So, it's been a LONG time since I've done one of these. Given the fact that I've been uploading a lot more recently, I figured I'd put this up here to answer a few questions people have asked me about drawing/working with people.
1: Do You do Requests/Art Trades/Commissions?
- I do NOT do any of these at present. My skills as an artist are nowhere near good enough to be what i feel are acceptable to do any of these with other people. I don't believe its right to take on such work when I know my result will be far less quality than the person working with me.
2: If you don't do requests, why do you have personally-drawn work in your Gallery?
- The few pieces of work that I've done in my Gallery are 'Thank You' gifts to people that I've worked with on DA in various capacities. ALL of these are drawn using pre-existing shape bases and are more-or-less gifts to those users for allowing me to use their characters.
At the moment, these are probably the only personal drawings that'll I'll be uploading as it's about the only type of work I can guarantee any kind of consistent quality on. I have more of these incoming but it's the only type of personal work I'll be uploading for the time being.
3. Would you draw my OC like the examples in your Gallery?
- Yes and no. At the moment the only people I'm really doing that for is people I've worked with and who have let me use their OCs in the past (If you're someone I've worked with, you'll likely get asked if you'd like one of these at some point). This is NOT meant to sound elitist (As if my skill level would even allow me to pretend that lol).
Its primarily that since I've worked with these users I have a good feeling on how to portray their characters and feel like I'm able to do justice to their designs. I dont want to have someone ask 'Make my OC look like a Ninja' because I dont want to wind up making a bland interpretation of someone's OC because I dont know a lot about the character. The other reason is that I dont have a lot of time to do these, and if I took on even three or four at a time it could be a long chunk of time before I could crank them out.
4. Can I post your pieces to my Gallery if my OC is in them?
- I actually had someone ask me about this once for a piece I never posted. If it's your character, the art is yours as much as mine since it wouldnt be possible if you didn't give me permission. I assume most people reading this likely feel that way already but as it has come up once I figured I'd answer it.
5. Can I use your OCs in my pictures/stories?
-This is the least important question on the list, but I've had a few people ask. I'm fine with people using my OCs in stories and pictures. Honestly, I'm quite flattered a couple of people have asked about it. The only limits I have are no blood/gore, nudity or other things that could be considered 'dark/edgy'. As long as its kept to light-hearted/Saturday Morning Cartoon type stuff it's all good. If youd like to do something a bit more beyond those limits please ask me first, I may or ma not be okay with it depending on the context. If you do use them please just let me know so I'm aware.
Thanks for reading my update. I'll have more pieces coming soon :)