Rage, rage against the dying of the light...
ABOUT
desansen is an illustrator inspired by classic anime, favorite games, travel and mythologies, specifically from the Philippines and other SEA. Despite some nerve issues caused by a bad work injury to her neck&arms, she finds solace in creating many forms of art. She also works outside of illustration, having explored careers in health, gallery management, tech, glass etching, logistics and marketing. Despite the various landscapes, she embraces the new sights and sounds to inspire and improve herself, though the pricklies and numbness cause some setbacks on occasion.As of 2025, desansen resides in New Zealand and sometimes in the United States. Currently, she's focusing on colors, landscapes and digital painting (thanks to travel), both on her trusty laptop and phone. She misses her sketchbooks, pencils and markers... which she'll return to in due time, though!
LIKES: doodling, diamonds-in-the-rough, my derpy dog, my punk cat, thresher sharks, tinkering, interstellar, spinny chairs, old-fashioned lemonade, awebo, creepy nuts, videogames, cotyledon tomentosa variegata, mythologies, comfy scarves, gunship, a bit of dark humor, woodkid, thrillers and horrors, homemade lumpia, my significant other, nichijou, beautiful day bath and body works scent, wednesday campanella, puffins, a nicely designed cup, tom kha gai.DISLIKES: closed in spaces, ampalayá, modern cadillacs, forgetting a word, herd mentality, clunky/chonky vacuum cleaners, poor time management, watered down chai, FOMO, dishonesty, allium intolerance, stickers on the verge of peeling off, loud violent extremists, the rat race, my numbed limbs, celery sticks.FAVORITE WEAPONS:
pencils (favorite brands: Dixon Ticonderoga & Blackwings)
inks (no particular favorite, but Waterman is always nice)
markers (Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens & any random Copic or similar alcohol marker)
rubber brush and stubs
Grumbacher matte fixative
insert a variety of paper here (but highly-textured paper is awesome)
Clip Studio Paint (on laptop and mobile) & sometimes SAI
Affinity
Futuro wrist splints and support
7-inch serrated knife (for cooking)
GALLERY
- some samples of past artwork -
Siyokoy
Minokawa
Bakunawa
Hikaru
Hanan
Souls
Dodomeki
May 2025 Snake Year Calendar
Katamari Onigiri Day
Aeron
For more pieces, check out my Insta (for sketches & older works) as well as the projects and zines I'm in.
PROJECT LIST
🎨:ARTIST 🎴:CARD MERCH 👁️:SPOT ARTIST 🛍️:OTHER MERCH
| 💠VISUAL ARTS PROJECT | 💠ROLE | 💠STATUS | 💠DATES AVAILABLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Unannounced personal zine project) | 🎨🎴👁️ | CREATION | Undetermined |
| (Unannounced long term myth project) | 🎨🎴👁️ | CREATION | Undetermined |
| (Unannounced non-fiction project) | 🎨 | CREATION | Undetermined |
| Space Invaded | 🎨 | CREATION | tentative 2026 |
| VOCALOVE | 🎨 | CREATION | tentative 2026 |
| Year of the Horse Mobile Calendar | 🎨 | CREATION | tentative - December 2025 |
| Pokéjinka DEX | 🎨 | CREATION | tentative |
| Creepy Phenomenon: A Dandadan Zine | 🎨 | CREATION | tentative - early 2026 |
| Golden Apples & Poisoned Chalices | 🎨 | PREORDERS | February 2026 |
| 20,000 Leagues: An Ocean Celebration Zine | 🎨 | FORMAT | tentative - September 2025 |
| Happy Hunting!: A Monster Hunter Zine | 🎨 | PREORDERS | October 2025 |
| None Pizza Left Beef | 🎨 | FORMAT | tentative |
| FFXIV Untamed Volume 3 | 🎨🎴👁️ | PREORDERS | October 2025 |
| Day to Day: A FFXIV Zine | 🎨👁️ | PREORDERS | October 2025 |
| The Seat of Sacrifice: A Themis Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | late 2025 |
| Broken Chains: A Garlean Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | June 2025+ |
| Polar Lights 3: Midnight | 🎨 | COMPLETE | March 31, 2025+ |
| Mustelid Zine | 🎨 | FORMAT | tentative mid-2025 |
| Tales from the Gathering Hub: A Monster Hunter Zine | 🎨👁️ | COMPLETE | February 28, 2025+ |
| GARF ZINE | 🎨 | COMPLETE | Mid-2025 |
| Coven of the Eternal Blood Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | January 2025+ |
| Valhalla Awaits: A Norse Mythology Anthology | 🎨 | COMPLETE | Mid-2025 |
| Year of the Snake Mobile Calendar | 🎨 | COMPLETE | January 2025+ |
| Ephemeral Moments Zine | 🎨 | FUNDED | Mid-2025 |
| Vampire's Vestige: Vampire Hunter D Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 10/2024 - 11/2024 |
| Master of my Fate: Malevolent Tarot | 🎴 | COMPLETE | 08/2024 - 09/2024 |
| Love of the Light: An FFXIV Dating Sim Zine | 🎨👁️ | COMPLETE | 08/2024 - 09/2024 |
| Window to Worlds 2024 | 🎨 | COMPLETE | December 2024+ |
| 13DAY: 2024 - Demons and Divinity | 🎨 | COMPLETE | October 2024+ |
| Red Zone Volume 3: Horror Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | October 2024+ |
| Interlude: A Mushishi Seasons Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | October 2024+ |
| TO THE STARS, BELOW THE DEPTHS | 🎨 | COMPLETE | October 2024+ |
| Umbral Wings: A Dragon Tarot | 🎴 | COMPLETE | 06/2024 - 07/2024 |
| Pris-m-agic | 🎨 | COMPLETE | July 2024+ |
| The Sea Unseen: A Marine Zine 2024 | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 06/2024 - 09/2024 |
| WE 20VE KATAMARI - Anniversary Interactive FanZine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | March 2024+ |
| Polar Lights 2: Dawn | 🎨👁️ | COMPLETE | March 2024+ |
| Lilypad Sonnet | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 06/2024 |
| True Colors: A MP100 Appreciation Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | December 2023+ |
| Guiding Moonlight - a Soulsborne Planner | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 11/2023 - 01/2024 |
| Are You Scared Yet? | 🎨 🛍️ | COMPLETE | 09/2023 - 10/2023 |
| 13 DAYS Advent: 2023 Monsters & Myths | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 07/2023 - 08/2023 |
| Rose Magazine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | September 2023+ |
| Window to Worlds 2023 | 🎨 | COMPLETE | July 2023+ |
| Sleep On It: A Tired Characters Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | April 2023+ |
| Misplaced Creatures: A Bestiary for Ukraine Charity Zine | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 01/2023 |
| Poison Apple: Villains & Creatures of Fables & Legends | 🎨 🛍️🎴 | COMPLETE | 07/2022 - 08/2022 |
| FFXIV Untamed Volume 2 | 🎨🎴👁️ | COMPLETE | 05/2022 - 06/2022 |
| FF Creators' Guild: Memories of Crystals Dedication book | 🎨 | COMPLETE | 2021 |
| FFXIV Untamed Volume 1 | 🎨🛍️🎴👁️ | COMPLETE | 04/2021 - 05/2021 |
| 💠OTHER PROJECTS & ROLE | 💠STATUS | 💠DATES AVAILABLE |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Collab 🎤 | PROG | tentative 2025 |
| One Piece Bink's Brew Collaboration - RUMBAR PIRATE SINGER🎤 | ARR! DONE | December 2024+ |
| One Winged Angel with 170 Musicians - CHOIR🎤 | COMPLETE | February 2024+ |
| FFXIV 10 Years Medley with 200 Musicians - CHOIR🎤 | COMPLETE | August 2023+ |
| Close in the Distance (with 1000 Singers from the community) - CHOIR🎤 | COMPLETE | July 2022+ |
| Husky by the Geek's Welcome Back Soken with 40 Musicians - CHOIR🎤 | COMPLETE | June 2021+ |
COMMISSIONS
Thank you for considering or at least being curious about commissioning me!Currently, I'm re-organizing everything, finishing personal, private and other projects, but may be open to commissions depending on request! See here for current public projects, too!Here is my current (2025) general breakdown of how I price my character art commissions*:
| Headshot | Half-body | Full-body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monochrome | $30 | $60 | $90 |
| +Color | +$20-25 | +$25-35 | +$35-55 |
| +Background | +$12-50 | +$15-60 | +$20-70 |
| +Extra Character | +$25 | +$55 | +$80 |
* SAMPLES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.Depending on complexity, color and background additions, it can fall within those price ranges.This is subject to change depending on factors like time, style-choice and extras like multiple characters.*I also can do custom requests that don't fall under character art, but it is subject to approval on my part. Depending on complexity and time, it may fall around a similar or higher price range.
Please note: My Ko-fi page is where I normally handle commissions, but you may DM me on BlueSky if no account to check if I'm available! I may also occasionally mention open slots on my social media.
TERMS OF SERVICE
You are agreeing to the following terms of service should you agree to commission me. Read thoroughly for a smooth process!
- See my commission criteria below for what I'm willing to draw.
- All commissions and payments will be handled through Ko-fi when slots are available. First come first serve, so keep watch there. Followers get updates on when it opens.
- Full payment is upfront AFTER securing a commission slot and design agreement. (It used to be 50%, but due to AI theft and a few other issues encountered, full upfront is a safeguard and requirement.)
COMMISSION CRITERIA:
| 😊 I WILL DRAW: | 😓 I WON'T DRAW: |
|---|---|
| Original Characters (OCs) | Full-on mecha (BG partials are fine, but not main character) |
| Manga or western-cartoon styles | Photographic illustrations (due to complexity/time) |
| Fan-Art of most known series | CG/3D work |
| Singles/Couples/Groups | Full-on NSFW (no sexual shenanigans here, silly!) |
| SFW and semi-NSFW (only partial nudes) |
YAY! I WANT TO COMMISSION! NOW WHAT?:
- Secure a Ko-fi commission slot at my page: https://www.ko-fi.com/desansen or DM @ my BlueSky account to check for openings!
- Please provide references as you're filling in your request. I prefer visual references but can attempt to draw from text references.
- I have the right to decline a commission for any reason, especially if it doesn't follow my above criteria.
- Once I've agreed to what you'd like drawn, I will open a new custom commission payment slot for you on Ko-fi to pay in full.
DURING PRODUCTION:
- I will send you up to 2 work-in-progress sketches to make sure we're on the right track.
- You're allowed up to 2 minor revisions after seeing progress sketches. Anything more will cost extra as it takes time and effort to keep editing. Please provide good references at the start so revision is minimal.
- Cancelling a commission at ANY point will only be partially refunded through Paypal. (At most, you will receive 1/2 of the price minus PayPal fees. If nearly completely, only 1/4th minus PayPal fees will be refunded). The sketch will then be sent in its current state.
- Once a commission has been finished and sent, no refunds.
- Turn-around is about 2-4 weeks depending on the complexity of your piece. I will also contact you if extra time is required. Life sometimes happens. 😵💫
AFTER FINISHING YOUR COMMISSION:
- You may post your commission wherever you'd like with link and credit to @desansen.- I will post your commission on my Ko-fi page to subscribers and one-time donators. If I want to show it publicly, I will ask your permission first.- All commissioned pieces are for personal use only. Please don't use it to resell as merchandise (including print) or any other commercial use.- Do not use any artwork, including any drafts and finals, for AI generating and training.- For any commercial use, please contact me via Ko-fi, Instagram or Twitter and we can negotiate.Thank you for your time and patience. Hopefully we can work together on your piece one day!