Commission - Closed: Nian's drawings

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

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Finally figured how I'd like to do things so I'm editing this into a proper commission thread.

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Examples of my work @ DA http://neesa.deviantart.com/

COMMISSIONS
From now on I will require payment up front. Sorry about this but I would rather not have to beg for the reward after I've already worked several days and hours on a commission. If for some reason I am unable to finish your commission I will give you back everything you gave me, no questions asked. You can trust the fact that I would not want my DeviantArt or forum image anywhere tarnished because I would like to do many kinds of commissions in the future aswell.

-Max 2 characters per drawing
-Simple ideas only, nothing too complex
-I will simplify and tweak armor to my liking in a way that it will still resemble the original, it's my style of doing things.
-There is no "waiting list", I pick what I feel like doing at that moment because it's the best way to get things done for me. There is no first come, first served and I promise you, price has no effect because I let my inspiration do the choosing.
-Commissions may take from 1-2days to 1-2weeks depending on my work schedule.

Prices are not set on stone. You can offer me what you think would be suitable and I will tell you what I could do for your commission. If you offer ~100k+ I will do a proper painting. For ~30kish I will draw a simpler colored or B&W sketch. Give me 1g and I will draw you a stick figure. I like to study and experiment so each piece could be somewhat different.

What I won't do
-Overly sexual/pornographic stuff, tasteful nudity and cuddly couples are fine.
-Gore because I'm BAD at it... I can try though... I do like zombies.
-Preferably no complex masks, hoods and the like are ok.
-Complex requests
-Only doing digital paintings for now

What I need
-Post in the thread or PM me your price offer, gold, ectos, armbands, minis etc. all welcome (I'm working on my HoM*cough*)
-Screenshots and/or description of your character or idea
-Doesn't have to be GW related

I will contact you about the commission when I'm ready to start and we can sort out the details in PM. If you have any questions, ask away!

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TASK LIST

Painting commission
-Invertation (wip)
-Lynette Le Sange

Art Trades
-Perynne
-Ravenhawk
-Tommy's

Art trades are very welcomed albeit lower priority! <3

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GALLERY
Monk portrait
Loki's Masked Elementalist
Art trade WIP of Tommy's Monk

MOD EDIT: I added the commission tag to your thread! - Sierraa

Ravenhawk

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

Love your style! *watching you now and waits for prices* lol

GwOxygen

GwOxygen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

N/

Amazing! Waiting for you to open a commission thread!

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

That is a really different style. I'd be interested in commissioning some art from you.

Thistle Xandra

Thistle Xandra

Site Contributor

Join Date: Aug 2010

She is so stunning! I love the lighting that you did!

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

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o.o

Very nice.

Perynne

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

R/

I'd love to do an art-trade if you're interested? Otherwise I'd be willing to pay 100k for something like your monk drawing.

Loki Seiguro

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

IGN: Scarlet Test Ace

We play Isketch in [HoH]

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Wow...I would love to get my ele, necro and sin drawn....I would be more than willing to pay 100k per or even more Shoot me a message if you are willing to do them and I;ll give you a screenshot of my ele (the necro and sin are still being worked on so for armor you'll have to draw off wiki images sorry)

bottlew

bottlew

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2009

????????????

:3

Mo/E

EXCELLENT! I would offer 100k+ for something let me know...

InfestedHydralisk

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

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Wow I would definitly want one, but i have 0,0 money now (only 50k for eeks:P).

Invertation

Invertation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Shiverpeaks Search And Rescue [Lost]

W/

Nolani is bursting with artists yet again, and nothing brings me greater joy. Good to see you back in our company.

I'll be sending a PM your way later today.

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ravenhawk View Post
Aww thanks!

I'd be interested in an Art Trade at some point ^^ (totally love that monk drawing). I'm up for GW or OCs or any other character.

Let me know if this is something that we can arrange but doesn't have to be soon (maybe in a couple of weeks. I got a major artwork that I need to do that I plan to start this weekend).

If not, I'll see if I have 100k laying around afer my commissions with eeks and Vulpes ^^

Also, if you don't mind me asking, are you using Photoshop? I am curious about your brush settings because I really like the brush strokes in your painting. I'd be happy to do some art trades with you! OC's or GW characters, either is fine with me. After a couple of weeks sounds good to me too so I can finish my first commish.

And yes, I just started using Photoshop CS5 at work. I used CS2 before and they both have the same brush because it's a default Photoshop brush. I'm very bad with custom brushes...and too lazy to install them. xD I just tweak a regular brush a little bit and then just do some crosshatching with it. Here's a screenie of my most used brush settings:


(spacing 0% actually lol)



My stuff looks pretty sloppy up close.

A spackled brush can also be fun to use for some portions like making skin texture but usually I'm too lazy for that too haha:

Bursh download:
http://nergui.net/derp/

I think I got this from the people sharing their brushes @ Conceptart.org. I used to have a better spackled brush but I can't find it anymore. '-'

Tommy's

Tommy's

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2006

[Bone]

Mo/

CRAP! Why wasn't I online today earlier! I want a commission <3 That monk you drew looks absolutely stunning, loving the style. I would be willing to do an art trade, or pay you the full 100k or more. Just let me know what you prefer :3 Then I'll send you the info up

Shy Guy

Shy Guy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2009

...

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Your style is awesum O _O

omens

omens

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

*joins the line of people wanting a commission*

InfestedHydralisk

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

R/

How much would such artwork actually cost like the one you showed in the original post?

EDIT:
Alright I'm just selling everything I've got. Got enough money for whatever it's going to cost. You may add me to the list, will update this post with info soon.

EDIT 2:
Kimi

Name: Kimi (Asian)
Eyecolor: Brown
Personality: Outside of her missions she is mostly a person who makes the most out of her life, she is also a party animal. In her missions she is pretty serious, but tends to do some sweet talking when she is face to face with someone.
Discription: Kimi has been trained into Ninjutsu since she was 7 (she is now 25 years old). It's not just Ninjutsu that she has been trained into, she has also mastered the Shadow Arts. By which she can walk through the shadows. Fading away in black smoke,completely becoming invisible for a brief moment and being able to create a shadow-ish illusion of herself, just to name a few abilities. Currently she lives in a big city mainly run by criminal orginisations. She is part of a gang to stop all the criminal activities with high-tech Ninja tools including handguns, and their assault team wears modern traditional Samurai suits (so strong that it resists a huge amount of bullets) with mainly an assault gun and a hardened sword. The year this takes place in is around 2075-2100.
Price: 100k

bebe

bebe

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

http://tinyurl.com/4g5ueb8

Put the peanut in the peanut hole!

Very pretty! =D

Would love to do a commishie.. maybe when you actually open.. ^^

` Marshmallow

` Marshmallow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2009

Canadaa!

Last Friday Night [TGIF]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nian View Post
My stuff looks pretty sloppy up close. o__o! Such prettyy arttt. Just curious ~ How big are you canvases,usually? owo!

Ravenhawk

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

Nian! Thanks so much for sharing those. And I added you to my Art Trade list in my DA page so I wouldn't forget ^_^. I'll let you know when I am ready to start *hug*

Perynne

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

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Heh, I think most people's colouring looks sloppy up close. That's the magic of it: how it can look so good as a finished version, until you zoom in close and see all the brushstrokes. Then again, brushtrokes = textures. <3

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

Thanks for the interest and all the art trade offers. <3
I've started with one commission and will take a new one from this thread once I'm done. I'll contact you if you still want it once I get to you~ Thus closing commissions since I think I've got enough offers to go through for now.

@Tommy's: I'd be happy to do an art trade with you! Haha this is fast turning into an art trade thread but nothing wrong with that since both parties will get something nice! I'll add this to my list of things to do.

@Invertation: Sent you a PM~

@InfestedHydralisk: There is still the 1g stick figure option! ;D Ah well I find it hard to put price tags on stuff(which is why I tossed it to you guys haha) but I guess above 50k I start painting stuff with more detail. I tend to go by feeling with every piece so it's hard to say, sorry. >.< Thanks for the offer, I'll let you know when I get to you. That's a very interesting description to boot. Very different and inspiring.

@Marsh: I start out with small messy sketches and as it goes along I enlarge it to something like 1400 x 2500 pixels or even 2500 x 4000 pixels. If I remember to switch PPI to 300 I do that before resizing. Usually it's the default 72 PPI in Photoshop. The size depends. I always want to have the heads & faces in the image large enough to almost fill my screen in height. :P

@Ravenhawk: Yay thankies~

@Perynne: Aye, I try to paint as much as I can zoomed out so I won't go into too much detail at first... It's hard to keep yourself from getting too caught up in one single detail like the lips or eyes, efficiently forgetting the rest of the picture. xD Textures<3


Sorryes for the slow reply. :d

eeks

eeks

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Sydney, Australia

Lubricated Volcano Love [Club]

Rt/Mo

Yay! Nian art! There's not much to say that hasn't been said, but it's great to see you painting again. :3

The monk is so adorable~

frostkisses

frostkisses

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wisconsin

Cerberus Guardians of the [GATE]

E/

*joins the commission conga line*
that monk is beautiful! *__* i guess i am slightly confuzzled if youre actually taking commissions yet...or just doodling for now. if its the former, let me know and ill update with char info/screenies

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

@InfestedHydralisk: Depends on how much effort you want me to put in and even still every piece is gonna be different. I'm not even that happy with the above Monk painting, it could have been better. I let you decide the price... More than that I like something simple/easy to paint that will inspire me heh.

@frostkisses: I don't have a "Commission waiting list" because I don't think I could handle that atm. I'm just gonna go through the offers I got when I have the time. Sorry for being confusing. There is no first come, first served. I'm picking what I feel inspired to do one picture at a time. If you want you can post your idea/screens for me.

Doodling Tommy's art trade yesterday.

Don't worry Tommy, it's not going to be black & white. You will see later... I'll send you my char pics in a moment.

also

hectic friday gtg back to work asap bb my head hurts... D: ->

Perynne

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

R/

OMG that's such a realistic cat! o_o Woooo~ I wish I had a boss like that.

Anyway. The wip is looking soooo cute. :3 Only comment is that perhaps the panda could have a flatter snout? Looks a bit too long right now, almost doglike. Otherwise it's looking awesome.

Ravenhawk

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

The Tommy Art trade looks so pretty! Can't wait to get yours started (as with any other art trades I got right now lol *clones self*).

Thistle Xandra

Thistle Xandra

Site Contributor

Join Date: Aug 2010

awww! The monk hugging the panda pic is the cutest thing ever! I can't wait to see it in final form

InfestedHydralisk

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

R/

Alright, 100k it is.

Also, I love the the drawing you made for tommy! Looks really cute and cuddely!

frostkisses

frostkisses

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wisconsin

Cerberus Guardians of the [GATE]

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I LOVE the hair on tommy's monk. I agree with pery, perhaps shorten the snout a bit. Other than that..just beautiful so far.
Quote:
I don't have a "Commission waiting list" because I don't think I could handle that atm. I'm just gonna go through the offers I got when I have the time. Sorry for being confusing. There is no first come, first served. I'm picking what I feel inspired to do one picture at a time. If you want you can post your idea/screens for me. Ah I understand now thanks for clarifying! I'll update with some screenies soon then.

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

Wee I managed to finish my first commish this weekend.

Loki's dread charr masked elementalist~
I have a habit of taking progress shots so, spam time:

Fabulous doodle...


Lineart for easier shade/color picking.


Spectacularly crappy shading muhaha~


Finding the colors.


Messing around...


and fin~



Sorry for the massive image spam. :'D

Verene

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

That looks really awesome! And I love the way you paint

Tommy's WIP is adorable, though the panda reminds me of a corgi XD Still awesome though.

Invertation

Invertation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Shiverpeaks Search And Rescue [Lost]

W/

Vibrant, but with purpose. Elaborate, yet restrained. Simple, albeit detailed. Most importantly--shiny.

InfestedHydralisk

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

R/

Oh wow, your style is just amazing!

Thistle Xandra

Thistle Xandra

Site Contributor

Join Date: Aug 2010

That's so great! I love the progress pics, too

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

Thanks!

Here is something I was doing before doing commishes.

Witch & a Witch Hunter~ It was supposed to be for Halloween but I alas I failed to deliver so I made something else for HW. :F

Quote:
Originally Posted by Invertation
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Vibrant, but with purpose. Elaborate, yet restrained. Simple, albeit detailed. Most importantly--shiny. Oh noes! You've seen through me...

@Verene: Corgis are awesome aren't they. Even when they're pandas...

Perynne

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

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I love seeing process pictures, it's always fun to see how an artist works on their drawings. And ooh, the finished product is sooo glowy. @_@ Very, very nice colours.