Updated commission info since I finally have access to more convenient payment methods again!
My current queue is long, but times are still tough so if you are interested in commissioning, shoot me an email at ksenia@lornaka.com
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Whore (affectionate)
I'm adding the lore I've learned from the comments to this... DLC of the "Varric's collar saga"
ADHD at night: I could write a book. I could get my Master’s Degree. I could go to the club and come home with 12 new friends. I could get a job at that club and meet the mother of my children. I could cure every disease and use my wealth to bring world peace.
ADHD during the day: Fold laundry too hard :( Come back next week
cr: GDK锦衣 (sound on)
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Jesus christ I love humanity
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DC Pride #1 - “Finding Batman” (2022)
written by Kevin Conroy art by J. Bone
Anonymous asked:
What is the difference between art theft and inspiration and references?
-Beginning Artist
To put it really simply, the way I see it, art theft is when someone takes something unique to another person’s work and claims it as their own, erasing the original author. Basically a copy, or a tracing, that is obvious when you know the original and is infringing on the original author’s rights. Sometimes it can be a theft of concept/idea, sometimes it’s the specific execution, sometimes it’s both.
When someone is using another’s work as inspiration or reference, they usually create a brand new transformative work, unique to the author and made relying on their own imagination and skills. They can copy a pose from another piece of art or a photo, for example, but if everything else is different and you can tell the artist applied themselves to create the end result, that’s just using a reference, it’s not theft in my eyes.
There is no way to set hard guidelines to neatly draw the line between these things, that’s something that comes with experience when engaging with art and creative process, I think, as well as knowledge of art history and traditions.
But my rule of thumb is to look at what makes the piece in question unique, and whether it is a result of the author’s own skill and/or imagination.
(Obviously this doesn’t cover all cases, there are things such as homages and classical art copies etc, there is always nuance to be found. This post is about basics based on my personal experience and understanding).
'don't get inspired by my style' is such a funny thing to say. do NOT let any art i make have any lasting impression on you. only view my work if you are going to men in black mind wipe yourself later. the territorial defensiveness over "art styles" is a disease of the mind stg
I love tumblr tags so much. Like okay here’s the main post and here’s my little secret thoughts and addendums for the besties
the thing about Cassandra and Varric is that they are just SO GOOD, SO CHOICE, SO 👀🥺😳 because like…they hate each others guts, they have so much in common, they’re both the family renegade, they both lost their only brother, they both have grand, outsized public personas that eclipse the people they actually are, brave and stubborn and loyal to a fault, they would very probably - with little sentiment and hardly a second thought - die for each other, but lock them in a room together and you’d return to an icy silence at best, they won’t give each other a single goddamn inch, after their biggest fight both of them will apologise to YOU the Inquisitor and admit they were at least partly wrong but they both point-blank refuse to talk to each other, but Cassandra WILL speak to you earnestly and gently about Varric’s faith and his virtuous heart, and Varric WILL write an entire NOVEL just…for a joke…for the lulz… as if writing an entire smooshily romantic smutty romance novel is an absolutely normal amount of effort to put into a Jape™ for someone who hates you, because of COURSE they hate each other, Varric even tells Dorian outright that just because two people don’t get along doesn’t mean they’re going to kiss, not like in his books, but the thing is his books are EVERYTHING because he believes in stories and so does Cassandra, it’s how they met after all, they’re both romantics, idealists, people who care so much about the world and everyone in it, people who believe deep down in sunsets and roses and happy endings and heroes, she dragged him halfway across the world because she believed he could help and he stayed because he wanted to believe it too, she loves his books but she can’t stand HIM of course she can’t, she’s a Seeker of Truth and he’s a professional liar, and he’ll get along with just about anybody, embrace the rogues and reprobates of the world with open arms but not HER, she expects too little of him and demands too much, she’s got a stick up her ass except when she doesn’t and he takes nothing seriously except when he does, but no they’ll just keep sniping and bickering like an old married couple and fighting side by side as the world falls apart around them, looking everywhere with eyes wide open except at each other
and what if I told you nine was less afraid of love than ten. what then.
for a moment i lived in a beautiful world where doctor who didn’t exist and this was simply a seven-ate-nine joke too layered for me to understand
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Anonymous asked:
Just saw your post about cyareclones. Such a bummer. I haven’t bought anything from them but me and some friends are having a similar experience with Lornaka. We bought some art months ago and haven’t gotten anything and she hasn’t answered any of our emails. After asking around we found out this is pretty standard for her. Hopefully we get our art soon and I hope things resolve for you too!
ah that blows. ive seen their art around before, its nice. hoping the best for you also
strange coincidence that two separate star wars artists are doing this tho lmao
PSA:
I know multiple people who have paid @lornaka and not received their art for more than a year, and some are still waiting.
This is unacceptable from someone who is offering commissions and art prints.
If you cannot deliver, you should be giving refunds. There are only so many excuses.
If you cannot keep up with demand, do not keep accepting new comms or orders and taking people’s money.
Regrettably, I warn against buying from her at this point, as you may never see it.
If a product is paid for, it should be received within a reasonable timeframe. If it cannot, a refund should be issued by the artist.
The people I know have emailed and emailed, and only received limited or no responses at all in regards to their orders.
DM me/reblog if you have also paid for a commission or print and not received it from @lornaka , as we are seeking others in the same situation.
Hi! I just saw this and want to address this directly for full transparency.
Yes, I fully admit that I have been struggling to complete quite a few commissions since 2022. It's been the most difficult period of my life, and I can go into much detail on everything that I've been stuggling with in my personal life for these past few years, but at the end of the day, none of it is an excuse (maybe an explanation at best). (If anyone wants to hear the full story, feel free to dm me).
I have always, always provided refunds for cancelled commissions when requested. If you emailed me requesting a refund, and I haven't replied yet, I'm truly sorry. Staying on top of communication is another thing that I've been immensely struggling with for the past year in particular, due to severe burn out and constant feeling of being overwhelmed, particularly in between several international relocations that depleted my financial and mental resources in the span of two years. I won't even touch on the topic of my deteriarating mental health because it just feels like another excuse. And I'm not trying to make excuses, but that's the truth. It has never, ever, been my intention to not either deliver on my obligations, or provide a refund and/or compensation to the best of my ability. My capacity to do so has just been severely depleted for over a year, and for making it anyone else's problem, I can only sincerely apologize and promise to do what's in my power to make up for it.
Re: not answering emails, I've had an overflowing inbox of emails that have been piling up while I got tied up with one thing or another to contain the chaos of my personal life during the past couple of years. I'm trying to work my way through them whenever I physically have the time and energy to so. It's the same reason I haven't been active on socials, particulary twitter, for the past couple of months, it's not that I'm choosing to ignore anyone, I simply don't have the capacity to deal with it at the moment. If I haven't answered your email, it's not because I'm choosing to ignore you, it's because I failed to get on top of it for now, most likely not seeing it in the ocean of things I need to take care of until I go sorting through my inbox. And that is absolutely 100% my failure that I fully own up to, and I'm so so sorry. I have recently moved again, and I spent the past month just trying to get settled and breath through the anxiety and tackle the mountain of things that I need to sort out to get back to everyone who's been patiently waiting for my reply, either about a commission, or a shop order, and get back to shipping orders in a reliable way.
If I haven't replied to your email yet, please allow me the next week to do so, and feel free to follow up if I don't (sometimes emails simply get lost, it's happened before). I hope it's not too much to ask at this point. I sincerely apologize for all the grief and concern I might've caused, and if there's anything I can do/offer to convince you all of my dedication to make things right, please let me know. I'm trying my best to stay above water and deal with everything as it comes, I really am. I can't beging to descibe how much the support I've recieved in the past few years has meant to me, and how terrible I feel for disappointing anyone, it has never been my intention, and I'll do my best to make up for the damage caused, even if it takes me another few years. Now, regarding the shop orders: that's a whole other beast. The situation re: unanswered emails is the same, if you email me with a question about your order and I haven't got back to you, I'm sorry, I'll do my best to do so as soon as I can. There is a lot of stuff I'm juggling in relation to that, and I admit I have dropped the ball on communicating clearly and openly about the status of certain products/orders for the past year. Mostly because there is just too much chaos and uncertainty in my life to the point where I can't predict what I'll be dealing with tomorrow. Every time I think I do, I end up facing a dead end and I have to adjust. In the past few years, I've had to deal with international customs bouncing stocks of product, lost shipments, mail services fucking me over by not processing the shipments correctly, etc which lead to loss of hundreds of dollars every time something was fumbled. Looking back, I know I should've given an update on each issue, but with how much there has been going on in my life in terms of such roadblocks constantly, for the past 3 years, I simply didn't have the energy to slow down and do so. Every time there was a dead end, I was frantically working on finding a solution so I could move forward. I just never expected or calculated that each problem would take so freaking long to deal with, with a potential next roadblock waiting just ahead. In short, I have been really too overwhemed to stop and reasess. A bunch of shipments I mailed out last year ended up lost in the mail, and since I didn't track them (my bad, I was still new to how unreliable things were when it came to post in the country I relocated to last Summer), I wasn't aware of it unless the person I shipped them to contacted me directly. I did my best to reply, but if I missed or didn't get to your message yet, I apologize. I will provide a refund, or a replacement, for all undelivered orders, that has always been my intention. I am truly sincerely sorry for making concerned that I wouldn't. Now, I can go on and on about each individual batch of delayed or lost order that I've had to deal with in the past year+, but that would take too long. If you have a question regarding any specific order or product that wasn't delivered, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to answer asap. Please keep in mind that it might take me a few days to do so. I'll also be compiling a masterpost with updates on these speficic items (like pins, acrylic standees etc) in the next few days to address the issue. Regarding undelivered prints from last year: to make sure I didn't miss any unfulfilled orders, I'll be mass emailing everyone who has placed an order in that period inquiring if they received it, and if not, offering either a refund or a replacement to be sent asap.
It you have any questions, please feel free to ask. You can reach me at ksenia@lornaka.com or discord at lornaka#9666
Thank you for the clarifications and the quick response @lornaka! l’m sorry to hear that you’ve been having such a difficult time (and I understand things piling up faster than you can keep up with!) I will email you separately about my individual order, but wanted to ask this:
I know you have an INPRNT store in addition to your Ko-Fi, but I don’t think you have all the same prints loaded in both places. Would it be possible to add in all the print options from the orders made over the last year to your INPRNT, and then issue refunds, so that those who still want your prints could order them from there, and those who just want a refund could have their money back? INPRNT does an incredible job on their print quality and I would love to have your art if I could buy the items I’m missing from there. Just wanted to throw that out there!
Thank you for understanding!
Re: Ko-Fi vs INPRNT
I have a looooot of physical prints in stock at my current place (I order all my print stocks in bulk from print shops, I don’t print them myself) and I intend to use them to fulfill all overdue orders/send replacements for as long as supplies last. It also makes it possible for me to add bonus free prints to each order as a little token of my gratitude for everyone’s patience (on average, I include 2-3 bonus prints with each print order).
The reason I’m confident about mailing out these prints now after all the misfortunes that I’ve been plagued with for the past year+ is that I’ll be shipping them from another country where I know what I’m dealing with in terms of customs/shipping services and can provide adequate tracking for each shipment. I’ve been packing orders for weeks now, and my next step will be to process them and mail out tracking numbers.
I just want to say I've been following you for years (like during Rebels S3) and have multiple prints of your art around my home. You've always been kind and considerate and transparent, and I've also witnessed the stuff you've gone through on the periphery for years and really admired that you've continued to create and be such a beacon in the Star Wars community. I can't imagine what you've been juggling, and I don't mean to absolve you of any mistakes, or invalidate anyone else's experience, but I just hope you feel less alone. Your art really helped me feel seen and given me real joy. I wish you joy and some relief as well.
Thank you so much, this really means a lot. I really can't describe how grateful I am for all the support and patience I've received from the SW community and my customers in the past few years, and I wouldn't want to invalidate anyone's disappointment when I myself fell short and let people down either. Knowing that my art was able to provide joy to you and hopefully other people too is what motivates me to work hard to get my life together again and to continue to do so. Thank you ;o;
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Anonymous asked:
Just saw your post about cyareclones. Such a bummer. I haven’t bought anything from them but me and some friends are having a similar experience with Lornaka. We bought some art months ago and haven’t gotten anything and she hasn’t answered any of our emails. After asking around we found out this is pretty standard for her. Hopefully we get our art soon and I hope things resolve for you too!
ah that blows. ive seen their art around before, its nice. hoping the best for you also
strange coincidence that two separate star wars artists are doing this tho lmao
PSA:
I know multiple people who have paid @lornaka and not received their art for more than a year, and some are still waiting.
This is unacceptable from someone who is offering commissions and art prints.
If you cannot deliver, you should be giving refunds. There are only so many excuses.
If you cannot keep up with demand, do not keep accepting new comms or orders and taking people’s money.
Regrettably, I warn against buying from her at this point, as you may never see it.
If a product is paid for, it should be received within a reasonable timeframe. If it cannot, a refund should be issued by the artist.
The people I know have emailed and emailed, and only received limited or no responses at all in regards to their orders.
DM me/reblog if you have also paid for a commission or print and not received it from @lornaka , as we are seeking others in the same situation.
Hi! I just saw this and want to address this directly for full transparency.
Yes, I fully admit that I have been struggling to complete quite a few commissions since 2022. It's been the most difficult period of my life, and I can go into much detail on everything that I've been stuggling with in my personal life for these past few years, but at the end of the day, none of it is an excuse (maybe an explanation at best). (If anyone wants to hear the full story, feel free to dm me).
I have always, always provided refunds for cancelled commissions when requested. If you emailed me requesting a refund, and I haven't replied yet, I'm truly sorry. Staying on top of communication is another thing that I've been immensely struggling with for the past year in particular, due to severe burn out and constant feeling of being overwhelmed, particularly in between several international relocations that depleted my financial and mental resources in the span of two years. I won't even touch on the topic of my deteriarating mental health because it just feels like another excuse. And I'm not trying to make excuses, but that's the truth. It has never, ever, been my intention to not either deliver on my obligations, or provide a refund and/or compensation to the best of my ability. My capacity to do so has just been severely depleted for over a year, and for making it anyone else's problem, I can only sincerely apologize and promise to do what's in my power to make up for it.
Re: not answering emails, I've had an overflowing inbox of emails that have been piling up while I got tied up with one thing or another to contain the chaos of my personal life during the past couple of years. I'm trying to work my way through them whenever I physically have the time and energy to so. It's the same reason I haven't been active on socials, particulary twitter, for the past couple of months, it's not that I'm choosing to ignore anyone, I simply don't have the capacity to deal with it at the moment. If I haven't answered your email, it's not because I'm choosing to ignore you, it's because I failed to get on top of it for now, most likely not seeing it in the ocean of things I need to take care of until I go sorting through my inbox. And that is absolutely 100% my failure that I fully own up to, and I'm so so sorry. I have recently moved again, and I spent the past month just trying to get settled and breath through the anxiety and tackle the mountain of things that I need to sort out to get back to everyone who's been patiently waiting for my reply, either about a commission, or a shop order, and get back to shipping orders in a reliable way.
If I haven't replied to your email yet, please allow me the next week to do so, and feel free to follow up if I don't (sometimes emails simply get lost, it's happened before). I hope it's not too much to ask at this point. I sincerely apologize for all the grief and concern I might've caused, and if there's anything I can do/offer to convince you all of my dedication to make things right, please let me know. I'm trying my best to stay above water and deal with everything as it comes, I really am. I can't beging to descibe how much the support I've recieved in the past few years has meant to me, and how terrible I feel for disappointing anyone, it has never been my intention, and I'll do my best to make up for the damage caused, even if it takes me another few years. Now, regarding the shop orders: that's a whole other beast. The situation re: unanswered emails is the same, if you email me with a question about your order and I haven't got back to you, I'm sorry, I'll do my best to do so as soon as I can. There is a lot of stuff I'm juggling in relation to that, and I admit I have dropped the ball on communicating clearly and openly about the status of certain products/orders for the past year. Mostly because there is just too much chaos and uncertainty in my life to the point where I can't predict what I'll be dealing with tomorrow. Every time I think I do, I end up facing a dead end and I have to adjust. In the past few years, I've had to deal with international customs bouncing stocks of product, lost shipments, mail services fucking me over by not processing the shipments correctly, etc which lead to loss of hundreds of dollars every time something was fumbled. Looking back, I know I should've given an update on each issue, but with how much there has been going on in my life in terms of such roadblocks constantly, for the past 3 years, I simply didn't have the energy to slow down and do so. Every time there was a dead end, I was frantically working on finding a solution so I could move forward. I just never expected or calculated that each problem would take so freaking long to deal with, with a potential next roadblock waiting just ahead. In short, I have been really too overwhemed to stop and reasess. A bunch of shipments I mailed out last year ended up lost in the mail, and since I didn't track them (my bad, I was still new to how unreliable things were when it came to post in the country I relocated to last Summer), I wasn't aware of it unless the person I shipped them to contacted me directly. I did my best to reply, but if I missed or didn't get to your message yet, I apologize. I will provide a refund, or a replacement, for all undelivered orders, that has always been my intention. I am truly sincerely sorry for making concerned that I wouldn't. Now, I can go on and on about each individual batch of delayed or lost order that I've had to deal with in the past year+, but that would take too long. If you have a question regarding any specific order or product that wasn't delivered, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to answer asap. Please keep in mind that it might take me a few days to do so. I'll also be compiling a masterpost with updates on these speficic items (like pins, acrylic standees etc) in the next few days to address the issue. Regarding undelivered prints from last year: to make sure I didn't miss any unfulfilled orders, I'll be mass emailing everyone who has placed an order in that period inquiring if they received it, and if not, offering either a refund or a replacement to be sent asap.
It you have any questions, please feel free to ask. You can reach me at ksenia@lornaka.com or discord at lornaka#9666
Finally done!! (p≧w≦q)