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[zephyrskye]

Hi guys. Been a while.

I'm zephyrskye, the totally awesome and sexy artist that mass produced those large vx portraits. Turns out I'm pretty decent at them... some examples...

















Now I will only have 2 slots: an in progress slot and a next up slot. I don't know how much I want to charge. That'll depend on the difficulty of the request. If it's a pretty easy one, I might just leave it up to you. I just need the cash. And I'll only charge for original work. I'll do edits if it fits within my timeframe, but I'm not promising they will be a priority.

So... Now that THAT'S done.

I have 2 open slots. Requests are always welcome.

OH YEAH! And you can send me requests in PM's or request me to send you the pictures in PM's if you want the picture to remain private. Quick note: all private pictures WILL be paid for. If you don't pay for it, it won't stay private.

We'll work out payment when it's time for that.


EDIT: Just so you know, making a request is free. You might not even need to pay anything if it's just a recolor or something.

Edit: added stuff from below for ease in finding it. =] Great stuff Zephyrskye!

edit of dragon's portraits from http://tkool.rgr.jp/archives/723
I did it with brown outlines and black outlines:









This post has been edited by GrandmaDeb: Oct 4 2012, 09:20 AM

[fmstwre]

Thank god you're back man, no artist filled your gap. Hope the comic thing went well. The work you do is incredible and you should definitely charge for it.

[zephyrskye]

Thanks and the comic thing is going very well actually. I'm still working on getting the style just right: you know Gil Kane meets Neil Adams. But I'm getting really close.
OH! And if you guys wanna see me for real, I'm the lead in this web series coming out. Wrong Memories. http://www.indiegogo.com/WrongMemories I'm David.

Edit: I just remembered our camera guy's name is David in real life. I'm the character David. My real name is Geordan


This post has been edited by zephyrskye: Jan 11 2012, 02:05 AM

[zephyrskye]

My responses so far are.... underwhelming to say the least.

I guess I'll just.... Bump it?

Edit: Pinka wanted me add the rtp outline to the dragon's portraits from http://tkool.rgr.jp/archives/723

I did it with brown outlines and black outlines:

Spoiler:

It was so easy I did it for free.

This post has been edited by zephyrskye: Jan 15 2012, 08:14 PM

[pinka]

Thanks a lot Zephyr

[zephyrskye]

That IS how you wanted it right?

[Xavioo]

Can you create me a face of this caracter:

(by Kazzador)
Thank you ^^

[zephyrskye]

Do you want a recolor of the imp? Or a completely new face?

[Nightmar]

Your baby dragon portraits are adorable an wow I show your black dragon one. I could that for a later map scene in my game. thank you =)

[zephyrskye]

Actually the baby dragon ones were just an edit. I just made it look like the rtp format

This post has been edited by zephyrskye: Jan 15 2012, 11:28 PM

[Xavioo]

Do you want a recolor of the imp? Or a completely new face?

As you want, if it's look like, it's good
Dragons are very nice

This post has been edited by Xavioo: Jan 16 2012, 12:17 AM

[zephyrskye]

SO I completely recreated the imp. But I never set a price. So... I guess this one's a freebie. It's not like this would be all that profitable, anyways.

[Revival]

how much would it cost me to get you to do this guy here without a hood on?

(original image by Kefra)

I know this is a faceset, and not a portarit but it's all I have, I do want a portrait though. (And I only need 1 emotion, so only one portrait)

Also I'd have to ask how you wish to go about payment

[zephyrskye]

And what kinda clothes you want on him? And the expression? I'd say only about 5 bucks, though. Oh and you can just send money to my paypal account. gbriggs3@live.com

This post has been edited by zephyrskye: Jan 16 2012, 05:26 PM

[Pentagonbuddy]

I heartily apologize for raining on your parade, but if you're in need of cash and wish to use your artistic talents in getting some, have you considered taking just straight up commissions? I only ask since we have a perfectly fine resource request subforum, and while I seriously doubt any kind of legal action would end up involved with these... It seems like a legal grey area, at best. I just think it's questionable to be trying to make money off of edits.

[zephyrskye]

Yeah. You're probably right... Oh well.

edit- Fixed my main page. And I can start from scratch for that guy, Revival. Alls you need to do is tell me what emotion, clothes, hair, tatoos or anything like that. OR, I could do a quick edit of the Ralph I DO have. And we'll see. But like I said in the main page, it's not a priority if it's just an edit.

This post has been edited by zephyrskye: Jan 16 2012, 10:59 PM

[Xavioo]

SO I completely recreated the imp. But I never set a price. So... I guess this one's a freebie. It's not like this would be all that profitable, anyways.

Thank you

[Thalzon]

I will say, in defense of zephyrskye wanting to be compensated, that there is nothing wrong with it, even if he is "just" making edits. Personally, with work like this, minor edits (such as a hair swap or something) might be better off as a free service, whereas a larger undertaking (such as a whole emotion set or several portraits) constitutes a price tag.

Perhaps make some official pricing structure for the most common kinds of requests, as well as a method of receiving payment?

That said, not everyone wants to spend money when most of us are making games for free... But it can be done. Don't expect any sort of steady income from this, though.

[Pentagonbuddy]

Yeah. You're probably right... Oh well.

edit- Fixed my main page. And I can start from scratch for that guy, Revival. Alls you need to do is tell me what emotion, clothes, hair, tatoos or anything like that. OR, I could do a quick edit of the Ralph I DO have. And we'll see. But like I said in the main page, it's not a priority if it's just an edit.

If you want to bust into commissions, I definitely recommend furries.

Lots and lots

of furries. (And fetish art, in all seriousness these are both areas people seem to be unusually chill with shucking out money for!)

I will say, in defense of zephyrskye wanting to be compensated, that there is nothing wrong with it, even if he is "just" making edits. Personally, with work like this, minor edits (such as a hair swap or something) might be better off as a free service, whereas a larger undertaking (such as a whole emotion set or several portraits) constitutes a price tag.

Perhaps make some official pricing structure for the most common kinds of requests, as well as a method of receiving payment?

That said, not everyone wants to spend money when most of us are making games for free... But it can be done. Don't expect any sort of steady income from this, though.

You're right! There is nothing wrong with wanting to be compensated for art, it's something that takes a lot of time and effort even for "just' edits. My point being that this forum is full of people willing to do the work for free, on top of the fact that it's technically illegal to be profiting off of edits to someone else's work. No, there is incredibly little chance (as in pretty much none) of there ACTUALLY being legal repercussions, but I still consider it a question of artistic ethics!

Plus, if you got the talent, there is almost always someone willing to pay for a commission of their OC, fursona, or spider-based-mpreg inflation pictures. That is much more likely to be a profitable venture!

[Emmych]

If you want to bust into commissions, I definitely recommend furries.

Lots and lots

of furries. (And fetish art, in all seriousness these are both areas people seem to be unusually chill with shucking out money for!)

I can actually vouch for this. My older sister is a furry, and (from what I've seen) she makes a pretty good hunk of money!
And yes actually if you can feel comfortable enough drawing fetish art, GO FOR IT. There's lots of money in that.

...I'm serious. I'm being dead serious right now. It can be incredibly lucrative. My sister knows people who make a living doing this.

I was planning on busting into it after I improved my anatomy skills to supplement my living expenses next year.