Commissions are OPEN!
Posted 8 hours agoGuess what? Comms are open! Fill out the form below, not first come first serve, I will choose 4-5 throughout the month followed by a closing announcement.
https://forms.gle/SiyNPDr2TTNxWiXf6
https://forms.gle/SiyNPDr2TTNxWiXf6
Commissions Closed!
Posted a month agoI'm only gonna take 2 due to an upcoming con I just *may* be attending.. I'll choose over the weekend and early next week if it gets that late.
https://forms.gle/xbYvHCRB2FXiZzQ8A
https://forms.gle/xbYvHCRB2FXiZzQ8A
Small Piczel > Picarto Stream
Posted a month agoWe're so back doing a test stream on piczel !
https://piczel.tv/watch/SintientSpikes
Trying out some things on picarto!
https://picarto.tv/SinfulSpikes
Trying out some things on picarto!
https://picarto.tv/SinfulSpikes
Commission Slots CLOSED
Posted 2 months agoComms are open, 3-4 is my aim. I would've prepped more for an opening this month but things came suddenly
Follow the forms here!
https://forms.gle/MY1uXmBoT1S8DNjK7
Follow the forms here!
https://forms.gle/MY1uXmBoT1S8DNjK7
Commissions Closed!
Posted 3 months agoCommissions are open! Check the updated Terms and request in the forms below, 4 slots for now and will close when enough forms come through or by Thursday whichever comes first.
https://forms.gle/wEy3JPQ5JJjdX7vE8
Forms are closed, thanks yall!
https://forms.gle/wEy3JPQ5JJjdX7vE8
Forms are closed, thanks yall!
Update (Rates, Art, Life, Cons, & Knuckles)
Posted 5 months agoHey all, here's an update as well to basically say I'm doing somewhat alright despite some major changes that came around late this year that did some damage but I'm pulling through.
Ever so slowly, I'm migrating myself off of Twitter mostly because of it's fuckups and the risk of my account being locked, which has happened twice before, once with a header image being InNaPrOpRiAtE, and the other with Authentication over a fucking name change to say the status of my commissions and the system lumped me into a group of actual phishing/scam accounts on accident. I don't feel like playing games with a site with ridiculous logic locking me out of a place of contacting clients so I'm making my move more on here and Bluesky.
I'm going to also push further outside the box next year in terms of experimenting with things I haven't set solid ground on because I just feel stagnant in some places. This includes areas such as themed sets of art, prints, and other technical subjects I need to touch on more like perspectives, backgrounds, etc. With variables considered, my commission rates will probably change in the future but not right now.
As well as this, I was considering (for years (like, a lot) ) a Patreon but unsure if that's baggage i want to overburden myself with. My deadlines are inconsistent but having a monthly set up may fine tune the quality of what's pushed and gives y'all what you want. There are other projects as well I'm involved in along with trying out other cons to lurk around... so we'll see what 2024 holds.
Did I mention I was at my first ever con, BLFC? It was pretty rad. I may try another con out once I learn more information and gather myself to attempt another social place and the right resources. Anyways, good holidays and all that jazz.
Socials (Bluesky, Itaku, Twitter account(s) :
https://linktr.ee/linkofspikes
Kofi Donatin':
https://ko-fi.com/sinfulspikes
Ever so slowly, I'm migrating myself off of Twitter mostly because of it's fuckups and the risk of my account being locked, which has happened twice before, once with a header image being InNaPrOpRiAtE, and the other with Authentication over a fucking name change to say the status of my commissions and the system lumped me into a group of actual phishing/scam accounts on accident. I don't feel like playing games with a site with ridiculous logic locking me out of a place of contacting clients so I'm making my move more on here and Bluesky.
I'm going to also push further outside the box next year in terms of experimenting with things I haven't set solid ground on because I just feel stagnant in some places. This includes areas such as themed sets of art, prints, and other technical subjects I need to touch on more like perspectives, backgrounds, etc. With variables considered, my commission rates will probably change in the future but not right now.
As well as this, I was considering (for years (like, a lot) ) a Patreon but unsure if that's baggage i want to overburden myself with. My deadlines are inconsistent but having a monthly set up may fine tune the quality of what's pushed and gives y'all what you want. There are other projects as well I'm involved in along with trying out other cons to lurk around... so we'll see what 2024 holds.
Did I mention I was at my first ever con, BLFC? It was pretty rad. I may try another con out once I learn more information and gather myself to attempt another social place and the right resources. Anyways, good holidays and all that jazz.
Socials (Bluesky, Itaku, Twitter account(s) :
https://linktr.ee/linkofspikes
Kofi Donatin':
https://ko-fi.com/sinfulspikes
Commissions This Week + Telegram Channel
Posted a year agoAnother post will announce the openings.
If you want an even -faster- post of the openings and staying up to date peek in my telegram channel!
If you want an even -faster- post of the openings and staying up to date peek in my telegram channel!
Cake Day
Posted a year agoI ...am older.
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Heck.
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Heck.
Socials (So Far)
Posted a year agoI'm still on Twitter's train everyone's scrambling to jump off of like it's doomsday vaporizing planet earth but I made a telegram group and itaku just in case. I'm not getting on tumblr until it removes the shot from its foot of removing nsfw content from the feed though I'm sure it's rotten by now after all these years. And I'm way too lazy to make another FA with a correct username though that's very tempting to do, believe my impatience of a longly awaited username change feature.
Carrd π₯ https://sinfulspikes.carrd.co/
Telegram π₯ https://t.me/+TsXzF9fijGweGG20
Twitter π₯ https://twitter.com/SinfulSpikes
Itaku π₯ https://itaku.ee/profile/sinfulspikes
Carrd π₯ https://sinfulspikes.carrd.co/
Telegram π₯ https://t.me/+TsXzF9fijGweGG20
Twitter π₯ https://twitter.com/SinfulSpikes
Itaku π₯ https://itaku.ee/profile/sinfulspikes
Telegram Channel
Posted a year agoFor art updates, polls, commission news and whatnot
I'll do my darndest to keep it handy and not fade away. . .
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https://t.me/+TsXzF9fijGweGG20
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I'll do my darndest to keep it handy and not fade away. . .
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https://t.me/+TsXzF9fijGweGG20
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Commission Alternatives, Updates, & Socials
Posted a year agoSince twitter people think anything remotely suspicious equates to a meteor hurdling to crush the world of the internet, users are sprawling elsewhere. I get some anxiety for content creators since that's a primary source of curating traction and business as well, though some suggest to not have all your ducks in one place. I'm not even considering Tumblr right now since their algorithm of removing your own content is still confusing SFW as NSFW and got tired of that, Twitter's slowly doing the same.
From what I understand, Mr. Musky Moneybags laid off almost 4,000 twitter workers and is possibly charging for user verification at some point in his agenda of ruining the platform and until then, I'm not budging anywhere. Honestly, I've been more concerned about P.al.Pay's sudden increase of banning accounts and locking their funds away lately and thinking of what else to use until then. I heard commissio was alright and Stripe? I'm unsure what's commonly used with commissions so I'm open to suggestions as I research.
I am also creating a telegram channel and other places to reach me including a personal website for a safeguard later. Stay tuned.
From what I understand, Mr. Musky Moneybags laid off almost 4,000 twitter workers and is possibly charging for user verification at some point in his agenda of ruining the platform and until then, I'm not budging anywhere. Honestly, I've been more concerned about P.al.Pay's sudden increase of banning accounts and locking their funds away lately and thinking of what else to use until then. I heard commissio was alright and Stripe? I'm unsure what's commonly used with commissions so I'm open to suggestions as I research.
I am also creating a telegram channel and other places to reach me including a personal website for a safeguard later. Stay tuned.
Update (Life, Art, Commissions)
Posted 2 years agoHeya, lots of stuff being changed all over.
I got a new job that feels much better than the last, not only will it fix my nightly habits (not entirely) but it'll fix the routine that was a detriment to my health physically and (especially) mentally. This also changes my art hours so it'll take a bit to condition my self to the new schedule and I can finally learn to pace myself a bit more consistently with personal art and commissions on the side.
Other than that big change, I'm gonna try to pick up new skills for art and game design over the summer. Planning maybe UI elements for streams, pixel art again, more animation projects and motion graphics, stuff like covers for character themes, the VN I'm helping with, plus my own worldbuilding. Along with this I can finally plan out some traveling and long term goals to advance myself. Also with offline events happening and reorganizing, I might not be as active. Was also considering a Patreon since last year but I'm still overthinking its structure outside of it being a tip jar. Speaking of, I do use my Ko-fi still.
That's all I got goin' on for now, it's been a while since an update but the stagnancy and daily repetition really took a toll plus thinking ahead in the future being bleak and that was before all the mess happening lately. So I'm glad this will be the first step out the mud and help my productivity a bit and to think more positive.
Anyways, y'all stay safe.
Twitter
Ko-Fi
I got a new job that feels much better than the last, not only will it fix my nightly habits (not entirely) but it'll fix the routine that was a detriment to my health physically and (especially) mentally. This also changes my art hours so it'll take a bit to condition my self to the new schedule and I can finally learn to pace myself a bit more consistently with personal art and commissions on the side.
Other than that big change, I'm gonna try to pick up new skills for art and game design over the summer. Planning maybe UI elements for streams, pixel art again, more animation projects and motion graphics, stuff like covers for character themes, the VN I'm helping with, plus my own worldbuilding. Along with this I can finally plan out some traveling and long term goals to advance myself. Also with offline events happening and reorganizing, I might not be as active. Was also considering a Patreon since last year but I'm still overthinking its structure outside of it being a tip jar. Speaking of, I do use my Ko-fi still.
That's all I got goin' on for now, it's been a while since an update but the stagnancy and daily repetition really took a toll plus thinking ahead in the future being bleak and that was before all the mess happening lately. So I'm glad this will be the first step out the mud and help my productivity a bit and to think more positive.
Anyways, y'all stay safe.
Ko-Fi
Merry Chrysler
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Update (Art Stuff, Commissions, Sickness)
Posted 2 years agoMan. Being sick sucks. Fun trivia: I'm that guy in the family that never gets sick or breaks bones, etc. Like, ever. But 2021 scoffed at my good immune streak lately. Laughed, even. Called it pathetic.
First I had a stomach bug. That was fun. Then two weeks ago I've gotten acute bronchitis which i've not gotten for yeaaars. It's still there, could've been from the covid scare from earlier this year, and bronchitis just, takes its sweet ass time leaving your body unlike most other things you can catch that dies off in a couple days to a week.
However I'm now getting signs of eye infection which hurts when seeing bright lights or certain things on device screens. So I'm gonna ease off from art for a few days or do what I can on very dim canvases.
Speaking of which, I've gotten a good chunk of halloween commissions through and enjoyed the ideas. I was planning to take one more from the current set before moving onto another set of commissions for Orctober submissions but this sickness that's been graciously blessed on my body is telling me to stop enjoying what I do or else I will feel pain. Other than the current commission I'm working on now I am fine pausing here until later when I recover.
Maybe I'll have orc themed commissions come up once this blows over hopefully before the end of the month but for now I'll have to recover. My rates will also change later down the road leading into next year. More on that later.
First I had a stomach bug. That was fun. Then two weeks ago I've gotten acute bronchitis which i've not gotten for yeaaars. It's still there, could've been from the covid scare from earlier this year, and bronchitis just, takes its sweet ass time leaving your body unlike most other things you can catch that dies off in a couple days to a week.
However I'm now getting signs of eye infection which hurts when seeing bright lights or certain things on device screens. So I'm gonna ease off from art for a few days or do what I can on very dim canvases.
Speaking of which, I've gotten a good chunk of halloween commissions through and enjoyed the ideas. I was planning to take one more from the current set before moving onto another set of commissions for Orctober submissions but this sickness that's been graciously blessed on my body is telling me to stop enjoying what I do or else I will feel pain. Other than the current commission I'm working on now I am fine pausing here until later when I recover.
Maybe I'll have orc themed commissions come up once this blows over hopefully before the end of the month but for now I'll have to recover. My rates will also change later down the road leading into next year. More on that later.
More Orc Content
Posted 3 years agoI've learned over the years of managing multiple accounts separating different kinds of content that in the end:
That shit is hard.
So I'm not really down for reuploading all my humanoid content like my bugbears, onis, and orcs onto a separate profile like I did on twitter and elsewhere and just throwing that shit up on here. And as you may have noticed, that's slowly growing on me. That's right. I'm an orc-fucker. A meanie on greenie. As referenced in the cult classic hit WOW, I'm for the Whored. you get the idea. If you like that kind of beasty stuff, awesome possum. If you don't. Well. Tough ballsack.
Hopefully the name-change feature comes on here soon with the upcoming updates because goddamn I'm so tired of this name. Like, I'm really tired. It makes no goddamn sense. It's a stupid name with weird usage in watermarks as well. Nothing has a six-pack in my roster of recurring OCs. There's bellies, muscleguts, and tits all over. This is false advertising.
Anyways carry on.
That shit is hard.
So I'm not really down for reuploading all my humanoid content like my bugbears, onis, and orcs onto a separate profile like I did on twitter and elsewhere and just throwing that shit up on here. And as you may have noticed, that's slowly growing on me. That's right. I'm an orc-fucker. A meanie on greenie. As referenced in the cult classic hit WOW, I'm for the Whored. you get the idea. If you like that kind of beasty stuff, awesome possum. If you don't. Well. Tough ballsack.
Hopefully the name-change feature comes on here soon with the upcoming updates because goddamn I'm so tired of this name. Like, I'm really tired. It makes no goddamn sense. It's a stupid name with weird usage in watermarks as well. Nothing has a six-pack in my roster of recurring OCs. There's bellies, muscleguts, and tits all over. This is false advertising.
Anyways carry on.
Update w/Commission Tweaks (Rates, Contacting, Feedback)
Posted 3 years agoHey all. So, I got sick 2 weeks ago and had to quarantine. Then I used said time to try and gather some research and feedback from people while hunting for a better job that wouldn't put my ass at risk for a 2nd round of covid. (Also, PSA, it exists. I've gotten the chance of experiencing the milder symptoms that are still lingering even though I feel much better to work again. It's not fun to think of being a carrier that brought it to your folks or better yet, possibly ending your life at any time of the duration. So yeah, don't catch it.) Which was why I had to abruptly halt taking on commission work. But I'm able to continue working again and feeling better at least physically!
Wow, thank you for the feedback on that survey! It's insightful towards what to work on absolutely. I want to get better with what I usually do but to learn some brand new/revisit projects to broaden skills a bit. Sprite work was fun so be on the lookout for that :) The good thing is that half of the criticism were things I was aware of and questioned sometimes so at least my overthinking was on the right page. Other comments brought things to light I never realized or took into consideration as much as other areas (lighting, perspectives, backgrounds especially) and gotta work on them a bit more! A few other things too, but I'm very glad to get this input to try some more methods towards.
I'm also adjusting some stuff with commissions across the board which I'm opening later before this month ends if all goes well. I think I rush them out because a week on and off to me felt like I was taking too long, thus I panic, stress out, feel like I'm horrible, and need to give it up already like some missed deadline. Some said I work fast. And honestly, from looking at the dates where I start the commission, they were right. I only spent a couple of days to nearly a week on and off on most of them. I've even felt the other end of buying commissions myself and notice people take weeks to months usually to ensure everything is fine or their life schedule's too busy. Considering that, I definitely will spend less time thinking I take too long and more time towards working. Sometimes it still takes but a few days to knock a commission out if it feels right and the art drive feels strong but I gotta take at least a week or so. I've noticed even in some wips of my own I told myself right at the submit screen to stop and spend an extra day to get away from it, which is a very hard habit to do. Lo and behold, I come back and find errors or areas to adjust immediately and it feels so much better.
Rates: There'll be a slight discount for rates in the additional content for those wanting extra characters, props, and other extra stuff under the sketch categories.
Communicating: So, I've not a clean way of notifying those who've submitted forms if they've not received a slot. That's on me and I apologize for those who still wonder if I've gotten to them or not if they've not asked me beforehand on status. I'm currently gonna find some way to lop off the form entries, choose from there and notify the others. Prooobably Trello, (stunning revelation, I know) the service where I was like "cool, I'll try this out for sure to manage my status!" and...well, didn't. I receive a lot of forms sometimes when I least expect it, like, in double-digits, and it gets pretty messy trying to find and tell people if they're chosen one by one in short time frames. Which leads to...
Contacting: Please make sure in the contacting field your twitter username/profile name or FurAffinity Username works. It sucks when there's a cool idea that fits the bill of what I'd do and I can't find you no matter how I tried altering the submitted name on both sites so I have to zap the form away. I'm not gonna have emails in the mix as I'm only looking through these two sites currently.
Telegram Group??: I've dawdled on things like this for a while, even considered somewhere like Patreon. A hub to toss wips to satisfy my impulse posting or commission updates to keep everything in one place but knowing me, I'd probably be bad at that. Though from the art groups I've started to lurk through, I can see how cool it is to just toss shit up or hold commissions/polls/updates there.
That's about it for now. Tldr, I want to keep everyone on the same page now on, get better at art obviously at a reasonable pace, supply the big boys and kidnap the big boys for myself.
So stay tuned and thanks again for everything, y'all. π₯
Wow, thank you for the feedback on that survey! It's insightful towards what to work on absolutely. I want to get better with what I usually do but to learn some brand new/revisit projects to broaden skills a bit. Sprite work was fun so be on the lookout for that :) The good thing is that half of the criticism were things I was aware of and questioned sometimes so at least my overthinking was on the right page. Other comments brought things to light I never realized or took into consideration as much as other areas (lighting, perspectives, backgrounds especially) and gotta work on them a bit more! A few other things too, but I'm very glad to get this input to try some more methods towards.
I'm also adjusting some stuff with commissions across the board which I'm opening later before this month ends if all goes well. I think I rush them out because a week on and off to me felt like I was taking too long, thus I panic, stress out, feel like I'm horrible, and need to give it up already like some missed deadline. Some said I work fast. And honestly, from looking at the dates where I start the commission, they were right. I only spent a couple of days to nearly a week on and off on most of them. I've even felt the other end of buying commissions myself and notice people take weeks to months usually to ensure everything is fine or their life schedule's too busy. Considering that, I definitely will spend less time thinking I take too long and more time towards working. Sometimes it still takes but a few days to knock a commission out if it feels right and the art drive feels strong but I gotta take at least a week or so. I've noticed even in some wips of my own I told myself right at the submit screen to stop and spend an extra day to get away from it, which is a very hard habit to do. Lo and behold, I come back and find errors or areas to adjust immediately and it feels so much better.
Rates: There'll be a slight discount for rates in the additional content for those wanting extra characters, props, and other extra stuff under the sketch categories.
Communicating: So, I've not a clean way of notifying those who've submitted forms if they've not received a slot. That's on me and I apologize for those who still wonder if I've gotten to them or not if they've not asked me beforehand on status. I'm currently gonna find some way to lop off the form entries, choose from there and notify the others. Prooobably Trello, (stunning revelation, I know) the service where I was like "cool, I'll try this out for sure to manage my status!" and...well, didn't. I receive a lot of forms sometimes when I least expect it, like, in double-digits, and it gets pretty messy trying to find and tell people if they're chosen one by one in short time frames. Which leads to...
Contacting: Please make sure in the contacting field your twitter username/profile name or FurAffinity Username works. It sucks when there's a cool idea that fits the bill of what I'd do and I can't find you no matter how I tried altering the submitted name on both sites so I have to zap the form away. I'm not gonna have emails in the mix as I'm only looking through these two sites currently.
Telegram Group??: I've dawdled on things like this for a while, even considered somewhere like Patreon. A hub to toss wips to satisfy my impulse posting or commission updates to keep everything in one place but knowing me, I'd probably be bad at that. Though from the art groups I've started to lurk through, I can see how cool it is to just toss shit up or hold commissions/polls/updates there.
That's about it for now. Tldr, I want to keep everyone on the same page now on, get better at art obviously at a reasonable pace, supply the big boys and kidnap the big boys for myself.
So stay tuned and thanks again for everything, y'all. π₯
Art Critique Survey
Posted 3 years agoI figured what better way to learn about feedback than assaulting people with questions?
https://forms.gle/x4kvvANPVCuL8jeq5
https://forms.gle/x4kvvANPVCuL8jeq5
https://forms.gle/x4kvvANPVCuL8jeq5
https://forms.gle/x4kvvANPVCuL8jeq5
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Feeling Better + Birthday!
Posted 3 years agoDamn I may be recovering but man I'm old
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Sick
Posted 3 years agoHey y'all. Might have delays with content or commission openings due to a slight fever that snuck up on me. Trying to not let my paranoia think it's THAT but I'm sure it's just a typical cold bug I caught from my folks.
I'll try to keep everyone posted, have a good day and be safe.
I'll try to keep everyone posted, have a good day and be safe.
Merry Chrysler
Posted 3 years agoYou'd best hope Krampus doesn't know your location. We collaborate on putting the worst glitter bombs in gifts for the naughty don't you know.
Have a great holiday and be safe! π
Have a great holiday and be safe! π
Commissions Opening Soon
Posted 3 years agoI'm opening a few slots later this week. weekend at the latest. I was going to last week but it's been stressful.
Anywho yeah, keep your eyes peeled.
Not literally.
Please for the love of god don't do that literally and tell me.
Anywho yeah, keep your eyes peeled.
Not literally.
Please for the love of god don't do that literally and tell me.
Update (Where To Find Me + Commission News π)
Posted 3 years agoI'm going to open commission forms later this week, and things will be different for the set coming after that!
I will hold the set after this for October events (orctober, halloween, yadda yar). Regular ones will still be there but the event ones will take priority when choosing them.
Also, I post updates about streams and commission openings waaay more frequently on Twitter, a monster fucker twitter for more Orc and Monster content and making an attempt on Pillowfort. There's also a new furry site as well but I'm way too lazy to repost my stuff constantly across so many places for now lol.
Things will change soon, too. My openings won't be as sporadic and I may try to have them on a scheduled basis since I'm job hunting for something more Full Time towards what I went to school for and more life skills to develop. A lot to juggle in little time and we all know time doesn't give a shit about slowing down any time soon. So I have to make some changes and better myself before things get worse.
That's it for now. Stay safe.
I will hold the set after this for October events (orctober, halloween, yadda yar). Regular ones will still be there but the event ones will take priority when choosing them.
Also, I post updates about streams and commission openings waaay more frequently on Twitter, a monster fucker twitter for more Orc and Monster content and making an attempt on Pillowfort. There's also a new furry site as well but I'm way too lazy to repost my stuff constantly across so many places for now lol.
Things will change soon, too. My openings won't be as sporadic and I may try to have them on a scheduled basis since I'm job hunting for something more Full Time towards what I went to school for and more life skills to develop. A lot to juggle in little time and we all know time doesn't give a shit about slowing down any time soon. So I have to make some changes and better myself before things get worse.
That's it for now. Stay safe.
My Twitter
Posted 4 years agoSo I was going to open earlier this week for commissions but FA DDOS'd. Didn't think it would be fair to open slots exclusive to Twitter so here it is in case you're interested in following me or wanting more frequent news on commissions! I post more often on there anyways.
https://twitter.com/SinfulSpikeus/
https://twitter.com/SinfulSpikeus/
Haha what if i dumped a lot of art on you
Posted 4 years agojust kidding............unless..................
Birthday Monster up in HERE
Posted 4 years agoUgh shit im older
nooooooooooooooo
nooooooooooooooo