July 28, 2015 22:08
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Puttin it under a thingy cause I blabbed more than I thought I would XD
I sell my work on Storenvy, their shipping system is broken in to a table based on item type and destination. In my case I go by envelope size and local or international, this will depend on what you sell and your own location, I’ve found that most of my customers are in the same ‘postage cost zone’ so I only need one international. I think other places have a similar system.
And I use Australia Post for all of my shipping, they happen to have an online postage calculator that I can get base costs for, depending on what postal service you use you may or may not have this (could always just ask as well!). Depending on where you’re based you might have to calculate various prices for a lot of places if they’re really different.
You can’t always be sure that it won’t bend, but you can do what you can to prevent it. For large envelopes I add a sheet of thick cardboard, the small cards are fairly thick anyhow so I’ll only add one if the order is small.
I always add bubble wrap to every order! some people showed me punctures that their package had received from things in and outside the envelope, so now I make sure all pointy things are well away from the prints and everything is covered in bubble wrap. Every order is also bagged before going in, large ones in small carry bags, and small in little adhesive cello-bags, wrapping it all up.
…yeah I think that’s it ^^’ hope that helps! sorry…this was a little bit longer than I wanted OTL
July 28, 2015 14:03
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Anonymous: I've been following you for a while I love your art it's gorgeous. I stopped drawing for a long time cause I've just been too busy and it's something I wanted to do for a living and when I try anymore. I about want to cry cause I just can't do it now
Hi! and thanks :) unfortunately I’m not sure how much help I can give, as I struggle with that sometimes as well. The only advice I can give is to either stop drawing and try again when you’re calmer, or to do what I sometimes do and draw something that’s ‘easy’ (so in my case something really bright and cute), I find this sort of reminds you that you are capable of drawing when you feel like you’ve failed.
I’m sure you can still draw! just gotta get back into the swing of things! you may also be placing very high standards on yourself (which is my issue), though that can be quite hard to resolve. Sorry I can’t be of more help, I hope you feel better drawing again!
July 27, 2015 22:01
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Anonymous: Can you do multiple frames / each little movement tutorial for running animation
I’m not entirely sure what you mean, just a running animation tutorial? most of what I’d say has already been done in much more detail than I could in The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams! If you search for it along with ‘walk/run cycle’ you can also find plenty of people who’ve posted small excerpts of it.
…unless you mean something else…in which case just send in another ask and I’ll see if I can help!
July 26, 2015 22:08
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Two fusion designs with Vanadinite from my friends!
Top: Bloodstone (Moldavite)
aka. destructive as heck warrior goddessBottom: Cuprite (Axinite)
aka. cautious baby speedster
AHHHHH You drew Cuprite and made her super cool and adorable!! ; O ; eeeee! I really like Bloodstone too~…also I felt the need to doodle something of Cuprite with her magic ankle

…sorry, find it oddly amusing to have a fusion with a bunch of gems on their foot XD
July 25, 2015 13:36
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Anonymous: Can you do a tutorial on how to draw hands and pose them and stuff?😊
Because of how I work I’m not sure how helpful this is. I tend to look at my own hands when I work, it’s a reference I can change and I know how much hurts

If you like working with structures I can’t help, occasionally I’ll add in little lines and blobs to figure out where joins are but that’s about it. This is how I do full body posing as well, so I have a folder of photos of me doing random junk

I also try and keep sort of a mental collection of what I remember certain forms to look like, so I go by that first before posing myself

so yeah…look at your own hand or other body parts and draw them a bunch. If you can’t do that, then you have the vast array of the internet to find pictures of what you want. Or see if you can get someone to pose for you!
….or just quietly analyse every person you see…in a…non-stalker way.
Also I can’t help with posing, I just go by what displays what I want(like if they have a design on their hand), fulfils a function(like holding), or just looks nicer in a composition.
July 25, 2015 11:34
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Bunch’a Gemsona fusion doodle thingssss, didn’t finish the set I had for Proustite…so instead I started an Axinite one~ XD
Hurrf, this will be long :| elementz124art‘s Morganite, hazya‘s Astrophyllite, katieelle‘s Alexandrite, aileenbayaca‘s Amber, little-princeling‘s Green Gypsum and kishi-san‘s Vanadinite.
July 24, 2015 19:09
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July 20, 2015 15:51
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July 20, 2015 14:17
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Anonymous: I was wondering, if we post a drawing of yours on Instagram and link your tumblr, will that be ok with you??
I’d prefer it that you not do that :O I am thinking of making an Instagram account, in which case I’ll put up a few existing things if people want. There are a couple of drawings I’m sort of okay with being reposted, but you’d have to ask off anon.
…in advance, if it’s any of my SU stuff then no.
July 19, 2015 20:43
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Anonymous: Have u made fusions of ur Gem character's? :3
I’ve made fusions of Proustite with some of my friend’s gems, and one of Axinite for Gemsona Week. Haven’t done any with any actual gems though, or one of both of mine together…
…kinda feel like drawing Proustite now…never made a room or anything for her like I did Axinite ^^’
Anonymous: How did you start selling your work ? Like how do you do shipping with out bending the work and how to you work with shipping cost