chutkat

Edited the post because I forgot to add that I actually have an asset pack at the unity store, in case anyone would want to have it.
I plan on updating it sometime soon so that it looks much better. x__X

Yeah your icon is really neat!! Welcome to the forums

Thank you very much!

2 hours ago, PaulSonny said:

I absolutely love your background artwork! Great pieces you have here. You should be proud.

Thanks a lot!!!

2 minutes ago, Cadence said:

If you don't mind me asking, but how did you increase your presence online? I've been doing well for my writing pursuits on Twitter since it seems there's a big writing community on that site, but with art it's always been a hit or miss on Facebook. I've gotten more responses using Instagram for my art. Sometimes it just feels difficult, even to chat with like-minded people about art/design/writing online.

Well, I upload  different things to different websites, for example with deviantart, I upload my most rendered stuff since that's what usually gets more attention over there. On my instagram account highly rendered stuff is very hard to see so I h ave to upload simpler drawings like sketches plus many tags, 1 characters, etc. For twitter, if it's fanart & trending it gets tons of reblogs, same for tumblr, they're crazy about fanart, I don't do much fanart but I do upload a lot of work in progress. Then there are particular sites like Furaffinity, weasyl etc where i mostly upload anthro art and animals since that's what people is looking for over there.

You have to be constant, you have to be active as in talking to people and creating relationships, comment on other people's work, sometimes out of curiosity they check your art.
Also I used to go to a lot of conventions and give away business cards.

It's difficult, I used to have a more active fanbase back around 2010, but then because of a problem I had with my hand and not being able to post for a long time I had to basically start all over again.

Just be persitent. It is hard and you might get frustrated at times, but keep doing it.
 

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1 hour ago, SingSong said:

Beautiful work. Those Tower of Princess backgrounds are lovely. 

Thank you! They were for a Japanese rpg mobile game. Unfortunately I cannot show the full images, which is why they're cropped and watermarked. ;A;

4 hours ago, Callum said:

Yiu are incredibly talented as an artist and I've written your name down in the event I should ever need an artist in the future! Best of luck.

Thank you very much for the compliment! ~

I have been a freelance illustrator for about10 years. This kind of job in my city is extremely bad paid so I had no option but to keep working through internet. It has been a challenge but I think I wouldn't change my experience for anything! I've met the most amazing friends and workpals and I think I've grown a lot as a person because of this multicultural environment.
I kind of work in the field I studied for but not exactly. I studied architecture at the university and for the past years I have done background illustration & design by using my architecture skills. :B

It's alright, I wanted to study animation but that was not an option back then.

I think it was before Kinder garden when I started with art. My cousin used to draw unicorns for me and she got tired of me asking for more unicorns each time and told me to draw my own. Ever since then I've been drawing mostly horses.

I touched my first digital program and fancy art materials until I was in college, before that I always painted with whatever colours my parents could get for me.  So naturally I've been practising digital art alongside traditional art since then.

I haven't had that "aha" moment. I do study really hard about concept art, colour, moods, anatomy etc, but It's still a challenge. It has gotten easier with time though!

Thank you for making this post, it's always very interesting to read everyone's stories! I'm sorry that I'm really bad at talking about myself~

(Please do not post your personal information here, always contact me through direct messages for inquires )

Hello! I'm Maricela Ugarte, also known as (Chutkat) over the interwebs~
I've been a freelance illustrator for quite a while and have worked on several online and mobile games for companies all over the world by doing creature design, background art and assets. I have also won several awards for illustration, two of the most recent ones were the "Illustrators of the Future 32" and "World Challenge by Grafolio".  If you have any question, feel free to send me a message! I'm pretty accessible.
I speak English and Spanish Fluently and I can have basic conversations in Japanese. (In case one of these is your main language)

Website | Games Portfolio | Linkedin | Deviantart |Tumblr | Pixiv

Commercial Rate for beginner projects / individuals: $20 USD / hour  | Or hire me a whole month for 120 hours of work for $1800 USD

If you'd like a quote for your illustration or project, feel free to send me a note!
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★ Illustrations
Non-Commercial Price & Overall Information: http://chutkat.com/commission/

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★ Background Art
 

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★ Creature Design

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★ Assets

Thankyou very much for reading!

(Please do not post your personal information here, always contact me through direct messages for inquires )




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★ Asset Packs

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/35255

I forgot to add, I have a 2d  asset pack in the unity store. It costs $30 and it comes with around 100 tiles that you can use to build your own world. I need to revamp it soon, but as far as I know, when I revamp it you get access to the updates. These can be used outside of unity as well I think, since it includes the png files.

Games I've worked on:  The Tower of Princess, Shall we Date: Wizardess Heart, Clanheart, Dapper-Owl, Saylua, Horse Reality, Eqcetera, Mis Otros Yo, Pulso Nocturno.

Thank you very much everyone!

1 hour ago, PaulSonny said:

Welcome to TGL chutkat!

How did you find us?

Thank you everyone! Well I got an invitation from Ryan over my FB page!