Mujika

Super busy and didn’t have a post prepared, but I’m a sentimentalist, so here’s a rushed one.

I came into Veilguard a bit late, and it’s probably the first time in a long while that I’ve interacted with a fandom. It’s been creatively so rewarding. I recommend every artist experience a good, all consuming hyperfixation.

So here’s me taking stock of some wonderful moments and friends (because we don’t do that enough).

That one time Trick Weekes reblogged my portfolio. He’ll never know (he must never know), but I printed out his comment and framed it. Also, I might have temporarily abandoned Bluesky for Instagram >.>. I can only social media so much.

Also...ahhhhh!!! (yes I save these comments for rainy days)

Finding other amazing DA fan creators and collaborating with some. Some wonderful da art moots/just general artists who have done da art, you should check out...or are just not mentioned enough imo. @snarkspawn @shogokii @shalizeh7 @svanha @mimi-maru @anemonetea @ratbagjasper @scalycat (There's a few more, but I'll save it for a more extensive post, and like i'm also shy to tag ._.) - I'll tag my animator collaborators on a different post, but the incredible animator on the top piece can be found here. - special shout out to that Wagon age server (and all the other dellamorte servers) that I lurk in. Career opps What I didn’t expect this year was for clients to reach out specifically because of my Dragon Age fanart. I usually work in the TTRPG realm, so seeing it shift from fantasy to romantasy was pretty surprising. I’ve actually had to regretfully turn down book crate/author work and even book covers from a major publisher simply because I didn’t have the capacity. (I always try to recommend friends, though.)

Fanart absolutely can get you work...it’s kind of insane. And in an age where AI has made things so uncertain, I just wanted to say that there is still work out there. I keep most of my book crate/author work on insta.