Fishslappin' art

Hey everyone!! I’ve finally decided to re-activate my Etsy listing and finish selling these silly pins!!

Click Here for my Etsy

✨ I’ve added two variations at discounts for little defects and have a couple example images up of what they might look like. NONE of the defects are very significant.

✨ ✨ NOW AVAILABLE ON ETSY✨ ✨ 

$12 + shipping - international is available but unfortunately very expensive 

Each pin is hard enamel black nickel metal, 1.75″ inches, weighs about two grams, and comes with two rubber pin backs to keep it from spinning!

So!!! guess who [is really bad at photo color correction] got a few prints and set up an Etsy Store!

This is my first time doing anything like this, so bear with me, but the prints look great (and true to color) and I’m super excited about them. 

I’ve got three in my hands and two on the way, but four listed in the shop currently!

If these somehow go quickly and you wanted one/you’d be interested in a smaller, more affordable size (or a different portrait I’ve done), please tell me since I will be hesitant to get a stockpile of different prints and sizes unless I know I can sell them! 

I hope it’s ok that I publish this!

So, me and commissions are really wonky. I kind of do it on a “you ask and I might be up for it I might not” basis. I do NOT keep a waiting list bc I would never get to it and it would be a constant source of LOOMING STRESS AND GUILT lmao

HOWEVER, I am definitely thinking of trying to do them on a more regular schedule!

I pretty much only do portrait commissions at this point. I’m not confident with my skills in other artistic areas, so I don’t want to promise anything I can’t follow through with.

In general, for a fully finished and colored portrait with all the bells and whistles, I would charge anywhere between $150-200USD+, and it could take me anywhere between 2-7 weeks depending on my “””real”””” work schedule (holidays r usually a bad time for me bc that’s when my work unfortunately picks up)

The process I’ve used in the past is to have u tell me what ur looking for, ur price range, and enough about the character so I can get a sense of them. Then I draw 2-3 very sketchy thumbnails of different prices within ur range so u can get a general idea about the composition and eventual end-game image. After that I invoice u for half the full-price, finish it up, and invoice u for the last half, then send everything your way!

As for what u get: obviously the finished portrait (PSD and image file), and then I include the full-size thumbnail u chose for free and any of the others for $5+, a folder of the process shots, and any extra relevant sketches I may have done (not always a guarantee!)

And that’s…it?! I hope that covered what u we’re looking for!! Let me know - anyone - if u have any other questions! :)

I can finally show - after a tablet death and many whiny posts - the sneak peak of my piece that will be in the Fortitudo: Dorian Pavus #BornPerfect Art Book!! I’m so honored to be a part of this project. There are so many incredible artists involved, many of whom I’ve looked up to and found inspiration from for years now. To be participating in something that’s so meaningful with so many amazing people is just…COOL BEYOND WORDS.

“Our goal is to raise over $10,000 USD, with all proceeds split equally between the NCLR, to support their efforts to permanently end conversion therapy in the US, and the Russian LGBT Network, an interregional NGO that has been working to get gay/bi men targeted by the anti-gay purge safely out of Chechnya.”

Find the Generosity page here to donate and get some cool perks (one of which includes a portrait commission by me hey heyyyy) and the official blog here!

Almost 12 months ago, @elidoo​ and I did this little thing to raise money for the NCLR to support their campaign to end conversion therapy in the US.

It was an amazing fundraising effort. The Dragon Age fandom showed just how giving it can be, and we smashed our goal of raising over $3000 in less than 2 months. 

But LGBT communities around the world are still facing ongoing discrimination, inequality, and oppression. And we can do so much more. So here we are, after months of planning and hard work with a team of incredible artists…. We are super proud and excited to announce 

Fortitudo: the Dorian Pavus #BornPerfect art book. 

Close to 40 artists came together to make this limited-edition art book, available exclusively through our Generosity fundraiser page.

@airagitt | @annazees | @bunabi | @chococonut | @crystalgraziano | @dibeediboop | @drathe | @dziewanna | @fishslappping | @ghostsjogging | @greyhound-days | @jamzenn | @juuneaux | @kauriart | @kf1n3 | @kingcholera | @lgions | @mori-the-witch | @mureh | @mrnicholas | @needapotion | @nikashepard | @niklisson | @nipuni | @nim-lock | @paragonraptors | @pickart-master | @projectnelm | Raphael Hawke | @ravietta | @rukiana09 | @rum-locker | @slugette | @snuffes | Suzanne Helmigh | @trashwarden | @vicious-mongrel | @xfreischutz | @xla-hainex | @ymirr-art-blog 

With the next DA game on the horizon, Fortitudo is themed around ‘Dorian Pavus in Tevinter: In Times Past and Future’. 

Over 70 pages of beautifully illustrated art, comics, and interviews, bound in a 8.5x11′ hardcover, this art book is a stunning addition to any Dragon Age fan’s bookshelf. 

We aim to raise over $10,000USD before Christmas, with all proceeds split equally between the National Center for Lesbian Rights, to support their efforts to permanently end conversion therapy in the US, and the Russian LGBT Network, an interregional NGO that has been working to get gay/bi men targeted by the anti-gay purge safely out of Chechnya.

There are awesome bundles, pins and stickers and prints, and commission rewards available. And did I mention every physical copy comes with a gorgeous bookmark, specially designed by the ever-so-talented @mureh?

Fortitudo is a celebration of Dorian Pavus, a character who has inspired so many with his bravery and passion for freedom. A must-have for fans, this art book is for sale only as a pre-order through our fundraiser.