Two years ago, roughly, I made the decision to do artwork as a career. However, at the time i was broke and needed something more dependable as an income. I went and got a job with the stipulation that I was only there while working on other things at home. I have then spent the last two years working long, exhausting hours and having no energy left over for artwork or anything else. In the last few months, however, I put my foot down and declared I would leave work each day by X time. In the time after work, I ran a little livestream where I drew mechs.

You may have noticed after the Centurion I started doing things other than mechs. This is because; as of mid April, I am suddenly though not entirely unintentionally unemployed. (long story)

With that said:

I am now taking commissions again!

I am going to start with limiting myself to simple portraits; no backgrounds, no free-standing props and no colors. Simple black-and-white ink drawings. I am also starting with my prices being much lower than I think they should be. It will be much easier to practice setting and achieving deadlines with a consistent and simple product (portraits), rather than pouring in all the things straight out of the gate. It will also make things faster in the long run by letting me focus more on the 'behind the curtains' things like workflow, terms, billing, contacting, obtaining adequate descriptions, etc. In other words; I can draw decently well, but that's not all that is required to be self-employed as an artist. I would rather practice the other things with a simple product and without my clients having a large amount of money on the line while I figure things out.