Hand-drawn portraits v 1.5 (in Services)

250k suggested 'donation', but really it depends on how happy you are with it. if you don't feel it's worth that much, don't pay that much; if you like it more, feel free to go over :)
pencil and/or ink on paper. color (and female characters) at your own risk. no computer modification available at the moment.
give as little or as much detail as you want, but know that anything you don't specify is at my discretion. attitudes, poses and actions, weapons and armor- the more you specify (especially with reference pictures) the closer the end result will be to what you have in your mind.
oh and backgrounds will take quite a while because i'm a bit detail oriented (read: OCD)

my deviantart account has examples of my work

--Current Listing--

Completed:

• Tal Destra
• Ranger
• Andy
• Meso
• urp

Queue:

1. Hakai
2. Kevlar
3. Wasp
4. Fatal1ty
5. Jiraiya
6. Slayer333
7. Antifish
8. Henk Bres
9. Shadowsparkle
10. LightningRaider
11. Tal Destra
12. Rawr
13. Ernest-Scribbler

Let me know if you want your name added or changed.

Check it out, me and my paint program decided to color your image.




Once again, thank you for doing this for me! Your artwork is awesome.

That actually looks totally rad.

cool, i'm glad the colors and everything worked out for you :)

Nice urp ^^

14. Shade

i think i found a better style i can do for females... almost done with Hakai's then you'll see... :)

Hakai
any input?

nice i like that

--Current Listing--

Completed:

• Tal Destra
• Ranger
• Andy
• Meso
• urp

Pending:

• Hakai
: Inking, tentative eye changes, possible color

Queue:

1. Kevlar
2. Wasp
3. Fatal1ty
4. Jiraiya
5. Slayer333
6. Antifish
7. Henk Bres
8. Shadowsparkle
9. LightningRaider
10. Tal Destra
11. Rawr
12. Ernest-Scribbler
13. Meso
14. Shade

i think i had forgotten to mention Meso's re-add. she got her request in right before Shade.
sorry things are going a bit slower- i'm pretty much limited to one sketch (or major re-work) per night. i play with the designs in my head/on paper during downtime (driving, uploading, compiling, eating) to more efficiently use aforementioned sketching period.

kevlar is removing his name for now, so wasp is next

I like your new design for females (besides the eyes). It looks really, really good.

thanks- redoing the eyes is part of the rework, so we'll see how it turns out

Hakai: version 2

That's awesome!

I must agree. I absolutely love my pictures. <3

reverting the eyes to v1 for inking

Hakai:inked

♥ My pictures are soooooooooo prettiful! ♥

I would like to sign up for the special list. Ive seen some of your work and its very good.

I would like a really high quality Space Marine fighting an Ork.

If you are unfamiliar with what im talking about go to www.gamesworkshop.com.

I will pay WELL for this commission. Please contact me via PM for negotiations of this commission (if interested)
Conditions of the Commission:

Original artwork to be mailed to me via USPS in a flat, non folded protective envelope. Prefer size to be roughly 8 x 10 inches (please sign your work, also work can be reviewed via deviantart for final versions and editing)

Must be original work. (ya i know..duh..but one time i commissioned an artist and opened a book to see he had just copied it out of a book..)

Color artwork = more commission.

Thank you
DH

Hakai: colored

Wasp: version 1

That would be pretty cool, DH. ;)

Wasp: version 2

Wasp: version 3

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE PICTURE. So, so so much. It is beautiful. I would like to thank you very much for taking the time to do it. *happy tears*

my pleasure; I'm glad you like it :)

Sorry for the unexpected delays, some stuff came up.
Hopefully I'll finish up Wasp's piece tonight.

I still love my artz!! :D

I was wondering if you actually were taking DH's offer seriously...?

i assumed it was serious, didn't sound like a joke...?

No, not at all. But if that is something you are willing to do, I would also like to purchase original artworks and frame it :D

I luffs artz

ah gotcha. certainly, if anyone wants something more detailed for cash, standard commissions run $10+

Wasp: version 4

--Current Listing--

Completed:

• Tal Destra
• Ranger
• Andy
• Meso
• urp
• Hakai

Pending:

• Wasp

Queue:

1. Fatality
2. Jiraiya
3. Slayer333
4. Anti fish
5. Henk
6. Shadowsparkle
7. LightningRaider
8. Tal Destra
9. Ernest-Scribbler
10. Meso
11. Shade
12. Vaynard
13. DH

the names have been changed to protect the innocent. and the guilty. but primarily the spell checker.

ah forgot the <br> tag. that last one is just DH, then a note afterwards :P

and Wasp's piece is now completed.

Fixed your list and <br>


your work really looks good :)

ah well thank you and thank you :)

Fatality version 1

Fatality version 2

Fatality version 3 minor spelling change

--Current Listing--

Completed:

• Tal Destra
• Ranger
• Andy
• Meso
• urp
• Hakai
• Wasp

Pending:

• Fatality

Queue:

1. Jiraiya
2. Slayer333
3. Anti fish
4. Henk
5. Shadowsparkle
6. Tal Destra
7. Ernest-Scribbler
8. Meso
9. Shade
10. Vaynard
11. DH
12. Hakai
13. Zenai

Note: Fatality's pending piece is version 4 (filled letters)

looks great bud, what do I owe you

I'd like to be added to the list. =).

Dang you've got quite some talent and a nice little bussiness going.

sure thing-

14. Kefeck

thanks; it's not exactly salary-scale income, but if you're good at something never do it for free ;-)

He even does the Joker references, this guy's got it all!

the joker does make some interesting points :)

Jiraiya: version 1

my apologies- I left LightningRaider out of that last update unintentionally; he's right after Shadowsparkle.

Jiraiya: inked

Hey man I love it! haha you don't need to ink it! I can't wait to frame it and put it up next to my computer!

well hope you like it inked, cuz it'd be pretty hard to undo it :)

ah... it seems chatmail gets deleted after a while (or capacity?) so if you guys wouldn't mind, it'd be easier if you could put your descriptions and change requests here on the thread so they don't get lost.

What I want:

In the style of Gears of War the face and hair.
Big musculair arms and legs.
I want something that looks like plate armor but sleeveless.
Holding a big broad sword in front of him.

Visualize a wall minion in CB.

Sorry, I meant color! :D !! As in you don't need to color it! -Jir

lol gotcha. picked up some stamps, so should be getting it mailed out within the next few days.

For the sake of keeping things straight after I've changed my mind over and over...

I want a female elf archer similar to the picture here:
http://photo.mmosite.com/wow/2007-09-10/lkxk0d0g0va0t8j.shtml
Cool eyes, circlet, and gauntlets. A bit more "Necromantic" than I'd like but it may give you some inspiration.

Another good (albeit very revealing) picture is here:
http://images.mmosite.com/photo/2007/09/10/wowa008OYI2I60wxg.jpg
I really like this hair/skin tone and the "armor" style is really cool. Her brooch looks really cool as well, and I love the Glaive (the weapon to her left, our right).

Although instead of seated, I would prefer a shot in which she is nocking an arrow or something equally... less boring.

Also, I would like three familiar-like "minions" around the archer. These could look like wisps, trails of colored light, or animals. I'm currently leaning towards dark-colored wisps.

The bow must look cool, and I think a magical effect on the arrow would look rad as well. Just not fire, that's cliche. Haha.

nice "position" those elfs are in :P

I think it is just the outfit. Put her in jeans and a t-shirt and she's just relaxing casually.

these descriptions will come in handy, rather than digging through old chatmails trying to piece together the order...

and of course not flame, that's not very magical :)

I just hope that this time I don't change my mind... I've already done that four or five times. ;)

lol no worries... s'long as i haven't inked it yet, it's not set in stone

What i want is hard to describe. I'm wanting you to draw Kat's first tattoo, I'm also going to let her describe it for you and ill be paying the commission. If you do not like this arrangement let me know ok?

sounds fun... who is Kat? I await description :)

..well, not that it's next on the list, but you know what i mean.

Kat is known on here as Wounded

whats the waiting list look like, because i just got inspired for a pic.

--Current Listing--

Completed:

• Tal Destra
• Ranger
• Andy
• Meso
• urp
• Hakai
• Wasp
• Fatality
• Jiraiya

Queue:

1. Slayer333
2. Anti fish
3. Henk
4. Shadowsparkle
5. LightningRaider
6. Tal Destra
7. Meso
8. Shade
9. Vaynard
10. DH
11. Hakai
12. Zenai
13. Kefeck

let me know if i left anyone out, or you want your name changed.

14. Neo Japan

I've been waiting so long for my picture to get started, I can't wait to see how it turns out! :D

yeah, some stuff's been coming up...

bout halfway done with slayer333's v1; as soon as that's complete and submitted i'll start on your design while waiting for response

Slayer333 version 1

That is dead on :)

Slayer333 inked

i want to sign up as well.

//no problem

queue.push(Little Anthony);

I'm next! :3

You should totally make this a stack.

workin on the design now :)

and a stack wouldn't be fair to the ones who ordered first...
though i have been considering a priority queue- kind of like an auction where whoever has bid the most is next in line ;-)

i was recently thinking about having two queues: one normal like this one, and one 'bidding queue' as described; i'd alternate between them so the people who just want to wait in line as normal still get their turns.

any thoughts?

i say only one line so people like me who are broke don't have to go through a bidding war

yeah there's not really a reason to make it any more complicated...

You don't need a *reason* to make things more complicated... just do it! :)

anything to earn more money ;) let the impatient ones pay for it

you know those heroes standing on dragon classic pics?
Let's have me standing on "CB world" :D
thank you !


//woot wooot

I am all in favor of 2 lines. Many deviants do 2 lines, 1 bribed, 1 normal waitlist. In this case, the highest bid would be the bribe. You're very talented and are providing a service that takes up time you could be doing something else. There's no reason that you shouldn't profit off of it.

And as for the "don't discriminate against the poor people" protest, there'd still be the lower priced line. No one's really losing out.

mistakenly removed Ernest Scribbler, right after Tal.

i think i may well include the other queue. in defense of the standard queue, any given person will only be allowed in one queue at a time, so the standard will be (approximately) half as long.

and i'll include cash at the rate of 2m/USD. may be slightly below the going rate, but that encourages CBD... or a reasonable commission fee ;-)

i will re-draft and post the rule set later as version 2.0 :)