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Today's $5 Sketch Day is now closed. Thanks for participating!

Good morning friends list, visitors, and lurkers! It is Tuesday, which means that it is the weekly $5 Sketch Day that I host on this blog. So, come on in, make yourselves comfortable, and leave your one word prompts.

1) For $5, I will create a sketch for every prompt left.

2) For $8, I will create two sketches.

3) The first three prompts will be free.

4) Every person who leaves five linkbacks (via LiveJournal, Facebook, Tumblr, etc) will get a free sketch in addition to the one paid for. And yes, if you are one of the first three to leave a prompt and also give linkbacks, you'll get two sketches for free!

5) Paid sketches from US-based prompters will also receive a free mini-print (4x6) of the sketch in the mail. Be sure to PM me with your contact details if you want the print! Sorry, this only applies to prompters in the US.

I'll stop taking requests at 5 p.m. CST; at that point I'll start screening comments for this post. Also, please allow time for me to get to your prompt, especially if there are a lot of prompters. I will make every effort to get to all of the prompts today; barring that, tomorrow. Again, it depends on how many prompts I receive.

Please, no fan art requests, due to legal concerns.

Previously, I held weekly Free Sketch Days on this blog. I can no longer afford the time and energy to create a large number of prompted sketches for free on a weekly basis, but that's not to say that I won't periodically hold a Free Sketch event, where I take a handful prompts for a few hours every now and again. Be sure to stay tuned for those events!

Don't forget to leave your one-word prompts in the comments of this entry when you pay!

Some sketches from previous Sketch Days.

I've been getting myself back into the game artistically since getting back to Texas. I have yet to dip back into the crowdfunding, though, and I'm afraid it has more to do with a lack of confidence than a lack of desire or need.

I desperately need to raise prices, because I need the money--especially after the insane number of medical bills I have incurred and am still incurring--but I'm afraid I'm going to shoot myself in the foot by doing so. I have tentative plans. For one, I'm considering hosting weekly $5 Sketch Days, rather than Free Sketch Days, but taking the first five prompts for free. Detailed black and white drawings will ordinarily go for $50 and up, depending on complexity, and Discounted Character Portrait Days will be re-instated on a periodic basis at $30 per portrait. I'll also offer story illustration, both black and white and color, for $50 and up.

I have to remind myself that even these prices are very low for a professional, but I still have this nagging voice in the back of my head that tells me my work isn't good enough to charge that much, that no one will want to pay that much. It's a voice that I'm determined to ignore.

I hope to be delving back into the crowdfunding sometime this coming week. I may test the waters with a $5 Sketch Day.

But anyway! I also come bearing artwork. Paintings and fan art sketches. As always, click for larger.

Ghostlight. This is for sale as a print Here.

Woman of the Mists. This is for sale as a print Here.

Dean Winchester from Supernatural.

The Eleventh Doctor, from Doctor Who

Just a drive-by posting with another sketch. This concept is actually one I've explored before several years ago, but my skills have developed some since then and I wanted another go at it. I might develop this one later.

I think I might be ready to finish up some of those unfinished pieces.

Diamond Tears

I am now in Texas, and starting to feel much better. I think being out of the hospital environment is helping. I'm still easily tired, and very sore, but I'm getting there.

I did another sketch today. My hand is getting steadier, and I'm able to do a bit more detail work. I hope soon to be able to catch up on back projects and then start producing some new material.

So yesterday evening, for the first time since the surgery, I tried some sketching. Just a bit of line art, and my hand's still very wobbly, but it'll be good to keep practicing and re-build my dexterity. Here's one piece I did.

Credit goes to Faestock on Deviantart for the reference.

Recovering day by day, bit by bit. And I chopped off my matted dredlock-mop of hip-length hair because it was driving me insane. It feels so much better, though I need to get it trimmed and styled. Here's a pic of yours truly sitting in the bed at the rehab center, earphones in. I might be a little high on pain meds here. Also, hospitalization as a weight-loss program-- effective, though not exactly recommended. I lost a good twenty pounds since my admission date.

EDIT 2: I'm now closed for prompts. Thanks for participating, everyone! I will be working on the remainder of the sketches as I have time tomorrow and possibly Friday. I should have the lot of em completed by the end of the week.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone for your prompts! I will be getting to the rest of you who commented tomorrow (I may do another sketch or two tonight, but mostly I'll save them for tomorrow because I want to make sure I give each sketch a good amount of attention). Hope everyone has a good night.

Good morning, friends list, visitors, and lurkers! Once again, it is Tuesday, which means that it is the weekly Free Sketch Day that I host on this blog.

This is the new, revamped Free Sketch Day. There are loads of new tip incentives both collectively and individually, and some new rules. Please be sure to read everything detailed below!

Free Sketch Day is now a two day event! From 10 a.m. Tuesday until 10 p.m. Wednesday, I will be taking one word prompts.

FSD will always be free of the obligation to pay, however, I am going to be instating a number of new tip incentives both collectively and individually, as detailed below.

Current Tip Tally: $20

Tip tally amounts (collective tips):

$0-- Everyone gets one free sketch based on a one word prompt.

$25- Everyone either gets 2 sketches based on one word prompts, or 1 digitally inked sketch based on a prompt.

$50-- Everyone gets 2 digitally inked sketches based on one word prompts.

$200-- 1 out of the 2 digitally inked sketches for each prompter will be fully colorized.

$300-- Everyone gets 2 digitally inked and colorized sketches.

Individual tipper incentives (Please take note that I can only ship in the US at this time. If you live in another country, I will be able to send you a download, but I just can't afford to send out prints that will cost $13 or more to ship):

$3- $10-- One 6x4 unframed Photo Print of your choice and a high res download.

$11- $30-- Two 6x4 unframed Photo Prints of your choice, or one 10x8 unframed Photo Print and high res downloads.

$31- $80-- Two 10x8 unframed Photo Prints and high res downloads.

$81 and up -- One 10x8 Framed and Matted Photo Print (standard frame, standard matte) and high res downloads.

(Images may be resized or cropped to fit the print sizes)

A few important notes:

1) I'm going to stop taking fan art prompts, or interpreting prompts as fan art, just to be legally safe.

2) If you leave a prompt, I would be very grateful if you spread the word about FSD in whatever way seems best to you. I'm not going to make it a requirement, but more people visiting FSD means a greater likelihood that everyone will be getting color sketches!

3) I'm not going to be creating artwork in real time anymore, as I'm going to be holding this over a two-day period. I will, however, get to each request in a reasonable amount of time (which will vary depending on whether or not it is a quick sketch, a digitally inked sketch, or a color sketch).

Also, once a month, I will hold a prize drawing for one piece of free digitally inked and colorized artwork based on the FSD prompt of the winner's choice. January's winner was

minor_architect, who will be receiving this illustration when completed:

And that's about it. Have at it!

Some sketches from previous FSDs

Good morning, friends list, visitors, and lurkers! Once again, it is Tuesday, which means that it is the weekly Free Sketch Day that I host on this blog.

But this time, I'm going to be doing things a little bit differently.

Free Sketch Day is now a two day event! From 10 a.m. Tuesday until 10 p.m. Wednesday, I will be taking one word prompts.

FSD will always be free of the obligation to pay, however, I am going to be instating a number of new tip incentives both collectively and individually, as detailed below.

Tip tally amounts (collective tips):