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Hey guys, it's been a while. As always schools been busy and I'm a lazy butt so I tend not to work on personal art during school. I recently got into collecting Nendoroids. I've always been a big fan of ball jointed dolls but figures never appealed to me the way BJDs do because of how customize-able they are, but I really fell in love with Nendoroids, specifically the Miku ones. I ended up receiving my third Nendoroid in the mail today which is the Harvest Moon Miku. I made a box opening post on my blog if you would like to check it out:

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In other news, but much else is going on. I still have commissions from anime north that I need to finish (I'm terrible) so I'll probably work on them the next free chance I get. Sorry for my MIA all the time... I need to draw more OTL

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So it's been a while since I updated my journal. I've had a lot going on this summer which kept me really busy and didn't leave me a lot of time to finish commission or do personal work. I think I mentioned that I had to do a mandatory co-op this year for school at an animation studio and I ended up going to Guru for the summer. I started me co-op working with the marketing and development team on new shows and promoting existing ones on social media. Near the end of my co-op the FX team asked if I could help clean up their library and then I started helping out on FX after that which resulted in me getting a job. I worked there a bit over a month and I ended at the end of August before going back to school. 

I also had to attend to funerals this summer and I ended up fostering two rabbits that weren't being taken care of so I had the to deal with on top working two jobs. Since my internship was unpaid I had to keep my part time job at garage to cover travel costs and coming up with rent money, so I ended up working 7 days a week with no breaks and by the time I got home after commuting from Toronto to Oakville I just wanted to pass out. The team at Garage also underwent new management and I wasn't enjoying working there anymore so I ended up quitting, so now I'm jobless for the time being. That being said not having a job leaves me with a lot of time to do art. My commissions are open too .

On the subject of commissions, some of you may noticed a significant increase in my commission prices. I recently finished a commission that took me a very long time to complete. While everything above came into play there were other things that prolonged me from finishing it. I had asked for a really low price for this commission, and it really effected how I felt about my work. I know there are a lot of artist on here you under price themselves. I know I'm a culprit of it and I can tell you some of the reason why I felt this way; One, I wasn't famous enough to charge expensive prices, 2, I wanted everyone to be able to afford good quality art, and 3, I didn't think my skills were good enough to charge high prices. I also saw a lot of 'amateur' artists charge ridiculous prices and thought well... if I charge less, people will come to me instead of these other artists who art isn't as good as mine (that's terrible to say but its true).

Unfortunately though I still wasn't getting commissions so when I saw someone asking about commissions I mentioned my work and ended up taking on the request for little to no money. I started the commission right away and poured myself into the sketch but after time passed I became less and less committed to the commission, and it's because it wasn't worth my time. The amount of money I got for the commission and the amount of time I was putting into it wasn't worth it. When I finally did finish it I asked a few of my artists friends what they would have charges and everyone said a price that was over $100. When I told them the price that I charged they got visibly outraged that I under valued my art that much. So I sat down and took a look at my commission and asked myself how much would I have paid for this, and that's where I finally realized that I needed to start valuing myself as an artist and charging for commissions at a price where it's actually worth something to me. 

I think sometimes for someone to value themselves they really need to have an experience like this where they take a step back and realize that their art is worth so much more that they think it's worth.

So I'm sorry if the price increase upset some people and I'm sorry if it's too expensive for some people but at this point in my life I feel like this is the cheapest I want to go with my prices. I need to eat, and pay for rent and I can't do that if I charge 3x less than minimum wage on my commissions.

Other than that, schools started up again and I'm doing a group film this year so hopefully that goes well.

Thanks for reading
~Emi

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Hey Guys! So super exciting news, I got myself an art table this year! Celebrations are in order.
I haven't heard back yet where my table will be situated but I will update another journal with where I'll be located

I've been working viciously on creating wonderful prints for you guys so I really hope you'll stop by and come say hi, I will be cosplaying Sinon from Sword art online both Friday and Saturday and Sunday I will be Shizuma from Strawberry Panic. Please come say hi! 

I will have commissions available as well for those of you who want to commission me, I will have both digital and traditional commissions. Traditional can be picked up Sunday  at the convention and Digital will be completed after the convention.

If you guys have any suggestions of prints you want to see let me know, I already have quite a few shows I'm creating fan art for but I wan't to know the general public's opinions.

Love you guys, hope to see you there!

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Hi everyone.

I wanted to make a quick journal update in regards to my commission prices. I recently decided to raise my commission prices as I felt that I was under pricing (though I still am) my art work. I want to be able to offer affordable commissions to people while still making a decent profit for myself, as it is I make less than minimum wage off my commissions, and for some people their commissions are their only means of income. I have bills to pay and eventually I'll have to repay my school loans and I want to be able to start saving for those things. I don't feel that I'm ready as an artist to charge what I see most artists charging for commissions because I am still learning and have a long way to go before I hone my skills, but I do feel like my art is worth what I'm charging. I hope that you all can understand where I'm coming from and are supportive of my decision, and I apologize for any inconvenience this causes any future transactions

On a side note, I'm planning on entering the lottery this year for the Artist Alley at AN. I'm still going to enter the cover contest and I also plan on entering the gallery momiji this year as well. I hope that even if I don't get a table I might be able to see you guys in the gallery momiji or around the convention.

My school requires me to do a co-op this year so I'll have that to do this summer but I should still be able to work on commissions outside of that.
My commissions are open if you are interested, you can click the link in the side bar to visit my commission journal

Thanks for reading.
~Tengu

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Hey friends! I'm having a Christmas Art giveaway this year! If you're interested in a chance to win a free art request from me now is your chance.

Christmas Giveaway!


Just head on over to my facebook page make you you like it and then like and share the giveaway post and leave a comment with what you would like me to draw for you!

4 winners will be chosen on December 20th at midnight and the winner will receive their requests between the 25th and 30th of December.

I also have discounted commissions available for christmas. I'm offering 25% off so go check those out as well!
Commission Info [OPEN]




General Info
- I reserve the right to display the artwork commissioned. I reserve the right to refuse a request and the right to adjust the price of a commissions (before payment) if I deem necessary
- If for any reason I decide I cannot complete your commission after you've paid, you will receive a full refund
- I accept paypal only, you can send payments to tenguxchan@gmail.com
- Reference images are REQUIRED, I seriously stress this, especially for original characters.
- Commissions are on a personal basis. This give you the right to display my artwork online, make prints ect, for your own use. You may not use my artwork to make a profit.

Commissions Offered:



Chibi


|full color|transparent background -$15



Hope everyone is super excited for the holidays!

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