Looking to commission art...

[RealAlHazred]

Excellent idea. Unfortunately, there aren't local cons at this time of year, and I need to consider the lead time for the artist and then also getting patches made. Thus coming online to check.

And, you know just wanting to support my community. If there's an artist on the site (or a short hop from it) who wants a few bucks, all the better, right?

Sure! But thinking about it reminded me that I met Erica Henerson, C. J. Henderson's daughter, at DexCon here in NJ probably between one and two decades ago. Sadly, I don't have contact info that would be recent. I would have commented this yesterday, but was sent down a nostalgia spiral looking her up!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Once upon a time, I could have helped. But I haven’t done anything pro-level in decades.

Be sure to ask anyone who says no (politely) if they know of anybody else who might be interested or might know someone. Networking is your friend!

Also seconding @Celebrim ’s idea. I have recommended checking out the university/college/community college art departments & local art institutes to clients seeking things like album covers on a tight budget.

 

[riverwitch]

Hi! I'm interested in working with you and just sent a DM!!

 

[dbm]

Student are definitely a good idea and it can be a very beneficial thing for them.

Some years back I needed a new LARP constume for a specific character I was going to be playing, and one of my friends had a sister who was studying costume design at university. So my costume requirement became the subject of one of her assignments - she made an inspiration board for it and everything! I paid for her materials and she had an interesting subject for work she was going to do anyway. The costume was great and very authentic (it was an Ars Magica based LARP so set in Mythic Europe).

 

[Umbran]

Figured I'd close the loop on this. I got a bunch of useful suggestions here, which was really helpful.

In the end, I went with a student - the daughter of a gaming friend. I know the friend from a house con I go to every year, that I got invited to through going to EN World Gamedays back when those were a thing. So it kind of loops back around nicely.

I gave her my concept, and a rundown of the need. Showed her first pass to the GMs, got a couple of revisions form them. Sent them back to the artist, and she polished it up same day! Got GM blessing on the final version, and they told me that if I get them made, they may throw a bit of money my way to defray costs, which isn't necessary, but nice.

So now, I go source turning the art into actual patches. Having looked around, I am first trying The Monterey Company - they aren't one of the top returns when one goes to Google, but they seem to have a decent reputation for customer service and quality in various online discussions on getting smaller batches of custom work done.

 

[LordEntrails]

Hope you post pictures when you have them in hand!

 

[Umbran]

Hope you post pictures when you have them in hand!

I don't expect to have them in hand for a couple of months, and honestly may forget at that point.