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Artist // Hobbyist // Digital Art
- Jan 1
- United States
- Deviant for 15 years
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I've been here longer than I care to admit. I started with horses, went through the sparkle dog phase, now I'm back to horses.
Now as an adult, I am a professional writer and artist. I'm an expat and live with my partner of 6+ years. I wish I spent more time on my flat art but I focus mostly on 3D art these days. Equine art still is and always will be my passion.
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Photoshop CC 2014, SAI, Zbrush, Sculptris, Intuos Pen&Touch Medium
why am I still on this site?
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So I've been on deviantart for... a long time! Obviously I barely use it anymore. I don't check it. I don't upload things to it. But I am busy with art, always. Just not quite the same stuff as I used to do. I've thought a lot about using this again. I have plenty of stuff to post but is it even worth it? How many of my followers are still active, even? I made an art instagram instead but I don't really enjoy using instagram as an art platform. The result was I did nothing for a while, I mean except post on Oekaki on CS for when I had stuff to post there. These days I primarily fill up all my art time with digital sculpting. I guess I've decided (at least right now, kind of out of nowhere, with a random feeling that'll go away probably by tomorrow) to use my deviantart again. I'll at least try to post stuff here a little more consistently. Likely, after I get through my Oekaki backlog, it will be stills or turnarounds of my digital sculptures. Not at all what I usually post(ed?) but
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CS Oekaki Lineart Commission Information
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**NO LONGER OFFERING LINEARTS**
This is here for reference only
Thank you for 4 years of orders! I have decided to stop doing line commissions for the foreseeable future.
Payment Information Regarding Chickensmoothie Oekaki Linearts
A lot of people have been inquiring about linearts from me so I felt it was high time to make a list explaining my pricing instead of explaining it every time. If you don't know what commissions I'm talking about, it is on CS, here: http://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3068218
~Prices~
ALL OF THIS IS PAID THROUGH PAYPAL ONLY, NO POINTS, NO OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT!
1/2 down on payment
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Someone asked how I did the Thoroughbred stallion so I made a new (albeit faster and less polished) one and recorded it for those curious!
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happy birthday~! i wish you the best of the best~!
happy birthday!!
happy b-day!!
how do you become a big doggo expert?
May I ask if you have any tips in lineart and adoptable designs?
I would greatly appreciate them!
On Chickensmoothie I especially like your tennis cat designs!
Thank you~
I would greatly appreciate them!
On Chickensmoothie I especially like your tennis cat designs!
Thank you~
Never ask me for tips because I ramble! Here is what I consider a winning formula for the current Oekaki adopts:
I can't comment much on designs for species as these vary greatly, but if your goal is a successful species, follow trends - see what else is popular and then come up with your own original design that might include some of those elements. By no means copy anyone, but basically, if your design is very out-there and doesn't include anything that most people seem to enjoy, the species may fail (but it may also do just fine, and start new trends, that's just hard to tell). For example, on CS right now, horse species are very popular. Horses can be very similar but some people take their own twist on horses to make them unique to their "species." Different breeds and characteristics, etc.
As far as linearts for the designs, keep it simple. If it is super complicated and considered by many hard to draw, it'll be harder for people to get into them. You'll notice a lot of the most popular species are really in fact quite simple to draw and aren't very complicated. This goes for the actual adoptable color designs created, too. A super complicated color design is fine once and a while, but sometimes simpler stuff is more pleasing to the eye - and the person who may wish to draw that character.
The Tenvis Cats are a good example to bring up. The concept is fairly simple - a big cat who lives in the jungle with some frills. I gave a purpose to the frills so they make a bit of sense and aren't just there for looks (though they are, lol). The designs have a pattern they sort of follow, so they aren't entirely random (they have multicolored rosetted spots) and also makes variations that don't have the pattern rare and desirable (always good idea to throw in those once and a while to make things interesting and sought after). The lines aren't overly detailed or complicated, the shading isn't in the way of the designs, and they are smooth and solid.
I'm not sure what else you may want to know, but this is the general approach I take to adopts.
I can't comment much on designs for species as these vary greatly, but if your goal is a successful species, follow trends - see what else is popular and then come up with your own original design that might include some of those elements. By no means copy anyone, but basically, if your design is very out-there and doesn't include anything that most people seem to enjoy, the species may fail (but it may also do just fine, and start new trends, that's just hard to tell). For example, on CS right now, horse species are very popular. Horses can be very similar but some people take their own twist on horses to make them unique to their "species." Different breeds and characteristics, etc.
As far as linearts for the designs, keep it simple. If it is super complicated and considered by many hard to draw, it'll be harder for people to get into them. You'll notice a lot of the most popular species are really in fact quite simple to draw and aren't very complicated. This goes for the actual adoptable color designs created, too. A super complicated color design is fine once and a while, but sometimes simpler stuff is more pleasing to the eye - and the person who may wish to draw that character.
The Tenvis Cats are a good example to bring up. The concept is fairly simple - a big cat who lives in the jungle with some frills. I gave a purpose to the frills so they make a bit of sense and aren't just there for looks (though they are, lol). The designs have a pattern they sort of follow, so they aren't entirely random (they have multicolored rosetted spots) and also makes variations that don't have the pattern rare and desirable (always good idea to throw in those once and a while to make things interesting and sought after). The lines aren't overly detailed or complicated, the shading isn't in the way of the designs, and they are smooth and solid.
I'm not sure what else you may want to know, but this is the general approach I take to adopts.
Ah, this helped tremendously! Thank you so much!
Ill keep all these in mind!
Ill keep all these in mind!