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Why I Don't Do Commissions.
18 years ago
A friend of mine asked me to draw something for him, after seeing some of the work I've been putting out (it's been pretty constant; about five comics a week).
I am not the kind of artist that takes commissions very well, and I know this is just how my art works. Taleron, a fellow artist on here and my ex-boyfriend and my sweetest friend, can take someone else's idea and crank out what they want. Me? I make stuff. If you like it and want it, give me a number. Otherwise, I can TRY and make you something to your specs... but mostly, it just explodes into flames.
I told my friend, though, another truth about why i haven't been doing/taking commissions, and won't for a while.
My art has become my therapy.
There was a rift between me and the Person That Is Klesk, and the upheavel devasted me more than I think I want to go in to. That friendship is very dear to me, and even though it's changed, it's still very important. The rift/problem/whatever was... a conglomerate of many things, included my psychosis and my emotions, as well as his. My friendship was at risk of falling apart. That was no acceptable.
How did the rift get bridged? Well... it's still getting bridged. But The Person That Is Nico is helping with that rebuilding, just by existing, and she is the only reason everything hasn't fallen apart.
It's a strange transition.
The comic, drawing the three of us getting along and being happy, makes that a reality. They both love my comic and waited with bated breath for it every time I make one, and they both laugh with me and love how I portray the three of us together. I hope they can see that this comic is a love letter to them both. I think they do. I feel the love come back to me when they giggle over our antics.
So, yeah. Therapy. It makes the bad stuff sift to the bottom and slink into the darkness, and the good stuff float happily on top.
Anyway! Most of the work you'll see here are like knots getting worked out of a stressed body. They're usually the result of too much thinking, and once I get them out, I am oh so better.
Rambleramble.
<3
I am not the kind of artist that takes commissions very well, and I know this is just how my art works. Taleron, a fellow artist on here and my ex-boyfriend and my sweetest friend, can take someone else's idea and crank out what they want. Me? I make stuff. If you like it and want it, give me a number. Otherwise, I can TRY and make you something to your specs... but mostly, it just explodes into flames.
I told my friend, though, another truth about why i haven't been doing/taking commissions, and won't for a while.
My art has become my therapy.
There was a rift between me and the Person That Is Klesk, and the upheavel devasted me more than I think I want to go in to. That friendship is very dear to me, and even though it's changed, it's still very important. The rift/problem/whatever was... a conglomerate of many things, included my psychosis and my emotions, as well as his. My friendship was at risk of falling apart. That was no acceptable.
How did the rift get bridged? Well... it's still getting bridged. But The Person That Is Nico is helping with that rebuilding, just by existing, and she is the only reason everything hasn't fallen apart.
It's a strange transition.
The comic, drawing the three of us getting along and being happy, makes that a reality. They both love my comic and waited with bated breath for it every time I make one, and they both laugh with me and love how I portray the three of us together. I hope they can see that this comic is a love letter to them both. I think they do. I feel the love come back to me when they giggle over our antics.
So, yeah. Therapy. It makes the bad stuff sift to the bottom and slink into the darkness, and the good stuff float happily on top.
Anyway! Most of the work you'll see here are like knots getting worked out of a stressed body. They're usually the result of too much thinking, and once I get them out, I am oh so better.
Rambleramble.
<3
That's just... unspeakably great. Not awesome, not cool... just great. Like, for you. <3 Thanks for sharing the comics with us, too. :3
Thank you. :)
And watch some people. I'll hook joo up when yer on IRC.