My First Commission
Published by Shari 2 years, 11 months agoI never really did commission, (except for Fred) so it was quite a surprise when someone contacted me saying that they want to BUY my work, not to publish or anything, ,just to put it on the wall, whoa boy. even myself don’t have my own work on the wall, beside small printed out co_Okie flyer, LoL
and not only that, they want it BIG, to be exact, the size of two Mcdonald tables we were at. I never done anything bigger than A4 to be honest, I was hesitated but they even encourage me, plus the money is always good, so I said yes and even told them it would only take a week.
I got cocky, it took almost a month :P
The size was really big, I don’t have any table big enough to work on, at first I tried to work on the floor, but I’m getting old. my back was breaking. My dad suggest I should tape it on the wall instead. It was a bit better but not much, definitely not my idea of work condition.
Working on something this big is really not easy for me, only one good thing about it I can come up with probably that your stroke doesn’t really have to be precised. That alone isn’t worth all other troubles. Smudge is my number one mortal enemy, Because my hand sweated SO much that I actually smeared the ink after it was totally dried O_O
other trouble is copic, copic isn’t meant to be used in WIDE area, it was almost impossible to keep it even, even with wide tip.
looked like done, but not yet. I almost let it go like this because I know I couldn’t really keep copic paint even in wide area, and I don’t want to fuck it up, but our dear Fehed insisted I shouldn’t leave it like this. he suggested that I just put some shadow under Clarence and on tree. Then I remembered that I have three aircan for copic airbrush left, I decided to use copic airbrush for the sky, probably better than trying to paint it with copic normally.
came out not bad at all, looked definitely finished!
all that for 100$, can you believe it?
(x-posted with my LJ)
You deserved every dime. *Nod.
Hey! Ive been bothering you about commission stuff almost since I met you like 7 years ago!
*feels unloved* ;_;
I think its lovely though *glomps Shari again*
I feel like a bad fan cause I hadnt had time to check our your site since a long time ago -_-
I found your comic through S.P. and dicided that I love it! ^.^ Clarence Principle is king! And I want more instilations of the comic right away or i may be forced to stalk you. Which probably wouldn’t go so far anyway sence I can’t be botherd to even get out of this chair. But I might!
just some random wierd person
Katherine Jackson
p.s. great commission by the way!!
…..i envy your great talent *stares in awe at the picture*
Heya , came across world end from Somthing Positive and am glad to be back in a part of the net with your work in it. Both Fehed’s writing concepts and your art work Shari. Loved the art on the co_Okie bag ( the yellow colour was something eye watering though >.
and the minialist tee shirts. Pretty shway. Hope to see more of your works in the future guys!
Best Wishes.
Stryker
Hey, I found your comic through someone on my LJ friends’ list and through Something Positive. I’m writing a comic book, and I’m trying to get some artists together. If you have the time and/or interest, check out the web page below:
http://www.darketernity.net/
If you’re not interested, you have my apologies for bothering you. :)