#commission process

[anonbeadraws]

I just love, both these stages of commission. there's such a big different but I love the lines too!

[killer-laurent]

[madameoni]

Maghda a commission for ‪@ cattattoos.bsky.social‬

I'm very excited about this one! So I'll rant a bit about it under the cut.

Alright! Foor grammar and lots of typos ahead!

You know, sometimes you get a commission that just fits. I've painted Maghda in the past, and this client was so lovely to return again to get something to celebrate her campaign being finished. I don't remember if they are on tumblr to tag them so I put their blsky username.

This is the piece I made of her last year, another banger in my humble opinion:

Because she is such an interesting character, and the client wanted something to celebrate, I went a bit hard on the sketches. I made quite a few- its not often that I get a lots of ideas, all of them perfectly functional and worthy of showing them to the client.

While dancing with the proverbial muse is nice and fun, as an artist, it really isn't very viable for a career path. As I take art more seriously as a job, I've come to learn how to inspire myself with each piece theme. Gather the client's references, explore some myself, see what matches, what feels right.

Then- trying to convey to the client the idea both with my very messy thumbnails and notes is a nice exercise to check what the hell I'm trying to do with the piece. "This element looks nice" is good, but "this element looks nice and its relevant" is always better.

This was the first idea, my notes are about the pose and elements- all making perfect sense. And then- pinterest did its thing and I got bit by the muse.

Yes, Berserk did it first, and Evangelion. But the visual fitted. And I did promised the client skeletons. So despite being a bit weirder than my original very-classical idea, I had to suggest it. And the client was great and chose it.

Next came some quick design for the crown, and putting together the solid references. Once again, using Clip Studio Paint is a blessing- when you work as an artist, and you need to make 3 or more pieces a month to cover your bills, the time you save by having posable assets is money.

I used a skeleton from the asset store, and a skull I purchased from Billelis back before he did NFT bullshit. I have a pack of them and they costed me like 10 bucks so I might aswell use them. I also used my ever trustworthy "Anatomy for the Artist" by Sarah Simblet- where I discovered both in horror and fascination that scapulas are like.. see-through.. if the light hits them right... The human body is horrifying.

Anyway- I think I yapped enough. These pieces were a fascinating challenge for how *easy* it felt- from idea to painting.

This is the magic of picking the right artist for your commissions, folks. You fit the artist's favourite themes and I can guarantee we go the extra mile to make it great.

Actually, these are 2 of 5 sketches I sent. And the client picked 2 pieces to be made. So I'll be posting the other one -another banger if I say so myself- later.

If you read all this mess, I love you.

If you read all this mess and want to commission me, I extra love you, and you can find the info in my pinned.

[glazenewt]

PART 7!!!!!!! Two more to GO!!!!

rip my fingers while hand sewing this fr

[talycoris]

I love drawing lips more than anything else in the world

[hannah-deactivated20220725]

Commission Talk Time

So, here is my latest commission.

I wanted to include the first and the final pictures of the commission so that you guys could kind of get a feel for the process of buying a commission from the lovely @aelenko​ (sorry this took so darn long. I took a week-long hiatus from Tumblr basically, so thank you for your patience).

First of all, she only has you pay half upfront. When you do, you receive a few different sketches (depending on the art style you choose. I chose the lineart myself).

Then you proceed in either providing a description of the character(s) involved and/or references.

Then she continued by asking me a few characterization questions, which was unique from any other artist I’ve ever commissioned and I really loved that she did that because it helps to add their personality to the art.

Anyway, so she sent me I think three other sketches, and with every single one, made sure I was satisfied with the piece.

Here was the first sketch:

Anyway, so this piece costed $30 in the end, so before she began I paid 15 of it. The process was about a day per draft.

Finally, the final piece was sent and she had me pay the final 15.

She is a phenomenal artist who will make sure you are 100% satisfied with how she drew your characters and how she did their cothes, their stances, their expressions, before she sends the final product, which for me, was this beauty:

Thank you, Abby, for the awesome piece and I can’t wait for @writingonesdreams​ to receive their commission (once I’ve written the story and figured out what we’re doing).

[arlieopal]

Warrior commission process! This one I actually have a step by step. The client wanted a watercolor, I first started with a digital illustration. 🖌️ ✨

[lolbatty]

FYI

For anyone wondering what my commissions process is:

Send me references after your slot is secure and I will do a rough sketch for your approval.

Once the sketch is approved by you I will invoice you via paypal to complete it once paid.

When complete I will send you a link via dropbox to download your piece, please download it relatively soon as I often delete images to make room for more.

Thats it! :D