I did a lot of thinking over the past few days and I finally came to a conclusion that I'm no longer comfortable with supporting FA. I also found that I don't want to move my entire gallery but rather maybe pick from where I stand now...yeah, it's because I don't really want to delete my older stuff from here, I admit. I'm not terribly active online these days so I'm sure that my departure is not that big of a deal to begin with, but I feel the need to let people know anyway.
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that I will have to rely on commissions to get by pretty soon as things are not looking too promising at work and - as shallow as it seems, given the circumstances - I'm scared that I won't be able to find people willing to pay for my work outside of FA. I'm pretty torn about the whole thing.

I'm not deleting my gallery for the time being (I doubt I will, honestly), but I will certainly limit my activity around here (as if I was sooo active, right?). Maybe I will just keep FA as a commission archive, I don't know. As for my personal stuff, I want to make Weasyl my main gallery. I will also start using DA again, because why not, I guess. And I also have tumblr, so there's that. Anyway, here's where you can find me:

https://www.weasyl.com/user/rift - main gallery
http://rift5.tumblr.com/ - WIP/doodle blog
http://riftryu.deviantart.com/ - mirror gallery

Thank you everyone for the support, and hope to see you somewhere else, maybe. Be well and take care :)

This will be brief, but I just wanted to say that I'm really really glad that 2013 is almost over, if not only because of symbolic (superstitious?) reasons. This year was terrible in so many ways, and some of the people dearest to me have either passed away or have been damaged somehow. I also finally let my doggie go, and it might sound stupid or overly dramatic to some but, although there was no other way, it was the hardest and most painful decision I ever had to make. There were some good things going on as well, of course there were;I'm blessed with having really great people in my life, but 2013 recorded itself in my mind as a chain of Bad Things Happening One After Another and I imagine it will be therapeutic somehow to not have to write the number when signing my doodles. I'm afraid of having my hopes up and allowing myself to think that 2014 will be better (not immediately, of course), but I wish that will be the case.

There's really no non-schmaltzy way of putting it, but I hope that 2014 will be filled with appreciation and confidence for all of you. May you find the strenght to endure everything that life might throw your way, and the energy to start (or finish) whatever it is that you think will make you feel content - or accomplished, even. Also - and I feel like the largest asshole for typing this because I realize how hard it will be to take my own advice - don't shun or trivialize love, either when it comes to loving or being loved, whether it is romantic or platonic, whatever. Above all, be well and take care and try not to allow yourself to take those around you for granted. I have no punchline for all this, just, oh man, I wish that 2014 will mostly leave good memories when its time comes. I still have a stupid amount of things from 2013 to finish, so see ya later and have a good night!

https://www.weasyl.com/user/rift
http://rift5.tumblr.com/

Haha that's short and probably didn't warrant its own journal c':

Mom's doing relatively okay. There's still an operation and a long rehabilitation before her, but we are all trying to stay positive. I'm sure everything's going to be fine, eventually :)

I also have a job now and it keeps me busy during weekdays, so I will get online only on weekends until they fire me anyway. I have some drawings that I need/want to finish in my WIP folder, so hopefully I will be able to post a little something from time to time.

Kind of hate to announce it on a FA journal as I typically don't use it for stuff this personal but I figured that this is the only place on the internet that all who even remotely care about what's up with me visit from time to time.

My mom's been taken to the hospital and I will be rather absent in the following days. It was serious and still is, but she's stable now and everything's under control so please don't worry. Will see ya when I see ya, be well and take care.

I actually dissertated on 20th of June! The experience itself was not as terrifying as I expected it to be and entirely unworthy of all that stress and sleepless nights. It was pleasant, actually; it had a form of a conversation rather than a typical question drill. The thought that I'm done with education (for the most part, anyway, as I will probably need to complete a few more courses) still feels a bit alien, but I'm slowly adjusting to the fact that I don't have any reading and reasearch to do or papers to write during summer anymore. Oh delightful unemployment days await me, I can tell.

The reason why I'm still not online all that much is that I currently have some other responsibilities that take up most of my time (some things went wrong right after I dissertated and thought I'd have some peace, of course), but I'm getting there. I feel like a butt for posting another "brb" journal, but things should slow down next week.

The piece of shi thesis has been finally accepted by my supervisor! I'm still waiting for a greenlight from the reviewer, but! the thing is now hardbound and I can't wait to dump the final copy at the dean's office because I just can't stand looking at it anymore haha!
There are some things left for me to do before the eventual dissertation (like a mock oral exam I have to take tomorrow as practice, and some minor but time consuming assignments that I've been barfing out one after another the previous two weeks), but I'm slowly starting to see the end of it all and I can't help but feel giddy. I still need to get a pass from this one particularly mean guy who likes to fail people for funsies (that's what my colleagues who had classes with him before say, anyway), but for whatever reason this doesn't bother me at all at the moment. No matter when I dissertate, I'm almost done, wow. WOW.

See you all soon, I hope!

When I said that I should be around more often after March 15 in the previous journal, what I really meant was like 6th of May. Apparently.

The realization that I will never be done with this uni thing slowly dawns on me. I will be forever stuck in front of this machine doing research (or scrapping the internet for any additional sources, really), rewriting certain parts of my thesis and lamenting at how much it continues to suck no matter what I do. BAW WOE IS ME BUt no, seriously, I'm poking fun at this all the time but I had enough, I want this to be over and soon haha :')

Hello everyone,

I really don't know what to write here, or rather: how, but at the same time I feel that I should. I have to admit that I've been avoiding my online galleries - or any site that requires interaction between its users, really - rather pointedly for some time now, but my last recorded activity around here was 7 months ago and that's definitely too long, although it may not feel like that to me. It's been brought to my attention recently that there's this huge migration from FA going on, though, and I just wanted to make sure that people know this is not the case with me- I didn't move anywhere. If I did, I'd inform everyone via journal or something, I wouldn't just disappear. The reason for my actual temporary disappearance is that I never really planned it, it just sorta happened.

I intended to start with something that no matter how hard I tried ended up sounding like a bunch of excuses, and really, the more I think about it- it's just what they are. Then again, I was never a fan of making one's personal problems public, so maybe I should keep it that way. I just hope that people will understand when I say that the reasons I have were, and still are, legitimate to me.
This semester didn't start very well for me (and I can safely say that it's not about to end painlessly either), and honestly at this point I just want uni to be over with. Whatever aspirations or ambitions I had are barely there anymore and it hurts a little to admit it but I just hope I will be able to finish what I've started.
The year didn't start good at all as well, but at this point in time there's hope that things will start looking up again soon, so there's looking forward and working towards that.
There are other things too, sure there are other things, and a portion of them involves my ability to draw, but those are too embarassing to type about and probably not as severe as I think them to be and realizing that would be a huge blow to my precious ego, so let's skip those.
The thing is, I really did try to stay relatively positive for a long time now, both in front of myself and the very few people I keep in touch with (with mixed results, I'm sure), but now I can feel it backfiring a bit. I was never a strong person, and I never really thought highly of myself so even the most minor crap did a good job at bringing me down to the annoyance of everyone involved. At the same time I realize that it would be a dick move to burden people with those messed up abstractions of too sensitive and frail a mind (lol), so I guess that's why I thought avoiding the majority of them would be the best for both sides. I don't know how much good it did, but I'm starting to find how much damage it is responsible for. And I'm sorry for that.

At this point I'm tired and embarassed before myself of being a major sad sack of shit - for the second time in my life, too! Argh! - so I guess the real reason I wrote this semi-vague attention-whorey journal is that I want to make a testimony of getting out of whatever it is that I got myself into this past half a year. I will still be rather absent at least until March 15, but after that time I swear I will start replying to messages and getting in touch with people. I'm really sorry for alienating everyone, and keeping those who actually cared in the dark. I seriously hope I didn't worry (or cross) anyone with my absence, I don't think I did, but if that's the case- I'm really really sorry.

I hope everyone's fine these days.

- Tanka

Well, kinda...I messed up a little bit and I still need to get some things done for my MA before 20th September (research/add in the missing info stuff, so no big deal, really), but other than that; I'm free for the next two months c:
I'm kinda messing around in my art programs for now (it feels good to just be able to draw without feeling guilty about it, which usually is the case during school year), but I plan to open up sketch commissions in a few days if anyone's interested :)


Hope everyone's having a good summer!

Happy Holidays! Hope that everyone is going to have a wonderful time :)


...and that everyone made it with their Christmas chores, because I almost didn't :V (it's the main reason why I was hardly online this week; I will get to replying to messages after Christmas dinner)








Now, off to the kitchen I go...so much...delicious food...to prepare...gotta help, yes!

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Current commission queue:

1.  cayleth- done! :) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7050877
2.  tamurross- updates: http://riftryu.blogspot.com/2011/12.....ssion-for.html
3.  sandling

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Anyone interested in a single character, full-body coloured digital sketch commission?

The sketch would be of this quality: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6684086
and coloured in this manner: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kW2fFIGGr.....eenChiliza.jpg and http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dwh4wSrL8.....raitdoodle.jpg (simple shading, sort of paintery-looking)

As for the subject matter, I'm okay with nudity (at least when it comes to females, I'm not too good at drawing nude males yet- so ask at your own risk!) and erotica, but I won't draw hardcore porn and extreme fetishes.

I will open up two slots:
1.
2.

Please, leave a comment in this journal if you're interested (or have any questions) :)


Note: due to my previous experience, I'd prefer to accept payment before finishing the drawing (it is negotiable, though: you can pay me half beforehand and the rest after I complete the piece).

So after two months I've finally figured out my schedule, and I'm ready to start taking commissions again :)

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Current commission queue:

1.  cayleth
2.  tamurross
3.  sandling

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Anyone interested in a single character, full-body coloured digital sketch commission?

The sketch would be of this quality: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6684086
and coloured in this manner: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kW2fFIGGr.....eenChiliza.jpg and http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dwh4wSrL8.....raitdoodle.jpg (simple shading, sort of paintery-looking)

As for the subject matter, I'm okay with nudity (at least when it comes to females, I'm not too good at drawing nude males yet- so ask at your own risk!) and erotica, but I won't draw hardcore porn and extreme fetishes.

I will open up two slots:
1.
2.

Please, leave a comment in this journal if you're interested (or have any questions) :)


Note: due to my previous experience, I'd prefer to accept payment before finishing the drawing (it is negotiable, though: you can pay me half beforehand and the rest after I complete the piece).

I've got accepted to that school near my hometown! I've passed the oral entrance exam with an awesome grade (although how did that happen is still a mystery to me- I barely remember what I was talking about), and on top of that- some tests that my doctor needed to run a few months ago (and I was stressing over the results like crazy since) turned out to be good as well, so- apart from a few minor bullshit that can be taken care of easily- I'm healthy and things...are just really amazing for me right now.

TOO AMAZING. I'm totally awaiting a disaster to happen anytime now.







Aaaaaanytiiiime. >:|



In all seriousness, though: I'm really happy and looking forward to those two years of school, although I'm a bit scared as well. They accepted more people than they originally planned, so- according to the unwritten rule of universities- they probably count on some people to drop out after the first semester. I will do my best to not be one of them, of course- I didn't work this hard to get in just to be kicked out, after all. They won't get rid of me easily, if anything: tatianas are like burrs, only more vocal and annoying. You better believe it.
And, as mushy as that sounds, I'm really grateful to those people who were there for me. My family, of course, because damn, I have an awesome family, and my bff Kinya who was there for me in person the whole time- even right before the exam, but also the people who couldn't be there in person but were a huge emotional support to me those past few months. Namely,  lupinator (who unfortunately can't be online as much as we'd both like to) and  Motsaenggin (who recently had to endure more condesated bullshit from me than any person should). I'm lucky to have you, guys. Sorry for being such a pain in the ass xD
I'd also like to thank all of those people who visited my gallery in the past few months and decided that my submissions are good enough to comment on them, or +fav them, or +watch my gallery as a whole. I've got more messages than I could keep up with, and I find it unbelievable and extremely flattering. You make me feel good about my work, and I really appreciate that. I also suck at those things, and I can't really put my thoughts into words efficiently (never could)- so I will just say thank you. I hope everyone's doing great, but oh man, if you made it this far into this journal you must be really bored and I feel bad for not having anything better to say that would be worth your time. Sorru :c

So, I was supposed to have a care-free, completely chill summer: nothing to do but draw and commit to other artsy-fartsy stuff. Yea, it didn't happen.

There was always something not-necessarily unpleasant to do (and there still is!), and on top of that there were some problems with the scholarly programme I'm trying to get enrolled into. However, after bothering certain people at the dean's office and annoying them with identical questions over and over again (hey, nobody ever gave me a clear answer), the dean finally confirmed these "problems" to be complete bullshit, so I still have a chance to get in (which is awesome news, because I've already kinda gave up).
The hard part is, I still have to come up with a topic for a MA thesis (something related to culture and literature). I'm currently studying the most essential types of literary criticism and theory, but the initial topic of my future thesis is still a huge trololo to me. I mean, I do have some ideas, but they don't seem good enough to have the entire paper centered around them. I will have to come up with something NAO, since the entrance-interviews-oral exams thingies are starting next week. Despite all that, I'm planning to do my best tee hee. Which probably isn't that much, because other people are too smart (TOO SMART, I SAY) and I'm just a tatiana living in a big big world. All joking aside- many people want to get in as well and the competition is rather big, so I don't expect to make it (I was never a fan of getting your hopes up). I will just see how it goes.
If I fail at this school, I have one other option but it requires moving out to this big, far-away city for another 2 years, which is largely BLEH. What can you do.

I will have my bottom right wisdom tooth removed surgically soon, too. I'm not scared as I was the first time, but I have to admit that I don't look forward to this either. Boo.

Anyone else have problems with FA's note priority system? It doesn't seem to work for me.

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mcdonalds

probably no internet for the next 8 days. Brb.

I've passed my thesis defence a week ago.
I was very lucky to get exactly the questions I wanted which made me score pretty high- it did wonders to my final overall grade aaand I hope it increased my chances of getting accepted into that school near my hometown. I hope. If not I will have to find a job...which honestly seems like a better option at the moment anyway haha.
The point is, I'm out of Częstochowa for good. I still have to go there and fetch my documents (+ various other stuff), of course, but other than that- I'm finally free.

I've managed to relax this past week; I've caught up on sleeping (oh how much I needed that), visited my aunt and uncle, and kinda sorta learned how to not suck at drawing with my new tablet. I was forced to do that, because my drawing computer died on me a few days ago (well, the system did- I hope the computer itself will be fine), and I still have some digital works to finish. My old tablet refuses to work on my laptop so there was no other way, I had to tame the Bamboo monster. While drawing on it still feels a little awkward (it's much bigger than my old Graphire), I think that I finally have some control over it. I mean, the lines are not as wobbly and random anymore at least.
What's up with the leads, though? A few days of doodling/colouring and like 1/3 of the nib is already gone. I've been drawing on my old Graphire for the past 7 or so years, and the nib still looks like it would be able to survive at least 3 more. I don't even put that much pressure on the pen when I'm drawing, I'm a rather light sketcher. Art supplies these days, seriously...

But yeah, I'm back, with no plans for the summer (well, I will go with my friend to visit her family, but it will be only for 4 days max, maybe). I have one more commission left to finish- after that, if anyone's interested that is, I will open up for sketch commissions. Full images just take me too much time, still, and I feel like an ass for making people wait for so long. I need more practice, or something, I don't know. Aaaaaaa. Anyway, I will start replying back to messages/notes/emails (I have a rather impressive backlog of those) and...yeah. I don't know what to write anymore.

How are you?

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 Sandling - still finishing up the colouring. Seriously, me, work faster.

It occured to me that I have like two months of school left. On one hand-- yay, I will finally leave this city and won't come back here too quickly, and if I do-- it won't be for scholarly purposes. On the other hand, though-- two months is an awfully short time and I have an exam session and BA thesis- realted thingies to attend to, and even though I'm being pretty systematic with everything it seems like there's always something to work on and there's supposedly no end to the list of assignments that need to be done by the end of May. Thus, I feel terribly sorry for myself nearly all the time, because no else will do that for me, and no one really should, because it's disgusting. Poor baby me, so overwhelmed by...well, everything, waaah, so frustrated and sad all over inside and stuff.

Anyway, despite all those tragedies (I have to DO stuff, omg), I'm feeling rather productive. It doesn't really translate into quantity, as in "things that qualify for uploading", but I feel like I got out of some kind of a slump that's been there for months, and it feels really good. I hope this feeling lasts till the end of my final exams and thesis defence, I really do. Maybe I will regain the drive to commit to some personal projects again...because as much as I love working on the commissions, I kinda feel the need to do something bigger for myself on the side too, once I have the time for it again.



idk, I just wanted a new journal entry ok

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 Sandling- full colour commission in progress
 alphasempaiwolviesyxx- full colour, two characters-- waiting for the info

Because it's Wednesday, and Wednesday is my "I will do whatever I want, dammit" day. I always find those things interesting to read, so dunno, maybe someone will find this interesting as well, although I doubt it :P

LAYER ONE : THE OUTSIDE
- Name: Tatiana
- Eye Color: Dark brown.
- Hair Style/Color: Hair, uh, brown. Long-ish.
- Height: 164 cm
- Clothing style: trousers + t-shirt + hoodie, typically. I really want to start wearing dresses/skirts more often, though.
- Best physical feature: Eyes, I guess. They are kinda nice. When they are not all baggy from the lack of sleep, and all.

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE
- Your fears: forests at night, cancer
- Your guilty pleasure: there’s a lot of those…uh, reading bad fanfiction is the worst one, I guess. I love me a bad yaoi fanfic or doujin from time to time. The less sense the pairing makes the better.
- Your biggest pet peeve: boastfulness and bragging. Also, when people deliberately avoid any eye contact while talking to me.
- Your ambitions for the future: to graduate and get accepted to another school. Find a job, if that fails.

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS
- Your first thoughts waking up: “kurwa”, always.
- What you think about most: currently? School crap. Other than that I think a lot about my crappy stories and characters.
- What you think about before bed: how little I managed to actually get done throughout the day, despite my oh so ambitious plans. I’m slow.
- You think your best quality is: close to no quality here, sorry.

LAYER FOUR: WHAT'S BETTER?
- Single or group dates: single, I like it personal. People, though involuntarily, tend to act differently in a group (I realize that I'm probably no exception, mind you).
- To be loved or respected: respected, I guess. Love can be stupid. But I don’t think those two are mutually exclusive anyway.
- Beauty or brains: I’d say a balance between these two, but neither really matters in the long run, it seems.
- Dogs or cats: I love both.

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?
- Lie: Yes, though I’m not very good at it.
- Believe in yourself: no.
- Believe in love: yes, it happens.
- Want someone: not particularly.

LAYER SIX: EVER?
- Been on stage: unfortunately, yes.
- Done drugs: no. Although my regular medication reacts funnily with other meds sometimes and makes me feel high then, while also limiting my motor skills noticeably. Does that count?
- Changed who you were to fit in: I used to do that a lot when I was younger, yes.

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES
- Favorite color: the lack of colour and green.
- Favorite animal: Giant Anteater.
- Favorite movie: Dragon Heart (nostalgia!), but there are many more.
- Favorite game: the Oddworld series (though I prefer Oddysee to Exoddus, it has a darker atmosphere somehow), I also really enjoy the Legacy of Kain series (minus Blood Omen 2, even though it had some fun boss fights)
- Favorite book: Pan Tadeusz, probably. Shh.

LAYER EIGHT: AGE
- Day your next birthday will be: January 31st, 2012
- How old will you be: 24, but it won’t happen because the world will ttly end in 2012.
- Age you lost your virginity: I didn’t, I’m a freak like that.
- Does age matter: as much as I like to think that it doesn’t, it usually does.

LAYER NINE: IN A BOY OR GIRL
- Best personality: himself
- Best eye color: his own
- Best hair color: his own
- Best thing to do with a partner: cuddle (I’m lame like that)

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE
- I love: I really do.
- I feel: like I could use some lying down.
- I hide: things that I’m not comfortable with.
- I miss: having my own place among people.
- I wish: I had more motivation.

LAYER ELEVEN: I TAG
- Who do you tag?: I don’t.

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Commission status (mainly for my own use):

1.  sandling- tweaking the sketch, adding some background elements
2.  alphasempaiwolviesyxx- rough accepted, cleaning up the sketch (fixing hands and legs, mostly), will start on the lineart soon

Buried under school work, but I still find the time to procrastinate and write about it in my online journals hurrr.
Seriously though; really busy, at least till the end of May. I have to finish my thesis and get my passes in other classes, which basically means research assignments and oral presentations. I'm pretty much petrified of the latter, buuuut I will live. Somehow :)
Drawing in my spare time (and during lectures, shh), focusing on the remaining commissions.

Life isn't half bad at the moment, despite the busy thing, but I miss the days when my nose wasn't stuffed and I could breathe normally through it. SIGH.

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Commission status (mainly for my own use):

1.  sandling- rough sketch (finally :/) sent, waiting for response
2.  alphasempaiwolviesyxx- rough accepted, cleaning up the sketch (fixing hands and legs, mostly), will start on the lineart soon

First of all, I hope that the year 2011 started off good for everyone here. I wish for all of you to face it with hearts full of optimism and hope, new energy and determination to fight for and achieve whatever you strive after. I know I will try :)

Second of all, A VERY IMPORTANT THING mentioned in the subject: a fellow artist and her family found themselves in a very bad situation. You can read about everything here -> http://tzyoku.deviantart.com/journal/35447886/ and here -> http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1887619/
Her friend,  zahzu, is doing her best to help out by taking commissions and, well, basically doing everything she can to raise enough money.
I know that times are tough for everyone right now, but if you feel like you can help out in any way- please do. A family of good people will greatly appreciate it.



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Commission status (mostly for my own use haha):
1.  bowtoid_monolith- finished, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4720122
2. Naynay- finally finished! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5023832
3.  guidedbyvoices- final sketching on a watercolour paper
4.  sandling- accepted pose, working on the final sketch
5.  alphasempaiwolviesyxx- one sketch commission finished, everything else pending (will get to it once I finish the other two commissions in queue)

If there's anyone still interested, that is...took me long enough to finally open :)
This is pretty much a trial run, so I will open up 4 slots:

1.  bowtoid_monolith- 99% finished :D
2. Naynay- 60% done, highlights and details remain (dress patterns~)
3.  guidedbyvoices- working on a sketch
4.  sandling pending, waiting for reference

*Edit: Because this is important.
I'm okay with nudity (at least with females, I'm not too good at drawing nude males yet- ask at your own risk :D) and suggestive stuff, but I won't draw hardcore porn and extreme fetishes.
If you're not sure, just send me a note and I will tell you if it's ok for me to draw a certain thing or not. I don't bite and I won't judge you, so don't be shy.


I accept paypal only.

The basic prices are:

US$10 - a full- body pencil sketch, example:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2364482/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1233550/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2340298/
US $5- a sketch portrait/ bust

US$20 - lineart , example:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2981413/ and http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3037730/

- digital colouring (detailed; with shading etc.) would be + US$10 (can be applied to a lineart, as well as sketch), example:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2981379/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3908231/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4172160

- however, if you'd like a simple flat colouring on a lineart, example: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2751283/ , that would be US$4 (again, refers to both sketch and lineart)

Prices may vary depending on the complexity of your character and their clothing/ accessories (but only in case of really complex stuff, like complicated fur pattern or armor, frills, etc.)
If you'd like two characters in one drawing, then the other character is 50% of the price for each option.

*I'm full for the time being :)

I'm wondering...if I started taking commissions, would anyone be interested in them?

I was thinking about icons, digital portraits and cartoony-style stuff...as soon as I finish Homesick prologue (three pages left, I only need to slap some grayscale on them and add text) I will post some examples...but I just wanted to know...

Please, tell me what do you think. Good/bad idea?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3q7lwl5nSQ

Oh, Mr Lucassen. Your music lets sunshine into my little life.I want to hug your hair.

Stole it from  louvelex, because I'm bored.

Have some random stuff about Manu (soon everyone will be sick of him hahhaha)~

1. What is your character's name?
Manu Dikeledi

2. What is your character's name in another language?
Uuuuuh...dunno, it means Second Born though? Also Thinking/Wise.

3. How old is he/she?
24 when he met Buern.

4. What is your character's race/species?
Lemur Catta

5. Do they have a crush?
Yeah, Aldona. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2340298/

6. Do they have many friends?
Two, and that's enough.

7. What planet is your character from?
A simplified and more retarded version of Earth, I guess?

8. Does your character like to eat?
No, not really. Food in Tian is too greasy for his taste and it makes him feel sick most of the time.

9. What's his/her favorite food?
Fruits!

10. What's his/her favorite drink?
Water.

11. Is your character annoying?
Yeah, he can be. He does that unintentionally, though.

13. Is your character loved?
To bits, by his sisters at least.

14. Is your character hated?
Hate is too strong a word.

15. Is he/she emo/goth?
No, though he can be moody.

16. Is he/she straight, bisexual, or gay?
Very straight, people just misunderstand his intentions sometimes.

17. Is he/she a virgin?
Not anymore.

18. Name 3 hobbies
Making jewelery (it's a living for him, sort of), wood-carving and sunning.

19. Is your character normal?
Yeah, for the most part.

20. Is your character attractive?
Ahahahaha oh no. But his cuteness makes up for it.

21. How does your character handle emotions?
He doesn't have problems with showing emotions, and he handles them rather well.

22. Does your character have other forms?
No, he's so uncool.

23. Does your character overreact?
Usually no, but it depends I guess. He has a few very sensitive nerves, but it's not that easy to hit them.

24. Is your character a criminal?
Well, one time he tried to sell some jewelery without town's trade permission. But he quickly corrected that.

25. Does your character go to school?
Uh hahaha he was home-schooled by his aunt, I guess.

26. What's his/her IQ?
Dunno. But he's rather intelligent, despite the permanent dumb expression on his face.

27. Does your character have a disease/curse?
A disease that was supposed to eventually kill him, yes. And his lungs are a little messed up from badly treated pneumonia.

28. Is your character dead?
Well, he dies at one point, yeah.

29. Does your character have a family?
Oh yes, a very large one at that. 7 sisters (Honchre, Chuki, Afriya, Laini, Ijaba, Kali and Chiliza), 1 brother (Baraka, though he was born after Manu left home,so he doesn't know about him), mommy and daddy (Wambui and Hamza). He also had a very close aunt, Lina, but she was murdered so eh.

30. Has he/she encountered any tragic times in life?
His aunt's death was the first, I guess. Then two of his sisters (Ijaba and Kali) were kidnapped by enemy tribe and (probably) killed.

31. What's the best time in your character's life?
Pretty much most of his life back at home, with his family.

32. If you could name 1 friend, which would you relate to your character?
Buern hahaha...

33. Is your character single?
Yeah.

34. Has he/she developed any relationships?
Yeah, with Aldona. But it was very brief.

35. Does she/he have an element?
That he can control? No, not really.

36. Do you role-play your character?
Kinda, yes. To get a better feeling of him. But only with myself, I'm a loser.

37. Do you write about your character?
Yes, tons of notes for the comic.

38. Does your character have a bad temper at times?
No, not really.

39. Does your character get depressed?
There was a brief time at one point in his life when being depressed was all he was doing. But not anymore.

40. What's your characters favorite animal?
Ahahahahaha I dunno...those weird little things that he can use as a mount, which don't have a name yet? Yeah, I guess.

41. Does your character have any fears?
Being brutally murdered, a long and panful death, to die alone- stuff like that.

42. Does your character have any weaknesses?
Oh yeah, too many of them. Depends on what you mean by 'weaknesses'?

43. Does your character look up to anyone?
To Buern, I suppose. His perverted side throws Manu off a little, though.

44. Does your character like music?
Yes, who doesn't?

45. What's your character's favorite type of music?
The kind played by slightly drunk minstrels in the tavern.

46. Is he/she impatient?
No, he's very patient. That's a problem, actually.

47. What's something funny about your character?
He's a prude, it's very easy to embarrass him. Plus, his system doesn't tolerate alcohol too well. When drunk he turns into a feminist.

48. Name 5 nicknames
Maniek, anorexic rat, ugly badger/raccoon-like thingy, corpse...well, safe for the first one, they're not really nicknames anyway.

49. Does your character curse?
After being too much around Buern for a long time...yes.

50. This test is over, what does your character have to say?
O_O

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Probably the best combination in the world ;_;