I commission a lot of artists, because I think what they do is awesome, and I like helping people out when they need money. And, of course, I love my characters. Seeing other people draw them is the best thing.

I’ve been really frustrated lately by some artists who I commissioned almost a year ago, at least one artist who disappeared with my money, and some people who did not deliver what was promised. That sucks. But I keep getting rewarded by working with people who are consistently awesome and I thought that it would be nice to do some little thing to try to reward their hard work. I thought I’d write up posts about the folks that I think are awesome, and share their awesomeness with others!

The first person I want to share with everybody is Kittiara: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kittiara/ . I know, she’s already pretty well known! My brother showed me her art, and she was the first person I commissioned when I joined FurAffinity.

Kittiara isn’t cheap, and there’s no wonder why. Her work is amazing, professional level stuff. You have to have patience when you commission her. She’s going to school, and schoolwork comes first, which I think is fair. But it is so worth the wait. And she constantly updates commissioners about what’s going on (either through journal updates, or through notes).

Here's the pictures I've gotten from her:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3986005/ Scrae (digital painting): I didn’t give her a picture ref of Scrae. I used to enjoy asking people to draw him based on a description (which I have since found out most artists don’t like to do, much to my dismay). It may be my all time favorite picture of him.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6184881/ Vic (digital): Vic is an RP character, a transgender doberman/lion. Kittiara asked for people to suggest characters for her to draw, and I got lucky and she picked mine!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6206571 carp (Byzantine badge, traditional): Kittiara calls these Byzantine badges. They are traditional paintings and they are beautiful. carp is my more commonly used fursona.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4994164/ Cora (digital): This was my first attempt at a fursona. With a rather crummy reference sheet, and just a few words about Cora’s personality, Kittiara captured her perfectly!

PS: Kittiara is not open for commissions at the time this is being posted. If you're not already watching her, you should, though.