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Cake day: October 20th, 2023
  • LinkyutoFurry•[Help] Getting my first Fursona drawnEnglish
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    3 months ago

    yessiree! Artist here, so first of all, thank you for considering commissioning an artist! That’s always nice to see. Anyway, here’s my 2 cents on what I look for from commissioners, and what you should be looking for from artists:

    Short version:

    Know roughly what you want, find an artist in your budget who’s open to commissions (and who has an art style you think will fit), then give them the references they need to draw your fursona.

    The best places to find artists are Furaffinity, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Tumblr. There’s also iitaku and e621 if you’re OK with NSFW.

    Long-winded, ADHD-took-over, rambly and run-on-sentences version:

    First of all, you should have at least a vague idea of what you’re looking for. Here, in the case of “a first image for a fursona”, do you want an illustration of your sona doing something, or do you want a reference sheet? Personally, since it’s the first image of your fursona, I would recommend going for a ref sheet; this will facilitate future drawings (also not all artists will want to do the design work of drawing a character basically from scratch).

    Once you’ve decided that, it will be easier to look for artists. Ideally, you want to find an artist that has a track record of drawing something similar to what you want; for example, if your fursona is fat, you might might want to look for artists know for having drawn fat characters. If your fursona is a bird, you might want to look for artists who have drawn birds before. That kinda thing.

    As to where to look for artists, you have many choices; deviantArt used to be The place, but nowadays it would mostly be Furaffinity and Bluesky (with some on Mastodon and Tumblr). You can also browse art pieces by tags on e926, the SFW version of e621; the tag for ref sheets is “model_sheet”. Though if you’re OK with NSFW, then iitaku (and of course e621) are also very good places to look; on that note, SFW artists will not always do NSFW art, but NSFW artists will usually accept to do both (I know I do). Artists will (generally) advertise if they’re open for commissions in their bio, pinned post, or directly in their handle. If you’re unsure, you can just DM them to ask! Most artists also advertise their prices, so you can filter out the ones that would be out of your budget.

    And finally, once you’ve found an artist that you want to commission, they will need references. Is your fursona a great plains coyote? Or perhaps a hybrid between a red fox and a gold-crested mackerel? In that case, you should pick photos or art pieces of the elements that you want the artist to incorporate in the art piece. Written descriptions can also work in a pinch. If you’re a bit unsure about the design of your fursona, don’t hesitate to let the artist know beforehand, so you two can exchange early on design decisions. Finally, if you’re going for an illustration instead of a ref sheet, the artist will love you if you give them a crude sketch of what pose you have in mind. Literally open MS Paint and put down what you want the artist to draw, as simple as possible. Go full stickman. It will look like the art of a 5-years old who’s picked up a crayon for the first time and believe me, that artist will hang it on the family fridge all the same.

    Mind, I said a lot of “you should” and whatnot, but all of this is just so you can be as prepared as possible. If you don’t know what you want for some elements in there, that’s also OK and something you should discuss with the artist. Also, don’t hesitate to let them know that it’s your first time commissioning; when I have first-time commissioners, I usually ask them that, that way I know how much of the process I need to explain.

    And that about covers most of it, I think! I understand if this was A Lot, but hopefully this helps you, and please don’t hesitate to ask questions!

  • LinkyutoEevee •Vaporeon is Taken (Art by Sifyro)
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    4 months ago

    I imagine it’s in reference to a recent-ish trend in Spanish speaking countries (or maybe just one? idr). IIRC it started with just a picture of a guy smoking and captioned “oh, this is art”, and fast-forward to now where it’s been reduced to just the cigarette, and the more cigarettes there are, the more artistic it is. doesn’t even need to be about movies anymore either, can just be about anything, that’s how memetic it became.

  • LinkyutoFurry•*Permanently Deleted*English
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    4 months ago

    Pretty much! They both use the same database, but e926 automatically applies a safe filter on the search results.

    It’s exactly the same as browsing e621 with “rating:safe” in the search prompt.

  • LinkyutoHomeLab and Self-hosting•What services do you selfhost?English
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    10 months ago

    at home I just have a jellyfin running on a repurposed gaming pc, which I plan to put a caddy on eventually some day hopefully

    otherwise online (which admittedly is a little less self-hosted) I’ve got a server with FoundryVTT on it, and one with me blog (full Django with automated gunicorn and all; I got the thing coded, deployed, and running as professionally as possible to see how much I could do by myself. took me two months but worth it)

  • LinkyutoVideo Games•Rodent themed videogames
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    10 months ago

    it is! It’s a solitaire roguelike where you modify your cards and the rules to combat the inherent RNG of the game and defeat the enemies on your way. Think Balatro meets Peglin. I stream the progress of it 3 times a week, and I should have a gameplay video out soon, and hopefully a playable demo in a few weeks. Either way I’ll announce those at !dualityworkshop@lemmy.blahaj.zone when they’re out.

    But yeah, there’s already several rodents in the game, but no mouse, so I think I’ll use that for one of the playable characters. 👍

  • LinkyutoVideo Games•Rodent themed videogames
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    10 months ago

    huh, I had noticed that there were more lately, but not to that extent. neat!

    Actually, maybe I’ll contribute too; I haven’t decided yet what animal to make the other protagonists of Klondike’s Hike, so I suppose I could make one of them a mouse. It’s set in the great plains, so maybe a plains pocket mouse? Those look cute.