MischievousMartian

hi all, sorry for being absent these last few years, work and life has taken a toll. hope everyone's doing okay! i got hundreds of unanswered messages dating back to 2012 so i guess i'll find some time to answer them approaching the new year, since i would have time to finally not work. so yes maybe they are no longer relevant but i'll try replying soon.

again, sorry for the loooong absence. i just have very little time to draw for myself now and i kind of bummed about it sometimes. but that means i get to eat and pay my bills so it's all good

now on to some repeating questions i can hopefully answer here:

are you doing comic covers now? is this cover yours?
if there is my name on it then i'm afraid i'm responsible for it and you got me!

are you still working on kingdom death?
i am very much still working on kingdom death

are you still taking commissions?
not until an indefinite time, since i very rarely come here anymore. once i am i will be sure to announce it here.

can i use your drawing for x in y site?
as long as there is >>visible credit and a link back to da<< where you found it, yes! do go ahead and thank you for asking me first

can i use your design for a cosplaying event?
same as above. as long as there is >>clear credit<<, do go ahead and have fun

i would like to purchase your print/artwork, how can i go about to doing this?
currently, none of my digital works is for sale so if you found it being sold somewhere else it is unsanctioned and i have no affiliation with the seller, whom i have not given any permission. as for original artwork to my covers, some are spoken for. the ones that aren't will be put up for sale for the first time nearing august next year.

why are there no new drawings?
life and work mostly. i got like 3 years worth of work drawings backlogged because i just don't have time to upload them. maybe i'll dump them here sometime. maybe...

do you have another site to showcase your other drawings?
nope.

are you interested in working for free in return for exposure?
hahahahahahahahahahahahano.

thanks for reading and have a good weekend, folks!

"When will the slots be opened again?"
I honestly don't know. My working life has turned out to be more time-consuming than I predicted. Please stay tuned! Any news regarding commission will be announced through my DA journal as usual.

-MM

Yep, all full this month.

Unless you have contacted me before and we've made arrangements, any new commission request after this post will be put on the MAY waiting slots. These will be reserved after you send me concrete ideas/references, otherwise first come, first served.

Please read my commission details (mischievousmartian.deviantart.…) thoroughly before contacting me with any kind of commission work so I may be spared from having to sound redundant.

Kthx.

I've only got three available slots this month and they're all full.

For the ones listed, your sketches will be sent within the next week. No bullshit.

Unless you have contacted me before and we've made arrangements, any new commission request after this post will be put on the FEBRUARY waiting slots. These will be reserved after you send me concrete ideas/references, otherwise first come, first served.

Commission details here: mischievousmartian.deviantart.… Please read thoroughly before contacting me with any kind of commission work so I may be spared from having to sound redundant. Kthx.

IMPORTANT: If you've contacted me before January and haven't heard back from me, or if you've contacted me and I agreed but your name isn't listed, DA message me and give me a chance to sort it out. December had been an insane time for me so I might have overlooked your request by mistake. For that I sincerely apologize.

That's right, so go grab those empty slots while they're still, um, empty.

And just to refresh our memory, here's my GUIDELINE. Please peruse it thoroughly as to avoid any misunderstanding:

* I offer purely CHARACTER illustrations.

* All my work is currently in digital format and the following price are for personal commissions only. Please PM me via note or email me (skincoloredcoffee@hotmail.com) for commercial related work.

* Your own characters are copyrighted to you and I will not use them for commercial purposes, but I reserve the right to use the finished images and/or final printed publications for my personal portfolio and/or post it in websites which I am a member of.

* This might go without saying, but I have the right to decline any commission proposal directed to me.

Style
Simple painting/cell-shade style coloring. A tad anime style, if you will. Rough example:


For the time being, generally I DON'T accept:
portraits, full paintings, decals, tattoos, graphic designing, interior designing, and pro-bono requests.

Backgrounds
None whatsoever. The character/s will be put on limbo (that reoccurring white expanse of nothingness you'll find in my drawings)

Pricing
- Face/waist-up: US$40
- Full-body: US$50
- Each additional character: + 50% (this means a waist-up of Holmes and Watson will set you back $60, while a scene involving full-bodied Holmes and Watson will cost $75)
- Even when they're not really characters, additional elements that are about as big as the characters will be charged as additional characters (this means full-body Holmes and Watson and a steampunk tank will cost you $100)
- Don't have any description? That's character creation. $200, no additional character option.
- Full-color/monochromatic/line-only drawings are priced the same.

Theme Preference
NC-17 stuff. Excessive gore is a no. Blood is okay, entrails gushing out everywhere not okay. Pornographic depictions and full-frontal nudity are off-limits, for obvious reasons.

Credit
Please don't remove any signature/website address I placed on my work. I guarantee you I will be discreet in where I'm putting them.   

Process
1. Send me the contents of the commission and references via DA note. Yes, references are a must, unless you expect me to create a character for you.
2. Once we agreed on the rates and schedule I'll send you a rough sketch.
3. You get a single chance of revision here. Once you agreed on the sketch please pay 50% up front first.
4. Once I've gotten the first half of the payment I'll finish the work according to the agreed deadline, and send you the low-res file.
5. As soon as I received the second half of the payment I'll send you the hi-res JPEG file (max 150dpi A4 size).

Payment
PayPal. Once we've established a deal I'll let you in on the details.

* Shop can be closed at any time, so while I will not cancel commissions that's already at least 50% paid, please reserve slots as soon as possible because first come, first served