I just… I can’t let this one go.”Probably one of my personal favorite episodes of Reboot.
I really enjoy how I wrote it. The conflict and unrest between Eva and Irbimon was a very interesting piece to right because they weren’t arguing, it was just a communication break down.
The resolution too, of Eva and Irbimon where she accepted that he might evolve into SkullSkadimon every time was nice to write too.
Overall, I really enjoyed this episode. Writing it and reading the finished product. :]
Pretty sure I cried after reading Bek’s awesome writing. I keep toying with the idea of doing a quick animation test of the end of the first scene, but considering how (not) on top of things I am, and the fact that I just don’t like animation as much as I thought I did…. yeah.
Fun fact: I wanted to call this episode “Welcome Back Winter”, from a lyric in Irbimon’s theme song, but we figured it would give away what happens.
