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new video on environment underpainting
New painting video availible (free)Sorry if at any point the music makes it hard to hear me, I really tried to be aware of the matter.
Will tone it down next one.
*Edit* my official page which i reference in the movie is under construction this week, will return shortly.
Anyways I hope you enjoy.
headshot commissions (closed)Aug 23 update- HI GUYS!
Closing commissions and also apologizing to the few of you who I still haven't finished yet, I'm really sorry
(:icongtthplz: hello close friends and also apologies forever to mei asdhgsdj )
My schedule has changed, so I'll be finishing the last ones up during school.
Thanks again and see you guys in September :) !!
... also other people you could consider, who're offering more choices :iconspinmingplz:
~iX3TV - http://ix3tv.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-Are-Open-315610511
~kou-chann - http://kou-chann.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-are-open-I-need-help-Q-Q-315639770
*VelvetMemoir - http://velvetmemoir.deviantart.com/journal/Cash-Commissions-OPEN-302063980
~siiju - http://siiju.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-open-UPDATED-EXAMPLES-310625833
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Just throwing this out there, I'll be taking commissions publicly for a bit this summer.
:bulletblack: single character celshaded head/bust shots on transparent bg <
Character Question TagTagged by :icondustsketches:
Usually I dont do tags but this seems to be some SoC bandwagon at the moment so... why not xDD *choses my 3 most active OCs*
Choose your OC's:
:bulletblue: Sandro
:bulletgreen: Alex
:bulletyellow: Keel
Do you want a hug?
:bulletblue: Sandro: Sure~ Why not?
:bulletgreen: Alex: You are a general, shouldn't you be afraid they thrust a knife in your back during a hug? So, no, no hug for me...
:bulletyellow: Keel: ...Okay, now I don't want a hug anymore...
Are you a virgin?
:bulletblue: Sandro: Uh... w-well... no...
:bulletgreen: Alex: Nope.
:bulletyellow: Keel: Can't we go on to a -less- awful and private question!?
Do you have any kids?
:bulletblue: Sandro: No and I don't think I ever will have any...
:bulletgreen: Alex: I used to have a daughter, but she died 7 years ago... I hope I will have kids one day again though.
:bulletyellow: Keel: I don't think I would make a good fat
CatCatalogue Contest:iconyarnballcat5ns::iconyarnballcat4end::iconyarnballcat3add2::iconyarnballcat2add::iconyarnballcat1start:
Do you find, whenever you're ill or feel down, cats will always come and sit on your knee or curl up next to you? If you're looking sad they'll give you a friendly trill. And of course, whenever they bring you a dead mouse they're saying they love you. But you're not going to say thank you back in that way. They can settle for a tummy rub. 
So the contest this time is Cats and Love. :iconlovecatplz:
So photos that show the love from your cats, they can be curled up with another cat and look adorable, or maybe they're bringing a huge smile to a child or an elderly person. It can be anything. 
:iconkittykitty2plz:
Submit your photos in this special folder here. http://catcatalogue.deviantart.com/gallery/42425136
Competition starts : 5th March 2013
Competition ends : 30th March 2013
Good luck to all entrants
Here are the rules 
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Character Design Work Shop CDWS: DAY 3I think I have enough candidate for the next poll, thank you for the inputs. I had plans for 2 polls but because this decision bring a big turn in the design I'm going to stick with just one for today.
Not all idea is included with this poll but I consider all the ideas useful and felt some of them would be an candidate for the future poll. (As some options would cause a conflict with other choices...)
POLL OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this poll is to decide the background of the character which mostly affect the costume. It's not a decision to define the exact location but to aid the feeling and atmosphere in which character comes from. I've also avoid using names that can indicated specific race, culture, location, etc...
General Feeling and background of the character:
- Middle East
- Tribal (Tribes to nomadic life style)
- Oriental
- Society (People residing in cities, towns and villages)
- North European
- Lost Civilization (Ancient culture that existed and gone)
It would be
Character Design Work Shop CDWS: DAY 2Now we have the result, so I've decided to close the poll and here's the overview.
POLL RESULTS:
Gender: Female
Age Preference: 20's
Character Direction: Neo Fantasy
General Personality: Neutral
(TLDR folks can SKIP this part and go down to OBJECTIVE OF THIS JOURNAL)
Because for the Neo Fantasy vote, I think it's good to prioritize the costume aspect of the design and then shift to the body feature. I believe the result opened up further options compared to the others. If we had different result, I would have built a poll for let's say, occupation which was an alternative route of decision making. At least we know we're going to be working on a female costume for the 20's, so we can leave that aside for now...
I had several means to taking general personality poll, it was mostly for the visual purpose. If the decision was evil my visual approach would have been some what simpler to establish, Dark tone, slick feature, perhaps a body type for agility, it's cliche but the
Character Design Work Shop CDWS: DAY 1Character Design Work Shop CDWS: DAY 1 Preparation Poll
NOTE OF REQUEST: I would like to ask politely for those who isn't participating to disable poll and journal notification if isn't too much of a burden. This is to prevent workshop related messages overflow your dA notification.
Thanks to everyone, I think I have enough people to run the show. Honestly it's more than I expected, so let's begin the workshop. For the starter I came up with 4 poll options. At this point we like to avoid any definite decision to prevent ideas locking into specific direction. Since it the first workshop, I like to stay within my comfort zone, rather than going over my head. (Which means we'll be doing a human character design and not creature or something else.)
I added few notes about the poll options to clear things out.
== Gender:
- Male
- Female
This actually is a 'definite' decision that can potentially loose interest of those who voted for the opposite result. In which case I'm consi
VOCALO Songs of the Week 5Today is C83! :3
▲ This Hand, That Hand
Artist: JOHN ZERONESS
NND: sm19666254
▲ andoromeda
Artist: ryu_sika
NND: sm16819598
Album: 音鳴/otonari
▲ the fall
Artist: Nem
NND: sm14020985
Album: EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Supernova 5
▲ kakū no uta
Artist: fushimatsu
NND: sm15682177
Album: 0001: a galaxy odyssey
▲Cosmo drop
Artist: yahiro
Album: gallery electron
▲ mikkai no Miren
Artist: acane_madder
Album: MiKTRoNicA vol.1
▲ saruyume
Artist: Eight
NND: sm18575223
Album: gekkabijin.
dat feelThat feeling when you look at a piece of fan-friggin-tastic artwork - or worse, a buttload of them at once - and it prompts you to wonder why you yourself even try... Sob. My morale has moments ago been hit so hard I don't think I can resume working on the next update until tomorrow. Sob! This is why I always regret browsing through Pixiv...
But here is something that I don't find depressingly wonderful, just delightfully so!
Six more days until Wreck-It Ralph's release! Enjoy! :)
In honor of Improvement!Well, I was looking through my messages as I do everyday when I came across another odd little gem-an improvement meme (from one of my favorite artists, :iconcherubchan: )!

I personally love these kinds of memes since they remind us of how far we've come in sake of art. Oddly enough, this has inspired me to hunt down even more! So if you have any, post them in the comments please! I wanna see them & I'm pretty sure that others would like to see them as well!
:thumb2922
leftovers sale + irrelevant things of interestHallooo, I've finally updated my sales page so feel free to look if you're interested in buying prints/buttons/other stuff that I sell at conventions. The url still says 2011 but please ignore it =w=;;;;
The page >> http://www.parashi.info/printsale2011.html
Regarding larger posters:
I'm only selling letter-sized and smaller things at the moment because shipping from Canada costs an arm and a leg. BUT, I'll be in U.S. during December, so I can ship 11x17" posters from there.
Drop me a quick comment if interested so I know if I should take pre-orders or not, otherwise I can't print them in time. (you can see the available designs in the photo of my table in my previous Akicon journal :b )
Unrelated!!!
I asked my awesome friend who works for [undisclosed-so-nobody-gets-into-trouble] printer company to print me a continuous print of using a long-format printer.
So this wonderful thing is now hanging in the perfectly-sized space over my window 8)!
(I was too lazy to take d
Tip of the Day: Working on YOUTip of the Day: Work on how you are and not how you APPEAR. You can fool everyone for a while but it all catches up in the end.
Sending positive vibes to you all!
PS. We will be coming to San Francisco for the Schoolism LIVE workshop on April 27-28 --> http://www.schoolism.com/workshop-san-francisco/
Happy New Year"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."
― Neil Gaiman
Now, I thought about trying to write this really inspiring journal to touch people or make them cry or to know how thankful I am for the circumstances of my life and the consequences of the last year. But, really, this year I don't even have to try at all to explain that. You all know because you all lived it with me. I met people this year who I will carry with me for the rest of my life - I'm meeting friends in real life who I never would have met if not for this website and the community on which it is built.
This is all possible because we got stronger than last year, and we're stronger because we have each other.
We survived an apocalypse and the West Boro Bap
what are some symbols for dreams and ambitions?i think of paper planes when i think of dreams and ambitions...though i wonder if that's an asian thing? what do you think of? ^^ (apart from skies and boundless landscapes as many people have already suggested. aha)
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NEW video! learn how I create epic fantasyscapes

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ill be uploading the actual image here monday, after i let it settle over the weekend to see if there are final tweaks.

Hope you enjoy!
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~MYHOTDOGISBIGGER Sep 6, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Epic !
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*gamefan84 Sep 8, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
thanks!
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*SirLadySketch Sep 2, 2012  Student Artist
Another fantastic video! Watching you paint has really helped me see places where I can improve and experiment with new techniques and tricks to get a desired effects- thanks again for sharing!
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*gamefan84 Sep 2, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
thanks! so glad to hear it
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~Danlei Sep 1, 2012  Student Interface Designer
As a person who is most likely gonna have to outsource this kind of work to a professional at some point, I'm very curious about your rates. I have no idea how much one normally charges from a digipainting, but I'd think that it doesn't come very cheap considering the time and effort needed for the project.

I recall you saying on the video that you had been painting for over 50 hours and you were only at the "black and white" -phase. So I'd like to know how many hours do you normally put to your comissions and how much it would approximately cost? I can't draw or paint at all so outsourcing is my only option :)
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*gamefan84 Sep 1, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Hey Dan, when I mentioned the 50hrs I was talking about the entire painting, i had just mentioned it at that point in the video. Thanks for viewing by the way. if your serious about outsourcing some art sometime send me a private message or an email and we can talk numbers.
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~Danlei Sep 2, 2012  Student Interface Designer
Alright, I'll be in touch when I'm in a need of illustrations! :)
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~HikariAiSuri Sep 1, 2012
Hey, I just wanted to thank you soo much for these... I mean, it must take a lot of time to do the videos and such. Thank you for sharing your experience, talent and technique with us, really. Thanks for caring, you videos are very helpful!!
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*gamefan84 Sep 2, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
thanks for viewing! I hope i can continue to inspire!
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~HikariAiSuri Sep 3, 2012
I'm sure you will!
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