Truth Thursday
Feel free to send me a question about any of my characters but be prepared for a particularly hard question in return.
ronyoblind: Just going to leave this here. Truly a Kodiak moment
andarix: A commission of a World of Warcraft Blood Knight, who has been tainted by shadow magic. I’m still open for commissions, if you’d like one, please send me a note!
A commission of a World of Warcraft Blood Knight, who has been tainted by shadow magic.
I’m still open for commissions, if you’d like one, please send me a note!
all i want is a dark shamans group
all i want is to kill dark shamans and not get my trinket and then cry and leave
also my hot cider went cold so now im just sitting here drinking cold cider and crying inside
Isn’t cold cider just apple juice?
first of all how dare you
Stag i am pretty sure you’re not drinking the alcoholic version at 9:44AM
and if you are
i’m pretty sure you should probably drink something harder if you’re going to pug dark shaman
all i want is a dark shamans group
all i want is to kill dark shamans and not get my trinket and then cry and leave
also my hot cider went cold so now im just sitting here drinking cold cider and crying inside
Isn’t cold cider just apple juice?
lobstmourne: How the S11 pieces actually fit :P The collar is quite involved but only made of 2 pieces. The front piece helps even out the weight from the halo in the back but everything should stay in place once secured to the shoulder pieces. The helm will be mostly
How the S11 pieces actually fit 😛
The collar is quite involved but only made of 2 pieces. The front piece helps even out the weight from the halo in the back but everything should stay in place once secured to the shoulder pieces.
The helm will be mostly covered by the hood. There’s padding on the forehead to keep a dark shadow cast over my eyes like the in-game model. I can see fine though. 😀 Worbla straps keep the helm snug but I might need a couple other straps to keep it from shifting to one side. Haven’t completely solved it yet.
The legplates are held up with straps on the belt and secured with a big strap around each leg. Crotch and butt will be covered by the tabard tails. 😛 (Sorry about the shorts, it’s hot and I didn’t feel like changing into the pants lol)
I’m really proud of the arms. I didn’t get very good shots gdi but I had to solve a lot of interesting problems building them and they turned out way cooler than expected. 😀 Fabric detail will cover the middle part so that’s why some of it is raised and unpainted.
The gloves will be made of fabric strips up to the hand/knuckle piece, almost like bandages. There’s a lot of weird elements in S11 that I never noticed until I tried to make the damn thing lol.
That moment when an artist that you’ve saved money to pay for a commission claims she’s busy… Then she posts that she’s been going to conventions and doing personal art for herself -.-….
Glad my anniversary was an incredibly unimportant date that no one wanted art for whatsoever.
What did we learn? Don’t ask someone for a deadline if you had no intention of even doing the commission.
Going to a convention is a lot of work, especially if the artist is going to set up their own booth and prepare art to sell there. I had to help set up booths when I was interning at CNS and that was a lot of work! And we were just there for the booth-prepping and readying the stuffs for the other people actually going, but I do remember my supervisor being SWAMPED in the weeks before that – and she wasn’t even the one going to attend! An artist doing all that work by themselves, yeah, it’s going to be hectic for them to say the least. Even if they’re going just to attend, it’s still work with all the preparations and scheduling and getting things ready…
And personal art is personal art that a lot of people draw for themselves because it helps unwind and calm them down and relax. I don’t think it’s fair to make it sound like a negative thing. That artist may have needed a good dose of personal “me” art to help them loosen up before such a hectic day like going to a convention.
Also, your anniversary is an important date for you, but it may not be as important for someone else, especially if they have no personal relation to you or the going-ons of your life (family, close friend…).
Commission artists are people too and sometimes they drop the ball on things. Maybe they said they COULD do the commission at the mentioned deadline, but something else came up and since the payment wasn’t exchanged beforehand there wasn’t a lot of commitment felt towards it. Maybe the convention thing was a last minute deal that took precedence over commissions so they had to drop a few to plan the trip. Perhaps they could’ve told you sooner about it so you could prepare a “plan B” artist, but if it was a last, last minute thing, then yeah, it’s unfortunate that the commission didn’t work out in time for your anniversary (and grats on the anniversary, by the way!). I’m sure Nick would love something you drew personally just as much if not more!
