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SammyTorres

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Just wanted to let you all know what the status of TDN currently is!

All thumbnails for the entire story has been drawn! I've collected and organized everything and I can say that there will be 6 books in total because I want to have them printed each time I finish a book. The amount of pages I have right now are approx 320 so there's going to be a whole lot of work ahead. I'd love to have a little team helping me - so far I have a friend who agreed to help with colours and shadows but I'd also like to get a background artist as well. I'll have to ask around but first I need the funding to hire them. I've applied for funding from The Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond) so now I'm waiting eagerly for a response. If I don't get the funding, I'll have to work a bit on the side to earn enough to pay my team and then I'll just have to do the BGs myself. If I can get enough patrons then I can split that money to my team.

So that's the plan so far! I'm gonna give you guys more updates later.

If you want a closer look on my work then go and support me on Patreon!

Or if you want to make a one-time donation then I also have a ko-fi.

All links can be found in my linktree below! Thanks <3

https://linktr.ee/SammyTorres

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Commissions are on-going for the time being because freelancework is sparse nowadays so it's nice to have another way to earn a little coin

(Thank you to those who have purchased commissions from me, you've literally saved my day!)

If there's a specific style you want then check out my gallery and send me a link or screenshot. If you have any questions then ask away in your mail. I'm all up for negotiating so we both can be happy. 🌷💕

My preferences are dragons, anthro, humans (any character really) I'll do simple robotics as well! Give me your monsters, DnD character, OC, I'll also do fanart if you'd like that! I'm up for anything as long as it's not a super complex piece of illustration with a ton of details in the bg. I also won't do NSFW and obviously discriminatory visuals...

See my ToS for more info!


🌷My ToS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tXJan5Z-WpFJN9XhQ4tEIeTQz-LfogAibzzoKInuXbY/edit?usp=sharing


🌷My e-mail: animatorsammy@gmail.com


🌷USD payments up front via Paypal invoices (so remember to add the mail you use for PayPal)


My pricelist:

Commissions are Open!!

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Thank you!

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🎉🎊Hi everyone! Happy New Year!🎊🎉

I know it's been ✨a while✨ since I wrote a journal in here.... the last couple of years has been both financially distressing but also just me trying to get my things together and finding motivation for my passion projects (including moving to a new home etc).

But I'm not going onto details about my past BUT instead I'm goin to give you some insight on my goals for 2024! 🌷The Draconem Nebula I've been working on thumbnails for TDN since I finished the first chapter back in 2018. I've had a major artblock and lack of motivation because the story that I had written didn't feel right. The pacing was off, the plot incoherent and uneccessary extra characters was included. Then in October 2022 I went with friends on vacation to a remote cabin in the woods and fixed all the issues in my story. Not only did I have a wonderful time surrounded by forests in my favourite season, I also got motivation back to continue with TDN! Now I've got approx 200 pages thumbnailed so far and I still got more to do. I've written the last few chapters so technically the story is done in text form🎉 Another thing about TDN is that I'm going to change the format a bit. I'm going to have webcomic-esque chapters and then call the printed versions books. So we got book 1 with 1 chapter on the website and printed version. The continuation will be called Book 2 which will have umm... *counting* 1,2 3... approx 15 chapters. Then the entire story will be done in Book 3 (which I'm working on right now). Other than the comic, I have more TDN artworks on my schedule that I want to finish before September so that I can get them printed for our local Artist Alley. 🌷Social Media I did some very drastic but very necessary thing yesterday... I deleted all my accounts on Twitter and TDN accounts on Instagram and Facebook!! The reason for it was because I was not feeling comfortable on those accounts and also I wanted move my focus elsewhere. Bsky and DA will be the only two places where I'll post TDN updates. I do have my personal IG accounts but I won't post any art there. The only place I'll post art is on DA, Patreon, a bit on Bsky and my personal website so expect more activity here. 🌷Other When I published my Shadowland animatic I was met with such an abundance of support and very nice comments🧡 It is my goal to finish the entire song this spring and I'll have all patrons listed in the credits! 🌷Patreon

If you want to get closer to my work and get the opportunity to engage in conversations with me, head to Patreon where you can pledge from $1 to $20 and get access to my private Discord server including lots of sketches and art: https://www.patreon.com/SammyTorres


That should be it! I won't be publishing a journal in here each month but I'll maybe do it if I have something important to announce. I do promise that I have something exciting for you on Friday!! Please ask any questions you might have in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them! Thank you guys and here's to a great year of the dragon!

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Hi all!

Wow it's been a while whew since I've written a journal in here lol I thought I'd let you guys know what's going on lately... kinda important so pls read ^^


I'm still working on chapter 2 thumbnails! Got many pages done but I'm slow atm bc I'm moving to a new place and I need to declutter/pack my things. I'm very excited to be moving tho it will take my focus aways from my comic. Gonna be fully occupied by the end of May and all of June.

Regarding the TDN website

I've unassigned the premium plan I had at wixsite so the TDN website will go back to it's old domain: https://sammytorres.wixsite.com/thedraconemnebula… This means the link in all my webcomic updates (http://thedraconemnebula.com) is no longer in use ;; Sorry if this will cause any trouble!

Because of the war - prices for heat, food and gas are increasing. Moving to the new place will be a little more expensive for us so I have to save/earn money wherever I can. When my income and life is more stable then I'd like to try make a new and better website - more on that later when I got a plan on what to do.

Thank you all for the amazing support and patience!

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If you're attending to the ArtBubble festival this year in Aarhus at Dokk1 this weekend (18-19th September) then you'll get a chance to meet me and see what I have to offer for sale :0


I got my comic printed (in danish) and then I have some TDN sticker (that will go on redbubble next week) and then other dragon artworks for sale!

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Hope this makes you excited! Looking forward to meeting you!

To read more about the festival go to their website https://art-bubble.dk/


See you guys!! <3

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