Is purchasing commissions something that people are interested in here? I'm paying off the balance of changing my markers from Copic original to Copic Sketch, which gave me a $140NZD loss to make up for, so I'm going to do something I don't do often, and I'm opening up commissions.
I'll draw for most amounts of money so if you only have $10 to spare, then that's fine. $30 however will give you a bigger commission than $10 will. My prices are all in USD and I take money via Paypal. I work primarily in traditional media, but can do digital (although it WILL give me a headache cause digital always does) I post originals out to whoever commissions them.
Prices depend on picture difficulty, but I wont complicate the thread with variations of pricing. Here's some rough estimates:-
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs34/f/2008/296/9/c/Maskless_Godot_by_Arkillian.jpg)
Sketches- I can do an A4 sketch of a portrait of a character or something for $10USD or less. All sketches can be posted out to you. All sketches are done on Bockingford paper, with pencil, and sealed so they don't smudge away.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/103/c/9/Cotton_tail_Final_design_by_Arkillian.jpg)
Character reference sheets- Usually $10 to $15USD depending on how much you want me to create on my own. $10 if it's mostly referenced, $15 if I have to make some of it up (research tiem). The final product will be dolled up more than the example one. Only doing digital for these ones.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/043/e/5/Hey_there__Kitten_WIP_by_Arkillian.jpg)
Linearts- I can do linearts too. Depending on the level of complexity, they start at $15 and go up. I'm reasonable though. I offer these cause I'm still learning colour.
For colouring, it's difficult to give guidelines of how much it costs as it's all based on the complexity of the finish. I can however give examples of what I've done in the past to base your preferences on- remembering that all my traditional art looks VERY different in real life cause of how scanners scan them. I send high res versions of all my digital art.
Digital examples (High res will be emailed)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/286/4/9/white_noise_by_arkillian-d2r7mu1.jpg) (http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/189/9/8/Noir__WIP_by_Arkillian.jpg) (http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/014/a/7/I_want_your_revenge_by_Arkillian.jpg)
Copic examples (I work mostly in A5 for this as It takes too long to cover A4. All works on bristol board)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/015/0/9/tear_drop_by_arkillian-d3799wt.jpg) (http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/189/b/1/Edward_Cullen_by_Arkillian.jpg) (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/306/2/6/mr_a_by_arkillian-d3209fg.jpg)
Pencil examples (Done in solid Graphite or Polychromos pencils. All works finished on Stella card- A5 or A4)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/298/f/3/jarrick_moroney_by_arkillian-d2vn9da.jpg) (http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/052/d/3/Resting_on_the_rocks_by_Arkillian.jpg) (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/067/d/5/What_were_you_saying__by_Arkillian.jpg)
Um. If you're interested, please leave a comment and I'll see if I can come up with something of interest for the right price :)
Well, if I have to design a background, I also need to have her interacting with it, so a simple background may just be a colour wash / gradient / pattern. A complex background is also like those Art Nouveau designs. I think I'm doing the Character portraits around $15, but those are based on digital finishes cause most that buy them don't want to spend alot- they just want a visual referance of the character. This is for a static/mundane pose
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/075/7/4/Azkadair_character_sheet_WIP_by_Arkillian.png)
Here's a sort of example I did of a lineart. The final product will be coloured (I didn't get around to colouring this one as the DND campaign finished.) The theory is, I'll email a high res which you can print off. If you want an original, then it'd be a different set of pricing.
Urgh- complicated T.T