In light of the recent attacks on this site, and the fact that his site has been garbage for years now, I'm no longer going to be using FurAffinity. I have accounts on both DeviantArt and Weasyl under the same username, so please go and follow me there instead.

-Hawk

I talked about this just a bit in my latest journal on DA, but I feel like some of it should be repeated here.

People often complain about the prices that artists charge for their work. Of course it's a shock sometimes to look at how much someone might charge for a piece of artwork. Fifty, eighty, one hundred, two hundred, even five hundred dollars in some scenarios. To some people that seems ridiculous. They might want to buy art but have a smaller price range, or they might be an artist themselves, who can't earn nearly as much from their work.

This needs to be put into perspective. For a lot of artists who charge very high prices, what they earn from that artwork may not just "help" to pay the bills. That $200 commission might be needed to cover their rent for a month, or a car payment, or a dentist's fee. Artists who do commissions regularly oftentimes live off of that money.

Why is their artwork worth so much, you might ask? Some very skilled artists might put ten, twenty, even fifty hours into a piece of artwork. (I've seen some commission pieces that took even longer to make.) That is a significant amount of time--time that could be spent earning money doing other things. For example, I used to charge $35 for a full color picture of two characters with a background. Such a piece of artwork would take 12 hours at a minimum. Doing a bit of mental math, that equals less than $3 an hour. Not even close to minimum wage. I could have earned three times that money spending the same amount of time scrubbing toilets at my old job. And I would hope that my artwork is worth at least as much as a dozen hours of toilet scrubbing.

No, I don't plan on bumping up my prices to match what I earn during my day job. I still live with my family and I have other sources of income, and I like my art to be affordable. But my point is that some artists don't have a day job; doing commissions is their primary, sometimes their only, source of income. Even for those who do get paid elsewhere, it sometimes still isn't worth it to spend their downtime doing work for someone that will only pay them a fraction of what they would earn doing a job that requires much less skill and dedication (i.e. every minimum wage job in the civilized world.)

Also, in regard to the world of furry artwork especially, commissioners ask for weird things. Oftentimes they ask for things that the artist isn't really interested in drawing. Speaking as an artist, drawing something you have no motivation to draw besides the prospect of a $3 hourly wage... It's not fun. It's frustrating, and sometimes turns the artist off from doing any art at all. If you're going to ask someone to draw your six-legged turquoise-and-chartreuse-furred fox-wolf-taur-hybrid fursona with eagle wings and a twelve-foot penis... First of all, the artist has the right to turn you down. Second of all, the artist has the right to charge more if it's more complex than their usual work, or different subject matter. Drawing something different from the norm is oftentimes difficult, and may require extra time and effort than what it takes to draw what they are accustomed to.

The reason I decided to talk about this is because I caught glimpse of someone's journal on here, ranting about how much popular artists charge for their work. The person in question was an artist as well. I'm not sure what encouraged their ill feelings, whether it was jealousy or frustration or what, but they were extremely angry. I commented on the journal to make a couple of the points I've made here. I was just adding to the discussion, to put the situation into a different perspective. I went back to find that the aforementioned member had deleted my comment, un-watched me and blocked me from their page. Now, I'm not so upset about losing a watcher, or about being blocked by someone who clearly has an issue with being slightly contradicted, but this brings me to my final point.

People are way too easily offended. On the internet and in real life. I don't understand what's gotten into the human race. Communities like those on Tumblr and here on Furaffinty are especially terrible about this. The fact that someone says something contradictory to how you feel or believe does not mean that you have a right to be offended. That person is not your oppressor or your enemy. If you're going to cut people out of the picture--like the person who removed me for giving a rational response to their frustrated journal--you have some issues. If you can never cede to someone else's point, no matter how fact-based or sincere it might be, you are behaving like a baby. I'm just being honest here. Part of maturity is being able to live with people who don't always agree with you. The mentality that permeates different cliques today, that anyone who challenges or disagrees with their opinion or lifestyle is being oppressive, judgmental or hateful, is so childish I can't comprehend how it's become so common.

To be fair, there are plenty of judgmental and hateful people out there as well. But more often than not, it's these cliques that become more judgmental and hateful of the people around them. You'll get a little group of people who think or feel the same way about some subject--be it sexuality, identity, or something like commission prices--and they feed off of each other, build up on the things they agree on, their shared interests and feelings. Pretty soon they start believing that everyone else is stupid for not thinking the same way. Even worse, they will start ignoring and blocking anyone who thinks differently, totally shutting out any voices besides their own. Now, this could be a small group of people, or a large community, or just one close-minded individual. No matter how many people are involved, it's ridiculous. You're not being harassed just because someone tells you their opinion, and you're not being oppressed just because another group of people doesn't submit to your inflated sense of superiority in thought. Here's a tip: get over yourself.

At this point, I'm sure that's the key to happiness. Getting over yourself. Stop taking yourself so seriously, and stop reading hate into every contradictory statement from someone else's mouth. I don't care who or what you are--Christian, atheist, gay, straight, black, white, American, Russian, conservative, liberal, butter-side-up or butter-side-down. We're all people, and the world would be so much more peaceful if we didn't get so worked up over petty differences. As a person, I have my own beliefs, my own opinions, my own thoughts and feelings. Everyone does. It's nonsensical to tell yourself that you have the right to be offended when your beliefs clash with someone else's. You don't have to be offended. Again, get over yourself. Stop taking yourself so seriously, and stop interpreting that disagreement as oppression and hatred. If you want to see oppression and hatred, look at the mass murder of Jews between 1941 and 1945. Don't look at your religious neighbor because they won't bake a cake for a gay couple. It is inevitable that ideas and feelings will clash, but keep in mind that freedom goes both ways. Just as you have the right to think what you want to think, so do the people who you feel are harassing you. They might just be disagreeing, and you might have to stop confusing contradiction with oppression.

Anyway, what started as a few thoughts on commission pricing escalated to a bit of a rant, but these are things that need to be said.

Feel free to share your opinions. And don't worry, I'm not going to delete your comments or block you if I disagree. I might parry and riposte, but I'll treat you with the dignity that you deserve as an individual.

-Hawk

Just thought I'd let everyone know.

I've been mostly busy with my summer job, which isn't the best job ever, but I need the money.

I have had little time or inspiration to work on art, though I do have some things to finish up for SteinWill, and hopefully I can work on more concepts for a somewhat secret project between myself and 0laffson.

As far as my fantasy project goes, I intended to spend part of the summer writing, but so far I've gotten nothing done. The fact that I've been so unproductive is starting to irritate me. I plan on turning that around soon.

In other news, my car broke down a few days ago. It's fixed now, but I need to get something new before the end of the summer. My '96 Cadillac Seville is a tough old girl, but it's about time for her to retire.

I also have some more dental work that needs to be done, which I can't afford, but my parents are helping me out there.

I can't think of much else worth mentioning as of now, but I'll update later if something comes to mind. Until next time, this is Hawk signing off.

# Dating sucks, and this is a good song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYZ40lDrqb0

It has come to my attention that a lot of people with a passion for art don't fully understand the difference between different image file formats, color modes, resolutions, or a lot of other technical aspects of digital artwork. Since I've been learning a lot about this stuff, I thought I'd share some basic tips and information that might help anyone who wants to make the best of their artwork. For all the skimmers out there, I'll put the important points in bold.

First off, most image files are raster graphics (also referred to as "bitmap images,") which means that they are represented by pixels of varying color and tone. The file size of an image is based on the amount of pixels and the amount of bits per pixel. That's where we get terms like "8-bit," "24-bit," et cetera. Each bit represents a level of color data for that pixel, which means that a higher number of bits allows for a higher number of possible colors represented in the image. High bit numbers can also allow for alpha channels, which can give an image transparency.

Most people know the term "resolution" in regard to the display resolution of their monitor. Resolution also applies to the amount of pixels in an image, as well as the amount of pixels per inch of that image. Image resolution is referred to as "ppi" or "dpi" (pixels per inch/dots per inch.) My monitor has a resolution of 1920x1080 at 127 dpi, which means that an image file of that same resolution would fill my screen, but it would not fill the screen of a monitor with a higher resolution. An important thing to remember is that a high resolution does not necessarily mean high quality. A raster image may be upscaled to a larger resolution, but because it does not have any data to fill in the fine details at a larger size, it will appear fuzzy or pixellated. More on that later.

The resolution of your digital artwork should depend on what you intend to do with it. There is no one "catch-all" resolution. Generally, digital design teachers will tell you that images used for web should be 72 dpi, while images to be printed should be 300 dpi. While this is true in some cases, these resolutions should not be used for all web or print images.

Most computer monitors today display much more than 72 dpi. Mine is 127 dpi, which means that a 72x72 dpi image would appear little more than half of an inch on my computer. The problem is that there are many different devices today with many different displays, so if you are designing for a website or mobile app, you should do some research to see what dpi your images should be. Keep in mind that your image, whether it's a logo, a photograph, a painting, et cetera, will appear differently at its full size on different devices.

The same goes for images which you plan to have printed. 300 dpi is a good starting point, but keep in mind that for the highest quality printed image, the dpi should be 1.5 to 2 times the "lpi" (lines per inch) of the device it will be printed on. Lpi refers to the distance between halftone dots the printing device is capable of producing. 150 happens to be a common lpi for printers, which is why 300 dpi is often said to be the best resolution for printed images, but that is not always the case. Very high quality printers can go up to 300 lpi, which would require an image with a resolution of 450-600 dpi for the best quality printing.

In general, digital art should have a high resolution at the start, then it can be scaled down to the appropriate resolution for uploading to a website or whatever it is you plan to do with it. Always avoid scaling up a raster image if possible. There is no way to upscale a raster image without losing quality. Some software allows images to be enlarged with little loss of quality, but as previously stated, there still will not be pixel data for the software to fill in fine details. To avoid losing quality in my artwork, I scan all of my drawings at 600 dpi. That makes for very large filesizes, but it means that I have high quality digital backups of all of my artwork, and I can easily downscale it to any size I might need.

Always duplicate a file before editing and saving it. This goes for everything from a JPG you're color correcting, to a PSD you're working on with layers. If you save over the original image file, it will be lost. I can't stress this enough. You will always benefit from being able to access the original image data, whether it's for a personal artwork, a commission, or something you do for your job.

When an image file is saved, whether in Photoshop, MS Paint, Gimp, et cetera, it is usually compressed. That means that certain pixel data is discarded to avoid redundant data and allow for smaller file sizes. There are two types of compression: lossy and lossless. Lossy means that the image is highly compressed and lots of pixel data is discarded the process, while lossless means that only useless or redundant data is discarded and the image quality is not compromised. Except for some file types which are not compressed, most raster image files fall into one of these categories. I will explain a few common formats and what they mean for the presentation and storage of your artwork.

JPG is the most common image format online. They are 24-bit files capable of representing 16 million colors. However, it is a lossy format. JPGs have small file sizes, but editing and saving them over time will visibly reduce the quality of the image. JPGs suffer from distortion known as "artefacting," which may appear as noise around the edges of an object in an image, or as blurry squares throughout the image. This file type is best used when a smaller file size is more important than higher image quality (such as web use,) but it should not be used for images you plan to edit and save repeatedly, or for artwork you wish to preserve at high resolution.

GIF files allow multiple frames, making them capable of animation. However, GIF files are only 8-bit (256 colors.) Because of the small amount of colors, they can not represent smooth gradients of color, as a photograph or artwork requires. GIF format should not be used for artwork except for animations and simple graphics. On the positive side, GIF files are lossless, which means that you can edit and save one repeatedly without losing pixel data.

BMP is a simple, uncompressed file format. BMPs are compatible with many operating systems and image editing programs. The lack of compression means that BMP files are very large, but also that they lose no image quality. They are not good for online use because of their size, but they are good for images which will be printed. If compressed in a ZIP or RAR file, BMP format can be a great way to store artwork without loss of quality.

TIF format is lossless, capable of 48-bit color, and has large file sizes. TIFs are the standard for digital images among most professional photographers and printing businesses. The main downside to TIF files is that they can not be viewed in web browsers, so a TIF image must be converted to a different format before uploading online, such as JPG or PNG.

PNG files were originally intended to be an upgrade from GIF files. PNGs can be up to 48-bit and have transparency. They use lossless compression, which means that compared to JPGs, they have larger file sizes with higher image quality, and compared to BMPs, they have smaller file sizes with nearly equal image quality. They preserve image quality by only discarding useless data. PNG files are good for storing and editing artwork without worrying about loss of image quality after many edits. I keep all of my artwork in PNG format, as it is a very flexible middle-of-the-road format.

The last thing I want to comment on is color modes. There are two primary color modes which an artist should be concerned with: RGB and CMYK. Images are displayed on a monitor as RGB, which means that colors are created with red, green and blue light. Images intended for web use should be kept in RGB mode, which is the default for most editing programs. However, if you plan to have the image printed, it must be converted to CMYK (also known as "process color.") Printers use cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink (the K actually stands for "key color," as it isn't always true black) to create the spectrum of colors. When creating artwork or editing a photo, there can be a visible difference when converting to and from RGB and CMYK, so always make sure that you're editing in the proper color mode for the intent of the image.

This is also true for the Grayscale color mode. An image may be desaturated or turned black and white, but it will not truly be a black and white file until the Grayscale mode is selected. However, you should always convert an image to black and white before making it Grayscale, so that you can edit color curves before removing all color data except black.

Anyway, that's just a few things I thought might be worth sharing, for anyone who could benefit from it. If you have any questions feel free to ask me! I'll be glad to explain things as I understand them.

Courtesy of  SteinWill, who is an awesome friend. Go give him my love!

Pictures of it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75463.....7649846831054/

I'll do a video review sometime soon.

I feel like I'm at a crossroads in my life right now. There are so many directions I could go, and so many things to weigh against each other. I've reached a point where I don't know exactly what I want. I have a general idea, but there are many lanes in the same highway, and no telling where they might branch off from each other, or if I'd be able to switch after I pick one. At this critical time I don't want to make a decision that I'm going to regret next year, or ten years from now. But I know that I do have decisions to make, and that I'm not devoting nearly enough of my energy to the decision-making process. Questions have emerged that I don't have the answer to. Some of them I might never know the answers to.

I love my family more than anything. I went through the typical teenage period of loathing my parents and constantly arguing with my brother, but now spending time with them is one of my favorite things in the world. My grandparents are collectively the nicest people I know. My mom's mother and her husband live in the woods in a small town between college and home, and I love visiting them for a weekend here and there. It's so peaceful to be away from all the business of life, just to relax in their lodge-styled home and watch out the window as the sun rises and sets through the trees. To let one of their cats lay in my lap while the dog lays at my feet, and my grandpa watches history programs until he goes to bed at 7 p.m. Grandma always makes me pancakes with blueberries for breakfast, fried catfish for dinner and apple pie or peach turnovers for dessert. Sometimes she'll bake me a loaf of potato bread to take back to school.

At college I often struggle to manage my time and resources. I have too many interests and not enough to devote to all of them. My priorities, or at least what should be my priorities, tend to suffer. But I keep going. I have good friends here, and I've been wrong to doubt their friendship in the past. If anything ruins my friendships here, it will most likely be me. I owe a lot to my work station on campus right now. I've really found a home at the College Press. Never before would I have considered working on a press to be fun, but everyone in the shop is like one big family. I have awesome co-workers, an admirable supervisor and a great boss. The Graphic Arts professor is one of my favorites, too. You never know what might come out of his mouth, and even if he struggles to show it sometimes, he really appreciates us. He gives me a pat on the back whenever he walks by, and I do my best to keep him entertained with a cheesy joke now and then.

In regard to relationships, I really don't know what I want, or what I should want, or what I should be looking for. I have never been in a relationship that lasted more than three months. In every local relationship I've been in, I've been on the receiving end of the breakup. In every long-distance relationship I've tried, I've ended it because of complications. I feel like I'm in limbo right now. I know that if I date someone else in college, one of two things will happen: either it will be over by the time we graduate, or we will end up getting married. Because of that, it's impossible to know if I've found the person who is worth all of my time and effort. There have been too many times when I thought I found that person, but I was only lying to myself. I trust people far too much for my own good. On the other hand, I doubt myself far too much for my own good.

I don't know what else to say. I know this is a bit impromptu but there's just been so much on my mind. I needed to get some of it out. I hope I at least find inspiration to work on something soon, be it a story or a piece of art. At the moment I have no direction, and the fact that there are so many directions I could take is somewhat overwhelming. I just wish someone would come along and help me make those decisions. I have priorites, sort of. My family, my friends, my dignity. But I don't know what should come after that, or in what order. Best just to lay low for a while until the clouds of indecision blow over, I suppose. They won't linger forever, and neither will I.

"I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger, Just traveling through this world of woe; But there's no sickness, no toil or danger, In that fair land to which I go."

I'll be heading back to college in just a few days. The 25th is work orientation day, and the good news is that I'm officially working at the College Press this semester! I'm definitely looking forward to it. It's a lot more relevant to my interests, and it won't be as stressful or overbearing as my job last year at the fancy lodge/restaurant on campus.

My trip to Colorado a couple weeks ago was pretty great. We visited Pike's Peak, saw the cliff dwellings in Manitou, rode horses in the Garden of the Gods, and a lot of other fun stuff. I got to hang out with SergrantQuin for a while too! It was nice to spend time in person with one of my long-time online buddies.

It will be easier for me to do commissions while I'm at school because I've got my own scanner now. I know everyone needs money, so I'm not going to play the part of the starving artist. Just feel free to throw some at me if you want some art. I'm raising my prices a bit because I realized that the amount I was charging before wasn't really fair for myself, considering how long I spend on a piece. $25 for a finished piece that I spent five hours on isn't really enough to make it worth my time, when I could have spent that five hours scrubbing toilets for $9 an hour and earned twice that amount.

Also, I can guarantee that a portion of the money I earn from commissions from now on will go towards charity. I'm working on starting a charity group with some friends and we're going to be pooling money to get things going. I'll post a journal in the future specifically about our cause once we settle on a few decisions, and hopefully get a temporary website up.

Anyway, the increase in pricing won't be too much because I still want my commissions to be affordable. I'm not popular enough to charge an arm and a leg anyway, like some of the big-name furry artists. Here's the updated price info:

Prices start at $10 for lineart. Shading costs an additional $10, color another $10, and $5 for a background (I don't usually do complex backgrounds, but if you want something less simple, we can negotiate it.)
One character fully colored and with a background costs a total of $35 (10+10+10+5).

Adding additional characters costs $5 for lineart, plus $5 for shading, and another $5 for color.
Lineart of two characters costs $15 ($10+$5.) A fully shaded and colored piece with two characters with a background would cost $50 ($10+$5+$10+$5+$10+$5+$5.)


That's it for now. This is Hawk, signing off.

Back in May I streamed the first half of RtCW. Finally tonight I'm going to try finishing the game! Starting at 6 p.m. CST, so about 45 minutes away! Drop by if you can. http://www.twitch.tv/baronhawk

UPDATE: Going live now!

UPDATE II: All done! I played the game for exactly 4 hours, making the game take about 9 hours total. It felt great to defeat Heinrich for the first time in ages! Thanks to everyone who watched, even for a bit!

So, there's been some good things happening as of late.

I finally got a summer job. It's nothing glamorous, but it pays. I'm doing the after-hours cleaning at an elementary school, just tidying up classrooms and offices, cleaning bathrooms, mopping hallways, et cetera. I'm on my own and the hours are super flexible, so there's no stress, no time crunch, no annoying co-workers. It's a really relaxed job and it's been pretty good so far.

Saturday through Tuesday I'll be attending Lilies War, the big annual SCA event for the Kingdom of Calontir. The event is nine days long and the Kingdom has an entire campground bought out for the duration. I'll only be there for about three and a half days though, because of work and family and everything. But it should be fun nonetheless. I have to say, as a new member, I've felt very welcome in the group. Everyone is willing to help and even after just a couple meetings, I've already learned a lot and more or less got offered a position in the local Barony. I really look forward to getting more involved in the group.

No art lately, I'm afraid, but I do owe some to a very generous friend who loaned me some money until I could get a job. Hopefully I'll find some inspiration when I'm back from my trip! For now, Hawk out.

First I wanted to announce that I have a Spreadshirt shop now. The selection is a bit limited, but I'm working on more designs to put up, and I'm open to suggestions. Check it out if you're interested, and show some support for your friendly neighborhood starving artist! http://baronhawk.spreadshirt.com/

Second, I became a Baron of Sealand recently. I know I mentioned it to a few people but I don't think I ever mentioned it in a journal. So here you go, peasants, read it and weep: http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Lieu.....and_papers.jpg

As far as life goes, I just finished my first year of college. I'm spending the summer at home and currently looking for a job. It's going a bit slow but there are a couple of promising opportunities. Besides work, I plan on spending the next three months working on projects, namely The Vindication of Achaemon, as well as other things I just don't have time, resources or energy to do during school.

Also, I've decided I really want to join the SCA, the Society for Creative Anachronism. If you've never heard of it, it's an international organization dedicated to recreating Medieval times "as they should have been." It's basically like LARP but much more serious and without the fantasy elements. I'm going to attend a meeting of the local Barony next week, so I'm pretty excited! I live smack-dab in the middle of the Kingdom of Calontir, just a hop, skip and a jump away from their big annual event called the Lilies War, which I really hope I can make it to.

I'm going to finish streaming Return to Castle Wolfenstein sooner or later. Just waiting for an evening when I'm home alone and I don't have to worry about the family bugging me.

That's all I can think of for now, but I'll update later if anything else crosses my mind. Until then, Hawk out.

I know it's not any surprise that I'm working on a fantasy series, based on the tons of concept art I've churned out over the past few months. I've been brainstorming and drawing up ideas for quite a while now, and I thought it would be appropriate to make an announcement now that I have found for myself the heart of the series of stories I want to write.

I'll start out with a couple of definitions.

To vindicate is to prove that someone is either not guilty of a crime, or reasonable in their actions. In other words, it means to either absolve or justify. Either way, it is a form of defense.

In old-speak, an ancient common language in my fantasy world, the name of the continent Achaemon means "home of many peoples." It is a compound of achay, meaning many different things (as opposed to achor, which means many of the same,) and mon, or home.

Though old-speak died out long ago, the name of the continent has remained, and became even more relevant after the arrival of humans, elves and orcs, who began to inhabit the land alongside its original inhabitants, the beast-men, anthropomorphic animals of various races.

Each people group has its reasons for liking or disliking another. Though there are a fair number of people with no reason for their bias, most of the racism on Achaemon isn't entirely unfounded. That's not to say that it is a good thing, however. Everyone is flawed, and two of their biggest flaws are pride and greed. It is pride in one's personal and cultural identity, and greed for power and pleasure, that drives prejudice and oppression in all directions across the continent.

Certainly, pride and greed are common traits among common people. It doesn't make one evil to live with a tinge of either. But what happens when they are not kept in check? What is the result of uncontrolled lust for superiority and satisfaction?

One becomes evil when they let the forces of pride and greed overcome them, when they disregard their conscience and the well-being of others in favor of fulfilling personal desires.

How, then, does one vindicate oneself when faced with a tendency towards one evil or the other? How does one prove oneself not guilty, if not innocent, of evil?

The vindication is threefold. It is to fight, to heal, and to love. To fight is to make a stand, to confront something and struggle against it. To heal is to treat injuries, to remedy a person's wounds, both physical and emotional. To love is to put someone before oneself, to set one's needs and desires aside in favor of another person's well-being.

To fight, heal and love is to vindicate oneself against pride and greed. Failure to prove oneself not guilty, failure to prevent oneself from living a life controlled by haughtiness and desire, is to fall into evil. Vindication is the act of freeing and keeping oneself free from the guilt and blame of evil.

Parting entirely from pride and greed is indeed impossible; its influence will always be present, even if unnoticed. That is why vindication must be a constant act, a never-ending vigil against ensnarement.

The Vindication of Achaemon will be a Medieval fantasy series based around the concept of a struggle against evil, both internal and external, personal and pervasive. As of now I'm planning four stories, and will possibly see about having them published if they turn out well and if people enjoy them enough.

The stories themselves are still very rough works in progress, so I'm open for any comments, suggestions or ideas.

The semester is coming to a close, so in celebration of summer, and because I'm excited about the release of Wolfenstein: The New Order, I'm considering doing a stream of Return to Castle Wolfenstein this Saturday afternoon/evening. RtCW is one of my all-time favorite games, and my thought was to play it all the way through. If I can, that is. For a 2001 game, it's pretty long.

If anyone would be interested in watching, let me know! It's not for sure, but if enough people want to drop in, I'll try to do it.

UPDATE: I will be streaming RtCW today, starting at 3:00 PM Central Standard Time. I might have to break for dinner but I'll have some snacks on hand so I don't get too hungry. I plan on playing the game all the way through, or at least as far as I can get before I wear myself out. Drop by if you can! https://www.twitch.tv/baronhawk

UPDATE II: Going live now!

UPDATE III: Done streaming! Played for five hours straight and got through the first four missions. I'll get back to it soon and hopefully beat the game! Thanks to everyone who tuned in.

I just thought I'd put up a new journal with more specific info on commissions.

Prices start at $10 for lineart. Shading costs an additional $5, color another $5, and another $5 for a background.
One character fully colored and with a background costs a total of $25 (10+5+5+5).

Adding additional characters costs $5 regardless of what level of completeness you want.
Lineart of two characters is $15 (10+5). A fully colored piece with four characters and a background would cost $40 (10+5+5+5+5+5+5).

I think this system should be reasonable enough. If you are interested in a commission, send me a note describing what exactly you'd like and I'll see what I can do for you. I can take payments through PayPal and I'm willing to give just about anything a try!

Also, I'm open for trades if anyone would like to negotiate some art for art!

Requests are always closed but random gifts are always a maybe.

-Hawk

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am taking commissions. I've got some things I need to save up for and I can take payments through PayPal. Standard prices can range from $15-40 depending on what it is you want. Send me a note if you're interested and we can work out a deal.

-Hawk

Subject unrelated.

I'm trying to be more active here. I like DeviantART more but feedback over there seems to be dwindling. I like hearing from people. :U

Anyway, the whole F3 thing fell through last December, but I plan on trying to go this year. I'm just trying to hang in here with college and everything.

So yeah... I think that's all I wanted to say.

Goodbye, good luck and godspeed.

-Hawk

I just wanted to inquire of my watchers and anyone who might stumble on my page if you or anyone you know is going to F3 this year.

F3 is Missouri's new furry con, started last year. It was in Springfield, but this year it's going to be in Branson, just a few minutes from my college. Chances are I'll probably be able to make it, and I'm rather excited about the thought. I'm going to try having a scalesuit done by then. If not I'll most likely parade around as a plague doctor as usual.

I was wondering who might be going in order to plan a meetup or something beforehand. And if I choose to stay at the con for a night it would probably be nice to have a roommate.

That is all for now. Hawk out.

I am mainly a DeviantART user and I really had no reason to make an account here. I just want another place to store my art, and I figure I can get a bit more publicity by branching out more. Feel free to comment and fav your heart out; I will try to reply and everything, but as I mentioned, I am mainly a dA user and therefore I won't be on here as much.

God bless!
-Hawk