Art commissions (2020)
See all of the commissions I've completed and made into an art booklet during 2020!
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Back in late July of 2020, I decided I wanted to begin doing commissions. It was quite nervewrecking to do, as I still had a lot of things I wanted to learn, and get more confident at doing, so doing commissions was a great opportunity for me to study art a bit more in depth, and improve!
Overall, opening up commissions for the first time during this year has taught me a lot of new things, like new drawing skills, how to work with clients, how to manage my own freelance business and how to prepare, package and post artwork prints.
In this blog, I will be showcasing the commissions which I have done (and have had permission to post) throughout the year, as well as talking and showcasing the process for some of these.
Commissions Over The Months...
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July / August / September / October / November / December
Commissions aren’t something I began at the beginning of the year, I started my first commission at the end of July, making it just under 6 months of commission work for this year.
The good thing about this, is if I’m having a busy month, I don’t have to take on as many clients, I’m my own boss, so I can work at my own rate!
July - 1x Commission
August / September / October / November / December
I got 1 commission in July, and this was from a friend. It was scary at first, but thanks to the success of this commission, I was confident enough to carry on with others.
Commission For A Friend
August - 16x Commissions
July / September / October / November / December
This month is where things really kicked off, I made a few commission sheets, and then got a lot of responses from them! This month was crucial to learn about how to deal with a lot of clients at once
Character Sheet Commission for Ashlee
I began Ashlee’s character sheet with research
These images came from a Pintrest board that we put together, we discussed what we wanted the characters personality to be like and how we should dress him.
Half Body Commission for DSharp
Full Body Commission for Pencoin
Me and Pencoin used Pinterest to help us come up with an idea for the pose
Character Sheet Commission for Jessica
Character Sheet Commission for Jessica (2)
This character sheet began with research from a board which was made with images we both collected on Pinterest.
Character Sheet Commission for Tyler
Bust Commission for Itenz
Character Sheet Commission for Monetic
Bust Commission for ShadowLink
Bust Commission for I-Main-Raven
Bust Commission for Eve
Bust Commission for GeorgiaNinja
Bust Commission for Carlos
Full Body Commission for MasterR50
These pieces will be the same character, but in a different outfit.
September - 8x Commissions
July / August / October / November / December
This is the month that I was starting my first year of University, I was using my Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 to draw, and travelling a lot back and forth between my home and University Accomodation to move my stuff, so considering how busy I was, I did quite a few commissions!
Bust Commission for Covygrunt
Half Body Commission for Erston
Character Sheet Commission for Dixeyja
Full Body Commission for Kirin
Full Body Commission for Doug
I started with research.
Doug printed out this commission to give to his girlfriend for her birthday, and it made me really happy seeing her reaction!
She even recognized straight away that it was a drawing of herself!
Bust Commission for Itenz (2)
Full Body Commission for WolfBane77
Full Body Commission for Trisaratops
October - 2x Commissions
July / August / September / November / December
University caught up on me during October and November, as I was starting the course, there was lots of work assigned and new stuff to study! So, I didn’t so as many commissions
Half Body Commission for Emmie
Character Sheet Commission for Sammy
November - 2x Commissions
July / August / September / October / December
Full Body Commission for Pencoin (2)
Half Body Commission for Somewhat
December - 8x Commissions
July / August / September / October / November
During this month, I began offering and selling physical A3 and A4 prints of commissions, this was really exciting, and helped me learn about all things printing and posting!