I NEED YOUR HELP (URGENT)
EXTRA UPDATE: WE REACHED OUR GOAL! YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME FOR HELPING!
UPDATE: Okay some things got lost in translation while I was getting this information. While we still need $4800 total, we only need $2400 right away by the end of the week. The rest will come out in the following two months. We can make that later money back with our upcoming paychecks. BUT WE STILL NEED DONATIONS. $2400 IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY AND WE'RE ONLY A QUARTER OF THE WAY THERE!
I'm trying to move into a basement apartment! The bad news is my current landlord is forcing us to cough up $4800 BY THE END OF THE WEEK to cancel our lease! (June 10th)
That's FOUR MONTHS OF RENT just so that we can get out of here and into a better home!
The place has a half-acre of land and is twice as big as our current apartment for a fraction of the price! I'm talking power, internet and utilities included in the rent, where our current place makes us pay for power and internet separately!
Not to mention, the landlord of this basement apartment gets food shipments from Costco, AND it's close to family! My family even knows the guy. He and his wife are super sweet, and we really want to make this work.
TL;DR, I'm in a financial pickle. If I don't get any help to take a chunk out of this massive expense, my wife and I are going to be broke by July.
That's why I've reopened my KoFi! Your donations can help us take a chunk out of this expense. If we can get even half our goal reached, it'll be a huge weight off our shoulders. We just need as many people as possible to give us just $5. I promise my Ko-Fi page will be up and running again and I'll even take suggestions as to how to run it with possible rewards!
Twitter Art Raffle!
I can't believe I didn't mention this here, but I'm on Twitter!
And in celebration of my getting 200 followers there, I'm hosting a raffle! And if I get 250 followers there (and let's be honest, I'm starting to be more active there than here,) I will offer prizes to three lucky winners!
My followers on here are more than welcome to enter. You just have to follow me on Twitter and like, retweet and post a reference to enter! The raffle ends next week on Friday the 21st, so I hope to see your entries there!
Emergency Commissions
Everyone, I need your help. I have been unemployed since August and I am almost out of money. Please, if you can spare anything, please consider commissioning me. I'm opening a new deal where if you purchase any full body, I will throw in a half body sketch.
If you can't commission, please share with someone who will.
Draw My OC Contest: Winners
So I didn't get enough participants for my contest. It ended up being a huge bust, even though I had actual prizes to give. I just don't have enough active followers for it. Oh well... to the people who actually bothered to make something, I'll just give away the prizes regardless and show them off.
Third place: KinokoRodo97 from Instagram. (no I didn't submit this contest to Instagram. This is the only social media they have.)
Third place:
Use of Color The colors are fairly limited, what with being dry-erase and all, but I’m surprised with the overall quality of it. 3/5
Anatomy The anatomy is kind of off. Ruby’s proportions are okay at least as far as arms and legs go, but her belly makes her look like she’s pregnant, since they don’t align with her hips. As for her character, the arms are uneven and one looks longer than the other. Plus I don’t think I wanna go anywhere near fingers as sharp as those. 2/5
Posing The poses are pretty basic. Ruby’s just standing there, and I dunno what hand gesture that’s supposed to be. I like the pose her character is making, since it has more personality, but it draws the eye away from my character and places the focus on hers. 2/5
Style The style is more or less a mimicry of mine, which isn’t bad, but isn’t different enough to net any bonus points. But that being said, I will give it props for being able to do that with dry-erase. 3/5
Backgrounds No background. 0/5
Quantity of Characters 2/5
Second place: SkyEmerHill362
Use of Color The colors here are pretty simplistic and I can tell they were mostly taken from my original references. It’s a flat color, so there isn’t a lot of shading with this one. 3/5
Anatomy The anatomy is pretty good, but the face position with Bruce looks a little awkward, like his jaw is being cut into by the angle. The angle on Peter’s arm is tricky, because the upper arm is cutting into his forearm and they look like they don’t really fit together with the folds. Danny is a chibi here so I’m forgiving that.
Posing
The poses right here are oozing personality. Right off the bat, Bruce is giving off Flynn Rider vibes with him holding his hands up and looking at Peter’s scolding finger. Very in character for everyone. I love how Danny is just standing in the background without a clue as to what just happened. 2/5
Style The style is pretty good. I love the cartoony faces you gave all the characters. It’s anime, without the “animu” faces. The hair and linework could use work, but it’s still pretty good.
Backgrounds Simplistic background with a brown floor and blue sky. It’s better than nothing. 2/5
Quantity of Characters 3/5
First place: Animewaafuu27
Use of Color The light and shading here is incredible. The flaming blue heart already shows off a massive facet of Alyona’s character and just the use of blue light and shading compliments her pink colors amazingly. 5/5
Anatomy Alyona’s anatomy here is spot on. The only criticism I have as far as that goes, is that her hands are simplified and the fingers are slightly disjointed. Plus the diamonds on her hands are somewhat misplaced and shrunk compared to the reference, but that’s something to work on for later. The sleeves and folds in the clothes are pretty good, but there are bits where the other half of the sleeve for her right hand is just hanging in space without the other side showing, so I’ll have to dock points for that. 3.5/5
Posing
While the pose here is simple, it’s subtle details like the expression on her face and the way her hand is conjuring that heart that really show off that hidden sadness that Alyona has. I absolutely love what you did with her eyes and expression. It’s perfect. 5/5
Style The style here is awesome. I love what you did with the line work to make everything look like real materials. The only problem I have with it is that the pressure for the line art is pretty flat in some areas like the boots and bottom half of her clothes, but other than that I can tell that real effort was put into it like with the hair and face. Just work a little on that pen pressure and you’re golden. 4.5/5
Backgrounds It’s a dark background that has a text behind it that’s kind of hard to read. It’s a great indicator of Alyona’s inner thoughts and I love how the light from the flame spreads throughout it and makes it easy to read that she’s in a dark room or something. I just wish I knew what the text was, so I’ll have to take away a point for lack of clarity. 3/5
Quantity of Characters 1/5
Well, that's all for my contest! I'll note everybody with the winner's pot and they will get to pick from them for their Steam games.
Deadline extended! New Due Date is June 30th.
Hello, Hello, Hello! Welcome to my first contest in a few years!
I'm gonna be hosting this contest over here on Deviantart, Twitter, and I'm even accepting some submissions over Discord if you have neither. My new server is The Apprentice's Workshop
It will be active under the hashtag #ArtContestofMagic with Four Winners picked from each!
I have 22 game codes for Steam that I am not interested in, so I'm looking to give them away to the top four contestants!
WARNING: NSFW SUBMISSIONS WILL DISQUALIFY YOU FROM THE CONTEST.
WHAT YOU CAN WIN!
There is a pool of 22 Steam games to choose from! I'm dividing it into four prizes.
First and Second place get 6 games from the pot, but First place picks their pick first.
Third and Fourth place get 5 each.
We've got some solid picks here from some big name developers and some independent artists as well.
How to Enter (Basic Skill in Art and Drawing required)
All you have to do is draw pictures of my characters and send them to me specifically. On Twitter, I will be credited as Eternapprentice! I will rank the pictures based on the quality and personality of the picture.
The Rubric goes as follows. I will be working based on a point system that grades the quality of the picture.
Aspects I'm looking for include:
Use of Color
(B/W acceptable, but you gotta wow me with it.)
Anatomy
Show a basic understanding of human structure.
Posing
I'm looking for poses with personality or interaction.
Even if they're just standing there, show me some asymmetry and attitude!
Style
Show me how YOU draw my characters in YOUR style! The point of this contest is to see who you are as an artist!
This will be graded based on how you
Backgrounds
It doesn't have to be detailed, but don't just do a plain white or transparent background. This is for bonus points!
Quantity of Characters
You get more points for more characters. Five is the max. Again, not required, but you get bonus points for it!
Also don't be afraid to draw my characters interacting with yours! This is for fun and games, after all!
Characters
Now that I've told you how these will be graded, let me show you who you're gonna be drawing!
My main cast from my original story, "The Agency of Magic!"
You're not gonna get graded based on who you draw, but I praise variety.
However, characters don't get along as well as others, so if you have any questions, please ask me!
I'm not shy about talking about them!
Alternative outfits are okay. Encouraged, even!
The Contest will be active until May 31st!