/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6125127
>'finish' a commission after weeks of putting it off because I don't like drawing hardcore coom but sfw gets me no comms
>show commissioner, they love it, ask me to just send the invoice, they don't want me stressing about it anymore and they offer to tip for the extra work already put in
>make the invoice
>look at piece again
>some stray lines, odd patches in rendering, looks off
>"give me a minute haha"
>go back to them a week later having redone whole parts like face and hair, rendering, added some more detail to background
>send the 7th "sorry I'm late on this I've just been busy with (Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit) haha"
>they are obviously upset because this was almost done 3 days after they commed me but I couldn't finish it
>check commission log.xlsx
>alright put in 13 hours into this from sketch
>13 hours of making progress, deleting, re-lining, giving up hope, changing poses, etc
>it's been 56 days since the original message from commissioner
>56 days of not posting any work on social media, which is stagnating, because I'm worried commissioners will see and think I'm putting off working on their comm
>I am
>56 days of losing sleep thinking about how I'm too nice, don't charge for any extras even though my sheet says I do, make alterations for no extra charge
>finally send them the final.final.final(final_13).png and express all the gratitude I can muster
>they are more than grateful for all the work I put into their OC which will net me no more than 10 likes and a retweet from my 300 followers
>transfer the £27 after all the paypal fees into my bank account and go buy some noodles, apologise to my landlord for being so (1k) behind on rent and tell them I still haven't heard back from any job applications for the part-time jobs I'm not applying to
>one of my repeat, once a month customers: "hey are your comms open?"
>"sure are, let me know what you're after and I'll work on a sketch asap :DDD"
one day somehow it will all be worth it somehow maybe