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Commissions?
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After posting that drawing, I had one person ask about commissions. It's actually a grey area I'd been avoiding for a while just because I'm not sure how comfortable I am with the idea.
So I'll ask anyone that cares to read this: If I were open for commissions, would you consider it?
My main worries are two key points.
1. Quality. If I'm getting requests to draw something, I want to make sure it's so good that even I like it. So far I've yet to draw something I really, really like, so that's sort of a problem. I want to make sure you guys are happy with what you get, especially if you're paying for it.
2. Limitations. Let's be honest, you guys are weird. I'm weird too, but you guys are really, really weird.
I kid. Still, there's bound to be strange requests if I do commissions, and I'd rather it didn't become a big deal if I turned down one thing but then went and did another.
It's something I've been thinking about for a while because it can help me get my name out there, get me more consistent with uploading, and help me improve a lot with technique and process, but it's a scary area to step into. I'll do it if there's people that want me to, but if not, I'm probably going to wait quite some time before thinking about it again.
Let me know what you think, and as always, stay classy.
-Kohou
So I'll ask anyone that cares to read this: If I were open for commissions, would you consider it?
My main worries are two key points.
1. Quality. If I'm getting requests to draw something, I want to make sure it's so good that even I like it. So far I've yet to draw something I really, really like, so that's sort of a problem. I want to make sure you guys are happy with what you get, especially if you're paying for it.
2. Limitations. Let's be honest, you guys are weird. I'm weird too, but you guys are really, really weird.
I kid. Still, there's bound to be strange requests if I do commissions, and I'd rather it didn't become a big deal if I turned down one thing but then went and did another.
It's something I've been thinking about for a while because it can help me get my name out there, get me more consistent with uploading, and help me improve a lot with technique and process, but it's a scary area to step into. I'll do it if there's people that want me to, but if not, I'm probably going to wait quite some time before thinking about it again.
Let me know what you think, and as always, stay classy.
-Kohou
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I Have A Tablet Again!
3 min read
I just never use it now! Hurray!
I got a little too used to pen and paper, and it made me realize what a big mistake it was to get a small tablet vs. a medium. If any of you are considering the purchase, I'll tell you now that it's worth it to get the medium. The difference seems small, but in the end those little things are everything!
I just got a scanner recently, so I'll try to post some stuff every now and then, and add some color here and there.
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Whyyyy?!!?
3 min read
Unfortunately, you won't see any art from me for an indefinite amount of time. My tablet broke the other day, and after troubleshooting with their customer support for about two hours, we agreed that it was some kind of firmware problem that stopped the tablet from being recognized as a simple input device. Thankfully, it was still under warranty.
Until then, I'll be sitting in the corner wishing I could be drawing.
Maybe I'll take this time to flesh out the characters a bit more.
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Humble Beginnings
3 min read
To help myself develop a process for this, and help myself when it comes to art, production, and writing, I'll be making a smaller pet project before I start working on the rather large one I take so much pride in. Possibly two pet projects.
Anyways, the focus for now is still going to be focusing on improving my foundations in drawing. Relatively soon, I'll begin drawing up concepts, storyboards, and writing roughs for a small project I have in mind.
I hope you guys are willing to stick around a while longer. Thanks for all the support!
- Kohou, aka. Probably Singed
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Planning Ahead
4 min read
It's funny that I've only just started working on my first story (and consequently my first visual novel) just to have ideas for a new one to pop into my mind. If, somehow, I can manage to make my work a little more well known, and if it's of a quality of I can respect, I may keep doing this.
There are so many stories to tell, and so many people looking for something to grab their heart. It'll take a lot of time and effort, but I know I'll get there eventually. After all, we read and write so many stories to fight back against the fact that we only live once. Every time we open a new story we put ourselves in the shoes of the characters. We breathe the air they breathe, feel the joy they feel, and most of all, experience the pain they go through. We grow with them, we learn with them, and we continue to look for more.
I see that as one of the few things I can respect about humanity. We fear our own mortality so much that we look to live the lives of other people. We know that we have only one life, and so to fill the void that haunts us we continue to read and write, hoping that somehow the hole in our hearts that grew out of that fear will be filled. We can only live our own lives, but no one wants to accept that. So we fight it. We press onward, always looking for a new tale to catch our hearts, because every story we finish is another life we lived.
I'm putting as much time and effort into this as I can because I want to live another good life, and I want other people to live it with me. I think that's something that everyone deserves. For every life we live, we gain a little more experience and become a little wiser. If we only live one life, that becomes a lot harder. So I'll make another life for everyone looking, and create a story, a moral, something they can pull from that life and put into the one they're currently living.
That's my promise.
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