when will my orc wife come out of the woods, claim me as her bride, sling me over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes and stride back into the woods as mysteriously and intimidatingly as she came
We’re coming up on a new year, and I have RESOLUTIONS:
I’ve been reluctant to promote myself as much as I could be doing because as an artist with clinical depression, I am painfully aware of my own failings when it comes to keeping on a schedule and reliably fulfilling my commitments. But! I’m also happy to say that I’ve made some significant progress managing my illness and my personal life, and I am going to make an effort to get my scripting and comic-making on with some reasonable consistency.
–I want to reach out more to my patrons and expand my audience, and get small pledges from more people.
To encourage this, I’ve switched up my rewards so that for $7 a month, you now get access to all my time-lapse videos, process gifs, and sketches– I may take requests for art tutorials if that is something people are interested in. 🙂
At the $25 tier I now offer monthly sketch commissions– something I was hesitant to do before for all the reasons above. I’m following some amazing artists who have inspired me to take a shot at this. There are limited openings for this one, so if you’re interested, consider grabbing one sooner rather than later.
And of course, at $1 reward still gets you access to aaallll my high-res bonus art, comic pages, transparent assets, and early updates on whatever I’m working on! Honestly, I’m thrilled if you can give even this much a month, you’re a treasure. ( ˘ ³˘)
–(If you make a pledge at any level BEFORE THE NEW YEAR: I will draw you an icon commission as a reward. Only good through the 1st of January! Whoop! Incentive!)–
I love my current patrons very much; you’ve all been so supportive and patient with me as I continue to grow as an artist and as a person. I wish you all the very best, and I hope all of you are staying afloat during this worst-timeline shitshow of a year. And to my prospective patrons, I’m excited to meet you whenever and however you manifest; I hope you enjoy my humble offerings and I look forward to delivering crazy goodies to you in the coming year. ❤
May 2018 be the year we Get Things Sorted.
Your Obedient Servant, Beleaguered Scribe of the Lords of Arda,
Friend you can always lick the art; no one should begrudge u a little lick now and then, a lick is small and harmless way to appreciate the arts, which come in all the tasty colors. Shhhh. It’s okay, no one’s looking, have a taste. Tell me what the flavor is, I have always yearned to know.
We’re coming up on a new year, and I have RESOLUTIONS:
I’ve been reluctant to promote myself as much as I could be doing because as an artist with clinical depression, I am painfully aware of my own failings when it comes to keeping on a schedule and reliably fulfilling my commitments. But! I’m also happy to say that I’ve made some significant progress managing my illness and my personal life, and I am going to make an effort to get my scripting and comic-making on with some reasonable consistency.
–I want to reach out more to my patrons and expand my audience, and get small pledges from more people.
To encourage this, I’ve switched up my rewards so that for $7 a month, you now get access to all my time-lapse videos, process gifs, and sketches– I may take requests for art tutorials if that is something people are interested in. 🙂
At the $25 tier I now offer monthly sketch commissions– something I was hesitant to do before for all the reasons above. I’m following some amazing artists who have inspired me to take a shot at this. There are limited openings for this one, so if you’re interested, consider grabbing one sooner rather than later.
And of course, at $1 reward still gets you access to aaallll my high-res bonus art, comic pages, transparent assets, and early updates on whatever I’m working on! Honestly, I’m thrilled if you can give even this much a month, you’re a treasure. ( ˘ ³˘)
–(If you make a pledge at any level BEFORE THE NEW YEAR: I will draw you an icon commission as a reward. Only good through the 1st of January! Whoop! Incentive!)–
I love my current patrons very much; you’ve all been so supportive and patient with me as I continue to grow as an artist and as a person. I wish you all the very best, and I hope all of you are staying afloat during this worst-timeline shitshow of a year. And to my prospective patrons, I’m excited to meet you whenever and however you manifest; I hope you enjoy my humble offerings and I look forward to delivering crazy goodies to you in the coming year. ❤
May 2018 be the year we Get Things Sorted.
Your Obedient Servant, Beleaguered Scribe of the Lords of Arda,
Maedhros paused and gave it some thought, turning the question over in the same way he pondered their winter stores or military incursions along the border.
“Their lack of subtlety,” he said at last, running a pen over his brass knuckles with a sound like a spring frog. “Their utter lack of guile or nuance. They tell one story but they tell it simply. Do they indicate emotion? Care? Compassion? Romance? No, at their root they tell merely the tale of physical arousal and by damn they tell it in all manner of conditions. It’s an admirable steadfastness.” Outside the winds of Himring Hill wailed and he shifted in his seat. “Their capacity for comedy! ‘Sblood, is there anything more satirical in its very nature?” He moved an oblong paperweight that Fingon had sent him aside on his desk with a fond smile. “Which isn’t to say they can’t be very fair as well, though that is obviously a matter of, hah, taste. And of course it is interesting – shall I say, deliberate? – that you choose to describe them as ‘handy’, given your audience, but I won’t deny that as one who had to relearn dexterity in my non-dominant hand I appreciated their straightforward design and execution. Far easier to learn that left-handed than penmanship or fencing or deboning a grouse.” He cracked his bone knuckles against the brass ones and moved the paperweight again. “So there you have it: a singleminded weathercock, appreciated in its dependability – well, mostly – sleek of design, lacking in artifice; ridiculous, whimsical, ergonomic.” He sighed deeply. “Though doubtless you would get a different answer from someone else. Why on earth do you ask, brother?”
Maglor raised his head from where he’d been cradling it in his hands for the last ten minutes, having failed several times to interject. “Music,” he said faintly. “I was asking your opinion on the musicians I should book for the winter festival.” He sank his head into his hands again. “Pianists, brother, for the love of all that is holy.”
“Oh,” said Maedhros, after another pause. “No, go with harps, I’ve never liked all those tinkling keys and besides they’re a nuisance to haul around. Your articulation must be suffering,” he added, as Maglor groaned and fled the room. “If I can’t tell from ‘pianists’ then you might want to work on your, ah, diction.”
Gosh, he looks so trustworthy and wise! I’m absolutely going to trust him with all my dark secrets and the greatest power known to elves and men!
(Turns out I suck real bad at drawing plants, so for reference, he’s surrounded by branches of holly– because Eregion– and branches of a yew tree, which traditionally represents death and has deceptively similar looking berries.)
Some time ago I had a great opportunity to work on the cover of russian magazine @houseofmelkor and here is the result. And honestly this is the 1st time ever I draw Melkor.
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