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There are a shitload of MLP fans. Unfortunately, there's also a shitload of nutcases.

I'm giving you advice for that last bit, eh? (Get it? BITS? BITS? Oh, Unicon, go die in a fire)

As I was saying, this is BCS's Super Awesome Guide to Commissioning Artists.

FIRST! BRING A REFERENCE OF YOUR OC. Print it out on colored paper, include a description of the personality, write down EVERYTHING you think might be pertinent. Artists are not mindreaders. We don't fucking know what you want. YOU HAVE TO TELL US.

Last Bronycon, I have some disappointed people try to get me to draw their OC without phone service inside the Dealer's Den and actually get me to draw porn when sitting across from Lauren Faust and next to KevinSano's representative.

Um, boys and girls? Don't be that guy. Okay?

Don't be THAT GUY.

Next up, BRING MONEY. I know this seems obvious you'd be surprised how many people try to pay me in promises, groping, lies, insults and blatant threats. Don't be THAT GUY.

Thirdly, REMEMBER TO PICK UP YOUR COMMISSION IN PERSON AND LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO/ADDRESS. There's nothing worse than painting your commission all day and your worthless butt didn't remember me enough to bother to come pick it up.

Have fun, MLP nerds!

Also this is a blatant ad for my humorous parody metafiction story: [link]

My days have gone bleak and lifeless again and all hope just seems to have oozed out of the world, no matter how many friends I make, partners I love, or people I hold true and dear, I feel like the denizen of a clouded fishtank forever trapped looking out.

For every success I find, I'm punished for it.

For every bit of happiness I scrape out, I'm knocked down again.

I think that finding out that Gami's boyfriend, Dasboschitt, and his loser roommates who spend his hard-earned money from working 14 hour shifts and Youtube Adsense on weed, and the woman he's staying his deciding to fight with him and kick him out over leaving his work pants on table... was one of the final straws for me.

Yes, I want to be reunited. No, not in these circumstances and not so close to the biggest furry convention that I can prepare for every year, overloaded and overwhelmed with too many commissions and only $245 to my name right now. I didn't need this, I don't need to turn around from a major convention and deal with Das suddenly moving in and having to pack again...

And sometimes I take the teasing against Zone and Natsume too far and nothing feels worse than spending the night apologizing and trying to make up for hurting my dearest friends out of ignorance and maybe some buried spite that Zone got the job for Skullgirls... and I didn't, despite literally walking in the trail he's blazed for the last 13 years or so and falling hopelessly for him with no help of ever setting aside those feelings.

I wish this month was over. I wish my pitch for AMi: Thought Bubbles had succeeded.

I wish my Greek Mythology artbook had been funded and I didn't have to close an entire studio, S3 Studios, due to lack of funds.

I wish I could get a passport and see the world, go and visit Pizzacat and Tiarawhy and Zone/Natsume and Alex...

I'm wishing a lot of things right now.

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Who doesn't like girls? They're pretty... I mean, I'm not saying guys can't be pretty too but the ladies get a little extra in the curves and spheres department if you know what I'm saying.

Organic shapes are naturally composed of circles and lend themselves well to beginning artists. I'm of the beliefs PPG and MLP are some of the best choices for young artists to start with, as well as Sonic. The shapes are simple and quickly mastered in about a year for any fledgling artist, as long as you draw once a day.

I'm going to recommend this Tumblr because I'm part of the mod team:
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30 Minute Art Challenge

As for other guides, it's not hard to Google "pinup" but you're probably looking for something a bit more practical, right?

This is one of the best dA tutorials I've seen on that subject:
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Have fun! Offend as many people as you can, it seems to be the mark of true art...

The weather forecast for this week is rent is due, I'm broke, shit, shit, and more shit.

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