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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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So is it better or worse when someone commissions you and they only have a general idea of what they want? Would you rather them be as detailed and specific as possible? Or do you like more freedom like here where you can work with colors and mess with the outfit?
Hmm, this was a complete challenge and a lot of work XD I think it really depends on the character and if I get inspiration. I think it's usually a lot easier to work from an existing design/base, or at least having a description of the kind of character/feeling that should be present in the work, and having a good range of freedom on top of that would be even better. Then, I can take the leap/chance/risk, and usually, that turns out better.
Now that I've commissioned a few other artists since you, I keep getting more and more amazed by your skill. This isn't to say that the people I commissioned weren't good. They were excellent and very talented as well. However, the one thing you just mentioned that baffles me, or I found amazing (for a lack of a better word), was that you didn't need references from me. You just sketched my character from the character sheet and information I provided. After that, I assumed every artist could do that, lol. I was sorely mistaken and immediately figured out what a reference was
Anyway, I will continue to watch your career here on dA. I sincerely believe you'll go far with your skills
I think a lot of artists have that capacity (I feel like it's similar to creating an original character, only you have to interpret the writing), but I think many prefer to have references for commissions because it's probably easier and faster xD. I think I've seen some artists offer to design outfits for an additional fee though. Though I'm sorry if you tried to get them to design something for you and they didn't really meet your expectations ):
I'm touched by your support!
True. I definitely think it would be easier with references.
And well, no, for the most part I've been extremely happy with all my commissions or art trades. I mean, most of the people on here are doing this for free or just for points, which is pretty amazing
((which is why I want to buy a commission