dannykojima1

A Danny Kojima's Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comics logo for Facebook and DeviantArt Group

"Facebook Rising Stars '2K23" logo and characters art Coming soon on November 2022.

NOTE: Facebook Rising Stars 2K23 art is not just only hot women wrestlers, but also some male characters in wrestler outfits with their funny and cool ring names as well for the fans to collect and buy them.

The commission is coming soon on DeviantArt in fall. And Fiverr Rising Stars character art gigs will be available in 2023.

Selina Kyle portraited painting by Danny Kojima

Title: "Selina Kyle"
Artist: Danny Kojima
Program: Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Published: June 25, 2022.
Tools: Wacom Cintiq 13HD (Tablet)
Art Genre: The Comic
Art Style: 2D Digital Painting, Illustration

Portrait painting by Danny Kojima

Title: "Put On A Happy Face"
Artist: Danny Kojima
Program: Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Published: June 25, 2022.
Tools: Wacom Cintiq 13HD (Tablet)
Art Genre: Comic
Art Style: 2D Digital Painting, Illustration

Inspired by "Call Me Joker" - Hildur Guonadottir

"Wrestlemania 39" logo designed with Adobe Illustrator CC (2022 updates) by Danny Kojima

Artist/Designer: Danny Kojima
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC 2022 and Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Published: June 25, 2022.
Tools: Wacom Cintiq 13HD (Tablet)
Art Genre: Logo Design

Not sure who is "World's Top Fiverr Freelancer 2023: The Money In The Bank" today, but I will decide to pick who was the top Level 2 seller on Fiverr.

Fiverr 2023 Logo By Danny Kojima

Inspired by the World Wrestling Entertainment "Wrestlemania 38", and no. I don't watch WWE. But I like how WWE used for the show!

It would be nice if Fiverr give us the option to invite our fellow sellers/buyers to watch movie together whenever we host a room in virtual theater in Oculus Quest 2 (VR). This mean you will have to bring your own popcorn, because I might have mine ready for it.

Reporting a message from suspicious buyer whenever they asking to work outside of the platform is like hitting a report butting in whac-a-mole game on them. But one another keep popping up. Aren't you tired of scammers like that?

Wow, I have been gone to the stars of the galaxy across the universe for 21 hours, and finally come back to Earth on Fiverr, and I forgot today is Friday!

TGIFF! (Thanks God, It's Freelancing Friday!) 😃

Already bought a PS5 console on Facebook marketplace or eBay? Great, congratulation! Some of these people just bought it from the scalpers, and didn't realized they had wasted $2,000 on the stolen or banned console. And if they don't care about losing a $2,000 from scalpers who sold it to them because some people have a job pay more money $2,000 a months, then good for these people!

This is why I rather went to buy in store rather than ordering a $2,000 gaming console from somebody sold it on Facebook or eBay, and thinking they could rip me off that easily with ridiculous expensive price, more than normal price in electronic stores.

It is like people looking to buying stolen art from NFT thieve who sold cheap price to these people which they took from DeviantArt, but the artwork still has the watermark of the artist's name on it.

Gaming console scalpers and NFT thieves are the opposite worst type the artists and the companies have been dealing with it. Because they are making money off a million of dollars from companies and the artists. Of course, I am so glad DeviantArt are fighting back against NFT thieves. And so the game retailers are fighting back against PS5/Xbox Series scalpers. Of course, the new bills will make it illegal for console scalpers, see for more details from this 2021 articles here.

Whatever you see a cheap graphic cards, items, gaming consoles or a high end gaming PC on eBay or Facebook Marketplace, do not buy it. If you do -- you're just throwing your money away. Well, no one can stop you, because it's your money anyway, right?

And also, I do agreed with PayPal for permanently banned any sellers who had made about $2,000 or $15,000 a weeks on eBay. Just like one guy who had his $15,000 - $20,000 stuck in his PayPal account after PayPal freeze it for investigation on suspicious. He only had PayPal for about 3 years make that much money from eBay, and now accusing PayPal of stealing his money? Seriously? Good for PayPal! Keep fighting back against these scammers. This guy could be one of those scalper, attempted of selling hundred of thousands of gaming console by ripping people off on eBay.

I had my PayPal since 2010, and still active. And yes, PayPal do send me a notice letters once for verify my account and I did. And then they unfreeze my account. Now I can sell art from DeviantArt store and freelancing on Fiverr with no problem. Not all artists are lucky. Some do get their PayPal freeze due to suspicious of gambling, or whatsoever they shouldn't do.

Anyway, the U.S. Democrats need to do something about these bunch of scalpers. They are stealing stealing the sales money from the company and the retailers. I can hope that this will give more easier for regular consumers like myself to purchase a console for our love ones on Christmas and birthday gift.

After reading about Sony Japan warning of PlayStation 5 scalpers and bot. Of course, these scalpers are the worst type will buying out almost all of PlayStation 5 gaming console which is draining Sony's stock, so the buyers like us couldn't buy it. These scalpers will then resell it with higher price to cheat out people's hard earns money on Facebook's marketplace.

Scalpers are like the thief version of NFT stealing art off DeviantArt site from artists who work hard to create art for living. The NFT thief then resell it cheaper I considered it as counterfeit art. These NFT thief usually re-sell it cheaper to draw away the people from buying art from the original artists on DeviantArt. That's why I'm so glad DeviantArt finally combating NFT thieves. So, yes, PS5 scalpers are as worst as NFT art thieves in 2022. I don't know how does scalpers do that by buying the PS5 before people did. That's I'm sick and tired of waiting for Sony restocking of PlayStation 5.

F***ing hate scalpers and NFT thieves.

What the different between Freelancing and selling art on DeviantArt?

Here is a Pro and Cons about being a freelance artist under company rules:
Pros:
1. Being your own boss.
2. Doing whatever you can do without being told what to do or not to do.
3. Getting a $20 tip from some return buyers? Congratulation!
4. Pausing your gigs, so you can have a few days break or away on vacation.
5. Set a limit on orders in queue to create less stressful.
6. Wear any clothes whatever you want when working from home without worries about your boss smelling you.
7. No dress code.

Cons:
1. You have to spend hours a day working on the artwork during the time started count-down before make a delivery.
2. Sometime you don't always get commission from all different clients who come across your gigs.
3. You will never know what going to happen, sooner or later your account will may be ban for breaking the Company's Terms of Service.
4. The company will always side with the buyers/clients. Not you (as a seller).
5. You get scam most of the times from shady buyers when they disputed an order for refund via Customer Support after half way complete the project.
6. Your account get permanently restricted for working outside of the company which is goes against the company's policy. I mean, it's a good things to work inside of the company rules! So the two of you don't have to create a Mexican standoff between you and the buyer.
7. You cannot have more than 1 account.
8. Dealing with impatient buyers, threatening to dispute the order for a refund.
9. When your account get permanently restricted, you can never create another account to freelance ever. Ever. Your whole online career is pretty much done. Time for you to move on, find a job.
10. Company take some of your earnings after complete delivery to a buyer.
11. Dealing with angry buyers threaten you to Customer Support to get your account restricted.

Pro as an artist on DeviantArt.
1. Sell your art through Premium download with whatever price you want!
2. Sit back, relax, watch movie or playing video game while buyers and fans downloading your art prints and Premium art with whatever price you created.
3. People will keep coming back to buy your art on your DeviantArt store when you're away on vacation.
4. Feel good about being. Your. Own. Boss!
5. Get commissions from all different buyers with whatever you set up.
6. Create many commissions with price as much as you want for the buyers to place an order.
7. Create many Tiers (Subscribers) as you wanted and you can charge them $6.99 - $19.99/month. Tier is a good place for your subscribers to join for a lounge hangout, chat, etc.
8. Create your own group for your fans.
9. Having a system NFT protect got your back, and protecting your art without worries about thief try to steal it for profit on NFT sites.
10. DeviantArt doesn't take few of your earnings for themselves. The money is all yours! Cool, right?
11. Create journal updates for your fans.
12. Post status update to keep your fans update about your art or your story.
13. You can have 1 or 2 more accounts on DeviantArt, as personal such as buying art or for selling art and commission work.
14. You may share your art to only those friends you only wanted to share. No one else can see it unless you send them a link of your Sta.sh.
15. Withdraw money from PayPal and/or Bitpay to your bank account.

Cons:
1. The site is confused if you're new to DeviantArt.
2. Not able to sell your art unless you pay $9.95/month for a Pro membership.
3. No NFT Protection for your art without a Core or Pro membership.
4. Have to wait for few days for DeviantArt to processing your earnings after you completed a delivery to buyers. It happen to me a lot, so I never withdraw my money anyway.

I'm surprised some artist (on DeviantArt) are getting confused with LLC license when submit the artwork on the site. When the artist mentioned that someone stole her art and she couldn't do anything about it, then turned to DeviantArt staff for help. But she was told that they couldn't do about it either, because she didn't turned on the LLC option before submitted the artwork on the site, just right before a thief grabbed it for profit on NFT site.

This is why the artist should always put a checkmark on "LLC license" as a Default via Publishing Option which is mean no one can use without Creative Commons License. This is why I turned off Download options and put dA's watermark as well for every of my artwork I upload on DeviantArt site! This is why this make it harder for thief to grab it.

I understand it cheaper to buy [stolen] art from a site whatever a thief sold it to you, but once the original artist like myself shut them down with DMCA take down action, …your art becoming useless, because you do not have a proper commercial license to use it. Your art will always a counterfeit. And fake. Because the artwork still has the artist’s watermark on it.

If you want to use the artwork for your book, game, music or for personal use — then buy it from the original artist on DeviantArt, Fiverr or Etsy. Not from someone who sold you cheaper. It is like when someone couldn’t afford a $1,500 iPhone from Apple but decided to buy a $200 counterfeit ripoff iPhone from a black market.

This is why piracy such as pirated version of Adobe programs, film, music, pirated games, stolen art and counterfeit become a big problem today in America.

Tackles NFT art thieves: DeviantArt is now combating stolen art on NFT. Now, this is great news for all artists on DeviantArt; especially those who are pay Core and Pro members. You may read more on DeviantArt for details here.

Autumn Misery is a legends. The story of a lonely young girl living in the woods. She was the daughter of Rosbes, an Elven Queen who were killed by a Dragon King during the war between men, Elven and dwarves and orcs. Her mother hid her away on the little boat floating into river to the forest and was picked up by the beautiful mother Grizzly with two of her cubs. They raised her.

She lived in the woods all her life with the wild animals as well with Snow Wolves, Grizzley, Snow Rabbits and Snow Eagles. She was also a best friends with two silly little fairies too when she found them locked up in the bird cage before they were feed to the vultures by the pirates.

Title: Autumn Misery
Artist: Danny Kojima
Song: "Calantha" by Amethystium

Orionelody: Ocean World (Original Motion Pictures Soundtrack) Epic Ambient • 2023 CD Art
Genre: Film Music Score, Epic Music Soundtrack, Hans Zimmer, Two Steps From Hell, Immediate Music and Audiomachine.

Character Illustration by Danny Kojima

Title: Ocean World
Artist: Danny Kojima
Program: Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Published: June 20, 2022.
Tools: Wacom Cintiq 13HD (Tablet)
Art Genre: Fantasy
Art Style: 2D Digital Painting, Illustration

"The Dwarves used to said they heard someone singing an Elegy song through this forest. They were wrong. I walked through by following the lake, water flowing under the bridge where it lead me to witness a beautiful Elven woman playing a flute for her deceased husband. I can felt sadness through her. Her face tell it all with such anger in her. The sadness on her face when she playing a flute as she sitting on the tree log in front of her husband's grave.

I can feel the winds blowing to my face when she playing a flute. Luckily she didn't see me because I hid in the green leaf bushes with this silly Dwarf next to me.

This forest. I don't know. No one ever tell me what forest this is, excepted a Dwarf I spoke to at the Inn. Keeper. He said this song called Arcus. I mean, what was this mean? I never get a chance to ask a village folk what does Arcus really mean..."

Elven Forest painting by Danny Kojima

Whenever I'm not doing commission art. I enjoy creating art to entertainment myself when I'm bored.

What is entertainment art?
Entertainment art is known as Entertainment Design which is relatively new field combing animation, game design, and concept art for film and television use.

I create whatever art that will entertainment myself and others; especially those who enjoy viewing the art and curious what was the background story behind the artwork. It's like you're reading a book. Watching film/show.

In Sarah's world of "The Last Stand: Vengeance", I will post more to following her story; a journey during the post-apocalyptic most brutal world where she have to live through everyday to stay alive and survive from the horde of infected, the gangs, the threat of other groups, road bandits, the sick (people who are sick in the head), murderers (mostly from psychopaths or criminally insane people who pose as a hitchhikers), a group of religious cults, Scavengers and the Hunters (the cannibal).

She was at least later found Brian (who is her long time companion), her most trusted after he got her escaped from the gas station where she was trapped inside when the horde of infected trying to break into the gas station where Sarah trying to barricade herself and block the main doors.

Brian is the former retired U.S. Marine and he was supposed to station in Maine before everything went down. And the U.S. National Guards failed to maintain evacuation after been overruns by the horde of infected. However, Brian and 3 other U.S. Army National Guards men and women including a 3 civilians were the only survivors escaped from the camp where the C.D.C. and the National Guards station there to treated the patients, but no one alive.

The only important to Sarah is to find her younger brother Alex, who is 18 years old. He has been gone missing for a month at the summer camp with his school, on the trip that day before everything went down. He is the only brother she has now. And he is now more important to Sarah. The good things is that Brian will always go along with Sarah, make sure she's safe. But she wasn't a type of a woman Brian thinks who need any protection from any men.

Well, I'm still working on creating Sarah character artwork along with Brian and Alex. So Sarah's parents as well.

"Vengeance" comic character portrait art by Danny Kojima

This is a story of Sarah, the main female protagonist character who was lost in the most brutal post-apocalyptic world all by herself, after the virus spreading across the world and everything went down.

During the aftermath, Sarah was the only survivor traveling on her father's Harley Davidson motorcycle he left it for her in the garage before he died. After Sarah buried her father in the backyard of their home, she travel across the country road to looking for her brother Alex in Auburn county, a small town in California which was over taken by the infected.

She have seen a lot of things happening in her neighbors and saw her own mother turned into an infected after she was bitten.

Sarah was a survivor, and a loner, but she has combat and surviving skills after accidentally ran into a trap and killed two infected. She also killed few bandits who tried to rob her. Of course, killed the same man -- the leader who killed her father who was a police officer.

I'm planning to work on another version of Sarah, with full body character concept art with her holding the crossbow (one of her favorite weapon). The new concept art of Sarah will be post once the art is complete. And also, the character artwork of Alex (her younger brother) and Brian, the man who saved Sarah from trapped into the gas station when infected trying to eat her.

"Grand Theft Auto Online: After Hours PlayStation 5 Edition" Artwork by Danny Kojima

About the artwork:
• High Quality Game Art for YouTube Gaming Video Intro.
• 300pdi PNG with original .PSD file for game use.

Artist: Danny Kojima
Program: Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
Published on Facebook and DeviantArt: June 19, 2022.
Tools: Wacom Cintiq 13HD (Tablet)
Art Genre: Game Pop-Art
Art Style: 2D Digital Painting, Illustration
Credit: Rockstar Games and Rockstar North.