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Behold the dreamer, the architect of this dark universe. The creator of the grotesque...

Admin_Name: Justine Labasteda A.K.A MegAdmin_Desc.:
Hello! I am a freelance artist from the Philippines.
I specialize in traditional and digital art with horror and sci-fi themes. You can easily recognize my art style from my cyberpunk and body horror themed drawings and by the intricate details that I produce on all my artworks as I especially draw in a chaotic and detailed way.I absolutely love every kind of horror media. From books, to games, and films. And I also love everything about science fiction especially from the cyberpunk sub-genre.

Common inquiries from different [visitors]...

1.) What inspires you to draw?I gather inspiration mostly from my imagination, new and various ideas always come to mind. If I lack enough inspiration, I usually find them through daily living, emotions, music, and other forms of media.2.) Who are your artist inspirations?>Katsuhiro Otomo
>Kow Yokoyama
>Makoto Kobayashi
>Tsutomu Nihei
>Masamune Shirow
>Katsuya Terada
>H.R. Giger
>Kentaro Miura
>Zdzisław Beksiński
>Junji Ito
>Hiroki Endo3.) How did you find your art style?I went through a lot of different art styles. My first one was the doodle art style that was popular back in the day. Then I started doing character designs and short comics so I then evolved to a comic style. When I started studying architecture, I learned the fundamentals of art and I evolved from a cartoony/comic style to realistic. After a while, I started drawing digitally and painting illustrations in watercolor and acrylics so I kinda evolved into a lowbrow style, I was drawing weird art back then. Since I love the horror and cyberpunk genre, I started drawing dark, creepy, dystopian, sci-fi stuff and I felt like I enjoy it more than doing the past art styles because it felt more personal to me. It's a combination of everything I love and years worth of drawing from different art styles. So yeah, I eventually found my art style from drawing a lot and evolving from different styles to another but I still feel like my current art style will change as I improve.4.) How do you conceptualize your drawings?The start of my process is coming up with ideas. I surround myself with different kinds of inspiration; art from social media, comics, anime, movies, games, artbooks, etc.. But if I'm feeling creative enough, ideas often naturally come to me like a eureka moment. Once I have an idea all set up in my head, I sketch various concepts while searching for/creating references related to that idea. This process takes 1-2 days in average or longer depending on how satisfied I am with the decided concept or how complex the design is.5.) Do you draw on digital?Yes! I now draw on digital although not often. I still prefer the traditional style.6.) What program do you use for digital art?I use Photoshop CS6 and Paint Tool Sai.7.) What materials do you use for drawing?For traditional art I use Faber-Castell pencils and Derwent charcoal pencils and Sakura Pigma Micron pens.
For digital art I use Wacom Intuos Draw (CTL-490)

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COMMISSION TERMS

WILL INCLUDE A FREEBIE!!!:
EXTRA SKETCH ILLUSTRATION OF YOUR CHARACTER/S :)Will Draw: Gore, Mecha
Will Not Draw: NSFW (For Now)> I accept payment on Paypal for international (USD) & GCASH for local (PHP)> I only accept full upfront payment after the rough sketch has been approved> I don't offer refunds once payment has been done> Please provide sufficient reference material (the more the better)> Progress of the commission will be updated to you. You can request up to (3) fixes/revisions for free while on sketch-flat color phase and (2) fixes/revisions for free on shading-final phase.
Drawing Process:
Rough Sketch > Refined Sketch > Lineart > Flat Color > Shading/Lighting > Detailing > Final Editing> A waiting queue shall be provided on the link in bio (carrd). Estimated time until completion is 1-3 weeks (or longer depending on commission complexity) once I start working on the commission and finished artwork shall be sent via Gmail> For personal-use commissions, I can also use the artwork as a sample for future clients, include them in my portfolio/archive. In any case the artwork is showcased/posted online, please give clear credit (e.g.: art by @meg.jmeg on instagram). Tag and link my social if you can> For commercial-use commissions, a commercial fee will be added to the total price of the illustration/s> For more questions/if you want to commission, DM me or send me an email on [email protected]CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW COMMISSION PRICES AND SAMPLES

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Rough Sketch -> Refined Sketch -> Line Art -> Coloring -> Shading/Lighting -> Detailing -> Final Editing

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