#zyonji

[zyonji]

I saw a picture with that really neat style with clothing and hair color blending into the background color, so I wanted to see how it'd look if I combined such flat tones with my usual style. (:

[ikrutt]

An extra special commission from many, many months ago that I've held off posting until now. Drawn as a two year (May 1st, 2016) anniversary for zyonji for when they got more serious about painting. In Zyonji’s own words, from the commission prompt: It would mark the two-year anniversary of when this post of yours got me serious about learning to paint, because I wanted an icon like that but couldn't afford to commission you. Now I have both, the skill to paint nice icons and the money to commission others, so I think it would be a nice conclusion to the story to finally commission you two years later. I was very touched to have this honor, even if it’s “just” a little portrait for now. I think Zyonji has had such an amazing development as an artist, and I think you all should check them out!

[virensere]

Wing it commission for @zyonji! Prompts were: The color between blue and green; Zyonji; Stoic. Managed to extra challenge myself here, good practice

[zyonji]

After having gotten stuck on commissions some months earlier, I attempted to make a much more clean and defined style, so commissions would be less open ended. Still kept the scars present though. I really liked how that specific painting turned out.

[zyonji]

Just as promised, another painting that's largely the same as the last one. (:

[zyonji]

A third portrait I painted for myself. This time with rose tinted glasses!

[zyonji]

This painting got a fun story I didn't reveal on any other site I posted this on. There's a bunch of inspirations I listed in other posts, one of them being lost-paw, while being vague about how exactly one of their in stream commissions influenced this. So, let me tell the story!

If you've only seen the paintings I make or even the art I commission for myself, then this might surprise you: Lost-paw's drawings on those streams cater to a horny audience. Even though sexual content doesn't excite me, I also don't mind it, so I took a commission slot on a whim.

As a side note, I asked for my hyena to be draw, a character I based on myself. You might call 'em my fursona if you want. I tried to make 'em as much like myself as I could, aside of them being a striped hyena and also having more feminine features. Though no boobs. As mentioned earlier, sexual content doesn't get me horny, so I never payed those features any mind.

Now, back to the stream. My commission is up next. That meant I described what I was looking for in PMs and sent my references. Then the unexpected question. What about the bits? What's up down there? A question I had no answer for. It truly made me panic as I tried to figure out an answer. And that's ultimately the "design elements" I canonized from that commission. Being put on the spot in the moment made me realize that it's fine to not fully fit the norm. That slight hint of an outline of a dick doesn't make 'em any less feminine. Instead it just adds a bit of visible lived history.

[zyonji]

After all this time, it's still me.

It's been a while since I last changed my profile picture. While I still like my old picture, I still think it's a good idea to replace it with something that represents better where my skill level is now. I made this in about 5 hours in my own painting software. I'm very happy with how it turned out. Hopefully you all will still be able to recognize with this new picture thought. :D