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Tragically it's not always appropriate to be a muppet in professional settings, so I did a self portrait.

I've been putting together simpler style commission samples for Vgen featuring friend OCs! (For Ian Fay and Kim Hu respectively, both fab artists and people, check 'em out.)

Get art like this for just $100 USD (portrait) or $160 USD (halfbody) on Vgen!

Check out kimsokol's commissions and portfolio! | I'm a freelance illustrator in gaming and publishing with a love for fantasy and sci-fi; i

I never did these in the past because I felt like all my years of painting had completely atrophied my ability to do decent linework, but it turns out starting your day every day with an hour of gesture drawing improves way more than just your gesture drawing. Who knew??

#vgen #open commissions #commissions open #art commisions #character commissions #vgen artist #vgenopen #signal boosts still appreciated #i know nobody has money right now but i am one of the people with no money so i gotta keep on that grind #and yeah i am indeed using an hour of 60 second gestures as my warmup every day #im up to something like 73 days of it and it's obviously having more of an impact than i expected

Check out kimsokol's commissions and portfolio! | I'm a freelance illustrator in gaming and publishing with a love for fantasy and sci-fi; a

I'm live on Vgen! If you've been interested in a commission but not my arcane email process, you can find me over there, signal boosts appreciated!

#vgen #commissions #commissions open #open commissions #character commissions

About a year and a half ago I downloaded a bunch of random movie screencaps off Shotdeck for head studies, and I've been poking at them off and on ever since. Looking at the first page compared to the last, it's nice to see that even after all these years The Grind does, in fact, have results and visible progress is possible.

(If you're curious, what's going on on the left is that I draw it, trace the ref, and make notes about what I got wrong. It's useful to actually note these things, even if you don't check back the process of writing it out helps to cement it in your mind.)

#studies #art studies #artists on tumblr

I had a dream I was drawing thumbnails, and - in the dream - sketched this out and titled it "The Dreamer". That was striking enough that I woke up, sketched out the thumbnail in real life, and then sat on it for like eight years. Until now!

Prints available!

#artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #personal work #snake #thanks to my snake-knowing friends for helping me create a believable but specifically non-existent snake

I had a hard time getting bites on my commissions (I know my prices are pretty high!) so I took a day to put together a sample in a simpler style to see if there's any interest. If anybody's looking for a $200 full body commission in this style, let me know! Signal boosts appreciated, other commission info here.

(I'm not really an OC poster but this here is Deacon aka Blorbo From My Brain, my D&D character from 15 years ago who never left me; if I'm drawing for myself it usually defaults to him haha)

#he was a deva avenger lol #commissions #art commissions #commissions open #open commissions #D&D #fantasy art #personal work

Ingenious Prodigy for Strixhaven, AD Deborah Garcia!

I use 3D for reference a lot, but that geometric element is the first time I've dropped something from Blender straight into a final, and I wish I could find the render/earlier experiments because they were neat

#artists on tumblr #illustration #fantasy art #mtg #magic: the gathering #strixhaven #work

Portrait commission! Probably my fastest turnaround ever, I was having too much fun with the hair to stop.

(I'm still having a commission sale til the end of the week, slots are left!!)

#fantasy art #elf #portrait commissions #commissions open #open commissions #work #commission

Never posted these three portrait comms, of some Dragon Age OCs! (I think only the first one is recognizable as such, can I still tag it that?)

I've got a few slots for discounted commissions til the end of the week (April 5, 2026) ONLY please check em out!

#fantasy art #illustration #artists on tumblr #commissions #commissions open #open commissions #dragon age

Here's some of my stuff from MTG's recent TMNT set! (Game Over / Stomped by the Foot / Treasure Token)

#illustration #artists on tumblr #tmnt #mtg tmnt #mtg #magic: the gathering #work

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TIME FOR AN UPDATED COMMISSIONS POST! Pricing full and half-body illustrations can now vary based on complexity. (By 'complexity' I usually mean 'video game armor', as I've noticed those tend to take twice as long as I otherwise budget time for. Overly detailed armor, a complicated weapon, things of that nature.)

Also as of today, Weds Sept 18, MY QUEUE IS EMPTY AND I HAVE SOME TIME BETWEEN JOBS! Work with hard printing deadlines comes first so sometimes these can take a while; if you get in touch now you'll see a much quicker turnaround than usual. :)

If you want something more complicated than above:

These are my terms for character commissions specifically. If you're looking for a scene with a background, prices will rise pretty quickly, as putting together a whole illustration is a different process! Also, these are for personal use only, not for publication; I'm a full-time illustrator, though, and always looking for professional work! Get in touch!

Availability & Timing:

I don’t have a slot system and usually don’t open and close commissions (unless I get REALLY busy) but I’m a full-time illustrator so if you contact me when I’m booked up, there may be a delay. I can let you know and get back to you when I’m available.

I do commissions in between my professional illustration work, so no promises on timing generally; if you have a deadline such as for a gift, let me know, and we can work something out.

Will Draw:

Human and humanoid OCs - fantasy, sci-fi, historical, etc

Portraits of real people - ONLY with hi resolution, well-lit reference; commission may be turned down if reference provided is not enough for a good painting.

Won't Draw:

Furries/anthro (just bad at animal heads!)

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How To Get One:

Contact me via email (kim at kimsokol dot com) to let me know roughly what you’re looking for, and I’ll let you know if I can take it. You don’t need to send a long description with reference in initial contact, but at least give me a general sense of what you want. If you DO have easily available reference, such as a screenshot of a game character or prior commissions, I can let you know where it falls on the pricing scale

Once I accept, I'll send you a form to get your character information and make sure we're both clear on terms

Send payment via Paypal, and I’ll get going on your rough!

#commissions #kim reblogs #hey i got no work right now and so if you wanted a commission and you wanted it FAST #now is a great time!#signal boosts greatly appreciated #SORRY TO SHARE THIS AGAIN

Indie book cover for Jay Roberts! (Oh yeah, I'm also on bsky). Full wrap under the cut. This was a lot of fun, and a chance to use the knowledge from my years of Star Wars character commissions on some fun skintones.

If you're a selfpub author (or AD!) looking for some covers, I'm trying to get more into book cover work! Get in touch! :)

#fantasy art #illustration #artists on tumblr #book cover #self publishing #work #I'm also very much open for commissions right now #light on work at the moment and so can jump right on whatever

New commission to celebrate the end of a long campaign; this is Renee and Amara, queens looking over their kingdom!

#fantasy art #illustration #artists on tumblr #commissions #d&d #i think i don't actually remember if they specified the ttrpg system #i haven't posted in a long time i forget how to tag things

Another gift-commission, this time for my brother's fiancee, who's pretty new to D&D! Sometimes it's nice to do a good ol'fashioned normal fighty gal. (Not that I would know, my first ever PC was a Deva Avenger; the 4e online character builder was a hell of a thing.)

If you like this, commissions still very open, still very much looking for work, signal boosts on that post still hugely appreciated!

#d&d #dungeons and dragons #commissions open #open commissions #fantasy art #commission #work #i feel bad begging for commissions but freelancing is so feast or famine #so it's always annoying to have weeks of open time and then a wall of work making people wait months for comms #it's so inefficient! i normally have a queue! right now there is no queue!

A "commission" (gift) for my brother of his D&D character, a duck-summoning snake-oil sleazy preacher. His only note on the rough was to give the ducks hats.

Commissions open BTW, queue is empty at the moment and my January's pretty open if you want art from me without waiting some indeterminate amount of time!

#d&d #dungeons and dragons #ducks #commissions open #open commissions #commission #work #his request included a 'fantasy-style suit' and I spent half my time just trying to figure out what that meant