vinisgone's Bulletins
Hi there! I wanted to give a quick update mostly for those I owe art to just explaining my situation, I figure it’d be a bit easier than dming a load of people ^^’
First off I want to apologise to anyone who’s been waiting on trades/commissions for much longer than I intended, it’s something I’m pretty upset at myself about, but I want to promise I intend to get though all of my backlog as soon as possible. That said for those that wish to be refunded or cancel their trades for whatever reason, I completely understand and I’ll do my best to fulfil those refunds if you wish, just dm me here and we can discuss it. I never meant for this to happen, I take a lot of pride in my work and making sure people have a good experience working with me, unfortunately the past few months have really Not Been Great.
Long Explanation:
I took on far too much work, way more than I realised I could handle, this was mostly because I was really desperate for money, I am/was a full time uni student living away from home and was supposed to receive funding for my education and housing for the year from the government, but I got kinda screwed over. I wasn’t notified that my enrolment hadn’t gone through properly, and that my loan application had been withdrawn (the last I was told is that it had been accepted and I was just awaiting payments), this meant I was unable to pay my tuition fee, my rent, and anything else I needed for myself. I didn’t have a job since I had just moved back to this city, so I had very little going for me. I scrambled to find a job (still looking lmao it’s hell out here) and get my loan sorted out, but I was told that I didn’t have the correct documents to be able to reapply. This was all, really just incredibly stressful for me, I was terrified of not being able to pay rent and going into debt with my tuition, so in the meantime looking for a job I tried to take on as many commissions as I could to help myself out, as well as making adopts and such. I overloaded myself, I thought I could handle it but the workload i slowly piled on myself coupled with the stress from everything else going on just got too much for me. I’m not gonna go on about my own physical/mental health and really personal issues but all that hasn’t really helped either.
Eventually I realised I just wouldn’t be able to continue my education, it’s something I’m still really upset about but I’m trying to see the silver lining with things, and honestly making peace with it and my fears around it has really helped my mental health. Though I still had to find a full time job Fast to pay my rent (I can’t just leave I’m locked into a fixed tenancy until mid next year), which has been taking up a lot of my time and mental space. Until YESTERDAY AT LIKE 2AM I suddenly got paid my loan increment, I still have no idea exactly what’s happened since I didn’t reapply for anything and was told I COULDN’T so I’m working that out, but I think when I get re-enrolled to my uni the application just got reprocessed anyway?? All that I know is that I don’t have to worry about being in immediate tuition debt anymore, and I don’t have to keep taking out short loans to pay rent!!! Yippee!
TLDR:
HUGE financial weight off my back and now I can actually start dragging myself out of the rot I’ve been in, I don’t have to worry about if I’m gonna be able to eat this week anymore 👍 Still not going back to uni they fucked me over one too many times lmao
All this to say I’m gonna be working every day I am free (until I find work that is pretty much Every Day) on getting through my art backlog, the reason I explained all that isn’t to garner any sympathy or anything but moreso just to explain the situation I’ve been in, it’s been a nightmare, it took a huge hit to my mental and physical well-being, but now I can focus on getting better. Again, if anyone does wish to cancel anything please just dm me I completely understand, but even if I do issue refunds, I’d honestly still like to complete the work I promised, I don’t think it’s fair to have promised something for so long and not deliver it now I feel able to.
Once I’ve got through everything I’m excited to keep making more designs for you all ^^ I’m gonna be running some giveaways/raffles to celebrate 300 followers when I can, thank you so much for the support!!! The patience, generosity and kind words I’ve received over the past months has meant more to me than you know, it’s hard to keep your head up when your entire life plan gets thrown out the window but you all have made it a little easier :)
please dm me or comment if you have any questions at all <3
Hello! Making a quick bulletin I'll probably add to and edit later just to ask for feedback! Specifically for things like adopts since I enjoy making them a lot and they're a small source of income for me ^^
Please leave any suggestions on the kinds of designs you'd like to see more (themes, species, complexity, etc)! If you prefer flatsale adopts, open offer adopts or auctions/bta's! Also if you'd prefer gacha type collections or single designs posted as and when I make them.
Also if you feel comfortable to share budgets or what you think adopts such as I make should be worth it would also be appreciated ^^
Any feedback at all is welcome, I want to make designs people can enjoy! Thank you!!