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Posted 9 years agoCheck my scraps. I havn't really been drawing anything that is upload worthy, but at least three or four times a week there will be something new in my scraps.
Moving on.
Posted 10 years agoSo, I have some explaining to do I guess.
All and all, I've been depressed, I think it started as early as when I first doing daily drawings nearly two years ago. It feels like much longer than that but.. The signs were all there, and I ignored them, lying to myself and how I felt, pushed it all to the back of my mind and buried myself in work and clung to the remnants of my life back in NY. I had once strongly believed that change, any change, shouldn't be feared, but embraced so that you can shape and mold it into what you want. But instead of doing that I ended up just hiding and it took me meeting someone to break me out of that, draw me out of the 'everything is going to be okay, just act tough for everyone' shell that I had crawled into since I was a kid, and I was told I had to be sociable and liked, merge myself with social constructs of the modern world. And all this time I had, but in all honesty it fucking sucks, I was so angry back in Asheville, and I didn't know why, and I think I'm starting to understand, I was being someone who I wasn't for so long, and it was frustrating me to hell! I stopped enjoying everything I liked, hosting DnD, going out to tabletop games, drawing, and generally ..everything. I was burnt out on life. Before I met Coshi I was shutting down, drawing myself in, barely able to get myself up out of bed in the morning. I still have a lot of these problems, and for the past like six months (give or take, the passage of time is sometimes a blur to me now) I had been sorting though them. I broke up with my pack, Swizz, Yena, Malkin, even Valemor, though you left before me, I still care about you guys. All of you should keep in touch. I don't feel I made a mistake, it was a trainwreck in slow motion to be sure, but I should have let it all go a long time ago. u u
I've been proactive with my depression as of late though. Looking for a job, tied things up with Coshi, even being able to meet him and having the best week of my life in a long time. u//u
That brings me to my point. I was planning on saying "Opening for requests!" Since I've had a hard time pinning down what subject matter to deal with, you know if I should draw vore, smutty stuff, just casual doodles of ghosts and demons, or everyday stuff in a slice of life kinda thing. Iunno. I still have to pick a new style to emulate, I know I still don't draw quite like Swizz, but since I've started drawing less, I notice I don't have a steady enough hand to draw like him unless it's on pen and paper, but his style is so digital-centric that'd loose all the charm he puts into stuff. So Iunno what I'm gonna do, my phone has a tablet built in, I wanna start learning to draw digitally with that for a bit, then pick up the walcom Yeavy gave me that I started drawing with, otherwise i'll draw on pencil and paper, since I have a decent scanner.
However, if you want to get in on these requests, they will only ever be uploaded to Weasyl, with the whole IMVU shenanigans I want to draw the line with FA, the staff here has gone to far, selling the site on such short notice to a developer that has laughable standards and a ToS planned that is looser than DA's
Seriously, IMVU should be put on Artistbeware (though I know that's not what that site is for) they are a danger to everyone's basic rights (copyright and intellectual property) unless the backlash today convinces then to change their policies.
So in short, before the servers get moved and backed up (supposedly this weekend) I will be spending some time moving things over, making sure I have the files i want archived and then taking it all down on FA, this account will be a watcher only account, and I'll keep an eye out for notes for requests.
I only have two rules for these requests as well.
I can decline a request for any reason at any time.
And, when I feel I'm done (emotionally or developmentally) either it be a sketch or whatever quality of work the agreed on thing was, that will be the final product. No revisions will be made unless I really feel like making them.
In short, beggers can't be choosers.
To the small number of you that have watched me on both FA and Weasyl already, I'd love to give you my heartfelt thanks. I never got a large following, but after looking and seeing that people stopped to look at me long enough on either site makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Or that could be Coshi in there ~//~ The punchline of that joke was vore.. rim-shot.
Anyway! Let me get to work on this, and please, don't be afraid to send me a note, no matter how 'strange' or 'this person wouldn't draw that' you think your request might be, the worst that can happen is that I say no. I will never ridicule ANYONE for there preferences and so on and so forth (I do no kink shaming, unless shaming kinks is your kink, which I bet is a thing that stems off a humiliation fetish, then I'll shame the hell out of you because you like it)
All and all, I've been depressed, I think it started as early as when I first doing daily drawings nearly two years ago. It feels like much longer than that but.. The signs were all there, and I ignored them, lying to myself and how I felt, pushed it all to the back of my mind and buried myself in work and clung to the remnants of my life back in NY. I had once strongly believed that change, any change, shouldn't be feared, but embraced so that you can shape and mold it into what you want. But instead of doing that I ended up just hiding and it took me meeting someone to break me out of that, draw me out of the 'everything is going to be okay, just act tough for everyone' shell that I had crawled into since I was a kid, and I was told I had to be sociable and liked, merge myself with social constructs of the modern world. And all this time I had, but in all honesty it fucking sucks, I was so angry back in Asheville, and I didn't know why, and I think I'm starting to understand, I was being someone who I wasn't for so long, and it was frustrating me to hell! I stopped enjoying everything I liked, hosting DnD, going out to tabletop games, drawing, and generally ..everything. I was burnt out on life. Before I met Coshi I was shutting down, drawing myself in, barely able to get myself up out of bed in the morning. I still have a lot of these problems, and for the past like six months (give or take, the passage of time is sometimes a blur to me now) I had been sorting though them. I broke up with my pack, Swizz, Yena, Malkin, even Valemor, though you left before me, I still care about you guys. All of you should keep in touch. I don't feel I made a mistake, it was a trainwreck in slow motion to be sure, but I should have let it all go a long time ago. u u
I've been proactive with my depression as of late though. Looking for a job, tied things up with Coshi, even being able to meet him and having the best week of my life in a long time. u//u
That brings me to my point. I was planning on saying "Opening for requests!" Since I've had a hard time pinning down what subject matter to deal with, you know if I should draw vore, smutty stuff, just casual doodles of ghosts and demons, or everyday stuff in a slice of life kinda thing. Iunno. I still have to pick a new style to emulate, I know I still don't draw quite like Swizz, but since I've started drawing less, I notice I don't have a steady enough hand to draw like him unless it's on pen and paper, but his style is so digital-centric that'd loose all the charm he puts into stuff. So Iunno what I'm gonna do, my phone has a tablet built in, I wanna start learning to draw digitally with that for a bit, then pick up the walcom Yeavy gave me that I started drawing with, otherwise i'll draw on pencil and paper, since I have a decent scanner.
However, if you want to get in on these requests, they will only ever be uploaded to Weasyl, with the whole IMVU shenanigans I want to draw the line with FA, the staff here has gone to far, selling the site on such short notice to a developer that has laughable standards and a ToS planned that is looser than DA's
Seriously, IMVU should be put on Artistbeware (though I know that's not what that site is for) they are a danger to everyone's basic rights (copyright and intellectual property) unless the backlash today convinces then to change their policies.
So in short, before the servers get moved and backed up (supposedly this weekend) I will be spending some time moving things over, making sure I have the files i want archived and then taking it all down on FA, this account will be a watcher only account, and I'll keep an eye out for notes for requests.
I only have two rules for these requests as well.
I can decline a request for any reason at any time.
And, when I feel I'm done (emotionally or developmentally) either it be a sketch or whatever quality of work the agreed on thing was, that will be the final product. No revisions will be made unless I really feel like making them.
In short, beggers can't be choosers.
To the small number of you that have watched me on both FA and Weasyl already, I'd love to give you my heartfelt thanks. I never got a large following, but after looking and seeing that people stopped to look at me long enough on either site makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Or that could be Coshi in there ~//~ The punchline of that joke was vore.. rim-shot.
Anyway! Let me get to work on this, and please, don't be afraid to send me a note, no matter how 'strange' or 'this person wouldn't draw that' you think your request might be, the worst that can happen is that I say no. I will never ridicule ANYONE for there preferences and so on and so forth (I do no kink shaming, unless shaming kinks is your kink, which I bet is a thing that stems off a humiliation fetish, then I'll shame the hell out of you because you like it)
I'm not dead... I feel... happy...
Posted 11 years agoI swear I'm alive honest! It has taken me a great deal of time, far longer than I had wanted it to, to break out of a slump I have been. My hopes and dreams are still intact, my sleep schedule fixed, and self motivation slowly making a return. A series of unfortunate events (Mom's dog passing away, unable to get hired, and just in general life bullshit) had me down and seemingly out.
But now that I have fixed my sleep schedule and I've been able to get myself to work on things bit by bit, I am happy to report that I am not dead x,x
I still have some work to do to break out of this depression, like getting out of the house more, but at least my sleep schedule is fixed and I will be uploading again soon. Hopefully I'll have something by the end of the day!
But now that I have fixed my sleep schedule and I've been able to get myself to work on things bit by bit, I am happy to report that I am not dead x,x
I still have some work to do to break out of this depression, like getting out of the house more, but at least my sleep schedule is fixed and I will be uploading again soon. Hopefully I'll have something by the end of the day!
Commission Status!
Posted 12 years agoI've actually found some work! Here is the current list of commissions.
Commissions will be closed until I can finish some of this stuff up!
Keep an eye out for updates! Daily drawing will probably slow down while I get these all done <3
Yeavy: 
Comic: Page 1 (complete)
Comic: Page 2 (sketching)
Status: Paid
Varm: 
Painted: lining
Status: Paid
Lux 
Painted Ref Sheet: colouring
Status: Paid
Commissions will be closed until I can finish some of this stuff up!
Keep an eye out for updates! Daily drawing will probably slow down while I get these all done <3
The value of family.
Posted 12 years agoHey everyone, sorry no update today, and for all you who don't live in the states, it was Thanksgiving yesterday (a terrible holiday imho but I was forced to participate...)
Recently I have been pretty down and depressed and have been struggling to motivate myself to do anything more than draw and play some games. I haven't really drawn anything worth uploading though, a sketch of a DnD character who is now dead, and a few doodles on paper. It took a lot of effort of friends close enough to me to be considered family and my father to pull me up and out of the weird slump I've been in.
I've been thinking a lot too about what the term "family values," means. I feel it was originally coined by christian groups and followers (like Chick-fill-a) to describe a soft anti-gay sentiment; That marriage should only be between a man and a woman in fear of destroying the social values of a family. However, how does one truly measure the value of kinship? I can't answer that question either, but I think I have an idea of people who could. Most people, grow up with a family, either their an only child or have siblings, one dad or two (or even two moms), that live and love fulfilling lives. There are a lot of situation where this is not true (and my heart goes out to you if you are one of these people); That are either rejected for their ideals, or sexuality, or some other reason. They grew up with a family and that value was stripped away, "having loved then lost, then to have never loved at all," sort of deal. Then there are also people who were born into poverty (I don't mean the economic definition), maybe their parents orphaned them, or were terrible people; These people never really were born into the value of family, and thus developed it with other people, places, or things, over a period of time.
I know it's awfully generalized but it's in my mind now that these two kinds of people -those who have had and lost, and those who have had none but found- are the people who can really enlighten us on the value of a family!
I bring this up because being gay in New York is (relatively) easy. When going to a job interview or something, being gay can sometimes be a plus (companies trying to diversify their employees) even though I never brought it up in the interviewing process. It always seemed to get out later though, when I was hit on or just came up in general discussion. Now that i'm in North Carolina I feel a little concerned. Again, I'm not going to flaunt my sexuality, but what if instead of being something that in generally accepted it's looked upon as not fitting the mold of "family values," to have an employee you know is gay?
I guess there is nothing I can do about it, I guess the worst that can happen is I get fired right? After all I have fought tooth and claw against bullies before, and I'm not afraid to do it again. However, now when ever I hear that term get thrown around I can smile to myself, because by the weird twisted fairy logic "family values," are only known by the people they mean to ostracize.
Recently I have been pretty down and depressed and have been struggling to motivate myself to do anything more than draw and play some games. I haven't really drawn anything worth uploading though, a sketch of a DnD character who is now dead, and a few doodles on paper. It took a lot of effort of friends close enough to me to be considered family and my father to pull me up and out of the weird slump I've been in.
I've been thinking a lot too about what the term "family values," means. I feel it was originally coined by christian groups and followers (like Chick-fill-a) to describe a soft anti-gay sentiment; That marriage should only be between a man and a woman in fear of destroying the social values of a family. However, how does one truly measure the value of kinship? I can't answer that question either, but I think I have an idea of people who could. Most people, grow up with a family, either their an only child or have siblings, one dad or two (or even two moms), that live and love fulfilling lives. There are a lot of situation where this is not true (and my heart goes out to you if you are one of these people); That are either rejected for their ideals, or sexuality, or some other reason. They grew up with a family and that value was stripped away, "having loved then lost, then to have never loved at all," sort of deal. Then there are also people who were born into poverty (I don't mean the economic definition), maybe their parents orphaned them, or were terrible people; These people never really were born into the value of family, and thus developed it with other people, places, or things, over a period of time.
I know it's awfully generalized but it's in my mind now that these two kinds of people -those who have had and lost, and those who have had none but found- are the people who can really enlighten us on the value of a family!
I bring this up because being gay in New York is (relatively) easy. When going to a job interview or something, being gay can sometimes be a plus (companies trying to diversify their employees) even though I never brought it up in the interviewing process. It always seemed to get out later though, when I was hit on or just came up in general discussion. Now that i'm in North Carolina I feel a little concerned. Again, I'm not going to flaunt my sexuality, but what if instead of being something that in generally accepted it's looked upon as not fitting the mold of "family values," to have an employee you know is gay?
I guess there is nothing I can do about it, I guess the worst that can happen is I get fired right? After all I have fought tooth and claw against bullies before, and I'm not afraid to do it again. However, now when ever I hear that term get thrown around I can smile to myself, because by the weird twisted fairy logic "family values," are only known by the people they mean to ostracize.
Seems legit?
Posted 12 years agoIunno I doubt it, but considering the situation I'm in I guess I can throw karma to the wind and hope for the best.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5259913/
This person is having a raffle, the prize is a cool grand. Iknorite?
The entry to this raffle is relatively simple, and the artist has some good stuff to browse.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5259913/
This person is having a raffle, the prize is a cool grand. Iknorite?
The entry to this raffle is relatively simple, and the artist has some good stuff to browse.
Sorry for not uploading!
Posted 12 years agoSunday i got lazy and took it easy. I suppose it's good to have a day off. And today I was setting up characters for an upcoming DnD game. i may or may not record these to upload. I'll have to ask if the players don't mind. Anyway update tomorrow! i promised vore!
Coming soon!
Posted 12 years agoI'm going to make a commission guide pretty soon, after that I'll be doing daily drawings! Sketches, linearts and more, things to keep me amused while I wait for commissions.
Things have been pretty difficult as of late too, I had an argument with my dad's BF a week back to the point I don't feel comfortable here anymore and I can't stand the sight of him, and my dad will not support me in my idea to finally move in with my own boyfriend! Seriously, is that SO bad? Anyway, so I'm really gonna be looking for support, my goal is to reach three thousand dollars in the next four or five months so I can pay for shipping my belongings and fly myself and my cat out to Texas.
Among other things I may be attempting to sell a vast majority of my collection of blades. Iunno, I'll work out the details of that in a few months.
How ever I will be taking my bow and arrows with me, I plan of shooting every morning to get some exercise, and
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mat11949.....2011.11.49.jpg
I've been getting better.
Edit: My dad litterally just came down here and told me he'd support my discussion to move out.
I am still going to open for commissions! The more I can provide for myself the less control I give to my dad's asshole boyfriend! I'm ready to shut him up and prove him wrong.
Things have been pretty difficult as of late too, I had an argument with my dad's BF a week back to the point I don't feel comfortable here anymore and I can't stand the sight of him, and my dad will not support me in my idea to finally move in with my own boyfriend! Seriously, is that SO bad? Anyway, so I'm really gonna be looking for support, my goal is to reach three thousand dollars in the next four or five months so I can pay for shipping my belongings and fly myself and my cat out to Texas.
Among other things I may be attempting to sell a vast majority of my collection of blades. Iunno, I'll work out the details of that in a few months.
How ever I will be taking my bow and arrows with me, I plan of shooting every morning to get some exercise, and
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mat11949.....2011.11.49.jpg
I've been getting better.
Edit: My dad litterally just came down here and told me he'd support my discussion to move out.
I am still going to open for commissions! The more I can provide for myself the less control I give to my dad's asshole boyfriend! I'm ready to shut him up and prove him wrong.
Pokemon!
Posted 12 years agoI'm still only LVL 10 and I'm on a huge EV training power trip due to the super training mode. I'm gonna get to know what it's like to have max EV before the first gym on my starter and Torchic.
I'll be doing some Pokemon related drawing I think, since I'm on another pokecraze. I also finished a commission recently and will be uploading it when I receive payment.
I'll be doing some Pokemon related drawing I think, since I'm on another pokecraze. I also finished a commission recently and will be uploading it when I receive payment.
Will it blend? That is the question.
Posted 12 years agoI spent all morning trying to crack a program that will remain nameless (honest I was gonna pay for it when I had the money) and despite my extensive knowledge on cracking things (okay so maybe I wasn't gonna pay for it...) I couldn't get past the last step of the crack. -shrugs- So there goes my morning. So back to blender, this time I updated blender though and it has blessed me with a time stamp for me to use (thank the gods) but I still have to cut the strips by frame and not time (at least its easy to find the frame now) So I'm a day behind in my work. Looking at how much footage I have the Damned ones are gonna be maybe four episodes so far, and the Psychonauts? well that's easy I taped them in 25 minute segments so I could put those out real soon since the audio will be easier to sink than with a 4 hour recording that is going to be chopped up.
If anyone has any cool program they'd like to share that is good for selecting parts of a recording and deleting them with it's sinked up audio let me know! It'd make it easy instead of the editing I'm teaching myself right now. Ugh so much sinking XP
If anyone has any cool program they'd like to share that is good for selecting parts of a recording and deleting them with it's sinked up audio let me know! It'd make it easy instead of the editing I'm teaching myself right now. Ugh so much sinking XP
Update on whats going on!
Posted 12 years agoI have not given up! Firstly I'd like to say that that drawing hasn't been posted yet because the power didn't go out just once, but TWO times while I was working on it. So I'll be redoing the lost colouring progress and uploading it soon.
Next order of business. I am not going to be able to get a more stable internet connection until I can afford a connection that I can use exclusively. Currently my dad, his boyfriend, and I share the internet, and the upload speed we have is horrible... So I'm hoping that exclusive internet would help me stream more smoothly because then I don't want to constantly be dragged under if some one else decides to watch youtube. If it doesn't help -shrugs- Then I finally have a bill to pay and responsibility to keep which I need to do!
Today, yesterday and the day before I have been recording different things! So tomorrow I will be editing some stuff and maybe even upload the first episode of my Psychonauts let's play! (Yay)
Finally I have decided, since I will be taking a road test on the third (and I am fairly certain I'll pass), that will need to do one of two things. Either I need to make 50$ total (in commissions and donations) or I need to start applying for part time jobs. I will be setting up the donation thing soon, because I would really like to be self employed.
Thank you anyone who reads this.
Next order of business. I am not going to be able to get a more stable internet connection until I can afford a connection that I can use exclusively. Currently my dad, his boyfriend, and I share the internet, and the upload speed we have is horrible... So I'm hoping that exclusive internet would help me stream more smoothly because then I don't want to constantly be dragged under if some one else decides to watch youtube. If it doesn't help -shrugs- Then I finally have a bill to pay and responsibility to keep which I need to do!
Today, yesterday and the day before I have been recording different things! So tomorrow I will be editing some stuff and maybe even upload the first episode of my Psychonauts let's play! (Yay)
Finally I have decided, since I will be taking a road test on the third (and I am fairly certain I'll pass), that will need to do one of two things. Either I need to make 50$ total (in commissions and donations) or I need to start applying for part time jobs. I will be setting up the donation thing soon, because I would really like to be self employed.
Thank you anyone who reads this.
Stream fail.
Posted 12 years agoHmmm I have no idea why my stream was so haywire. It's been fine for everything even with this horrible internet here but for some reason it was really choppy and just... a mess tonight. I'll have to find out if I can get to run smoother of if tonight was just a fluke.
Yay FA is back... For now.
Posted 12 years agoI was planning on doing a videogame stream last night, trying to get into multiple things at once untill I finally start making something off one of them ^^;
Since FA went down last night after I took my sweet time setting it all up I wasn't able to put my post here about it x3
So just incase FA goes down again, here it is! twitch.tv/Harclave I will be streaming something tonight at 8pmest and tomorrow.
Rules of my stream:
Please no role play in my chat, there is a time and place for that elsewhere.
Be respectful of mods and other viewers! I connot stress that enough.
Tell your friends, no seriously, I'm new to this so the more the merrier! ^^;
The link to my stream is twitch.tv/Harclave
Since FA went down last night after I took my sweet time setting it all up I wasn't able to put my post here about it x3
So just incase FA goes down again, here it is! twitch.tv/Harclave I will be streaming something tonight at 8pmest and tomorrow.
Rules of my stream:
Please no role play in my chat, there is a time and place for that elsewhere.
Be respectful of mods and other viewers! I connot stress that enough.
Tell your friends, no seriously, I'm new to this so the more the merrier! ^^;
The link to my stream is twitch.tv/Harclave
2$ lineart anyone?
Posted 12 years agoSo I'm thinking... in order to get some commissions maybe I can do 2$ linearts with the option to pay 8$ ANYTIME at a later date to get a fully coloured commission of that lineart. There would be no expiration and the 8$ surcharge to upgrade the laneart will never change even if I up my commission prices.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Finally back!
Posted 12 years agoI am finally back from not having internet at the new house! Oh gosh, it's been so long x,x I need to draw somthin'
In the mean time I have been working on my carving. I start the wolf head on one staff and I am finishing the assemblage dragon staff. I should have an update tomorrow!
In the mean time I have been working on my carving. I start the wolf head on one staff and I am finishing the assemblage dragon staff. I should have an update tomorrow!
We be goblins!
Posted 12 years agoAll the goblins. All of them.
I just got back to the apartment where we still have internet after playing We Be Goblins and We Be Goblins Too, back to back. I don't think my character, Aristagoris the half-orc alchemist, has ever been so confused. Waking up from a terrible dream where he is Reta Bigbad, a goblin wench with a vanity issue who eventually usurps and takes over a rival goblin clan. Yeeeeeep that's right I won the three trials my party and I faced, winning by a mere two points by the way, and then lead the ragtag team into an orge's home, killed his pets and his daughter and ran him out of town. I feel strangely accomplished, Aristagoris is still trying to work out how he came into possession of an owlbear egg and the sudden urge to rush to the next level and have an animal companion.
ANYWAY I can only hope that by tomorrow night or the night after I have internet at the new house, so that way I can get back to working! Blegh... Anyway so that's whats up with me. How is everyone else?
I just got back to the apartment where we still have internet after playing We Be Goblins and We Be Goblins Too, back to back. I don't think my character, Aristagoris the half-orc alchemist, has ever been so confused. Waking up from a terrible dream where he is Reta Bigbad, a goblin wench with a vanity issue who eventually usurps and takes over a rival goblin clan. Yeeeeeep that's right I won the three trials my party and I faced, winning by a mere two points by the way, and then lead the ragtag team into an orge's home, killed his pets and his daughter and ran him out of town. I feel strangely accomplished, Aristagoris is still trying to work out how he came into possession of an owlbear egg and the sudden urge to rush to the next level and have an animal companion.
ANYWAY I can only hope that by tomorrow night or the night after I have internet at the new house, so that way I can get back to working! Blegh... Anyway so that's whats up with me. How is everyone else?
Moving still...
Posted 12 years agoThe closing on the house was last week, I guess I forgot to mention that x3
Anyway, I have been painting my room and getting my apartment set up for furniture to be moved in. I'm definitely take more pictures when it's all done but so far things are moving slowly.
Anyway, I have been painting my room and getting my apartment set up for furniture to be moved in. I'm definitely take more pictures when it's all done but so far things are moving slowly.
YCH auctions...?
Posted 12 years agoI haven't had any customers in a while, so I am thinking maybe I should do some auctions to try and help promote myself... I have to ask though, to any of you who read journals and such, do you think this a good idea?
Please leave a comment with ideas I'll be uploading the first one to my scraps just to give an idea of what I'd be doing.
Please leave a comment with ideas I'll be uploading the first one to my scraps just to give an idea of what I'd be doing.
The next few days...
Posted 12 years agoI will be painting miniatures so you might not see active uploads from me! But I will be posting wips to my scraps and then finally the finale result =3 See you around!
Moving ahead.
Posted 12 years agoWell, here is an update on moving. Over the week we have been doing a ton of inspections, and the big problems were a large number of appliances were not working correctly, there was wood rot around every window and in some places along the outside, luckily there was none in any major support to the deck or anything. Also the sealing on the windows have to be replaced. On top of that some things couldn't be inspected, seeing as there was one outside closet that was locked and we did not have a key and the main water pump was behind the main ventilation unit in the garage. Which by the way, the garage doors were inoperable, and in the downstairs apartment, connected to the garage, there was a high level of radon. Which is not good because that was going to be my part of the house.
However, we are getting credited of our offer for the windows (for replacing them entirely, rot and bad sealer) and to take care of the radon. Which won't be a problem once I'm living there because after those are knocked down they can be kept down by having a window open and proper ventilation.
So things are moving forward! I'll keep you all updated on when I finally move.
Also here are some nice pictures of the place.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bdgaze1x.....30%2014.28.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mna88ygo2.....2014.16.42.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nizu2a9ca.....2013.12.37.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eact2qap0.....2013.12.15.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnxqalwf9.....2013.12.19.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yfzo822v.....2013.09.45.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/svd4795me.....2013.09.25.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/db78ng6ht.....2013.10.54.jpg
I have a lot more pictures, but not all of them made it to my drop box for some reason. Oh well, thats it for now!
P.s. I figured I'd mention I am still open for commissions! Prices and details on my profile. I also have a new portal at http://aryion.com/g4/user/Harclave just in case.
However, we are getting credited of our offer for the windows (for replacing them entirely, rot and bad sealer) and to take care of the radon. Which won't be a problem once I'm living there because after those are knocked down they can be kept down by having a window open and proper ventilation.
So things are moving forward! I'll keep you all updated on when I finally move.
Also here are some nice pictures of the place.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bdgaze1x.....30%2014.28.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mna88ygo2.....2014.16.42.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nizu2a9ca.....2013.12.37.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eact2qap0.....2013.12.15.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnxqalwf9.....2013.12.19.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yfzo822v.....2013.09.45.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/svd4795me.....2013.09.25.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/db78ng6ht.....2013.10.54.jpg
I have a lot more pictures, but not all of them made it to my drop box for some reason. Oh well, thats it for now!
P.s. I figured I'd mention I am still open for commissions! Prices and details on my profile. I also have a new portal at http://aryion.com/g4/user/Harclave just in case.
Plagarism
Posted 12 years ago It has come to my attention that an individual has been tracing over other people's art/commissions, altering minor things such as colour scheme, and gifting it to other people who have requested him to draw. His ideal is noble, telling others that "Everyone deserves art, not just the ones with money." Okay I can understand that, but you're going about it the wrong way.
Firstly, what is being done can be considered plagiarism. Recreation of other's work in an academic sense can be considered a study, learning to draw more like a given style, and is honestly kind of flattering. I've had college classmates ask to borrow a drawing before to do exactly that. Afterwords they set their finished piece aside in their portfolio with a little note on the back explaining how it came to be drawn. This is fine, it was done with the intent of learning and in any given chance that it be used commercially (say to get a job in that case) there is credit given back to the original by the reinterpretation.
What this particular person is doing is quite the opposite. They are tracing, or making an artistic representation, without crediting the original, and claiming it as their own original artwork.
Secondly, doing anything for free is harmful to this community, and I don't mean gifts and being an active member*; That can be considered promotional in an attempt to get more customers and is actually lucrative. Creating art for free, on request, in this manner of tracing does two things. It devalues the original and the artists work, and it reduces the pool of customers that the artists need. Some people will be content with a decent tracing and be on there way, and will not pay to commission an artist because they will be on the lookout for freebies, since they already got one. There are some artists that live off commissions and by giving out free plagiarized art you are DIRECTLY hurting those people who are just trying to get by on the skin of their teeth! A perfect example would be someone like SilverDeni or Swizzlestix, who work their asses literally off just to get by!
Finally, what making a pose, a creature, a character, ect. is called is Intellectual Property Copyright. It is a legal term to describe the copyright you have to an idea. As soon as you put something down in writing, or any other artistic media, you own the idea of that work. It is the most abused and fragile piece of law there is, because so many get away with stealing other's ideas; This is because it is so hard to trace back when an idea was first conceived and actually employed. It's also impossible to not break this copyright, because everything we have done or thought may or may not have been already thought of somewhere out there in the universe. So all it really comes down to is moral ambiguity. You know if you are stealing an idea or not. I've had many times where I thought up something cool and some one else had the same idea, and at the end of the day we were able to link out ideas back to separate references and experiences we had in life, making them essentially NOT the same idea.
I feel like I'm rambling now, but I also think I made my point. I'm going to rest on this subject for now because this was a good way to vent.
*What I meant by "active member" is doing promotional streams where free art prizes and raffles are held and creating art solely for your own amusement and/or promotional means.
Firstly, what is being done can be considered plagiarism. Recreation of other's work in an academic sense can be considered a study, learning to draw more like a given style, and is honestly kind of flattering. I've had college classmates ask to borrow a drawing before to do exactly that. Afterwords they set their finished piece aside in their portfolio with a little note on the back explaining how it came to be drawn. This is fine, it was done with the intent of learning and in any given chance that it be used commercially (say to get a job in that case) there is credit given back to the original by the reinterpretation.
What this particular person is doing is quite the opposite. They are tracing, or making an artistic representation, without crediting the original, and claiming it as their own original artwork.
Secondly, doing anything for free is harmful to this community, and I don't mean gifts and being an active member*; That can be considered promotional in an attempt to get more customers and is actually lucrative. Creating art for free, on request, in this manner of tracing does two things. It devalues the original and the artists work, and it reduces the pool of customers that the artists need. Some people will be content with a decent tracing and be on there way, and will not pay to commission an artist because they will be on the lookout for freebies, since they already got one. There are some artists that live off commissions and by giving out free plagiarized art you are DIRECTLY hurting those people who are just trying to get by on the skin of their teeth! A perfect example would be someone like SilverDeni or Swizzlestix, who work their asses literally off just to get by!
Finally, what making a pose, a creature, a character, ect. is called is Intellectual Property Copyright. It is a legal term to describe the copyright you have to an idea. As soon as you put something down in writing, or any other artistic media, you own the idea of that work. It is the most abused and fragile piece of law there is, because so many get away with stealing other's ideas; This is because it is so hard to trace back when an idea was first conceived and actually employed. It's also impossible to not break this copyright, because everything we have done or thought may or may not have been already thought of somewhere out there in the universe. So all it really comes down to is moral ambiguity. You know if you are stealing an idea or not. I've had many times where I thought up something cool and some one else had the same idea, and at the end of the day we were able to link out ideas back to separate references and experiences we had in life, making them essentially NOT the same idea.
I feel like I'm rambling now, but I also think I made my point. I'm going to rest on this subject for now because this was a good way to vent.
*What I meant by "active member" is doing promotional streams where free art prizes and raffles are held and creating art solely for your own amusement and/or promotional means.
Moving soon! and stuff.
Posted 12 years agoSo soon I'll be moving from this apartment to a really cool riverside home, that has it's own separate apartment attached to it. My dad and his BF will have the other part and I will have that. It's exciting. I have never had more than one room before. I would have pictures for you guys but drop box is not syncing with my camera correctly atm XP
Anyway. I feel way more confident about my drawing as of late, and I'd like to remind (anyone who actually reads these) that I am open for commissions.
So pay me to draw stuff! Or else it's going to be more of the same x3.
Anyway. I feel way more confident about my drawing as of late, and I'd like to remind (anyone who actually reads these) that I am open for commissions.
So pay me to draw stuff! Or else it's going to be more of the same x3.
I can has net!
Posted 12 years agoSo, a quick update on my life. I am not moved into my new flat for a month or two. The surrounding area is beautiful, but not quite perfect compared to the lakeside cabin I was just in. I would much rather be on my own again I tell you that much. Life with my dad's BF is... Eh. Drama after drama. Seriously I don't see as much drama in the fandom as I do in this fat fuck-o. Maybe I'm blind?
But enough about that!
Currently no one has been commissioning me! Just so prices stay up to date:
Vore/Full body: 15$
Bust: 10$
Icon: 5$
All commissions will be full colour and rendered (to the best of my current ability)
I am still doing Pay-What-You-Want commissions but now they are going to be as of quality as what you pay (ex. Paying 5$ for a full body might get you a lineart at best) and paying above the asking price gets you a happyending (just the tip)... Or I try and do something extra cool, depending how much the tip is.
As for future projects!
The Lorem character sheet should be done sometime soon, and I have been feeling very kitty/fox-like more than wolf-like so I will be maybe doodling a bit like that as well as making a character sheet for myself (you'll learn that my change in appearance isn't shape shifting nonsense)
Also! I am working on a new staff, my last one and all the pieces ready to be assembled is in storage. I will be whittling away something cool soon!
But enough about that!
Currently no one has been commissioning me! Just so prices stay up to date:
Vore/Full body: 15$
Bust: 10$
Icon: 5$
All commissions will be full colour and rendered (to the best of my current ability)
I am still doing Pay-What-You-Want commissions but now they are going to be as of quality as what you pay (ex. Paying 5$ for a full body might get you a lineart at best) and paying above the asking price gets you a happyending (just the tip)... Or I try and do something extra cool, depending how much the tip is.
As for future projects!
The Lorem character sheet should be done sometime soon, and I have been feeling very kitty/fox-like more than wolf-like so I will be maybe doodling a bit like that as well as making a character sheet for myself (you'll learn that my change in appearance isn't shape shifting nonsense)
Also! I am working on a new staff, my last one and all the pieces ready to be assembled is in storage. I will be whittling away something cool soon!
Neverwinter!
Posted 12 years agoHnnnng! Neverwinter!
What is Neverwinter you ask?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Uzka-2Mz8
So with that said, I have been playing on and off since yesterday x3
I have Guardian of Neverwinter access but it will be going ftp with its open beta launch on the 30th!
I am supper excite and hope to see some of you around in it =3
Also this has not slowed my drawing progress... Much. I'm working on a character sheet based on a creature I had a dream about.
On other news I will be moving to the next apartment in a week, and I think (since its included in the utilities) that internet will be better! So everyone of my steam friends that I know on here too, I'll be seeing you more often soon ^^;
That's it for now, as always I am still open for pay-what-you-want commissions! Just send me a note to get started.
What is Neverwinter you ask?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Uzka-2Mz8
So with that said, I have been playing on and off since yesterday x3
I have Guardian of Neverwinter access but it will be going ftp with its open beta launch on the 30th!
I am supper excite and hope to see some of you around in it =3
Also this has not slowed my drawing progress... Much. I'm working on a character sheet based on a creature I had a dream about.
On other news I will be moving to the next apartment in a week, and I think (since its included in the utilities) that internet will be better! So everyone of my steam friends that I know on here too, I'll be seeing you more often soon ^^;
That's it for now, as always I am still open for pay-what-you-want commissions! Just send me a note to get started.
Camping!
Posted 12 years agoGood news everyone! I'm able to get the tiniest bit of WiFi here at the campground, so I can do stuff like post here. Bad news? This laptop's motherboard is failing, but I have a computer I can use still that is still working great (for now) That being said! I am still open for commissions, granted I'll be a little slow on them. (Like an evening or two to complete three hours worth of work I think) So here are the prices:
Icon= 5$
Bust =10$
Belly (See the giftart for malkin for example) =10$
Full body line = 10$
Full body flat colour =12$
Full body render (colour and shaded) =15$
The above prices are more of a guideline, and currently I will be doing a "pay what you want" service.
Simply send some money to my paypal (that i will give in a note with a request to draw that you will note me) and I will do my best to draw it! It'll be good practice.
As always
I will not start 'till payment is received, revisions can and will be made as necessary, and no refunds can/will be given.
Icon= 5$
Bust =10$
Belly (See the giftart for malkin for example) =10$
Full body line = 10$
Full body flat colour =12$
Full body render (colour and shaded) =15$
The above prices are more of a guideline, and currently I will be doing a "pay what you want" service.
Simply send some money to my paypal (that i will give in a note with a request to draw that you will note me) and I will do my best to draw it! It'll be good practice.
As always
I will not start 'till payment is received, revisions can and will be made as necessary, and no refunds can/will be given.
