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General Info / FAQ
Payment
$50 down-payment for supplies. Will go toward the total. Rest of payment to be paid before the painting is mailed or delivered. I accept Venmo, Paypal, Cash and Check. I have a card reader if you are local.
Prices and Sizes:
Traditional Canvas Pet Portrait (Acrylic + Canvas) Painted with Acrylic on Stretched Canvas.
$175 for 8” x 10” + $50 per each additional pet.
$250 for 11” x 14” + $50 per each additional pet.
$300 for 12” x 16” + $50 per each additional pet.
Traditional Paper Pet Portrait (Pen + Paper) Ink Drawing on Paper. Colored with Watercolor, Acrylic, Colored Pencil $60 for 5” x 7” + $50 per each additional pet.
$80 for 8” x 10” + $50 per each additional pet. $100 for 11” x 14” + $50 per each additional pet.
$150 for 12” x 16” + $50 per each additional pet.
Digital PhotoManipulation Photomanipulation done in Photoshop. Based on Reference Photos and client request.
$150 for digital file. + $50 per each additional pet. To be printed by recipient. Please specify final size.
Turnaround Time
3-4 weeks between request and delivery. I still work a full-time job and chauffeur kiddos so I will squeeze in some focus time when I can!
Reference Photos
I want to give you a likeness of your critter so crisp photos of faces, patterns or markings, and poses(if applicable) are a must.
Woohoo! One of the more off-the-wall concepts I played with got accepted for our Door Billboard. #Spacedoors
For my I-got-tagged-on-Facebook-Art-Challenge I had to post 3 pics a day for 5 days. Here they are all together:
Day 1: Digital Painting/Photomanipulation Mix
Day 2: Critter Collage (FishWolfCrab)
Day 3: Lil’ Scallywags
Day 4: #tbt
Day 4: Neature
If I post in the next 30 minutes I can hashtag this shiz #freakyfriday. A great photographer provided me a little source material to do a portrait for her (with some artistic license). Thanks and you’re welcome!
Not much going on here yet – just setting the stage for some squirrel action. I missed my 4th of July squirrel opportunity so now I have ditch the gunpowder and explosions motif for the stunning death of leaves.
Sometimes “Happy Accidents” do not evolve successfully.
Some original sketch showing through the preliminary digital coloring…
Elapsed time…
aaannndd… it’s like I don’t understand how to be subtle when it comes to shading. All the atmosphere that previously existed before I started getting focused on the lines/contours/crevasses disappeared. At some point everyone finds the perfect balance between traditional drawing/painting and digital drawing, right? I find myself wanting a digital brush that drips like water/turpentine soaked paint? Is that a thing?
And on that note:
To my credit – at least I got rid of the undersized skeletal body with the gold armor and loin cloth that did not make sense. You are welcome, me.
Maybe still missing a little bit of low-lying smoke, but mostly where I would like it to be for your basic… entity wandering a lava-like field. Fall is seeping into my psyche.
Drawin’ pictures of things around me, like my face.
Detail of the lacy blue thing in the background.
Closeup eyeball. Still could use a bit more polish, but it exists.
It’s no Sam Spratt, but every little bit of practice helps.