All commission inquiries to inkmavenart [AT] gmail [dot] com

Hey all!
It's about to start storming in my area.
I can access refs from my phone, but just to be cautious I'll be turning off my main computer and not doing any digital art.

THAT being said, I'd love to work on some badges or some pen and pencil sketches for you all!

BADGES

example 1 example 2 example 3

Badges are ~6" fully colored pieces of artwork displaying your character and name (optional).
Each badge is backed with scrapbooking paper for extra pop and defense against folding or bending while wearing. The scrapbook paper pattern shows on the back too so it's not blank, and is signed.

$35 Badges are headshots (example 2), i.e. a neck down shot of your character.
They allow for extra detail in markings, expression, and other facial features like horns.

$50 badges are 'premium', and are a waist or knee up image of your character.
As they are only about 6" in height, this does not allow for a large amount of detail. However, I can add a theme to these badges! The background and character props will be drawn accordingly (see example 2, 3).
I can also take a more realistic approach (Example 1, lion in example 3) and add more detail to this type of badge, but often I cannot theme them due to space constraints.

Badge Form
Please e-mail me the following information when you order a badge:



Can't think of a theme?? The theme of the day is Jobs and Hobbies! I'll take your job/hobby or the job of your character, and add elements of it into the piece.

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PEN SKETCHES

examples by price:

$5-10 - $20 - $30 - $50 - $60


PWYW, $5 minimum (20 minutes of my time)
Add digital color for $5.
Anything under $30 is wing-it style and SFW.
Anything OVER $30 is upgraded to pencil-style sketches, with less line inaccuracies and better anatomy.
You can also opt for NSFW content on sketches over $30, or a theme of your choice.

Pen Sketch Form
Please e-mail me the following information when you order a pen sketch:

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Feel free to ask any questions below, or to claim a slot! But I'll be taking all of your info through email.

INK

Hey all! Things are getting a little crazy again, but it should be short lived.

This weekend I had a conference to attend where we showed off our game and won an award! So that's 2 awards so far since we released to the local public on Wednesday. It's been great to receive some acclaim for all the hard work we did, that basically put me out of commission everywhere else in every other facet of my life for about 8 months.

Monday marks the start of my finals week, so my posting and involvement here will be spotty. Rest assured though, it will all be over by the 5th and I am graduating on the 7th, so it will be a week or so before I can go back into full swing here again. Not a long time. I will be here and posting work (commission and otherwise) fairly sporadically, so don't expect me to up and disappear. I hope. If I do it likely means more unexpected (but probably exciting) things!

We submitted Everend, the aforementioned game, to the College E3 competition and will hear back from them on the 11th of May, so keep your eyes peeled for that. If we DO make it in, that may change my schedule for June quite drastically. I am also really excited to release this game online sometime in the future, at which point I will keep you all updated about it as I'd love to have you play it and see the fruits of my labor!

So yep! Just a small update, so you know if my current rapid-fire posting rate trickles down a little, that's why.

INK

Heyooo! We're winding down with Everend--we have a huge push in this coming week and while I can't say I'll be any less busy, I can say I've noticed myself getting into a bit of a rut. I come home from class on the weekends, and I just don't want to do anything. I sit around wasting my time on Miitomo all afternoon because I just don't have enough energy for anything else.

That being said, with most of my commissions/badges wrapped up I'm going to try to break out of that bubble by releasing a single egg. I don't have the time devote to an entire batch but I really need to get off my ass and start getting my non owl-related creative juices flowing, in preparation for graduation and eventual commission startup/job applying/all that good stuff.

SO, great follower, that's where you come in. If I released a single egg in the next week or so, what would you want to see out of it? What themes, colors, or patterns come to mind? What do you love most, or maybe is just something you haven't seen around here (or in my gallery) lately?

I have plans for an egg I could release but I'd really rather hear what you guys would like to see, as it might spark something exciting that I wouldn't normally have considered.

Thanks!

Hey all! I have been atrociously busy lately, and I apologize for being scarce. It's gotten to the point this past week or so where I've had to make myself several lists a day just so I don't forget to do things. One of those things that I haven't gotten around to is finishing badges. They're about halfway done, some are finished completely and others have only been lined or sketched. I had hoped to mail them out by today but no such luck.

I'm leaving this evening for an extremely cool opportunity called the Train Jam. It's a 52 hour train ride down to San Francisco for the Game Developer's Conference, wherein all of the people involved group up and work together to make a game during the duration of the ride. I've been chosen to be a student ambassador for my college, which I think means I get to work hand in hand with one specific developer who will take the role of a mentor for me throughout the project. At the end of the Jam, the games we made will actually be on display at the conference, for other developers to play if they wish.

Which leads me up to the fact that I will be gone for nearly two weeks starting tonight. due to the fact that my markers take up about the same amount of space as a gallon of milk, I cannot bring them along with me and won't be able to do much except clean up lines on the badges. When I return on the 19th however, these badges will be my top priority. They will be mailed out no later than the 21st. If you have commissioned a badge from me, please note me your address so that I can send it to you, otherwise I will get back to you before then and grab it.

Everend is nearing to a close, with just a little more than a month left of development. Once our deadline is met, I'll be much less pressed for time.

Thanks for reading,

INK

MY COMIC IS DONE. SWEET BABY JESUS IT'S DONE.

I CAN WASH MY HANDS OF THIS COMICS COURSE FOR GOOD AND MOVE ON.

Expect some uploads/progress this weekend probably, as I can finally start thinking about my work here again.

A quick question for anyone who might have some feedback... I'd like to get a custom plush of Kaia, the owl character from my capstone, made before March so I can take it to a game design conference with me. I'm not looking for anything of art doll quality, but something small and cute probably. Any leads? Any suggestions or recommendations? I haven't really done any research yet.

I am back from Hawaii. I have been for few weeks, but the entire time back has been a whirlwind of assignments, surveys, and lots of complaining. We missed our flight out and lost about 15% of our trip time due to having to reschedule our plane. WHICH, as you can imagine, has made the students, parents, and office workers none to happy. The kicker is that EVERYONE was at the agreed meeting place at the airport on time--except the professor. She was 15 minutes late. the way I figure, that's 1% of the trip for every minute.

ANYWAY I won't go too heavily into detail about the situation, but due to us missing our plane, the deadline for our work was extended into the semester. That's work for a 3 credit class on top of my 17 credit semester for a lovely grand total of 20 credits (3 art studios included, which is the cap they allow you to take). Due to this, everything will be busy until the 10th--commissions, badges, even my ability to eat and sleep. Which really sucks.

There are a number of officials on campus who have been alerted to the situation 1. of us missing our plane and 2. to the fact that we're still doing work for a term that's technically over now which is not kosher, among other things so there may be a bit of a refund in our futures, which would be nice. There's a lot more problem wise going on with the trip then just that, unfortunately.

Ultimately, the short of it is:

Hawaii itself was great. I got a lot of really helpful reference images and was able to do research for SOS.
The class was stressful, poorly structured, and I didn't learn a lot (and didn't get a lot that I paid for originally, like food).
I learned a lot from my peers who are comic majors, and was able to bounce a lot of ideas for story/design off of them.
The badges are about 50% done, and will be shipped out shortly after the 10th of this month, when my assignment is out of the way.

Sorry for being so slow guys, as always I appreciate your support through all of this and I hope when you finally get your badges in hand they don't disappoint! I'm pretty proud of them so far.

INK

I wish I had a little more time to ease into this. I intended to make a journal about it weeks ago, but school prevented me from doing that... So prepare for a lot of information coming your way!

THE RANT

I'm taking a comics class this winterm. I've always wanted to and I've had it recommended to me several times by professors and students... The professor who teaches it at my university is notoriously difficult and the last time I took her class, it ran me into the ground. From that point forward I pretty much came to the conclusion that if I want to take another one of her classes again, it has to be the ONLY class I take. Well, the perfect opportunity arose: she's teaching a comics class in Hawaii over out January 'winterm', which not only fulfills a requirement I need, but allows me to do a lot of research for Sink or Swim. I think this class will be the real inception of the comic, as I'll get to learn about technique, different forms of media, as well as the surrounding area of course.

The one unexpected and slightly unfortunate thing is that our room and board has changed to no longer include board--which I was relying on to feed myself while there. For those who have not been to Hawaii, since it's an island and a lot of the resources are imported, everything is really expensive. I was given a very modest estimate of $25 a day to feed myself, which is money I do not have.

Don't get me wrong--I'm thrilled to go, and it's largely in part to the amazing support you guys have given me over the months and years. I'm eternally grateful for that. This is just a very small concern amidst a very large, amazing opportunity.

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THE GOOD STUFF

THAT being said, I'm doing Hawaiian themed badges to cover the cost of food while I'm in Hawaii. This was actually something my professor recommended that I do after I told her about my financial situation/Sink or Swim (she was oddly supportive of my work here after admitting it to her, it was really cool) so she's fully aware that I'll be sneaking commission work in amongst our classwork.

See this submission for examples and more details: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18591412/


Badges are $25 (headshot) and $35 (bust).
This covers the cost of lamination and shipping of the original to you, anywhere in the world.
 patreon supporters of Sink or Swim get $5 off their badge! Please let me know if you're a supporter so I can give you the discount.

I have 7 slots open for badges:
1. Relm (bust)
2. AmbientDreamer (bust)
3. AmbientDreamer (bust)
4. Lightikea (bust)
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If you are interested in a badge, please fill out this form in a comment below:

Finals really crept up on me this semester so I've been fairly quiet around here lately. A few commissions on my list have been started but not finished, so if you're on my queue and curious about seeing how far your piece may be, please feel free to send me a note!

Things should clear up by Thursday, and then I will be able to hop back in the saddle and get some of this stuff done for you guys.