Some Dude on the Internet

Sorry for the silence for a few days, there. I was working on one project that I'm going to wait until after christmas to post about, and this new illustration for digitalis.

If you aren't familiar already with Lynn's comic, Prydwen, I encourage you to check it out! I believe the first volume is being printed in full color this January, for release at FC.

I did this thing for Fauxpaw. I like it. =]

So I've come to the end of my first round of new commissions. I'm not quite ready to open up for more, but I do want to get some feedback on what I will be offering, and for how much.

Firstly, Compare the original sample images I did with the images I did for Klandagi the other day. I can't realistically offer them for $15 each anymore, that's less than $3/hour in most cases.

I do like the three-on-a-page option, which has given me a chance to play with themes and compositions and stuff like that.

Would $30 each, $80 for three be too much? It seems a lot more reasonable for the amount of work I put into them, but I know most people don't have a ton of money to play with lately, either. I also really like that I got a lot of three-pose commissions last round, and don't want to scare people off from that.

Is there something else you'd like to see me offer? A price-range you'd prefer?

Do we really like the dark paper? (I do! But it's not in unlimited supply, I haven't seen these sketchbooks sold anywhere but that one store in orlando, ONE time that I visited. =I Sooo I'm thinking I should move on to something else soon!)

ALSO, You guys really liked that Painted Cat piece! Which is awesome! I could totally do custom commissions like that, with a specific cat (or cats?), and a pawprint painting of whatever that cat would paint, I guess. Or at least, I could take one at a time until they drive me crazy, which may be after the first one, though I could probably manage at least a small few. They take forever, though, and hurt my wrist/shoulder/spine a bit. So I have to charge a lot for them. How should I handle that? I usually go first come first served but I only want to have one commission like this at a time, and I'm pretty sure more than one person would like one, and I would prefer to avoid auction sites unless necessary... Would an auction via livejournal comments work for those of you who might be interested?

This is what I came up with to hopefully retroactively fund my scanner purchase. I'm asking 15$ each, and they will be completed within one week. My paypal address is ideamutt at gmail.com, and a description of what you would like can be commented here or emailed to that address.

Thank you.

I have been a very bad business person these past couple years. -__-

I had a list of all commissions (and trades) I owe to people, but it isn't in any of the places I remember seeing it. I will continue to search, but in the mean time,

IF I OWE YOU ART

Please leave me a comment here. Remind me that I owe you, and let me know what you'd like me to do for you. In most cases I haven't started yet, so feel free to change what you want.

If anyone I owe art has human (or humanoid) characters, and is willing to have me draw them instead of a furry or animal character, those will get priority, as that's what I'm interested in drawing right now.

Thank you all for your continued patience with me. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.