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More thoughts about My Little Pony as of late...
Posted 13 years agoI was looking back at some of my old original MLP character designs from years ago, and for some reason, I got to thinking about the new craze. There are lots of people drawing lots of ponies. Many of them are their original fan characters.
Before this fad got off the ground and there was no Friendship is Magic, there was a little problem that sometimes popped up in the MLP fanbase. It didn't happen often, as the population of MLP fans wasn't nearly so large as it is right now, but it still came up, and it was still a huge mess when it did. Once in a while, someone would come up with a pony whose name was the same as someone else's, or whose symbol was very similar to someone else's pony. Ooooh, the drama bombs that went off when THAT crap happened. *shakes head* I remember once there was an issue over someone who had named her ponysona after one of the lesser known Hasbro ponies, and someone else had already done that, and the battle that went done there spanned months. Maybe years. I'm not sure. I don't remember. But, what it came down to was that the other girl was harassed about her pony's name constantly, and was told many times that she NEEDED to change the name and that she COULDN'T have a pony with that name because someone else already did. Even though that one happened to be an official pony in the first place...
Looking at the massive number of MLP fan characters out there now, this has got to have been an issue at least a few times. But, as I don't follow this stuff anymore, I wouldn't know what kind of reactions are had over it. Have we, as artists and fans, finally moved beyond being petty about these things and come to understand that naming and symbol similarities happen? Or, does the drama bombing still happen?
Before this fad got off the ground and there was no Friendship is Magic, there was a little problem that sometimes popped up in the MLP fanbase. It didn't happen often, as the population of MLP fans wasn't nearly so large as it is right now, but it still came up, and it was still a huge mess when it did. Once in a while, someone would come up with a pony whose name was the same as someone else's, or whose symbol was very similar to someone else's pony. Ooooh, the drama bombs that went off when THAT crap happened. *shakes head* I remember once there was an issue over someone who had named her ponysona after one of the lesser known Hasbro ponies, and someone else had already done that, and the battle that went done there spanned months. Maybe years. I'm not sure. I don't remember. But, what it came down to was that the other girl was harassed about her pony's name constantly, and was told many times that she NEEDED to change the name and that she COULDN'T have a pony with that name because someone else already did. Even though that one happened to be an official pony in the first place...
Looking at the massive number of MLP fan characters out there now, this has got to have been an issue at least a few times. But, as I don't follow this stuff anymore, I wouldn't know what kind of reactions are had over it. Have we, as artists and fans, finally moved beyond being petty about these things and come to understand that naming and symbol similarities happen? Or, does the drama bombing still happen?
No "double whammy" for me this year!
Posted 13 years agoToday is my birthday, though I don't particularly care for the damn things and I don't do cake and presents and stuff. I basically just sigh about the fate of all human beings, which is to get old and frumpy and tired and achy and crap, and accept that I'm another year closer to being that strange old lady you're not sure if you're scared of or think is freakin' awesome. You know, like Betty White, except maybe a little bitchier.
Up to now, though, my birthday has been a very disturbing issue for me. My closer friends understand why, and it may be easy enough to figure out here. The coming of my birthday has, up to this year, been the subject of scorn and discontent for me, and has generally made me request the day off, and several before and after, depending on what day it falls on that year, and I stay home and try to block out the outside world. Although, my husband and I did once go to a sheep and wool festival on my birthday (which I think was on Mother's Day that year) one year, rather than me staying home and wishing the world would explode. That was actually a great distraction! I freakin' LOVE sheep and yarn! Cuuuute! Fluffy!! *knits* <3
That's mostly because I was unfortunate enough to be born the week of Mother's Day. In fact, my birthday routinely falls exactly on Mother's Day. Last year, it was the day after.
I was also unfortunate enough to be born with PCOS, an insulin resistance condition that happens to enjoy robbing women of their fertility. 2+2=4. You probably get where I'm headed with that.
This year, though, is MUCH more positive than years past. While I still don't enjoy the idea that I'm getting older (and really, who does?), it isn't SO hard on me, considering. And Mother's Day? I'm immune to that shit now! I can go down to Target and walk through the Mother's Day aisle and be all like, "Oh, yeah? FUCK YOU, Mother's Day, I won!" Then give the aisle the middle finger and perhaps confuse many people who might be nearby to witness the act.
It's actually a very liberating feeling not to have that black cloud over my head for this particular week. Just another reason I'm feeling very fortunate and thankful for what I was able to achieve. :)
Also, just as a side note, I seem to have gotten a lot of desire to do creative things back. And that includes drawing! My hope is that this will continue, even after the baby gets here. ^_^
Up to now, though, my birthday has been a very disturbing issue for me. My closer friends understand why, and it may be easy enough to figure out here. The coming of my birthday has, up to this year, been the subject of scorn and discontent for me, and has generally made me request the day off, and several before and after, depending on what day it falls on that year, and I stay home and try to block out the outside world. Although, my husband and I did once go to a sheep and wool festival on my birthday (which I think was on Mother's Day that year) one year, rather than me staying home and wishing the world would explode. That was actually a great distraction! I freakin' LOVE sheep and yarn! Cuuuute! Fluffy!! *knits* <3
That's mostly because I was unfortunate enough to be born the week of Mother's Day. In fact, my birthday routinely falls exactly on Mother's Day. Last year, it was the day after.
I was also unfortunate enough to be born with PCOS, an insulin resistance condition that happens to enjoy robbing women of their fertility. 2+2=4. You probably get where I'm headed with that.
This year, though, is MUCH more positive than years past. While I still don't enjoy the idea that I'm getting older (and really, who does?), it isn't SO hard on me, considering. And Mother's Day? I'm immune to that shit now! I can go down to Target and walk through the Mother's Day aisle and be all like, "Oh, yeah? FUCK YOU, Mother's Day, I won!" Then give the aisle the middle finger and perhaps confuse many people who might be nearby to witness the act.
It's actually a very liberating feeling not to have that black cloud over my head for this particular week. Just another reason I'm feeling very fortunate and thankful for what I was able to achieve. :)
Also, just as a side note, I seem to have gotten a lot of desire to do creative things back. And that includes drawing! My hope is that this will continue, even after the baby gets here. ^_^
Posting my art to other websites without my permission
Posted 13 years agoMost people know I have a pretty easy going nature about how my art gets distributed. If you want to save it to your personal collection, then go ahead. If you wanna share it with a friend who has a similar interest, then, by all means, send him the file. If you even wanna post it to Fchan, then okay. Just please be sure to include a source link back here if you do.
The thing about the above mentioned distribution methods, however, is that they aren't hosted to someone else's website. Fchan doesn't keep the images available forever. Eventually, the threads in which the images were shared will fall off their listings. What I dislike is having my images on someone else's website entirely; something permanent that doesn't eventually get kicked out by newer stuff. I do not approve of this. I do not grant permission for this (unless YOU paid for the image, and in that case, it's YOURS to do with as you please to). I do not in any way support this!
I have found some of my REALLY old art on a furry and fantasy variety art site not long ago. The site appears to be all in French, and the people who make comments and such speak the same language. What really frustrates me about that particular page is that no one even gives a source link. The image is just posted, and from what I was able to translate from the comments, people believe the website owner is the rightful copyright holder and creator of all the images posted on that website. I don't find that acceptable in any way.
I was recently made aware that several of my images were posted to the Rule 34 webpage. I DO NOT, in any way, shape, or form appreciate what was done with that. I don't support that website, and I frankly don't believe my artwork properly belongs to such a place. The site seems to strongly imply that it's meant for pornography, and the images posted did not fit that description. One of them was an anthro My Little Pony I drew all the way back in 2006 that has no visible genitalia and is meant only to be mildly sexy, not pornographic. The other was a commission I did for a friend of mine of Gadget from Rescue Rangers. The picture is a suggestive nude pinup, by his request. I feel the image is too tame for what they seem to imply their page is about. I also shook my head at the whining about the watermark on an image that was bought and paid for by someone else. I get a little sick of seeing people do this with my artwork. If it's got a strong watermark on it, there's a damn good reason for it, and obviously they've figured that out! Quit your bitchin'! You want a clean, unmarked version? Commission me, then!
The only saving grace of that website is that they offer source links to the original images. However, the site seems constructed like your average comment-based gallery system such as with Deviant Art and Fur Affinity. So, pretty much any moron can come along and post whatever.
If you happen to be someone who has taken my artwork and posted it to a site like I mentioned here, please discontinue such actions in the future. I really don't appreciate it. I'm happy you like what I do, and I don't mind you sharing it, but not in THAT form. Please ask me permission before posting my artwork to permanently hosted sites like Rule 34. I don't want my work there. I don't want to be associated with them. I don't want to be associated with any other websites like that. I hope you'll understand and know you CAN come and ask me if it's okay to share something if you're not sure. But, please, don't just assume it's okay and do it. That's really disrespectful of me and any other artist that this has been done to.
The thing about the above mentioned distribution methods, however, is that they aren't hosted to someone else's website. Fchan doesn't keep the images available forever. Eventually, the threads in which the images were shared will fall off their listings. What I dislike is having my images on someone else's website entirely; something permanent that doesn't eventually get kicked out by newer stuff. I do not approve of this. I do not grant permission for this (unless YOU paid for the image, and in that case, it's YOURS to do with as you please to). I do not in any way support this!
I have found some of my REALLY old art on a furry and fantasy variety art site not long ago. The site appears to be all in French, and the people who make comments and such speak the same language. What really frustrates me about that particular page is that no one even gives a source link. The image is just posted, and from what I was able to translate from the comments, people believe the website owner is the rightful copyright holder and creator of all the images posted on that website. I don't find that acceptable in any way.
I was recently made aware that several of my images were posted to the Rule 34 webpage. I DO NOT, in any way, shape, or form appreciate what was done with that. I don't support that website, and I frankly don't believe my artwork properly belongs to such a place. The site seems to strongly imply that it's meant for pornography, and the images posted did not fit that description. One of them was an anthro My Little Pony I drew all the way back in 2006 that has no visible genitalia and is meant only to be mildly sexy, not pornographic. The other was a commission I did for a friend of mine of Gadget from Rescue Rangers. The picture is a suggestive nude pinup, by his request. I feel the image is too tame for what they seem to imply their page is about. I also shook my head at the whining about the watermark on an image that was bought and paid for by someone else. I get a little sick of seeing people do this with my artwork. If it's got a strong watermark on it, there's a damn good reason for it, and obviously they've figured that out! Quit your bitchin'! You want a clean, unmarked version? Commission me, then!
The only saving grace of that website is that they offer source links to the original images. However, the site seems constructed like your average comment-based gallery system such as with Deviant Art and Fur Affinity. So, pretty much any moron can come along and post whatever.
If you happen to be someone who has taken my artwork and posted it to a site like I mentioned here, please discontinue such actions in the future. I really don't appreciate it. I'm happy you like what I do, and I don't mind you sharing it, but not in THAT form. Please ask me permission before posting my artwork to permanently hosted sites like Rule 34. I don't want my work there. I don't want to be associated with them. I don't want to be associated with any other websites like that. I hope you'll understand and know you CAN come and ask me if it's okay to share something if you're not sure. But, please, don't just assume it's okay and do it. That's really disrespectful of me and any other artist that this has been done to.
The depths of unwarranted hatred...
Posted 13 years agoI consider myself a regular person. Nothing extraordinary about me. I'm not a movie star or a model. I'm not a famous rock star, nor am I a politician. I'm just a regular woman who lives a regular life. But you wouldn't know that with the way some people react to me. Or maybe I should say OVER-react to me.
I have been the target of people's unwarranted hatred for years. I'm used to it, for the most part. I've had people threaten all kinds of doom and violence on me. I have had people stalk me to the ends of the internet and beyond. I have had all kinds of horrible rumors and lies spread about me because someone needed to feel superior or in control. When it comes to trolls, I've seen some of the worst of them. What's all the more confusing is that many times, they think I'll never know what they've said. Almost always, I've found out in some way or another. Either through an accident or because a caring person let me know.
The most interesting thing about these kinds of people is that they wish these horrible thing on me, or on my friends or family, and they have no reason to. I haven't done anything to purposely hurt anyone. However, I KNOW I have hurt people emotionally, though it was through no act of intention on my part. No one in this world has a right to go through life without feeling emotional pain once in a while. Even at that, I haven't set out to purposely hurt someone's heart, either. Someone else's emotional pain is more the side-effect of a separation, or their coming to realization that I am not this person they have created in their mind. I'm not perfect, or I don't fit their ideals well enough; that I am my own person with my own wants, dreams, and goals and that I don't allow others to control me or use me. So I may do something that hurts them emotionally. Usually that comes in the form of me separating myself from a situation I have deemed is inappropriate for me. Yes, I will fully grant that this will cause hurt feelings and make someone feel angry or rejected, but it's just emotional pain. That's something that only hurts for long if you LET it. It also isn't to say that I am not sorry that they're experiencing that pain, either. I am sorry they have to go through it, and my hope is always that it will pass quickly. But there isn't much I can do, unfortunately. Someone else's healing is their responsibility, not mine.
Maybe I'm not capable of real hate. I don't know. I have never felt so badly about someone to wish something truly life threatening or otherwise devastating on them or their loved ones just because I didn't like them. I can feel sorry for others involved with that person. I do that a lot. But I don't wish for something terrible to befall them simply because they don't live up to something I wanted or expected.
I also don't blame people for things not going my way. Yet, I have been blamed with the "ruining" of some of the most ridiculous things you'll ever hear. I suppose these people needed something to shift the blame onto, since they didn't want to focus on where the blame really was: with themselves and what they allowed. I've been someone else's personal monster more times than I care to try to count. All the while, they were looking everywhere except where they really should be for where the real blame was. Sometimes it's with them and their actions or what they allowed, and sometimes not. But the blame is rarely on me.
What this all comes down to is my inability to find the logic in any of this. I can't wrap my mind around how anyone could hope for bad things to happen to someone who has done them no real or lasting harm. What kind of person does it take to have a depth of hatred like that? What does that kind of hatred feel like? Is it painful? I always imagined it was really painful... And, for as much as some people wish horrific things on me, if it really is painful for them to hate me that much, I feel sincerely sorry for them. I can't seem to comprehend why I, a regular person who lives a regular, down-to-earth life and isn't at all extraordinary in any way, could be SO important as to be such a huge focus for this kind of energy and time.
Hatred is a tragic waste of life...
I have been the target of people's unwarranted hatred for years. I'm used to it, for the most part. I've had people threaten all kinds of doom and violence on me. I have had people stalk me to the ends of the internet and beyond. I have had all kinds of horrible rumors and lies spread about me because someone needed to feel superior or in control. When it comes to trolls, I've seen some of the worst of them. What's all the more confusing is that many times, they think I'll never know what they've said. Almost always, I've found out in some way or another. Either through an accident or because a caring person let me know.
The most interesting thing about these kinds of people is that they wish these horrible thing on me, or on my friends or family, and they have no reason to. I haven't done anything to purposely hurt anyone. However, I KNOW I have hurt people emotionally, though it was through no act of intention on my part. No one in this world has a right to go through life without feeling emotional pain once in a while. Even at that, I haven't set out to purposely hurt someone's heart, either. Someone else's emotional pain is more the side-effect of a separation, or their coming to realization that I am not this person they have created in their mind. I'm not perfect, or I don't fit their ideals well enough; that I am my own person with my own wants, dreams, and goals and that I don't allow others to control me or use me. So I may do something that hurts them emotionally. Usually that comes in the form of me separating myself from a situation I have deemed is inappropriate for me. Yes, I will fully grant that this will cause hurt feelings and make someone feel angry or rejected, but it's just emotional pain. That's something that only hurts for long if you LET it. It also isn't to say that I am not sorry that they're experiencing that pain, either. I am sorry they have to go through it, and my hope is always that it will pass quickly. But there isn't much I can do, unfortunately. Someone else's healing is their responsibility, not mine.
Maybe I'm not capable of real hate. I don't know. I have never felt so badly about someone to wish something truly life threatening or otherwise devastating on them or their loved ones just because I didn't like them. I can feel sorry for others involved with that person. I do that a lot. But I don't wish for something terrible to befall them simply because they don't live up to something I wanted or expected.
I also don't blame people for things not going my way. Yet, I have been blamed with the "ruining" of some of the most ridiculous things you'll ever hear. I suppose these people needed something to shift the blame onto, since they didn't want to focus on where the blame really was: with themselves and what they allowed. I've been someone else's personal monster more times than I care to try to count. All the while, they were looking everywhere except where they really should be for where the real blame was. Sometimes it's with them and their actions or what they allowed, and sometimes not. But the blame is rarely on me.
What this all comes down to is my inability to find the logic in any of this. I can't wrap my mind around how anyone could hope for bad things to happen to someone who has done them no real or lasting harm. What kind of person does it take to have a depth of hatred like that? What does that kind of hatred feel like? Is it painful? I always imagined it was really painful... And, for as much as some people wish horrific things on me, if it really is painful for them to hate me that much, I feel sincerely sorry for them. I can't seem to comprehend why I, a regular person who lives a regular, down-to-earth life and isn't at all extraordinary in any way, could be SO important as to be such a huge focus for this kind of energy and time.
Hatred is a tragic waste of life...
My thoughts on the My Little Pony craze and "bronies".
Posted 13 years agoHello, friends!
It might come as a surprise to those that have known me for a long time to learn that I'm not a fan of the new My Little Pony cartoon. I did watch the first season, but by the end of it, it had worn on me and I wasn't enjoying it. I was merely watching it in an effort to keep up with what my friends were talking about. I wasn't honestly interested in it myself. I attempted to watch some of the second season, but I just couldn't get into it. In fact, my husband ended up sleeping through most of the episodes, so I guess he was bored, too. And that's just our preference. I realize there are a lot of folks who love this new show and really do enjoy watching it. That's okay with me. I'm glad to know that people are enjoying something so much like that! Just because I don't like it doesn't mean I think nobody else should.
What's been getting to me, though, is that people almost seem to EXPECT me to love this show because I'm a life-long MLP fan. I grew up with the original toys and cartoon from the 1980's. As for art, I've been drawing MLP all my life, but in my current style, I've been doing it for nearly 10 years. And that's another thing...
I developed my style long before this craze was even thought of. I used to draw MLP almost exclusively for a little while. I realized I was devoting too much time to ponies and eventually stopped drawing them as much, and then almost not at all. I doodled some of my personal pony characters as well as some ponies for fellow fans as gifts, but I didn't do it with the kind of seriousness I had been at one point. Still, I have my own style. I don't draw like anything you would see from Hasbro or this new cartoon show, but you can still tell they're MLP's. I know of a LOT of artists who draw ponies their own way, actually, and what's unusual is that I never seem to hear anyone complaining about the style they choose to draw their ponies in. This confuses me and, yes, mildly irritates me. I can draw furries in any style I want, but it's not okay for me to draw MLP how I want? I don't get that.
And then there's the term "bronie". I'm a My Little Pony fan, not a bronie. When I fell in love with them as a child in the 80's, there was no such term. The only term that I can even really recall is "MLP mommy". That's definitely not the same thing. I see a bronie as, usually, a male fan who enjoys the new cartoon show. Maybe he isn't interested in the toy side of the craze, but just likes the show. Basically, I think of a bronie as someone who would have otherwise dismissed MLP for its girl-centered universe and otherwise girly atmosphere. I don't, in any way, see myself as being the definition of what it appears a bronie is. I'm a MLP fan. I can enjoy the frilly girly aspect of it as much as I enjoy writing fanfiction putting my personal pony characters into dark, violent situations they would never have been put into otherwise via shows like Friendship is Magic.
I have had some people be rude to be regarding my form of MLP fanart. This is something I can't say I've seen happening to anyone else. Even those who draw MLP in pornographic situations, of which I am opposed, I never seem to see this. I'm not sure what it is about folks thinking I'm part of this new craze alone and that I've never drawn a pony before (which my gallery will show you otherwise), and why my choice in style really even much matters to anyone. If you like it, I'm glad. If you don't, then why not go find something you do like? I know I've said that about a thousand times in all my years in art communities, but it will never make sense to me why people waste their time and someone else's time being rude over something they just didn't like in the first place. Then again, I have a real problem with rude people in general.
I don't have a problem with fans of this new MLP cartoon, nor do I have a problem with people preferring to draw their ponies in that given style. What I have a problem with is people who are trying to force me into a group I don't feel I belong to, and who seem to think it isn't okay for me to draw ponies like I want to. That's what I'm pretty much trying to get across here.
It might come as a surprise to those that have known me for a long time to learn that I'm not a fan of the new My Little Pony cartoon. I did watch the first season, but by the end of it, it had worn on me and I wasn't enjoying it. I was merely watching it in an effort to keep up with what my friends were talking about. I wasn't honestly interested in it myself. I attempted to watch some of the second season, but I just couldn't get into it. In fact, my husband ended up sleeping through most of the episodes, so I guess he was bored, too. And that's just our preference. I realize there are a lot of folks who love this new show and really do enjoy watching it. That's okay with me. I'm glad to know that people are enjoying something so much like that! Just because I don't like it doesn't mean I think nobody else should.
What's been getting to me, though, is that people almost seem to EXPECT me to love this show because I'm a life-long MLP fan. I grew up with the original toys and cartoon from the 1980's. As for art, I've been drawing MLP all my life, but in my current style, I've been doing it for nearly 10 years. And that's another thing...
I developed my style long before this craze was even thought of. I used to draw MLP almost exclusively for a little while. I realized I was devoting too much time to ponies and eventually stopped drawing them as much, and then almost not at all. I doodled some of my personal pony characters as well as some ponies for fellow fans as gifts, but I didn't do it with the kind of seriousness I had been at one point. Still, I have my own style. I don't draw like anything you would see from Hasbro or this new cartoon show, but you can still tell they're MLP's. I know of a LOT of artists who draw ponies their own way, actually, and what's unusual is that I never seem to hear anyone complaining about the style they choose to draw their ponies in. This confuses me and, yes, mildly irritates me. I can draw furries in any style I want, but it's not okay for me to draw MLP how I want? I don't get that.
And then there's the term "bronie". I'm a My Little Pony fan, not a bronie. When I fell in love with them as a child in the 80's, there was no such term. The only term that I can even really recall is "MLP mommy". That's definitely not the same thing. I see a bronie as, usually, a male fan who enjoys the new cartoon show. Maybe he isn't interested in the toy side of the craze, but just likes the show. Basically, I think of a bronie as someone who would have otherwise dismissed MLP for its girl-centered universe and otherwise girly atmosphere. I don't, in any way, see myself as being the definition of what it appears a bronie is. I'm a MLP fan. I can enjoy the frilly girly aspect of it as much as I enjoy writing fanfiction putting my personal pony characters into dark, violent situations they would never have been put into otherwise via shows like Friendship is Magic.
I have had some people be rude to be regarding my form of MLP fanart. This is something I can't say I've seen happening to anyone else. Even those who draw MLP in pornographic situations, of which I am opposed, I never seem to see this. I'm not sure what it is about folks thinking I'm part of this new craze alone and that I've never drawn a pony before (which my gallery will show you otherwise), and why my choice in style really even much matters to anyone. If you like it, I'm glad. If you don't, then why not go find something you do like? I know I've said that about a thousand times in all my years in art communities, but it will never make sense to me why people waste their time and someone else's time being rude over something they just didn't like in the first place. Then again, I have a real problem with rude people in general.
I don't have a problem with fans of this new MLP cartoon, nor do I have a problem with people preferring to draw their ponies in that given style. What I have a problem with is people who are trying to force me into a group I don't feel I belong to, and who seem to think it isn't okay for me to draw ponies like I want to. That's what I'm pretty much trying to get across here.
Care to join me on FurTag?
Posted 13 years agoFurTag is a furry social networking site, of which I know there are others. This one behaves a lot like Facebook, but it has other features, like a marketplace, a forum, and so on.
If you like, you can join me over there! The more, the merrier. :)
My FurTag page: http://www.furtag.com/midnightfury/
If you like, you can join me over there! The more, the merrier. :)
My FurTag page: http://www.furtag.com/midnightfury/
Art trade, maybe?
Posted 14 years agoI'm wondering if anybody wants to do an art trade with me? Commissions pretty much always fail on me, but folks seem like they like doing trades, so I figure I'll toss this out there. But I wanna do it a little differently. Instead of what I guess is the "traditional" way to do trades, my proposal is this: Comment on this journal with a link to some references of the character you want drawn. I'll leave this up for a while, until it looks like pretty much anybody interested has posted a comment, and then go through the list and pick out some folks to draw for. So, yeah. That does mean that not everybody is gonna get selected, so please don't take that personally. Basically, I'm hoping that some characters will pop out at me and get me inspired. I'm feeling kinda like I'm in an art rut, I guess, and am looking for something to get my muse going again.
I can't stress enough to please, please, PLEASE not be offended if I don't select your character! I really do hope that won't stop some folks from posting their references. I'd like to see what lots of people have to offer, in fact. Who knows how many of these I'll end up doing?
Also, you don't have to trade me drawn art in exchange for my art. You can trade me some other kind of handmade creation, too. Just let me know if that's what you're interested in when you comment, and show me an example of your particular craft.
I do prefer traditional media, but will do digital as well. If you choose to do traditional, though, I love to get the originals and would be really thrilled to do a physical trade (as in, you and I will mail the originals to one another).
Okay, so show me what y'all've got!
I can't stress enough to please, please, PLEASE not be offended if I don't select your character! I really do hope that won't stop some folks from posting their references. I'd like to see what lots of people have to offer, in fact. Who knows how many of these I'll end up doing?
Also, you don't have to trade me drawn art in exchange for my art. You can trade me some other kind of handmade creation, too. Just let me know if that's what you're interested in when you comment, and show me an example of your particular craft.
I do prefer traditional media, but will do digital as well. If you choose to do traditional, though, I love to get the originals and would be really thrilled to do a physical trade (as in, you and I will mail the originals to one another).
Okay, so show me what y'all've got!
Commissions TOS and Pricing
Posted 14 years agoPlease read everything in this TOS carefully. All information provided is important. If you have any additional questions about anything I did not cover here, please feel free to privately contact me.
Please allow me to select a pose. This works best for all involved, as it leaves me feeling much more comfortable, thus I am able to produce a higher quality piece of work for you. I do, however, strongly encourage the commissioner to suggest themes for the work. Having a suggested theme gives me better ideas of what you're wanting to see me do with your character.
Backgrounds are tricky for me, and I tend not to want to make attempts at full backgrounds. Most images will have a solid color behind the character (color of your choice). I will draw a simple, small background if desired, but there will be an additional cost. Please inquire about extra charges and examples of simple backgrounds.
You will receive a high resolution, unmarked PNG format of your digital image via email if buying a digital commission. If purchasing a traditional media commission, you will receive the original finished image. Please refer to “shipping information” for more details regarding traditional media commissions.
Here is a list of what I WILL NOT draw. Pretty much anything except what is listed here is fair game, but if you are not sure, please contact me privately to inquire.
I have made some exceptions for mainstream characters for close friends in the past, but typically I will not accept commissions for such characters because I feel most people looking to have art of these characters are wanting for them to be done in their respective styles, and I WILL NOT copy anyone's style, be it a mainstream animation studio or another artist. If you are looking to have artwork done in a specific style, please contact an artist who already draws in the style you desire.
Please be aware that, while I will try very hard, I may not be able to complete your work by a specific deadline if you happen to have one. If you have a deadline for which you need the art completed, please give me plenty of advance time and a specific date for which it is needed. I ask at least 1 month's time ahead of when you need it done, but if you could give me more, that would be helpful. I get work done as soon as I can, but I do not rush myself. Rushing art can produce a lower quality than I could provide to you if I took my time. So, you will likely not see your work done within a day or two. Typically one picture takes me several days to complete. Longer if it's digital. I do everything I can to ensure that delays are not too long so you don't have to wait for your work, but please. No rushing. I will give updates regularly if something has come up to delay your commission.
For traditional media commissions, the commissioner will receive the original finished image. However, there will be shipping and handling fees added on. Art is slipped into a plastic sleeve and is either shipped in a rigid photo mailer envelope or a manilla envelope with cardboard backing. Badges are shipped in bubble mailers. Within the United States, an additional fee of $3.50 is require for all traditional media and badge commissions. If living outside the US, please inquire about shipping and handling fees for any traditional media artwork you have purchased.
If you desire some other shipping method than what has been mentioned, please privately contact me and we can work out what the shipping and handling fees for your preferred method will be.
No work will be started until payment as been received. I will hold unpaid slots for a commissioner for 1 week. If by the end of that week I have not received payment or an expected time of payment, the slot will reopen for someone else.
My preferred payment method is Paypal. I will give you the address to send payment to upon confirmation that you are buying a commission. I will also accept money orders, but please be aware that they take from 3-10 days to arrive. All payment must be in US dollars only. Please DO NOT send Paypal payments as "gifts". Please either use "goods" (more in the case of traditional media) or "services" (more intended for digital).
If you have ANY questions at all regarding my commission terms, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will gladly answer all your questions as quickly as possible.
Thank you, and I look forward to working with you.
Pricing List
Digital Art
Lineart only - $20
Flat color - $30
Full color - $45
Wings - additional $15
Background - varies depending on certain criteria; please inquire
Additional character – Varies depending on certain criteria; please inquire
Traditional Art
Flat color - $30
Full color - $40
Wings - additional $15
Background - varies depending on certain criteria; please inquire
Additional character – Varies depending on certain criteria; please inquire
Badges
Badges are traditional media only and will come laminated with a clip.
Headshot or bust - $30
Full body - $40
My Little Pony
Digital: $30
Traditional $25
Ponies will be drawn in my style only. Not Hasbro or Friendship is Magic style. I can also draw anthro MLP, but those are the same price as single-character commissions.Please allow me to select a pose. This works best for all involved, as it leaves me feeling much more comfortable, thus I am able to produce a higher quality piece of work for you. I do, however, strongly encourage the commissioner to suggest themes for the work. Having a suggested theme gives me better ideas of what you're wanting to see me do with your character.
Backgrounds are tricky for me, and I tend not to want to make attempts at full backgrounds. Most images will have a solid color behind the character (color of your choice). I will draw a simple, small background if desired, but there will be an additional cost. Please inquire about extra charges and examples of simple backgrounds.
You will receive a high resolution, unmarked PNG format of your digital image via email if buying a digital commission. If purchasing a traditional media commission, you will receive the original finished image. Please refer to “shipping information” for more details regarding traditional media commissions.
Here is a list of what I WILL NOT draw. Pretty much anything except what is listed here is fair game, but if you are not sure, please contact me privately to inquire.
I WILL NOT draw...
Pornographic imagery (inquire if not sure what I consider pornographic; this does not include suggestive nude pin ups)
Bestiality
Foot fetish
Children
Inflation
Vore
Unbirthing
HUB/Friendship is Magic style MLP's (I will draw MY style, however)
Feral
Gore/Death
Water sports or scat
Muscle furs
Mainstream characters (Disney, Warner Brothers, etc)I have made some exceptions for mainstream characters for close friends in the past, but typically I will not accept commissions for such characters because I feel most people looking to have art of these characters are wanting for them to be done in their respective styles, and I WILL NOT copy anyone's style, be it a mainstream animation studio or another artist. If you are looking to have artwork done in a specific style, please contact an artist who already draws in the style you desire.
Expected completion times and deadlinesPlease be aware that, while I will try very hard, I may not be able to complete your work by a specific deadline if you happen to have one. If you have a deadline for which you need the art completed, please give me plenty of advance time and a specific date for which it is needed. I ask at least 1 month's time ahead of when you need it done, but if you could give me more, that would be helpful. I get work done as soon as I can, but I do not rush myself. Rushing art can produce a lower quality than I could provide to you if I took my time. So, you will likely not see your work done within a day or two. Typically one picture takes me several days to complete. Longer if it's digital. I do everything I can to ensure that delays are not too long so you don't have to wait for your work, but please. No rushing. I will give updates regularly if something has come up to delay your commission.
Shipping informationFor traditional media commissions, the commissioner will receive the original finished image. However, there will be shipping and handling fees added on. Art is slipped into a plastic sleeve and is either shipped in a rigid photo mailer envelope or a manilla envelope with cardboard backing. Badges are shipped in bubble mailers. Within the United States, an additional fee of $3.50 is require for all traditional media and badge commissions. If living outside the US, please inquire about shipping and handling fees for any traditional media artwork you have purchased.
If you desire some other shipping method than what has been mentioned, please privately contact me and we can work out what the shipping and handling fees for your preferred method will be.
Payment optionsNo work will be started until payment as been received. I will hold unpaid slots for a commissioner for 1 week. If by the end of that week I have not received payment or an expected time of payment, the slot will reopen for someone else.
My preferred payment method is Paypal. I will give you the address to send payment to upon confirmation that you are buying a commission. I will also accept money orders, but please be aware that they take from 3-10 days to arrive. All payment must be in US dollars only. Please DO NOT send Paypal payments as "gifts". Please either use "goods" (more in the case of traditional media) or "services" (more intended for digital).
If you have ANY questions at all regarding my commission terms, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will gladly answer all your questions as quickly as possible.
Thank you, and I look forward to working with you.
Please don't...
Posted 14 years agoPlease don't make assumptions about me. If you're not sure, I don't mind if you ask. But please don't just ASSUME something about me. I try hard not to make assumptions about others, and I know it's not always easy and sometimes we as people just do it without thinking about it. But if you are consciously doing it, please stop and think first. Come ask. I won't bite you.
Here are just a few things people have assumed about me:
-That any of my opinions or beliefs are recent. They're not. Unless the topic/issue/etc itself is new, then my opinions and beliefs are as old as I am. I cannot think of any time in my life in which I've changed my mind about any given subject I had already made it up about.
-That just because I don't draw porn means I'm against porn. I'm not. I'm just personally not interested enough to work up the motivation to do something like that.
-That I won't talk to you because you don't draw or are a beginner. I don't even know why people assume that...
-That I can't do better than retail work because I'm too stupid/uneducated. No. I simply do not WANT to.
-That I, like many other furry artists, want to become "professional" and live off my art. No. That isn't true about me at all. Art is just a hobby I do for fun. I will open commissions now and then, but I'm not here for the money.
That's just some of what I hear or have to deal with. It just wears on me and sometimes. Really, all you have to do is ask me. My doors are open. And I don't sugar coat anything. At the same time, I'm smart enough not to think that people will like or accept what I have to say, depending on what it is. Just know that it is what it is, and if you really wanna know, you can. But please don't assume!
Here are just a few things people have assumed about me:
-That any of my opinions or beliefs are recent. They're not. Unless the topic/issue/etc itself is new, then my opinions and beliefs are as old as I am. I cannot think of any time in my life in which I've changed my mind about any given subject I had already made it up about.
-That just because I don't draw porn means I'm against porn. I'm not. I'm just personally not interested enough to work up the motivation to do something like that.
-That I won't talk to you because you don't draw or are a beginner. I don't even know why people assume that...
-That I can't do better than retail work because I'm too stupid/uneducated. No. I simply do not WANT to.
-That I, like many other furry artists, want to become "professional" and live off my art. No. That isn't true about me at all. Art is just a hobby I do for fun. I will open commissions now and then, but I'm not here for the money.
That's just some of what I hear or have to deal with. It just wears on me and sometimes. Really, all you have to do is ask me. My doors are open. And I don't sugar coat anything. At the same time, I'm smart enough not to think that people will like or accept what I have to say, depending on what it is. Just know that it is what it is, and if you really wanna know, you can. But please don't assume!
To whom it may concern...
Posted 15 years agoTo whom it may concern,
This I want you to know: I forgive you.
That doesn't necessarily mean that I trust you or I'm willing to be friends with you. It just means simply that I forgive you. I'm not angry with you. I'm not holding a grudge against you. I don't want any harm to fall on you. In fact, I never have. And anger is just a passing thing. It's been gone a long time. Hate is a waste of time.
This is aimed at certain persons, but if you think that this refers to you, then okay. Even if I wasn't talking about you exactly, it still applies to you.
That's all.
Goodnight.
This I want you to know: I forgive you.
That doesn't necessarily mean that I trust you or I'm willing to be friends with you. It just means simply that I forgive you. I'm not angry with you. I'm not holding a grudge against you. I don't want any harm to fall on you. In fact, I never have. And anger is just a passing thing. It's been gone a long time. Hate is a waste of time.
This is aimed at certain persons, but if you think that this refers to you, then okay. Even if I wasn't talking about you exactly, it still applies to you.
That's all.
Goodnight.
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