zealotry always bears fruit
rhapsodically bitter-sweet

xxxealot, queer erotica artist

Art Commissions

PRICES LISTED HERE ONLY APPLY TO PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS COMMERCIAL USE (for whatever odd & beautiful reason),
CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL: [email protected]

pricing

☆ these prices are approximations (per one character if not stated otherwise), additional cost may be added for complexity, out of tier features, extensive revisions, etc.☆

payment via Paypal & Paysend!

Contact me on twitter for a personal quote & other details!

☆ here's all the ideas I'd like to work on ☆

Most of these projects include techniques and/or details more complex than I usually offer, but I'm gonna charge you by the base style

(though if it is within your means, tips are always appreciated)

color

any style

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These are my Terms of Service
(Personal Commissions)

I have the right to:

- deny a commission without providing a reason.
- blacklist certain clients without providing a public reason.
- change these terms at a future date.
- post my artwork anywhere i choose to promote myself as an artist.
(this includes posting work-in-progress images, streaming the drawing process)a 50% privacy fee will be added if you Don't Want me to post anything related to your commission!

Commissioner may:

- post the artwork on any website as long as you credit me.
- use the artwork for any other personal, non-commercial purpose (personal blog banner, profile picture, printing it to put on your wall, etc.)

Commissioner may NOT:

- sell my artwork in any way (in form of merchandise, prints, NFTs or any other product) or use it in advertisements for a commercial service.
- claim authorship of my work.
- remove the signature without permission.
- drastically alter, trace or draw over my work.

my process & payment & refund policy

✦ My preferred payment method is Paysend but if it's unavailable to you, I can invoice you through Paypal.
All commissions under 50$ must be paid up front, orders higher than that may be paid in halves: a half up front and a half after approving the sketch.✦ When inquiring about a possible commission be sure to include reference pictures and a detailed description of what you'd like to see.
I do accept commissions of characters who only have written description and partial references ("clothes like here, hair like here") but it will result in additional 25% design fee.✦ Wait time can reach up to 2 months (starting from when payment is exchanged). It depends on how full my queue is, your placement in it, and the state of my health.
Constrictive due dates can incur up to a 75% rush fee depending on the time window given for completion and project size.✦ I send updates directly only at critical stages of approval - sketch & final version for most projects (complex commissions can have additional checkpoints). Otherwise, you can see them in the queue.✦ PLEASE tell me at any time if you want something changed, I will do up to 3 edits free of charge. If you wait until completion to request substantial changes you will be expected to cover significant revision fees or accept the piece as is.If the artwork isn't done after 2 months of queuing - you can request a refund, no questions asked.- A commission that has not yet been started will get a 100% refund.
- A partially completed commission will be re-evaluated according to the amount of work finished, and the difference will be refunded.

I will refund you manually !Going through Paypal charge-back can profoundly hinder my ability to work.If you do this to evade my policy - you automatically forfeit the rights to the artwork & will be subject to public blacklist to warn other artists of this behavior.

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So, how does it all work?..

Step 0: first contact, queueing

First things first, am I a right fit for your idea? Do you know what aspect of my art made you want to commission me? I'm fairly open to trying new things but you're of course safer commissioning something I already draw often.

- Chances are we live in very distant time zones, so expect a couple hours to a day (or two) between responses. Best to plan out what you need to know as it were an email.
- I have a commission queue and work on projects semi-consecutively: 2 at a time (sometimes 3), until I'm finished with them, then the next 2 in the queue are started.
- If you have a budget in mind, state it from the outset. If a quote I gave you is out of your budget please don't disappear silently, a polite decline is always understandable. It's also perfectly fine to ask if there's a way to simplify the project to fit your budget.

When the work begins, here's how it goes:

Step 1: nailing down the concept

Factually describing what you want to see is a good start, but to get a real sense of it I need some context: What is the mood of the scene? What details are the most important?
Here's the time to bring your character references, yes, but also your moodboards, your stick-figure drawings for poses, show on my own art what I did there that you liked, tell me a couple sentences about your characters' personalities. Please disclose if kink is involved.

Step 2: research & reference

Visual reference is a big pillar of making artwork. Its relationship to the piece may be direct, like a photo of a hand holding a cylindrical object at just the right angle; or it may be really obscure, like collecting photos of old dusty things to convey a palette & textures that feel faded.
All of that takes time to find & organize.

Step 3: searching

'Search' is a very insider term, but I like how it conveys the nature of this stage far more directly than just 'sketching'. Search is the process of finding the broad strokes of the piece: the rough composition, the focal points, the silhouettes.
Most of the intellectual toll of the piece is in this stage. Also a lot of trying and scrapping and trying again.
Once I find something that works, this will be the sketch I'll bring to you for reviewing.

Step 4: Clean-Up

After the broad strokes are decided, it's time to refine. Cleaning up lines, adding subtle details, inevitably having to solve a couple rogue problems that hid in the rough sketch. Lots of routine work.

Step 5: Color & Effects

This is kind of a floating stage. Some pieces & styles make color an inseparable part of the composition, in which case it adds onto the time of developing the sketch. But be it at the beginning or towards the end, color is immensely influential on the feeling of the piece, so it takes up about a fourth of the working time on its own.
You'd also be surprised how much a cleverly placed shine or overlay can change the piece.

Step 6: Last checks

Sometimes, you'd see a virtually finished piece sit in my work-in-progress queue for a couple of days, why is that? Well, after working on something for a while your ability to see it critically dulls. So, I reserve a day or two away from the piece, to then see it with clear eyes, add some finishing touches, check if it looks okay on different monitors, and when I'm confident it's done I send it over.It doesn't save me from forgetting a tail or an earring 100% of the time, but it is important.

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