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It's been a bit of a rough time for me lately, but I'm back to work and have two slots!

I can draw an illustration in this style for $300-350 (1 character with detailed background or 2-4 characters). I will gladly draw a coterie or a DnD party, or something epic. One character without detailed background in this style $250 for full height. Portrait from 60.

#character art #my art #illustration #vtm commissions

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But I'm still in love with Judas baby

(DEACON BELONGS TO @clericnortke !!!)

And bonus, of course:

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Experimental commissions

hi, i am here and i am still alive :)

Do you want to play a game?

The rules are: you tell me about your character (it can be a WoD character, a vampire, a fairy, a werewolf, anyone, or even a character from DnD or your own story), tell me about their appearance, history and beliefs, and I draw art with your OC is in this style. You won't know what's going to happen in this scene until I'm done. You will not know whether he will be happy or unhappy, who he will meet and what will happen to him. You give control to me.

Is it scary for you? I hope it's exciting too! So who wants to try it?

The price is $50

I can also do the same in this style, but then the price will be higher because I will need much more time ====>

#vtm art #vampire #character art #vampire the masquerade #vtm #world of darkness #vampirethemasquerade #my art #illustration #vtm commissions #commissions open #commission

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"Let's watch shitty tv series together?"

"Do you want me to show how much I hate you at night in lonely church?"

"Nobody will kiss you unless you'll do that yourself"

"I'm ready to call you my good little girl"

Valentine's cards for y'all (made based on requests from people)

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some of my art was there, but I didn't know it was supposed to be offensive to me. Actually, I don't think so. Although I agree that it would be a healthier practice to ask permission.

'Vamily Spotlight': WoD Brand Team is Taking Art Without Permission

Recently, I was informed by a friend that some work of mine had shown up in the World of Darkness’ official ‘Vamily Spotlight’ section of their latest video. In this they talk about the gameplay reveal of Bloodlines 2 and generally drum up hype for it, which is largely what you expect from company channels when they’ve a new product out. 

There’s a problem with this: I was never informed, or asked. No consent was given to use that work, or any others.

Through some excellent efforts by friends I also found that my work was in two other videos, with the earliest being well over a year ago-- totalling three, and they were up on both Twitch and YouTube.

Now, you’ll note that I’m a professional artist with two separate art degrees and well over a decade and a half of training. I’ve also a basic understanding of copyright and fair use. 

The Vamily Spotlights are little to do with the review and news section of the video and therefore do not really have bearing on the main point of the video. To this end, I’d assume they’re there as a draw to viewers, maybe to see if their or their friends’ work has turned up in these official videos. And nominally that’s a valid tactic for engagement, if you have permission to use these pieces of work.

They do not however have permission, and certainly not from me. 

As of writing, (5th of February 2024) I’ve issued a DMCA request for all three of the videos my work shows up in on both Twitch and YouTube, and takedowns are pending but I would urge people in the WoD tag here on Tumblr to check the available videos for themselves, if they are as concerned as I am. The screenshots of art in the videos they use to spotlight seem to come from Tumblr, as well as whole TikTok videos and other social media posts. If this makes the rounds elsewhere, do check your stuff wherever you are, WoD fans. 

As the videos are also present on the Twitch VOD platform, this means they are actively charging money using our work without permission. I am unsure if their YouTube channel is monetised. Notably, on their 

If they use your work for their spotlights, they are making advertisements and revenue off of your work without any reimbursement or prior consent. 

I don’t know if other artists were asked, but I definitely wasn’t, and by now we all know the issues with ‘exposure’ and how that does not keep artists fed or housed. 

And Paradox Interactive, having artists, they should know that you do not take for free from any of us-- at any level of influence or professionalism. The WoD community is not a free for all for companies to pick and choose free art to use like a bowl of cute little multicoloured sweets, it’s a bunch of creative, inspired and crafty people who come together across any edition of the many worlds in the setting to create as is our fair right to do so. Without being taken for granted, and without being cynically harvested for ‘content’. How vampiric. 

Additionally I would like to note that all of my World of Darkness fanworks are based on legacy books; Vampire 20th Anniversary Edition, Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition and Hunter: the Reckoning First Edition most often, though there are appearances from others. You’ll note that not one of these books is the territory of Paradox Interactive or their World of Darkness brand management team-- looks to me like they’ve simply trawled the tag without reading what they’re looking at, which means they certainly didn’t take the time to ask permission to use these works. Not only were these actions tantamount to theft, it was also not even their fanart to begin with. And once again, they’d have known this had they contacted me at all, which they did not. It’s a failure on their part on several levels and not only do I want the videos taken down, I think the community is sorely owed an apology for this frivolous theft of art under the banner of ‘community content’. I didn’t opt in to having my work taken, and it should not have been assumed that it was okay to take my work just because it’s using a tag they also use!

I want everyone to know I have had zero benefit from their use of my work-- no money, no notes and no dialogue. This does not help artists. This does not help the community.

I’m willing to talk about this should anyone want to ask, but this is a gross abuse of artists and creatives’ rights for the sole purpose of gain by the World of Darkness brand team, and I expected better. I know I personally deserve an apology for this at the very least, as well as the WoD team to commit to actually contacting artists and sourcing permission in future-- and to set up an opt-in or out system for whether people want to be featured. I know I don’t, and I never asked to be. My work’s lovely, and they’re right to have said so. But it’s not for Paradox, and it’s not for Outstar or any of the other Brand team.  

It’s for me, and people here on Tumblr who like it. 

I’m disappointed, in PDX and in the WoD Brand team, because they should know far better than this. 

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I finished this illustration of my malkavian girl I miss playing this character, since her vtm chronicle ended abruptly Since that moment, the idea of ​​creating a comic with her as the protagonist becomes stronger. But I don't know much about creating comics

#art #vtm art #vtm #vampire #she is so cute #malkavian

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I made a small animation based on a video tutorial from YouTube. Very interesting, but maybe I need to create a new account for such random things. But not today, so you can see it here.

Actually, I still have a lot of things to learn, such as materials and lighting, but I'm happy with the result so far and will improve it

Tutorial here:

#blender learning #blender3d #random stuff #Youtube

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"I would've loved you for a thousand years, I would've died for you I would've sacrificed it all my dear, I would've bled for you" A Lasombra and a Malkavian breaching the masquerade. Quickly, catch them!

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Eddie

my Tzimisce character. Eddie was an ordinary chemistry student in the past, and he knows medicine well. He is engaged in illegal activities with the production and transportation of prohibited substances (some things are easy to hide in other people's bodies). He does not need glasses, he just wears them to appear smart.

He's actually smart, but he has almost no charisma, no noticeable communication skills, or any fighting skills.

Eddie has fallen on hard times lately, as someone in town has started attacking local gangs with chimeras made from vampires, and Eddie is at the top of the suspect list.

The fact that he came to the city only a few years ago and clearly does not look like a local does not improve the situation.

#vampire the masquerade #vampire #character art #vtm art #illustration #world of darkness #vampirethemasquerade #my art #vtm #tzimisce #vtm tzimisce #my oc

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commission for a friend :)

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Daisy

This woman is a little over 200 years old, she went through a lot of hard times, went through several age crises and a rebellious phase, had 4 Childers (3 of them survived), underwent a course of psychotherapy. And she likes to play spin the bottle with the Anarchs

Daisy is not quite thin-blood, in Victorian times it was a little differently, she considered herself so, because for a long time she did not have any special abilities except good eyesight and other senses. She only occasionally saw auras, these abilities were far less than other Kindred she knew had. Only later she learned the truth about herself

Usually Daisy hides her clan, but when she returned to the city where it all began, she stopped pretending, because she was well remembered there, and the protection from the Prince allowed her to feel almost free.

And yes, she's a healer, but her Humanity has never been above 7 because she's been through and done too much to be a naive little flower who can't hurt someone even if the circumstances call for it

I only regret that she did not become Sheriff

Her favourite game

#vampire the masquerade #vtm #vampire #character art #vtm art #illustration #world of darkness #my art #salubri #vampirethemasquerade

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Daisy's sire hasn't told her much, only that he has powerful enemies she must beware of. When his enemies found him, Daisy was able to escape. For twelve years, she believed that she was an ordinary thin-blood with no special talents, but one day something unexpected happened

#vampire the masquerade #vtm #vampire #character art #vtm art #illustration #world of darkness #vampirethemasquerade #my art #salubri #my oc

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I'm still not completely used to procreate and every time it's an experiment, the result of which I can't always predict

#vtm #vampire the masquerade #character art #vampire #vtm art #illustration #world of darkness #vampirethemasquerade #my art #procreate #procreate art

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All these characters are from an RPG campaign called; Gehenna's Gates, set in the world of Vampire The Masquerade. Feel free to ask any questions!

Squad Goals Masterpost!

#vampire the masquerade #vampire #sabbath #camarilla #vtm #they have really good party there!

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Commission for @fangsandfeels! I tried so hard to create a dramatic atmosphere here and I really like how it turned out! Above is the finished artwork and below is sketches for it.

Commission info: https://olefireval.carrd.co

#art #artists on tumblr #украрт #digital art #portrait

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It is interesting that a changeling can actually stop being a changeling and become an ordinary person, and there were times when I dreamed that something would happen to me, so that I could go to an ordinary job and live an ordinary life without feeling constant internal pain

A part of the personality must die or fall asleep, but for others it would be a change to normality

But I feel that two souls in me are intertwined too much for this to be a way out

Beyond the dream

I continue to try to understand CtD and think a lot about the concepts I know from there.

Fairies were born from dreams, so changelings are living dreams that live in a human body alongside a human soul. And if a person or other creature can dream of becoming some kind of animal, or a person can dream of a faithful protector, then can dreams dream of anything else?

Considering that in our world, changelings have too little energy to simply stay conscious and be themselves, dreaming of becoming someone else can be too much for them. But what if they start to lose themselves? What if they start thinking about something else? What if their human part gives them new ideas, or they themselves can change their dream, find new horizons, a new purpose?

The same question worries me "Can a changeling change?"