LadyJudgement

Yikes, I guess I should make one... how un-pinoy of me.

Wip...

Gonna finish later, gotta spend time with the wifey!

You underestimate my smexyness... I am very smexy, smexy... *Jon Turturro in Mr. Deeds voice*

Yay for SnipIt, thanks for the heads up, had this problem earliar today.

...color to follow later... I might have to draw something else in between. I heard it was someone's unbirthday...

Hope she's "thick" enough Foo.

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LJ

Hey Grae! yer back... me too!

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ask me in the morning...

The sale is on all summer Bill, if you're not sure for this next round, I'll be here 2 more months!

For a large, multi-figure piece, you HAVE to give sketches with revisions. Especially if your client has NO idea what they want. Graver is such a genius with his work, that even his throwaway sketches are great!

I went through a stage of over inking pieces, and found most of it disappeared when I colored the final. So now I under ink, to allow for more color to shine through... it depends on the piece, but I find too much black conflicts with my style sometimes.

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... So LJ... maybe YOU'RE the total freak, neh?! And I think I have the video surveillance tapes to prove it, too

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whatever do you mean?!

... give me those tapes!

Thank you... the chest emblem was giving me adjada, but all in all, I'm happy with the final.

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OH YA. I forgot to provide you a link to a character...

How about the sexy and sultry Ms. Belladonna?

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HA! I may have to do this right now... uh to keep fresh ya know. Here is LJ's current look...

Eggsellent, will add you now! You have till Monday to choose who you want done.

Duh, whoops forgot to add, reply here or DA, I will update my journal for who has what slot, and then confirm if they are taken. Thanks again everyone for the first week of my return, been very productive, and enjoyable for me!

LOL Sorry for the blatant advertising... but what can I say, I'm doing this for YOU... Yeah right. No seriously, what if the whole summer went by, and you missed out. I would be wracked with guilt, beside myself with... well me, and no art to show for it.

Details are in my siggy, but 4 slots are now open, get those screens ready, will be taking a short weekend break, then starting work on Monday-Thursday... hoping to keep my 1 a day progress till I burn up in flames! Woo Hoo!!

Well that is all, if you haven't seen the first round finishes, here they are (with some extras added):

Gray Huntress

Naughty Nadya
Naughty Nadya quickie portrait

Gentleman Calder
Gentleman Calder conte sketch

Star Lantern

Get yours while they're hot, while it's hot outside, or cool, heck I don't know where you are... but get one! Okay I am off to take my Ridelin. Cheers y'all!

LJ

Done!

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Sorry for the blurriness of the chest symbol, couldn't find it for the life of me...

hope you still like the finish.

LJ

LOL that's okay Doug... I'm saving my freebie sketch for when I return to NYC, I'm gonna hit you up in Brooklyn and see that sucker done in person! Lunch is on me...

Rhardo is something to watch! So is that WorkPlayArt dude...

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Well, I can understand wanting to see the flats stage. If a color for a specific object is just plain wrong, well it'd be more work for the artist, since he/she would basically have to start that area all over again.

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Most flatting is done in muted or outside palettes not related to the final, some even flat in greys... I tend to use either an extreme dark or extreme light, so that that is one stage I don't have to cover. Which means if you saw my flats, they would make little to no sense for the final.

Good point Doug, oh wise one!

By the way would you cater to a low end freebie sketch of my main? LOL sorry I couldn't resist.

Don't get me wrong, I HAVE provided all those stages before, not to mention multiple links and an excessive journal full of prices.

I STILL provide those things after the fact, well not flats, (I am still bewildered why you would ask for those, unless you intended to use them to recolor the image) but certainly sketches, inks and final colors, which I believe the client deserves...

Now I work unusually fast, what would you as the client be willing to wait on something like that for your $50 or less. 2 weeks? A month? 3 months?

Remember an artist with a long queue cannot break the laws of time, no matter how much the client wants their piece. Personally I feel long queues lead to disaster, as if the artist is not on top of the business end, they will burn out on the creative end.

Here is my Commission Info and my write up on Thor's Assassin's thread on artists for hire...
I am the 10th example in his first page. Also here is my Art Blog with stages of various pieces...

and lastly my gallery of previous commissions...

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....For JL and Foo, you both have nice work. I glanced through your galleries, and might be interested in an exchange. I'd like to see more examples, especially if they're laid out like BattleWraith did, so I can see what to expect of each price range, if that's not too much hassle.

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What if you don't like the sketch, does the artist revise until you are satisfied, even before they are paid. Or do you agree on a set amount of free sketches beforehand.

Also, checking each stage slows the entire process down, time the artist can spend on other commissions or finishing in general. I understand, you are entitled to get what you pay for, and wouldn't want a mistake to happen.

But if you trust the artist's gallery, and have done the research of looking at their "range", I don't see how seeing those stages helps anyone?

My apologies for coming off too bold, but I think these "details" are something you should state up front before "asking" for an artist to throw their hat in. Here's an example:

Wanted: Artist for Hire
Fee: $50 or less
Required: 3 examples of past work at various prices.
Neccessary: to see each stage (sketch, inks, flats, final colors) however payement in full after the sketch.

This ad gives no surprises. Regretfully I am offering only my current sale. While I enjoy doing more involved work, I already believe I undercut myself, partially because of the market, and partially to be fair to the community which is not made up of money trees.

Battlewraith and Foo are both able and while it's not a hassle to provide links, I feel a little insulted, AND we are not permitted to quote prices here. You also got my initials wrong. Good luck to you.

LJ

Just for fun... playing with a new style.

Yer more than welcome sir! And here's some more work on that other version... just for fun!

Stand aside you two art gods... let a struggling artist through...

Personally if I could afford you Doug, you would never be out of work.

And let me just say, owning an original Battlewraith is an honor...

But back to the OP's request... I'm having an all summer sale, with openings soon to be open... just one more to go, before 4 slots open up!

Check my signature out for the info...

DONE!

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Hope you don't mind the liberty with the coat, I know his legs are long, but think of this as the "anime"-ish version... Hope you like him!

LJ