Okay, I have a question for the dash. The short version—because I know that tumblr abbreviates posts sometimes on the dash now—is this:
Would anyone be interested in art commissions? Do you have a character you need drawn? An outfit design? A room layout, landscape, or other world-building type of art?
Alternately, I spent several years as a copy editor, and if there are any writers out there who need an editor, I would also be quite willing to do that as well.
Skillsets and qualifications of the options:
OPTION ONE (1): ART COMMISSIONS
In as close to factual and impartial as I can be, my main skills with art lie with drawing people, plants/nature, some animals. I am less skilled at 'scenes', but I can draw them. I would say that I am skilled at drawing emotions/expressions. I have dabbled with things like character sheets, concept sketches, character design/interpretation and design of descriptions given, brief comic layouts, etc.
Full disclosure: I would not take any commissions that would be considered higher than a PG or PG-13-rating, as, nothing against anybody, I am just not a "spice" kind of person. I would also prefer original content/characters only, rather than fandom things, simply because I do not wish to risk getting anywhere near the issues of making money off of copyrighted material.
As I have only recently revamped and restarted this blog, I have not yet transferred over everything. The following are some examples of my art.
Most of these were just fun things I did for my friends and/or people with whom I write. There's some examples of full color. Flat color. Concepts and silly things for my blogs. One is a character design sheet. As well as an example of just a sketch/line art.
If any of these appeal to you or look like something you might want, just let me know. [ Note: Most of these are fan art, but none of them were paid commissions, just me having fun. ]
English is my first language. I am rusty with Spanish. I am knowledgable on grammar, syntax, and spelling. I can brush back up on MLA or other formatting, as well as British spelling, if needed. I am very skilled at researching. I would apply the same rule from above to this as well: I would not accept anything to proof/edit that was higher than PG or PG-13. A little bit of tension and a fade to black isn't so much an issue—so long as that fade to black is also the published format. Again, nothing against anybody, I am just not a "spice" person.
To be clear: this is not an emergency sort of post. It's not a 'I need this or I'll lose this' sort of post. The entire point of this post is looking at my options and trying to prevent it from getting to that point.
I recently had to leave my job because the high stress was causing some pretty serious health issues. I had the discussion with my family, and they agreed that I needed to quit.
I am currently in the process of trying to get a vehicle, because my old vehicle started having some problems. I had to sell it a year and some odd months ago.
Because I am still looking for a vehicle and unable to get a new job yet, I am currently running on the funds I received upon exiting my job.
I have said all of that to say this:
I am trying to figure out if I can see about art commissions—and/or copy editing—at the least, as a way of keeping what I have from dwindling to much until I can get a new job.
If anyone does have any interest, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, no harm, no foul.
