31 May 2009 Commission General Information

< What I Actively Purchase >
Sonic Styled characters
Anthro Styled characters
Dragons (Cartoon and realistic) - [Subscriptions only, for Dragon-specialising artists only.]

< What I DON'T buy >
Non-full-body poses (bust shot, waist-up etc, includes ones there feets are [un]intentionally cut off)
Chibis
Humans (anime and realistic)
Realistic animals


For a more precise breakdown of what I buy in each category; it can be viewed here: rubycored.deviantart.com/journ…

Here are possible methods of contact that you can use to get in touch me at any stage of the commission process.

<DeviantART>
dA Notes [main account] - Infrequently checked; recommended only for commission start-off
dA alternative account - the-n00b - Frequently checked - but still slower response time than IMs

<Instant Messengers>
MSN Messenger - Frequently used (but due to large number of contacts; I may get confused between various artists)
Skype - Frequently Used
GoogleTALK - Frequently used (available only to GMail users)
ICQ - Rarely used
Yahoo! Messenger - Not used*
AIMessenger - Not used

* - Apparently MSN users is able to communicate with Yahoo users. Although my own MSN does not seem to properly do so.

<Other>
e-Mails - Not recommended, use only to mail completed works and previews.

Due to decreased pocket money as well as increased number of artists wishing to sell me commissions. It is no longer possible to support every single one of them especially if the price gaps between artists are too great. (The greatest gap I have seen for similar style is 120 times (compare $0.50 for styles I have seen offered for $60.00))

Therefore; to be able to benefit the maximum number of artists through commissions. I have no choice but to impose upper limits on the price of some styles I am able to purchase, per drawing. They are NOT, however, the absolute price I am prepared to pay for that particular style.

For example, if my limits for a particular style states $14 (per drawing), it means I will accept prices/offers for that style from artists who sells at or below $14 (per drawing), but will refuse offers that are priced higher than $14.

Prices are given United states Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Euro and British Pound. For further exchange rate see bottom of the price.


< Current Limits as of 01 June 2009 - Full Body, 1~3 character(s), WITH backgrounds where available >

1) Digital Sketches - US$2.00 - C$2.00 - €1.50 - £1.25
2) Digital Linearts - US$4.00 - C$4.50 - €2.50 - £2.50
3) Digital Flat Colours - US$6.00 - C$6.50 - €4.00 - £3.75
4) Digital Cell Shading - US$10.00 - C$11.00 - €7.00 - £6.00 [includes Soft shade]
5) Digital Full Colour [w/o BG] - US$14.00 - C$15.00 - €10.00 - £8.50
6) Digital Full Colour [w/ BG] - US$17.50 - C$19.00 - €12.50 - £11.00

7) Traditional Sketches - US$3.00 - C$3.50 - €2.00 - £1.50
8) Traditional Linearts - not available
9) Traditional Flat Colours - US$8.00 - C$9.00 - €5.50 - £5.00 [Copic only]
A) Traditional Full Colour [w/o BG] - US$14.00 - C$15.00 - €10.00 - £8.50 [Copic only]
B) Traditional Full Colour [w/ BG] - US$24.00 - C$26.00 - €17.00 - £15.00 [Copic only - Rarely commissioned]

C) 3-Dimensional Models - US$29.00 - C$32.00 - €21.00 - £18.00 [Game Multiplayer Custom Models only]
D) Artisian Crafts - not available
E) Flash Animations - not available

Notes:
1) and 7) - Cleaned Sketch only, messy sketch are taken at half the price
4) - Includes Soft shading and any Sonic-specialised Styles (S-Adventure, S-Channell etc etc)
9), A), B) - Price given are for Copic markers only - prices will change for other traditional means such as Prisma, Crayons, markers etc.
C) - For possible use in: Quake 3, Half life, Half life 2, Jedi Knight 2-Outcast and Jedi Knight 3 Academy.

< Further rates: £1.00 = >
¥170 Japan Yen, A$2.20 Australian dollars, N$2.75 New Zealand dollar, ¥13.00 China Ren Ming Bi, NT$55.00 Taiwan Dollar, R18,000 Indonesian Rupiahs, 80.00 Philippine Piso, 7.50 Argentine Pesos, 12.00 Norwegian Krone, 14.00 Swedish Krone, 55.00 Russian Roubles, 14.00 Ukrainian Hryvnia, 5,000 Belorussian Roubles.

Remember: I'm quantity over quality, your prices will ultimately dictate if I am buying zero or 10+ drawings!

< Subscriptions >
Subscriptions are generally paid only after the completion of the final commission drawing (due to large number, 1 in 3, of "defaulted" subscription commissions in the past 2 years).

Subscription packages only comes in combinations of 1 and 3 months. If you would like 6 months or 1 year - you must do the 3 months commission twice and 4 times, respectively.


< Payment Policies >
Cash/Paypal payments will [starting 12 March 2009], be identical to subscriptions: pay upon completion only - I do not work with deposits if payment through paypal is requested

Under only circumstances of financial urgency that payments will be made upfront - Only with deposits of minimum ONE (or 25% of the commissioned quantity, whatever is greater) Sketch

For commissions valued greater than US$100, a contract maybe requested and signed.


< Other information >
DO NOT Upload my characters outside deviantART! - I want to keep my characters dA-only and anyone caught with my chars uploaded elsewhere (including personal websites and blogs) will be asked to remove them.

Last edit: 04 June 2009

If you want to make an offer feel free to tell me everything I should know about your commission - as well as answer this questionnaire as to I have ideas and information as to what you're [not] capable to draw.


1> Type of commission you selling - Subscription or Cash
_{Subscription - Please enquire about the subscription packages I give
Cash - please send me your price list (also let me know if you have any pertain financial goal to set)}

2> How would you like the commission to be paid? (Paypal, snailmail, choice of currency etc)

3> Have you read and understood all the conditions i set out here?

4> What style and type of artwork you're best at?
_{Style -> near-anthro? Sonic Classic/Modern? 4 or 2-legged Dragons (for dragon artists)? Other? (Sonic/Dragon artists only, if you're neither but is willing to give it a go, let me know too)
Type -> Cute? Evil? Fantasy? Sci-fi? Colourful? thematic? Humerous? Emotiional? Other?}

4A* > How would you rate yourself in terms of skills?
<sub>New -> For those who never attempted Sonic style before; and would like to learn more about it.
[Challenge] You will be given a number of characters for you to freely practice on through sketching, they will NOT be counted towards the final commission - even if only sketches were requested.

Beginner -> For beginner artists wishing to learn new styles. Or would like to learn/practice various things they are otherwise unfamiliar with.
[Challenge] You will be given easy characters to start with; but will grow in difficulty as you are encouraged to become more used to details

Intermediate -> For "average" artists. Those with good grasp of the style and is able to follow the reference fully. Able to draw full body poses without major anatomical problems. However may have problems interpreting minute details.
[Challenge] You will be given the "6 major%" characters, all of medium difficulty

Capable ->  As intermediate - but is able to draw multiple characters and/or more dynamic, interacting characters. Can do elaborate scenes and matching backgrounds.
[Challenge] You will be given similar characters, but in more dynamic ideas/poses

Detail Machoist -> Artists who thrive on minute details. Finds simple-designed characters to be too easy and boring. And may sometimes even subconsciously add details onto the original to make the character even more detailed.
[Challenge] You will be given highly-detailed characters (usually armoured)

Expert -> Artists who demands a good challenge, characters, ideas, scenery etc.
[Challenge] ANYTHING can be thrown at you

Conceptual -> Creative artists with never-ending imaginations ready to bring out something new.
[Challenge] Design various (usually armoured) characters or finalise designs and colour schemes for incomplete characters of my own.</sub>

All ->  [Budget permitting] Artists high on energy and wants to challenge as many characters/ideas as they can.
[Challenge] all characters of mine!

5> If your reply to 4A isn't "Conceptual". How good are you with character concept designs? [OR you'd rather go with established-references?]

6> What type of ideas you would be looking for? A single-character posing-with-attitude Idea? Multi-character General Scenes or More-dynamic scenes?  etc etc
_{I base my ideas on budget, therefore if undefined; I would go for single character with limited background. However, if you like to work with multi-char interaction ideas, or if you do not charge extra for backgrounds. This is where you can tell me}

7> How many ideas would you like to work with in one go? The entire commission altogether or one drawing by one?
_{[I generally avoid giving too much ideas in one go out of caution to add stress to the artist; however if you're willing to work on multiple ideas in one go let me know]}


8> (Sonic artists only) How do you generally draw characters wearing Tights and exposing their bare foot?</b>
_{Bare foots I generally accept flat (0 toes) OR anthro (3 toes), I unfortunately do not accept human styled (4 or 5 toes) foot}

9 > Do you mail back the completed works? (For traditional artists AND digital artists who SKETCH traditionally)</b>

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* - please give as detailed as you can; add in any that are not included in the list if you wish; so I can give you the fancharacters/ideas that best matches your best areas.

% - they are (usually, can change depending on ideas): Neo Lucie, demon-Kayla, Ivy, Zachary, Sherry, Scar