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1: RULES
Alright, so here's the way I work.

-No yaoi, yuri, or hentai. Sure, I'll draw kissing scenes, but I do not wish to promote gay or lesbian pairings, no matter how politically incorrect I am. Nor do I wish to promote underage, unmarried sex or anything falling under the catagory of hentai. I will, however, do slighted suggestion, say, a short skirt and whatnot.

-No odd friend requests within the order or something that's non-business related. I don't like it when I get orders saying, "Plz can i hve art ill pay u lolz heart " No. Just no. Really annoying and confusing. If you wish to contact me for an order, type like a normal person, not a drugged out teenager.

-I don't put rules on how I draw, so this one will tell you that the customer is always right, and so if he/she finds something about the picture that is inadequate or inaccurate, or the picture simply isn't what they're looking for, I'll redo it for no additional charges.

-You may now contact me for self portraits and whatnot and enclose an image of yourself if you wish. BUT ONLY SHOULDERS UP!!! Anything else will be immediately turned into Gaia as harassment.

-Be polite and courteous. Don't flame this shop openly. If you must rant and rave about how horrible an artist I am, please send me a PM. I'd be happy to hear all your comments about my work and my person.

3: Artist Background

So, I'm not about to tell you my age, name, or anything like that, but I can tell you about my background in the arts. As stated in the post above, I've been drawing since I was old enough to hold a pencil, and am self taught. I have a couple books on how to draw, but they're dusty and unused. Basically I realized I could draw when I sat down at my kitchen table at the age of eight and drew my grandmother in realism, which I still have to this day.
After that, I studied facial shading and proportion from real life situations and then photographs, and went on from there.
It was not until recently that I found out about anime, and got hooked on Naruto. After learning to draw all those characters, which are really relatively simplistic designs, I craved more and moved on to anime like Rurouni Kenshin, Ergo Proxy, Hellsing, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell, and others. They really helped to develop my styles and show me what everyone else was doing.
But it still wasn't enough.
I scoured the web, saving every perfect picture I came across, copying down proportion readings and doing some mathematical calculations that would work in any pose or situation. I even brought the golden ratio into a few pictures (I don't do that anymore. It's confusing on a slow computer).
And things took off from there! Mind you, I'm still developing and learning, so not everything is perfect from the start, and since my programs are limited, lineart is messy and whatnot. But I can always clean that up.
So far all my customers have been extremely pleased, with only one redo, the customer wanting their character to be a little more muscular in the chest area. ^-^
I'm also a writer, musician of many instruments, band member, singer, composer, and lyricist.

5: Price

The prices for my work are more than some people charge, but typically less than the majority of commissioners.Since I typically get requests for avi art, I started out with a profile run avi art shop, but have decided to expand my horizons. So, if you visit my profile and read the journal post, ignore it and pay attention to what's written here. The list is as follows:


An uninked, un colored, bluescale sketch of your Avatar or character(s), either skelatal or finished: 50 gold

A portrait shot (head and shoulders only) of your Avatar or character(s): 100 gold

A full scale shot of your Avatar or character(s) in a stationary pose: 125 gold

A full scale shot of your Avatar or character(s) in a pose of your choice: 150 gold

Something completely unrelated to Gaia or anime that is appropriate and digital: Prices Vary*(see below)

So there's my price range. I do traded transactions, so when I'm finished with your commission and you see not only a PM with the link, but a trade, just do what the PM says and you'll be good to go.

*Price variations: Something unrelated to Gaia or anime is not given often to me to work with. Usually I'm doing avi art, either realism or anime, and rarely do I get requests for Gaians for something that is not anime and not Gaiaonline related. So, something like that is a banner, a button, a personal picture of someone in realism, photomanipulation, landscaping, etc. Things like this take more time out of my schedule than desired, because I don't know EXACTLY what you're looking for. So, please make it worth my while. I'll gladly do the work, but it'll cost more. The most I'll ask is 300 gold for a picture that's 8 1/2x11 inches. From there down, we can discuss a price through PM.

alright! first customer! i LOVE helping out fellow artists... I'm also a writer just like you! ^_~

ok... so here ya go! ^^

Title of Message: Art Order


If i like it ((which i will^^)) I will give yas a tip! heart

I sent you a PM art order...but when do you want my payment? I can send it now.