Step 2. After reviewing your emailed inquiry (see bottom of page), I would begin any illustrations from a written concept by the client after a contract has been signed. Visual examples and supplemental material (music, photos, video) are all requested from the client with the written concept to help me develop a series of thumbnail sketches. I offer digital thumbnail sketches in packages of 4. Each take roughly 15 minutes to draw totaling one hour per package. One thumbnail sketch package is $30.

Typically clients will want me to further develop a digital thumbnail sketch. I will work in 1 hour segments to develop the values and basic colors (3 colors max) with a digital drawing program. Developing a digital sketch costs $30/hr. I will share updates of development after each paid hour. There is no limit to how many hours or sketches I can develop digitally for the client. Typically small details are not added at this stage. The large shapes, color, lighting, foreground to background relationships, and use of text are what is being planned at this stage of the composition.

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Step 3. Once a client has agreed to a final digital composition and signed a contract to proceed, they will choose the media of the final commission (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, gouache, or oil paint). Digital mediums are not an option for a final illustration commission. Pricing is determined once the project has been finalized. At this point I will provide an estimate(s) for the cost of the commission. Rates will include the cost of materials and hours to create including prepping materials. Prices do not include cost of scanning artworks larger than 8" x 10" if requested by the client. Larger artworks can be photographed with less accuracy. Included in each price is one hour of documenting and editing the artwork. If the client wishes to have more edits made in post production there is an hourly fee of $25/hr. I maintain ownership of any physical artwork made for illustrations. The client only receives digital copies. Original art may be available for purchase upon request. 

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Step 4. Once the artwork is finished and the client has received the digital .jpeg documentation, the client shares the rights of the digital file with the artist. I as the artist still own the original artwork (can be sold or auctioned off by the artist) along with rights to: share with third parties for reproduction, reproduce the artwork for commercial goods (prints, books, posters, shirts, merchandise, stickers, apparel), use as promotional material for the artist's business. The client is allowed to reproduce the artwork physically and digitally. Depending on the scale of the project the artist will require royalty fees paid bi-annually to the artist. When less than 1000 physical reproductions are sold the client keeps 100% of the profits. When more than 1000 physical reproductions are sold the artist requires 3% of all profits which used the reproduced art. (complete details are shared and confirmed with the client in the contract signed prior to art production)

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