#also slightly inspired by the dragon age tarot cards

[celestialleaves]

Trying to get back into making prints so I can cover my sad apartment walls I cannot paint

Featuring my boy Magnus

[eleonorpiteira]

Commissions, revamped! This is basically an edit of the former commissions' post, slightly tweaked for prices and information changes.

I’ll open only 5 spots on the waiting list for each ‘batch’. Once they’re filled up, I’ll close them, and open them again when I finish the commissions on the list, and so forth - I’ll post about it so check this tag for any relevant info.

Prices:

- (1) Card: 75€ - (1) Card with 2 characters: 90€

- (1) Card for return commissioners: 65€ - (1) Card with 2 characters for return commissioners: 80€

There will be an extra charge if the commissioner asks for too many changes in the middle of the process, or asks for elements that are particularly complex. Keep this in mind.

To be very clear, while I call these cards, it’s more for simplicity’s sake, they are illustrations in their own right, and the white margins are entirely optional.

[rest of the info bellow the Read More - Please read before contacting me!]

Info:

- Cards can be about any character from any fandom, including OCs - they don’t necessarily need to be from the Dragon Age franchise.

- I have the right to refuse a commission. I also won’t do furries, robots, sexually explicit stuff, etc. Check my art (personal art especially) to see what I like to do, and what are my strengths as an artist.

- I won’t draw real people, just characters. Actors/models used as faceclaim for fictional characters are more than fine (they’re public figures after all), I just won’t draw, for example, someone’s friend or family member.

- I retain full rights to the commissioned image. It’s for personal non-commercial use only and you cannot claim is as your own work, or sell it. You can use it as your online avatar or on your blog, etc, as long as you credit me, of course.

- Spots on the waiting list are saved for people, and not number of commissions, therefore once you have a spot, you can ask me for more than one commission - but please tell me so beforehand, so I can organise accordingly. Otherwise you might have to wait before I can start on your second commission.

- If you want a romance card - for example - in which one of the characters is only barely visible (like arms/hands, a silhouette, something like that), it won’t count as two characters, just one.

- The cards can be tarot-themed or not - it’s up to you, so simply let me know.

- If you don’t want the white margins of the card, just let me know as well! Before I start working on the final sketch.

Process:

Here is an example of what the process looks like.

Initial sketch - Final sketch - Colour test - Final illustration

- PART 1: Initial sketches (sometimes I go straight for one idea, other times I give 2 or 3 options).

[Details:] Tell me about your idea/your character. Give me a theme! Is it a Romance Card? Something soft or dark? Calm or fierce? I like to play with symbolism a lot, so little details of elements specific to your character are always welcome information, and they may spark my inspiration. Moodboards (or pinterest boards) with examples of the aesthetic for the character are a great help. And if you have a faceclaim for them (if you don't it's all fine), let me know. Please give me references for anything relevant that you want in the card (clothing, armour, jewellery, weapons, etc.). I work best when commissioners tell me about their character and give me 3 or 4 pointers about things that they would like to see represented - a theme, or/and elements that are meaningful - and then give me freedom to explore those things.

- PART 2: Final sketch (this step might be unnecessary in some cases)

[Details:] After the initial sketch is approved/locked, I re-do the sketch, since it will be used for the final version of the illustrations. Only small changes allowed.

- After part 2 and before part 3: Full Payment (commissioner will give me their paypal e-mail and I will send them the invoice. After I receive the payment, I’ll resume working on the commission).

- PART 3: Shading + colours + textures + effects = finished illustration.

[Details:] All details must be 100% locked and approved before I ever start to paint. After we talk about colours (I’ll do a colour test to make sure the colours are approved by the commissioner), I’ll start painting until I finish it. No changes after that.  When it’s done, I’ll send the final image (always big enough to print).

Estimated time:

The whole process can go from 1 week to 2 weeks to 1 month, it all depends on each case. If you have a specific date that you’d like to have the card finished on, let me know in the beginning and I’ll see what I can do.

Contact:

If you have any questions, you can send me a message to either my art tumblr or to my deviantart. If you are interested in commissioning me please contact me through my e-mail: eleonorpiteira@gmail.com.

Here is a form of sorts, to help you out on the first contact when asking for a commission spot. I don't usually need to know specifics on the first e-mail, but there are some things that I'd like to know off the bat:

- 'Card Commissions' or 'Commissions' or something along those lines on the subject of the email. - Your name & tumblr (or whatever else) handle (I'd like to know that you're a real person!) - Type of commission. Example: 1 card with 2 characters. You can also add that it's a Romance Card, if so. - Is it from a fandom (which?) or something else?

And the rest, I hope, will be history ;)

Thank you for your attention and interest!