Decisions, decisions.

Hello everyone!  A happy belated new year to you all, as I realize this is the first time I'll be writing a journal entry this year.  On New Year's Day I opened a new RP on tumblr, so naturally that consumed a large portion of my free time.  It was during this that something magical happened - first, the RP main blog gained more followers in a few weeks than I did in a year or two.  Second, I was commissioned for the very first time.

Well, not entirely the first time.  I was commissioned as a part of my class back in high school to do a mural, but a) I wasn't paid and b) it wasn't solo.  But, someone who was auditioning for a role saw the character art I'd done for other roles and wanted me to design theirs as well.

As a person who has very aggressively stated on multiple occasions that she's "just a hobbyist", this moment took me by surprise.  I was shocked that someone wanted to pay me for my art!  See, I'd previously been existing in this toxic state of mine that my art wasn't worth actual money, because I only ever really drew people and because it was primarily sketching, nothing polished or pretty.  This commission sort of woke me up.

The commission itself was not an exciting or dramatic process; I sketched it out, ran it by the customer, inked and coloured it and then began the anxious "will they pay me" freak out session until they actually did, at which point I revelled in the glory of having sold my first piece of art.  And that's when I got to thinking, "Maybe I can do commissions and make that a thing that I do".

Yeah, my thought process is not very coherent.

On that note, I'm highly tempted to open commissions for my first time as a deviant.  Seeing as my speciality is character sketches, I probably won't stray too far past that - but hey, you never know what might happen, and I'm always up for learning how to draw new things.  If anyone's interested, let me know!  If I get a lot of people asking, I'll create a guideline of sorts for pricing, content, style, etc.

Whoops this turned into a long entry.  Call it "bottled up thoughts after a long semi-hiatus".

Until next time!
~ Danon