Hello everyone! In our country there are many rumors about how benefits are paid in the United States and other countries. I mean, direct payments by the state to help citizens. For example, $ 1,200 in the US, assistance in European countries. Have you personally received such payments? On what terms? Do you need to return this amount later to the state? I would be grateful for honest answers, because we have a lot of speculation on this topic. I know from our news that in many countries citizens are simply given money so that they can quarantine and not leave their homes. There are still no such payments in our country; our authorities c

I just want to share a very sad and unpleasant story that happened recently. Perhaps this is not diplomatic. And unprofessional. But hell, I'm very, very upset and disappointed. The most offensive is that this is a stab in the back from a regular customer who has several very important for me sculptures in his collection. It all started with the fact that during the current sale (10% discount), the buyer asked to refund $ 10 from the last order. The client motivated this by the fact that he bought a pair of creatures (a mother with a baby Liontari), which supposedly costs more than an adult creature and a baby separately in total. At the s

Many believe that criticism will help to do a better work. But there is one very important nuance: the work can be done better ALWAYS. - At first, the schoolboy will come and say "faugh! What the crap...?" - Then the sofa critic will come and say "legs of different lengths, neck is too short". - Then the teacher will come to the rural art school and say "the thigh muscle of irregular shape". - Then the teacher of the prestigious art university will come and say "in motion this muscle will perform one more tenth of a millimeter". - Then the art historian will come and say "you are a good master, but your work lacks style / dynamics / work wit