I want to get a bit more out of my "to do" queue before opening up for commissions, but I think I'd like to at least set base prices:

Sketches: $5 for full body, one person
Examples:


Lineart: $10 for full body, one person, specify digital or traditional
Examples


Colored: $20 for full body, one person, traditional or digital, simple/no BG
Examples


Prices given are base prices. Extra people, more detailed backgrounds, more details (like lots of roses or myu details) will cost more. Note me to discuss.

Fashion/Cosplay/sewing crafts:
Cost will be based of a dual estimate: cost of materials/shipping + a time estimate. The cost of materials will be discussed and obviously vary greatly depending on what you want. The time estimate will be based off of how long I think it will take to complete the item. This will depend on how many pieces are needed, complexity, and level of fit.

The price/approximate work hour will be $8.

Since fitting is an issue, keep in mind that I will be doing an extra step and first completing a rough muslin and sending it, unless the garment is particularly loose.


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As I said, closed for now; just uploading price info.

So my rant-y journal made me realize a good method for deciding features. This box will feature artists that I think are awesome that have less than a 5000 pageview a year average. So, that being said, our first feature is:



=dubird is a digital artist who stands out most in her posing, clean lineart, and rendering of textures. I love the way she handles hair! She does some Sailor Moon fanart, but her fantasy pieces with all the little details are what are especially awesome. Also make sure to check out her pixels and tutorials!



I will be changing this box periodically, so if you think you fall into my selection criteria, send me a note, and I'll consider you for a feature! BTW this will be a bi-weekly thing.

This still needs to be edited. I'm currently not taking commissions until I survive dead week and finals, but check back after December 9.

Kiriban for =Jateshi
Entries for Miss Universe contest over at *Heavenly-Princesses
Banner entry for Minna DONE!
Rose Princess Series
Cat club Tyler Nyaden Minna sign
Entry for =SenshiStock's pin-up contest
EPICNESS that is our Fanime masq group. (current project: hubby's chainmail)
Some fashion design for myself (our fabric drawers are overflowing)

Having gotten all that junk out of my system, here's a more amusing post to get that bitchy journal off the front page. It's a list of stamps I want to see but I'm too lazy/busy to make.

A Pururin stamp. OMG DO WANT.
A Hosaka Yuuko love stamp. (the only Sailor Moon related one on the list)
A Planetes stamp
A Balalaika stamp. Similarly a stamp including Balalaika, Ekatarina from D'eon, and Russia (Hetalia) stating "I support Badass Russian Blondes" would also suffice.
On that note, a Russia Hetalia stamp captioned "Heeeeey, Lithuania" would also rock. (more for the inside joke with ~xSpacexFishx than anything else)
Actually, ~xSpacexFishx should just make a whole bunch of stamps with all her various -isms. *eyes*
A Jouji Nakata stamp
A Cal Poly stamp
A Minna stamp (although I realize I'm probably on my own for that one)
A stamp stating something to the effect of not all close emotional bonds/friendships are about sex or I support non-sexual life partners sort of thing (there might be one out there, but my search engine skills have failed me there)
A really nice Isaac and Miria stamp. There are a few out there, but I'm kind of a composition nitpick
A Beck stamp. Specifically one saying "I was made to hit in America" (I've got that song stuck in my head big time right now, and it's making studying for my surveying final a bit difficult)


I know there's more that I'm forgetting from my stamp search. I'll post more as I think of them.

So my rant-y journal made me realize a good method for deciding features. This box will feature artists that I think are awesome that have less than a 5000 pageview a year average. So, that being said, our first feature is:



=dubird is a digital artist who stands out most in her posing, clean lineart, and rendering of textures. I love the way she handles hair! She does some Sailor Moon fanart, but her fantasy pieces with all the little details are what are especially awesome. Also make sure to check out her pixels and tutorials!



I will be changing this box periodically, so if you think you fall into my selection criteria, send me a note, and I'll consider you for a feature! BTW this will be a bi-weekly thing.

This still needs to be edited. I'm currently not taking commissions until I survive dead week and finals, but check back after December 9.

Kiriban for =Jateshi
Entries for Miss Universe contest over at *Heavenly-Princesses
Banner entry for Minna DONE!
Rose Princess Series
Cat club Tyler Nyaden Minna sign
Entry for =SenshiStock's pin-up contest
EPICNESS that is our Fanime masq group. (current project: hubby's chainmail)
Some fashion design for myself (our fabric drawers are overflowing)

Okay, I know everybody hates the "OMG why does nobody like me?" dA related rants, but I've been here almost 6 years, I'm allowed to feel dejected every once in a while.

DeviantART's become kind of a love-hate relationship for me lately. I love being able to share my work with people, but it's so frustrating to share my work and see it go unappreciated. I will have been here six years come 2010. SIX FREAKIN' YEARS. And yet my pageview count is abysmally low for that period of time. Is a 5000 views a year average too much to ask for? I know that I have had some inactive periods, and I've accounted for that.

What's most aggravating is that I honestly believe that my work is GOOD. In the 6 years since I've been on here, I feel my artwork has improved by leaps and bounds. Yet, I am one of those who tends to place my confidence on hearing/reading my work being acknowledged. DO NOT TELL ME TO STOP BEING THAT WAY. That is NOT something that is going to change. I am an extrovert, feeding off the energy of others is part of my personality. I cannot change that. I hate feeling ignored; I hate feeling like I have fallen into the background. It happens sometimes, but it's that this is something that I feel has been happening long term that just gets to me.

I feel restricted by this as a result. As much as I enjoy Sailor Moon related art, I like to draw other stuff too. Yet the only stuff that people give a flying fuck about is my Sailor Moon art. And my EDITS. You have no idea how many times I have been tempted to rip those damned things out of my gallery. I am beyond those!!! QUIT PAYING ATTENTION TO ONLY MY EDITS AND LOOK AT THE REST OF MY GODDAMN GALLERY. KTHX?!?!?!

But yet I'm honestly proud of those things. I put a lot of work into them; I feel that as far as edits are concerned, they're as close to art as you can get. I just wish people would pay attention to my other things, you know?

But if it's not Sailor Moon, I'm completely ignored. And the fact that I don't upload only fanart means nobody gives a fuck.

I want feedback from people on what I do, SO MUCH. Any feedback. I enjoy constructive criticism as I am constantly looking to improve. It's being ignored that makes me want to pull it all up and quit.

So my rant-y journal made me realize a good method for deciding features. This box will feature artists that I think are awesome that have less than a 5000 pageview a year average. So, that being said, our first feature is:



=dubird is a digital artist who stands out most in her posing, clean lineart, and rendering of textures. I love the way she handles hair! She does some Sailor Moon fanart, but her fantasy pieces with all the little details are what are especially awesome. Also make sure to check out her pixels and tutorials!



I will be changing this box periodically, so if you think you fall into my selection criteria, send me a note, and I'll consider you for a feature!

This still needs to be edited. I'm currently not taking commissions until I survive dead week and finals, but check back after December 9.

Kiriban for =Jateshi
Entries for Miss Universe contest over at *Heavenly-Princesses
Challenge 3 submission for *ProjectRunway - Done!
Banner entry for Minna
Rose Princess Series
Cat club Tyler Nyaden Minna sign
Planning for Fanime masq cosplay group
Some fashion design for myself (our fabric drawers are overflowing)

Many many thanks to ~mucai for the subscription. I've been having fun playing around with it, if you couldn't tell from the recent messing around with the journal. I think I've got something I'm happy with. I've been doing a couple other things with the sub too; I requested critques on some of my more recent stuff that I actually put some effort of quality into.

In other news, I'm currently down in San Clemente with the in-laws for Thanksgiving. It's going to be a pretty low-key weekend. Mikael's stepmom is sick with bronchitis, his dad is going back and forth with some other projects, and Mikael, his stepsister, and I all have loads and loads of projects in anticipation of dead week and finals. Since the situation is as it is, I'm hoping to get a lot done. Hopefully more than being productive with exploring the sub. XD I did bring a lot of homework with me, including 3 very full binders and the biblically-proportioned steel manual for my steel submittal due next Friday.

So it's not like I don't have anything to do...

There will be a feature here eventually. ^.^ Look forward to it!

This still needs to be edited. I'm currently not taking commissions until I survive dead week and finals, but check back after December 9.

Kiriban for =Jateshi
Entries for Miss Universe contest over at *Heavenly-Princesses
Challenge 3 submission for *ProjectRunway - Done!
Banner entry for Minna
Rose Princess Series
Cat club Tyler Nyaden Minna sign
Planning for Fanime masq cosplay group
Some fashion design for myself (our fabric drawers are overflowing)