So, MOST IMPORTANT THING FIRST:
I owe a lot of you a lot of money because of commissions I took back in...2011? I think. I was definitely never trying to cheat anyone out of their money, so I just want to say I'm really sorry if it seems like that. It's unprofessional for me to have never contacted you after this long, even after I realized I couldn't do the commissions. :/ I WILL either refund everyone or do a commission for you. EVERYONE. I promise.

However! I don't have the money for repaying everyone outright at the moment thanks to IMPENDING MEDICAL BILLS, so I've considered maybe doing adoptables or something to earn money, I dunno. That way the art would already be done and I wouldn't have to worry about my work ethic (or lack thereof, depression sucks that way). I might still be able to do commissions for people, depending, but...I really don't know about that. And keep in mind that, though I've gotten way better at drawing, everything will be very experimental. I haven't really dong a ~finished~ piece in YEARS now, and I really don't know what I want some aspects of my art to look like.

TL;DR: Note me if you want to talk about this. (Though I doubt you'll all see this, so one of these days when I find my old commission to-do list I'll start noting you individually to talk about it.)


SECOND THING???
I'm not really using FA much anymore, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED. Ahaha...ha. I've been putting all my art on Tumblr. If you care you can follow me over there I guess? It's okay if you don't and okay if you do. IDK.

I might get another FA someday, or I might not. If I ever do start posting again I'll probably do it on a new account. I want a username that actually reflects me. I mean, one of my characters is named Andren so it's not a RANDOM name, buuuuuuuuut YEAH. I'm mostly just using this to favorite art I really like for now.



(...It felt pretty good to finally get that out. Huh. YAY?)

I don't really have consistent Internet recently since I'm at a friend's house right now. (And I haven't for the past week or so; as of late it likes to reject my computer both at my parents' house and Katherine's.) So...I'm just hopping on to post a few things right now -- which I want to get posted before the year turns over, since it's all the things I've drawn in November/December -- and YEAH.

Hi, everyone. Have a good start of the year. :D

Yeah, so, I need to get in on this. I mean, they have a place where you can organize profiles of your characters.

Does anyone have an invite they'd be willing to spare? ;~;


Edit: Got one! Thanks so much~ (I'm Ivan on there if anyone wants to add me. XD)

I'm going to soon post a flood of art (like, twenty-ish things), but none of those are commissions. SORRY. I know that might be disappointing.

I just like to post things in the order I finish them, and I need to post these before they're too old and outdated. D:

Also, I'll get around to replying to comments soon. FFF, I'm usually so good at that.








...Anyway, happy holidays? I guess? :D;

Almost to 10,000 pageviews. :D (Like...really almost. I need four. XD)

Thanks for everyone who cares about my art and stuff~ It's appreciated.

Stolen from Squeedge!


What sort of artist would you most identify yourself as?
I'm going to keep Squeedge's answer and go with illustrator. I used to say anime artist, but...I...don't know how much I could call my style anime anymore. Definitely has its roots in anime, true, but. Yeah. The more important part is that I like illlustrating things that happen between characters.

What would be your secondary identity?
I...dunno? Digital artist? Most of what I do now is digital. XD;

What forms of art do you dabble in, but don't excel at?
Uhhhhh. I dunno. I guess traditional, but I haven't even dabbled in that in a while. The most I've done lately is drawn some sketches.

How would you describe your 'style'?
Stylized realism? I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but, as of late, I like to include most things that exist in real life (even things like lips, fingernails, tear ducts, and body hair, which are pretty rare in styles like mine), just...simplifed and stylized.

What medium do you favor most?
DIGITAL FOR SURE. Ctrl+ z makes me feel comfortable enough to really go out on a limb and experiment, which is what I'd attribute my pretty rapid growth over the past couple years to. :D

What are your favorite subject matters?
Humans because, quite frankly, they're underappreciated (especially on FA). Most importantly, though, I like to draw the characters belonging to Katherine and me, human or not.

What are your least favorite subject matters?
Uh, comparatively...anthros, actually. XD But I have some anthro characters, and of course I like them too. It's mostly that I just do stuff with my human characters more so far. I guess overall, I don't like drawing, like.........I don't know, actually. I'd say machinery, but that's just because I haven't yet. Uh. I guess I don't really like drawing sex or gore, but even those could have exceptions.

List your Artistic Strengths
What, am I supposed to just, like, bullet point what I think I'm good at? UH...
- Human-ish things.
- HAIR.
- Expressions.
- Slapping orange on everything.
- Soft shading, when I do it.
- Lineart thicknesses, again when I do it. (I rarely seriously ink, though, and I haven't played with line thicknesses much lately.)

List your Artistic Weaknesses
I...don't...know? I think it's more that I haven't yet tried certain things than that I'm inherently bad at them. I haven't messed around with perspective much, but that's quickly changing lately. |D Aw yeah. I guess I would be bad at photorealism...but, again, that's because I haven't devoted, like, any time ever to practicing that. OH, BUT I DON'T DRAW BACKGROUNDS OFTEN ENOUGH. I think I'm okay at them when I do draw them, though.

Which of the above weaknesses would you most like to see improve?
Backgrounds and perspective, so I can do more scenes. Then again, throwing a detailed background onto every picture I ever draw would be really...tedious. And I only just started practicing with extreme perspective.

Adult Content. . . yes/no?
ONLY YES IF IT INVOLVES THESE TWO PEOPLE. (Otherwise...no. I don't mind seeing it around, but I don't really want to draw it myself. I'm demisexual -- sort of a subset of asexuality, I guess? -- which means I have to have an extreme emotional connection with something in order to find it sexually...interesting. I can appreciate other people's sexual art to a degree, but I don't really want to draw that stuff much myself.)

Adult Subject Matter you favor?
THE AFOREMENTIONED ADRIMASEX. C: (...Which you guys never get to see because I won't post that in public.)

Schooling/Training received in the arts?
I've had a few art classes at college, but...most of what I've learned has been self-taught. I don't think I've suffered from that, though. I've come a long way in...what, four years of more serious art? (I've been drawing more like seven years total, but some of that doesn't really count because I only drew occasionally. And I didn't make as many conscious artistic decisions.)

Schooling/Training you'd still like to have?
I really liked JMU's figure drawing class professor, but...I don't know if I'll ever end up taking that class to completion. Probably not.

Would you consider yourself prolific, or a 'quality over quantity' sort of artist?
Uh, well, I actually don't really know how to half-ass the actual drawing of things. But I do like to draw a lot, because drawing a lot of random sketches will actually end up making you improve. I GUESS A MIX.

Would you considering yourself a Fine Artist, or a Commercial Artist?
I won't lie, I had to look this up to be sure. I don't know, I...like the visual look of a lot of commerical art (graphic-y looking things and even a lot of labels on products), but...there's no product I'm really producing art for, so I can't say I do it myself. I guess a fine artist, but...I...don't like how a lot of that looks, or how stuffy and elitist a lot of ~fine artists~ tend to be.

Where would you like to be in five years?
Hopefully making money from art (at least from commissions, if I can figure out a good way to self-regulate working and stuff). Artistically, I...won't really guess. I'll just trust myself. It's worked so far. :D

I'm tired of being sick.

Go away.

I love the new banner. :D

I have to draw some ponies this week. IT IS DECIDED.

You see this person? She's rad and needs money (medical bills suck like whoa), and she's open for commissions. She is undoubtedly one of the most professional people I have ever commissioned, too~ Also she draws humans holy shit although maybe I'm the only one excited about that.

SO GO. SPEND MONEY. GET ART. Her commission info is here.


TL;DR: If I had enough money right now, I'd definitely commission her, but as I don't, I'm asking you all to. :B

Stolen from Squeedge~


1. Post a link to your entry with the MOST VIEWS: if there is a tie, just post the top most one.
Dear god, why?
I sort of get why. Ponies are popular and shit. But...seriously? :| It was a scribble I'm almost tempted to delete.

2. Post a link to your entry with the most favorites: if there is a tie, just post the top most one.
Technically it's the one from the last question, but I'll use the second-highest instead.
I don't really mind this one, since I put legitimate effort into it and it wasn't just a scribble, but...uh, it's just an avatar, guys. A rather sketchy one at that. OH WELL, THE COLORS ARE NICE?

3. Post a link to an entry you can't understand why so many people favorited, because in your own opinion, it doesn't deserve them.
What the hell, guys.
I...don't even have many words for this, except maybe the word WHY. Someday I'mma have to draw Robot Unicorn again just so I can finally have a better fanart of it.

4. Post a link to an entry that got the most comments.
Ahaha, oh god.
I know why this is. It's because someone wanted to sniff that character's butt, I said no, and then...I don't even know.

5. Post a link to an entry of your OWN personal favorite drawing (post up to five).
World is Mine
Slowest At Flying
Like a Plastic Bag
Origins
Smile


Okay, yeah, maybe I shouldn't have done this meme. It just shows how much the most important pictures I do (namely, Adrimas, but also other things) go unnoticed here. :C I have always been very disappointed in that. Oh well, at least my friends care?

Just thought I'd ~officially~ mention that I haven't been around much recently. I mean, it's probably obvious and I'm not sure how many people care, but WHATEVS. XD

I...also haven't really been feeling like doing art. At all. Not even for myself. :| It's...rather obnoxious. (Commissioners, feel free to note me about stuff if you want; I'm still checking FA occasionally. And I haven't forgotten about any of you, trust me.)

But, uh, TO CLARIFY: this isn't me leaving on an actual hiatus. I've just been doing some offline things lately and doing art seems...stressful right now? I'll make myself do it eventually, though, at least the stuff I owe people.

_{Also I've maybe been playing P4. Holy shit awesome game.}

My 22nd birthday is tomorrow. :B

Katherine was an asshole A WONDERFUL PERSON and left me to go on her family's vacation. >:C But I have kidnapped our mutual friend in protest.

HAH.

Okay, I have two friends who are in need money, so if you're in the market for a commission, please check them out?

First off is a very long-term friend of mine, Renee. Renee's girlfriend isn't originally from the country where she lives now, and LONG STORY SHORT, she needs money for therapy so she can get help for her psychological issues and find a job. So Renee's trying to help her get the money for that. So go? Renee draws a lot of humans (like me, hurr), but some anthro things are also doable. JUST GO TALK ABOUT IT AND SHOVE MONEY AT THEM SO THEY CAN BUY THERAPY. >:C ...Please?

Second...my good friend Raevis's boyfriend, Minum, is opening for commissions. I am...not exactly sure why he's opening for them, but I promised I'd help pimp him too. XD <3 Anyway, Min specializes in cute toony things, if that's more your kind of thing.

SO GO CHECK THEM OUT. :D

...Of course, you could always commission me. *cough*Ineedmoneytooprettybadly.*cough*

I've started on my commissions by now (got the old ones I had out of the way and begun a couple of new ones), so that's cool. IT'S KIND OF NICE HAVING A WORK ETHIC.

But anyway, this is how I'm going to handle this:
• I'm drawing the commissions mostly in order, unless you have a specific deadline (in which case I'll accomodate you, of course).
• New orders are going on the waiting list (no money required) until I'm done with the current queue.
• For the bigger commissions, I'll show you an approval sketch before to make sure everything's right.
• Since these will take a while, I will undoubtedly work on private art between now and then. Don't worry, this doesn't mean I've forgotten you. It just means I either have an idea I have to get out or I really need a break from everything else.

SO YEAH. :D Er, no idea how long these are going to take in general; I got a lot of somewhat large orders. A few months, at least. But I'll keep taking things on my waiting list as long as people want to commission me, so that's cool.

...Seriously, it's thanks to all of you that I have electricity to power my computer as I type this right now. So thank you all so much for commissioning me.



(In other news, I need to fix my sleep schedule. Really badly. FFF. I just pulled another all-nighter without meaning to.

And I just got my own 7777th pageview. Somehow, that's really awesome. :D)

Go here for visual examples and commission info!

As you know if you read this journal, I'm opening up for commissions due to...unfortunate circumstances. When I posted this journal a couple hours ago, I did have all the commission info written down here too, but...I figure that link up there is good enough for that. :B

Also? When everyone pays, I will have enough money to pay this particular bill (shout-outs to , , , , , , , , and for posting pimping journals), so...thank you to everyone who either commissioned me or helped. That said, Katherine and I are still very, very low on money, so if you want to send any more commissions my way, I'll take them~ (Edit: The current list will probably take a while to complete, so I'm going to split this into a queue and waiting list. Being on the waiting list still means you'll get a commission, just that you haven't officially filled out the form before this point. Also, all orders after this point will be placed on the waiting list. No payment required to for that, just if you're in the actual queue~)

CURRENT QUEUE:
squeedgemonster
villdyr
peppermintkitten
corbies
taux
filthy_cur
ignacious
betakrogoth
krickahaota
violet.caution
cureminorwounds
vekky
smileyv
mermade
lichdog

WAITING LIST:
shaytalis
theblackparrot
raevis
kyu
onex
summerstory


But seriously, thanks to everyone who has interest in commissioning me in general. <3

Sorry for the cursing, anyone who cares. I hardly ever do that seriously, but I...ugh, I figure this is a pretty good occasion.

For private reasons that I would rather not discuss because it is between Katherine and her family, she has lost their financial support for now. This was going to be fine, because her parents have to pay her portion of the rent for our apartment anyway, and I get weekly money from my parents that was going to go towards our food. Plus, she's put in a few job applications already, so we thought we'd be able to make ends meet by either getting a job, being more thrifty, or possibly both.

...Until we got the electric bill.

We paid off a big bill a coupe of months ago, and we cut back on electricity usage (and our apartment complex got new energy-efficient appliances) recently. Future bills shouldn't be much of a problem. However, this bill dates from between our last bill and when we started to be more thrifty with energy. Specifically, it's for $100, which I am aware is not that much. It's just $100 I don't have.

So I'm going to open commissions.

I was basically closed for them, because I've been too stressed over the past year to want to worry about that, and no one was really interested anyway. However, I've gotten a slew of new watchers lately, and I figure that circumstances have pushed me to this, as art is...the only marketable skill I have.

And honestly? Money is kind of tight, so even if we can pay off this bill somehow, I...really wouldn't mind taking on some commissions, at least during the next couple of months.

If you would be so kind as to spread the word (I LOVE YOU <3) please wait until tomorrow, when an examples sheet and a commission journal will be up.

Anyway, thanks for reading.


Edit: Reading back over this and thinking again, I feel the need to say this: I actually have a couple of avatar commissions to do currently. However, those are small, and once I just sit down and do them, they won't be that big. Just, if you are one of those people, please don't worry that I'm going to forget you.

Copying Rasasha~

Ask me things (anything!), I'll answer them. :D I just reserve the right to not answer if you ask something TMI.

(I...thought this would be better than leaving that really old journal up. XD Yeah, hi, I'm alive. Nothing new's really going on, though, so... *shrug*)

OKAY. I'm done spamming you all. :D

Welcome to all my new watchers~ I know, like, no one actually reads journals, but I just wanted to say that I do appreciate all the new people who watched me during my upload flood.

In other news, I'm open for Mameshiba avatars like this. They're just $2, and...since I am jobless, I do really need money right now. :C (Even if it's in small increments of $2.)

So the hiatus Rasasha and I were on? Over now. :D

Just thought I'd warn you guys that I'm going to be posting, uh...a lot of stuff. And by "a lot" I mean about 60 things. Most are pretty small, but I want to post them anyway. I'll try to stagger it, though. XD;

Not literally. XD

Just announcing that I'm taking an indefinite break from FA. Not really from the Internet, just FA and DA. I want a break from art sites, I suppose? I'll still be drawing, just not really posting.

I guess what it amounts to is a lot of frustration with how people are. Don't worry, I'll get over it. I just need a break to focus on what's really important. |3

JOINT HIATUS WITH RASASHA GOOO~

New journal time! It's been too long, so, without further ado...

Go visit Renee! He's an old friend of mine from over on deviantART, and he just joined recently.

SO GO. HE HAS COO' ARTZ AND STUFF, YO.

Proposition 8 in California was repealed! 8D

This is...a kind of random journal to be the one to break the months-long dry spell. XD

But anyway! Sol is offering really cheap commissions. Here. CLICK THE LINK, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

Yeah, not feeling great. I have a lot of stuff to sort out this summer -- one of which being if I can handle being at JMU after failing as few as three and maybe as many as all of my classes this semester. =| I feel like such a failure, but there you go.

BUT ANYWAY. TO CELEBRATE MY NEWFOUND CODING KNOWLEDGE, HAVE THIS:

https://youtu.be/41H1_P1kOUs

I hope that works. 8D; It's the song that inspired me to do this extremely horrifyingly and awesomely gay picture.

Ahaha, one good thing that's happening, though, is that we're gonna have Rasasha over at our apartment for a week. EXCEPT SOME CRAZINESS~