Announcing the winner from the giveaway mentioned in my previous journal: Idisturbed on DA!

https://www.deviantart.com/idisturbed

Congrats to them! I'll be working on their piece on and off in between commissions

Gonna start off the new year with a giveaway for Twitter, DA, and FA followers! Prize: digital character illustration of a character of your choice like the examples below!

http://fav.me/dcuhxqr
http://fav.me/dcuhy7o
http://fav.me/dcuc1db

Watch + comment on this journal (or follow and RT on twitter https://twitter.com/CMystalia/status/1081208525571919872, or watch and comment on DA https://www.deviantart.com/mystalia/journal/January-giveaway-779662404, of course) to enter the raffle. Winner will be chosen randomly on the 8th of January! <3 Spread the word too, if you'd like!

Disclaimer: I will draw any character, but they have to be SFW!

I'm opening commissions for the first time in a long time! Click here to see the info sheet with the price list and all the general info, as well as special offers/discounts and my Terms of Service.

Every month, I'll be running special offers and discounts on certain types of commissions as well! This can range from experimental art styles that I wish to try, to bulk bundle offers. This February, there's a 15% discount on all monochrome digital character illustrations and a €10 discount on colored digital character illustrations if the character is a feral creature.

When ordering a traditional artwork, the size will be roughly A4, unless otherwise specified. Larger sizes are available for a custom price.

If you're interested in commissioning me, the process is as follows:

- You can send me a note/PM describing what type of commission you want
- I'll give you a price estimate and will send you an invoice if you agree with the price
- I will create and show you a sketch (if the order is more complex than a rendered sketch). If you want anything changed, revisions can be made now
- I'll finish the commission and upload it
- If you ordered a traditional piece and wish for it to be shipped to you, you can give me your address and I will mail it to you! If you purchased a digital commission, a full size, HD image will be given. I reserve the right to leave a small signature on the drawing that you may not remove.


I am most comfortable drawing:

- fantasy creatures/animals
- humans/anthropomorphic characters
- nature settings
- medieval fantasy settings


I will not draw:

- complex mechanical elements/cars
- hardcore sexual imagery
- comic pages


Terms of service

Terms of service can and will be edited at any time without the need of further notice.
Last update: 01 January 2019

By purchasing my art services, you automatically agree to the following conditions. Please read this entirely and carefully.

PAYMENT

- I accept EUR or USD via Paypal
- All payment should be made through invoice method. I will invoice you. DO NOT send me any payment.
- Payment is due in full up front for any commission.
- Once the work is completed I cannot refund it.

ARTIST

- By commissioning me, you’re purchasing my artist labor only. I retain all copyrights over my work, which include but are not limited to the right to distribute, reproduce or use the image as a sample for sales/self-promotion, unless otherwise agreed upon.
- I will respect your request to not publicly post your commission. No explanation necessary.
- I cannot claim the Intellectual Property or reuse/resell the image for personal and commercial projects. Unless agreed upon.
- I reserve the right to decline if I feel that your request is not within my ability to do or if I'm not comfortable drawing it.
- I reserve the right to sign my work


COMMISSIONER

- The customer may upload the work done for them to their site as long as it is credited and linked back to any of my galleries. Once a piece is commissioned, the customer may use it for any personal use that they please, including but not limited to icons, signatures, layouts, wallpapers, themes and personal site display.
- You retain the rights to the IP.
- You may not claim the work to be your own, edit or set it up for redistribution. You may not use it for any external projects, commercial or non-commercial unless agreed upon.
- Any personal information of the customer WILL NOT be sent to third parties or added to mailing lists. Customer's email will be stored along the invoice for archival completeness purposes only. NO PERSONAL INFORMATION - such as name, age, address, etc.) will be spread in any way; total discretion is guaranteed.


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Cheers!

Hey guys, long time no see.

I haven't posted any art in a long time, neither here nor on my DeviantART account of the same name. Stuff came up, hiatus happened, not much drawing was done and the accounts went dark and started gathering dust. I'm sorry about that, and would like to thank the people who are still here. Perhaps it's time to start being active again, not only to reconnect with a community that loves art, but also to start honing skills again and get better, learn from other people. That's been happening not nearly enough in the past year or two.

I won't take up any more time out of your day. Thanks for sticking by me, I do hope to see you all around sometime.

I'll be leaving for winter holidays in a few hours. I'll be skiing in France and completely internetless, so I'll see you guys again in 10 days! I hope you all have a great new year's!

Old journal has been on my page for way too long. It's not entirely accurate anymore, so I made a new one.

The two commission slots are filled and commissions are now closed.
slot 1 - Probabilitydriver on dA
slot 2 - Kalahari on fA

Updated art list:
- Commission series for teiirka 6,5/7 done
- Entry for charity artbook "Book of Pandora" finished and sent in
- Contest entry for Sylinter(dA), not yet started

There's nothing else to report really, so that's it for now! Short journal is short, but I just wanted to bump the other one off the page anyway :3

Hey guys,
I returned from my trip to Italy yesterday! The drive back went better than expected, so that wasn't too bad. I had a wonderful time on the beach and even managed to get a sweet tan, so I'm very content. But it's back to ordinary life now. I need to save up some money so I took on an 8 to 5 holiday job and I'm also opening two commission slots. Info about prices can be found here: http://mystalia.deviantart.com/art/.....List-372138061 I already announced these before I went on my trip, but there was very little enthousiasm, so even if you can't or don't want to buy a commission, if you could help by spreading the word, that would be very cool and much appreciated Thanks in advance guys!

Commission slots:
1 -
2 -

And here's a quick update on my Art Status and to-do list:
- Commission series for *teiirka : 4/5 done, almost finished with the last one
- Commission for ~probabilitydiver : sketch in process
- Personal project: children's story book; inking in process
- Master's portfolio: slowly coming along

Gone to Italy until August, see you guys then! ~BrbI will be taking two commissions when I come back. In the meantime, go given leilryu some love. She recently moved and just opened commissions again now that she's getting settled. Go on, shoo!

The last of my papers has been handed in, my summer vacation has officially started! Suddenly I have more free time than I could ever wish for. Result of this: lots and lots of time for painting. First order of the day is extending the portfolio I need for the Master education I'm aiming for. Next to that, I'm opening two commission slots. I won't open more than these for quite a while, because of the previously mentioned portfolio that needs some work. Send me a note if you're interested in a commission. Info can be found here for now: http://fav.me/d65k7kd

Commission slots:
1-
2-

In other news, the weather was splendid today, so after I was finally done writing my last essay, I went outside and had a sprint across the golf course out back. It felt great, sometimes a good run is exactly what a person needs =)

Also, my study trip to Florence was amazing. It was a nice group of people, good weather and of course there was just an abundance of amazing must-see art pieces. I don't think I've ever visited this many churches in two weeks. If I could go again right now, I wouldn't hesitate and get right on the plane.

Study trip
I'll be going on a study trip to Florence next Friday, so activity might be a bit down until the 11th of june, when I'll come back again. Sorry about that guys, I'll be chilling in the sun in Italy for the following weeks =) When I'll come back I have two more commissions to finish, after which I might open a few slots again, so keep checking back!

I've also decided to practice landscape and background painting a bit, because 1) I'm currently rubbish at it 2) It's a very important part of any piece of art and 3) I think it would be really cool to become better at it, so that's another thing I will be doing. Most of this will probably be digital, as I need loads more practice in that. I've been playing around with traditional media for so long now, my horizons need to be broadened desperately. And while we're at it, I challenge all of you to do just that! Summer is coming up, so make some time to practice something you really suck at but would like to be better at. I promise you, you won't regret it <3

In other news
- Took up reading again and started with a Song of Fire and Ice and it's pretty good so far! Haven't seen the tv series, so nobody better spoil anything, or I'll send my army of rabid space monkeys after your butt.

- Even though I said I wouldn't waste any more time on anime and manga because I sort of grew out of that phase and find most of it bland now, I started reading Fairy Tail and caught up with it in one go. People said it would be like One Piece so I'd probably like it and they were right: It's almost exactly like One Piece and I loved it. I like Shonen manga best, don't judge please <3

- Instead of doing the previous two things, it would probably have been better to do some more uni-stuff, but oh well.

- If you have some spare money and would like to buy a neat game on steam, look into Fez. It's an awesome little game which requires a lot, and I really mean a LOT, of clever thinking, puzzling skills and decoding. If you're looking for a brain fryer, that's one right there.

That's it for now. I'll be back in two weeks or so =)

New site, new account. After a bit of a push from some artist friends, I decided to sign up for this site and see what it's all about. My main base of operations thusfar has been DeviantART, where you can find me under the same name. I won't be migrating as much as opening an account on the side to meet some new people, see some more art etc. DeviantART will still be updated and I'm not sure yet how I'll split my uploads over the two accounts, but we'll see. Things usually work out fine in the end.

That being said, I'm willing to give this a shot.
You can also find me on DeviantART https://www.mystalia.deviantart.com
and on shadowness https://www.shadowness.com/mystalia

Come say hello!