Who's offering to draw pictures for people?

I know that Bogusred, Minimaid, and myself are offering our pencils to anyone that would like a character drawn (Or picture)

Who else is? And what are your prices (and currency!!) I often will pay people to draw me a picutre, but don't know who are selling.

I'll go first-
I'm only offering character portraits as I am SPENT for time, but will put as much effort as needed into a character drawing with what ever you want them to wear. My price is $20 US- but this is a character picture with as much detail and colour as you want. There will be extra if I need to post a print out, but I will e-mail a high res. The backgrounds will all be simple ones unless I feel like putting something special in at the time

Some examples of character sketchs are

Moved this topic to the Art forum.

I'm offering commissions right now, too.
This link contains a list of all the stuff I can do.  Prices have to be emailed for, but I can tell you that black and white digital sketches start out at $10. The finish product, if it's digital, is emailed @ a high resolution for proper printing (360dpi).

My next thing I'm considering doing are character sketchbooks for people over the summer, which would be lots of fun  because I absolutely love sketching.  If intrested in  this, feel free to contact me to discuss about getting a project started.

I don't enjoy doing fan art commissions these days mainly for the fact that I have a LOT more fun working directly with the character's owner. :\  But eh, I'll do them if the idea's fun enough.

Good idea with the fanart stuff- as much as its cool to draw somthing alot of people reckonise, it just doesn't mean as much, and you can't talk to the origanal artist to make it perfect I am however curious about the moleskin sketch book- that's an interesting idea! So, its a sketch book with a heap of sketches in it of a subject?

On Mar 11, 2006 12:42 pm, arkillian said:


Yep, that's usually the case. The commissioner will come up with themes to be rendered based around their own characters (maybe sometimes your own- Ive been commissioned to render my own original character once), or just random people and it's enough to fill the sketchbook; their own personal artbook.

Moleskines are higher than average, but I choose them for this particular project because they are formal, well-binded, weather, resistant, and the paper is nice. Plus, I'm notorious for losing my sketchbook cover after the first week; this wont happen with a Moleskine!

Woot- sounds interesting ^^ s it expensive? It doesn't mention on your page. also, when you say sketches of people, this is a small sketch book? Or is it reasonably sized? Do you draw other things besides people?

Hello there! I also do comissions but the price is not really firm, so I try to negotiate with buyers and make all the pricing fair. Most finished works start out around $8.50. E-mail me personally for details. I will be putting more information up at my page, regarding comissions, but would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Look forward to working for ya!

On Mar 12, 2006 6:14 pm, themusicdied said:


You're kidding right? I can give advise on art, but as for commissions, I've never done one ^^; Although I can proudly say that I do have a guy that wants me to do lineart + inking for a roleplaying core book he's doing- if only I'd QUIT BEING SICK and find free time to meet up with him ^^;

What currency you dealing in? Also, it depends on how much you're putting into the picture. I suggest doing a few freebees to show people how much you would put in- I'm not saying that you don't put enough into your fanart or personal pictures, but you'll put a different kind of effort into a commission cause its not something you know. It'll also give you some practise, and you can try something out of your norm- unless you are only going to do fantasy/ fanart- that limits you.

Umm yeah- its up to you how much $8 gives you in a drawing- is it a portrait style or head shot like you do quite often? Is it a full body picutre? I think you should start at $10 atleast for a lineart, whether it be a 3/4 or full bodied pic (I'm sure the customer would want a full pic) depending on your confidence. Don't cut yourself short though. I've talked to some Kiwi artists, and they said that I was cutting myself short with charging $20 NZ for a full colour, which is why I've changed it to American currency. Most of the net people work off US dollars anyways

So yeah- that's my advise ^^; I hope it helps- there isn't alot I can say about costing for art. Seriously- when you start off, I think any price will be good just to get experiance and the word out. After that, name the price and see if people come crawling for more *shrugs*

Evilmonk- What are you selling with $8.50? I mean most of your pics are full on linearts that look like they take a while. You may want to specify a few prices for standard requests like Full body A4 pic lineart/colour etc.. It's nice to make it TBA, but approximates are good too :nods:

Yeah. Thats why I like to talk to folks first, and not keep the pricing so strict. Extremely high detail works would come with a little price increase but not much really. I don't think I'll ever charge more than $10.00 (US) for a drawing. I like to draw that much, and there is a bit of comprimise or pride involved in that people are ALLOWING me, trusting me with their visions, or feeling, or characters. I try to respect that those mean a great deal to the creators. At the same time I try to look at what could be better done with 10 bucks. By keeping the price down I feel I am respecting their "pockets" as well. They could choose to spend that Ten dollars anywhere, but they choose to spend it on my works. Besides, it's just a hobby. A side thing for a tiny little bit of extra money. It makes me feel good and I could always use the extra practice. To each his own I suppose.

Thanks very much, Arkillian! ^_^ Nah, you're good at all that jazz. I'm not an advice-giver in any way. I can't even keep myself in a strait line let alone anyone else.

I always put everything I've got into my art. It may not turn out as good as some other people's art but I can honestly say I try as much as the next person. On average I spend about 5-8 hours on a full-color and about 1-5 hours on a line art depending on how much detail goes into it. So, really for me I'd only be covering my own supplies. ^_^ But hey, I've got to start some place.

On Mar 13, 2006 7:35 pm, themusicdied said:


Good on you- I know alot of people that think an hour is alot of time for a picture. A FULL picture. Just make sure you push yourself to draw something you normally couldn't in every picture. Get lots of referance material,a nd books. I have a small libuary of great referance books on things I'm not to great at. You know- hands, feet, legs, arms, torso, back, butt, face..... *giggles* Seriously. It helps alot. expecially when you look back at year old art and go 'I'd never do THAT kind of mistake!!' and feel great that you've progeessed :B

Evilmonk:- I suppose its how much perfection you alow in the picture- maybe $10 is ok if you're pulling alot of the ropes. If who ever is paying you is fine with that, then cool   Me personally, I couldn't do a drawing without knowing the subject quite well to how they'd look/act/ react or what ever to a situation. This requires alot of liasoning with the person that is commishing you, and several redraws till the person is happy. That's what my $20 US gives   Hopefully anyways. I usually want something specific with a commish too, but that's mostly cause who I'd have drawn has alot of depth that can come out in a picture. In the end, $10 is fine if your happy with that. It's seriously no judge on how much you love art (I'm addicted to it- litterally!),but if you want to sel it cheeper then your a charitable person

On Mar 14, 2006 3:46 am, arkillian said:

 

Thanks! I know what you mean. ^_^ If for nothing else it takes you hours to see all the mistakes sometimes. Refrences, hmm? Alright, I'll give that a try. I usually just kind of work from my head but I really should study the hman body a little more. There's only room to improve, no?

I myself don't do art for money or for any favor ........ i do art or draw for the thrill of it! i love art ever since i was small.when they ask me to do them a self portrait ill do it not because they like how i draw but to improve myself and get better on what i like to do..... i still haven't put any artwork on my home page cause i new at this website but i will soon and see of what i am capable of....................

Yeah, I draw because I love it also. But, I'm going to be 15 soon. I work 2 jobs, do highschool 5 days a week and college on the weekends. I'm so booked all the time going to school r making money to go to school that I don't have a lot of time for art. So, if I could make a little bit off my art then I could quit my one job and draw a lot more. I figured it's a win win situation.

On Mar 14, 2006 7:37 am, ringo starr said:


It's not really about the art, but more about drawing something for someone. The money is nice to get to make up for lost time- you can do it at cost. Art supplies do cost

On Mar 11, 2006 5:31 pm, arkillian said:


-It can be; I usually see $75 USD charged for a sketchbook of pencil drawings and saw this reasonable as the minimum price.  I usually run an auction for this but if one were to commission me, I'd probably charge them $75 + another $75 if they wanted some color (nothing intense, just colored pencil). 

-The small sketchbook is a reasonable size of 4x6inches (from what I recall, about 8cm x 12cm? but there are "standard" sized moleskines avalible if the commissioner wanted that. I aimed for the smaller one because most sketchbooks tend to be erotic in nature (but not all), so the commissioner might want something they can keep inconspicuous.

-I draw whatever the commissioner wants me to. If they wanted a book of live studies or landscapes from around my area, that's fine, too.  As long as, project depening, they provide a good source of refrences, I draw anything for them.

On Mar 14, 2006 6:44 pm, Sugandya said:

Letsee... That would cost me a meer $120 NZ approx with the exchange rate about as it is... I may pass on it for now ^^; The exchange rate from NZ- US is getting better though. US use to be double. The euro is still approx triple though *cries*

On Mar 14, 2006 9:56 pm, Jill V. -S.T.A.R.S. said:


That really is a shame that you're so down on yourself hon- Alot of the faults in your pictures are merely cosmetic ones that are dissappearing with every pic you post- seriously. There are people out there with terrible styles that are earning #$%@ loads of money. I think you could sell your art. If you don't want to start high, then that's fine. I don't think you should go for free. It feels good to know someone would pay you money for a picture. Perhaps you're another person that should try doing some freebees to get your confidence up then go for the real thing. I suggest it- you put alot of detail in you pictures, and that's alot of kudos. Most people I know don't do that.