Summer Commission

I didn't get a whole lot of time at all to draw digitally this summer, but I had enough time to make one commission! One of my Assistant Directors this summer commissioned me to draw all of us who were in the Breer building at Stanford one week, in the style of Demon Days by the Gorillaz.

Gift Art

These are both drawings that I did for people before I left for Spring Break Camp!

It's my friend Hillary's birthday so I drew her character Brooke!

And then a few weeks back, Pending commissioned me to draw the T2 Managers at iD Tech.

Winter Commissions!

I'm opening up Winter Commissions! They will be open until mid-January.

I will draw almost anything (I have never come across a request that I had to turn down). Check out my deviantART gallery for more examples on my style and how I draw.

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I ONLY ACCEPT USD. If you pay in a different currency, the fees on Paypal will be added on to your order.

ALSO: If you would like to request a commission done with NO color, I will take off $3 per character.

-i.e. a black and white headshot with background would be $10

Additionally, if you are a returning customer, I offer a 10% discount on full body with background drawings!

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To contact me, send an email to michellerakar [at] gmail.com with the following information:

-Your name

-Type of art you are ordering (listed above in the image)

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Payment:

-Paypal Only (I will provide you with my account after the order has been established)

-I ONLY ACCEPT USD. If you pay in a different currency, the fees on Paypal will be added on to your order.

-You must pay me before I start on the commission

-I will email you your commission in high resolution (both the psd and jpeg)

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All prices are listed in the image above in the image. You can view examples of each in the above image, as well. 

Additional information is as follows:

DIGITAL SKETCH (no color)

$4 (+$2 for each additional character)

These are really quick character sketches that I do. There is no color and no background included in these sketches.

DIGITAL SKETCH (with color)

$5 (+$2 for each additional character)

These are really quick character sketches that I do. These include a simple back color, no shading. There is no background included in these sketches (aside from a possible base color).

TRADITIONAL SKETCH (no color)

$4 (+$2 for each additional character)

These are really quick character sketches that I do, traditionally on paper (usually in pen or pencil). There is no color and no background included in these sketches.

MARKER SKETCH (with color)

$5 (+$2 for each additional character)

These are character sketches that I do, traditionally on paper (starting in pencil and going over them in marker). There is no background included in these sketches.

CHARACTER HEADSHOT

$8 (+$6 for each additional character)

These are character drawings from the shoulders up, done digitally. There is no background included in these drawings (aside from a possible base color).

CHARACTER FULL BODY

$12 (+$8 for each additional character)

These are full body character drawings, done digitally. There is no background included in these drawings (aside from a possible base color).

PAINTED PORTRAIT

$15 (+$13 for each additional character)

These are digital paintings of people from the shoulders up. This can range from character paintings to actual paintings of real people, based off of photographs. These are done with much more attention to lighting and includes a more painted look than my usual graphical style. There is no background included in these drawings (aside from a possible base color or simple indication).

CHARACTER HEADSHOT (with BG)

$13 (+$10 for each additional character)

These are character drawings from the shoulders up, done digitally. A background is included in these drawings. If the request does not specify a background for these drawings, I will use my best judgement to include one that fits with the scene.

BACKGROUND FOCUS (no characters)

$25

These are very different from the rest of the options. These pieces will only include a background, no characters. The client must provide reference images or a very detailed description of what the location looks like. The client may request a style (from the two examples in the image above) or the client may leave it up to me to decide which style to execute the drawing in.

CHARACTER FULL BODY (with SIMPLE BG)

$16 (+$13 for each additional character)

These are full body character drawings, done digitally. A background is included in these drawings, but only small simple indications (i.e. a few objects or ground surrounding the character, so that they are grounded in space). If the request does not specify a background for these drawings, I will use my best judgement to include one that fits with the scene.

CHARACTER FULL BODY (with BG)

$20 (+$10 for each additional character)

These are full body character drawings, done digitally. A background is included in these drawings. If the request does not specify a background for these drawings, I will use my best judgement to include one that fits with the scene. Usually this is the one that I am asked to do most often. These are definitely the ones that I am obligated to spend most time on (which also explains why it is the most pricey of the bunch).

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I will complete these in a first-come-first serve basis.

Provide as many details as you can, so that I will be able to execute your request as accurately as possible. :)

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! 

Finally: Summer Break

So my summer break finally started earlier this week; pretty much Monday, since I was at Weddings and parties all weekend. Here's some of the stuff I've been doing in that free time.

I got to do a Commission at the beginning of this week for MrNelson007. It was my very first Tumblr Commission, so that was exciting.

Doodle of Zandra, trying to get back into the habit of drawing digitally.

Some doodles I did at my cousin's pool party.

And a page of sketches from when I was at the mall.

Commissioned Piece!

So I finally got a Commission! I haven't actually gotten to do one since 2012, so it was exciting. I realized something after doing a commission... It reiterated the importance of actually finishing pieces. Even if I think they aren't looking so great in the sketching stages, it gives me a sense of satisfaction when I see the finished product fully lined and colored. And commissions help me out even more, because I am committed and HAVE to finish it, I can't just give up halfway through. Working on a deadline can be stressful at times, but it's also very beneficial and healthy for me.

This was the commissioned piece that I did.
Check out the un-censored version here.

Pokemon of the Day!

Commission Time!

So I decided that it's time to start up my commissions. I've posted all of the details on deviantART, in case anyone's interested.

5/29/13

Some thumbnail sketches I did of Wayward Vagabond for the piece below. I plan to do a few more based from these thumbnails in the future, too.

This was a quick piece I did which was originally just going to be a color study. It turned into a bit more than that and actually came out to be a finished piece. I got inspiration with the colors from the actual Homestuck comic, with the way they express color.

018: Pidgeot

This is one of my favorite ones I've done so far. I really had a lot of fun with those wings.

It's Been Awhile

Well so much for updating more than once a week, I haven't updated since last Sunday! So much crazy stuff has been going on that I just haven't gotten around to updating recently. But I've still been drawing amongst all this so this'll be a kind of bigger update, I guess.

"BubbleMan's Sorrow"

This is a drawing I did as an improvement meme. I redrew an old drawing I did back in 2010, but incorporated my new style, drawing skills, and improved the overall composition. This is Bubbleman from Mega Man 2; this piece was inspired by Hyadain's Bubbleman remix that can be found on Youtube.

"DETERNATION!"

A commission I did for my friend, Emma. This is her character, Determined Painter.

"Conan Sketches"

I did this page of sketches for my friend, Kayla.

"Expressive Nays Sketches"

Just some sketches I did of my characters, trying to show expression in their faces and poses.

"Sleepy Sketches"

I did these one night when I got little to no sleep, so I ended up falling asleep halfway through drawing these.

"Naruto Sketches"

Just some fanart I did of Naruto after watching some episodes of Shippuden.

"Gair Saku Expression Challenge"

I was trying to experiment with different expressions by doing the expression challenge on DA. I probably shouldn't have crammed them all on one page, but this was just practice so it's nothing all that great.

 

"Slanktin Fighters Sketches"

These are some more character sketches for the game I was planning on working on, Slanktin Fighters. I haven't been doing as many as I thought I would, but I'll have them all done hopefully by the end of the summer.

Back to Working on Projects

So I've decided to finally start working on some projects I had planned for myself. One of the main ones I'm planning on starting back up is working on some of my games I started awhile ago. Since the new RPGmaker VX Ace just came out about a month ago, I may need to try that out one day too. I've been sketching my characters mostly, and just working on The Nays in general. I also got a commission from one of my friends, so I'll have that done within the week as well.

"The Six Main M Nays"

This was originally part of a banner I was working on, but I kind of liked how this part came out and turned it into a separate piece.

"The Nays Banner Sketches"

Sketches for the above image. You can find the banner itself here.

 

"Slanktin Fighters Sketches"

Some sketches of the character facesets for my game I'm working on.

"Commission Sketch"

This is just the sketch of the commission I'm working on.

"Life of Scott Ragger"

Here's another one of those pages of the life of one of my characters.

Small Update

Not too much art this week... Since it was the last week before break, I didn't do too much.

"Looking in Your Eyes"

This is a commission that I did of Abby Sciuto from NCIS and Harry Potter from Harry Potter. I haven't done a commission in quite awhile, so it was exciting to do another one. I had a lot of fun with the clothing, especially on Harry.

"Gestures Sketchbook 03"

And yet some more gesture warm-ups.

"Gestures Sketchbook 02"

More warm-up sketches.

"Gestures Sketchbook 01"

Some quick warm up gesture drawings that I did. I decided that I'm going to try and do these as much as I can from now on. Probably once a day if I can find the time to, preferably earlier so I can get into the drawing mood.

"Smooth Rendering Figure"

This was a smooth rendering we did during Drawing class. We only had about two classes to work on this, and I chose to concentrate more on the folds in the cloth for this composition.

"Personalized Characters Sketches"

These are some sketches I did outside one night. Basically I was just trying to give my characters more personality when drawing them. So on this page, I just drew Gojo, Marron, Ralphie, Grenna, Uther Animal, and Scott. Some other random practices in the top portion of the page before I did anything, too.

"Experimental Animation Alphabet Notes"

Some basic notes I took down about what I wanted my stop motion animation to be in experimental animation.

Slowly Getting Back to Digital Art

"When the City Sleeps"

This was my first time doing an actual drawing straight in Flash, not for an animation. Since I had seen a bunch of my friends using Flash to draw, I figured I'd try it out... and to my surprise... I actually thought it was pretty fun to use. Especially for the background. I decided to try and re-design Scott a bit, mostly changing his hairstyle. Also, I was trying to draw in a more cartoony semi-realistic style to try and get out of the habit of drawing anime styled. I got a lot of inspiration from my friend Hillary's style. And as for the background... I got a lot of inspiration from the backgrounds in Hey Arnold

"Bloods Ragger Re-Design"

So I decided to do a quick drawing of Bloods. This was also one of my first times doing a drawing directly in Flash. I didn't really like how Bloods' overall shape came out, so I might still need to do some tweaking on him. I wasn't sure if the background in this was too distracting or not, but I wanted to keep it simple.

"Looking in Your Eyes Sketch"

This is the first sketch for a commission that I am working on.

"Snull Lenso Refs"

This may not be the final concept for Snull, but this is what I have so far. Snull is a very outgoing young demon who stays by Ralphie's side and calls him "Rafie." Her past is very unknown, but from how she acts, it is quite apparent that she did not like her life back in the Demon World. Snull's unusual voice and her strong attraction to Ralphie causes Gair and JrTr to make fun of her often. So she will mostly stay by Ralphie's side, or talk to her new-founded friend, Abaw.

"Crosshatched Figure"

This was one of my first times doing a multiple day drawing this semester. I was dealing with a lot of crosshatching and line quality in this piece. I still feel like I could've worked on the proportions a bit more, as well as adding more contrast, but this was all the time that we were given to work on this piece.

"Gestures Sketchbook Practice"

Just some gesture drawings that I did while watching Soul Eater a couple of days ago.

"The Grandpa Who Talks Like This Concept"

The Grandpa Who Talks Like This, often known as The Grandpa, is always watching over his grandson, TGWTLT, and is very kind to his family. Although, when he is in a bad mood, he can cause storms to whole Worlds and cause very much destruction. He has never had a confrontation with The Nays themselves, but he knows almost everything about them because he watches them and hears from his son.

"Chuckie Concept"

Chuckie is a very happy young child that only appeared in the beginning of The Nays. He very insecure when left alone, so he will always be seen with his small group of friends. There are some spoilers about him that shall not be told yet though.

"Pidgebeetle Concept"

Pidgebeetle is one of the Bird-In-Trainings of Tag World. He watches over the M Nays when they visit Tag World, although they do not particularly like him. Pidgebeetle is usually very happy and likes to treat The Nays as if they are his own children who live in Tag World. He always thinks up games or events for The Nays to play, and some of them are usually not events that The Nays particularly want to do. Whenever he has a chance to, he will bring The Nays to Tag World, and keep them from going to their real homes. Pidgebeetle is usually very outgoing and happy.

"Kovu Concept"

Kovu is a very kindhearted bird that leads Tag World. In his years taken over by TGWTLT, he felt very powerless and was mad at himself for allowing such a being to control his World for such a long period of time. Once Kovu is back in control of his World, he takes away the strict rules of Tag World so that The Nays and citizens of his World can live there without fear of being attacked or captured by the Higher Up Birds.

"Doesa Concept"

Doesa is a bird who is the kindest of the Higher Up Birds. Although, he is easily tricked and very naive. Doesa is very strict on following orders and is usually not the one to speak out against them. Doesa is more of a follower, but once he is put in charge of the Higher Up Birds, he slowly obtains leadership abilities and gains more self-confidence as well. 

"Pheno Concept"

Pheno is a phoenix who usually follows rules very obediently unless he finds them unjust. Without knowledge that TGWTLT was actually in charge of Tag World, this Higher Up Bird would enforce Tag World's laws and always be the follower of Arctic. Pheno had always been known to be the nicer of the two, but Arctic was always in control because of his forceful attitude. After gaining the knowledge of TGWTLT's control over Tag World, Pheno started to rebel against Arctic and TGWTLT in order to win back the reign of his old kindhearted leader. Pheno will do just about anything to obtain justice, and even gives up his life for the cause.

"Arctic Concept"

Arctic is a very strict bird, and was the Highest Up Bird. He often gets into bad moods and will become very controlling when he is angry, wanting everything to go his way exactly. Arctic can get into bad moods from very little things, and he will stay in a bad mood for long periods of time. He has a strong hatred for Hawkin, Pidgebeetle, Gyro, and their Nays, as he does not like to tolerate them. Arctic is very obedient to TGWTLT and will follow his every command no matter what. He enjoys a very controlling environment and is very power-hungry. Arctic does not fight in a fair way, and will usually use hostages just so that he can win the battle.  

"Jennie Hamilton Concept"

Jennie is a girl who is very shy around anyone who she is not friends with. She can usually talk her mind out freely with her friends, and enjoys being in their company. Although, she is sometimes quite nervous around Scott because of her attraction to him. Jennie is quick to defend herself and will stand up for her beliefs firmly.

"Cin Jarc Concept"

Cin is a smart kid who loves being outside. He loves birds and the freedom they have, which is why he commonly will allow his pet bird to fly off on his own. He stays close with his friends usually and loves hiking or camping outside with them.