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That's it guys! Patreon will be launching on the 1th of February! I'm so happy!

For people living in Europe, I'll be launching a tipeee as well. It's basically the same as patreon except you can pay in euros .

I updated my schedule and the content of the patreon/tipeee. Let's talk about it:

F.A.Q. and troubleshooting. "BlackBy, I'm working on this drawing but I am having trouble with the shadows, I don't know what to do next ToT!" I'm here!

Illustrations you vote on. "I have this neat idea I would want to see!", "My perfect x anime/x game/x comic fanart would be..." DONE. (I also do NSFW)

Sketches and step-by-step tutorials. How do I do that? How can you do that? You'll know everything!

Exercices sheets and art courses. You'll learn everything they don't have the time to teach you in school. Get rewards for your commitement and accomplishements.

Menthorship. You will be guided through your journey as an artist and learn exactly what you need to improve and draw the things you want to create.

Live and recorded streams for deep learning and chat!

Will you still be taking commissions?

I will but I'm currently full right now. Being a patron gives you priority for open slots.

What does it mean for the content online?

I know that not everyone can pay for commission and art courses. It's not fair. My goal is to finance this content via Patreon so it can be released for everyone for free in the future. By participating you'll help everyone to improve on their art and be happy to finally be able to draw what they want, how they want it.

-> deviantART

As I told you before, I'm not happy on this website anymore. But what you may not know is that deviantART is allowed to take every pic you post on this website and use it for commercial use and sell it to their partners, without telling you or giving you compensation. Since I'm a professional and I got a lot of pictures stolen, this is getting harder and harder to justify staying here. Still, I cannot leave you guys...

I'll continue to post a little bit here. But you have to know that most of my work will be on patreon, gumroad, facebook and instagram. If things goes well, I'll consider opening a website.

-> tumblr

As most of you know, tumblr updated their terms and conditions, limiting content to SFW stuff... except that bot disables pretty much anything, it's so flawed. I'll continue to post there and see how much of my work get erased but... yeah, we'll see.

I am so, so happy to begin this new adventure with you guys!

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I haven’t been very active lately, you’ll have to forgive me- I have a lot of work that I can’t talk about yet. In the mean time, here’s a quick twitter tip I threw together on the subject of radii. This is EXTREMELY important as a concept artist, especially if you do sci-fi stuff. To be more explicit; Many artists, especially when drawing hard-surface sci-fi stuff, tend to use either only sharp edges, as seen on the left, or a very arbitrary mixture of hard and soft edges with little consistency.  This is merely an example to show that you can “control” the radii, and that doing so can produce different results depending on the degree of the radius.

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When I saw the prompt "exhausted", I immediatly though of mental exhaustion, depression and depersonalization. I often feel like what I've just drawn here. It's particularily acute these days. Quand j'ai vu le theme "éreinté", j'ai tout de suite pensé à la fatigue mentale, à la depression et la depersonalisation. Je me sens souvent comme sur ce dessin. C'est particulièrement potent ces derniers temps.

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Inktober #6 Drooling.

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3th day of Inktober. Roasted chesnuts warrior and mage!

The mage is a pyromane. Please stay away from him.

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2th day of Inktober. As you can see, I go for simplicity. 

I hate to draw flowers, I sincerly do. Hair are fun though. Challenging, but fun.

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Guys, I have literally never drawn a snake in my life before. And i’ve never used ink like this.... in fact I have not used ink since like, 15 years ago... Am I butchering this??

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I’ll be launching a Patreon!

So.

Guys.

I said it in a previous journal: I am launching a Patreon soon. What can you expect from it? What content? What do I expect to achieve with it?

What's the goal?

I love to teach and people say I'm good at it. I love to help. But most of all, I love cooperative creations. Working together to make something special, something dreamy and beautiful that even more people will appreciate.

I lot of you guys asks me for help regarding drawing and want to see my 3D models. You often ask for specific illustrations or printed merchandises from me. Thing is, I currently don't have the time nor the ressources to produce any of that.

Unleeeeess... I get help via Patreon!

Patreon seems the most fair, most simple and effective way to produce content that will satisfy both you and me.

What will be be on my Patreon?

For the moment and depending on the chosen tier:

Access to patreon only feed (Q&A, news, sales, personal blog posts, behind the scenes,...)

Access to the Discord server for art and lifestyle talk

Access to streams and chat live

Access to all SFW patreon only sketches & WIP before everyone else

Access to all SFW patreon only high-res illustrations before everyone else

.JPG of the process of creation with comments

Wallpapers on ask

Access to previous stream sessions

I review your drawings during live streams and do paintovers

Access to all NSFW patreon only high-res sketches, Wip & illustrations before everyone else

Get to vote on the next illustration and stream themes

Access to the Discord server for art feedback

Your name listed on social media with the content you helped create

Personal videochat lessons on drawing & digital painting. I'm your mentor.

-5% off commission

If we get far enough that I can open an online shop, You will get free or % off of merchandises you helped create by participating in the Patreon.

What's on my Discord?

For small pledge patrons: access to logs, announcements and "blog post". You get to ask for advices from me and the community about Art and improving yourself. Access to the inspiration board, science talk, mental illness talk, video games talk and the radio.

for bigger pledge patrons: you can suggest a character to draw or a theme for my next creations. You can promote your work in our community and get unlimited access to all the tutorials and art advices that I produce and that the community shares.

What's in stock for the future?

My ultimate goal is to produce figurines, or help you make your own. I would also like to put your ideas into an interactive display, be it: videogames. I already know how to do it but it demands a lot of time and a lot of work. Imagine your favourite character, right there as a figurine at home. Or being able to move it and play with it in an interactive environement. Do you have an idea of a video game mechanic or want to learn how to do game assets? That's what I want to offer you in the future.

So, there is the whole project. Now there are more questions I can answer:

How about your health? Can you really be consistent?

I can update monthly, yes, that's for sure. I tested it these past 3 month. I would not do more, at the moment; I need to test the water. See how it goes, and adapt the content after your feedback.

So.... NSFW stuff, hé?

Well, if you've visted my FurAffinity page (and are old enough to see it), you know that I do like to draw sexual content. It is not something that I will do every day, sure, but I quite like it and would like to do more of it. The access to those works will be under strict control, since I know that half of my fanbase is underage or are not interested about this kind of stuff.

Illustrations, tutoriels, then online shop, 3D modeling and figurines? Isn't it a lot to do? It seems all over the place.

It would be per month, so, no, it's not too much for me. Right now, I will only be producing illustrations, streams, sketches and managing a Discord for Patrons, so it is quite managable. The Discord already exist and has been tested. I may find someone to help me manage it in the future, and the number of students under my wing will be limited.

For the rest, what's I want in the future, yes, one 3D model would take more than one month to make. Then, as I said, I will adapt the content to what you guys want. I already know how to do it. I have the materials for it. It's not really different from what I already do, except I will do it for you. A sketch can be turned into an illustration that I will stream, then can be turned into a 3D model that will either be for videogame production or 3D printing, or just for view and render. Those are just different branches of the same tree, in my chain of production. Plus, if things go this far, I will have the means to hire someone to help me. Maybe one of you guys, héhé...

It's not for nothing than I only propose illustrations and art classes at the moment. 3D stuff and video game making demands more money and time to do than illustrations and streams. Only your participation and feedback will tell me if we can get further in this project...

I don't want to participate. What's in stock for the non-patrons? Is everything going to be behind a paywall?

On Discord, you can view the FAQ and have view-only access to the inspiration board, view-only of science talk, mental illness talk, video games talk and the radio.

Some of the illustrations and sketches done for Patreon will be released for free, after a time, but it won't be much and maybe not what you want to see the most.

I realize what I am asking for. I am so, so grateful for every bit of support you're giving me. I cannot repeat enough how much this means to me.

As most artists, I believe in free sharing; but capitalism doesn't agree with me on that, folks. My hope is that I can finance my creations via Patreon so that they could be released for free out there; but for more complex, time-consuming stuff, it is simply not possible. Patreon is the only plateform, with kickstarter, that gets projects funded with people giving such a small amount of money by individuals.

As I said earlier, having a Patreon seems the most fair thing to do. At the end, it's your choice of course. But bare in mind that I will go that much slower without you.

I would love to read what you have to say about this project, even if you already feel like you won't be participating. Do you find all of this interesting? Do you already have a favorite theme you would like me to focus on? Is there some part of what I offer that interests you more than another?

Are you intereste by an by month subscribtion or would you prefer to pay by products?

Let me know with a comment and see you very soon!

With love and respect,

Black_Berry

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Painting Process Star Fox/Star Trek character [PART 3]

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Painting Process Star Fox/Star Trek character [PART 2]

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Painting Process Star Fox/Star Trek character [PART 1]

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My 4th watercolor of all time! I am still happy with it even though it’s full of mistakes. I’m learning...

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My third watercolor. I’m honestly pleased with this one!

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When you expect a cute mermaid and this comes out of the water instead :/ Quite a scary mermaid for the mermay challenge. The theme was “huntress” and I wanted a predator.