From my sketchbook.

Won’t you buy?

One of the fun things about Gaia is its own (kind of bizarre) economy and the mini-shops that players open themselves. While I do not have my own art shop since I really should spend more time drawing for the real world, I do get approached for art. :) For digital payment, of course.

I turned this (from Gaia Online):

at the user Moonwonderer’s request, into this:

The only thing missing from the original is her ring, which I wasn’t able to show since other hand positions that I tried looked quite awkward.

I realized later how Disney princess-y it looked, but that’s the feeling that I got from the original avatar, so I decided to keep it. It’s kind of relaxing to be able to just draw a character without a space and without a clear action. ^^ *cannot help it* Ah, well. Time to go be a good illustrator again. :D

Commissions are: OPEN!

My email address is joyce (AT) inkgizmo (DOT) com. Please contact me with your idea and I will get back to you ASAP. I accept both commercial and personal commissions.

If you would like to order prints of existing work, please see my Imagekind print shop; if there is a picture that you would like a print of that isn’t in the shop, please feel free to ask for it.

I am not currently selling originals of works.

I reserve the right to:

  • refuse a commission where I am uncomfortable with either the theme or the terms
  • reproduce and show commissions as portfolio/gallery pieces; I will never re-sell a work done as a commission (as a print or, in some cases, the finished original) unless you specifically allow it.

This week’s IF topic was “Enough”…very tough! I went through a Japanese language blooper to gas prices to war…but I eventually settled on drawing things that I really like drawing: kids and candy. :)

I’m not old enough to remember the days of penny candy, but I’ve read that they were glorious. Did she save enough money to buy her favorite sweets?

So this is a piece from about a month ago, but looking at it again, I really want to share it, especially with all of the Illustration Friday entries that people made about how their heads are foggy without their morning cup of coffee. :)

It’s true for me, too.