August 2022 Artwork Summary

A few stylistic tweaks found their way into my art pieces this past month. For instance, I utilized my new digital watercolor painting set much more and got bolder with the lights and shadows. Ironic, since watercolors aren't known for their boldness, but that's the magic of digital painting for you.

My color scheme also seems to have become duller, but quite honestly, I really do like those muted blues and yellows. Probably won't be dropping those as my main color scheme for a while.

My stylistic goal lately has been to contrast a soft and subtle kind of elegance with a boldness of light and shadow. As well, I want to contrast muted colors with bits of vibrant light. It's been tough to try and pull off, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.

Brand New Commissions Site Section

If you've known me long enough as an artist, I've been taking commissions. However, I've updated my commission information quite a few times over the years. This time, I decided to sit down and really contemplate for a long time how I wanted to go about doing them. After some research and much-appreciated feedback, I now present my site's brand new Commissions section!

Within this section you can see:

• An updated infographic about my commission prices

• A Terms of Service page

• A step-by-step How to Order page

• A Commission Examples page

• And last but not least, an official Commission Request Form you can fill out with what you want to order

Important to note regarding the price changes since the last update; my commissions are indeed more expensive. However, this is mainly because I want to loosely reflect the minimum wage in my current area of residence plus how long it generally takes for me to complete a painting. I hope this is understandable.

And by the way, since this commission update is a special event for me, all my commissions are 25% off until late September or early October (specific date TBD).

Thanks for reading. It means a great deal to me.

- Aber out

July 2022 Artwork Summary

Despite how few there are, the art pieces from this past July have been a challenge.

From first to last image:

1. The first two images are panels from the webtoon I've been remastering. I started the webtoon in 2021, believe it or not, but my style has changed drastically since then. It definitely needed a redrawing.

2. The third image is a character design of Kiri for her character reference sheet. Character sheets will keep me from forgetting important facts about my characters, so that's pretty important.

3. Lastly, I managed to squeeze in some traditional art. For this one, I used oil pastel. That stuff really does get under my fingernails despite how short I've cut them lol.