I suppose I wonder if sounding/urethral play is one I'd like to know if you'd be comfortable with drawing?

I have no problem with that. :) It probably more depends on what else is going however, ie. what the scene includes and the complexity thereof

Aye, for sure, I just know a good large chunk of artists seem to be off-put by it, so I like to know if I'm thinking of contacting an artist about potential commissions so I can come up with a concept they won't be against. ^.^

Totally understand. I only have a few hard limits, but I've never needed to announce them since it's not the crowd I draw.

My decision will be based on merit, in that if I'm not given even a little bit of room or if I can't agree with the visual content I will dismiss the idea. These may include things such as characters that are FAR too convoluted or sexual acts that are neigh impossible to render. (I should probably include that in my journal too, actually!)

It's a welcome break hearing an artist say that they actually want to focus on fetish stuff. Usually it's the other way round! :V

Would I be right in thinking that you're looking do themes more grounded in reality rather than these 'impossible situations'? And are mid-transformation pieces something you're preferring not to do, or is it just the overly complex ones?

Funny how that is. I've also noticed so many people veer away from it, but I'm focusing on it more so because it's more than just sex.

I guess you'd be right in thinking that, but it really depends on how suspended from reality it is. Like for the most part, people who enjoy full-coverage in rubber have fantasies about being transformed into rubber creatures (which I myself find very erotic) but that's not what I mean by "impossible". Mid-transformation is a good way to illustrated both the before and after of a scene, so I am more than happy to draw that.

What I mean by impossible is that sometimes people get greedy and, for example, want several appendages up themselves all at once from several different partners, but the anatomy of that situation is -actually- impossible. I am more than happy to draw a dragon with tentacles penetrating a smaller victim since it's so far removed from reality yet still simple enough, but a character that has rainbow coloured fur, wings, a seven-foot tongue and robotic arm with tattoos I will definitely NOT accept.

Basically I'm trying to put very politely to everyone that there are things I find interesting and things I do not. Trying to say I will accept "this" but not "that" is too hard and will lose people's interest very quickly. I'm a fan of the quote "less is more" and I would apply it to my work to an extent, but at the end of the day I can make most things work and I will try to reach a compromise if I think that an idea is too much.

Very much so. There's a certain aesthetic that types of fetish gear have that doesn't really exist in the vanilla world. I'd also say there's a broader spectrum of textures to explore which keeps things interesting!

I think what you said about suspending reality makes perfect sense. Sure, the amount of suspense is entirely subjective from person to person, but once you exceed the threshold it's like: "Huh? Really?". For me, it's like I've constructed a 'kink-world', where I've defined the rules about what is and isn't possible, and I feel that having some constraints makes it more enjoyable!

I will admit, when I started commissioning, I was guilty of 'anatomy-ignorance' and overly complex characters! I wasn't a very artistically creative back then so I didn't really understand what went into the painting process. My first character design, tbh, was total bollocks! Specific markings, clashing colours and a generally disjointed design. It wasn't until I tried commissioning someone and they said "I can't work with your character because the colours don't coordinate" that I started to understand this.

From the character side of things, I can totally understand why some think adding loads of accouterments makes their character unique, but ironically, it ends up being categorised as 'misc' along with all the other complex characters! Characters don't have to be complex to be unique; I like to think that my two main characters are reasonably unique and interesting but also relatively simple. But they were designed by an artist who understood that so I can't take credit x3.

When it comes to the composition of a piece, again, this is something I was guilty of back in the day; I would either try to fit in as many kinks as possible into one picture (best value for money? x3), or I would have a very specific idea in my head of how the final product would look. As you can imagine, a lot of the early stuff I got wasn't very good but through no fault of the artists. Now I try to summarise the whole description in six or less bullet points. Of course, with kinky stuff, there might be a specific 'thing' I want to see, but most of the time I've found giving as much free-reign gets the best results, especially if the artist is familiar and/or interested in the kink.

I asked about the mid-TF pieces because I don't like commissioning artists if it involves content they're not interested in. Both because the artist will have more experience with painting something they're interested in, but I also like knowing the artist is having fun with the description I sent through! I'm also weary of artists being 'type-cast' into kinks they have no interest in. A friend of mine did one macro piece for someone and, apparently, it was really really good within the macro world! But 80% of the commission requests afterwards would be for macro which she had no interest in. I guess I was being a little weary in this case; when I saw that mid-TF pic you did for Stellarhusky, I thought it was one of the best things I've ever seen! But I wasn't sure from this journal if it was something you were trying to move away from.

I didn't mean for this comment to turn into an essay, but I find discussing this kind of stuff really interesting! :P

I completely get where you're coming from. All I used to draw was dragons and hyper inflation pieces, but it was only a small aspect amongst many different themes that I was interested in. Now I'm branching out a lot more and I'm glad I did because it's challenging me a lot more as well.

It's not something I can say to people's face often, but I can relate to "I can't work with your character because the colours don't coordinate" haha. I've come across a number of characters that I had to hold my tongue about.

To be fair I've only drawn a small handful of TF stuff, but I'd be happy to draw more. It would be fun to be creative and see what elements you can change during the process of transformation.

Don't worry about producing essay length comments, I'm guilty of that myself sometimes. I'm just glad people take the time to say what they're thinking. :)

The thing is, you do you. And I will love every time, because your art is stellar and well since you focus on some fetish stuff (Both sexually and aesthetically) for the most part, that will bring in a more tailored crowd, me for one I'm in absolutely love with your latex and inflation pieces.
Soon will be bothering you for a commission too.
All that said thank you for being an awesome artist.

Thank you! What a lovely compliment.

I'm happy that I have confidence in what I like and do. It's always difficult when you're making art for someone else because you so much want to please them, but the more you do it the more you realise people love what you do regardless.

I find it an amusing and interesting reversal that you don't want to avoid drawing tame art. Almost always it's the reverse.

Tame as in non-sexual?

Correct. Almost always people who have a preference vocally refuse to draw sexual art. You seem to be trying to avoid drawing non-sexual art.

Somewhat. I mean, I'm happy to draw tame art if it involves an aesthetic (I'm sorry for using that word) quality that can be fetishized. Even sci-fi and fantasy have strong visual elements that fanboys drool over, and that's the kind of thing I am looking for.

It's fine if the client already has that currency in cash of course.

What do you mean by ghosting?

Does affixing the label "character" to Darius offend you? I don't see how that breaches my ToS.

Regardless of how or what you classify Darius or other characters, they will still fall under my ToS. Eg. If Darius and a character are involved in a scene that you describe, that counts as two characters -ergo- if you select a "Tier 2" type commission it will cost at least $150 USD (Darius = $100, each additional character = $50).

You can hide the comments if you like.

Unfortunately I cannot -just ignore- the term "character" as it is part of my pricing scheme which falls under my ToS and acts as a written agreement between the client and myself. It will be displayed on your invoice shall you receive a commission from me and is not something that you can alter. I hope you understand. :)