>>5861589Thanks anon.
It actually feels like a fucking light at the end of the tunnel.
Most of my customers were great and easy going, none of them did mind the wait times either (because it's a tie between "wait forever but get a good looking doll" versus "wait forever and still don't get a slot anywhere").
It still made me feel bad, even if they all were super happy in the end.
They also probably accept it because you are right, lots of artists stopped taking commissions.
The skilled ones have given up the commission thing, lots of them because of the same reason I look forward to stop: being able to take care of your own dolls again.
I constantly get people asking me for slots, but I had to start saying no for my own sanity.
I also look forward to finally airbrush something for me...had mine since 2013 (!) and airbrushed something for myself twice.
Had easily over 80 airbrush commissions since then though.
Honestly get a warm feeling just thinking about being able to look at my list and see nobody there.