iesnoth

I'm not leaving for a negative reason, I have only positive, nostalgic memories for this site. But I've drifted, and as I'm making a career change and do not seek to be a career artist anymore, I'll be producing less art. I am not deactivating the account, though. I don't want to lose any of the art here: it's a part of my history, a history I'm not very good at remembering. If you're interested in keeping up with me, I'm most active on tumblr (@iesnoth), and to a lesser extent on instagram (@iesnothsart). If you'd like to commission me, please leave an inquiry through this form. If you are curious about prices, they are here. Thank you for all your support over the years. This site and the people on it have done so much to shape my art style and interests, and were such a comfort during my lonely teen years. (At time of recording this, I've been on DA for 15 years. That's half my life!) I hope this site continues to be a safe place of growth and friendship for young artists.

EDITED (as in, rewritten) My art tablet broke, but due to amazing people from all over the internet, the new one has been funded! If you'd still like to support me, my commissions will be open as soon as I get the new tablet, though I do have a couple people already in the queue.

Having finished my comic, which I’ve been working on for about 6 years on and off, I’m not sure what to work on next. It’s not for a lack of ideas, but I’m not sure what to focus on. So here’s the down low, if you’d like to give some advice. Finish my Beauty and the Beast book. I’ve been writing a novel for a long time about an overweight Beauty character dealing with bigotry who finds solace with the Beast. However, I’m having a really hard time solidifying the Beast character, which is the make or break part of a BatB adaptation, imo. Also, the way I’m writing them now, they more naturally become friends, not lovers. A platonic BatB would be awesome, but it’s not what fans of the historically romantic story come for, and not what I set out to write. Do another short comic around a short story I wrote in college. It’s about a tree who doesn’t want to be a tree, and becomes involved with a witch. The tree is the antagonist. This one would be more experimental, as the tree is just--