Creation is its Own Reward

This is my art blog. Everything on here is art created by me, whether original, commissions, or fanart. Commissions are Currently Open Help an artist out. This year has been total crap on my finances.

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Oh my gosh folks, I finished something!

yukimoda‘s OC Cole!

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Getting back into the hand of shading. The sensitivity of the Monoprice is definitely not as good as the Wacom but it is usable. I feel I’ve forgotten some of my old techniques, so its going to take some time to shake that off.

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Small Update

Having tablet troubles. Seems like the drivers don’t want to load, even after uninstalling and reinstalling. Will keep you all apprised.

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Possible Flats complete, waiting on word back. Commission progress for yukimoda

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Work in Progress for yukimoda Inks complete

Still waiting to hear back from the first person on my List on their prelim, so moving forward with other commissions until I do.

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Getting used to my brushes again. Just a quick doodle.

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Small update to the Trello Tracker for those who have commissioned me:

https://trello.com/b/BiWWpqpl/commissions-and-giveaway-status

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Long Time No Post

Hey guys, just an update. I think I posted about it on my main blog a while ago, but here’s the run down about what the heck has been going on in the past year. 

*Dad got Cancer.

*Dad got Surgery, No more Cancer

*Aunt Died

*Tons of Work to be done

*Nephew finally moved out

*Hard Drive failure with all my refs, all my high resolution completed art files and WIPS gone poof! This really made it hard for me to get back into the swing of arting.

*Gramma (who has Dementia) has been staying with us a few days every week and it’s like kidsitting because she doesn’t understand a lot of stuff and I have to keep an eye on her.

*No more insurance since it practically doubled, which equals no more antidepressants. 

I know its all a lot of excuses, and I feel overwhelmed and underprepared for everything right now. HOWEVER

I have been going through emails, redownloading references and WIPs that were sent out. I should have all this done tonight, and will be able to start working on the commissions tomorrow.

I apologize for the long delay. All I can do is offer free quicksketches to those who have already commissioned me. My email is miliatelamera at gmail if you have archived our correspondence and wish to send refs for these quicksketches.

I will say this, if I send a prelim and don’t hear back from you for over a week, I’m moving on to the next commission until I hear from you. So check your spam folders to make sure I’ve not been lost in there!

Hopefully I can get a lot done this week, and a lot of art out to you guys. I’m probably going to throw up a few Prelims I’ve done over the past year for those who gave me permission to do so just to add some content here.

Once I get a good chunk of these done I will be reopening commissions on a limited basis because I’m really going to need it this month, and I don’t want to ask for donations again.

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Finished Commission for teadrinkingdragon of her Winnie Shepard and James Vega from Mass Effect!

Really proud of this one!

Commissions Are OPEN

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omg I think I've actually done facial hair I like for the first time in EVER.

WiP for teadrinkingdragon

I will finish this today dammit.

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WIP for teadrinkingdragon I will finish this tomorrow. I would tonight but meds making me sleepy *snore*

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one of the 3 prelims I worked on today. Will probably finish the top one on my list tomorrow for teadrinkingdragon and then work on more prelims. I'm actually getting shit done again ahhh. Sorry for the delays all.

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I loved drawing this piece! This is for amandakitswell's story One Willing To Be So Brave for the Dragon Age Big Bang. Teagan and her Arais Amell have such a great chemistry together. I decided to illustrate an extremely important moment between the two, but if I told you exactly what it was that would be spoilers. ;)

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Took a break from work tonight to draw Precious BB Podrick Payne from last nights episode. It's a messy 30 minute sketch in Photoshop CC and Idk what is drawing hair but I like it. Captured what I wanted in his expression. Which was adorbz. Might do another one some day that captures his freckles.

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Commission Complete! Merrill and Sebastian from Dragon Age 2 for teadrinkingdragon! This turned out so adorable! This is the first of two commissions for teadrinkingdragon! ^_^

Commissions are currently Open

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Fer and I are taking a roadtrip to Boston next month where we will spend one day at PaxEast and the rest being tourists! Due to some expenses that were unexpected this month draining some of my savings for the trip, I’ve decided to reopen commissions! My grandmother was told that she could no longer drive and she gave me her car, which cost me over $200 in insurance and registration fees.

For now all will be shoulder up, unless you request two characters with a significant height difference. Intricate clothing and armor (like the Grey Warden uniforms) will cost extra. This will be decided on a case by case basis.

Price List:

Quicksketch (B&W or Monochromatic): $8, no addition characters available.

Black & White Portrait: $16, +$4 for addition characters

Full Color Portrait: $25, +$5 for addition characters.

I am slow. I wish I were faster. It could take 2 to 3 months before your commission is complete.

All payment is due once subject is agreed upon through Paypal. References whether other artists work, faceclaims, and/or game screenshots are necessary.

I will be taking 10 Quicksketch Commission and 6 of the other types at this time. I still currently have a queue from the last time I opened commissions. If the amount I currently have on my plate will influence your decision, you can view my current queue here: https://trello.com/b/BiWWpqpl/commissions-and-giveaway-status 

Once your commission is accepted it will be placed in the above queue.

If you are interested please fill out THIS FORM. If you want to see more examples of my work, please visit my art blog, MenaArt.

Thanks folks, and even if you don’t want anything right now a signal boost would be greatly appreciated. I haven’t seen Fer in over a year, and this trip will allow us to spend some much needed time together. If you don’t want a commission but want to help out, I do have a donate button on my front page. <3 

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Completed Commission: Quicksketch. Nijole Brosca for @mrspentaghast

Went to Prelim this one and ended up getting so much done on it I finished it.