Sweet babies! I finally finished that a-cursed essay. -_- A weight has been lifted off of my shoulders, which means it's time for more art!

So pretty much, I'm open for art trades. This is just something lighthearted, not to be taken too seriously. It can be a sketch trade, a lineart trade, or all out full color. I'm also cool with flat color; that's always fun. There's really only one catch; I want my insanely complicated dragon alien girl drawn. Dragon form, human form... either way is fine. I'm -really- hoping to get some artwork done of her harassing Vulcans, which is what she is good at.


But... I'm also willing to buy commissions, but be warned that this is nowhere near as lighthearted as the trade. I'll be expecting to see 'in progress' sketches so that you can make changes that I see fit, and will be expecting all the 'little' things to be correct... things that I'd not bat an eyelash at in a trade. Now, I'm not going to say I want her ears to be -exactly- so and so inches long in human form, or that I want her to be -exactly- so and so tall... but if you draw one too many toes on her dragon form, or if you make her ears mobile when they actually are fixed in place.. or say you don't do her eyes or sensors right, I -will- call you on it. Why am I so picky? Because I'm paying for it. <3

So, here's the character. Post here or note me if you are interested in a trade or if you would like to sell me a commission.

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Come to a world.. where normalcy can be as fun as the bizarre!

During 11th Pass in a northern Weyr on the Tillek peninsula, a housing carved out of a great canyon would be home to a slowly growing dragon population, stationed there from it's sister Weyr to help take over some territory that happened to be too far and too wide for a nearby Weyr to include in their territory. For forty years prior to the move, the stone smiths worked diligently to make it into a working Weyr, making it a part of their home as they did. When the move finally came, many of the Smiths left, but a group stayed behind to oversee the finishing of certain projects within the stone walls. Many of these people were wherhandlers, and they still live within a southern alcove of the Weyr, only coming out at night when the traffic of people is low to resume their work.

Other than the renovation of the canyon, Kharasi is a struggling Weyr with small numbers that is often supplemented with their Sister Weyr's dragons for threadfall. After a few clutches though, this should change dramatically. After a long 3 turns of not rising, the queen finally took flight and was caught by bronze Behemath. They made a fine clutch of 23 eggs, but no queen egg. It is hoped that this next flight will have more luck.On top of strain of dragon numbers, Kharasi deals with corruption from one of its Holds, Thyra. They often go into lapses of shirking their tithes, but a recent skirmish has put them in line.. for now.

Kharasi is a Weyr that is mostly canon. Dragon sizes have been revised to a slightly more.. believable scale, and it is believed that between the 9th and 11th Pass of breeding large dragons, the difference in sizes between the colors shrank a bit. Greens are still dwarfed by bronzes and golds, but now it doesn't look like the bronze might be able to -kill- a green just by flying her. Other stipulations in the size is that browns are now more apt to fly queens, and have a better chance than they did 2 Passes ago.

Also, though bronze and queenriders have to remain heterosexual, the sexuality of brown to greenriders is not considered a bit deal. There can be straight male greenriders and straight female blueriders. Because of browns being able to fly golds, we do not allow female brownriders. Also, strictly homosexual brownriders will almost never ride a brown that is interested in golds. This is to provide leniency in rp, but uphold to some traditions so that it doesn't get too... warped.

Some considerations from Todd McCaffrey's books, but this is restricted, and implemented only in that whers are also used for mining and stonecrafting of creating new Weyrs. They see in heat and in some moderate ability, luminous light, so glows are uncomfortable but will not send them screaming in pain. They cannot fly, and DO NOT eat thread. They have a keen sense of smell and can find 'bad air'. Their intelligence is better than a firelizard, but they cannot mindspeak at all.

Overall, we are a simple little Weyr trying to make a good rp with a canon site, but with a few leniencies. We have good, devoted rpers but they are few in number, so please don't be turned away if we do not post often. We are lenient in activity but promote being a very active rper, but we do not want anyone to shirt school or work for the rp. Soon, we may be considering a point system which rewards good rp and posting. This will be for both quality and quantity, and no worries about 'missing out' because very rarely will there be a prize that will be won and then noone else will get. It's not a contest, but merely a way of rewarding rpers. If you rp consistently but not necessarily often, you'll eventually reach those milestones.

Iolath will be rising within the next IRL month or so, so we are also accepting bronze and brownrider applications, but only a limited amount! Candidates are always welcome! If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email or an IM, both of which can be found under my profile

Kharasi Weyr Forums

Well, I'm just packing up the last of my things, and we head out tomorrow. I'm lucky enough to live only an hour or so away, so it's not going to be that bad of a drive. We have God Level badges again this year, so it's going to be AWESOME. They're taking us out someplace rather nice, and I can't wait to find out what it is.

So yeah. WOOHOO PARTY.

Commissions Are Open!!

FWA Badges:: I'm currently taking badge commissions for FWA. With this special offer you can pre-order and pay and pickup at FWA. I'll give you information on how to contact me at the convention and you can pick up your badge. Badge size is usually about the size of an index card or slightly larger. Price: $15


Ref Sheets:: I'm having a special where I am making very cheap reference sheets. These are for those that want a reference sheet for people to go by without spending tons of money or having to draw it yourself. I can do slightly different designs:

--Two side views (image ususally just flipped and designed to reflect opposite side) three small images (of eyes, closeup of jewelry or facial expressions)
--Front/back view: Shows the front and back of a character.. not my favorite to draw but I can probably manage.
--One large action image in detail with three small images.

Text and simple textured, color of similar background can be done. Complex backgrounds will cost extra. Also if you wish to have specific hex codes then you must either provide them or I will do a base coloring that you will have to approve and I will put the codes on the ref sheet.

The Catch:: These are ONLY digital and you will not recieve a print, but merely a url to an image that you can save to your computer.
The Benefit:: They are only $10!!!!


Regular Commissions Open!

Computer Drawn Images without a print or sketch will be $10 for the time being and you will recieve a url to the image to save to your computer.

For other options for normal commissions you will have to contact me.

Badge Commissions: Open!!!

Well, I finished the badges I needed to do, so I'm opening up my commissions to do more! All badges are done on cardstock and then cut out and laminated. My general style is to draw the character then outline them in either marker or color pencil and leave the background white (I'll be cutting them out to shape instead of leaving all that blank space) I'm trying to get a few more commissions finished before I waste gas just going to get three badges laminated.. which is why I'm opening up my commissions! I don't have a scanner, but I have a digital camera which is what I'll be taking pictures of my work with to show you all.

I work with prismacolor markers and color pencils. I might eventually dabble in acrylics, but for now I need to practice with those before delving into that can of worms. So anyways, they vary in size, typically being at least around your typical index card size but sometimes they end up larger. It's kind of up to the muse as to what happens, so if you want a particular size, please specify. My rate is $15 per badge + shipping but may vary if the character is extremely detailed or if there are multiple characters. Also, I prefer to work with paypal.

So, just throw a message my way with the information of your character and a general outline of what you'd like your badge to look like and I'll get started ASAP