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It makes a difference how you send money
Hey guys! I just wanted to give a heads up or reminder on using Paypal.
This is really really important, so if you send money to people via Paypal please read!
This applies mostly if you send money through paypal for things like merchandise/items or commissions online (that is not through a store - in other words typing in their email to send money)
Please keep in mind that if you are buying an item or service, you need to mark it correctly. Please do not send payments for items or commissions as gifts (family and friends). This might seem like a really nice thing to do for the artist -I thought so too when I first started using Paypal-, but in actuality you are risking their account to get flagged, locked, or banned. They might just get a warning first but I'm unsure about how their first reaction is.
This is serious. Please don't do it.
I know there are artists out there that ask for you to send money as a gift/friends and family so a fee isn't taken out, but they should not be doing it.
Basically, this is how payments should be marked:
I'm paying for goods or services - This should be selected when you are purchasing something, like commissions (that's a service), artwork, plushies, books, keychains, etc - anything that is a physical item. I'm sending money to family or friends - Select this if you are sending money to someone that is not for an item or service that they are selling. That's pretty much it! Remember that artists and sellers expect that Paypal fee to be taken out, so don't worry about that. Thanks for reading! =]
What is going on with this AI opt-out stuff
Every time I log onto the internet these days there's a new version of 'wtf is this'. DA rolled out a new AI generator thing, and though they claim your art won't be used in it, they've added a checkbox into all your deviations, which you have to go through painstakingly individually to opt-out of allowing third party AI tech from using your content. Here's the news: And here's an opt-out for specifically for prompt words? I don't know if the form includes artwork in storage or not, but if the image is on Deviantart's servers then I would suspect it's fair game too.
Welp, I guess I'm out of here
I really held out hope for this place as long as I could, but I'm done guys. Between these two updates by DA staff (posted at the bottom) I have no more faith that this is a true art site, and the days of the past where I came here to get lost in gorgeous exciting new art has clearly long passed. I've been on this site since 2004, so it's safe to say this one hurts. I cancelled my core membership and have already put the majority of my art into storage. I'll leave up enough pieces so people can recognize my work if they come across my gallery here but that's it. I won't be uploading any new work. Where I'll be Obviously my website will always be where you can find me and any connection to anything I have going on online. Bookmarking or saving my website will be the most straightforward. FurAffinity has taken a stance against AI images so that will be my main online gallery from now on. I am also on Twitter, but if that ends up going down then I'm also on Mastadon and Tumblr. If
I will be unfollowing all who only post AI images
I'm very over it. I get that it's fun because it's .0001% of the time and work it takes to actually make paintings like that, but I do not support it in the scope of it being presented as artwork that someone has fully created themselves. Posting mid-journey regurgitations as if you actually made the art, when it was trained on the art of actual artists (against their consent, in many cases) isn't a vibe. To clarify: a couple fun test pieces I don't care about, but I'm seeing entire galleries being flooded with nothing but AI. I come to visit Deviantart to see what fellow artists are up to and creating, and so I'm going to have to clean up my watch list a little for that.
Shop has reopened! New stickers, original artwork+
I've finally re opened the shop again after it being closed for basically most of 2022! After getting back from SakuraCon and NorWesCon I gathered together all of my available originals and have listed them too. It's been a while since I posted any for sale, and it looks like many of the older pieces are moving a little faster now that I've risen my prices for any new originals. In addition to some new originals, I've added seven new 8x10 prints and also some new stickers! My shop has definitely grown over the years haha. Free US shipping is automatically applied to all orders of $50 or more Shipping only to US and Canada for now SHOP LINK New originals All originals are mounted and matted to fit a standard sized frame so no custom framing is needed. I have some inked pieces on quick sale for as low as $20 New Prints These are all 8x8 and 8x10 prints, and most are available with white or black borders. All prints come signed by hand, with backing board and sleeve. I have
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I wish paypal had the option to let me choose "I'm paying for an item, but I want to opt to pay the fee" because I would totally chose that for commissions. Artists get enough chunks taken out of their meager payment.