Quickdraw Like Clockwork (Draws For You?)

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Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn

I'm not sure what kind of reception I'll get for this but I was thinking of offering digital drawings of knights (or anything SK related I suppose!) for crowns/CE?

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They'll come in two varieties which are:

In-Game [Sample 1] (~3000CE)
The proportions are more similar to the ingame ones.

And

Reimagined [Sample 1] (~6000CE)
The proportions are more realistic and the armor/accessories are more detailed and intricate. There's a bit more creative license with this obviously. Please specify what gender your knight is if you have a preference.

All images will be at low-res/web resolution. If you would like a high-res image, there is an additional charge.

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You can contact me ingame by Evagelyn, my tumblr. My email is also on my tumblr, whatever is more convenient! If you would like to throw actual money at me (for whatever reason), my commission information is on my tumblr as well. I would prefer payment before starting, but if you like I can do half-half (half at the start, half after rough draft or before receiving the final product).

Thanks for stopping by and having a look!

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Windsickle's picture
Windsickle
Whoa.

You're welcome. I can't say I'm not impressed. Those are some splendidly creepy images. I can't help but think that they both have rather dark and scary atmospheres. Not quite my taste at the moment but I'm sure there are others willing to commission your skills Evagelyn. Keep up the good work.

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
@Windsickle

Thank you! Yeah my examples are on the darker side huh.... haha. I'll have to make more varied examples.

Uuni's picture
Uuni
That is pretty damn amazing

That is pretty damn amazing O.O

Psychodestroyer's picture
Psychodestroyer
Darker...

As in more morbid-ish, but I don' mind. Still looks awesome!

Although, can't say I'd pay for one, sorry.

It's a: "It's not you it's me" thing. Not your price, not your quality.

Just something I have a habit of not doing.

Really sorry.

But really, nice work!

In fact, this sort of design I think would fit my main character in my first ever SK fanfic perfectly, if he had more of a description to go on ><

But honestly, awesome if you like the morbid side of things, which I'm obviously in to.

Zxeroadvent's picture
Zxeroadvent
I must say

I am an artist myself, and your style amazes me! i like the feel of these images.

Happyapathy's picture
Happyapathy
wow those are great, wish i

wow those are great, wish i could draw like that

Psychodestroyer's picture
Psychodestroyer
Dude...

I wish I could DRAW.

Took me a WEEK to finish a good pic, and it wasn't even GOOD, it was BELOW MEDIOCRE.

AND WAS A COPY OF A REAL PIC.

THATS HOW PATHETIC MY DRAWING SKILL IS.

Agazide's picture
Agazide
:3

/comissions drawing

Shadowcrazyy's picture
Shadowcrazyy
SK related? anychance I could

SK related?

anychance I could just pitch my character and you could make him "spiral knights" style?

Exastiken's picture
Exastiken
This is awesome!!!

I would totally want a picture of my character in your style! When should we meet in-game so I can trade my energy to you?

Tevokkia's picture
Tevokkia
Lovely technique

Excellent technique, movement, and mood. Although I'm not purchasing art at the moment, I shall look around for you if I happen to decide to in the future.

From one artist to another, though, if these pictures take more than about half an hour (and I rather assume they do), you are grossly undercharging.

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
Thank you guys for your

Thank you guys for your support! http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa460/moementm/sksnipe.png

@Psychodestroyer I'm just glad you like the art, haha. Believe me when I say I spend way too much drawing though--It's all about the practice, keep at it and you'll figure out what works for you!

@Shadowcrazyy I could give it a shot? What did you have in mind?

@Tevokkia That really means a lot, thank you! Haha, you know where to find me should you need to. As for the pricing, you think so? I wasn't positive since I don't see many others offering something like this... And I was concerned about charging far too much as being one of the few that were? I dunno D:

Tevokkia's picture
Tevokkia
Rule of thumb for pricing

I would be charging if I thought I had the time. Probably very few pieces at atrocious amounts because work from here would be competing with cash commissions from elsewhere (and I get a little bored doing the same thing over and over again).

My recommendation for pricing would be to do one of two things:

A) Determine how much you consider a fair rate per hour, multiply by the time it takes you to create the image, and charge the rough equivalent of the quantity of CE you could buy with that much. (This is how I would do it, so at up to 15 hours a pop, that could get expensive...) So if a piece takes you about 2 hours and you feel a fair hourly rate is $10, you might charge around 13k in CE.

B) Determine how much you would make in crowns hitting the Clockworks hard for however long it takes you to create the image, and charge somewhere around that (or a bit more, considering you're doing skilled work). This will probably be considerably lower than option A and may be close to what you're currently advertising, depending on how long a piece takes you. So if you usually make 10k Cr in an hour really grinding the Clockworks and think that 15k and hour sounds good, that same 2 hour piece might actually be worth your current rates or thereabouts.

If you're worried about charging too much and usually just work for virtual currency, plan B is probably better. You're very talented, though, and I would hate to see you shortchange yourself.

Iskender's picture
Iskender
I'll wait before the prices

I'll wait before the prices are fix before I'll ask for gremlins.

Lupinn's picture
Lupinn
Me want!

Hey, can you make me one with you In-Game style? Let me know when you'll be on so you can get an idea of what my knight looks like. :D

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
I've adjusted the prices for

I've adjusted the prices for now, gonna see how it goes. Thanks for lookin out for me, Tevokkia <3

@Lupinn I'm on and off during the day, so just throw me a tell or something when you're on :3

Iskender's picture
Iskender
I should still have enough CE

I should still have enough CE after this, so I'll go with it.

One gremlin in in-game style, as cuddly as possible :3

Lupinn's picture
Lupinn
Crud

Dangit, I can't afford that much CE |:[

Let me know when the prices go down to 200-300 CE again :[

Edit: No wait, I just saw the actual price (not the suggested 13k CE one) and I should be able to afford 300 CE. :D

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
@Iskender Is there a

@Iskender Is there a particular type of gremlin you'd like or? And how would you prefer to be reached when it's done?

@Lupinn Woo! Hopefully your char is not too complicated? If we keep missing each other in game, I'll probably have to have you take screenshots of your equips yourself for me haha.

Lupinn's picture
Lupinn
Here, I'll just mail...

If I can't seem to find you online, I'll just mail you the details of my character. Also, should I pay before-hand or after you finish the pic?

Exastiken's picture
Exastiken
Excited for these pieces!

Paid for my quickdraw at the start! Gotta love the art style on those pictures!

Lupinn's picture
Lupinn
I ordered one too :D

Must... Be... Patient...

Iskender's picture
Iskender
>Is there a particular type

>Is there a particular type of gremlin you'd like or? And how would you prefer to be reached when it's done?

I'd say Tenderfoot Pyro. And, well, either over Deviantart or over ingame PM.

Frostrex's picture
Frostrex
So...

So you're not accepting Crowns?

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
@Frostrex I'd really prefer

@Frostrex I'd really prefer CE but crown equivalents are acceptable. (Sorry for the late reply!)

Tevokkia's picture
Tevokkia
Art question

I'm a bit curious as to which graphics program you work in, and whether you use multiple layers or not.

((Currently planning an order, but it will have to wait until I can buy some CE))

Iskender's picture
Iskender
So how much would I have to

So how much would I have to pay you now?

Spyash's picture
Spyash
HOLY CRAP MAN!!!

you have some insane drawing skills i wish i could draw like that!

do you draw it on paper and the colour it? if so can i buy the origanal draft (non-coulered) the draft of the colours and the final product?

do you do it on the computer and if so send me the program! (if it will run on mac)

..........maybe a drawing lesson just a little bit of instructions on how to draw like this?...........................

what time zone do you live in? (so i can find a time to meet up and discus this)?

Spyash's picture
Spyash
i can't pay for this but here's an idea of one you could make.

this i made for a spiral knights story:
Name: Spyash

Species:Gremlin

Gender:male

Equips:Wild Hunting blade,Acheron,and a Sentenza

Personality:Mysterious, kind of evil although does enjoy himself quite a bit and has a love of snipes.

Bio: A gremlin who became a Assassin after his family was slaughtered by the spiral order when they went out to the devilish drudgery one day to buy some new clothes only reason he survived because he was a mischievous 4 year only gremlin who thought it would be hilarious to hide in a mail box where the knights didn't find him. as he saw them be beaten up by the spiral order he started to cry as they left a devilite found him and trained him so that he could move quick and as he grew up at the age of seven he was hiding waiting for a member of the spiral order to come by and he found one as he came up to attack she noticed him and thought he was kinda cute!.they talked and had lots of fun and she introduced him to snipes.as they grew up at the age of eleven she went adventuring in the clockworks with him where a gun puppy shot her down.She landed with a slam as she hit the ground he rushed up to her to try and do every thing he could to save her when a lumber whacked him into a tree away from her and when a wolver popped up about to grab her when he shouted "NO!" run towards the wolver a hit it in the head with his thwack hammer.He got her up and carried her to safety through all the pain it caused him.After another year she asked her dad to adopt him which he did as a birthday present for her. They trained together and after weeks of hard work she gave him a wild hunting blade as a gift he treasures the blade as if it was his life.They together slowly got much strong and he made him self an Acheron to help her defeat Jelly King.After they Got enough Jelly gems he bought an antigua and she bought a sealed sword.One day he had left it was the day before her birthday and she was in so much distress. The next day there was a knock at the door and he had returned and with him he carried a Darkfang shield say "only the most honourable gremlins get to wield this shield in combat and i think your more honourable than any of them" she hugged him so tight it started to get hard to breathe and she hadn't let go yet so he had to mumble until she figured out what he had been saying.She went out to the store that day to get herself some new clothes that her dad had said he'd buy her for her birthday and she'd seen a white fur cloak that was very beautiful so she asked her dad "can i get that?" as she pointed to it her dad said "ah a skolver coat one of the most valuable kinds of fur,sure i'll get that for you" and so they buy it after a few months she made herself a divine avenger and Spyash made his Sentenza. 2 days after she got a ceremony for gaining clearance into tier 3. One day as they're adventuring Spyash tripped and hit the ground really hard she laughed at him and then helped him up (secretly he really likes her laugh) but as he got up he notice a path behind a wall he followed it and when down into a room with her it was pitch black they knew something was wrong she pulled out her divine avenger which lit up the room. "Oh wow....." she said "i never thought i'd be the one to discover him""discover who?" said Spyash "King Tinkinzar" she said he responded "and that is.........." "Spyash he's king of the gremlins" "well that explains the gremlins around him" "their the Crimson Order" she said "haha a smart one she is" said king Tinkinzar "Spyash" she wispered "ya" he wispered back "we can take him"she said "are you sure we can take him and the Crimson Order?" spyash responded "yes we can this is what we've been training for" she said "ok" he said "if you insist". She said to King Tinkinzar "your on and when we win we'll go down in histroy you guys will be done Knights from the spiral order will come at you day and night" he responded "Ha! Vanaduke is going to love you" "ok get them and take the girl get rid of the gremlin with her. A hand came up and grabed her "GET OFF ME!" she shouted she swung her Divine avenger at a gremlin just to have taken away "NO!" spyash shouted as they were pulled away from each other "i'll find you and get you back i promise you" and spyash's vision goes black. He woke up in bed at home nothing taken, he was glad about that he still had the wild hunting blade she gave him and the matching Darkfang shield that he carved thier initials into.He went around town posting up signs saying he'd pay to buy the best skolver at tracking he could. Always looking in the clockworks for one to find for free, And on that day he swore to himself he would do anything to get her back even if it killed him.

that should give some info he is 12 years old yes he has a crush on her i'm thinking of making up a thread on a whole story for this with other characters.if you would do art for that story i'd be great but if you can't i totally understand.

Wuvvums's picture
Wuvvums
Dude, you are seriously

Dude, you are seriously undercutting yourself. 500 CE isn't even $2, you might be better off selling for actual money and then buying the CE you need from that.

Not that I am criticizing you but you're not giving yourself the credit you deserve at those prices. At least it'd be somewhat reasonable if you were charging that much for a quick sketch.

Tevokkia's picture
Tevokkia
@Wuvvums

Those are her adjusted prices ... we went over this at the beginning of the thread. *chuckles* I find it amusing, though, I'm not the only artist on here telling other artists to charge more for their work.

Wuvvums's picture
Wuvvums
More artists should charge

More artists should charge more, I think. Artwork and creativity is something worth paying for! :D

Axonio's picture
Axonio
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Actually, is quite true that some artists here should charge more for their artwork, but I can't do a lot except making that suggestion because it's also up to the artist.

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
Sorry for the lack of

Sorry for the lack of updates, I pretty much had a monster artblock and moped around while smacking around Vana's face. Thank you all for the comments! I've adjusted prices as well since my time is pretty fleeting at the moment derpderp.

I've also added a section for finished works to peruse as examples of my work~

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
Also on questions about my

Also on questions about my art process, it's all done in photoshop cs4...LOL. I use one layer mostly because I'm lazy and always mix up what layers I'm working on. Uhhh, I think I saved some of streams of working on some of these images at my livestream! If you want to reach me for specific questions ...for whatever reason...LOL... it's best to reach me in-game on Evagelyn since I get on SK when I'm free....

Tevokkia's picture
Tevokkia
See, now that's what I'm

See, now that's what I'm talking about! (Funny thing is, it's about what I was going to offer anyway, come next month). I am still curious about which graphics program you use and how many layers you average, if you don't mind sharing.

Your new pieces are wonderful, by the way. You manage such vibrant movement.

Evagelyn's picture
Evagelyn
Thanks, Tevokkia! That means

Thanks, Tevokkia! That means a lot <3

More specifically on my process since I realized all my WIPs on my LS are midway, haha. I usually start out with 2/3 layers in Photoshop: rough gesture/refined sketch on top, base colors/flats with a bit of rough shading underneath, and background gradient under that. Then I merge the sketch and colors together and basically refine/paint it until it's more presentable.

I think I'm a bit spazzy during refine and paint since I jump all over, so there's not a lot of rhyme and reason at that point besides making edges look neater and such.

Tevokkia's picture
Tevokkia
I really like the rough-ish

I really like the rough-ish looking style, where each stroke is visible and important, but I've never been able to really get it down- I get neurotic about blending everything and end up with something looking totally different than what I had imagined. You do it very well, though.

And lol ... I think you posted your last post about your process while I was typing the reply after it, because it was so totally not there when I started that post. XD

Exastiken's picture
Exastiken
Question about my Quickdraw

I think I've waited a really long time now. I've sent messages to you through e-mail and in-game. What is the status on the quickdraw I paid for?