Tag: Commissions

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Commission by MrJimmyDaFloof

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Jimmy was an artist I’d seen around twitter for a while before I finally got an opportunity to commission them. I had instantly fallen in love with their style and textures. I knew they’d be the perfect match to draw this illustration. He got it exactly as I had imagined.

Section 1 – Communication

Jimmy does an excellent job of keeping up with his clients. He maintains a public Trello Queue for customers and potential clients to see his workload. In my experience, the best way to reach out to him is via Telegram or Twitter.

Trello was updated routinely and accurately. Delays, if any, are communicated via public twitter posts as well as Telegram Channels.

Jimmy does maintain a price sheet. At the of this writing I was unable to locate a public one, however. This could be due to him re-working his prices or not currently being open for new work at the time of this entry. I do know that when he lists his openings, the price sheet is included along with a copy of his terms of service. On his FA page he does encourage people to reach out to him at any time for a copy of current prices or to discuss a project for future openings.

Commissions are not on a “first come, first served” basis. When openings are announced, you’ll be directed to a Google Docs Form to submit your request. These are reviewed and those who are selected are contacted. SFW and NSFW openings are handled separately for those of you who wish to keep the more… adult parts of furry of your screens.

In my case, prices and estimates were provided in USD. Payment is accepted via paypal invoice only.

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Section 2 – Price/Value

NOTE: As always, I’ll point out that prices are subjective. What may come across as overpriced for one person another may call undervalued. This section is not for saying what I believe the artist should have charged. Prices are subject to change as artist’s are always reevaluating what they charge for their work.

I found Jimmy’s prices to be extremely on par with the quality of his work. When I commissioned him in June 2022, I was quoted and paid $370.00 for the image above; a 2 character, full render with background. Extremely reasonable for the finished product.

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Section 3 – Time

The only time I have commissioned this artist I did not set a deadline. Jimmy’s TOS allows for deadlines to be negotiated prior to payment being submitted.

Jimmy accepts batches of commissions at a time. Numbers vary based on the complexity of the orders. In my case, my commission was accepted and paid for on June 14th, 2022. On July 5th, 2022 I received a sketch/draft. It had sat in my junk folder for a little bit because I’m dumb. Luckily I noticed the update on his Trello and checked! I received the finished version in early August, the exact date escapes me.

Given the type of commission I requested and the listed workload on the Trello at the time this turnaround time was actually surprising to me. I expected to wait until the end of August, early September.

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Section 4 – Final Product

My overall experience with commissioning Jimmy has been excellent. From the first time I reached out in April of 2022 to inquire about a price list and a possible ETA as to when he would be open for more work so that I could make sure I got mine submitted in time, to the final product hitting my inbox he was an absolute pleasure to work with.

With his form I submitted a written version of what I was looking for as well as reference sheets for both characters, the style of clothes I wanted them to have on, and a Google Street View screenshot to show the type of background I was looking for. This was one of those rare cases where I actually had a specific idea in mind.

Given that I was introducing a character who would be a demon with powers on-par with a God, I wanted something that would kinda hint that there was more to him than at a glance.

So I asked Jimmy to draw them at the corner of First Street and Amistad Road with Oslo finishing up a cigarette. I wanted a city background complete with the steel metro supports to really drive the feeling home. He seriously knocked it out of the park.

If you can figure out what song I pulled my inspiration from, you get a cookie.

Usually I’d try and post all of that here, but it appears I’ve lost some of that data along the way. I think I may have accidentally dumped the email chain at some point. Derp. So here’s what I’ve been able to recover!

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Section 5 – Final Scores and Summary

From start to finish, working with Jimmy to bring these two characters to life was an absolute pleasure. His submission form was easy to fill out, the TOS was clear and easy to understand. At no time did I not feel like I didn’t know where I was in his queue.

The only knock I can really give him is that I couldn’t locate a current price list for him; and while I didn’t see anything about it being updated, I imagine that may be the case. Extremely minor when you factor in everything else!

He did an excellent job and I’d gladly commission him again!

FINAL SCORE

(4.9/5)