GwenCanDrawZat

Hey everyone, it's me.

So I've been pretty inactive lately. That's because I've been going through a lot of changes in life and how I want to go about my art. Looking back at what I've done here over the years is- embarrassing and a mess. I really don't like messes, messes stress me out. So for social, personal, and a bit professional, I'm moving accounts. 

I will leave this account and all of the art I've posted here- okay maybe I'll take some down. However, I won't openly share my new account here. So if you'd like it, please send me a note. I'm doing this for personal security reasons. Even if you don't really know me or we haven't talked and you want my new account? Go ahead and ask. 

See ya on the other side!

Love,
Gwen.

Salutations Interwebz! It's been awhile, hasn't it?

So first off, I have a lot of digital sketches from the past few months I'll never finish. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a sketch dump? Most of them I didn't feel was a good enough sketch to finish or I didn't have desire to.

In other news, I have a Pixiv! It's an art website I like, and I think I'll be doing more fanart there than here. I'd like to get more original with art here. Follow me on Pixiv! I'm also trying to use tumblr more. I know people like to look at art there. Personally, I'm not a fan of using tumblr for art, but I do occasionally post there. If you don't have Instagram, all of my Instagram photos also go to tumblr. Click here for my tumblr! As much as I do like this website, I feel like the community is falling a part. I really miss the old community that's moved on or simply use other social media outlets. I'm attempting to expand, so I'd appreciate any support I get on other platforms!

As for what I've been avoiding... I said I was going to set up commissions two months ago, huh? Well, I still don't feel quality enough to sell my art. A lot of people want fanart commissions and I'm scared to do those due to copyright. I don't want to get in trouble for being paid to draw Spider-Man or something. I know a lot of people do it and are fine, but I don't want to face trouble. Unless I get licensing or can be secure in fanart commissions, I won't do them. Would anyone be interested in me doing original content commissions? 

I'm planning on going back to art school in the fall if I'm able to use scholarships funds and find a summer job until then. I'm exciting and really hoping I can make it happen. Paying for college is hard, so expensive and it's hard to find a job. We'll see.

Who's having fun with Pokemon Go? Because I am! It has a lot of room for improvement. (Please give us a tracker again, Niatanic! And please communicate to your many players!) But it's been fun to go out and catch Pokemon. I like seeing what come out of the eggs I hatch. I finally chose a team, Team Mystic shall rule supreme muahahhaha! 

Hope y'all have a nice day!

-Gwen

Salutations Interwebz!

It's been awhile, hasn't it? First off, I've got a quick update on the novel I illustrated the cover for. You can buy it on Amazon for Paperback or Kindle here! If you could support by buying, reading, and possibly writing a review, the author and I would really appreciate it. We already have been discussing the possibilities for the cover for the next book.

So as I've stated before, I'm unemployed. To this day, I'm unable to find anything despite sending out several applications. It's been really discouraging and frustrated as I'd like to have a steady income. I occasionally get called in for a sub job, but that isn't steady enough. The possibility of commissions have come to mind, but I've either felt like I wasn't good enough, or not ready. However, I think I've been waiting long enough. I'm going to be setting up commissions over the next couple of weeks. Though, I won't be taking fanart commissions. It's technically very illegal and I don't want to face any trouble. So unless I can get licensing, I won't be taking commissions to draw our favorite comic book characters.

Another possibility is opening a Patreon. I know a lot of people use it, but I've never really been a fan of the idea. Something about having to pay for my exclusive content seems unfair to me. I don't want to do that to people, yet I know it's useful and a good way to get support and viewers interested. So what I'm asking is, should I open one up? Would you be interested?

As for what kind of content I'd share? Well... tell me what you'd like. It's time for me to stop procrastinating the ideas and get to work on those tutorials! On here, and YouTube! I'm going to start livestreaming more as well.

Last bit of exciting news, you ready? I'm currently working on concepts for a comic! That's right, a very good friend of mine are working together to create a comic! It's a slow process, but I'm excited for it! Something to look forward to sooner? Well, I'm going to work on a little webcomic! I've got several story ideas, and it's about time I bring one to light.

I'd love to hear your feedback on everything, stay tuned!

-Gwen

*EDIT* Thank you to everyone who joined! I'll have the time lapse version and scan up ASAP!

Salutation Interwebz!
Tomorrow on Saturday, April 30th, at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, I am livestreaming a coloring session! I sketched and inked Hatsune Miku just for this event, so please join! I'll update this journal when it's online and offline.

I do hope you all can come in and enjoy!

Here's a link to the livestream!

Salutations Interwebz!
So, I got the idea of possibly setting up Livestream. I just did some testing with recording and streaming, and it looks like I'll be able to stream! I'll be streaming via YouTube. So, if you're interesting in taking part, please answer the following questions.

Traditional or Digital drawing? 
What/who should I draw?

I'm thinking I'll steam this Saturday at the earliest, if not, maybe sometime in the near future. This is really exciting, so stay tuned!!

-Gwen