/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.7125329]

What was your favorite AA commission you've drawn/received? Post any pictures and stories you have of them here.

[Anonymous No.7125357]

I only worked AA once. I was about 12, and attending a college con run by our local community college. A friend was part of the anime club (also 12/13) and we both shared a table. She was so *proud* of our work. I agreed and came with a portfolio that looked like... well... pic related.

one splerglord of a neckbeard, maybe 30+ and fat and smelly looked through my 'art' for about an hour, before finally asking if I drew on commission.


>I could, I guess?
>c-c-can you draw me and all of the girls from love hina taking a bath together?
>what
>i don't think i can do that
>oh. ok.

[Anonymous No.7125358]

Someone had me draw zombie raptor jesus screaming "THE TING TINGS"

I wish I had taken a picture of it, it was ridiculous

[G !!0KLJYlknxts No.7125460]

Kinyoobi con I saw an artist with a good Jotaro drawing offering comissions. He looked to be in highschool and I decided to ask him for a commission to draw me in the Jojo style as I thought I'd support a fellow fan. He takes my photo and says come back in 20 minutes.

This was what I received.

[Anonymous No.7125485]

>>7125460

noice.

[Anonymous No.7125495]

>>7125460
Only 20 minuts daaamn.
Fucking asians. His tumblr's pretty impressive, too, especially for his age.

[Anonymous No.7125522]

Got this last year during Metro. The girl I got it from was kinda slow with it, but I'm happy with it. I doubt I'd get another Comish from her since it took her about two days for a simple drawing of Slenderman at that. It was 15$, so I can't really complain much. I'm sure the artist gave me a card with her info on it, but it's long been gone. I know it was a chick though if that helps.

[Anonymous No.7125528]

>>7125522
>$15
>took two days

Christ on a bike, that's worse than the kind of shit I draw during meetings. You've been had. I'm sure you're trying to be nice but that really isn't good.

[Anonymous No.7125532]

>>7125495
Could you translate the tumblr for me? It looks like 10hylium and iohylium to me, but neither works.

[Anonymous No.7125538]

>>7125522
That's shit, you could do it yourself in 5 minutes.

I wonder what her art on display looked like, what the hell?

[Anonymous No.7125548]

>>7125522
That's fucking terrible, I'm slow with drawing but even I could draw something better in 5 minutes

[Anonymous No.7125564]

>>7125532
whylium.

[G !!0KLJYlknxts No.7125563]

>>7125532
http://whylium.tumblr.com/

[Anonymous No.7125566]

>>7125532
It's 'whylium'. The lines on the W look separated so I can see where you were confused.

[Anonymous No.7125579]

>>7125495
I hope this kid really markets the fact he does Jojo commissions. These are REALLY good and CA has tons of Jojofags who would pay good money for this stuff

[Anonymous No.7125603]

>>7125528
>>7125538
>>7125548
Shit, I didn't think it was that bad.. I don't really like to spread shit, but the artist signed under "Aihoshi", but I've looked around DA and Tumblr and didn't find anything else from her. I know she was selling prints, and she was pretty skinny I think. I know one of my friends bought something Doctor Who related from her, and another bought a shitty laminated Key chain from her. I can't draw to save my life, and at the time it was my first time even ordering a comish, so I really didn't know at the time on what's counted as 'good' and what's counted as 'bad'. I haven't ordered a comish since then, but uhm thanks for pointing me in the right direction with that. I thought I was just being selfish or shallow when I thought the artist could've done a lot more than that.

[Anonymous No.7125654]

>>7125603
a drawing like would be sold at around 3 to 5 dollars

[Anonymous No.7125661]

>>712565a drawing like that shouldn't even be sold. It's shit.

[Anonymous No.7125663]

>>7125661
>>7125654

Derp

[Anonymous No.7125664]

>>7125654
I got much better from 2 dollars. Granted, she was seriously underpricing herself, but it was definitely better.

[Anonymous No.7125669]

There was this AA artist I chatted with at AUSA this year, she was selling walking dead art ( the game) and calvin and hobbes art. I had meant to go back and buy another calvin and hobbes piece...don't remember her name (the art I bought is at home) and honestly she was the first artist I bought from in some time and she really made my convention worth while because it was the swag I got besides a key chain.

[Anonymous No.7125672]

Someone commissioned me to draw Batman slapping the shit out of Rei Miyamoto once.

[Anonymous No.7125678]

>>7125603
Jesus anon- youd get better shit from gaia with fake money than the real money you paid.

[Anonymous No.7125681]

>>7125669
Also, a friend of mine got this done at the AA for 8$. He gushed about it for hours. It was also his first commission, unfortunately he forgot to go back and have himself drawn as King of America.

[Anonymous No.7125682]

>>7125678
Can I just say that it always surprises me how many talented people are on that site, wasting their skills for pixel-cash? I mean, if it makes them happy, good for them. But there are some people severely underselling themselves on that site.

[Anonymous No.7125686]

I do hentai commissions for like $6
its pitiful money, but it's what I do, cant complain about my anatomy if it's only $6 can you?

[Anonymous No.7125688]

>>7125686
sure can. shes got lunch lady arms and looks like shes carrying a whole turkey in her stomach. I dont want to imagine what you would do to genitalia. how am I supposed to fap to that?

[Anonymous No.7125691]

>>7125688
it was a joke, but fine whatever, i'll just take it down cba

[Anonymous No.7125695]

>>7125682
>Can I just say that it always surprises me how many talented people are on that site, wasting their skills for pixel-cash?

you mean dA?

[Anonymous No.7125698]

>>7125691
Oh come on anon, I was mitigating the sperglord that lurks the AAs.
Whats the nastiest thing youve drawn ?

[Anonymous No.7125699]

>>7125522
typical female. buying mediocre shit from other females just to support GIRL POWER like anita sarkeesian

[Anonymous No.7125702]

I love how the crappiest drawing in this thread has the most comments

[Anonymous No.7125704]

>>7125698
ANSWER ME GOD DAMMIT. WHAT 6$ PORN ARE YOU PEDDLING AT AAS. dont punish me anon. show meee.

[Anonymous No.7125705]

I have commission something for me and my brother once. I think it turned out okay. Question for the AA artists out there though:

> Is drawing commissions worth it?

Like how many people do you take? And how much do you usually charge?

[Anonymous No.7125708]

>>7125698
you did it too well! but i'll play this game
I specialise in unbirth/vore/soft guro, but to this day the best job i got was a strip where a girl eats a guy with her ass, making her belly all big, and then shits out a man sized turd and then tucks it up in bed. its a good job.

if you can be bothered, the worst customer i've ever had is pic related but i already posted it here once.

[Anonymous No.7125713]

Bought this at Seishun-con this year. I was looking through the girl's folder, and this is one of her older pieces; her newer stuff was much better, but I'm a huge guro fan, so I kept coming back to this one.
20 dollars for a print of this size- I didn't think it was bad at all. (I asked her how much for the original watercolour, and she said 300 or 500 dollars, goddamn. I love artists that don't sell themselves short, though, so good on her.)
This is the only AA thing I've ever bought, so idk how they normally are priced.

I know it's not exactly a commission, but, eh.

[Anonymous No.7125714]

>>7125705
Commissions are def worth it for me. I usually charge anywhere from $7-$25 on a 1 character basis, and I draw pretty fast. I take on an average of ~15 commissions per weekend (sometimes more if I get a lot of smaller commissions).

[Anonymous No.7125716]

>>7125708
I admire you anon. I also fear you.

[Anonymous No.7125717]

>>7125713
Dang, that's expensive. I usually charge around $15 for 11x17 print...

[Anonymous No.7125724]

>>7125705
You get enough and you can make ridiculous amounts of bank. People are cool with the upcharges for the most part. As long as you properly pace yourself and do everything you can to make the process easier (ask for reference images, make an order form, give a reasonable deadline) you'll be fine.

Also its wise to take photos of your commissions or ask if the recipient can send you a scan. It's a great way to get example images

[Anonymous No.7125741]

I've been to two cons so far as artist and the most I've sold a weekend was 5 prints/commissions tops. I don't even charge that much but I guess the con goers aren't really keen on my style.
Basically my style is not typical anime/manga as I come from drawing realistic stuff, so even if I choose an anime/manga related topic, I stick to more realistic aesthetics.
Hell, I had the guy next to me make a lot of money selling generic anime style portraits...

[Anonymous No.7125955]

>>7125741
>>7125741

I don't generally buy into the anime style unless its stuff I like..and I don't like much apparently. Maybe you should post your stuff. The feeling I get from your posts are either "my work is great and under appreciated" or you think your stuff is good but really its not that great .

[Anonymous No.7126004]

>>7125741
You either make money by casting a wide net of fandoms and pulling in lots of people ore concentrating on a few series with hardcore fans who are certain to buy stuff.

Another way to keep costs down is to reduce the amount of prints you bring and focus on doing commissions. You save on printing costs but you need to have good time management and people skills

[Anonymous No.7126026]

>>7125741
I dunno, I guess it really depends. When I went to an AA this year, I saw a variety of styles. They ranged from kawaii uguu to more elaborate anime style to realistic ones. There was a particular artist who was just selling print after print and their style was pretty realistic, but then again, they were targeting popular series and had that vibrant, high saturated colouring style many people cream their panties over. I guess it just depends on how aggressively you pursue your audience.

There's other things that can help: having an established fanbase on the internet, a good display, acting friendly and not obnoxious or overly withdrawn...etc.

[Anonymous No.7126041]

>>7126026
>highly saturated
Yep. That'd be me. Contemporary and high saturation of things I enjoy and I will buy it.

[Anonymous No.7126044]

/jp/ here. Most of the AA sucked, sorry.
The only artist I considered worthwhile was the Chinese Touhou group, and they were in the dealers room. They're the ones that were selling those Touhou bags everyone had.
Got a sweet Touhou drawing from them though. And they gave out five free small gifts with every commission.

[Anonymous No.7126103]

>>7126044
we aren't talking about a specific con buddy, sorry

[Anonymous No.7126274]

There was a girl at AWA last year who drew me on the spot while I was in my Freddie cosplay in like 5 minutes. It was small, simple, cartoony, but pretty well done. I'll post it if I can find where I put the thing...

[Anonymous No.7126311]

>>7125603
>Aihoshi
http://www.gaiaonline.com/profiles/its-electric/3782688/

I cannot find anything more about her art.

[Anonymous No.7126454]

>>7125705
Depends on how fast you draw and how well you draw. I personally take hours and sometimes days to finish something that probably would only take others a few minutes, so I just stopped opening convention commissions, and told them they could get something commissioned from me online after the con.

[Anonymous No.7126498]

I'm considering having an art stand, next year's Desucon. What do you guys consider essential to bring? Is it a great plus to do on-site commisions?
Should I have a folder to showcase, maybe see if I can sell the originals too?

[Anonymous No.7126655]

>>7125955

I am always hesitant to post my stuff here but whatever. I finished this on the very day of the con, printed it and sold nothing.
People love to comment on how much they enjoy my style, and how "personal" it is, yet they can't be bothered to buy a print for 3 USD. I am not mad over it, but it's been two cons like this and my style isn't anime. Maybe I am going to the wrong kind of cons altogether.

[Anonymous No.7126668]

>>7126655
cool to see shadows of the damned fan art.
Your style is a little too rough and stylized to appeal to anime con crowds.

[Anonymous No.7126671]

>>7126668
That's what I was thinking... Maybe next time I will try selling at a comic con instead.

[Anonymous No.7126673]

>>7126655
I dunno, it's like your skin work is gorgeous but then you draw your tattoos and hair in solid black sharpie. It just doesn't mesh.

[Anonymous No.7126683]

>>7126673
I know hahahah. I went to bed super late finishing it and I know I need to revise the tattoos, which was the last thing I did. I warped them to "fit" the muscles and added some light to them, but I think I need to do something else. Transparency maybe?

[Anonymous No.7126687]

I started collecting one drawing per con. Best so far was this one. I never know what to ask so I just asked "draw a really hot guy or whatever" It cost 2€

[Anonymous No.7126762]

>>7126655
Huh, your style is eerily similar to someone I know. But judging by the sig you're not them

[Anonymous No.7126765]

>>7126762
Oh? I wonder hehehe.

[Anonymous No.7126780]

>>7125708
FUCK I hate these self entitled fucks who say "but im too poor to pay your prices!!"
Custom art is a luxury item you picked cunts. You're not paying for the time they drew it either, you're also paying for the years of effort they put into obtaining their ability.

[Anonymous No.7126782]

>>7126498
>Essentials
- Business cards
- Eye catching display that shows a good variety of work
- Extra markers, pens and other art supplies
- Money box which change (be prepared to break a lot of $20s)
- Some method of documenting purchases and what sold.
- Camera (if you do commissions its a great way to save what you drew)
- Doodle guestbook (great way to get people's attention and also save contact information)

[Anonymous No.7126784]

>>7125741
Can you post an example of your work anon?
I was gonna be an ass and say that nobody buys what sucks but seeing some of the submissions from earlier I'm holding back.
Merging anime/manga with realism in a balanced way is a form though.

[Anonymous No.7126787]

>>7126784

here's one >>7126655

[Anonymous No.7126788]

>>7126655
I saw an artist like this at this past convention. I think you could probably keep your style but do what anon said here >>7126004

If you did things like the Watchmen, Avengers, Walking Dead, etc. I think your style would do very well.

[Anonymous No.7126791]

>>7126655
Yeah, that style would be hard to sell to pop culture fans.
Just gonna say tho, if you're gonna colour the thing with transluenct brushes then you'll want to make the tattoo with a translucent brush too, just looks kinda off.

[Anonymous No.7126792]

>>7126787
Yeah I didn't refresh the thread to update in time to see it hah

[Anonymous No.7126797]

>>7126791
Just did a revision. I had no idea how to make it go with the rest of the painting, but I think it looks way better now

>>7126788

I don't follow many fandoms though, I do mostly gaming stuff. But yeah, if someone came to me like "make me this character of this show" I would so do it if given a reference. The thing is that most people coming to my local cons are very young and said cons evolve around manga and anime.
I will have to look for the next comic con, maybe I have more luck in one of those.

[Anonymous No.7126802]

>>7126797
Cant help but think you would do a really nice Akumetsu piece.

[Anonymous No.7126806]

>>7126797
It doesn't help your case that not too many people know about Shadows of the Damned, perhaps a drawing involving the Big Boner might be a bit more eyecatching to those who played it.

But I do agree in that you should try a comic/gaming focused convention

[Anonymous No.7126807]

>>7126797
Hey, I know you. Hi. I love your artwork and I think you should consider going to other types of cons. Maybe invest some money in getting the prints of your books and travel to a bigger city in your country with older folks. Good luck!

[Anonymous No.7126810]

>>7126802
Or any of the Titans from snk.

[Anonymous No.7126813]

>>7126807
hey anon who are you? now I am curious hahaha

[Nazi House Wife No.7126856]

Went to a small con and this crappy artist was giving away FREE sketches. I figure why not, it's free. It looks nothing like me lol

[Anonymous No.7126858]

>>7126856
That doesn't look like a swim club member

[Nazi House Wife No.7126868]

>>7126858
I don't know what a "swim club member" is suppose to look like but that's not what it's suppose to be

[Anonymous No.7126872]

>>7126868
You said the artist was giving away Free sketches. I don't remember a storm trooper from the anime.

[Anonymous No.7126875]

>>7126872
That is a super lame joke.

[Anonymous No.7126917]

>>7126872

[Anonymous No.7126926]

>>7126858
>>7126872

[Anonymous No.7127395]

bumping for more art

[Anonymous No.7127439]

>>7126655
>>7126797
you're using waaaaay too many strokes to attempt shading, and they're all too semi-transparent. that's what's making everything look a bit lumpy and muddy. what you wanna do is use large strokes to get the general 3d form, then go in and blend with smaller strokes.

it's really very good that you're attempting such detailed and realistic compositions, but you need to go back and practice some basics.

(please keep in mind that this advice is only good if you want to be somewhat competitive with other artist-types. if you have a client base that isn't very immersed in the art scene, you'll be okay.)

[Anonymous No.7127447]

>>7125681
Is that him? It looks like Bertholdt from SNK

[Anonymous No.7127453]

>>7127439

I know, but that's what I wanted with that picture. I like to play with different techniques, doing the same all the time is boring.

Here's an older one in which I use just flat color and shading with a more cartoonish look.

[Anonymous No.7127477]

>>7127453
but even that is closer to being polished-looking/ fully-rendered than your other piece, if you'd blend the cel shading in a way that shows light diffusion. it's good to play with technique, but the painting in your previous posts has much more apparent guesswork because of the squirrely transparent shading.

i mean, i;m not sure how much critique you want, but that's how anyone improves their craft. if you're curious about how other artists see your work, take it over to /ic/ and see what they think.

[Anonymous No.7127485]

>>7127477

Nah, I am not looking for critique. I was just trying to show how the shading in the other picture was deliberate.

Anyway, I can't be the only one here with artwork to share...

[Gloomy !S112HlAgNs No.7127541]

>>7126498
Anything to show your style and even an example what you'd get out of a commission usually helps the buyer a lot to guage what they'd get out of their money. I know most artists don't typically push on their originals at the table (but then again, sometimes it depends on the prices) and often take it to the art show section. They'd leave their contact info and table info to help direct people to find them in AA if they can't pay the price for the original and would be okay with a print.

>>7125705
Depends how you draw really. I feel like I might be the person >>7125664 might be referring to (haha yes that is my price) but typically I've seen anywhere from $5-60 written on signs depending on pencil sketch/inked/colored and 1 character/bust/fullbody etc. Even then, I find that people will come back for more if they like it or spread the word to their friends if it's affordable.

[Anonymous No.7127638]

was walking around otakon with the intention of getting a commission of cyclops for my bf who couldn't come with me and i saw this artist with other watercolor marvel art and i thought it would be perfect. commissioned it on friday afternoon for $25, picked it up saturday morning as soon as i got there and i was soooo happy with it. the website/tumblr isn't updated but the artist was wolfwearswool.com

[Anonymous No.7127718]

>>7127485
You probably should look for critique, you might actually get better enough to start selling. It's not a matter of too many anime kids, your composition in both pieces kind of sucks.

[Anonymous No.7128147]

>>7127638
Wow, thats beautiful. I wouldn't mind paying 25 for that one

[Pixel !liV7ZvK9aE No.7128233]

>>7127541
So cute! Think you could do a quick one if I sent money over paypal?

[Gloomy !S112HlAgNs No.7128461]

>>7128233
Sorry, I only stick to drawing commissions during cons. Anything I've drawn outside of cons has been for print media stuff which gets slotted under my freelancing rates. If you manage to find me in the chat or on a drawfag thread, give a shout and I'll do it for free because that's a sign that I'm bored.

[Anonymous No.7128522]

I like getting commissions of people's original characters a lot, as long as they give me proper reference. My favourite time that happened was when a husband and wife asked me to draw their RP characters together, it was really cute and they were so happy with it!

Another time, a little kid who was about 10 asked me if I could draw his younger sister as a princess as a birthday present for her, that was really sweet.

[dill !PicKleqHjM No.7128544]

Not totally AA related, but in my city we have a yearly comic arts festival. The second floor is solely for webcomic artists, and there's always a few big names that set up tables selling prints/books etc.

A couple of artists I really like that goes there every year is the couple behind Johnny Wander.

Now before I ever attended that festival, my sister and her boyfriend went. They were big fans of Johnny Wander too, and they wanted to get a commission. But they didn't have any real money on them, and they had no idea what they wanted to get drawn.

Looking on his phone, my sister's bf had a screenshot of Captain Falcon when you finish the Super Smash Bros single mode, and a picture of a Garchomp, (It was a screenshot of a Garchomp evolving, someone had named their Gabite as Garchomp, so when it finally evolved it said "Congratulations, your Garchomp has evolved into a GARCHOMP!" Which was hilarious to him).

So they asked them to draw Captain Falcon riding a Garchomp. Since they didn't have much money on them, all my sister could offer was change, and a bunch of snacks that she had packed that day. Chewy bars, fruit snacks, etc.

When the artists got the requests, they were a bit confused but ecstatic that someone was actually paying them for a commission. (Apparently most people that day were asking stuff from them for free).

So they did the commission, which was cool. Sadly I don't have a picture of it cause my sister's bf has it.

(cont...)

[dill !PicKleqHjM No.7128550]

>>7128544

The next year, they went back (I started coming along too after this) and wanted to get another piece done by the two. So this time they asked for a picture of a Garchomp riding Captain Falcon. They didn't have the reference pics anymore, so we made it a challenge to get them to do it by memory. They had a fun time drawing it. We also increased the pay with a whole bag full of an assortment of candies.

This became a sort of tradition, every year we would go back and ask for a commission involving Captain Falcon and Garchomp in some shape or form. We gotten a picture of 4 Garchomps holding Captain Falcon up in a throne, Garchomps summoning Captain Falcon... And even asked for a drawing of the artist herself drawing a picture of Garchomp and Captain Falcon (she could chose whatever pose she wanted).

Of course every year we also increase the quality of pay. Last year we bought them a whole birthday cake, next year we plan on buying a full course dinner takeout for them. Every year we stop by their table, they light up. It's a fun tradition I look forward to every year. Sadly I can't post any of the pieces cause my sister bf''s has them all, but they're well done and hilarious

[Anonymous No.7128548]

>>7127638


that's awesome!

[Anonymous No.7128572]

>>7128550
>>7128544
Next time get some scans or photos. These sound glorious.

[Pixel !liV7ZvK9aE No.7129224]

>>7128461
I'll keep an eye out then.

[Anonymous No.7129362]

bump for more

[Anonymous No.7129485]

...Could I sell commissions? This is a drawing from about a year ago, technical pen on paper with watercolor.

Took me about an hour when I did it, could probably work faster these days.

[Anonymous No.7131113]

>>7129485

I don't see why not.
Make sure to show plenty examples of your work so people know what you're strong with and what you're willing to do. People like monsters and the like, and I don't see too much of that that cons, aside from the small craze Pacific Rim started.