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Going into 2022: Requests and other projects
4 years ago
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Request status: Closed
I can also be found at:
https://www.deviantart.com/bardicdragoon
Well it’s a new year and so here’s some things I was thinking about/planning going into this new year
Since I suspect this will be the section of greatest interest to the most people (also I am looking for input/opinions as well) I suppose I’ll start with this. Aside from the one outstanding request I still owe I’m not sure if I will continue doing requests.
While I really enjoy doing requests, a number of factors have made me wonder if maybe its time to move to doing commissions; namely this last batch of requests feeling like demand has well surpassed supply (read: how much I can deliver in a reasonable time frame), this last request I’m still working on putting me at a milestone like number of requests (101), the frequency of offline people who learn I draw/do requests advising I should be getting paid for that work, and even a few people asking me if I do commissions (as opposed to requests), and the general fact that this last year has been really good for seeing numbers go up for my drawings and related things. That said changing over to commissions has its own questions/concerns to me personally, one of the bigger ones (or at least the one I’ve spent the most time thinking about) being how much being whether some people I really enjoy doing request for can/would commission me. This is admittedly based on baseless assumptions about the financial situation of all but strangers on the internet and lots of self-doubt but still it gives me a lot of hesitation regarding whether this otherwise very logical sounding idea is a good one.
At the very least something needs to change in how I handle requests, I’m just not sure what the best option is; change over to doing commissions, keep doing the same thing but be more selective in what I do, or maybe find a way to have my cake and eat it too by mixing the two options (though I haven’t come up with a way to do this despite all the thinking about this I’ve done)
Looking over my drawing I’ve noticed I don’t draw my characters much. Well there are a few reasons for this, I have an idea I’ve been considering to potentially address this. I’ve seen various artists do a sort of ‘ask my characters’ thing where they then make drawing responding to questions people ask of there characters. I’m still thinking over whether I want to do this, but i also want to see if this is something people would be interested in or not . While I’ll do a proper who my characters are kind of thing if I decide to do this, I would also like to do a very limited test run of the idea to make sure its doable; so if anyone has any questions they want to ask my characters fee free to do so below.
This isn’t something I have much of a plan or idea for, mostly just want to give it a try. Theoretically I can do 3D modeling (by which I mean I learned over a decade ago and haven’t really done it since), and I bought a 3D printer in early 2020 with the idea of making custom figures/statuettes for myself so i kind of feel like trying to relearn and work on stuff like that would be a good idea.
So I kind of left this project half completed, but I do want to finish it; though I’m not sure what tat will mean in the long run. At minimum I want to get drawing done of the remaining 5 models, though I also kind of want to do various pairings that the site used, maybe a few drawings based on specific videos/picture sets, and even a few more drawings based on Futanaria.
So I can’t remember if I ever said it publicly, but the attempt to do a comic based on said story is not continuing, mostly because I want to do a fresh start form the beginning; that said starting with something that large as my first attempt is not a great idea so I want to do a shorter segment of the story that should only run ~10 pages at most (compared against a ~60+ page full story comic ) that kind of has almost all the things I like about the story condensed into a shorter run. Also with the idea of a full comic on the back burner I’ll probably do a few more one off drawings based on the story as well.
I can also be found at:
https://www.deviantart.com/bardicdragoon
Well it’s a new year and so here’s some things I was thinking about/planning going into this new year
Future of Requests
Since I suspect this will be the section of greatest interest to the most people (also I am looking for input/opinions as well) I suppose I’ll start with this. Aside from the one outstanding request I still owe I’m not sure if I will continue doing requests.
While I really enjoy doing requests, a number of factors have made me wonder if maybe its time to move to doing commissions; namely this last batch of requests feeling like demand has well surpassed supply (read: how much I can deliver in a reasonable time frame), this last request I’m still working on putting me at a milestone like number of requests (101), the frequency of offline people who learn I draw/do requests advising I should be getting paid for that work, and even a few people asking me if I do commissions (as opposed to requests), and the general fact that this last year has been really good for seeing numbers go up for my drawings and related things. That said changing over to commissions has its own questions/concerns to me personally, one of the bigger ones (or at least the one I’ve spent the most time thinking about) being how much being whether some people I really enjoy doing request for can/would commission me. This is admittedly based on baseless assumptions about the financial situation of all but strangers on the internet and lots of self-doubt but still it gives me a lot of hesitation regarding whether this otherwise very logical sounding idea is a good one.
At the very least something needs to change in how I handle requests, I’m just not sure what the best option is; change over to doing commissions, keep doing the same thing but be more selective in what I do, or maybe find a way to have my cake and eat it too by mixing the two options (though I haven’t come up with a way to do this despite all the thinking about this I’ve done)
Ask my Characters
Looking over my drawing I’ve noticed I don’t draw my characters much. Well there are a few reasons for this, I have an idea I’ve been considering to potentially address this. I’ve seen various artists do a sort of ‘ask my characters’ thing where they then make drawing responding to questions people ask of there characters. I’m still thinking over whether I want to do this, but i also want to see if this is something people would be interested in or not . While I’ll do a proper who my characters are kind of thing if I decide to do this, I would also like to do a very limited test run of the idea to make sure its doable; so if anyone has any questions they want to ask my characters fee free to do so below.
3D stuff
This isn’t something I have much of a plan or idea for, mostly just want to give it a try. Theoretically I can do 3D modeling (by which I mean I learned over a decade ago and haven’t really done it since), and I bought a 3D printer in early 2020 with the idea of making custom figures/statuettes for myself so i kind of feel like trying to relearn and work on stuff like that would be a good idea.
Mastasia Drawings
So I kind of left this project half completed, but I do want to finish it; though I’m not sure what tat will mean in the long run. At minimum I want to get drawing done of the remaining 5 models, though I also kind of want to do various pairings that the site used, maybe a few drawings based on specific videos/picture sets, and even a few more drawings based on Futanaria.
King Size Canary Comic
So I can’t remember if I ever said it publicly, but the attempt to do a comic based on said story is not continuing, mostly because I want to do a fresh start form the beginning; that said starting with something that large as my first attempt is not a great idea so I want to do a shorter segment of the story that should only run ~10 pages at most (compared against a ~60+ page full story comic ) that kind of has almost all the things I like about the story condensed into a shorter run. Also with the idea of a full comic on the back burner I’ll probably do a few more one off drawings based on the story as well.
