commissions done by concept artist / illustrator (various prices)

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

hi i'm a freelance illustrator working in games and rpg books industry (work done for example for Vajra ent., Zoo Publishing, 2D Artist Magazine, Balistic Publishing etc.).

GW happens to be my hobby, but the amount of work doesn't allow me to earn money in game, as it's just too much time consuming and i could use some gold for skills and other stuff there..

so i thought i could start drawing commissions here, as i'm doodling in my free time anyway and now i could draw with some better purpose.

you can check my portfolio at: http://vinegaria.com or at http://vinegar.deviantart.com

i can work in various styles:


my usual workflow starts from pencil sketch which i scan and colour in photoshop and painter with my trusty wacom tablet, see sample below. i never use any photos or screenshots in my work.


i tried to adjust prices for all people according to the complexity of the picture. here's the basic pricing:


you just need to specify which type would you like and in what style and within a week i'll show you a small preview. after i'll get money in game (any campaign is fine), i'll post the picture here (unless you don't want of course, but i reserve the right to show it in my portfolio anyway) and will send you a high-res (300dpi) version suitable for print.

i hope you won't let me starve or get killed!

contact me via e-mail for details: (it's a picture to prevent spam).

Shanaeri Rynale

Shanaeri Rynale

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

DVDF(Forums)

Me/N

Looks Great, YHM

Sectus

Sectus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Miss Meow Meow's Guild

That artwork looks amazing. Although I'm kinda confused what's the difference between "bust pencil sketch" and "pencil bust sketch" @,@

Martian

Martian

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Arse-end of no-where

Grey Mortals

Me/E

That is some very impressive work, unfortunately im incredibly tight-fisted, but i know that you will do well here

Tera

Tera

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

Society of Souls [Argh]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sectus
That artwork looks amazing. Although I'm kinda confused what's the difference between "bust pencil sketch" and "pencil bust sketch" @,@ hehe, maybe its an evil paln, u get the same thing but it costs 5k more

o/j im guessing, its the amount shown, the first was neck upwards, the second included upper chest

Ulivious The Reaper

Ulivious The Reaper

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Shadowed Assassins

W/Mo

lol turns out you guys make allot of cash doing comissions o.o

Lynxius

Lynxius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

That Manga/Cartoon sample blew my mind, i might consider buying the Whole Figure one, or Burst (color)

Il Email you if i make up my mind.

Btw good art, i checked the site. ^__^

Asrial

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Centurion Guard

Mo/E

You're really good

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

thanks guys!

as for the "bust" one confusion it's my bad >_< i meant one to be bust and second to be half figure, hope the sample shows it anyway. i might try to switch the pic later to clear that..

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

I've added you to my msn as I want to talk prices with you about something for my new guild website

LordDeArnise

LordDeArnise

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

California, USA

The Elite Knights of Tarnia [PwnD]

Very impressive work, indeed. Like Martian, I'm tight-fisted at this time since I'm saving up for equipping my characters in Nightfall. However, you'll do really well here.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

Will you require a screenshot of our character, or just a description of what we would want?

Asplode

Asplode

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Chicago, IL

Rebel Rising [rawr]

Wow, your work's very impressive, I love how diverse your skill is.

Hypernecrofear

Hypernecrofear

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Virginia

Grenths Rejects [GR]

N/Me

i think i may get option D or E. but im not sure yet as im getting money together from another commission im getting done. Ill email you with my decision

ZenRgy

ZenRgy

Zookeeper

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australian Discussion Posse HQ - Glorious leader

҉ ̵̡̢̢̛̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟&#

N/E

I sent you a PM - is that fine or do I have to send an e-mail too?

~DiGiTaL~

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fantasy Kingdom[FK]

Mo/W

wow.. it look so real

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

hi guys thanks for your huge response, i'm starting working on pictures right away and will answer your emails in a minute.

as for your questions - an ideal situation would be sending me an e-mail with a screenshot and description of what you want, because with that i can start working on a picture right away

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

hi a small update from me.

i decided to close the first round right now as the list contains about 21 commissions already and i'd like to finish them all before christmas.

there are also people on the list who didn't reply to me yet with sample screenshots or who only pm'd me at forums - to those, please, send me an e-mail, i added you to the list, but i need to be in touch with you and it's easier for me to keep track of thing via mail than pm's at two forums.

if you still want to commission me - go ahead and mail me (mail is shown in the first post), some people on my list still didn't reply me with screenshots and if they won't i'll switch them with you on my list.

also - i had to slightly change the prices (the pricing picture is updated), only of few types, not all (3 middle to be percise) as i found out it takes me much more time to finish them and i don't want to draw crap for you.. BUT for those of you that already commissioned me the prices of course stay as they were (for example those who commissioned pencil sketch for 15k will get it for 15k even though the next ones like this will be charged 20k).

i also added to my list people who ordered more than one picture, although your second is going to be further on the list than your first (it's to you Nkah, Dana, Andreas) but in the old price of course as you ordered it already

i'll post some finished ones here soon (finishing the third already) so please subscribe to this thread if you want to know what's on

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

okay, first four commissions are done:






thanks Severra, Dana, Nkah and Sanra!

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

hello again

long time without an update here, but as some of you know i had to fix my computer..

anyway, another 3 commissions are done and accepted so i can show them to you now.. i'm only going to show 2 now though (one with a close-up at 100% size of the original), because one is going to be a christmas gift and i'm not sure if a person who's gonna get it reads those forums or not, sorry ^^''

i gotta say i'm really happy everybody who ordered one were happy with them (or so they claimed )





big thanks to Laura, Josefine and Jan!

i hope you'll like them too

as for other news - i removed from my list people who never contacted me in any other place than forums, sorry, it's been a month and if you never contacted me again (and i replied to every pm asking for mailing me) i assume you resigned. if not - just drop me an e-mail and i'll put you back on the list, but to the further place.

DeathandtheHealing

DeathandtheHealing

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

In a PVE GUILD YAY! :P

Me/Mo

really cool style i love your work

i'll have to add you on my deviant :P

AW Lore

AW Lore

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan

W/Mo

nice job.... yet another artist has caught my eye...

how is your work time? have time for another one? do you have a time for drawing one for me?

that mesmer of mine is soo spoiled...

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

Wow. Those are absolutly amazing. I just checked out your portfolio and again wow.

Ive been watching this area of the forums for a while, and waiting for myself to collapse and give in and get a commision It just may happen...

Rushing Wind

Rushing Wind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Within the dense fog of my own mind

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

W/E

Well, its been nearly two months and I'm wondering where you stand on your commissions. Are you going to do another round and let us start throwing our money at you again? I'll email you as well since I'm sure you check your RL email more often than this.

Your work is superb! Now I just wish that stick figures was an art and people could start throwing commissions my way.

Keep up the awesome work!

Nkah Sennyt

Nkah Sennyt

Awaken from hiatus.

Join Date: Apr 2006

Riding the spiral.

No Fun Allowed [Vdya]

Let's see some examples, Wind. >.>

I'm still waiting on a commission from vinegar myself.

Rushing Wind

Rushing Wind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Within the dense fog of my own mind

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nkah Sennyt
Let's see some examples, Wind. >.> It'll cost ya. Email me and we'll work out a going price!

Midnight Harmony

Midnight Harmony

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

South East England

Everlasting Sacred Path [ESP]

E/Me

Nice art, keep up the good work.

Barinthus

Barinthus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

California

(TRUE)

R/Me

This is a copy/paste of vinegar's entry at the other forum which I will not link to out of respect for this site.

Quote:
hello all,

first of all - i owe you all big apology for being silent for so long. i'm really sorry for that. as you can probably imagine there's been some issues that forced me to stop being active around here. as some of you already know after talking to me, i had an accident lately in which, to make a long story short, i had seriously injured my hands, my neck and my spine. and because of that i was unable to work for some time (not to mention logging to gw, which those of you who keep me on their friendlists probably have noticed too). therefore right now i'm overwhelmed with my commercial work + with two exam sessions (as i'm studying at two universities & writing my master's degree essay this year too), so i have to catch up on with my duties before i can go back to drawing commissions.

okay. now as for commissions - as you can imagine i can't finish it any time soon (i'd say around 2 months would be the time i mean at least), because of more real-life oriented problems. BUT that doesn't mean i won't finish them. you guys got yourself a separate folder in my mailbox and a big list i keep right to my desktop with notes about each commission. even if you didn't get any reply from me in long time, be sure i keep each e-mail i got about commission and eventually will reply to it. now, i can't promise you when exactly i'll be finishing which commission, although there are people on my list who are top priorities because of being first and/or being incredible nice and helpful in many ways (that means especially you Shanaeri of course, also Dana, Severra, Nkah, Sanra, Arala, Josefine, Andreas, Jan, Alex.. you know guys, who you are).

so what's happening now - you can drop me an e-mail if you feel you don't want to wait any longer and i can erase you from the list. if not - i will write to you when i'll be starting work on yours.

i can't say how sorry i am about the whole situation, but frankly as i'm not a teenager since quite some time i have to have other priorities than this and can't manage to put gw commissions in first place i really hope you can understand this and won't get mad..

*edit* one more thing - seems i can't repost it at guru too as i get an error message each time i'm trying to send it. if any of you are registered there and i won't manage to post it there, could some of you post it there too? a direct link to my thread would be this one i think, although i keep getting error everytime i click it:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10077995

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

thanks again, Barinthus! and once again - big apology to all of you (hope i'll manage to send it this time)..

AW Lore

AW Lore

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan

W/Mo

hey vinegar, sorry to read that, hope you are feeling better now and that you have a swift recovery!

and good luck with your essay/exams

Rushing Wind

Rushing Wind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Within the dense fog of my own mind

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

W/E

Sorry to hear about your accident Vinegar. In no way is anything your fault as to why you aren't following up on your commissions. RL studies and priorities are certainly more important and, after your accident, you've had other things to focus on... not least of all being recovery.

Get well soon and hopefully it'll be a full and swift recovery. If there is anything that can be done I'd be more than happy to help.

Thanks for your message and, again, get better and focus on the important stuff... I know I'll still be here when you're ready.

SPIRIT OF THE SEA

SPIRIT OF THE SEA

Banned

Join Date: May 2006

I love this style of art. Its where the face points one way and eyes the other. Its a optical illusion so that Whereever you are in the room the person in picture will always staring right at you. Gj

Lalita

Lalita

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Mountains

[LaZy]

That sucks Take care of yourself first and foremost, I hope your injuries are not too painful and that your healing well. Good luck with your Master's, I know from experience that they are a TON TON TON of work. I look forward to the time that you have the leisure to start these up again, after seeing your work I won't have anyone else do my char portrait as I plan on hanging it in my home

Miss Danshai

Miss Danshai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Kingdom Of The Pheonix [KOTP]

W/Mo

Vinegar: I think your drawings are really good. You have some of the best artistic ability i've seen in this whole forum. keep drawing, you're fantastic!!

Neriandal Freit

Neriandal Freit

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Spiral of The Red Rose, Kryta (Columbus, IN)

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

E/

You and Foxy are by far the people who I want to draw out my characters here one day soon.

Your art is fantastic, and I am insanely sorry that you've got into a accident. I really hope things do get better and turn around as your art is insanely great!

I will keep an eye on this thread, and know of any posts made

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

hello! I hope someone around here still remembers me :)

I finished the last commission I earlier promised to Shan, who was just next in line after my last finished one many months ago and who also said she can wait as long as it takes.. it did take HELL much too long, but she claims not to be mad at me :))

Better for the commission, as I did some big progress I have to admit, especially when compared to my older pieces. Shan had a really great patience to watch my monthly wips I've been sending, when I kept repainting everything I painted already, but I really wanted to make it look perfect, especially since she was so kind and helpful to me on those rare occasions I had time to hop into GW again and play (my newest mesmer's protector's title owes to her at least 5 missions I think). Thanks to all DVDF as well - you're great guys!

So here I give you Shanaeri Rynale in a more romantic approach than ever seen before, but with a bit of a more "dangerous" background (at first I wanted to go for a straight romantic garden, but thought it'd be too sweet and not Shan-alike).



here you can see close-up's at 50% (original file is A3, 300dpi size for print)



and for more curious ones, here you can see some steps in progress with some comments too: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...shan_steps.jpg


I hope you'll like it :)

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now as for other commissions.

I no longer, as you can probably guess, have time to finish all other ones, which were meant to be full coloured, big pieces. I said few months ago that I might not be able to do it and here I confirm it. As I already said I have my studies AND my job and recently no time for anything else to be frank.

But I thought if some of you, for some reason, are desperate to get something drawn by me anyway, I can open up for mini commissions this month. Meaning:

I'm willing to take some commissions, types A and B (check the first post here), but for bigger prices, meaning A - 25k, B - 50k, although it will look better than the previews here. The outcome will be big enough for print around A4 size, probably a bit smaller. Some of them might be even coloured a bit underneath a pencil sketch.

Why such ones? Pencil sketches are obviously quicker for me to do and I believe I can manage to finish them (busts and half body sketches) in a reasonable time.

To sum it up - the rules are as they've been, but the prices has changed:

- type A: 25k
- type B: 50k

drop me an e-mail, so I can keep it in my database, I'm not treating PM's at forums as orders, it's too hard for me to keep the track of them.

for people who already commissioned me before

If you can confirm it, drop me an email, I will find you on my list (or if your email has changed tell me what your old one was, so I can confirm you were in the first round, and I deleted no email from you, so I'll know).

As I said I can't finish the big ones you ordered BUT I'm willing to put you on the top of the list (pretty obvious) and you can get type A or B for the OLD prices, meaning 10 and 20k.

I hope it sounds quite fair, even though I'm really sorry I can no longer offer you anything more than this, I'm trying to make up for that a bit (unless you want, like Shan, to wait REALLY long, which I don't recommend that much ;)).

Unlucky Slayer

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

R/

Hello, I would like to remind you that we now have a new Commissions area. If you would like to keep doing commissions, I ask you to move the business end there. Thank you.

greyf0x_f0x

greyf0x_f0x

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

DVD Forums [DVDF]

Mo/Me

*bows*

holy poop, that's stunning! The greenery especially, is exquisite.

Sectus

Sectus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Miss Meow Meow's Guild

That painting looks absolutely stunning! Definitely one of the most impressive pictures I've seen be posted on this forum. Shan must feel completely delirious with joy after seeing the painting.

I may contact you regarding a commission, if you're okay with me getting a second commission (I got one from you back in november).

vinegar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

Unlucky Slayer: sorry, I've been away for a while. Also, I wanted to update this post, as many people subcribed for it to be notified about updates. Also, I'm using this post only to show commissions done (except for today's status update), meaning artwork only, i talk to people about commissions via e-mail only. Therefore my question is should I start a new topic to post finished artworks in or should I ask someone to move it to commissions section or can I keep posting finished ones in here?

greyf0x: thanks! ^^

Sectus: thanks! Of course, second one is fine ^_^