The Sleeper's Den

*ahem*

I am open to commissions from now on.

This is all very much in the experimental stage, so I beg your indulgence, and suggestions for improvements are welcome… I have drawn up a number of options and details below. I added a few restrictions, mainly because I’m nervous and do want to give you a decent service *g*.

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I can offer you the following options:

Media:

Simple graphite pencil/marker lineart
Finished graphite pencil drawing
Finished ink/felt tip drawing
Finished colour pencil drawing
Finished drawing with ecoline paint
Mixed ink and ecoline paint


Complexity:

One character
Multiple characters
Setting


Size:

Postcard (example)
A5 (21 x 14,9 cm – 8 ¼” x 5 7/8”) (example)
Irregular size (example)
A4 (21 x 29,7 cm – 8 ¼” x 11 ¾”) (example)

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Prices:

The price will depend on all of the above, with a postcard-sized lineart portrait of one character as the cheapest, and an A4-sized finished drawing as the most expensive option. Additionally, prices will differ depending on whether you would like the picture in an e-mail attachment, a high-res scan on a disc, or the paper original. The range is between 5€ ($6 or £3) for a sketch sent by e-mail and 50€ ($63 or £33) approximately for an A4-sized, highly finished paper original sent to you by snail mail.

Please consider this a guideline; prices are negotiable :-).

Payment options can be discussed; I suppose the best options are PayPal and Amazon gift vouchers, but other suggestions can be considered.

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Will and Won’t

If you are thinking about commissioning me, I would ask you to please take care not to expect things from me that I can’t deliver*. I have my own style, my strengths and my weaknesses; a look at my dA gallery will tell you what kind of pictures you can expect to get from me. Though I am willing to experiment, I cannot be what I am not :D.

*complex perspective (furnished rooms etc.) comes to mind…


I can offer my best value for:

- character portraits (bust or full-length)
- gen art
- canon faithfulness
- atmosphere and personality rather than scenes


Other possibilities:

The little list above does not mean that I refuse to accept commissions for scenes or pairings; I just think that these are what I do best. But I like a challenge from time to time :).

As for non-canon pairings, I don’t refuse to do them per se, but I know from experience that I find it difficult to overcome my personal reservations (if applicable) and that these tend to show in the drawing :/. That means that although the picture may be good, it may not be to your satisfaction in terms of feeling.


I won’t do:

- movie costumes
- movie actors
- sexual situations*
- naked Snape (I’m sorry, that’s a matter of principle! :P)

*I don’t mind eroticism of a less explicit kind, as in facial expressions, tension, or (tastefully) nude figures (excepting Snape, of course).

ETA: Original or non-HP art is also among the possibilities, should anyone be interested.

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Time:

Because I am a perfectionist and want to deliver good quality and inspired work, I cannot engage myself to giving a fixed timeframe in which a commission will be finished. Erm – it might be best not to think in terms of days *g*…


For more information, please contact me at sigune at livejournal dot com.