The end of an era, maybe the start of a new one

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10 years in DA already... Isn´t time quite fast, right? XD

Yeah, in resume, it´s been about 10 years now that I´m working here on Deviantart, with comes and goes with other projects, but, in the end, all this time gave me views, appreciation, and fans around the globe, and I thank ALL of you that was part of all this!

But as we all know, everything has its phases, the beginnings and ends, and, after all that passed, I think it´s time to announce something important here

For the ones who don´t know (I think many already do, but yeah, there might be some new guys around), I had a major health problem this last couple of years, with a hearth-disorder that started all of a sudden, and is going down the road with me every day ever since

With comes and goes on the "feeling better" part and not much help on the medical side of things, I´ve noticed two important things from all this:

1 - It´s something that is already here, and, no matter what end this will give me, it´s something I need to endure and live with
2 - The condition gets worse with stress and pressure on my life and on myself, as I noticed in the worst way possible by the last year´s end, with the amount of projects to handle and such

So, getting these two information together, makes me realize something, that, in the end, there is no plans, jobs, or projects that will guarantee to keep me going, and, what I have, is only what I can offer and do, with the things I have in hands

With that, I came to the conclusion that I´ve reached a long time before, but, unfortunately, hadn´t the courage to do so at that time: (and yeah, no regrets too, I know things wouldn´t have worked if happened like that)

"I´m really tired with the things I do here for a living"

And yeah, don´t get me wrong, this doesn´t mean I´m done with drawings and art in general... this is PART of my life (started drawing when I was 4) and, this, alongside music, is something I can´t see myself living without doing

But the whole subject of "gore, Ryona, and fatalities" yeah... I´ve grow tired of all this at the point that doing these scenes are making me feel sick from the stress and pressure of doing something I clearly don´t like anymore

So this might be a stone in the hearth of some fans here, people that love this type of work and always support me for some more, but yeah, one of the things that I didn´t respect that much was my own will of doing things in this proccess, and now, with the worst motive possible, I finally learned my lesson

So then, what now? This gallery is officially done for? The patreon packs are extint? Not at all

You see, this is still my work, my way of living, and, without this, yeah, I wouldn´t be able to pay the bills, do the things I do and etcs.. It´s not that I´m abandoning things up, but rather, transforming it

I will try to use topics here to make things easier to understand, so, in resume, here goes:

1 - I will keep doing commissions, but not "scenes" anymore, only characters (pin-ups and poses)

You see, since I noticed that my hearth condition gets worse when I´m doing things I don´t like, I noticed that yeah, I was NEVER a fan of doing the post-work I did for the backgrounds and scenarios (that´s why also I always used 3d material or photos), I get no pleasure of doing backdrops, and, the energy I lose there, I would rather be using on getting the characters on a better shape and even more detailed in some things (things I love WAY more in doing)
So, that means characters will be the main focus for now on my commission and page, that serves for fanart AND original characters, so you have a character you want to cover, just let me know!
And, in the end, I also noticed that I really like to CREATE things, even if based on already famous characters and such, so, that´s why I will try to work with RE-DESIGNS when I´m able to!
Would love to re-desing characters from the fighting games I like (Darkstalkers, Samurai Shodown and so on) and get my personal touch on each one of them, so, if you would like to see this happening to, please, stay around cause I think some nice things will be produced with this subject! ^^
And, the good part of all this is that, since I´m focusing only on characters now, the commissioned pieces will be handled as PNGs for the ones that requested (and the ones on patreon, of course), so, you can use them as stamps for t-shirts, posters, web-design, you name it! (since they will be also made in HD) :)
But then you ask, with this whole shift of subject, what to do with the big demand of fighting-scenes, ryona and violent material that you were famous from? That´s when enters the second topic

2 - The creation of my own studios - TheInsaneDarkStudios

That´s right, I´m creating a studios this year! :)

Thinking about all the people that enjoyed this type of artwork with characters fighting and all, I made a partnership with fellow artist-friends around here that are massively competent in doing this type of artwork, and, are willing to work with these themes, so, with this, I will be working as the bridge commander of them, and, supplying them with works and projects, of course, help me out financially too

Of course, to make things even better, for the ones in Patreon, even done by another artists, all their contents will be handled on the packs just as well! So, expect a much bigger pack when things start to work well with this idea

Much more content, with the same price to support, but, there is also a chance there too, which gets us into the Patreon territory

3 - Same prices, different prizes

For all the ones on Patreon, I think it´s important to tell that yeah, with all these changes on the commission subject, things would change there just as well!

Since I´m focusing more on characters now, the prizes also take this into account, so, the new raffles will get this as a prize

The U$ 20 raffle - Will cover a prize with a pin-up panel of your character of choice, with original clothes, another one created by another artist, a new one you designed or even one of my own, again, all in PNG form so you can use the character later on your own designs and works

The U$ 50 raffle - Again, will guarantee the inclusion on the raffle as a winner (getting the slots of the ones in U$ 20) and again, you can get a character done with the design you like

The U$ 100 raffle - And, the ultimate one, not only will get your character done, but, with no limitations on the design you want (even naked, if you are aiming for a more NSFW material) and done in High-Definition (also in PNG form so you can use it later on)

And, again, as I said, with the U$ 20 support, you will still be receiving the monthly packs (will all the work done on that time-period) and, the past packs just as well, so, it´s a good option for the ones that didn´t get support yet to make a "collection" of all my previous packs, since I´m really changing shifts now

And since we talked about the business part of the model, the final subject of the list is:

4 - The NEW commission price table

After years of using the same table, it´s time to respect the changes and upgrade it a little bit!

So, the prices now are:

U$ 40 - Covers a character done, but with no colors (HD)
U$ 50 - Cover a character done, fully rendered and with PNG version (HD)

For now, I´m not covering scenes and, if I do, will be in the future and will upgrade the option on the commission list accordingly (really want to give a chance here on the character pin-ups and re-designs for now)

As always, feel free to send me a note if you are interested, both with these ideas of character drawings and the scene ones, cause, yeah, since the studios is something I am in charge, I will pass the works for the other artists just as well

And, I thinks this sums things up... and yeah, I know it was a long journal

To help things out, there will be a video too for the ones that are interested but don´t want to read everything here, and prefer to listen my foreign english trying to explain everything XD

youtu.be/ptwpC375xc0

Again, many thanks for all the support so far, part of me is sad for not be able to be TheInsaneDarkOne you all wanted anymore, but, I´m still me, and, after all these wild decisions and changes I´m willing to do now on 2019, you can say I´m still "Insane" for risking that much, but maybe, I´m not that "Dark" anymore, and want to do things with a more light-paced :)

Hope you all understand, I know some of you might not want to support anymore, and I understand that, but, for the ones that will still be around, a big thank you for the care and, most importantly, for the understanding that we all need to change, and, it would be the best for both worlds if I can keep going, but, being more honest with my own wills and goals ^^

Till next time, and, happy 2019 for everyone!
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zvannzong's avatar
Hey - truth told - this is a lurker account. Just to catch eyecandy. So it goes on silent running. This post counts enough to surface & open comms for.

Props for you all the way. You really would be The Insane if you didn’t walk away from all that grief. Pure crazy to keep hacking away at a mine you don’t dig anymore; way better to start a new working.