~Miss Panda's Art Thread~

[Ayaya]

After some thought, I'll give this another go. I shouldn't really care what the majority here do or think, so long as there's even one or two people that want to see my stuff. I even said that before, but I guess I've been fighting a bit of depression lately to the best of my ability, so it's not as easy to keep my thoughts as positive as I'd like.

Anyway, here's something old. I saw some people discussing Harvest Moon: Animal Parade in another thread and that's my ultimate favorite HM game (I'm in the middle of doing a Let's Play of it, too). I've done some art for it (not a ton, but some).

Basically, Chase is my favorite bachelor. I'm a sucker for the grumpy/tsundere types who don't immediately warm up to the protagonist. And I ship him hardcore with Molly/Hikari.

OMG Chase! We have the same taste lol, almost all of my favorite bachelor in HM are the tsundere/hard to warm up to and would you mind linking to the let's play? I don't have a wii so I can't play Animal Parade myself, I'd love to read other people's playthrough of it!

I'd love to see more of your stuff, I'll even follow your tumblr while I'm at it.

 

[Hyoshido]

Thanks, I appreciate that. Entitlement is something that has always rubbed me the wrong way in the art world. You should have seen the ****storm in my DA inbox and tumblr messages when I first started taking monetary commissions. They were so used to getting free fanart requests that I literally didn't get so much as a single "good for you!" or "good luck!" or anything like that. Not from anyone. I got complaints, instead. Someone even berated me about how it "wasn't fair" and that if I took them free before I should take them free all the time. It really, really, really makes me lose faith in people. Artists have it rough. The majority of people literally will not give a crap about you if you don't give free art or do their specific requests.

But I've met a number of people/friends who DO support me, especially over on tumblr, so I'm very glad for them. I know that they'd look forward to anything I post, and that gives me a good amount of motivation to keep doing what I'm doing and enjoying what I enjoy. It's a mistake to pander to someone else's wants and expectations of you. They'll become accustomed to it. And hell, it seems that half the time I do something for someone, they go out and find someone else to do the same thing anyway.

I'm not currently playing any HM games, though I should get back to my LP. There's just too much stuff I want to do/need to do, but I've not been inspired or motivated at all lately. Pretty much the opposite.

You're you and people need to get that into their minds, you're the artist so your rules are your own.
Oh damn really? that's too bad knowing people are going mad because you decided to take commissions regarding real life money, it sucks they were only used to freebies to always expect it from you, it's a shame you only got complaints and that guy belittling you is pathetic, like REALLY pathetic...But I guess there's always that handful of people who have nothing else on their minds but to be a complete *******.

While I aint much of a Tumblr fan, I'm glad there's others that help support you because you deserve it for the effort you do, may it be artwise or just general knowledge (Heck, even your interests are likable!)
Yeah I kinda feel bad for that, I have like 3 people interested in drawing something for me, makes me feel kinda guilty since it's more than I need but I hate having to turn people down, but if they enjoy doing the drawing then I have no need to feel like so I guess?

Oh werp, I thought you were doing a LP of Harvest Moon, my mistake there!
What LP are you currently doing? I might be interested in watching it!
Yes I'm really interested in watching it! ;3;

 

[Shirohibiki]

Thanks, I appreciate that. Entitlement is something that has always rubbed me the wrong way in the art world. You should have seen the ****storm in my DA inbox and tumblr messages when I first started taking monetary commissions. They were so used to getting free fanart requests that I literally didn't get so much as a single "good for you!" or "good luck!" or anything like that. Not from anyone. I got complaints, instead. Someone even berated me about how it "wasn't fair" and that if I took them free before I should take them free all the time. It really, really, really makes me lose faith in people. Artists have it rough. The majority of people literally will not give a crap about you if you don't give free art or do their specific requests.

But I've met a number of people/friends who DO support me, especially over on tumblr, so I'm very glad for them. I know that they'd look forward to anything I post, and that gives me a good amount of motivation to keep doing what I'm doing and enjoying what I enjoy. It's a mistake to pander to someone else's wants and expectations of you. They'll become accustomed to it. And hell, it seems that half the time I do something for someone, they go out and find someone else to do the same thing anyway.

I'm not currently playing any HM games, though I should get back to my LP. There's just too much stuff I want to do/need to do, but I've not been inspired or motivated at all lately. Pretty much the opposite.

Chase is pretty cool. lol I like the three barrettes he uses in his hair. I guess cooks, especially, need to keep that hair out of their face. But thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the art. I'll be posting some old stuff for awhile, since I've not had any inspiration/motivation lately.

Eh, no, it has nothing to do with fandoms, really. It all depends on whether or not said person has drawn something for them before, it seems. Besides, I've done Animal Crossing stuff, too. I don't think I'm ever really going to feel that comfortable here, since I neither really click with people in general around here or other artists. I'll just kind of share my stuff quietly in this thread. I'm glad that you enjoy it either way, though. Thanks.

i really dont know if ive had this experience. maybe i ahve and am just too dumb to notice omfg
))): wish i could do something to make you more comfortable ahhhh,,,
i also understand the lack of motivation ugh im having a hell of a time getting my art trades done lmfao rip me

im really sorry youve had such awful experiences w people wanting free art? ? ??? ? ive never had that whoa jesus
id totally commission you if they were open! (cash ones are closed right?? or are they open i dont even know/NO WAIT I JUST LOOKED OK THEY ARE CLOSED I WAS RIGHT)
i hope you get your muse back :C and dont worry, people do enjoy your art here <3 i always look forward to seeing your art~!
lots of hugs, feel better!!!

 

[Amissapanda]

OMG Chase! We have the same taste lol, almost all of my favorite bachelor in HM are the tsundere/hard to warm up to and would you mind linking to the let's play? I don't have a wii so I can't play Animal Parade myself, I'd love to read other people's playthrough of it!

I'd love to see more of your stuff, I'll even follow your tumblr while I'm at it.

Haha, awesome. XD They do seem pretty popular in general (though Wizard is also super-popular, too). I guess I just always liked the idea of building a relationship more with someone you don't necessarily start on the best foot with or that it takes time to get them to warm up to you, because then it sort of feels like you've accomplished more, I guess? I mean, it takes pretty much the same amount of talking/gifts to get anyone to warm up to you in the games, but judging by dialogue and such.

Sure, I don't mind linking to the LP! The playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt7Q2Sv-lveXCYlTUpG29B83USroBcNN_

It's currently at 56 parts and still will be ongoing for quite some time (it's a long game). But thank you! I'm glad you've been enjoying my works and thanks for the tumblr follow, as well!

You're you and people need to get that into their minds, you're the artist so your rules are your own.
Oh damn really? that's too bad knowing people are going mad because you decided to take commissions regarding real life money, it sucks they were only used to freebies to always expect it from you, it's a shame you only got complaints and that guy belittling you is pathetic, like REALLY pathetic...But I guess there's always that handful of people who have nothing else on their minds but to be a complete *******.

While I aint much of a Tumblr fan, I'm glad there's others that help support you because you deserve it for the effort you do, may it be artwise or just general knowledge (Heck, even your interests are likable!)
Yeah I kinda feel bad for that, I have like 3 people interested in drawing something for me, makes me feel kinda guilty since it's more than I need but I hate having to turn people down, but if they enjoy doing the drawing then I have no need to feel like so I guess?

Oh werp, I thought you were doing a LP of Harvest Moon, my mistake there!
What LP are you currently doing? I might be interested in watching it!
Yes I'm really interested in watching it! ;3;

It was choice few who were really aggravated by my decision on commissions, but they were the loudest about it, so I got really annoyed. I did get some support from a few of my friends on tumblr. DA might as well be a lost cause. I don't think a single person there supported my decision at all. And that was where I received the most complaints about it. But whatever. I'm not an art machine and anyone who thinks all the worth of my art is in specifically what I make for them can stuff it. Anyone who changes their opinions of you/your art due to a decision like that, in my opinion, never actually liked your work to begin with.

Tumblr does have its ups and downs, but since most of my fandom moved there, I had pretty much no choice at first. I warmed up to it fast, though. I get some *******s on anon and some people in my fandom really want to see me burn in flames, but at least on tumblr I can easily set them to ignore and blacklist them if need be. And the support is a lot more than the hate, so I can deal. It took awhile not to care what other people thought, but now that I'm moving past that, I feel a lot better about myself and about my art. The ones that matter are never going to treat me like trash over making my own decisions or spread lies about me out of jealousy or something.

I am doing an LP of Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. I just took a break from LPs altogether for awhile because I've had a rough few months and reached a big wall in terms of motivation in general. Lately I've just been uploading Mario Kart 8 online races and streams. I need to get back to HM:AP, since that's the one I've been getting the most messages about to continue. I plan to redo EarthBound sometime soon, too, now that I got it on WiiU. My original LP of EarthBound hit a roadblock when my file data got corrupted about 2/3 to 3/4 through the game. That was my first LP experience. lol I was really disappointed. I also want to do Child of Light at some, as well, and many old games from my childhood like Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Breath of Fire II, SMRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, both Paper Mario games, which I never got to play, a blind Wind Waker HD one, among other stuff.

i really dont know if ive had this experience. maybe i ahve and am just too dumb to notice omfg
))): wish i could do something to make you more comfortable ahhhh,,,
i also understand the lack of motivation ugh im having a hell of a time getting my art trades done lmfao rip me

im really sorry youve had such awful experiences w people wanting free art? ? ??? ? ive never had that whoa jesus
id totally commission you if they were open! (cash ones are closed right?? or are they open i dont even know/NO WAIT I JUST LOOKED OK THEY ARE CLOSED I WAS RIGHT)
i hope you get your muse back :C and dont worry, people do enjoy your art here <3 i always look forward to seeing your art~!
lots of hugs, feel better!!!

Hey, no worries. I appreciate your support, either way. I'd normally be a lot more positive and 'go getter' in attitude, but I just haven't been feeling myself lately, I guess, so I've been getting more affected by my environment than usual. Good luck with your art trades, though! It can be hard not to get behind with art in general, since it relies on inspiration to really get kicking, unless you force it. And I'm rarely comfortable with latter. But then again, some people work best under pressure, so it just depends on the person.

Thanks a lot again for the well-wishes. Commissions are indeed closed and likely will remain that way until next year. The thing is, since I just started taking them this year, I heard some "horror stories" from my sis-in-law about what it's like at tax time. So with the slew I already have from past months, I want to see how that's going to affect my taxes this year before I do any more. According to my sis-in-law, the government will take 2/3 of it, so I'll actually end up paying taxes this coming year instead of getting a tax return. That's a little depressing, but I want to see how it's going to affect my budget and so on and so forth when actual taxes can be filed. Until then, I'm playing it safe.

 

[Shirohibiki]

Hey, no worries. I appreciate your support, either way. I'd normally be a lot more positive and 'go getter' in attitude, but I just haven't been feeling myself lately, I guess, so I've been getting more affected by my environment than usual. Good luck with your art trades, though! It can be hard not to get behind with art in general, since it relies on inspiration to really get kicking, unless you force it. And I'm rarely comfortable with latter. But then again, some people work best under pressure, so it just depends on the person.

Thanks a lot again for the well-wishes. Commissions are indeed closed and likely will remain that way until next year. The thing is, since I just started taking them this year, I heard some "horror stories" from my sis-in-law about what it's like at tax time. So with the slew I already have from past months, I want to see how that's going to affect my taxes this year before I do any more. According to my sis-in-law, the government will take 2/3 of it, so I'll actually end up paying taxes this coming year instead of getting a tax return. That's a little depressing, but I want to see how it's going to affect my budget and so on and so forth when actual taxes can be filed. Until then, I'm playing it safe.

thank you so much darling! and yeah, i totally understand not feeling yourself haha, trust me. i really do hope you start feeling better soon. ;v; snugs

... and wait were supposed to pay taxes on our commissions????????????? WHAT ?? ? ??? OH GOD WHAT WAIT WHAT I DIDNT EVEN KNOW I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT oR ANYTHING

 

[pengutango]

thank you so much darling! and yeah, i totally understand not feeling yourself haha, trust me. i really do hope you start feeling better soon. ;v; snugs

... and wait were supposed to pay taxes on our commissions????????????? WHAT ?? ? ??? OH GOD WHAT WAIT WHAT I DIDNT EVEN KNOW I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT oR ANYTHING

Shiro, ya technically do. But, most people do it under the table. You'd only have to if it is your primary source of income or you make over a certain amount of money if it's not your primary income. I know someone told me about it with selling at cons, but you need to making a certain amount to actually have to file.

There was some other stuff too they told me about that, but it's been a couple years so I don't remember. :/

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And Panda, that really sucks that you've had some terrible experiences with free art. Some people definitely feel entitled to it, which they're not. It's out of the kindness of their hearts that they're doing free requests in the first place.

Even if I'm only getting a virtual currency, it's still better than no payment at all in my graphics shop. I could never do free requests since I know people in general have a tendency to flood threads who have decent graphics or art, which I've seen happen in both cases.

 

[Amissapanda]

thank you so much darling! and yeah, i totally understand not feeling yourself haha, trust me. i really do hope you start feeling better soon. ;v; snugs

... and wait were supposed to pay taxes on our commissions????????????? WHAT ?? ? ??? OH GOD WHAT WAIT WHAT I DIDNT EVEN KNOW I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT oR ANYTHING

Thanks, I hope so, too. Feels kind of sucky to just work, eat, and sleep and not literally not feel like doing anything else. I need to pump my enjoyment back up in the things I love again, but I'm not entirely sure how if I'm just not feeling it. Maybe this crap just has to run its course.

Yeah, and apparently you can get into legal trouble if you accept money that it is not a donation and not report it on your tax forms in the spring. My sis-in-law has been doing commissions for years, so she kind of gave me the low-down on what to expect. It's considered a form of "self-employment". You apparently don't have to tell them exactly what it is you do, but you DO have to tell them how much money you made so they can greedily extract tax money from it. :/ Good ol' USA.

Shiro, ya technically do. But, most people do it under the table. You'd only have to if it is your primary source of income or you make over a certain amount of money if it's not your primary income. I know someone told me about it with selling at cons, but you need to making a certain amount to actually have to file.

There was some other stuff too they told me about that, but it's been a couple years so I don't remember. :/

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And Panda, that really sucks that you've had some terrible experiences with free art. Some people definitely feel entitled to it, which they're not. It's out of the kindness of their hearts that they're doing free requests in the first place.

Even if I'm only getting a virtual currency, it's still better than no payment at all in my graphics shop. I could never do free requests since I know people in general have a tendency to flood threads who have decent graphics or art, which I've seen happen in both cases.

By under the table, do you mean those who do the transactions as "donations" to avoid taxes? I heard that can get you into trouble, so I've specifically avoided anyone paying me for commissions that way. It's more commonly listed as "goods and services", I believe, and apparently the government expects that you pay some hefty taxes on self-employment. I don't really think it's unavoidable unless you try to fly under the radar with it. I don't think I want to take that chance, though. They probably have access to my PayPal statements.

The entitlement problem with art did get pretty bad. I've had people get on my case for accepting certain requests over others, too, or "favoring" certain people, like my closer friends. As if I have absolutely no right to choose and make decisions for myself. It's pretty annoying. At least that has become less of a hassle over this year since I started doing commissions. But I'm on hold until I figure out all the legal garbage that this entails. I'm not looking forward to paying more than half of what I made back to the government's greedy hands.

Hey, if virtual payment makes you happy and that's what you like, then that's what matters. I don't think it would really do it for me, because I know that a ton of people that play AC: New Leaf have used or use the dupe trick. Money in-game feels cheap because of that and it bothers me to think that everyone throwing 30-100 million bells around like pocket change hasn't done hardly any work to make it. TBT bells is another story, but I'm not that fond of the currency and collectibles idea here as of yet. The collectibles are cute, but I can't see myself trying to make 10,000 TBT to get the icon of a letter or a cake or candy of some kind on here. I can support artists with TBT, I suppose, but I'm perfectly capable of making my own banners/sigs on the graphics side of things, anyway. And most of my favorite artists here are either already gone or don't have shops, anyway. (Which is fine, because I MORE than understand not wanting to have a shop here.)

 

[pengutango]

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Pretty much what ya said or with cash since it doesn't leave a paper trail, like paypal does. With the latter, that's only available in person. But, that's more for people who don't do commissions for a living, so they really aren't making much to begin with, versus yourself and others that do make a living with commissions.

Eww, that really sucks. The joy of taxes. D: Though, isn't it true that depending on how much you make, you end up not having to pay them anything?

Well, I only take TBT bells in my shop, but that's still a virtual currency, like the in-game bells. And yeah, the duping thing is the exact reason why I don't accept in-game bells. It's sooo much easier to make bells fast in-game than it is for TBT bells.

I love the collectibles, though, funny enough, that wasn't my original reason for starting my shop. It was really more for the hell of it and to get re-aquainted with Photoshop. Now, I just save my bells for art and collectibles. Now that you mention it, most of the people I got art from in the past, either are no longer on TBT or temporarily closed their shops. Though, a part of that is probably because of people are busy with school again or IRL stuff, besides no longer being interested in doing requests.

 

[Amissapanda]

Pretty much what ya said or with cash since it doesn't leave a paper trail, like paypal does. With the latter, that's only available in person. But, that's more for people who don't do commissions for a living, so they really aren't making much to begin with, versus yourself and others that do make a living with commissions.

Eww, that really sucks. The joy of taxes. D: Though, isn't it true that depending on how much you make, you end up not having to pay them anything?

Well, I only take TBT bells in my shop, but that's still a virtual currency, like the in-game bells. And yeah, the duping thing is the exact reason why I don't accept in-game bells. It's sooo much easier to make bells fast in-game than it is for TBT bells.

I love the collectibles, though, funny enough, that wasn't my original reason for starting my shop. It was really more for the hell of it and to get re-aquainted with Photoshop. Now, I just save my bells for art and collectibles. Now that you mention it, most of the people I got art from in the past, either are no longer on TBT or temporarily closed their shops. Though, a part of that is probably because of people are busy with school again or IRL stuff, besides no longer being interested in doing requests.

Yeah, unfortunately. Cash doesn't really seem like a valid option when doing commissions via online (where most transactions are done). I can't really expect that a person would be willing to mail cash and then there's also the issue of cash/checks getting lost in the mail, which can make things sticky, especially if said person didn't actually send anything but said they did and just "oops guess it got lost in the mail". The variables are too high in that case. So PayPal is really my only option. I don't do it for a living, but... well, I barely get any hours at my job, so it was kind of a needed change in my life. I'm already living well below poverty level as is.

As for not having to pay, according to my sis-in-law, it doesn't matter whether you have a job or not or how much you make. She doesn't have a job (my brother makes the income for their family), but they still took 2/3 of the amounts she made via commissions. I don't have any reason to believe they won't do the same to me, despite how little money I make.

Yeah, don't get me wrong---I can see why people like the collectibles and it gives you something fun to collect and work toward on this site. I just don't think I've been around here long enough yet to fully appreciate them. Plus it can be a little hard to watch people making demands on the items/amounts and increases the amount of greed around here, especially since TBT can be used to buy art/graphics, as well. But like you said, most of those shops aren't open, anyway.

 

[Amissapanda]

Attempting to squeeze my way out of my art block. Here's something random and fun that came to mind for me to try today: Animal Crossing villagers as humans! I was just sketching for fun and the pose took shape before the face did and I thought... this kind of makes me think of how Diana might pose/act. And thus... I humanized her!

I don't know if/when I'll do or try other human/humanoid Animal Crossing villagers, but perhaps in the future. I had a lot of fun with Diana's. I thought a "femme fatale" kind of look really suited her.

When it comes down to it, I suppose I'll always feel more comfortable drawing humans/humanoids rather than animals. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Hope you enjoy~

 

[Oblivia]

Attempting to squeeze my way out of my art block. Here's something random and fun that came to mind for me to try today: Animal Crossing villagers as humans! I was just sketching for fun and the pose took shape before the face did and I thought... this kind of makes me think of how Diana might pose/act. And thus... I humanized her!

I don't know if/when I'll do or try other human/humanoid Animal Crossing villagers, but perhaps in the future. I had a lot of fun with Diana's. I thought a "femme fatale" kind of look really suited her.

When it comes down to it, I suppose I'll always feel more comfortable drawing humans/humanoids rather than animals. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Hope you enjoy~

That looks awesome. Certainly one of the best gijinkas I've seen.

 

[Hyoshido]

Lovely work as always Amissa! While I've never had or considered Diana in my town, I can imagine her being just like that!
Wonder how you'd tackle other villagers too!

 

[Shirohibiki]

Attempting to squeeze my way out of my art block. Here's something random and fun that came to mind for me to try today: Animal Crossing villagers as humans! I was just sketching for fun and the pose took shape before the face did and I thought... this kind of makes me think of how Diana might pose/act. And thus... I humanized her!

I don't know if/when I'll do or try other human/humanoid Animal Crossing villagers, but perhaps in the future. I had a lot of fun with Diana's. I thought a "femme fatale" kind of look really suited her.

When it comes down to it, I suppose I'll always feel more comfortable drawing humans/humanoids rather than animals. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Hope you enjoy~

whoa holy ****, this is gorgeous. she looks amazing!!! i really love the look!! hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh god i love seeing your work *_* i can never wait to see more hahaha sobs
keep it up!! <333

 

[Amissapanda]

That looks awesome. Certainly one of the best gijinkas I've seen.

Ahhh, thank you so much! I think it's pretty much the first gijinka of anything that I've ever done. lol

Lovely work as always Amissa! While I've never had or considered Diana in my town, I can imagine her being just like that!
Wonder how you'd tackle other villagers too!

Thanks a lot! She's definitely snooty, but I feel that she just has a sort of sophistication to her that some of the other snooty types really lack. I also tend to imagine the villagers as being older than most people do, but that's probably because I'm on the older side, myself. XD

I may try other villagers if I feel inspired in some way, but I make no promises. lol

whoa holy ****, this is gorgeous. she looks amazing!!! i really love the look!! hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh god i love seeing your work *_* i can never wait to see more hahaha sobs
keep it up!! <333

Thank youuuu~! I'm glad that you like her "new" look. I tried to make the color scheme sort of follow the pattern that she has in-game (earrings with the colors used on her ears, gloves and bracelets with the hoof colors, etc). I'm happy that you enjoy my work though, and as always, thanks a ton for the support.

I'll do my best. : )

 

[Amissapanda]

Taking a bit of a trip through memory lane to pull one of my favorite pieces up:

I've never been able to do animations well, but I was inspired by the Harvest Moon series to make a sort of "what if" situation for it with two of my favorite characters (and OTP). The animation itself isn't complex, but it got the point across, I think, and I consider the style at least somewhat similar to that of the Harvest Moon games. I was really happy with how it turned out.

The only thing that really bugs me about it is that in order to save it into gif form, my ancient version of Photoshop/ImageReady compressed it, so the colors got a little bit weird and grainy in some spots. But I don't think it takes away from the idea/general charm of the game-like sequence too much. : ) You're free to disagree, though.

 

[Shirohibiki]

wAH HOLY **** THATS SO FUKCING CUTE RIP ME,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
hahaha oh my god im crying its adorable NOOOOOOO. I LOVE CONFESSION SCENES. i honestly think you did the animation just fine!!! it looks lovely to me :')

 

[Amissapanda]

wAH HOLY **** THATS SO FUKCING CUTE RIP ME,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
hahaha oh my god im crying its adorable NOOOOOOO. I LOVE CONFESSION SCENES. i honestly think you did the animation just fine!!! it looks lovely to me :')

Ahhh, thank you so much! Man, I feel almost undeserving of you coming to give me these types of feedback/responses. But it really brightens my day up a bit, knowing that you're enjoying what I have to post!

I'm SUCH a sucker for romantic stuff/confessions/general fluff/smex stuff (cough)... basically all that has to do with couple relationships in general. I'm hopelessly in love with love. Hahaha. But thank you! Animation stuff is really tough since I don't have the proper software or things like Flash which are almost needed for doing proper animations, but I'm glad I can make do with my cheap by-hand stuff!

I want to work on more animation stuff in the future, but limits do hold me back a bit. Plus there's the Carpal Tunnel problem that I have to be careful with, too.

Again, thank you so much for your continued support. You and a few others here really make it worthwhile for me to continue posting my work here. I couldn't be grateful enough for that.

 

[Shirohibiki]

Ahhh, thank you so much! Man, I feel almost undeserving of you coming to give me these types of feedback/responses. But it really brightens my day up a bit, knowing that you're enjoying what I have to post!

I'm SUCH a sucker for romantic stuff/confessions/general fluff/smex stuff (cough)... basically all that has to do with couple relationships in general. I'm hopelessly in love with love. Hahaha. But thank you! Animation stuff is really tough since I don't have the proper software or things like Flash which are almost needed for doing proper animations, but I'm glad I can make do with my cheap by-hand stuff!

I want to work on more animation stuff in the future, but limits do hold me back a bit. Plus there's the Carpal Tunnel problem that I have to be careful with, too.

Again, thank you so much for your continued support. You and a few others here really make it worthwhile for me to continue posting my work here. I couldn't be grateful enough for that.

im actually the exact same way. thats why i like it when people draw my couples for me! it makes me super happy. love is just my favorite thing ahhaha rip
im glad i could brighten your day a little ;v; you deserve it, really!!! smooches u, ur art just makes me so happy~ i will continue to support you !!

 

[pengutango]

OMG!! That's a REALLY cute animation!!! Aww man, I remember the days of ImageReady! That brings me back! It was definitely odd at first when you could do animations within Photoshop and not have to use a separate program for it. Granted, there's only so much you can do with GIFs, especially with the 256 color limit, to make them crisp, but you make do. :3

Also, with that Diana ginjika, she looks so sassy and sophisticated! I can totally picture her and Willow drinking tea or shopping together!

 

[Amissapanda]

im actually the exact same way. thats why i like it when people draw my couples for me! it makes me super happy. love is just my favorite thing ahhaha rip
im glad i could brighten your day a little ;v; you deserve it, really!!! smooches u, ur art just makes me so happy~ i will continue to support you !!

It's such a fun and amazing concept, though, so who could blame us? : ) Though I'm partial to 'fantasy' love stories, like those from anime/shows/etc, etc. Which isn't to say that I'm not happy about real life relationships and how strong and amazing those can be for some people, but rather that putting it in a fantasy setting means that no one REALLY gets hurt from them or has actual feelings, but the stories are still inspiring and---well, this is me rambling at like 2:30AM, so it probably doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Hahahaha.

But thanks again! And I'm honored, really. If my art is capable of spreading any feelings of happiness (or any positive feelings, really---unless it's a deliberately sad/funny piece), I couldn't ask for more.

OMG!! That's a REALLY cute animation!!! Aww man, I remember the days of ImageReady! That brings me back! It was definitely odd at first when you could do animations within Photoshop and not have to use a separate program for it. Granted, there's only so much you can do with GIFs, especially with the 256 color limit, to make them crisp, but you make do. :3

Also, with that Diana ginjika, she looks so sassy and sophisticated! I can totally picture her and Willow drinking tea or shopping together!

Thank you so much! ImageReady does drive me a little batty sometimes and it's annoying how it has to switch back and forth with changes between Photoshop (as well as that really annoying fact that when you change something in Photoshop and it loads back into ImageReady, it can add that change onto EVERY FRAME even if you only meant it for one frame and then you have to go and fix everything a;dlskj;aflsj). But yeah, you're right. Gifs are a limited form of animation as is and a lot of sites won't even let you upload them past the 1MB mark or even less in a lot of places, so you can't really go to town with all that you put into it. Like you said, though, make do! It's better to have one way, limited as it is, than no way at all other than expensive animation programs.

Ahhh, thanks again! I'm glad she came off looking sassy and sophisticated, since that's exactly the kind of look I was going for! I didn't want to lose her "essence" that I felt she had in the game, if that makes any sense. And that's a really nice mental image you've conjured!