Okay so I was advertised this by someone else, looked at the journal first and then the sidebar of their art...and just swooned?? Hello, I'm dead.

Gorgeous full girls, adorable chibi girls? And the coloring is amazing no matter what?? I'd be amazed with a raffle chance, but because it's a YCH we actually get to see, BEFOREHAND, an entire freaking room?? 

Quick question what the fuck.

is holding a chibi YCH raffle! She's done multi-slot YCHs but I'm guessing this has one winner! In order to enter you must watch her, fav this journal and make one of your own! Ends on March 22nd!!


has absolutely breathtaking art and is holding a raffle for a cell-shaded bust with simple BG!!! It's to boost circulation for a uni survey, so when you finish it and are asked how you found it, make sure to list your DA username! Only other measure to enter is to make an advertising journal and link it back in her original! Raffle ends March 15th!

Tagged by the darling so I'll talk about my baby girl > w <

Rules:

1. Write 8 Facts about your Character 
   
2. Tag another 8 People 
   
3. Choose only one Character of them

1. She started as my default, a pure girly girl, then I was like "eh, I guess she can be sort of the outdoorsy mud on her hands type". Now that I'm spending so much time with her for this BB-Tournament, she's unexpectedly fighting me a lot about this?! roflrofl But as you know mom decides the outfits at least to start, so when I draw her as a infant/younger toddler I can go back to being crazy, lol, but for now I'm looking at nice short designs and such for her lololol. 

2. I might have to revamp her high school version as well as her polka-dot dress version? The idea was for her to have semi-long hair, plain but with a section braided at the side of her head and a barrette with a ribbon glued on it. Her uniform is the plain white button-up shirt type, she's not trans so it would be the girls uniform but maybe I can widen her stance, make her look active, and have the combination still work?? (it looks ok in my head right now but that's...seriously not the best judge.)

3. There are no plans in the main storyline for her to meet her dad! I think the best chance she has is to go out to find him as an adult, that sort of like journey to find yourself and your roots.

4. Her ears weren't pierced as a child. She's not really interested so even though her mom wears a LOT of earrings (which she loved pulling along with mom's hair as an infant, ouch). I think she'd be in her late teens if she even decided she wanted them at all? 

5. Yoko likes animals but Natsumi REALLY loves animals, she begs to be taken to zoos and aquariums constantly. Plus, when she goes outside she either enjoys them out there, or brings things inside that inevitably give her poor mom a heartattack! (rhinoceros beetles and cicadas aren't too bad, both are her favorites to catch, but when taken to the countryside, which she aDORES, she really goes crazy with catching as many lizards, crayfish and bugs as she can, dawn till dusk!)

6. She's never been stung by one but Natsumi is absolutely terrified by the idea of jellyfish, so she'd much rather be taken to the mountains for vacay than the beach.

7. She has strawberry-blonde hair as a nice combination of her parents, but I never think of Yoko's side of the family as blonde for whatever reason? Usually just reddish-brown or black. BUT Natsumi's eyes are literally also just blue-green because I liked the look of the less straight-forward/strong color, so I obviously threw science out the freaking window anyway lol.

8. Her age at the point where the story focuses on just her is still up for deliberation! lol But she has a girlfriend already anyway! lol she and twisted--princess' Odin are the cutest thing so I end up drawing them every year lol. I like the idea of Natsumi being a bit younger than her, but no more than two years I think.




9. Extra: A long talk about bio changes lol
I honestly have no idea what to do about her maternal grandparents. Back in 2013 I did the MS-paint OC bio for Yoko and posted what I thought was the final version of her backstory, but someone pointed out that 1) Yoko's mom was in a come for a LONG TIME. and 2) Yoko's grudge against her dad just makes....little to no sense, especially because it was tied with how long the coma lasted (again, usually lasts months, years is okay but ten is excessive. I think I'm gonna have to have the car accident happen more with Yoko in the 12-14 range, and the coma not lasting until the modern storyline. 

MY PROBLEM, NOW is that....ugh...the freaking BB-T tournament summary came out so, so recently, and here I am entirely overthrowing it once again. Do I edit that section on the entire deviantation?? Add this new info in a year or two when the next bio comes out and act like it was a slow change over time?? (I will add that I am likely to think of more, since I didn't have this when I needed it, obviously, so waiting might be of some benefit but man is that new bio embarrassing.)

To leave the fact part of it behind and go into personal (so too long, not gonna read); I was so embarrassed by what that person pointed out about my storyline that I basically hid for years. But to go into my thoughts about what I typed up recently, the selling point in Yoko's history, I still kinda believe, was that she was tragic but not with two dead parents. Really a better version of it would have been for her to have one loving parent and be just out of reach of the other. So that was already flawed, but not terrible.

When I started the "single mom" storyline I got this idea of total isolation in my head, of her struggling alone in the world. So when I seriously started thinking about what to do with her mom, I was like, well after that long with no activity she's just dead, right? But that literally rips the good story right out of it, to have 16 year old Yoko grieving a dead mom. So right now I'm thinking there's still a scare, there; yes, but Yoko's trauma should be exclusively in the fear, near-death and isolation, not it actually being there, since her clingyness is already one of her negative personality traits from before. I like that, fine with it.

As for her dad, it's normal to be attached to one parent and not the other, but what to actually do with him?? The marriage could fall apart and Yoko could just not contact him often because she just doesn't want to, but should she actually just live with and silently despise him????????????????????????

I'm a mess and so are my storylines™

Tagging some people who's art I've been obsessed with lately! No obligation~

 from the wonderful

*VERY ELONGATED SCREAMING*

To summarize this in bullet points:

💖 LOOK AT HER POSE!! JUST LOOK AT IT! This is literally perfect on so many levels, from the energy and movement to the open inviting arms. It kinda looks like she's standing in front of something really cool and pretty, or just having a great day swirling and skipping around. I can totally imagine her and someone else walking towards something and then her turning around with a pop in her step, arms open wide even before she starts turning as she exclaims something about how cool it is or how much fun she's having!! Or maybe she's cheering someone up the Otsukimi Recital way??

💖 Her hair is so fluffy and soft looking, I love the bounce and curls (plus the loose strands)!! The length is perfect, and that shade of red is to DIE FOR. (also i love the highlight color)

💖 Her ribbon is simple but actually really cute and I love the shades of green used on just the entire thing

💖 Her eyes and smile are just so bright on their own, they light up the picture!! I just really love your face style~

💖 The shirt material looks like it has weight to it, and the sleeves turned out awesome even though I was really struggling on how to describe them.

💖 LOOK. AT. THOSE. PET.TI.COATS. They're so thick and fluffy and I'm in loVE?? I love the swirl of them combined with her skirt, I love how much volume they add (and how they would shield her from an under shot like bloomers, look at them! rofl). And just that overall they go with her taste so well~

💖 The white speck "galaxy" effect, especially in the swirls of her hair.

💖 The little details like her earrings being teardrop shaped.

💖 Pink is my favorite color and I love the polka dot BG mixed with the stars

I don't want to add it to my gallery but I don't want it to go unseen, either, so this was the best I could think of

Thank you so so much again for accepting my commission!!!

is having a 400 watchers raffle, with a single person winning a picture of un-clarified size! In order to enter you must watch them and fav the original journal, but making one yourself and/or tagging a friend are a good way to possibly get some extra chances! Raffle ends December 27th! 

is having a core membership raffle! The prize is one month, and a believe the lack of specifics means it will be going to one person. In order to enter, you just have to leave a comment on the original journal, say whatever you want! To get extra tickets, though, you can be a watcher (2 tickets), fav the journal (1) and mention that you did in the comment, make a journal and link it back (4), or tag 3+ friends! (3). Raffle ends December 30th

is having a 800 watchers raffle, and because there are currently 50+ participants, TWO people will win a colored fullbody image, my guess would be without background although I might be incorrect. In order to enter you have to be a watcher, make a journal like this and tag at least one person, although for two more people you can get +2 tickets (if you tag any more you won't get "credit" for it, though.) The original journal also has an extra step, so make sure you read the rules to enter correctly!! I have been following MD for probably like half a year and they have a really cool style, very individualistic and perfect for femboys if you have any characters like that you could request ;D. Raffle ends tomorrow!

:iconmariamtiarko: is quite well known in the beyblade community, and I think if you want to see your OC drawn in a cool style you should check out her christmas raffle! Currently one person will be capable of winning a colored fullbody with a simple background, but if six more people sign up (including myself) then the prize will be upped to two prizes! Thirty entrants means three winners, and 40 means each already-standing prize will be upped to two people! If you have interest I def thinks it's worth not procrastinating and missing out~! To enter you merely have to make a journal, even just with a link, and comment it in the original journal! Raffle ends December 31st so hurry hurry!</b>

if you've sent me a note and gotten no response please tell me! I worry DA might be freaking out again.

Pay what you want is pretty straight forward, look at the examples below and decide how you would consider a worthy price to pay if I was, for example, telling you a list of possible set prices. In the long run these suggestions will be taken as what you guys see my art being worth and will become the set prices until I do an event like this again!

I am accepting both points and paypal! I'd rather not accept anything under $5/500 but feel free to negotiate!

BLANK TEMPLATE (copy and answer, either here or in a note marked "Commissions")

EXAMPLES

CHIBI

HEADSHOT

 BUSTHOT/WAISTUP/KNEEUP

FULLBODY

Will Draw
Fanart AND OCs
Nonbinary, trans characters, anything!
BL and GL (tell me if you're interested in full yaoi/yuri!)
Guro, blood guts and gore! Includes body horror.
Complicated designs/lots of details (feel free to be very specific in your note!)
Custom adoptables and alternate outfits! (note me if you'd like references of that as well~)
Ecchi/Hentai
Shotas and Lolis (in relationships with other kids but not with adults unless it's parental love)
Gifts or pictures intended for other people
Kemonomimi (animals ears and tails)

Will not draw
Anything negatively aimed towards a group or single person, etc.
Armor, or at least anything more than a breast or shoulder plate
Full mecha or android characters
Certain fetishes (definitely ask, I'm ok with most!)
Overly muscular characters
Animal faces, such as noses and cheekbones being un-human like.
Characters over the age of 30
More than three people, two if asking for fullbody!
Copying another style (except for KNB)

I've been unemployed for almost a year so ANY money I could make you with your help would be absolutely amazing!!! I'm still trying to work on my style, mistakes, consistency and making it more semi-realistic, so having more practice will be really helpful! I hope commissions in the future will gradually look better as I improve.

IF YOU MAKE A JOURNAL ADVERTISING MY COMMISSIONS WITH A LINK AND MAYBE A FEW WORDS YOU'LL GET AN EXTRA SURPRISE, EITHER ADDED TO YOUR OWN COMMISSION OR LEFT IN YOUR INBOX!

FINISHED ORDERS