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New Profile Pic. Never as tired as this 🫠🫠

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Hey how are you? I love your style. I was planning on starting commissions some day. So I came here to ask to one of my favourite artists what advice do they have on commissions? Is there actually mistakes that I could commit or is there a certain path to follow? Thank you! Have a great weekend, and keep creating your art is awesome!!! 💗

OMG Hi!! First of all Thank you so so much for your kind words ❤️❤️ Here it goes:

The most important is to always ask for some of the payment upfront (Usually it's 50%), cause you never know who are you dealing with. And even when you finish the job, I usually always send the client low quality files until I get paid the full amount. It sounds awful talking about money first but let's be honest, that the reason we artist open comms in the first place hahah You can trust the people that request you (I myself never had a bad experience with a client and had dealt with truly lovely people) but it's important to alway be a bit careful.

Write yourself a list of conditions you find necessary to send the client when you agree on drawing their request. If it helps, mine is explaining the process to the client, half the payment upfront, my paying methods, how many unpaid changes they can ask for and how much do I charge per change after... These type of things.

Don't rush yourself too much. Unless the client give you a specific deadline, people are usually patient. I understood that after stressing with several comms in my first times hahah Even so, I try to keep in touch and update them from time to time, just to reassure them I didn't forget about it, just busy.

When I'm drawing a com, I usually send the customers every crucial part of the process, I think it's important for them to take part in the decision making of every step. I usually send them the first sketch (With only the idea, to see if we agree), the final sketch (that's usually when they get to do their modifications), the line art, the flat colors (To see if they like the palette) and the final version. That works for my style, but you decide which step seems important enough to update it to them depending on your own working process and technique.

Try not to underestimate your work when pricing. If you're not in a desperate need for money, value your art for what it's worth. It's easier said than done, and I know that most artists don't do it cause they want to, but because they have no choice; but me myself I try not to price too low my work, and even tho I got a lot of rejections because of it, I end up getting enough clients to keep opening comms from time to time and not giving up.

Find which social media is best for you to get attention and find clients. I personally recommend reddit, but every artist has their own experience and preferences.

I know it sounds obvious but always be kind. Not all clients'll respond with the same affections, but in my experience, when they do, it makes the job so much easier and fun. And you might even get yourself a regular customer.

Ok I got so carried away writing this!! I don't get that many questions here on tumblr and I was so excited fr, sorry in advance hahahah

Hope this helps you! Those are all my opinions and experiences, you'll have your own soon enough. I wish you the best of luck with your commissions!!! And have a fantastic weekend too ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Hello, Mister Gaiman 🩷

Have you heard that Our Flag Means Death got canceled this week? We as a fandom are devastated and have created a petition in order to bring it back for one final season. I know a lot of the audience of Good Omens are also familiar with this show, so could you please share the link to our petition?

Thank you 🙏

https://www.change.org/p/renew-our-flag-means-death

Of course!

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He said that. Fight me.

Also babes If you haven't please consider singing here to help renew the show ✨✨✨ Thank youu!!!

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The King is a very secretive man.

The people qualify him as a "Good King", that he always did what was best. The people don't remember since how long the King has been King. But nobody would complain.

They call him "King", "Sire", "Lord".

As if no one knew his name.

At night, the King summons Caladre in his appartments. He oftens needs to be comforted.

Sometimes, the King feels like someone is watching him in the corridors.

New part of The God, the Monster & the Liar, and 2 new characters are here, some missing parts of the puzzle 😈

I think it will be all for now, I'll come back to this story for sure. Thank you for playing along!!

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This took TOO MANY HOURS I'm going mad so I decided not to change anything else before I lose it. Btw is it late to celebrate properly the renewal? 🤡🎉

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god damn your art is stunning, the next time I have some spare spending money I'm getting one of your prints asap. I love the atmosphere and what you do with textures and the color choices and the way you draw people.

Thank you so so much!! 💖💖💖 I really like to play with the colors and in my illustrations so it means so much when you people notice and compliment that 🥹✨ You're lovely and I hope for you the best of Christmas and new year!

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I’m sorry I just wanna say your art is FUCKING lovely and I can’t believe I didn’t discover it sooner! I saw your doctor who art and loved it (someone should hire you to make a comic adaptation of the 60th anniversary specials) and stayed once I saw OFMD!! Please keep creating, I will eat all the art you make

OMG I would so love to do a DW comic, drawing tennant that many times AND BEING PAID FOR IT would be the dream 😭

And thank you for your kind words!! They mean so much to me 💖 get your fork ready cause I'm not stopping any time soon 🫡🍴💖

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Can't believe we'll see them again 💖

Merry early Christmas to all of you lovely people 🎉🎉🎉

(Haven't got the time to draw them properly but here's a WIP )

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Wild Blue Yonder ❄️

Here's the link to buy the PRINT💕

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'Teenagers these days...'

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I need to draw more GO but in the meantime:

The PRINT❤️

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Smells of apricots and slaughter

U can get prints here

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My Tennant who didn't remotely look like Tennant is looking a lot more Tennanty now.

...Tennant.

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Fanart of my favorite angel and demon. Won't tell which one is which 😌💖

The OV is a bit old tho:

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No sneaking. He's gonna wear the bell. ✨

Here's the link to buy the PRINT💕

The WIP version: