Christ on a Cracker, I'm finally done.

Well, almost.

Here I am sitting on the futon in my empty apartment. This has been a crazy fucking couple of months, lemme tell you. Turbine offered to take me back! No, I won't be working on LOTRO again, but I will be working on a new IP. Can't say which but Turbine is owned by Warner Brothers entertainment... so... you can go ahead and guess. Won't tell ya though! It's a game that's very unusual for Turbine, I'll just leave it at that.

Once I get my computer again- which will be in about a month, since I need to sublet until I get my actual apartment- I can start catching up on all the work I was supposed to be doing for those contests/contributors etc etc.

In the meantime, you can take a look at my blog for sketches (since I have a scanner now) at [link]

Thanks bros. And brodettes. This has been a rough time for me and I appreciate the support that you've been giving me, I read everything that you guys write!


-DC

... Is because I am officially unemployed and have been looking for a job.

I was recently laid off along with about 400 other people a few weeks ago, although this shit storm had been brewing for quite some time.

Here's one of many articles on the matter:
[link]

As a person on the inside, I'm pretty over the whole ordeal at this point. both the higher-ups at 38 Studios and Rhode Island fucked up really bad. it has affected some people far worse than me, I will probably be fine. The only issue is that I haven't been unemployed for quite some time and I need to act like it now. I just wanted to give a head's up since I started a contest right before I fell off the face of the earth, and this is why it happened. I apologize for my lack of promptness.

I will still continue working on the contest, although all entrees before the end of that time period can't be considered, sorry.

-DC

I'll get to that in a second.

First in news, I got a scanner finally after being a professional for 6 years... So I've posted new stuff on my blog and will continue to do so with scans from my sketchbooks. This is probably the first art done with physical media in years that I've published, so take a look!

This is my blog if you don't know it:

[link]


So unfortunately there was some confusion as to the experiment I wanted to conduct a couple months ago, which was to paint an original character in exchange for a 12 month subscription. I was going to choose the character that was most interesting to me and do that one, but someone accidentally paid for me immediately thinking that whoever paid first would get the commission.

To be fair, I'm going to draw this person a character for paying because it can't be refunded. That doesn't apply to anyone else, so don't think you can just be all willy-nilly paying for my subscription and I'm gonna draw something for you >:E

However, to ALSO be fair to everyone else I'm going to choose another one to do in exchange for a 12 month membership... That way I won't have to pay for another 2 years!

So here is how it goes: DON'T PAY JUST YET. Submit original characters linked to this journal entry in the comments section. Next month I'll pick one based on my interest, and that Deviant gets to pay me 30 dollars for a commission. Lol. I know this sounds pretentious, but 30 bucks is a bargain compared to my normal rate for artwork! I really do a better job when I'm excited about what I'm working on, so really this is to make sure that I deliver quality work to you. Don't be insulted if I don't pick yours, it doesn't mean your character is any less original or interesting; this will be based on my mood and taste at the time, so a lot of it is luck! Also, don't bother submitting unless you plan on paying 30 dollars, cuz you'll be paying upfront. I'll finish it within a month at the most after payment.

You can already have past image reference for your character, or an interesting description with suffice. add links and such, whatever you need to make a case. You can use drawings done by yourself, or past interpretations done by other people as reference. I don't mind reinterpreting characters based on written description as well. I'm most interested in the concept of the character than how well it's been executed by other people.

EDIT 3/5/12: I should also mention that I am approaching this more from a concept art/pin-up point of view, not a full-blown illustration. Any background work will be minimal,  or none at all if not necessary. I'm limiting this for time restraints.

OK GO!

my 12 month membership is up, which means I need to resubscribe. This year is also the 10th anniversary of me joining Deviantart, holy shit I am old.

Instead of paying 30 dollars, I thought I'd save some cash by doing a commission trade instead cause it would be more fun!

Here's the deal: for paying for my 12 month membership, I'll draw any character of your choice with no background. If it's an original character I'll need previous visual reference (past versions) to draw from. You will have to agree that it is for non-profit and personal use only! The output will be a DeviantArt entry, with a higher res download... Yes it will be public but it will be dedicated to you!

You have to pay me the subscription first (NOT YET, when I hold it), and then give me 2 months (end of January) to complete it. Sounds good? What do you think of this idea? I will post the auction later, but first I wanted to get some initial thoughts on this in case I missed something. It is unlikely I will change the rules, but you can try to make a case.

-DC

EDIT: I think what I need help figuring out is who gets the commission. I mean, holding a contest to see who gets to pay me 30 dollars in subscription fees seems kinda silly. I was thinking I would just let people list their character (not on this journal entry, another one in the future) and I would pick which one I was most interested in.