Hey, I'm signal boosting this for a friend

If you would like a good deal on an awesome head, look no further!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18164309/

I haven't really talked about it much but I love rule 63. "For any character, there is a gender-bent version of that character" I guess technically speaking, Grey is sort of an androgynous character, but she has male and female versions. I imagine that the male and female versions have very different personalities. For instance, male Grey is very meek and submissive. He's also shy and socially awkward. Whereas female Grey has more of an in-your-face kind of attitude. She is snarky, haughty, and has an over all more dominant personality.

I guess Grey is as much a character as she/he/they? are a tool for self exploration and expression.

Well I did it again, folks and now I'm racing to meet deadlines with such a short time to do so. So, art trades and commissions are pretty much on hold for the rest of the week.

Doing some inexpensive pin-ups! May or may not have something to do with the fact that its Valentine's Day ;)

Link to full info here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19099507/

Having a pretty rough day. I'll tell you why in a good news, bad news sort of way

Good news: My artwork was put up for sale at a real honest to god art show this weekend. I had 4 total copies from my woodblock print series for sale, and one of the prints did sell! This is the print in question http://viseriongrey.tumblr.com/post.....e-style-of-art

Bad news: The artwork was sold for the wrong price, fully 1/4th the price that I was asking for.

Good news: I was promised compensation from the art gallery for their mistake

Bad news: Because of legal reasons, I can only receive the full amount of money that was paid to the gallery.
I priced my work for $60. If my work would have sold for that price, I would receive $30, while the other half would be donated to the art gallery.

The artwork was mis-priced at $15 instead of $60, so I will now receive $15 instead of $30
As you can imagine, I am definitely not happy about this. At least the mistake was caught after the first print had sold, but I feel that my efforts to correct the price mistake might have hurt my ability to sell more prints. Even when fixing the price in permanent marker, you could still see the old price underneath. I am sure that people would wonder why the price was suddenly 4x more, but that was the price it was supposed to be sold at! Not $15!

I don't know how such a glaring mistake could have been made. I do believe that it was an honest mistake, but one that has cost me up to $120 (the total amount I would have received if all 4 prints had sold)

That being said, I now have 3 framed copies of this print for sale. I'm asking $45 each plus shipping. The frames are 11x17 inches
I also have unframed copies of this same print in other colors for $30 plus shipping. The unframed pieces are of various sizes. If you would like them to be framed, they will cost $45 + shipping.

Saw someone in a Facebook group attempting to make a foam base out of household INSULATION FOAM.

Oh god, just... please don't use things lying around the house and try to make fursuits from them! Its like the people making costumes out of the life-sized teddy bears. Whatever kind of cheap stuffing is in those things can NOT be good for you!

Natural selection is coming for us.

I'll leave this open for a while longer

Full info here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18942932/

Hey! Check it out! Info here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18942932/


The expenses I have incurred at the beginning of this semester have been a little steep, so I'm hoping to sell a few badges to cover these losses! I'm cutting you a great deal, so please consider supporting me and you'll receive some awesome art in return!

So about a week ago I abruptly decided to delete my tumblr, but I've decided to start a new one
The new tumblr can be found here http://viseriongrey.tumblr.com/

Follow if you like!

I don't usually think of this kind of stuff, but I couldn't help myself.

I couldn't help but notice some similarities between One Punch Man's two main characters, Genos and Saitama, and two characters from Siddhartha, a fictional telling of the story of the Siddhartha Gautama AKA the buddha.

"Saitama" almost sounds like a combination of "Siddhartha" and "Gautama". (its also the name of a city in Japan)

Saitama wears yellow garments and has a bald head. Buddhists monks often wear yellow or orange garments and shave their head.

In the book Siddhartha, Siddhartha's childhood friend and most dedicated follower is named Govinda. Govinda and Genos both start G. Bit of a stretch, I know.

SPOILER WARNING for the book, in case you plan on reading it some day

At the end of the story, Siddhartha has discovered the path to enlightenment by looking into a river and seeing the life of his father, himself, and his son, and understanding that time is ever flowing. When Govinda visits his friend again after searching for the buddha and for the path of enlightenment himself, upon seeing Siddhartha he realizes that he has become enlightened. When Govinda asks his friend for the secret to enlightenment, Siddhartha tells him that the secret is love.

"Govinda" is a hindu word meaning "love". Siddhartha is telling Govinda that the secret to enlightenment is within himself.

Back to OPM, I believe that Saitama is an enlightened being. Unlike any of the other heroes, he found the secret to ultimate power within himself. He did not do anything extraordinary or be born with some sort of mutation. For the most part, Saitama is extremely humble and down to earth (though he has his moments of hubris). The act of protecting the Earth may be some way of keeping the Earth and the universe in balance.

Of course, I don't really believe that the creator necessarily drew these same parallels, and it is a parody anime after all. But I'm a fan of my theory, and I'm sticking to it! :P

Ask me anything~

Its my second day of classes for the Spring semester and I have a very long day today @_@

I'm open for $10 traditional full-body sketches and more
sketch example http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18889085
Full commission info here http://www.furaffinity.net/commissi.....omatic-dragon/

Its that time of year again where I could use some extra cash after paying off my student bill. I know that its tough for everyone but if you can throw even just $10 my way I'll do ya good ;P

I'm officially open now for commission orders now that I am feeling better mentally :)

Information and prices can be found in my commission info tab http://www.furaffinity.net/commissi.....omatic-dragon/

Some changes:
- I'll be offering digitally colored traditional sketches again. New examples will be coming soon
- All reference sheets will be build-your-own from now on. You can add as much or as little detail as you need.
- Price changes to reflect demand. Prices on toned paper sketches were lowered slightly.
- I'll be offering ACEO badges for only $10 each! Includes free US shipping

Long story short, my charger is starting to go. I've had this computer for going on 4 years, so its not very surprising. It can hold a charge, but the charger/port is very touchy. Knowing that things can only get worse, I will probably have to replace my charger in the future, which could prove to be a difficult challenge. Replacing a charger for a 2012 model will likely not be cheap, and the loss of my charger could leave me without a personal computer for a while, which would definitely effect my work, especially digital.

None of this is a problem as of right now, but this is just a future warning. I am not sure if the problem is with the charger or the charging port. On my old laptop (now 8+ years old) the charger does not even fit in the charging port any longer, and the battery is completely dead, so the computer is practically unusable. I would hate for something like that to happen again, especially since this computer has been such a trooper.

I'll spice this up later but I just felt like specifying what I will draw/ won't draw on commissions

Love:
Anthro
Humanoid
Dragons
Reptiles
Felines
Tasteful nude
Pin ups

Will draw (general):
Feral
Canines
Equines
Ungulates
All other species
All body types
Digitigrade
Plantigrade
Wings
Food
Backgrounds
Romantic scenes
Clothing
Armor
Light gore
Macabre
Children/babies

Will draw (but not confident with):
Complicated machine/mecha
Vehicles
Logos
Tattoo designs

Will not draw:
Art that is hateful towards any person, ethnicity, religion, organization, etc. No Hate!
Hyper anything
Excessive gore
NSFW Feral (with exceptions for certain mythical creatures)

I reserve the right to deny your commission if it makes me uncomfortable, even if it is not listed here

So Grau is in need of a little financial help, and they have made a batch of cute adopts for sale!

Go check them out o3o http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18791674/

How are you?

I'm back in school for a winter class. I was expecting to have more time to create more work and to just get some practice sketches in before the next semester but this portraiture class is taking most of my time and creative energy. It is going OK; I am mostly using it as an opportunity to get back into painting and try new things before my painting class next semester.

My mood lately has been up and down. I think it is safe to say at this point that I do have some form of depression. But now that I know I can hopefully learn to avoid the things that ruin my mood and send me into depressive states.

Making art seems to help, if I can push myself to do it. Right now I'm trying to get back into a reasonable sleeping pattern, but lately I have been spending a lot of evenings and late nights with friends, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It can definitely bring my mood up if I have had a bad day.

I'm still working on the illustrated question and answers.

good night!

Just looking to make some extra $ for art supplies! And I'm making a special exception and accepting DeviantART points for this one time only.

Sketches will be $4 or 400 points each. They will be toned paper shaded sketches. Examples below
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18412129/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17656265/

Thank you to who became my 400th watcher!

As promised, I will do an illustrated question and answer session with Grey to celebrate!

Feel free to ask your questions by commenting below, or submit questions anonymously using this form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TY.....IluzE/viewform


Thank you all so much for your support!

Sorry about the title. I'm starting to feel very self-conscious about the kind of content that I am posting on my art page. I realize that you are all (presumably) humans who have problems of their own and are capable of empathizing with the problems of others. Many of you are very kind for having reached out to me in the past about my personal issues. It just feels a bit unprofessional. Sometimes, I wish journals could be hidden from the front of my page. But oh well. I will carry on with the rant simply because I feel that I must post it.

In reality I do desperately want to talk about my problems, but I feel that I can't because I will just be bothering people or I will look unprofessional. But I want my feelings to somehow be validated, I guess? I don't want attention just for attention's sake.



I have lost all of my confidence as an artist.

A bit over a month ago, I fell into a heavy depression. It started with comparing myself to other artists online until the point where I deactivated my Facebook because just so much as being a part of the online artist communities was too much to bear. Then I started dreading going classes because I felt like a failure compared to my classmates. I started having panic attacks and episodes of crying whenever I started thinking of being a failure. I skipped classes or left classes early because I didn't want to be around anyone. So much as being in public became unpleasant.

Then suddenly without warning, I began to sort of come out of that depression. I thought I could start reclaiming my confidence and my life back. But when I tried to start marketing my art again, I gave up right away. Looking at the competition made me feel hopeless and depressed again. I am spiraling into thoughts of being a failure again and fearing that I will never amount to anything with my art.

I'm afraid of starting my winter class in a week. I'm afraid that I will continue to have these thoughts. I am afraid that these feelings will become a self-fulfilling prophecy and I will fail simply because having these thoughts and feelings is an unbearable weight.

Heyy so I'm finally done for the semester ^^ I still have a lot of trades to do and Christmas gift art to make before the holidays, and maybe a little something for myself hehe

Happy Holidays! Today is the Winter Solstice! Its been hard for me to get into the holiday spirit with the stress of finals and the fact that it doesn't feel very wintery at all outside. Usually it has snowed by Thanksgiving, now it is the first day of Winter and there is no snow on the ground.

I'll be home until January 3rd, when I will be going back to school to take a winter class. It is something I have never done before, but it is a portrait drawing class so I am excited ^^

I hope everyone has a happy holiday, no matter what you celebrate. If you don't have any plans for the season, go and buy yourself a gift or something. Because you deserve it!

I'm going to be posting on my personal tumblr again

http://sifu-grey.tumblr.com/

It will be a mix of personal ramblings and some art. I'm not very active on tumblr at all but feel free to give a follow and post your blog below so I can follow back. Need some more friends on there, anyway

I'm looking for trades to keep me occupied during my down time during finals. I have a need to draw and doodle a bit in between school work, but I don't feel like drawing my own stuff.

Just comment below if you may be interested. I'm only really interested in doing traditional work right now. Either sketches or watercolors. I am open to doing anything from a simple sketch to a full piece.

Only looking for 1-2 people to trade with watercolors, because I'm going home the 22nd through the 4th and I won't have my paints.

Hey guys!

I just really want to say thank you to all of you who are looking out for me, even about extremely personal matters. I am happy that I have such a friendly group of watchers who are genuinely caring. You guys rock.

I finally got in to see a professional mental health counselor on campus, and we went over everything that has been happening lately (the depression, panic attacks etc.) We are trying to decide the best way to address these issues.

One question they asked me was whether or not I experienced symptoms of clinical depression. I don't want to jump on a diagnosis, but the more I think about it, the more it seems to fit. Bipolar disorder also sort of fits, and I may have general anxiety (or anxiety as a result of the depression)

I have been feeling better lately, but I had another panic attack today, and was seriously emotionally fragile for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately, I will not have another counseling session until after the holidays. I am anxious to receive more help. I don't want my attendance and my happiness to suffer any longer.

I'm about to hit 400 watchers! It feels like such an accomplishment to me; it would be awesome to reach that number by the time 2016 rolls around c:

In celebration, I would like to do an illustrated Q&A session for you! You ask a question, and I'll draw a picture of Grey answering it! This is sort of an "ask me anything" prompt, and Grey will answer. Nothing is off-limits! Just comment your question below! If you prefer to ask anonymously, feel free to use this form! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TY.....IluzE/viewform

We look forward to your questions! And thank you again for your continued support!