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Oh, and because this one was worth it: Uploaded in the art portal!

Okay so last week there was no comic due to me being ill, but hopefully that has been made up for by today's comic. For which I kind of busted my ass to make, but it was a lot of fun. Maybe I should have saved it for my twentieth comic.. Oh well.

Here is an action packed and very colourful comic! yaaaay

At 4/26/12 04:57 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote:
Actually, you did it pretty damn well.

Really? Aw yiss. It appears I have done a more convincing job than I thought I did.

Eheh. Heh. Yeah. Because bored and also curious to what I would look like. Turns out it's a weird, wide-eyed maybe slightly eastern-looking dude with a fuzzstache.
Actually, drawing a moustache realistically over a picture is kind of hard.

At 4/26/12 02:53 PM, Breaktroll wrote:
No.. She vill hav no family. I vill make sure ov zat..
..mwahaha..

I don't even know where I'm going with this post..

Yeah uhh me neither. Also, does jonny's family come with a secret handshake? I'd join that.

Sigh.. Okay, so, apparently they thought the price would be no more than 100 euro's. Which comes down to around US$130. I really hate to do this because it's a cool idea and a cool picture and they're cool people with whom I'd love to work I think, but I'm afraid I'm just going to have to refuse. For that price I'd have to make the thing in either very mediocre quality or just very small. I don't want to do either and neither should they, so I'm going to advise them to maybe save up some money if they really want to have the thing done.

I feel kind of bad for doing this because I hate to be all 'hurrr I'm doing it for the money', but I'm guessing it's for the best here.

TUUUUEESSSDAAAAAAAAYYYYYY
So.. comic!

I read the thread title as "Rate my teen angel and airy fart".
That said..
...
No, no other comment, really.

Suuuuper late comic today. I can't really give a good reason, apart from feeling a little achey and under the weather and thus becoming 'egghh mehh' and keep putting off my work. At least it's still tuesday.
Anyway! Here you go: Dark Locks

At 4/12/12 10:45 AM, MeowolaSS wrote: And so shes askies the questions.

Okay, I lol'd.

Actually, my mom seems to think asking 400 euros is too much. But I think that's what I'm going to go with anyway, if they think that price is too high, we can still negotiate. Actually, she seemed to think me wanting to make an actual contract was a bit much, and that an email with a basic agreement would do fine.
.. Mom, I'm trying to handle this thing professionally, now you're making me feel stupid for trying to do it right, and too amateurish to pull it off :( Anyway, we'll see what the couple thinks of the whole idea.

At 4/12/12 11:47 AM, lovingthedark wrote: I've got a sample contract in a book somewhere- I'll type up the gist of it for you when I get back from class.

Oh, that would be great, thanks!

Pretty cool, actually. Keep practicing, maybe you can add a little more detail, but I like the technique you have here. Concealing a large part of your monster in black does make for a creepy look.

Thanks for all the replies! I'm really grateful for the advice and ideas given here.

I think the painting could take more than 10 working hours, to be honest. I'm not really a slow worker, but I don't really trust my own skill with painting in aquarel/watercolour and I just see myself making mistakes and having to start over. So uh. Yeah. I'm also counting in the amount of time it will take to come up with the definitive design. Since it has so many details that could take a while in itself.
I'm really flattered that the couple actually browsed through my work and referenced my own work as examples of how they liked things done. It does indeed mean they want something I have made, the way I make it. So I guess that does give me power. I've asked them to think about how much they want to spend on the thing, but I have the feeling it'll be more or about as much as what I'd like to make from it. Which is, I guess, about 400 euro's. Although a part is me feels like a quack for asking that much, and another part is yelling NO ASK MORE YOU IDIOT. It's confusing.

I'm also planning to make a contract, yes. Truth is, I have hardly an idea what to put in it. Now, my mom works in design (.. well, that sounded mature) so she could probably help me out with it, but if you guys have some advice regarding that, it's welcome.
For instance:

At 4/12/12 06:05 AM, J-qb wrote:

:and maybe most importantly number (and timing) of revisions.
.. I wasn't even aware that was a thing.

At 4/11/12 06:23 PM, Kinsei01 wrote:
Well.... if I was Zoidberg, which I'm not, I'd be charging something between 15 - 20 dollars an hour considering all the things they want. Also your skill level is much higher than mine, so that factors in as well.

Definitely don't do it for less than 11 bucks an hour.

Oh no, to be honest, I wasn't even considering going below 15â'¬ an hour. Which is about 20US$, I think. Especially not for an actual painting like this thing. To be fair, the girl (while I wouldn't exactly call her an acquantance, we've had contact before and I've met them) mentioned a rather large amount of money to her name (I for some reason don't feel comfortable with telling the internet how much) and even though it was meant jokingly and I doubt she's willing to spend that much on me, it shows she is serious about paying me a fair price.

.. For an 'artist' with my ''''expertise''''? Some of you guys here might have some idea of what the things I make look like (and if you don't you can always take a look), and even though I'm planning to ask others (and ze rest of ze interwebs) for advice, I thought, why not Zoidb.. Newgrounds?

A person has asked me to do a rather large piece of work, a sitting up-from-knees-portrait of her and her boyfriend, with psychedelic aspects in the background. The work itself should be poster format (A2), she likes it to be done in watercolour (but I can actually add digital work too if I want, or a mix of a lot of things), she wants some decent amount of detail, made to fit the personalities of both of them, like holding books that they love, adding records that they listen to, .. All of it can have an air of humour and mock 'aristocracy'. As far as I know now the piece isn't needed anytime soon.
Now, I never made a piece of work that needed that much attention, planning and serious face, so I don't even know how long the piece is going to take.
Now a little info about me: I don't have a steady job at the moment, but one should/could be coming up. I am going to need to buy some new stuff to realise this project (like actual aquarel paint instead of kiddie watercolours), I'm probably going to have to do some real-life-observation/photography of the peeps and don't forget, I'm nowhere near an actual professional.

So my question to you guys: Have any of you had similar things made/made similar things? How much did/would you charge for it? How much would you be willing to pay for something like that (considering it's made by me, be that good or bad)? Hourly rate or fixed price?
I know I'm the one who ultimately knows best, and I hope asking such questions isn't against any rules, but I though some advice from here could be well used.

Thanks guys!

One less than sexy new comic: Rise And Shine.
This one doesn't exactly show my best side, but then again, I can't be made out of best sides. I can be made out of rather disgusting gas though, apparently.

At 4/3/12 05:03 AM, MeowolaSS wrote: Very nice little miss morthagg... me be of similar problems when i be working with the paints you knows... i has lots of furs and they get stuck in the paints all the times... trying to get them outs with the paws normally ends up with a big mess...

Made me of the smile today, I needed one :3

You replied to my comic even before I posed it :D Aw, thanks kitty!

Here's a link and picture, for those who haven't yet seen it. This comic got finished sooo early.. Felt good man. Linkity to comic.
I'm already working on the next one, but again, a couple of doubts if I'm going to upload that one or not. We'll see.

How. Man, I really like your drawings/sketchings/everythings. Your first piece of work here is awesomely creepy, and your techniques are pretty damn decent.
Moar please.

At 3/27/12 06:49 AM, LegolaSS wrote:
Ah, Tuesdays are my new favourite day... i do like these comics... will they come in a completed comic styled book in the near future?... :D

Oh you :3 A friend of mine also suggested that, so who knows!

Dork Toes nr.13.
I'm not overly happy with this one. So meh.

"Artist" is one of those fancy words that can have more than one definition and is strongly affected by the context in which the word is placed.
So I for one don't feel like explaining the.. 8 or 9 different kinds of 'real' artists that I can come up with out of the top of my head.

Trainpeoplesketchlings!

Quick sketchling of a kind of wildwoman.

At 3 hours ago, MeowolaSS wrote:
this was my favourite panels. Meow <3

Haha, that little drawing is too cute now. If you don't mind, I'm going to post it on Dork Toes' facebook page :3

At 16 minutes ago, Kinsei01 wrote: Ohh, nice practice....
I should probably do some today.... er.. practice that is

Practice for everyone!

Tuesday means update, so: Comic!
It's about CV's and jobs. And how I'm probably going to have a pretty hard time getting either in order.

At 1 hour ago, Breaktroll wrote:
Nooo, I mean the one with the super bulging eyes. Not the one in the comic.

Jesus Christ, talk about communication failure. Joeng, ik zei gewoon dat gij wel iets hebt met mij met een amfibie/reptiel te vergelijken omdat ge dat nu al een paar keer gedaan hebt. 1 keer bij die strip-versie, en dan nog eens bij die ene puiloogtekening. Da's al :' )

At 33 minutes ago, Breaktroll wrote: Frogs are amphibians..
And none of the drawings was with top-down perspective, only down-top, so it wouldn't make sense for your eyes to suddenly seem bigger, would it?

Yesss.. And there was another drawing of which you said I looked like a reptile.
Also, the first image, 'blink blink' drawing is actually a bit top-down perspective.

At 49 minutes ago, Breaktroll wrote: Your eyes are bigger than you mouth.. o.o

That's because there's exaggeration and something called perspective at work here, hon >: /

that reminds me, did you ever upload your froglike self-portrait? I think you should now, if you didn't already. :D It's hilarious.

Ehh I think I know which portrait you mean, but I think I don't have that sketchbook here. Also, what is it with you thinking I look like a reptile/amphibian!

At 44 minutes ago, LegolaSS wrote: Love dem lines gurl!... Doing a fantastic job. i really have a art-crush for peoples sketches and stuff like that... got any more?
also about the big eyes small mouth, you could always say its a "style" :3

I don't have any good people sketches left at the moment, it has been a while since I made a portrait like that. It was fun to do again though, so maybe there's more to come.
And I kinda hate it when people pass mistakes off as a 'style' :p But I actually have fairly large, bulging eyes and a small mouth, so it's not completely wrong.

Noses noses noses noses
And a few lips.

NOSES.
I'm really not used to just.. not being able to understand and draw an organic thing. Normally I have a kind of instictive understanding of the workings and looks of a thing if I focus, and I can portray it that way most of the time.
Noses though? Hell naw.
So I decided to confront my incapability and force myself to draw the fleshy thing that resides on my face. Also, a bit of the rest of said face.

At 4 minutes ago, big-jonny-13 wrote: Yet your blisters say otherwise ;P

True, but that was like the second time in over a year that I wore heels. I probably could have gone without the blisters (or at least significantly less of them) if I wasn't in a "FUCK YOU NO YOU WILL WALK AROUND AND SUFFER UNTIL YOU FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING THIS EVENING"-mood, though.