So for those that don't know, I'm closing shop in terms of commissions until around January 12, 2016. Any owed trades I have pending I'll try to catch up on before I open these again, though it'll be a bit since I touch on these, as I...


...will also be AFK for a while, as I will be visiting Florida for the holidays to spend time with family there from the 20th to the 28th. I'll not have my computer but I'll have my phone, so you can keep tabs on me on my Twitter accounts if you want. NTBKompy is my main, SpoiledKompy is my spoiler-heavy account, heavily focused on Undertale right now, though if I finally watch the new Star Wars film I'll probably talk about that there, too).

And that's about it! See you folks around :)

Too tired from doing stuff in RL I'd rather not get into (nothing bad, honest, just boring and exhausting grown up stuff) to stream tonight, so I'm gonna pass on that. Friday commissions are unaffected for the time being.

As next Wednesday is the last Wednesday I have to stream before I go on impromptu family vacation from the 20th to the 28th, I'll try to get any pending Wednesday commissions finished beforehand, so even if I don't stream I'll try to get those done before I depart.

Also, unless I finally manage to get a proper job next year, Wednesday streams may become a semi-permanent thing, as there's another upcoming trip later that year I'll want to save up for as well, so you know, more opportunities there.

Finally, aside from any pending stuff I might have to finish still (and any "special" commissions I might pull off in preparing before the year ends), standard pics will more than likely be put on hold until next year. You can ask for quotes and the like via email (kompycommish at gmail dot com), just know I'll not start any actual new large commission work until around January 12, 2016.

Questions, comments, critiques, lay it on me here. Also might finally open up Patreon officially next year, depending on what the workload looks like. We'll see.

Anyway, hope you guys have a good day/night/whatever :)

For those that missed the memo I am still moving old Pokemon-themed art from  ceegee to this one, all of them in their respective folders/scraps.

Thinking it over, I'm going to alternate between posting newer Pokemon-themed works and older ones, with the older ones getting automatically put in their folders/scraps while newer ones will get shown on my main gallery for a while before putting that in scraps too, with a few exceptions.

Scraps doesn't mean "trash" art or anything, it just means it doesn't show up on my page and over-clutter it with TOO much fanart of one thing or too many commissions (save for a handful I still find worth sharing.

...oh, and Undertale art will continue to mostly be posted over in my Art Tumblr (spoiler heavy, though I do have spoiler tags on), at least for the time being. The less spoiler-heavy pics might get posted, though I'll eventually make a folder for those as well in time :V

I also have special commission stuff I wanna discuss with you guys later, but first I am in need of playing more Super Pokemon Mystery Dunge--err I mean sleep. Yes, that.

Due to a few factors, I'll not be doing a Friday stream tonight, but *Friday Discounts are still in effect tonight*. Let me explain my reasons:

1)Post-Thanksgiving exhaustio hit me really hard today, so it threw me for a whack and made it so I missed my own schedule

2)My (new!) headsets have stopped working! And because of that I'm down to either using earbuds to hear (not a pleasant thing to do for long periods of time) and I have no mic. So that'd be YET ANOTHER THING to have to save money for >_<

3) Black Friday, yo. Who's crazy enough to buy dumb doodles from me at this time of night?

And because of that, I don't feel comfortable streaming to you guys tonight...'cause I like talking to you too much and, well, this is first and foremost a "chill" stream, a thing I can't do if I am not chill :/

That said, any pending Friday drawings will be worked on, as well as any surprise new commissions asked for tonight, will be worked on tonight. (if interested, email me at kompycommish at gmail.com)

Hopefully I'll be able to resolve the headset issue before next Wednesday arrives. Until then, have a nice weekend you guys.

So, holidays are a-coming. No surprise there.

The holiday trip to Florida I'll be doing there, though, that kind of IS a surprise. Blame my family, how much I love 'em.

So while I don't have to worry about flight tickets or anything, general expenses will be a worry.

And because of that, I am going to have to be a bit more aggressive with commission work somehow...though I'm not quite sure how just yet.

I do have a couple ideas, however. I can either:

1) Make Wednesday a Discount Stream day too along with Fridays (subject to RL shenanigans)

2) Themed colored commission of some kind (waist up, pinup, icons, etc)

3) YCH offer (do people even care for these still?)

4) Uhh....point people to my Tip Jar linked to above and also straight up tell people I'm open to standard commissions agaib?

For those asking, I want to keep to a fairly simple goal, maybe $250 or something before the date (Dec 20-Dec 30). Every little bits help and, of course, I will do all I can to make whatever art I have to for you guys be as awesome as it can be!

THIS ART HAND OF MINE IS BURSTING WITH POWER YADDA YADDA YADDA

LEND ME YOUR STRENGTH!

...Should have ward y'all about the gigantic poke-flood, shouldn't I? A-at least it's mostly in scraps? (For folder reasons, mind)

So yeah, I said this over in ceegee already, but I should state this here too because dur:


As I've been saying lately, I am moving stuff from this account to my Kompy account, the fate of this account still pending.

I have also mentioned not all pics will be reposted for whatever reason I deem fit. Mind, I'll be saving every one to my own personal storage areas, but they'll not be posted on FA ever again.

That said, as a few of the ones I'm debating if to re-upload or not are commissions, should once I finish the transferring you don't see your own commissioned pic up, you're free to request that I upload it again, provided it's your commission and/or your character.

Also no, I'll not state ahead of time which ones I'm omitting or not, nor why. I will point out some of these are posted in couple of my other online art archives, I just don't have the time/patience at the moment to remove them from there, though I can't guarantee that'll remain that way forever.

Sometimes, a little pruning goes a long way, yanno?

...Yes, the ref is exactly what you think.

Sue me :V

I already asked this in my other account, but it just now ocurred to me to ask here as well since, well, maybe I have more poke-haters in this side of the pond than I thought. And if that is the case, I should go ahead and ask before I do anything too crazy.

Anyway, let me sortakinda repost what I asked over there to you guys (no need to reply again if you already said your peace in the other journal):

So as some of you know, I originally made the Ceegee account to separate the pokemon related work from my kompy account for the sake of keeping things relatively separate.

But now that we have folders....should I bother with that account still? Should I keep Pokemon stuff over there as usual (and while I'm at it, finally give in and finish bringing over all the old pokemon art still left on this account that I haven't moved because laziness/fear of losing views and comments?)

Or should I move everything back to Kompy for the sake of having one less account to have to follow?

You tell me.

folders.

Folders.

FOLDERS?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?


DGHDFGXSRXSESXHFSXRHSZH YES GOOD THANK YOU FA YOU DID A GOOD HAVE A COOKIE

So, hey, as you guys know by now, still tablet-less.

As a few pending commissions are in the halfway point and done in Sai, working on those at the moment isn't really an option (save for maybe one exception, who I have already notified). However, as it has been a few weeks since my last Friday stream (aka my one means of getting financial aid while I job hunt), I'm a bit short this month.

However, I've one idea.

See this pic? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17649121/

Could I interest anyone in getting a semi-experimental bust shot in a similar (and hopefully better-looking) style like that, PWYW (min 5) ? To be worked on this weekend.

If interested, comment here (or call me up on my Twitter over in NTBKompy) and if I accept your request, toss me your info (character name, visual ref, "scene" you want them reacting to and paypal address) at kompycommish at gmail dot com.

First come, first serve. Depending how fast I finish these, I might open for one more spot, but no guarantees.

Hopefully things will be resolved soon. I hope -_-;

So, computer and tablet are still not playing nice, so a plan of sorts has been done to rectify that.

That is PROJECT MARCHOSIAS, which I'll elaborate more on once it arrives next week. I'll give you guys more info on that come next Friday but suffice to say, it is a good thing, or at least I hope so.

In the MEANTIME, though, with the tablet out of commission, I can't resume working on my commission backlog as most are at the halfway point in getting finished and are done in Paint Tool SAI, a program that needs a drawing tablet to work with. Limited-time Illustrator or b/w traditional sketch commissions are a possibility, but that leads me to another recent worry.

Recently, Paypal got a bit mat with the Puerto Rican government, to say the least, and pretty much said no on P2P payments. Now I use invoices, so that's not an issue, but my account is currently a personal account, so I'm uncertain if I'm affected or not. This has me in a somewhat panicky mood as I'm not sure how boned I am in terms of accepting payments that way. An alternative to Paypal would be something to consider for later on if need be, but it wouldn't be a decision I could do overnight...that, and I wouldn't know where else to go for that, either. Suggestions are, of course, welcome.

So yeah, that's what I got so far. Hopefully better news will show up soon, I hate being such a downer dino to you guys all the time :/

Bear with me as I go into panic mode for a moment.

So.

Tablet? Not cooperating again. Many reboots. Reinstalls. plugging/unplugging. All the tricks I could find. Not working.

In fact, its current behavior is reminding me of the old tablet! You know, the one I replaced with the one I have now only to see laptop doing the exact same BS with the new one. But as I was able to make it cooperate with me for the last few years, no big deal.

Now, now it's a big deal.

I am on my wit's end, as I have been significantly hindered by this turn of events when it comes to saving up cash for the new laptop. And consider this:

-The only money I can use at the moment without bothering anyone else for money is what I had saved up for the laptop. I could well use some of that cash for a new tablet and just keep soldiering on with Raphael here until I have thew amount I need, but seeing as this laptop now has a history of not playing nice with Wacom tablet drivers/pressure sensitivity, I'm seriously afraid to risk getting a new one just to have this happen all over again.

-I could try borrowing mom's laptop, but as she uses it for her work and it's not really optimal for handling digital editing, I worry if it's worth the hassle. Also her computer has Win8 and needs a virus clean up pretty badly, so that's another reason not to go that path.

-The only, ONLY thing I can still use for digital art at all now is my scanner to grab some traditional sketches and Illustrator (as I prefer using the mouse for that anyway). This I could well try to use for new work, the problem is all my pending commissions are done in SAI, a program that needs a pressure-sensitive tablet like a fish needs water to breathe.

-I can't draw directly on the comp with just a mouse to save my life and am legit amazed by those dedicated enough to pull it off.

-The only other, OTHER thing I could use for digital coloring? Uhh, I have Colors! 3D on my 3DS, though it's a standard-sized 3DS and the screen is annoying to draw on, though not impossible. Ironically, Miiverse sketches are doable :V

-I was fine with the occasional want for donations when I could at least draw SOMETHING for people to see to make up for it, but as I am now it'd just be beyond embarrassing.

-Patreon plans are pretty much dead until this is resolved.


So yeah, this is where I am now. Needless to say, no Friday stream due to, well, no place to draw on right now/have a sketch pending.


I'm...going to sleep off the frustration now. Hopefully next post I do is significantly happier. I'm starting to dislike this sad side of me.

After a good deal of perseverance, I got it working again! Hopefully that means I'll be able to do art again, as well as resume with Friday streams~!

So first off, apologies for not updating this sooner. As you can see, Erika didn't wash me away and the few consecutive (and very much welcome) storms we've had have yet to take my power out, so all's good there! I am alive and thankful to those who have wished me well and all that :)


Sadly, it's not all nice. Aside from the issue stated in the title (more on that shortly), RL has been weird for me lately, between worrying about day to day issues and, more pressing, mom's recent back surgery. Now I'll not get into too much detail for privacy's sake, but mom very recently came back from having surgery this week. It's a small surgery and she's already home and walking about, if understandably weak and stuff, so I of course have to keep an eye on her more than usual. So to sum: storms that are good for drought/bad for potential power-outs, aforementioned drought and caring for mom and the house we live in. The usual stuff.

And now we have the tablet thing. Here we go.

So, Still on Win7 (10 still intimidates me), weapon of choice for digital art is my Wacom intuos Pen & Touch (medium). It's always been pretty ornery when it comes to having working drivers on my computer, but for the most part I can manage it...until they update and I have to practically reinstall everything from scratch to get it working again.


And sure enough, it needed to update yesterday and now I'm baffled on how to fix it. Joy.

So that's where I am right now. If you have any ideas on how to deal with the tablet thing or simply want to say hi and stuff, I'll be over in my Twitter as usual, NTBKompy .Hopefully I can figure this out before Friday. Until then, take care folks.

What it says on the tin. Due to storms of this nature having a 99% chance of power outs, it's not the best time to be on a computer, to say the least.

As a precaution, Friday's stream will more than likely be cancelled this week. Sorry about this :/

Weekend will probably be no go due to RL reasons, but hopefully next week we can get the ball rolling again.

On one hand, I'm saddened by the Friday stream thing, as proceeds from what I earn there go to saving up for a much-needed new laptop to replace my current 5+ year old one. On the other hand, we needed a storm like Erika to come to see if Puerto Rico's drought issues can finally be sated, if not solved altogether. That in the long run is the far better necessity.

So until then, see ya guys.

Yeah, I have been putting this off for a while out of dumb fears but, honestly, I need to do this. This is something that I know won't be fun and I have a history of being bad at taking to heart, in a way, but I figure now's a good time as any to do it.

This is simple: post anything you strongly feel I need to improve on, no pulling punches. This is of course mostly based off my skills as an artist, but if there is anything else that you think I need to address as well, hit me hard with that first. There's a good chance I know I'm faulty with a good chunk of things (professionalism, work etiquette, owed art, backrounds, etc) but even if it's something you know I am aware of that needs fixing, let me hear it anyway. Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to get me to truly realize what I'm supposed to do.

The only thing I wish you to not critique is, well, genuinely personal stuff unrelated to me as an artist or businessperson, which goes without saying. Also remember that critique is not "I don't like it when you draw or talk about ___" because that's an opinion and those are subjective. That said, feel free to mention stuff you think I should at least try to draw more of if you think it's something that'd be useful to master for the sake of improvement rather than just your bias :P

Ok, that's done now. So... hit me.

HOW DRAW WITH HAND ON TINY WACOM GOOD AND IT NO HURTY WRISTY

NO CAN MACGYVER WORK DESK MORE FOR WRIST TO HURTY LESS WHEN DOODLEDRAWDRAW OR RAISE CHAIR FOR GOOD ARM SPOT PLACING

WRIST SPIN GOOD HEALTH MOTIONS ONLY SO-SO HELP ME SALSO BONES ARE 33-YEAR OLD FOSSILS

NO CAN MONEY ART GOOD IF WRIST NO GOOD

NO HAPPY ART GOOD IF WRIST NO GOOD ALSO

WILL HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT ONCE NEW DAY COME AS IT IS PAST MOON TIME

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

I did this kind of spur of the moment to get it out of my head. While I'm NOT open to commissions inspired by this (Not right now that is), I figure I'd post this in case any of you want to use this list of ideas for fun.

Before you go "Aren't some of these redundant?", it's semi-intentional, as this list is made so that you emphasize that particular element in that image and go wild with it. Besides, many of us have more than one item of clothing that we use for said occasions, so why not?

For the really vague ones? Just draw what YOU and your character of choice associate with the word and draw that, no need to worry about anyone policing what is or isn't correct, The vagueness is also to help make this list as flexible for characters of all shapes, sizes, genders and cultures to have room to be creative there.

Why "costume" instead of "Cosplay"? Because not all characters exist in universes that are familiar with real world pop culture. Not to say you CAN'T use that to draw cosplay, mind, just means you don't have to focus exclusively on that.

Do you have to draw up all of them? That is completely up to you. If I were to open up to commissions using this theme myself I would, indeed, do all of them, but don't worry about having to stick to that rule yourself.

So anyway, here's the list, enjoy:
Everyday
At Home
Underwear
Beach/Pool
Sleepwear
Bath
Casual
Business
Dress clothes/semi Formal
Formal
Wedding
Funeral
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Local
Historic
Royal
Costume
Model
Work Uniform
School outfit
Country
City/Street
Party
Young
Senior
Cooking
Exercise/Training
Sports
Combat
Festival
Cute
Sensual
Cool
Tourist
Retro
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Dystopian
Gothic
Armor
Plant theme
Animal theme
Food theme
Geometric theme
Dots and circles theme
Stripes theme
Art theme
Letters and text theme
Stars and space theme
Desert theme
Island theme
Ocean theme
Sky theme
Gem theme
Dark theme
Light theme
Fire theme
Lightning theme
Rainbow theme
Plaid theme
Favorite Accessories
Headwear
Eyewear
Neckwear
Armwear
Footwear
Fictional brand name
Green
Red
Blue
Yellow
Purple
Orange
Light Blue
Pink
Silver
Gold
Body Art/Tattoo
Body Modification
Leather
Lace
Fur
Satin
Spandex
Jacket
Dirty
Bloodied/Wounded
Wet
Top
Bottom
Shoes
Socks
Gloves
Jewelery
Digital
Out Of Character
Artist’s choice

This is something I have been musing on for a while and would like some feedback on, if possible. Keep in mind this would not go underway until my current list of owed art is dealt with, but consider this a goal for me/something to get excited over for when the day comes. Depending on which one wins, it could double as a "themed" commission series, but for the most part it'll just be a new way to reinvigorate my love of drawing again, as I sorely needed.

That out of the way, here's the link:

http://goo.gl/forms/o3lgw7PTkz

Warning, I'm being whiny again, feel free to ignore me. I may delete this later.

So between stuff like working on paid for art and using my Twitter to vent out my silly moments, I also research stuff. A lot of stuff.

Among the things I research are how others have managed with their own Patreon accounts. I then start to wonder what's really stopping me from finishing up my own Patreon?

In short, it's because I'm cowardly and feel I don't deserve it.

I still have commission backlogs I'm catching up with at a snail's pace (they're not hard, just time-consuming + my dumb perfectionist self is being dumb about it). I'm completely useless for art trades with very rare exceptions. I'm still struggling to get a job in anything, let alone the stuff I went to university for. Above all else it's because I can't seem to settle on some decent reward incentives that are both fair to the people who like my work for whatever reason and to myself.

And part of the reason for that is because I fear myself falling out of love with the one real talent I have developed over the years.

It's not exactly an art block. I can still draw simple stuff like what I do during my Friday streams and I can still work on said commission backlog (even if I'm too slow for my liking). The problem is when I want to draw for myself, moreso if I want to draw something that isn't fanart. Even when I have time for myself, like how I have made myself do on weekends, I'm lucky to get even a doodle done, let alone a completed piece.

Have I been poisoned so much by people's feedback that I can't draw things for myself unless I know there are people out there that care? I should know better than this. I KNOW better than this. I KNOW I have enough people who watch me for my silly drawn antics no matter what the theme is. I KNOW I have an awesome fanbase who have stuck by me for years to look at my stuff and whatever else I can cook up. I KNOW I have friends who care for me as a person as well as an artist.

I KNOW this in my head...so why can't I make the rest of me believe it? Why can't the rest of me allow herself to chill out, draw whatever I wanna draw and not worry that drawing for me is a waste of time and money? I mean, yeah, I know part of the issue is my current money worries, but surely that shouldn't stop me from enjoying the very thing I grew up doing for so long, should it? Heck, I remember back in the days of Yerf when I was so in love with drawing whatever that the idea for asking for money in exchange for art repulsed me. And a part of me is repulsed still by that idea, but for a different reason entirely.

I don't expect replies. I won't blame anyone for wanting to tear me a new one for this depressing talk. I just...needed to say something in the hopes my own words will give me an answer, or something else entirely.

Hopefully, this feeling will pass. And maybe then will that Patreon happen or find a better means of keeping a decent amount of money coming in during the months to stop me from whining so much and feeling like this. This feeling sucks and I hate it and I want it gone already!

So I've not done streams on Monday for several reasons and only now realized, oops, I should explain why that is, shouldn't I?

For those that don't know, I have Monday set aside to exclusively work on the much larger "standard" commissions (also on Wednesdays, but that alternates) that include things like color and multiple characters and Fridays for the much smaller and quicker sketch streams which are single full-bodied characters. Now initially I had hoped to stream on Mondays as well, but a few snags have hit me along the way:

1) These past few Mondays have had me a lot busier than expected in RL, usually for random reasons that aren't part of my usual schedule and, thus, hard to plan for.

2) While I can't well explain what has changed since I've done these in the past, I have found as of late I've not been able to concentrate as well as I have on keeping good quality on these while I'm streaming. To make up for that, I'm open to offer up WIPs to those commissioners whose work I'm currently working on while once I'm at a good progress point.

3) A very recent (as of today) snafu just arised -- namely, my driver has been giving me more and more issues as of late. Because of that, I'm hesitant to stream today until I feel more confident it won't die on me while I'm working or something (this may well kill the Friday stream as well if it proves to be unfixable).

So that's the gist of it. I am trying to save up cash for a new laptop (have my eyes set on a Surface 3 or similar, but I'm open to suggestions), but until then...yup.

EDIT: Forgot to say. I'm especially active on Twitter (@ NTBKompy) and especialy open to questions and whatnot on Mondays while I draw! Just saying~!

Another day, another screwup...and here I was already miffed at the fact my tablet is being screwy at the moment.

Anyway, for those of you heading off that want to keep contact with me (and vice versa), here are my other locations:


My Twitter Updated often (rarely with complete images, though I do post links to those), used mainly for streaming news and rambling about very weird or personal topics. Feel free to talk to me!
My DA account Updated as frequently as here, might include exclusive art.
My Weazyl account Also updated as frequently as here, might include exclusive art.
My Tumblr account Still newish, so still updating. Will include exclusive art.
My Pixiv account Updated infrequently and mostly with fanart. Might include some exclusive content, but it's rare.

I'll be doing commission work behind the scenes, but no actual stream tonight, as I'm a bit out of steam for that.

You can come chat with me and ask me things over on Twitter (@NTBKompy), though!

I need to draw more dinosaurs. I have a mascot/fursona/whatever that is one, after all, plus with Jurassic World starting up next week, it makes more sense than ever to draw more of 'em.

Maybe I'll make next Friday's Doodle For Donation stream dino-themed...what says you?

I go by @ NTBKompy on Twitter now.

In retrospect I should have done this sooner :V