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Hi guys..!
As explained in my previous post, I'm going through a lot lately and I can't find a job to sustain myself... So I tried to collect all my last energies trying to believe in myself again and created a Patreon and Ko-fi account!

Patreon: www.patreon.com/victorfaretina
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/victorfaretina

I probably won't get a lot of support because I hate to sell myself and I don't like to go around asking for support, but this situation is getting worse day by day so I have to do this. If you can't support with money/commissions you could help me sharing my works and my patreon/kofi/whatever with other people.

my FB page: [link]
my Instagram: dolcesole.art , victorfaretina

You can also buy some goods from my Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/victo…

Commissions are open so if you have an idea for a dress, an original character, a pixel art, and other works similar to the ones you see in my gallery, just send me a note or an email at victor.faretina@hotmail.com
The price of the commissions depends on your requests and the time I'll spend on it. Since everything I do never takes less than 3 hours I would say the price for a commission would be around 30€.
Thank you for your attention!
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Return

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(COMMISSIONS OPEN! Check at the bottom of this post for more info)

Hi everybody.
It's been nearly 3 years since I last updated this journal... I know it's a very long time, many things happened, many things have changed, dA has changed, and I don't know if someone will actually read this post.
I remember when I just opened this account, 9 years ago, the struggling at the begining, trying to emerge and get people following me. My dreams, my determination, some small success and fame, then the slow fading away of all that.

What happened? Where have I been?
After I graduated from my fashion academy in Milan I moved to Tokyo in January 2016. I went to study the language and to try to find a job there, so that I could settle there for good. That was my biggest dream, Tokyo was really -and still is...- the place I belong to.
I lived there for 2 years. I learned Japanese, made some friends, and even found a fashion designer job in a good company. I was very near to achieve everything I always wanted and get the fruits from all my sacrifices and efforts. But the immigration office denied my working visa, so I had to leave, and in one day I lost everything. I had to say goodbye to my few friends and to everything I loved, the only place in this world where for the first time I felt myself, I felt at home, I felt safe and complete.

In March 2018 I had a complete breakdown, a darkness from which I still haven't got out of yet. I had to improvise a new plan, though it wasn't really a good plan but just a way to keep surviving.
So I moved to London last October: it was just the easiest choice because I didn't need any visa and I could ship all my things I had in Japan to a friend. Going back to Italy would have just made me feel even worse.
But if something can go even worse, it will: at Narita airport I lost my macbook with ALL of my works inside. No back up. Nothing. All my projects, designs, drawings, photos, resources, storyboards, everything lost for good.
It couldn't happen in a moment worse than that... I got into deep depression. And I had to deal with it completely alone, without any help because I couldn't afford it. It's been the worst year of my whole life. If you're an artist you'll understand, to me every single work is like a child, and even though I uploaded a lot of designs here and on my website, losing the psd files with the levels, the drawings without the backgrounds, in high quality resolution, that was really bad.

Then a couple months ago thank god I got my computer back, with everything still inside. So it's kind of ok now, but too many bad things happened and all of them really changed me. I'm not the same person I was 9 years ago, full of energy, feeling like I could conquer the world, seeing my fashion brand in the future, my fashion shows, my manga. Now I don't see anything anymore. I'm alone, in a city I don't like, and I'm having big problems finding even a simple part time job. Not even as a designer, I'm trying as sales assistant at some shops, and nobody wants to hire me. If you don't work in London you starve, everything is super expensive here, and I can't make any new friends. I'm trapped here and I don't know what to do anymore. I don't even feel like keep drawing anymore, it seems like a total waste of time to me... No matter how hard I try, none of my dreams will ever come true.

I really need to find a way to pay my bills, so that's why I'm open for commissions now!
I need your support and the only thing I can give in exchange is what I can do with my few skills.
Fashion designs, manga illustrations, ocs, logos, pixel arts, anything you need. Only thing, I'm not good with backgrounds and I don't do NSFW.
Prices usually start from 35€, it depends by your requests.
I also have some designs on Redbubble where you can buy some cute stuff: www.redbubble.com/people/victo…
Send me a note or an email at victor@victorfaretina.com with all the details! ^_^
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Royal Escape

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ROYAL ESCAPE
Promotional project video shoot during Summer 2015
A prince with no crown, running away from everything he knows, from his kingdom and his safe place, to change his life. Golden thrones and crystal chandeliers are not enough, he wants to see what's really beyond the woods and the mountains. Maybe he will conquer the greatest kingdom ever, Freedom.

victorfaretina.com/

Behind the scenes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxpDiz…

Shooting and editing video by Wendyland.
- Wendyland on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGAVY…
- Wendyland Channel www.facebook.com/wendylandchan…
- Wendyland Creations www.facebook.com/wendyland
- Web Site: www.wendyland.it
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Redbubble!

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Hi friends~
I wanted to let you know that now you can buy many cute goods with my illustrations on Redbubble! Take a look ^o^!
www.redbubble.com/people/victo…


Plus, if you are following my Chess War lolita collection, you can watch this sneak peek video of the King and the Queen designs!
www.facebook.com/leseglantines…
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Hello to everybody!
It's a long time since I don't update my deviantArt... but I see there are so many less people online here, less comments, less deviations, less faves etc... It's so sad =( I loved so much this community. Why is everybody leaving..?!

However, I'm coming back to draw Lolita designs again <3
And I wanted you to know that I've just (finaly) created the facebook page of my own Lolita fashion brand!
Come see the designs and, if you want, click "like" on the page =) I would really appreciate it!

www.facebook.com/leseglantines…
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