AssasinMonkey

Commission form: https://forms.gle/uQFRKm2nWvU88xi79

It's finally time, it's been years since I've done commissions. These little Raincoat Ponies I made were so liked, I mentioned I was going to do commissions in this style. Took me a bit but here it is.

Hopefully this is just the start of many other batches and/or themed commissions.

Price for Pony-Type: $300

Non-Pony Quadrupeds are allowed, but: +$15 I'd have to redesign or rethink some parts for non-ponies, so the design may vary, but I'll be happy to make it work!

- Quadruped Characters.

- A yellow raincoat and boots, personalized to your character.

- You'll receive 2 versions, Hood on and Hood off!

- Based on style shown.

- Payment with Paypal Invoice.

- You'll receive 2 high-resolution print quality 5250x7200px image file

If you're interested, the form is available here: https://forms.gle/uQFRKm2nWvU88xi79

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I've been meaning to highlight my mindset or mental approach towards painting (polished) armour in a simplified way from imagination for a while, and with some visual examples. This recent piece was a good one to go with.

Basically I try to imagine a horizon view onto my armour, adding colours based on which angles face what. (up sky, down ground)

I just like the autumn orange grass for easy aesthetic contrast with blue sky.

I've used this a few times before, so there's some more examples below to when I applied this logic too.

I might apply a similar logic to eyes too, tho much simpler as I tend to do just the sky with a tree line cut out for them (if even). Unless it's indoor, then I'd probably just do some windows. Or just a very sharp highlight...

This is typically just my easy go to baseline aesthetic. I can always go more complex accurate (or I can just go rough unpolished metal without any of this...)

Side-note: This logic is based mostly on 'Surface Reflection'. Which is something different than 'Reflected Light', even if both may apply at the same time!

I hadn't taken enough time to write this out earlier, but a little status update on these next weeks/months.

So a quick word here.

Currently I'm in the US for con season, traveling to WCPC, BABS and EFNW, vending at all, flying back end of May.

This doesn't mean I won't do any art in the meantime, I'll be able to squeeze some art (and streams) in between these events. But it'll probably be different than usual, simply for the fact I'm not at my home setup.

Quicknotes:

Whinny City PonyCon

BABSCon

Everfree Northwest

• That general reminder I'll be at these conventions and as a vendor! I'll have new posters, but also a new S&D Book, amongst other things. Does also mean that I'll soon be in travel mode again and for couple months. Doesn't mean I won't be able to do art (or stream), but I'll just have to figure out how that'll look like, on the go.

• Sorry I've been a bit absent the last day and last stream. With convention time coming up, I kinda wrecked my schedule hard, and well... some other reasons hah. Whatever the reason, I messed things up. I still wanna keep art going to some extend, until I fly out. This next week will be full on putting all the last files, merch, panel, etc. together as well, tho.

Saturday Livestream On my Picarto

Last Saturday's art: Nautila? Yes, always place for Nautila now-a-days. It also seems she's taken up in your hearts a bit too. At least for some of y'all

Week's Recap

So because I had a new Nautila painting, I made a little update to her page as well, with some detail highlights. It's not things I'd fault an artist too much for not picking up, especially if their style doesn't allow it too well. So it's more reminders or little guides, rather than rules. Of course I expect anyone to be able to tell a lot of stuff from the paintings alone. Tho things can still get lost, especially things like little freckles!

Next week's Plan:

It's gonna be my last full week before my flights out, also now I think of it, the last week for streams before then.

Quicknotes:

• Whinny City PonyCon

• BABSCon

• Everfree Northwest

I'll be vending at all of them! If you're heading over too be sure to stop by my table.

I was gonna type more. In other news, trying out the new DeviantArt looks. They're pretty nice, smooth, sharp, gonna need a bit of getting used to, but it's easier to make a fresh start on some things when it's not done alone. And Patreon decided to do it almost at the same time haha. Altho their's is a bit less drastic and more just the outer layer. DA's changes go deeper.

Saturday Livestream On my Picarto

Last Saturday's art:

Zecora time?! Darn, that was a crazy energy Saturday, but worth the result.

Week's Recap

I can feel the convention prep building up, and not sure if I'm ready for it. Still got all my new posters and reprints to out together, my S&D book to get ready, and to at least paint some more things. I've been doing more practice than taking on project in all of this.

I did find time to make a little page for Nautila. Even if it doesn't get used, it's good to get some familiarity in with these type of things.

Next week's Plan:

It's the 2 week countdown until my flight for another con trip. Gonna be a 2 month one.