Payment!To pay for your art, you pay with pets. Each pet has it's own value. The value I call "Chan Points". Each pet in Chicken Smoothie is worth a certain Chan Point (CP) value based on some static criteria, but also how much I like it. You add pets to gather more Chan Points. You don't need to do the math yourself, I'll do it for you. The information (for those of you who like math) is available a bit lower, should you want to predict it yourself. I only accept pets on my wishlist, or newborns from current litters of Dogs, Cats, Butterfly Wolves, and Second Gens of those species.
If you're confused, just remember, payment is the same as everyone else, except you can see the "Hidden Values" to better guess how much I charge. If you fill out the application, I'll get you through the rest so don't worry about calculating it yourself.
Pet Values! (Skip if you don't like math, I'll do this for you either way.)
The math for pet value is pretty simple. Take your number from section 1 and add to your section in number 2...etc. Add your number from each section per pet.
Base Value:

- 0CP

-1CP

- 2CP

- 4CP

- 6CP

- 8CP

- 16CP

- 32CP
Species Value:
Bat +1CP
Beta +2CP
Bunny +1CP
Butterfly wolf +3CP
Cat +3CP
Dog +3CP
Donkey +0CP
Draft +0CP
Fox +3CP
Guinea Pig +0CP
Horse +1CP
Koi +2CP
Lion +2CP
Owl +0CP
Pony +0CP
Rat +0CP
Spider +0CP
Squid +1CP
Dragon +2CP
Zebra +2CP
Boosters:
On my Wishlist +2CP
Favorite of Mine +5CP (You can tell by seeing if I have the pet and it's still on my wishlist)
Dreamies +10CP (Always on my wishlist, a few are in my sig at all times)
In Current Rage-Demand +5 (Usually new pets like August lion PPS/July lion was.)
Natural Patterned +2 (Realistic patterns in realistic colors only)
Looks like it could be in Okami/Okamiden +5 (The white kitsune, the Chinese new year dogs, etc.)
Has additional features it's species normally doesn't +2 (Antennae, Wings, etc)
Noticeable Lineart Modifications +2 (Like the new munchkin cats)
PPS +2
So as an example, I'll use the natural Kitsune (Orange one in my sig). It's common (2CP), a dog base lineart (3CP), on my wishlist (2CP), A favorite (5CP), a dreamy (10CP), Natural Patterned (2CP) has additional features like the floating fire (2) and has noticeable lineart modifications such as the tails, expression, face/chest fur (2). All together, a kitsune is worth 28CP! That's a whole lot. XD Sometimes I'll add points to a pet because I feel like it. Whatever value I assign to a pet in our PM discussion, I'll stick to, even if it's rarity changes, it's removed from my wishlist, or is no longer a favorite. If it's value goes up during our transaction, I'll edit it's value to reflect that.