Arukan's Corner (New Work Posted 6/30)

[Arukan]

I'M BACK BABY!!

Just as it says! I've hit a rough patch and need some money. While I have not uploaded in some time, I can assure you that I have indeed been polishing my skills. And for a VERY low price, you too can benefit from my mediocrity!

I will be likely using paypal and NOT accepting deviantart point commissions, or anything of a non-monetary sort (aside from PERHAPS art-trades at my own discretion, PM for details).

Here are my rates:

~Single Character Sketch: $3
You read that right! THREE dollars for a sketch. Scanned and uploaded for your enjoyment!

~Single Character Lineart: $5
For an extra two dollars, I'll work some amateur photoshop magic to deliver unto you a clean and polished lineart in a format that will enable you, or anyone you so choose, to color the work!

~Colored Single Character: $10
I'm only doubling the price to dissuade you from forcing me into the undertaking of coloring an image, as I tend to fuck this up and would not want you to be disappointed. However, if you're into it, I'll color the image!

EXTRAS:

~Add a character to a Sketch: +$2
I consider this a steal because you essentially get the equivalent of TWO sketches for $5. I'm so generous, aren't I?

~Add a character to a Lineart: +$3
This is a standalone fee, if you add a character to the lineart you don't pay for the extra character in the sketch, and so forth.

~Add a character to a colored image: +$6
It's a lot of effort, but again, you're paying four bucks less than commissioning two separate colored works!

~Background for a Sketch: +$2
I'm decent at backgrounds, but they are time-consuming, so buyer beware!

~Background for a lineart: +$4
Same as above, but even more time-consuming on my end!

~Background for a colored image: +$6
Colored backgrounds are my weakness, and a very formidable weakness at that. Again, the price increase is to dissuade potential buyers from having me do a shitty job.

If you have any questions regarding pricing and so forth, contact me here and we'll exchange exacting details!

Now for the part everyone hates. As much as I'd love to take EVERY commission, there are things I'm just not great at producing:

~Heavily Anthropomorphisized characters
These are hard for me. I've barely mastered human and animal anatomy on their own. Fusing them is very difficult. If you'd like me to do it anyway, we can discuss an alternative pricing arrangement.

~Incredibly complex backgrounds
These just won't look very good. You can go ahead and pay me to do them, I'm just telling any potential commissioner, well in advance, that they may not live up to your expectations.

~Overt sexual content (IE sex acts)
I am NOT saying I won't try, but you're gonna have to contact me and discuss an alternate pricing scheme as this will take me a lot more time.

Now that the specifics are out of the way, let's move on to another topic!

FICTION COMMISSIONS!

As everyone knows, I'm much more gifted a writer than I am an artist of the physical medium. If you'd like to commission me for a written piece, the details are as follows:

~Short Story (2000 words or less): $5

~Short Episodic Story (2-3 2000+ word chapters): $4/chapter

~Long Episodic Story (5+ 2000+ word chapters): $6/chapter

And at last, we'll discuss payment arrangements!

~I won't require payment until completion of the work; that said, I'll expect payment in full before the work is uploaded. There is a bit of trust insinuated here, but you can be sure if I tell you I'm ready to be paid, you're piece is complete and I'm not trying to get your cash and flee to some far-off place where even WI-FI dares not tread.

~If you don't pay me, you don't get the piece. I'd even consider destroying the piece if I'm feeling especially pernicious. I've not qualms withholding my goods in lieu of receipt of payment for services rendered.

~Multiple commissions at once follow the above scheme. You pay for each ONLY when they are completed.

~Upon completion of the work I will make a very low-res preview to submit for your review. If there are necessitated changes, they will be made. However, the preview will be of a quality that will prohibit the chance of "freebies." This means it will be of a size and quality that would be nearly unenjoyable, serving only to give a glimpse at what the finished work may look like.


Any questions and thoughts can be forwarded to me here. And just to reiterate, I'm not interested in deviantart point-commissions and will handle all potential art-trades on a case-by-case basis!

[Arukan]

I just added a preview of an entirely new and original work to the fiction section. It's called Magic Tales Best Left Untold. If you're a fan of my previous work this may be something to check out!