I'm no artist, but I've commissioned a good deal of artwork and I'm just curious how much details artists prefer to receive with a commission request. If any artists could answer these questions I'd appreciate it.
What do you feel about minimalistic requests? These are requests which only shows a reference picture of the character with absolutely no other notes.
What about requests which also gives a vague idea for the pose and mood for the commission? For instance: "A romantic picture of the 2 characters holding hands."
Or what about a request which doesn't give any idea for what pose or mood the picture should have, but instead gives an explanation of the character's personality so you can think of your scene based on that info.
What about heavily detailed requests? Where the client doesn't necessarily explain the personality of the character, but gives extreme details about every part of the scene so you know exactly how each part of the picture should be (pose, background, etc...).
Overall, of what's listed above (or any other type of request you can think of), what do you prefer?
Thanks in advance to anyone who gives their opinion about this.
A question to artists regarding non-/detailed commission
Sectus
Mistical miss
Something along the lines of:
"My assassin is a very shy, lonely, nearly emo character. She's adept at her art though, I'd like you to draw her with this armor and this weaponry. She's very young still. Shes single and has no intention of finding herself a boyfriend."
Thats a description that gives me an idea of how you see the character, yet still leaves me freedom to think up a pose/background.
"My assassin is a very shy, lonely, nearly emo character. She's adept at her art though, I'd like you to draw her with this armor and this weaponry. She's very young still. Shes single and has no intention of finding herself a boyfriend."
Thats a description that gives me an idea of how you see the character, yet still leaves me freedom to think up a pose/background.
greyf0x_f0x
Speaking as an artist, the commissions I enjoy the most, are the ones in which people offer me characters full of life, a mood, a personality. Basically, a character with... well "character". I don't mind it when people give me rough ideas relating to the pose, and equipment, and background etc, but when people get overly perscriptive, that's when the fun starts to drain, in my opinion.
Of course everyone is different, and some artists may like working to a tighter brief, because they can be more certain that it's what the commissioner wants. Whilst others may prefer complete artistic license. ^_^
Of course everyone is different, and some artists may like working to a tighter brief, because they can be more certain that it's what the commissioner wants. Whilst others may prefer complete artistic license. ^_^
Nian
Hey! I can dot his and I'm gonna be pretty honest about it now let's see...
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Quote: What about requests which also gives a vague idea for the pose and mood for the commission? For instance: "A romantic picture of the 2 characters holding hands." Cool enough in my opinion, helpful.
Quote: Or what about a request which doesn't give any idea for what pose or mood the picture should have, but instead gives an explanation of the character's personality so you can think of your scene based on that info. Personally I find character descriptions interesting because I like original character concepts and character creation in general. This I think has less effect on the overall product though than the above in my case.
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I like this better. It gives a bit more feeling to the character, and sometimes saves a few hours of artistic agony trying to come up with a pose while giving quite a lot of freedom as to the setting and how to place the characters.|
Overall, of what's listed above (or any other type of request you can think of), what do you prefer?
Overall I'd just prefer to get GOOD clear reference of everything the commissioner wants drawn. For examples if I get a bust screenshot of a GW character I don't want anyone to expect that I dig the rest up myself. So the bust would be all the detail they would be getting even if they might've wanted a fullbody. You people often forget to include the shoes of characters! I do end up digging them from GuildWiki in the end. Bottom line here: if I don't see it it's kinda hard to draw. Though what I want most is to please the person who commissioned me and make them happy with the pic so anything they want is my command, well sort of. P.S. I'm sure a lot of people feel very differently about these things. Quote:
I don't mind requests like this, although they're not my favourite kind. Having minimalistic requests sometimes gives a bit too much freedom, and I start worrying that I'll do something the person requesting the drawing won't like. If I'm given too much freedom, I tend to go into my "creative" mode and sometimes produce artwork that might not look like my usual style.
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Or what about a request which doesn't give any idea for what pose or mood the picture should have, but instead gives an explanation of the character's personality so you can think of your scene based on that info.
This is my favourite kind of request. I love hearing about different kinds of characters, and having the character's personality fleshed out really helps me come up with a good idea for a drawing. This kind of request combined with some vague outlines for what the character could be doing helps me out the most and lets me get a better feel for the drawing. Quote:
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