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That's it guys! Patreon will be launching on the 1th of February! I'm so happy!

For people living in Europe, I'll be launching a tipeee as well. It's basically the same as patreon except you can pay in euros .

I updated my schedule and the content of the patreon/tipeee. Let's talk about it:

F.A.Q. and troubleshooting. "BlackBy, I'm working on this drawing but I am having trouble with the shadows, I don't know what to do next ToT!" I'm here!

Illustrations you vote on. "I have this neat idea I would want to see!", "My perfect x anime/x game/x comic fanart would be..." DONE. (I also do NSFW)

Sketches and step-by-step tutorials. How do I do that? How can you do that? You'll know everything!

Exercices sheets and art courses. You'll learn everything they don't have the time to teach you in school. Get rewards for your commitement and accomplishements.

Menthorship. You will be guided through your journey as an artist and learn exactly what you need to improve and draw the things you want to create.

Live and recorded streams for deep learning and chat!

Will you still be taking commissions?

I will but I'm currently full right now. Being a patron gives you priority for open slots.

What does it mean for the content online?

I know that not everyone can pay for commission and art courses. It's not fair. My goal is to finance this content via Patreon so it can be released for everyone for free in the future. By participating you'll help everyone to improve on their art and be happy to finally be able to draw what they want, how they want it.

-> deviantART

As I told you before, I'm not happy on this website anymore. But what you may not know is that deviantART is allowed to take every pic you post on this website and use it for commercial use and sell it to their partners, without telling you or giving you compensation. Since I'm a professional and I got a lot of pictures stolen, this is getting harder and harder to justify staying here. Still, I cannot leave you guys...

I'll continue to post a little bit here. But you have to know that most of my work will be on patreon, gumroad, facebook and instagram. If things goes well, I'll consider opening a website.

-> tumblr

As most of you know, tumblr updated their terms and conditions, limiting content to SFW stuff... except that bot disables pretty much anything, it's so flawed. I'll continue to post there and see how much of my work get erased but... yeah, we'll see.

I am so, so happy to begin this new adventure with you guys!

[berrizcombo]

some roughs of myself

[nattravn-stuff]

Tagitty tag

So I have been tagged by my sweet Askald, the sister of my heart! I'm not -that much- into tags but well, it's from a friend so let's do this! /o/

RULES:

Rule 1: Always post the rules.

Rule 2: Answer the questions the person that tagged you has written and write 11 new ones.

Rule 3: Tag 11 new people and link them to your post.

Rule 4: Let them know you’ve tagged them.

(Oh but since I'm a lazy ass rule breaker, I'll tag only a couple of them!)

QUESTIONS:

Favorite movie: Hard question... I don't have a favourite movie, actually, but I do love lots of them. But, errrm... Well... I think the Return of the Kind (the third LOTR movie) has a special place into my heart, as I find it incredibly beautiful and epic. I remembered that when moving out of the cinema, my head was full of fights, humans, elves, orcs, ghosts (My fav part, I think, I F*CKING love these gosts!!), Nazguls and epicness. It has followed me for a long time and each time I think of this movie, I have a feeling of epicness into my heart. (And then, PotC 1 and 2 come close! XD) Tell me about the last game you played: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Speaking of epicness. It's simply beautiful and I love it!! I'm feeling a little ashamed to kill the dragons though. Poor creatures. T3T No, seriously this game is really beautiful and some fights can be quite epic (and scary)... and hey, it's finally a game where I can headshot people with a bow and arrow like a sneaky bastard! (Because yes, my aiming is a disaster a,d so is my patience... hence I never play sniper on TF2 even though I love the character.) Just a negative point from my point of view, but maybe that's because I'm new to the ES universe... I don't get a thing about what's going on into the world, about the war, etc... XD The song you always have in mind and sometimes bothering you? Thankfully, it doesn't happen much to me. I actually get quite bothered by a song when I hear it several times in a row. But apart that... Oh wait... Here's one: Trololo... From Eduard Khill, yes. That one has been bothering (trolling) me by staying stuck into my head. Your favorite season and why? Summer, because I (eventually) stop freezing my ass off and it allows me to wear my t-shirts. |D And I love all my t-shirts. And also, it usually means holidays! Your current OTP. Tell me everything about it! My current one, oh dear... Errm, well... My current OTP is about 2 OC from Team Fortress 2 I have been roleplaying with CrimsonValley. It... Started more or less as in-game (*cough*gay*cough) jokes and it turned out that I couldn't resist any more and create a Medic OC: Erik (who's awfully hard to draw), following the class I played most. Then I poked Crimson until she created a character based on her most played class too: the Sniper Elijah (Look at that f*cking cutie!) aand... well we started to roleplay them. Elijah is seriously adorable, I love him! And of course, he's an Australian. He may have been an assassin (Not sure he isn't one anymore though), he has a slight hero complex and wants to protect and support everyone (understand his team mates and anybody he cares about). He's a quite joyful character and he's cute and soft like a teddy bear, once you get to know him and pass his solitary and slightly cold looks. |D Erik is a constantly sleep deprived (he's insomniac) German scientist with a rational mind, seeing everything from a rational point of view. He's always up for experimenting new things on his favourite subjects (understand his team mates), he's messy yet organised (meaning he'll find anything he wants in his own mess but he'll feel lost of anyone cleans it up), calm and even cold when you don't know him but once you have passed his analysing (halfly asleep) gaze and got his appreciation, he's more friendly... Even if deep inside him, he lacks of trust towards people... Sooo yeah... This is my current OTP and I'm shipping them hard, right now! It's really interesting to see how Elijah gets to care more and more about the doctor, without daring to put a name on his feelings, and how Erik simply don't seem to understand, or even realise, what's happening. XD What if I say JackRabbit to you? ... Sorry, I'll go French for that one. Please don't mind it, it's a joke Askald knows too well but with such a question, I simply have to do that. ........ C'est un LAPIN!! C'est un PUTAIN d'lapin qui enc*le un p'tit garçon MORT congelé!! Bordel!!! *pause, regard révulsé, tête qui part en arrière* RAAAAAAH!!! (Avoue, t'as pensé à moi quand t'as écris ça, hein...) The next country you want to visit: Finland!! *o* I have to visit Finland!!! Last Scandinavian country I miss! What do you really want to buy? Honestly, I have no idea. ^^' Nothing very useful, I guess. Do you think that humor and love will save our world? YES!! I mean, yes, if only. I really wish it was possible but it appears most of the people have lost these two aspects into their lives. Or at least one of them. But really, I wish it could be possible. Do you believe in Jack Frost? (yes I want to see RotG again) Hmm, actually no. XD Sorry! If I bake a cake, do you want some? I... ALWAYS... WANT... YOUR... CAKES!!! Because they ALWAYS are f*cking delicious!!! <3 <3 <3

My questions:

What's your favourite band or music style?

Is there anything you particularly want to accomplish, this year?

Tell me what was your greatest discovery (it can be a game, a music, when you found out something about yourself, history, anything!)?

Give me your opinion about dragons? Overrated? Under appreciated? Not loved enough ?

Do you have an OC? Or a character you particularly like? Tell me about him/her/it!

What was your first OTP, if you have any one? If you don't have any OTP, who was the first character you supported?

What's your hobby/passion?

Favourite drink?

Is there any legendary creature/myth (or fairy tale) you're fond of (like elves, faeries, kelpies or character like the she snow queen, the little mermaid etc...)?

What is the next movie or game you're eagerly waiting for?

[berrizcombo]

I haven't the motivation to draw anymore.... for so long time now.

I really want to give up. I will finish the current requests, probably do some new commissions when I will open it again, but after that... I don't know. I'm just so tired to be sad and fight against the illness. I'm sick of feeling so incompetent even if I recieve so much love. Day after day I have the sensation that my tendons and my joints will just break.

Sometimes I want to start to redraw and say to myself "what the purpose anyway? It will look terrible and you will hurt yourself."

[berrizcombo]

Lucy Hare in a "mass effect-like" heavy armor suit. I must change her fur colour.

Character: Nintendo©

Art: Black_Berry©

[berrizcombo]

A sketch of Miyu on Fichina. You can find all my sketches on Facebook too.

Character: Nintendo©

Art: Black_Berry©

[ikashares]

Too Late!

Daily Devotional for Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Then He came the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough!" Mark 14:41a

“It is enough!” How these words from the Master stung the disciples! They were given the opportunity to share a sacred moment with Jesus. They failed Him. This time, not even Peter had an answer for Jesus. Jesus forgave them, and they went on to experience God working powerfully through their lives, but that unique moment with their Lord was lost. The angels had comforted the Savior on that lonely night as He prepared for the cross, not the disciples. Scripture indicates that the disciples later became diligent in prayer, but the memory of that night would remain with them for the rest of their lives. Like the disciples, you receive unique opportunities to serve your Lord. There are times when Jesus will ask you to join Him as He is at work in the life of your friend, family, or coworker. If you are preoccupied with your own needs, you will miss the blessing of sharing in His divine activity. God is gracious; He forgives, and He provides other opportunities. He will even use our failings to bring about good, but it is critical that we respond in obedience to every prompting from God. God does not need our obedience; He has legions of angels prepared to do His bidding when we fail Him. The loss is ours as we miss what God wants to do in our lives. Respond immediately when God speaks to you. His will for you is perfect, and it leads to abundant life.

source: http://www.blackaby.net/