#only new commissions

[hamletthedane]

I was meeting a client at a famous museum’s lounge for lunch (fancy, I know) and had an hour to kill afterwards so I joined the first random docent tour I could find. The woman who took us around was a great-grandmother from the Bronx “back when that was nothing to brag about” and she was doing a talk on alternative mediums within art.

What I thought that meant: telling us about unique sculpture materials and paint mixtures.

What that actually meant: an 84yo woman gingerly holding a beautifully beaded and embroidered dress (apparently from Ukraine and at least 200 years old) and, with tears in her eyes, showing how each individual thread was spun by hand and weaved into place on a cottage floor loom, with bright blue silk embroidery thread and hand-blown beads intricately piercing the work of other labor for days upon days, as the labor of a dozen talented people came together to make something so beautiful for a village girl’s wedding day.

What it also meant: in 1948, a young girl lived in a cramped tenement-like third floor apartment in Manhattan, with a father who had just joined them after not having been allowed to escape through Poland with his pregnant wife nine years earlier. She sits in her father’s lap and watches with wide, quiet eyes as her mother’s deft hands fly across fabric with bright blue silk thread (echoing hands from over a century years earlier). Thread that her mother had salvaged from white embroidery scraps at the tailor’s shop where she worked and spent the last few days carefully dying in the kitchen sink and drying on the roof.

The dress is in the traditional Hungarian fashion and is folded across her mother’s lap: her mother doesn’t had a pattern, but she doesn’t need one to make her daughter’s dress for the fifth grade dance. The dress would end up differing significantly from the pure white, petticoated first communion dresses worn by her daughter’s majority-Catholic classmates, but the young girl would love it all the more for its uniqueness and bright blue thread.

And now, that same young girl (and maybe also the villager from 19th century Ukraine) stands in front of us, trying not to clutch the old fabric too hard as her voice shakes with the emotion of all the love and humanity that is poured into the labor of art. The village girl and the girl in the Bronx were very different people: different centuries, different religions, different ages, and different continents. But the love in the stitches and beads on their dresses was the same. And she tells us that when we look at the labor of art, we don’t just see the work to create that piece - we see the labor of our own creations and the creations of others for us, and the value in something so seemingly frivolous.

But, maybe more importantly, she says that we only admire this piece in a museum because it happened to survive the love of the wearer and those who owned it afterwards, but there have been quite literally billions of small, quiet works of art in billions of small, quiet homes all over the world, for millennia. That your grandmother’s quilt is used as a picnic blanket just as Van Gogh’s works hung in his poor friends’ hallways. That your father’s hand-painted model plane sets are displayed in your parents’ livingroom as Grecian vases are displayed in museums. That your older sister’s engineering drawings in a steady, fine-lined hand are akin to Da Vinci’s scribbles of flying machines.

I don’t think there’s any dramatic conclusions to be drawn from these thoughts - they’ve been echoed by thousands of other people across the centuries. However, if you ever feel bad for spending all of your time sewing, knitting, drawing, building lego sets, or whatever else - especially if you feel like you have to somehow monetize or show off your work online to justify your labor - please know that there’s an 84yo museum docent in the Bronx who would cry simply at the thought of you spending so much effort to quietly create something that’s beautiful to you.

#shut up e #long post #Saturday thoughts #this has been in my drafts for a week haha #also this is the heart of why AI art feels so wrong #forget the discussion of copyright and theft etc - even if models were only trained on public domain they would still feel very wrong #because they’re not art. art is the labor of creation #even commercial art and art commissioned by the popes and kings of history: there is humanity in the labor of it #unrelated: I did not know living in the Bronx was now something to brag about. How the fuck do y’all New Yorkers afford this city???

[drawthething]

Them. Just them. Weird muppet kids

No dialogues cuz i wanna do a "pictures with sound" kinda thing (is it- is it a thing?)

#tammy drops her crazy drama daily news like a pro rapper and uses termology only jocelyn understands so the boys are kinda '😐' #okay okay i'll get back to commissions wait for meeeeee #bobs burgers #bob's burgers #bobs burgers fanart #tina belcher #louise belcher #gene belcher #jimmy pesto jr #zeke bobs burgers #tammy larsen #jocelyn bobs burgers

[8bit-mau5]

One-hour experimental comm i finished in January! This is my first time drawing a marvel villain and my big-men loving self was overjoyed to get to draw one of my fave depictions of Doc Ock ever, tied with Spiderverse's Liv 💚

#artists on tumblr #doc ock #doctor octopus #alfred molina #spiderman #mcu #marvel #Gabriel's arts #commission #man i hope those are all the right tags for this NJHBGVDBGDV #anywas i am SO insanely proud of this and RBs always appreciated.. #ive nevr done a piece like this before and i rlly do love the result!! i never wouldve imagined that i could get THIS much done in #only an hour. i might make a habit to time myself for art to see how much i can accomplish and improve on drawing faster #ALSO hello the whole purpose of this piece was to test #new brushes!! which is why it was dubbed experimental

[otakoma]

Rebecca is the best tbh.

#Small thing before doing my last commissions ever #tried not to overdo her with rendering and do something new #Also Rebecca is such a sweet girl #I thought she will be annoying when I only saw the first trailer #but she turned out to be one of the coolest #cyberpunk edgerunners #cyberpunk 2077 #edgerunners rebecca

[luck-of-the-drawings]

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saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #GONNA START FORMATTING MY COMICS BETTER. W THE PROPER 'PREV' 'NEXT' LINKS #REALLY DIDNT EXPECT TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES BUT AAAUUUHH MY BRRAAAIN MY BRAIN IS SO IDEASSS. I HAVE 3 OTHER PAGES SKETCHED OUT #NO PROMISES ILL FINISH EM ANY TIME SOON OR EVER. MY WHIMS ARE THEIR OWN BEAST AND I ONLY DRAW ON MY WHIMS #THAT BEING SAID IF U COMMISSIONED ME ILL GEEETT TO YOUUU IM SORRYYYY. ART IS AN EMOTIONAL RELEASE FOR ME N BABY I HAVE EMOTIONS. #ESPECIALLY ABOUT GILLION TIDESTRIDER CHAMPION OF THE UNDERSEA HERO OF THE DEEP.for the desc here i put smth that i typed up in the tags of #another thing i made. i gotta make a proper Baby Gillion tag or smth. eventually.. eventually...I LOVE DRAWIN THIS LIL BABY GUY.. #i also LOVE depicting the teachers as just being so fuckin mean. ofc theres variation in that. just like in all things.like the teacher her #idk if itll be mentioned but the octo lady is named Ms Octburn.an octopus pun based off the name of an actual councilor i had #when i was in elementary school i got bullied alot but teachers never did anything. i hated adults and didnt trust them. #but this councilor o mine was so genuinely sweet. i remember spending alot of time w her. she doesnt work there anymore. #but that one school adult that actually earns ur trust and is there for you when they can be.its SO important for a child i think #i hope she knows how much she helped me.youll see in the next page that ms octburn isnt perfect either.but she tries. they all try.somehow. #ALL these comics are gonna be inspired by somesorta experience o mine in the school system. school is so fucked up u ever thing abt that #AND GILLIOOOOONNN IN THE MOST FUCKED UP LITTLE SCHOOL OF ALL. MAINTAINED BY A CULT. CENTERED AROUND HIM. OUR CHOSEN ONE #I IMAGINE ALOT BANKS ON HIS SUCCESS. THIS IS THE WORLD. THE WHOLE WORLD. THE PROPHECY IS GOING TO COME TRUE N UR TELLIN ME #THAT ITS THIS LITTLE IDIOT THATS GONNA BE SAVING US? WHAT IF HE FAILS. IF HE CANT GET THIS RIGHT THEN HE WILL FAIL AND WE WILL DIE #WE NEED TO TRAIN HIM. WE NEED HIM TO LEARN. AND TO SUCCEED. OR ELSE WE'RE DEAD. WE'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD. I IMAGINE THAT MUST BE STRESSFUL #in other news i hope ppl actually giggle when they read these. they ARE intended to be comical. dark humor or whatever. like its also sad #this is intended to be a sad comic series. but a funny one too. does that make sense? god i hope so.saw some1 say they had flashbacks- #-reading this. like YES!! THE INTENDED EFFECT!! YOU GET ME!! i love seeing ppl get upset on this lil baby boys behalf. i LOVE seeing ppl- #-wail n weep n cry in the comments. i LOOOVE seeing ppl RELATE to baby gillion. and i love letting u all know that this wont be a happycomi #gillion gets his happiness arc in the actual show. this series is one of unfortunate events. teehehehe. do u guys remember that show #i keep listening to the lil songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events for inspiration. GOOD STUFF!! #anyway uuhh uhh thats all i got in my brain. for now. feed me ur comments give me ur input i NNEEEEEDD THHEEEMMMM

[miniiieevee]

KIRBY COMMISSIONS TIME!!

feel free to ask away if you have any questions!

I have the right to refuse any commission if it makes me uncomfortable

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#minitextz #kirby #minicommz #<- new tag for commissions #also these are Kirby related characters only for now! Will definitely add more options if these go well like character designs

[bakathief]

Sleepy boy for your sleepy needs.

#Detective conan #dcmk #kaitou kid #kaito kid #kaito kuroba #kuroba kaito #magic kaito #mk1412 #Chibi #doodle #yesterday I came home late from my unpaid internship #Checked my mails of my first part time job and found out that there is no new work #Thought I could continue on my commissions #Only to wake up and find a mail from my second part time job #So I used my break to draw Kaito on break 👍 #Go me

[relaxxattack]

your favorite artists, @relaxxattack and @froggy-nebula are opening collaborative commissions!

sketches start at the low low price of only five bucks; but the colored fullbody drawings are really gorgeous and you should consider checking those out too... we hope you're interested! ⋆˙⟡

「 ✦ buy here ✦ 」

#the example drawings are only women because its womens month >:] #commissions open #art commisions #nebulaxxi #fanart #homestuck #my art #help us afford a new place!

[aquanutart]

I absolutely LOVE the Squirtle/Wartortle illustrations by kantaro in Pokemon 151!

The Squirtle jumping so joyfully from the rock into the ocean, the colors are STUNNING! I love the contrast of the Squirtle's aqua blue framed in the vivid orange sky, the soft bit of blue reflecting in its shell and its tail just catching the sun, how little and squishy its body looks as it launches itself towards the water with such tremendous excitement!

The lineless style of the background gives me the feel of a travel poster and I sense the tropical environment around it from the rocks and trees framing the corners, the waterfall splashing with as much energy as the Squirtle!

The layered blues on the surface of the water and the bubbles rising at the corner make me FEEL the liquid rising to meet the Squirtle--I can just feel how the next moment it's going to break through and be immersed in a cool island swim!

And the Wartortle running along the sunset beach, this is somehow everything I always imagined for Wartortle! I adore the way the rich purple melts into the warm red/orange sky, the matching purple clouds and shadows in the foreground, and how the dimming sunlight glows red on Wartortle's deep blues!

I love how the yellow and orange of the sky illuminate the lapping waves, I can just feel the gentle motion of the sea at dusk. The aqua color of the ocean matches Wartortle's ears and tail and sets off the red-orange sand, I just love how the colors are here!

Wartortle looks so round and squishy, I love its happiness as it goes frolicking through the shallows, chasing the bubbles caught in the setting sun! The shine and deep shadow on its shell give it an almost jewel texture like real tortoise shell; I love the silhouetted splash Wartortle leaves as it goes running across the shore. It's so full of energy and delight at the end of a gorgeous day! The colors in these are SO vivid and harmonized and the style is so cute and bursting with energy and joy. I just LOVE it (also Squirtle is my starter)

#pokemon #pokemon tcg #long post #i have deep affection for bulbasaur as well though and i also love the bulbasaur/ivysaur cards in this set #i SO wish we'd gotten art of the final evolutions in the same style as the pre-evos' standard cards!! #(yes i do love the full art ones but i also love the illustrations on the standard cards!) #from the way the settings in these two were going; i would have imagined blastoise to be set at night (??) #i LOVE pokemon cards. i can't keep up with every set but i started collecting again now and then a few years ago #and 151 has really got me wanting the full set the way i haven't since childhood. SO many beautiful illustrations (but there always are) #it's like having little pieces of art of my favorite characters and it's only.. slightly... less expensive than actually commissioning .... #i KNOW it's less expensive to buy the individuals online but it's so much less fun #part of the fun is having YOUR own pokemon journey ((going to the store)) and seeing what YOU encounter ((when you open the pack)) #i do buy them online sometimes but i usually dont form as strong associations with them as when i open a pack in a certain setting or place #i tend to try to save them to open right before a significant event like starting something new or a holiday. so that i form associations #and it's like 'oh that's the galarian obstagoon from when my mom came home for christmas' #and 'that's the snorlax who reassured me when i was hurt' #i don't buy them too often so i've got to make it count #anyway i know i should wait for the prices on this one to come down because it's absolutely ridiculous #i didn't buy anything at release because i was like $6 for one booster pack??? but i couldn't take just sitting and watching them sell out #i really like the poster because i can look at so many beautiful pictures all together #i could say stuff like this about literally every pokemon illustration (if i had time to write it out) and sometimes i've wanted to #i just chose these two because these are a couple of my original favorite pokemon and i just couldn't keep it to myself. i LOVE these

[rikebe]

more julian and quentin shenanigans (the crowd goes ballistic)

#im working on a big commission but all my warmups and doodles are just. fucking guys #julian keller #quentin quire #kid omega #hellion #brian cruz #tag #academy x #new x men #xmen #art only

[reddd-robin]

EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS

Hi I'm a poor disabled lesbian who had his laptop break miserably. I need money to repair it or buy a new one. I used my laptop to do digital commissions but since it's broken, I can only do traditional ones!

Contact me here, my twitter (reddd_robin) or on discord at request.

Please consider buying. I can't work and this is my only possible source of income.

#i feel bad about e begging but my laptop is seriously my most used device #i only have my phone otherwise. #i have to meet halfway to make money for a new one #i dont know if repair is even possible #furry commissions #commisions open #commisionwork #commision info #commission #emergency commissions

[carrotkicks]

role reversal aus are fun. this time lets do like. 60% of the cast

#reverse skk aus are great but consider. consider. reverse fukumori #this is just my excuse to push my Good Person Mori agenda tho tbh #mori being a kindhearted doctor who takes in yosano after the war and they start their funny little detective agency! #ranpo and fukuzawa in their evil era take over a criminal organization because they can do it better #Oda is killed by the mimic situation but this time it happened bc the government commissioned him for that case #dazai has a corruption arc. he leaves the light for darkness because he doesn't think justice for oda will ever be served by the agency #so he joins the mafia. it's never what Oda would have wanted for him and he only gets more miserable #I havent figured out the logistics of chuuya's story but like. 15 and stormbringer happen in some way #and Higuchi the new recruit and defos the protagonist #bsd #bungo stray dogs #not art #reverse au

[ash-and-starlight]

Hello I was wondering what is your commission status?

Hi! you hit the perfect timing with this ask lol i was just planning on opening them again. It will probably still take a bit bc i want to remake my commission sheet & shuffle a couple of things around but 👀 hopefully soon 👀

#new glasses are expensyyyyyy T_T #also due to Life i'll be able to only work on one commission at a time so the waiting times will be a bit longer OTZ #but i hope to get everything sorted soon! #ash replies

[xejune]

new foe, or old friend

greyscale version & non-chromatic abberated version!

#experimental little warm-up piece #i dont like giving them a human face & i dont think i succeeded giving their eyes the intensity i wanted them to have #but i like it enough to toss out into the world LMAO so woo a rook be upon ye #the judge #far cry new dawn #fcnd #far cry #art #fcnd judge #my art #probably the only time i'll draw their face unless like. someone commissions me to draw their rook #bc i dont even have a clear idea what my rook's face looks like #as far as im concerned theyre faceless #also hopefully tumblr is nice to me this time and actually lets my art show up in the tags <3 pretty please #cw blood

[artist-rat]

snatching this from an old post abt unexpectedly blowing up a door with magic (!!!only works on ones that don't need the deft hands perk!!!). just reminiscing again, love esp. blackwall here

#rat.pov #im too scared to rb the version with the video bc it stressed me how many ppl were like im gonna try thisss and it #only works on certain doors and i didnt remember to add that before it was too late and it blew up😂😂 #will post some new art soon as well lol. just abt to finish one commission and #also managed to finish the rest of the tarots i've been doing of my lil d&d (for now!!!) so will post an update asap 😌

[changeside]

Underfell men are fine as hell

#underfell #underfell sans #underfell grillby #myart #uf!sans #uf!grillby #digital art #//i know i dont have a new commission sheet open but literally commission me everyone gets their surgeries paid here in germany but me #//lets hope its only 8k and not even more ahahahahhaha