#drawing people's characters is a joy

[cuttledreams-bugs]

More character attacks!!! I love artfight

Catalyst for Schattenlauf!

Keamsa for RuskillaS!

And Tia Jiang Young for @absha120420!

[llemon-soda]

i dislike them...

[ionomycin]

Hi Io - I love your illustrations and the emotion they evoke. I also really enjoy your color choices. Do you do illustration work professionally?

I wondered if you could offer a piece of advice to someone just starting out on doing commissions. I noticed that your link for commissions goes to a different page. Is this done through Tumblr, or is it a separate domain? Would you mind explaining how you decided on pricing?

Thank you!

Hi, thank you :)

Yes, I'm a full time freelance illustrator for a few years now. My commission page here is quite outdated, completely forgot about it actually so thanks for the remainder to take a look at it...

If you just want to do commissions as a hobby/side-income for private people (no commercial projects), I would start pretty small and simple to get a feel for it. Drawing for someone else is a whole another thing and not everyone enjoys it. I personally always preferred to have very small batches and finish them all before taking new ones to avoid stress on either side. For pricing, you'll likely want to start relatively low and keep it chill and casual in the beginning, but do increase your prices bit by bit as your experience grows. Looking at other artists' prices around similar skill level/style can be a good starting point! It's often a lot of trial and error in the beginning, to find what works for you. It's all about finding a good balance so you both get a good deal out of it!

I used a separate site to list my commission pricing and terms of service, but you can also list them in a post or whatever you prefer, as long as they're clearly available to potential commissioners. You want to make it as easy as possible for them to get all the info and to know where to contact you! Some artists prefer to have forms that people can fill if they want to commission you, whatever works. I prefer to keep it simple.

Best of luck with your commission journey :D

[epicfirestormer]

I'm so incredibly Normal about these two games.

[julnites]

Last artfight piece of the year for @drxgony 💀🩸🖤

[triaelf9]

hey folks who interact with creative works online! just a tiny PSA

If you don't like a character, that's totally fine! If you have a different reading of a situation in a show & have issues with stuff that's going on, that's also fine.

What is NOT fine is to ACTIVELY SEEK OUT fans of the characters you don't like and talk shit about them, the characters they have feelings about, or the content they've posted b/c you, Freddy McHatesalot really needs to tell everyone how much you dislike a...fictional character.

You are totally welcome to consume content in your own space in whatever way you see fit. It is disrespectful of the fandom space to try to drag other people into your space and interact with you if they don't want to. And dunking on a character in writings or art of them is fucking rude as hell to the person who put work into into the creation they made out of some feelings they were having.

Also. side note, it is possible to enjoy a character who is Wrong About Some Things or Isn't Doing The Right Stuff In The Right Situation. Sometimes it's possible to like a character and disagree with them, and shitting on people b/c you can't see what they see in a character is pretty trash garbage and is 90% of why I just make silly little art for me and my own silly feels and hope folks get a chuckle or some enjoyment out of it too.

[thegreatyin]

"morally funny and dangerously kissable" is an EXCELLENT phrase. it should be the batkisser slogan

[off-mozzarella]

I'm at a point where after more than a year of creating a bit too much LU fanart everyone who has me added on social media knows I'm obsessed with this one guy or at least that I have a bit of a LoZ issue and I've started to feel a bit ashamed of showing my stuff on places where they can see them even though probably no one even cares nor judges me 🤠👍 I'm kinda living my best life drawing the stuff that makes my brain go brr tho so whatever ig

[rorydrawsandwrites]

HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY RORY‼️🎉 ive been having a hectic week and couldn't deliver anything in time 😭

i did manage to doodle the mental illness polycule!!! they're taking a selfie 💞

OH MY GAHGJFSGHLKFDSJGKDSFLGH

SCREAMING???? ISAAC YOU. YOUUU /pos /vpos

They're so cute thisissocute I love it thank you so much mwah mwah

[canisalbus]

Sorry but we were speaking about history in a part of one of my classes and when the Vatican came on. I had to draw the sad dog man.

Machete is now immortalized in my class notes. It’s in spanish by the way, which is kind of funnily appropriate considering latin is very close to spanish.

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[abbeyofcyn]

Thank you everyone, but I've decided to close the submissions as of today 24 March. I hope to draw quite a few drawings ❤️

Ok listen

What if you send me your favorite plushie and Rise turtle and I draw them with it?

[lightbulb-warning]

so has anyone figured out WHY there is the Need To Share our Artworks™ or is it just the vibes and our Soul apparently

[tj-crochets]

Hey internet etiquette question for y'all

If I want to make a plushie inspired by art I've seen, and it is not for commercial use, I'm not selling it or sharing the pattern, should I still contact the artist first? Or just tag them in the post with the finished plushie and link back to the specific art I based it on? (or reblog their post with the photo of the plushie?) If you were the artist, which would you prefer? Or would you prefer something else? edited to add: I did used to always message the artist first but then sometimes by the time they responded I'd have moved on to the next thing and then I'd feel bad for not making their plushie? It's completely understandable for them to not reply to messages immediately, I also don't always respond quickly, I just felt guilty for not making their plushies after I'd asked about it and it stopped me sewing plushies based on art entirely for a while

[c-kiddo]

dont feel rushed, but i hope to see more of your tgirl cad! it's one of my top 10 fav headcanons

🫶 i will try my best . it will be nice to actually finish some things. its just tricky for me to do. but same fr it literally brings love and light to my life every time i think abt it

[tickfleato]

in my mind the whole point of art fight is to draw other peoples guys tbh. Im in it to draw other peoples characters i love doing my own takes on things especially like bug people and sharks and stuff. honestly if i could i would like. make a new AF profile where no one knows who i am lol because im not a Popular Artist™ but ive definitely got enough reach that im getting... More attacks than i would like... like i dont have a problem with getting a bunch of really fun art of my characters but it's more fun to attack ppl you know.

approaching it like an art trade machine is a loser way of looking at it that makes it less fun for everyone i think.

[silusvesuius]

this tree from my new drawing looking goated afffffff 👑👑