FAQs

•How do you make your digital paintings?

There's a general overview of how I make digital paintings here. The folder in my gallery with tutorials, progressions, and WIPs is located here.

•What computer/software/equipment do you use?

•Do you take requests, give gifts, or participate in art trades/collaborations?

Gifts are for friends and are given, not requested. I don't really do collabs. Trades are always limited by how much spare time I have and are open only to those I know pretty well as a deviant. By that I mean that we first made contact at least a few weeks ago, we watch each other, have had regular correspondence via comments, etc. As for requests, I'm always open to suggestions or ideas for fan art or animal species.  I just can't guarantee that I'll do it. Fan art requests can be made here by anyone at anytime. If I end up using your suggestion, I'll credit and link to you in the description of the finished piece. 

Please note that I very rarely, if ever, do requests for original characters or personal portraits. These are only done as paid commissions or as gifts for friends.

•Do you do kiribans?
Yes. Unless I say otherwise, I do a kiriban every 10,000 page views, on the 10,000th page view (for 100000 views, 110000 views, and so on). I don't post reminders when one is coming up nor do I have it listed anywhere on my page. It will just be assumed that my watchers (and the conscientious people who bother to read FAQs ) know about it. If a kiriban number comes and goes without anyone notifying me that they caught it, I'll just assume that it was missed and move on. You must be a watcher of mine to win.

•Do you do tags or chains?

It's my opinion that chains are pretty pointless, so I don't participate in them. Tags, which are I believe are fun and encourage community interaction, are always welcome. I almost always complete a tag but will usually save it to post at a later time when I have a lull in my journal. If I have any when you're reading this, tags that I have "saved up" to do are here in my favorites.

•Would you like to join my group?

I'd certainly be happy to check it out. Send me an invitation to join so I'll see it as a correspondence message in my inbox (NOT as a comment on my page) and I'll visit. Call me a cynic, but comments with links to groups posted on my front page tend to taste like spam.

•Do you do commissions?

Yes. My information sheet is posted here. It includes prices, policies, options, examples, and estimates for completion times. Send me a note if you're interested or have any questions. Alternatively, you can email me at threshcommissions@gmail.com

•I'm a writer on a budget, new business owner, etc. and can't afford to pay you for a commission. Will you work for free or for exposure?
No. I can appreciate your position and understand that we all gotta hustle for that paycheck. Unfortunately, it's for that very reason that I can't afford to do commission art for free. I sincerely wish I was in a position to help out everyone without charging. But it's difficult and time consuming enough to turn a profit as a freelance artist as it is. I don't want to sound mean or self-important but imagine contacting a plumber, caterer, or other service provider and asking for free stuff since you can't afford to pay for it. That wouldn't be fair to the plumber. Thanks for understanding. 

Long answer: Storytelling and character development gets me really excited to do art. When I come out of a movie theater, finish a season of a TV show, or close a book that I enjoyed, all I want to do is draw stuff from it. I know that doing other things is important for artistic growth, so I do try push myself to make original stuff once in a while (along with fairly frequent commission work). But ultimately, I'm here to have fun. So I do what I like and I like what I do. Ain't nothin' wrong with that.

•How long have you been doing this stuff? Did you go to school for art?
I've been drawing since I could hold a drawing utensil. According to a somewhat trustworthy source (namely, my mom), my first art was created on a Magna Doodle. I started playing around in Photoshop around a decade ago but didn't seriously pursue digital painting until late 2011. I took some traditional art classes in high school but didn't have time to take art classes in college. Joining dA has really motivated me to practice more and try new things, which is something that I really needed after essentially cutting art out of my life for years.

•Seriously dude, what is it with you and cats?

Yes, I'm one of those weird people who can't stop talking about cats. I can't help it! They're just too awesome. My two, Andy and Sarah, appear in my gallery now and then.

•What's your favorite flavor of gum?

Spearmint