Helping people is taking a lot out of me...
I'm probably going to take April and May off to work on my site exclusively because I still want to my summer beta release.
Meanwhile, the artist I thought I had has given me
zero of the items I asked for
three months ago. It's just not going to work out. I need a certain quality level, and I'm willing to pay $2 to $4 per item. At this point I'm willing to find a sketch or lineart only artist and I'll take it from there, but I'd only pay between $1 and $3 per item in that case.
It's not like I can't make my own items, I just don't have
time. I did work on items tonight, and ended the day with these (sorry for the atrocious watermarking, I just want them well protected):