Anonymous asked:

Your art is amazing! I was wondering, though, why do you take so many requests? And how long does each piece take on average?

Hello Anon, Thank you for writing in!

Personally, I take on requests to challenge myself to draw characters I normally would not focus on, since we all have our favorites! I find it good practice as well to aim for an artwork a day if I can, and the requests do make it easier when I only need to consider the pose for a character. I also hope it helps to show as a sample of what I can do, for people considering commissions. Finally, I’m just happy when I come across a request for a character from a series I like, from a fellow fan ~

However, I understand offering so many free requests is not a good practice as an artist, and is unfair to other artists as well ^^; I will be cutting down on the frequency of free requests, but that does not mean I will stop drawing fanart :D

Time-wise, it depends on the complexity of the piece, and how distracted I get :P The requests or sketches take me about 2-4 hours, full color pieces with a bazillion characters can take me up to a week, on and off. A lot of time is spent researching the character as well as looking for their references, and then setting up the composition.

Hope this answers stuff!

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