That was pretty awesome. If you were there, you know what I'm talking about, and if you weren't, I don't want to taunt you with it, and I hope you make it next year.

I was there not only doing art, but also working as security, meaning I got way in over my head more than once. (It didn't seem so bad at first, only now that I put it all together do I realize it was too much to take. Although demand exceeding capacity isn't a bad feeling! Ego-boosting if nothing else.)

And then, to top it all off, I came home on tuesday and had to start a new daily full-time job, which has been sapping all my time and energy. If anyone is hunting me down because I've not yet finished a commission for you from Artist Alley, I offer my most sincere apologies, I'm working on them as best I can.

Current Queue:

Joseph - Full-color Pencil Drawing

Brian - Full-color Digital Badge

Able DuSable - Pencil Drawing

Vinni Lei - Cel-shaded Digital

Maly - Pencil Drawing

Rhapsody - Cel-shaded Digital

Taverick - Digital B&W

Steve - Pencil Drawing

So a lot of the work I do, in animation and when I do cel-shaded work, makes use of software called Toon Boom Animate. I bought this software back during my senior year at college, and I have not regretted it. It's got great tools, amazing controls (including a digital turntable) and really top-notch support.

Now, the software does have some limitations, like not being able to use text, and (mostly my personal) difficulties using symbols and complex objects. Most of this was fixed in later releases, or in the higher-grade Pro software, which also has some nice extra features which would make my life easier.

I'm a (presently) non-employed freelance artist, it's not really in my budget.

I've been planning, once I get over this dry startup period, to work on buying some of this higher-grade software (and hardware, like the big Cintiq) once I've built up some money.

And they just put it on sale. (70% off!) They specifically itemize the price to upgrade from my current edition to the Pro software. And it's not too bad.

So, I'm putting this out there. I really want the money to buy this. It would make my work on Nightmares in the Dark and other projects far easier. It would make my life a bit less complicated, to achieve one of my big goals. (And any money I make above and beyond that goal would help towards those pesky, pesky bills.)

So if you ever intended to commission me, now is the time. My prices will be favorable, I could use as much work as possible, and my time is entirely at your disposal.

I'm already going to be working hard to get my current queue of commissions done, feel free to pile on some more.

Wow, been far too long since I updated here.

First off, thanks to the folks and staff at FCN for an awesome con. (considering I know a good chunk of 'em from AC/etc, it's both familiar and strange. Biggest oddity is not being on call, I'm used to working security alongside the DI, so being one of the faceless masses was humbling.)

I'll try to get my work from the Artist Alley up here, though I only have shots of a couple of the pieces. (if anyone has some of my artwork, please let me know!) Still wrapping up the last-minute commissions I got Sunday, will post them as soon as I get them to their respective owners. To everyone who commissioned me, thanks!

As a general notice, I'm open for commissions. I can work in a range of styles from realistic to cartoonish. I can do simple drawings, cel-shaded images, complex digital paintings, and even animation!

I have some rough estimates for images, as well as my terms of service, on my website: http://redbladestudios.com/resume/commissions/

For animated commissions, contact me with your idea and I can quote you a price. (I'm new to doing these as commissions, so my estimates are pretty rough.) I'm a fully-trained animator, so I've got a lot of range, I can do animated icons and portraits, simple animations like gestures, and even full sequences like walks and runs, and transformations.

For all things, you can note me here, or send me an email at commish@redbladestudios.com!

Thanks!

Had a great time there. Made a lot of connections- those of you who find this page from my business cards, welcome!

I need to take care of some updating of my website, because for the last month I've only been able to update dynamic elements like the blog. No uploading new files, which means I can't upload new images or alter any HTML-only pages. This means I need to switch to a new host.

To aid this effort, I'm taking commissions! Anyone interested, just contact me here on FA or at alex@redbladestudios.com, describe your image, and I can give you a price.

The guidelines on the commissions page are a good reference, but my skills have expanded in some areas, such as digital coloring (cel-shading in particular), making those formats much more worth the money, while others (like hand-inking on paper), I've decided that while I can manage them, it takes much more effort, so I'd be charging more.

So, contact me! Let me know! I'm always available!

Right now i'm in the midst of a reformatting. The job I'm at now isn't working out well, and I'm looking at jumping into the art world more fully. The first step in that road is to do a LOT more artwork in general, but also specifically to do Furry work, and open myself up for commissions.

I've not been what I could consider a 'furry' artist, just a general fantasy artist. Now, I'm working on that. I want to make things work as a professional artist, and a tent-pole of that is working as a Furry artist. (it's not an exclusive title, after all, there are plenty of other artists who work on a wide variety of genres and styles, and still do Furry work.)

The artwork I'm posting around now is all old artwork. In the near future, I will be revisiting these old drawings, with new and updated images reflecting my progress in style and trade.

I am also available for commissions. My prices are variable based on time, detail, and component factors. In general, for standard page-size (8x10/8.5x11) images:

$15 - Pencils
$20 - Inked
$25 - Greyscale
$40 - Full color

There are extra qualifiers (this is generally the price for a simple single-character, no/minimal background images, prices rise for more characters, or more background), these work on a case-by-case basis. (I'll try to give examples of prices as I post new pieces.)

I can work in larger and small sizes as well, down to Badges and up to larger-scale artboard compositions. (I can also work in acrylic, although with less experience in that.)

I also do digital work, but that's entirely up to you, price-wise. Throw money at me, and I work work for as many hours as that money covers until I feel the artwork is done. (general guidelines above follow, in terms of what work to expect. Don't throw 5 bucks at me and expect a masterpiece.)