sammyphoenix

First off, two pics of Blast Off and Onslaught. TAAO is killing me with these two. I'm so sad to see this series end. I hope something continues along this line some how.
( Digital Drawing of Blast Off and Onslaught )

( Draw Request for Blast Off and Onslaught )

Playing with a brush pen. I don't really work with my ink pens much any more :(
( Perceptor in Ink )

( Inked Sharkies )

I've been playing with paints recently. I love using these. There is something really relaxing about painting.
( Minibot Series )

(I have this one in inks too)
( Just keep swimming )

Currently I'm working on a painting of Soundwave. I've been up and down emotionally these past few days, so he's going a bit slower than I would like. But! He is also bigger than the mini bots. The minibots are on 4x6 canvases, Soundwave is on 8x10.


I'm having ideas for other series portraits. Along with Soundwave I want to do Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Lazarbeak, and Ratbat, only they would be on the 4x6.
B thinks I should do something similar with Blaster and his cassettes.

Then, there is the idea to do 4x6 of individual combiner mechs and then an 8x10 of the combiner itself. This one sounds a bit grandiose to me. I've not done a combiner before and I would want to do too much detail -_-'

B also has a lot more confidence in me than I do. He's gotten me thinking about doing commissions. I've shared some comments I've gotten on my paintings and he thinks people would buy my work. I'm tempted to throw it out there, but I just don't have confidence that I would be able to produce what someone asks for. I'd be to worried about what exactly they would want. There is also the fact that everyone is opening commissions right now. Why get one of my paintings when one could buy something better from another artist?

I also have no idea what to charge. I'm not really out on materials, those are fairly cheap (at least for me). Shipping could get tricky. I did go to a couple of comic shops that were selling similar sized paintings. I think the 4x6 were $25, and I kind of felt that my skill was a bit higher than that artists. But, $25 seems too high to me. I was thinking $10, and B said I was aiming too low. I don't know how much they were doing 8x10s.

Any thoughts on any of the above? Suggested prices you would buy for? Would you request a commision if I put one up?

What kinds of communities and groups are out there for tf fans? I see people often talking about discussing things with people and I don't know where they do this. Am I missing out on groups and communities out there or do I just need to approach others and try to get conversations started?

Starting Again: Chapter 4: Shopping by sammyphoenix

Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thundercracker/Ultra Magnus
Characters: Thundercracker (Transformers), Ultra Magnus (Transformers)

Some plans are made and Thundercracker needs some groceries.

I'm back on skype if anyone wants to hit me up for a chat.

username is sammyphoenix.

I made cookies for a coworkers bday. So...robots eating cookies.

I'm trying to get more active in communities. I've fallen in and out due to life and have lost lots of connections I felt I had. It's so hard to just talk to people again after not for a long while. These types of interactions make me extremely anxious. But I'm really going to try now that life has some what settled down.