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Me Again!

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Guess who's back... back again...

To those of you who are still here, I just want to take a moment to thank you for your ongoing support. I know I'm possibly the most infrequent updater on this whole site, but I really do intend to put in more effort in the future.

I've recently started a new job, and I can happily say, with great relief, that I'm enjoying it and can see myself doing it for a long time to come. However, this does mean that I haven't had much time for artwork lately, obviously I didn't get anywhere near completing the Draw Everything June challenge this year, and what with the mammoth commute I have every day now I'm not sure how much time I can realistically put towards drawing. Having said that, I made the time to do some sketching yesterday, to try out a different style than the one I usually draw in, and I'm really pleased with the results, so I'd love to devote some more time to that.

I'm going to try and upload the rest of the DEJ pictures I did manage to do, but I'm not sure yet how may of them I'll finish, if any. This year I used the challenge more as a way of just getting back into drawing, so they weren't particularly skilful pieces, but were what I needed to do at the time.

Anyway, I hope you're all doing well out there, and have managed to stay cool in all the heat this summer!

Much love <3
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Hiatus...

2 min read
I know, it's a big scary word, and I'm sorry about that, but I need a break ^^" As you've probably noticed, I haven't posted anything in quite a while, and when I have posted things they've been few and far between. I am still drawing, absolutely, nothing's going to stop that, but I just haven't quite had the motivation I need to get anything finished to a standard I'm happy with, and I'm getting a little sick of my homepage being covered in sketches and WIPs, so I've decided to take a break from DeviantArt for the month of March. That's the plan for now at least, I have a lot of personal reasons for cutting myself some slack at the moment as well, so I'll probably review the situation in April and decide then if I need any more time off. I really hope you can all appreciate that.

As I said, I'll still be drawing in this time, just not uploading to DA. If you're really interested in my work and you want to keep up with what I'm working on at this time, I'm still hoping to post progress pictures and finished pieces on Instagram, as it takes a lot less time and effort to post on there. If you'd like to check it out, you can find me at themsgothgirl.

I'd also like to just take this moment to thank you all, once again, for your continuing support. I'm possibly one of the most unreliable people on this whole site when it comes to posting regularly and frequently, and it honestly does mean a lot to me that even when I haven't posted anything new in weeks, people are still checking out my page and looking at my work. So thank you all so much, you really do help me immensely.

So, I guess this is all I had to say really ^^" I'll speak to you again in April. Have a good month!

xxx
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Commissions

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Commissions are now open!!!

Current available slots: 3

Star! Open
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I am currently holding commissions in order to earn some money for doing what I love, outside of what I do for a living. Any points I earn will go towards a Core membership, and any money I earn will currently be put towards biker leathers and other safety gear. If you are interested in commissioning me, then please send me a personal message so that we can discuss the details of the commission.

I am currently offering:

Star! Human/humanoid characters
Star! Non-human characters (monsters, animals, My Little Pony-style, etc.)
Star! Chibis

I am also willing to add simple digital backgrounds.

I will NOT do:
Star! Complex backgrounds
Star! Anything of a pornographic nature
Star! Any fetish artwork (feet, bondage, inflation, vore, etc. My decision will be final on what is considered to be 'fetish')

Prices for commissions will be as follows:
Star! Human/humanoid characters:
   Star!Full body with colour - £7.50 or 900 points
   Star!Half body with colour - £5 or 600 points
   Star!Full body without colour (manually or digitally inked) - £5 or 600 points
   Star!Half body without colour (manually or digitally inked) - £4 or 480 points
Star!Chibis with colour - £6 or 720 points
Star!Chibis without colour (manually or digitally inked) - £5 or 600 points
Star!Non-human characters: Price to be agreed upon commission, depending on complexity

If you want more than one character in a commission, then each additional character will be priced as follows:
Star!Human/humanoid characters:
   Star!Full body with colour - £3.25 or 390 points
   Star!Half body with colour - £2.50 or 350 points
   Star!Full body without colour - £2.50 or 350 points
   Star!Half body without colour - £2 or 240 points
Star!Chibis with colour - £3 or 360 points
Star!Chibis without colour - £2.50 or 350 points
Star!Non-human characters: Price to be agreed upon commission, depending on complexity

Adding a simple digital background to an image will cost an additional £2.50 or 350 points.

Prices are very slightly more expensive if you decide to pay with points, as I would rather be paid with money than points. The difference is only very tiny, and I hope this won't cause a problem.

If you decide to commission me, then I will be willing to offer frequent progress reports. A rough sketch will be provided once it's completed, as well as a cleaned version if requested. If you don't like the way it looks at that point, I will offer to restart the sketch. I will be willing to do this twice, meaning that a maximum of three sketches will be provided. After the third sketch has been presented, you'll have the option of choosing to continue with any one of the three sketches, or cancelling the commission.

Once the commission has been completed, the picture will be posted on my own account and linked to you. If you want me to email you a digital copy of the completed image then I will also be happy to do so. If you would also like to be sent the original hard copy of the finished picture, full payment for postage must be provided beforehand. This should be agreed upon at the time of commissioning.

Payment must be made via PayPal, or using the points donation widget on my page. Full payment must be made before I begin work on the commission. If you decide to cancel the commission before a final sketch is decided upon, then a refund of HALF the full price will be provided. If you don't like the finished product, I'm afraid I won't be able to offer a refund, as I will have already put in the full amount of time and effort. If for any reason I need to cancel the commission myself, a FULL refund will be provided.

PRICES ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE!!! (I need to pay rent, people :') ) If my commissions turn out to be popular, I may consider raising prices in the future, but for now I feel that I am charging a fair amount for the quality of my work. I don't currently feel that I can justify asking for more than I am, but I may be offended if you want to pay less. If I do ever raise prices in the future, I will give warning a full two-weeks in advance. Any commissions that are in progress at the time of the price change will still be charged at the original price, I won't suddenly ask for more money.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Finished commissions will be posted on my page, unless otherwise agreed upon with the customer.
Finished commissions and work-in-progress pictures will be posted on my Instagram account once the final product has been sent to the customer, unless otherwise agreed upon.
The customer may post the finished piece on their own page, but I must be asked for permission beforehand and full credit must be given to me. I have the right to refuse this request.
My work is NOT to be posted on any other sites, unless agreed upon at the beginning of the commission.

Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, have some examples of my work! :D

Commission - Wind Princess Alicia by themsgothgirl Star!Full body with colour, no background (equivalent £7.50 or 900 points)
Draw Everything June #6 (inked) by themsgothgirl Star!Full body without colour, manually inked, one additional character (equivalent £7.50 or 950 points)
Draw Everything June #2 by themsgothgirl Star!Full body with colour, no background (equivalent £7.50 or 900 points)
My Dearest Friend by themsgothgirl Star!Chibi with colour, digital background, one additional character (equivalent £11.50 or 1,430 points)
Vocaloid Gakupo by themsgothgirl Star!Half body with colour, no background (equivalent £5 or 600 points)
Chibi Jack Frost (Inked) by themsgothgirl 
Star!Chibi without colour, no background (equivalent £5 or 600 points)
MLP OC - Ally-Lou Jay by themsgothgirl  Cinderleaf and Quickshade - Request by themsgothgirl  
Star!Examples of non-humanoid characters

I hope you've found this journal helpful. If you have any further queries, please get in touch.
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This is just a super-quick update, I will be uploading a full commissions journal in the next day or two. Suffice to say, COMMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!!!!! :D

All you need to know at this moment in time is that I have three available slots, and if you're interested then send me a message :3 If you want to see examples of my work then take a look at the more recent stuff in my gallery (especially the Draw Everything June Challenge stuff). Full information will be provided in my commissions journal very soon :)

Much love to you all <3
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Greetings, all! I hope you're all getting as much beautiful sunshine as I am, and I hope you're dealing with the heat better than I am ^^"

This is just going to be a bit of a waffle really, as I haven't posted a journal in a little while. The main thing is, I wanted to apologise for the quality of the pictures I've been uploading. And when I say that, I don't mean "I'm sorry that my artwork is of a terrible quality, why am I even bothering, uuuuuuuurgh!" I just mean that the resolution hasn't been great, everything's been coming out really pixelated, and I couldn't quite work out why. Anyway, I just had a fiddle around when scanning a drawing, and it turns out that the crux of the problem is the fact that I had the scanner resolution set to 100, when it could be set on anything up to 1200. To see if this WAS the cause of the problem, I scanned my latest inked piece on maximum resolution, and... I'm ashamed to say that I nearly cried over how clear the image was. I could zoom in and see details that couldn't be seen on the original picture with the naked eye. Now, I'm aware that it's complete overkill with just a work in progress picture, but I'll post it anyway because the resolution is beautiful :') Now that I'm aware of this, I'll definitely be scanning pictures with a higher resolution from now on. I'll probably only ever use maximum resolution for fully finished coloured pieces, perhaps not even then, because the file size is ENORMOUS, and it took about half an hour to scan and export. But, there you go. Hopefully the images will be of a more pleasing quality from now on :)

Onto daily updates. I'm fairly happy with the consistency I've managed to keep up, but as you may have noticed I'm currently taking part in SenshiStock's Draw Everything June challenge (all the information can be found here >>>Challenge: Draw Everything June!), so there might be days when I don't have anything in particular to upload, and then again there might be days when I upload multiple images. So for now, please bear with me :3

I think that's all for now. Keep smiling everyone! :happybounce: 
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