Sorry for the long post. I know not all artists are like this, but this experience really left a sour taste in my mouth and I just wanted to vent to people who might understand.

After being in a new D&D group for a while, I thought it would be cool to commission my first artwork of the whole party! I had absolutely no experience commissioning artists, so I made a post on this subreddit looking for one. Within three minutes I had around 20 responses.

I’ll admit I didn’t research people as carefully as I should have. After talking to a few artists and looking through portfolios, I picked one whose Behance account had a ton of different styles. I even found a style on there that I really liked, so I decided to go with them.

I sent over references for the characters, their heights, and the setting I wanted. They asked for half the payment upfront, which at the time seemed reasonable to me. I trusted that people in a field like this where artists put so much effort into their work and already struggle enough financially wouldn’t scam someone.

After paying, I told them there was no strict deadline and that they could take their time because it was a big piece. I wanted them to enjoy working on it without pressure. They estimated it would take about a month.

A month later they finally sent me the piece. At first glance I was honestly satisfied. The character heights were completely wrong, but since I don’t know much about art, I brushed it off. Then I sent it to a friend of mine who’s a 3D artist, and he immediately noticed something was off.

The entire thing was clearly AI-generated. And not even good AI-generated art. Once he pointed it out, it became painfully obvious.

When I confronted the artist, they denied using AI and claimed the messed-up hands were because “magic was happening in the scene” and that it was “just a rough sketch.” I asked for the layered files, and they couldn’t provide them.

Then my friend and I took another look through their Behance account. Very quickly we realized that at least half of the portfolio was blatantly stolen artwork from actual artists. When confronted, the scammer claimed the real artists had somehow stolen their work.

What finally exposed them completely was that one of the uploaded pieces still had the original artist’s signature on it the same artist they were accusing of theft. The moment I pointed that out, they went completely silent and ghosted me.

So yeah, lesson learned. I was naive, stupid, trusted too easily, and got scammed out of my money.

Maybe I’ll commission art again someday, but I will never pay upfront again without seeing a legitimate, undeniably non-AI sketch first.

In the pictures is their Behance, discord and reddit account, and you can see 2 of the so many clear and utterly disgusting evidence pieces that it's made by AI.

Hey hey!

I'm Crow, and I am looking for some help with some designs for my magical girls for the comic/novel thing I am writing.

What I need from you:

- A black and white design I can color in, because I really love coloring things.
- Full body, or mostly. The feet/shoes are optional.
- Someone who doesn't charge an arm and a leg for little changes. As I mentioned, i need help with the design, so I might be a little nitpicky when it comes to differences.

What I am offering-

-Obviously there is money involved. I am CANADIAN, i can pay through E-transfer if you're Canadian too, or Paypal ONLY. I WILL be using "pay for goods and services."
I will not do "Friends and family" for you. No.

- My budget is under USD 100 per character. Though there are six characters, one already HAS an ultima design and though it would be nice to get someone to draw hers as well, I can't justify spending 600$ on art when I am super broke.

OTHER TERMS-

- The design we come up with will probably be used in my novel/comic. This is a NOT FOR PROFIT novel I am writing, and no one will ever have to pay to read it.
- i MAY want to use your art for a cover for one of the chapters. I will get your permission to do this and CREDIT YOU.

Finally, PLEASE sign your art!! I don't want to forget who made the art in like... five years when I finally finish this heccin' project.

Thank you for your time, hope to work with you!

Hello,

We are an independent two-person team based in France, working on a tabletop roleplaying game we have been developing for several years. The setting blends medieval folklore, gothic horror, and apocalyptic dark fantasy. Playtesting is ongoing, the manuscript is well underway, and we are preparing a Kickstarter campaign followed by a full commercial release in print and digital. This is a serious long-term project, not a hobby publication, and illustration is a central pillar of the work.

We intend to treat the artists we collaborate with as genuine creative partners, in terms of recognition, fair compensation, and creative freedom.

We are now opening paid commissions and would love to hear from artists whose work resonates with the direction we are building.

The visual direction

We are looking for painterly dark fantasy with a strong sense of atmosphere, weight, and physicality. The reference images attached give the clearest sense of the direction. If your work feels close to this register, in mood, tone, or approach, we want to hear from you.

The references are credited to their respective artists and shown as illustrations of the direction we are looking for, not for copying: Dariusz Kieliszek, Artem Demura, Antonio J. Manzanedo, and Ivan Klimenko.

Scope and budget

We will be commissioning a range of pieces across the book. Our starting budget per piece, for full commercial license:

- Spot illustrations: from €100

- Half-page interior pieces: from €200

- Full-page interior pieces: from €400

- Cover: from €800

These are baseline figures. Final rates are negotiated individually based on the artist's portfolio, experience, and the scope of the specific piece. We are happy to go higher for work that justifies it. Funds are secured and available now, independently of the Kickstarter campaign.

Licensing

All work is commissioned under an exclusive commercial license covering the book, crowdfunding campaign, marketing, merchandise, and any future licensed adaptations of the game. You retain copyright and moral rights in accordance with French law, the right to display the piece in your portfolio, the right to share and use it for self-promotion on your social media and personal channels, and the right to sell physical prints to collectors. The exclusivity only restricts licensing the same work to other commercial projects. Credit is guaranteed in the book and across all promotional uses.

Payment

Payment by PayPal or bank transfer, whichever suits you best.

Long-term collaboration

This is the first book of what we hope will be a long-term universe, with supplements, expansions, and further projects to come. Artists we connect with on this first wave are the artists we would love to keep working with as the world grows.

How to apply

Drop a comment with a link to your portfolio. We will reach out by DM to artists whose work fits the project to discuss the specific brief, scope, and final rate. All experience levels welcome, established artists and emerging talents alike.

Human artists only. AI-generated portfolios will not be considered.

Thank you for reading, and we look forward to discovering your work.

Hi there, I am starting a youtube channel and I am looking for an artist to help me with drawing of a profile picture with mascot and YouTube banner. The channel will be focused on the hobby Diamond Painting (its like paint by numbers but with shiny diamonds, please see websites like Diamond Art Club for examples if you like).

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My channel will focus mainly on reviews, unboxings and WIPs. I have generated an idea via AI but I want to work with an actual artist to make it come to life. I want to make it clear that I would like this art to be entirely hand/digitally drawn, I have come here from fiverr where an artist tried to pass AI as hand drawn and it wasted a lot of my time.

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For the aesthetic I would love a fun and slightly witchy vibe so things like leaves, flowers, plants, moon signs, feathers etc are all welcome. I would also like the banner to have a tiny hidden snail somewhere.

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I would need the original character drawing without the background to be able to insert it into future thumbnails too please. And the price would include commercial use rights for my social media.

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Payment method: PayPal

Budget: $150

Timeline: No official timeline but the sooner the better and would be much appreciated

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I'm a newer streamer on Twitch and am looking for someone to draw a twitch banner for me. My idea is a mash-up of Arc Raiders and Marathon. I have visual references and a couple of concepts but am hoping to work with an artist who's style and creativity can take it to the next level. I will provide more details if you're interested.

budget - around 300 USD depending on quality and time spent (negotiable)
payment method - Paypal, Venmo, Cashapp (or something else if none of those work)
relative constraints - negotiable
Usage rights - this will essentially be used as branding for my twitch channel

I am also looking for a couple of other works to be done for my twitch page, but the price above is strictly for my twitch banner.

I am open to all art styles and would love if you could post your portfolio in the comments!

edit (3/28/2026) : I have currently paid a deposit for two artists and am looking for one more. All artists will be paid a 50% deposit at the beginning and will be paid the remaining 50% when the work is completed, I am just trying to find the artist that fits best with my image, thank you for understanding!

edit : thank you everyone for commenting, it may take me some time to go through all of the portfolios

Hey there, my friend is getting married, so as a wedding gift, a groomsman and I came up with the idea of getting our WoW characters commissioned. We'd be looking for a Tauren and 2 bloodelves, but essentially making the Tauren and one of the blood elves less prominent in the art, while making a blood elf warrior the focus point. Our budget would be around $200. Open to just about any art style so I'd love to see portfolios. Thanks!

Edit: wow thanks to all artists messaging me for my request. Please allow me some time to look through all of the messages because there are certainly a ton

I'm not a reddit pro, so here's hoping I did all of this right.

The Need:

Hello! I'm looking to hire an artist to help me design a character for my brand on YouTube. And to get this out of the way on the front end:

• This is not, nor do I need or want furry art
• This is not an avatar for Vtubing

I run the channel "A Squirrel Plays", and for the past couple years I've just been using a stock image of a grey squirrel. People find it amusing and it seems to work. However, having been doing this for a few years now, I'd like to try and be a little more professional (mostly out of neccessity).

Per community request, the stock squirrel stays in the videos, but I would really like to get an official character designed for the channel. Something I could use for the channel avatar/logo, and banner.

Additionally, I'd like an ongoing relationship where I can reach out from time to time to have more squirrel pictures made to use in thumbnails. Probably in bundles of different generic poses with the occasional specific one.

The Kicker:

I honestly I have no idea what this guy needs to look like. I've spent several hours perusing artist portfolios and looking at cartoon squirrels, and nothing has clicked for me yet. So I don't just need a squirrel drawn for me. I need help designing this dude from the ground up.

The Budget

I have no idea, pure and simple. This is where I really struggle in communicating with artists. I paid a lady $500 for just linework on a book cover once, and despite having other people tell me that was way too high, I'd do it again in a heartbeat because she completely knocked it out of the park.

I tell you that story because I was expecting/planning on only spending about $200, or $300 at the absolute max had you asked me what my budget was. But because she was just so dang good and communicated well and understood my babbling, I was willing to pay her rate which was essentially double.

Had I told her my budget, I never would have gotten her.

All that to say I'm flexible and completely understand that good art costs money (and have no idea what character design rates are).

So please hit me up with your portfolios, samples, and how you would approach this. DM or reply to this post, either one is fine with me.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for an artist to design a cover for my book. Details below:

Project Overview: Looking for an experienced book cover illustrator for my dark fantasy novel. Needs to be skilled in digital art and have prior experience in designing medieval, high or dark fantasy book covers. The design can be done via any of the industry standard tools (Adobe Suite, Canva, Gimp). The work would be done remotely, as I'm open to suggestions from anyone and anywhere.

Estimated Timeline: September 1st, 2025.

Payment: 550 USD

Communication: Please no DM's. Please post your portfolios in the comments and I will reach out if interested. Thank you for your understanding.

Style: Dark, Grim, Semi-realistic, Medieval Fantasy in the style of Berserk by Kentaro Miura or The Secret of Nimh by Don Bluth in terms of atmosphere.

Thanks in advance for anyone interested. Looking forward to working together. :)

Our dog recently passed and a friend gave us this gift. Her daughter picked out the picture, but it’s obviously bad AI. I want to hire an artist to basically recreate this but as a human and not a clanker.

Changes I would love, outside of it being human made:
- make the cigarette look like a Virginia slim
- drinking a “natty lite” instead of champagne, but keep it in the coupe glass

I added a picture of her, but can send more reference photos if needed.

Looking to pay $100 via Venmo.

Hi, looking for projects,

If interested, contact me here or by email, found in my artstation linked in my profile

It's a battle-centered fanfic. I'm going with more so a light novel style, so I'm not really looking for complete manga style illustration. Just a few full panel pages showing key moments, as well as the most action packed moments of the story.

For now the budget is approximately $500 and I'm probably looking at around 5 pages of art, subject to increases depending on if the scope expands.

If you can replicate Masashi Kishimoto's style, that would be preferred, but it isn't strictly necessary as long as the characters look as they should (Features and proportions remain recognizable) and your style captures action well.

Looking for someone to draw me my dnd character token for a series I'll be doing on Youtube (commercial fees included). Budget is $100-$150 USD and it's of a moth character, I created inspired by Yami Bakura from the original Yugioh series. Here's what i had in mind for design: Male moth-person (Epila Lacewing) — beautiful in a villainous way (think Dio Brando energy): classically handsome, composed, faint knowing smile but also makes it obvious when he's pissed. Silver hair (matte, tousled), bone-white fur, black sclera eyes with gold irises — a small green rune (Perthro ᛈ) in the center of the left iris. Feathered moth antennae, fur collar. Wings wrap his body as his clothing like a regal mantle (Big Chill from Ben 10, but soft and organic — no hood) — dust-grey with faded brown banding and eyespots. Also would need this before next monday

Scope: Half body preferred (bust negotiable depending on your rates) — will be cropped for a token. Full written design doc + race sheet reference provided on hire.

Please comment or DM with your portfolio and rates. Payment via PayPal invoice.

My wife and I are hoping to have a family crest / stamp designed. We'd be hoping for 5 key design elements to be incorporated:

1. The Moon

2. Ivy

3. A sword

4. The letters T & A

5. Pear Tree

We'd love to see a couple of different styles, but a stained glass theme would likely be adored.

The biggest consideration would be that it would need to be suitable for engraving into a stamp, which may hinder some creative possibilities.

Our budget would be up to / around $200, unless the artist has the ability to do personal stamp engravings in which case we'd be willing to pay more. Payment would be done through Paypal.

EDIT: We've found an artist, but thank you all for your submissions :)

Hi everyone,

I’m the founder of a reader-focused mobile app in development and I’m looking to commission an illustrator for a set of character poses of my app’s mascot.

The character is a round, expressive, bookish bird with a lot of personality. The style is flat, warm and slightly vintage with a hand-drawn feel. Full character reference materials will be provided. I’m not looking for character design, the character already exists. I need someone who can work on-model and bring emotional specificity to each pose. ++ if you’re Puerto Rican, as I’ve tried drafting commission posts on r/PuertoRico and they keep getting pulled despite staying within the guidelines…

The poses needed are:

• Sleeping  
• Sitting  
• Hanging upside down  
• Peering out from behind a square  
• Sitting with his back facing us  
• Holding a book and feather quill  
• Celebrating  
• Explaining  
• Nervous/embarrassed

If you’re interested, please drop a link to your portfolio, Behance, ArtStation, DeviantArt, or wherever you share your commissions work, along with your rates.

Budget: $300-$675 for the full set depending on experience and fit.

Thanks for your time ♥️

Hello, I am an Indie Game Dev and I need character art for my character select screen. It will be just me on an indie game dev budget. It will be 2D and wanted in a Dark Fantasy style, leaning a little realistic. There is no real deadline, I am towards the end of development for the games first version using place holder art. I would like to do a flat rate for this, Starting with around $600 or we can do it in smaller chunks for less. This is also flexible depending on what is decided. Also will be paid using paypal, venmo, or zelle.

The characters you use in the game play a big role so the art is important. Each character will have there own solo artwork but a lot of the time will be zoomed in on their face in the game. The world takes place in a post-apocolyptic earth and the characters are humans, but some have slight feature alterations as something has caused them to have powers. There will be up to 25 characters needed. And maybe like 3 backgrounds in this semi-realistic dark fantasy style.

I had already had 10 characters done, but was scammed and AI was used. I can not use AI art for the indie game world. I do have those as examples if you would like to see. You can reach out by dm'ing me here, and if we go farther we can move to dm'ing on discord. You can include a portfolio and how much you would require for batch or total job price.

Edit: Also preferably someone who would be also available in the future if more characters or work would need to be done for the game on another job.

Hi! I'm looking to commission two of my ocs for headshots, full body shots and chibi headshot in color. It's kinda a lot but I want this to be as close to my vision as possible. My budget is around $70 to $120 but I’m willing to compromise. You will be paid a portion upfront and the rest once the project is finished. 

Character 1: Reiji

Name: Reiji
Age: 16
Height: 5'6
Ethnicity: Blasian 

Appearance

• Brown skin
• Honey-brown eyes with his left being a bit darker than his right.
• A large scar runs vertically down his left eye. Looks like lightning strike scars. 
• Dark brown curly afro
• Face inspired by Miles Morales (youthful, friendly, expressive features)
• Lanky but not tall. Small muscle definition. His legs and torso are balanced in length.
• He is energetic, witty, and playful. (Golden retriever energy x Chai from HiFi Rush)

Inspo

Skinstone

Hair 

Scar x Scar

Face x Face x Face x Face

Body

Style, Style, Style & Style

References (its old, plz don’t judge)

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Character 2: Kyra

Name: Kyra
Age: 16
Height: 5'8
Ethnicity: Blasian 

Appearance

• Brown skin
• Large dark brown eyes and had a mole under her right eye
• Cat-like eyes
• Long eyelashes
• Cat-like face (Example)
• Intimidating aura (slight Rbf)
• Long curly black hair that she wears down with a middle part
• Tall with long legs
• She’s sarcastic, witty and dependable. (Megara x Nick Wilde vibes)

Inspo

Skintone

Eyes x Eyes 

Eyelashes

Hair x Hair

Body 

Style, Style, Style, & Style 

References (its old, plz don’t judge)

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Artstyle 

The style that I am going for is a blend of typical anime, avatar the last airbender, and cartoon. The most important feature for the style is the eyes as they will be conveying a lot of emotions in my project. Another important feature is noses as I want actual drawn noses instead of lines for a nose. 
Anime Style X Anime Style X Anime Style 

ATLA Style X ATLA Style X ATLA Style 

Cartoon Style X Cartoon Style 

This is the style I am aiming for chibi. In chibi form Kyra resembles more of a cat.

Chibi Style X  Chibi Style X Chibi Style

Kyra’s Chibi 

If you're interested please reach out with your rates. Thank you!!

Overview
I’m looking for a talented 2D artist to create characters within Japanese Anime and/or Western anime style. (something like - The Legend of Vox Machine). Artist would create assets for an indie visual novel, meaning the work should be for commercial use.

Requirements

• Proficiency in digital illustration
• Experience with character design in anime or Western-inspired anime styles

Timeline:
- not strongly defined yet in terms of deadline, as some of the technical specification is work in progress

Please send your portfolio
Cheers

I'm using that term right, right? Yumeship? It's when you ship your OC with a canon?

Yes? Good.

Here are my girls.
As you can see I draw poorly, so that's where you come in. They have love interests (In the form of Riku from KH for miss Renko (The black haired one) and Fenris from Dragon Age (The brunette with curly hair))

I can provide you more drawings of them if you want!!

What I want is BLACK AND WHITE drawings. That I can color.

Finally, my budget is about 100$ CAD. I'd like to NOT spend that much, but alas...

NOTE- I hate to be a jerk, but please only draw WHAT I ASKED FOR, and ONLY when I have agreed and given you the go-ahead. I've had people here try to bother me for more drawings, for more money, ect ect. To try to scam me by drawing multiple things and demanding payment for them....
I don't care that your rent is due next week. So is mine? Please remember I'm a human, not an ATM.
And if you disobey my rules, I OWE YOU NOTHING. You decide to draw something without me explicitly saying go ahead? I give you nothing. You draw more than I asked for, or try to color the art? You're not getting paid extra.

Thank you.

To save myself from having to repeat it to everyone-

ABOUT RENKO-
A cheerful but proper Princess who owns a library in Twilight Town. (She's also comically strong. How strong is she? About as much as the joke needs. XD Her magic skills are awful though.)
Would have met Riku through the library, but knew of him way before (She has this whole story arc about fixing up a riku replica, named Nuru, who is her BFF xD )

Danti-
Sunshine incarnate with a dark past. You don't see her without a smile. Often called Socks by Varric because they found her without her shoes and in just socks... So she only wears shoes on special occasions.
her sunny and optimistic behavior seems not to mesh with Fenris' gloomy attitude, but beneath it is a heart that understands his struggles and wants nothing but peace for him.

Anyways, that's all i can think of that is relevant. Can't wait to hear from you!!

EDIT: Comment on this thread before making a DM request please.

I write a fiction series and post the stories on a website that I host/develop, where users can read all of the content for free. Each story is named after one of the 12 main astrology signs and the story that I'm looking to commission an illustration for is called "Taurus".

I drew a concept version of what I'm looking for here with pencils/colored pencils (see attached image). Colored pencils are a bit limited in how dark they can get, so really I'd like the final illustration to have a darker atmosphere than shown above.

Concept Notes:

- A scientist in the year 1950 works tirelessly at his desk in a messy laboratory, where papers, containers, and other scientific tools are strewn about haphazardly.

- On the desk is a red music speaker connected to a matching red MP3 player (these are important to the story and should catch the reader's eye).

- There is a filing cabinet with two large drawers beneath the desk.

- The desk sits in front of a one sided mirror, which allows the scientist to see into the experimentation chamber.

- There is a door that leads into the experimentation chamber.

- Inside the experimentation chamber is a brown furred, batlike-humanoid creature with wings, long pointed ears, an upturned nose, and devil-like horns. Beyond these basic features, the creature does NOT need to be drawn in as much detail as the foreground will be.

- The creature is sleeping in a large, glass tube, consisting of greenish incubation fluid.

- The experimentation chamber contains several large, white tanks with caution signs on them.

Hiring Notes:

- Comment below with a link to your portfolio so I can see if you'd be a good fit.

- Resolution: 1920x1080

- Deliverable: PSD file (or similar creation file)

- Commercial Rights (you will be credited as the author on the website, alongside the story)

- Price range: $150-$200 total (I can pay via Paypal/Venmo)

- Deadline: Mid May to Early June 2026

- Absolutely no AI

Let me know if you have any questions and/or would like to work with me on this!

Website: https://cobaltstars.net/

Website (Taurus): https://cobaltstars.net/signs/Taurus

Looking for artists that can mimic this stle when it comes to muscular bodies, and would appreciate being sent some previous work before delving into things, I'm mostly looking for options and those to look out for rather than wanting to commission right this moment!

My budget is pretty open, though depending on the detail I'd like to avoid going too high into the triple digits, but it really depends on quality. The character itself is a humanoid, but not quite human, character with some fish-like features, but it's mostly human, so no need for being able to do monstrous design. I'm at work right now so I won't be able to immediately respond to much, but if some people who think they can mimic this would drop their work in for me to look at, I'd be appreciative! ^^

Not picky on payment method as long as it's safe easy to use in the US. I default to paypal and such, but willing to use other methods.

Looking for an artist for a small TCG project. Both digital and physical mediums are accepted. ✨

This is a continual slow moving project. Currently the TCG makes $0 so I am looking to pay for a new card every week/few weeks depending on price. Ideally art in similar styles to the attached images, likely progressing with simpler backgrounds. Very open to new styles and suggestions. If you have a cool unique art style we would love to see it!! ❤️

References and concept sketches can be provided for each card concept. Some examples of commissioned art and some additional references have been provided.

Budget of 40-120 USD per card. If you are outside of this range please reach out.

Most cards feature: monsters, creatures, constructs, handheld items, scenery, people etc.

Thank you. All the best ❤️

Overall Project Description

Hello! I’m looking for an artist to work with on key art for an in-progress tabletop RPG called Bugworld. This will be for commercial use, and if moving forward, any artist will be credited wherever this art is used.

Project Brief

Bugworld is a lightweight fantasy tabletop role-playing game in a miniature world of anthropomorphic bugs. Each player character is a different species of bug with their own unique abilities that they’ll use as they adventure, facing undead husks, other bug-bandits, and vicious beasts such as squirrels and birds. The rules are quick-to-learn and efficient to use, while providing novel mechanics that facilitate complex narrative play. Each “bug class” is succinct, yet there are still many directions character creation can go.

Project Specifics

In total, the project is expected to involve the following commissioned pieces. If interested, I’d love to discuss your rates and budget in more detail. My approximate budget is in the $200-400 range.

10-17 pieces of individual character art

• Each piece is a representative of each playable class, and thus is an anthropomorphized depiction of a bug/insect species
• Total amount of art would depend on individual artist’s rate and timeline of work
• Ideally each in color, but black-and-white is negotiable
• Simple shading/color blocking
• No backgrounds
• Static poses
• Simple, low-detail art style
• 1-2 feedback passes before finalization of each piece.

Overall, the timeline of this project is that I hope to have it complete by the end of August, but a final timeline for artwork is definitely negotiable.

If interested, please leave a portfolio down below. I will not be using AI-generated art for this project, so any AI generated images will be immediately disregarded.

To submit, please reply to this post with a link to your portfolio. I’d be happy to send a detailed reference sheet as well as an early Alpha version of the rulebook as we talk more. Please let me know if you have any questions!

I'm looking for an artist to draw two characters in World of Warcraft: a female human hunter and a male worgen shadow priest. I can provide a reference using in-game models and will give you a more detailed description if need be

The context is: the two characters are interacting during their own adventure and getting to know each other. The worgen stands behind the woman as if guiding her and teaching her but there might also be something tender

It is a birthday gift for a roleplay partner. It would ideally be for July but the deadline isn't too strict

My max budget is around $100, I'm flexible if needed but I can't go much higher than that

Overview:

I'm writing a Sci-Fi Dystopian Action-Adventure Story called "THE ATARAXIA" (Which I eventually intend to turn into a game), and I'm in the phase where I have multiple artists who are each good at drawing only one of my OCs, which means I have a hard time finding someone who can accurately draw multiple characters in the same illustration. Also, I want to find an artist whom I can claim as "THE ATARAXIA Artist". Basically, every time I want illustrations for my upcoming chapters, or cover art, you'll be my go-to person.

However, fairly recently I have noticed the limitations of my own imagination in terms of character design. I want to revamp several of my OCs, using the creativity, imagination and most of all experience from someone who knows this kind of stuff.

Artist Capabilities:

In short, I want an artist who is capable of the following:

• Is able to draw male and female characters equally well
  • Also need to be able to draw characters in multiple skin tones
  • Also need to be able to draw characters who are as young as 12 and as old as 30-40. My cast is quite diversely aged, as the main character is an artificial human/android who is 12 years old, the deuteragonist is 18 and the main villain is 35.
• Fair Amount of Experience in Character Design. Knows how to make a character stand out and look distinctive and stylish.
• Good Fashion Sense. You need to know what articles of clothing and apparel look good on which characters based on their personality, color theory, and of course a sci-fi vibe (Though this last part isn't that strict, I don't want to restrict my character's fashion to techwear and streetwear the fashion in my story is quite diverse)
• Good at drawing Dynamic Poses. A large part of THE ATARAXIA involves them fighting against the dystopia they live in, which means I will love to commission you to draw a fight scene illustration every so often. I'd love these illustrations to have interesting perspectives, cool gestures and awesome compositions.
• BONUS: You are able to draw in a few different kinds of art styles.
  • For example, if I choose to commission you for a few manga pages, or a fancy watercolor illustration

Art Style & Design Philosophy:

I don't want to miss upon an extraordinary art style simply because I didn't think about it, so I am very open to new art styles as long as they look like the general Anime/Manga style. However, my favorite art style of all time is the art style of Katou Yuuki's Blazblue Continuum Shift Character Select Art. If you can do something similar, I will probably be very biased for you!

Some of my other personal favorite art styles are from:

• Owari No Seraph (Cover Art)
• Guilty Gear
• Bleach

Budget & Payment Method:

For starters, I'd want to work with you to redesign and create character reference sheets for my OCs. Considering I'll be asking for your time, expertise and experience, my budget starts at 70$/Character. I am always willing to pay more depending on how good you are, but I currently do not have the funds to pay more than 150$/Character (That being said, I can always save up money for the future if I feel you're worth the investment)

For other illustrations, it would really depend on the complexity and what exactly I need, but I don't see myself paying more than 300$ for a really well done and detailed illustration, unless I'm earning more money ahaha

I can pay using Paypal or WISE.

Imgur Folder of My Current Characters in THE ATARAXIA:

Thank you for reading this far, below is the imgur folder that contains all of the current characters in THE ATARAXIA with designs (many whom I wish to revamp and improve)

https://imgur.com/a/BiBaAu8

Budget: 200$ (subject to change, based upon the quality of the artist, and budget negotiations)

Payment Method: Cash App, or PayPal.

Delivery: google drive (and if I deem it good enough you may use it as part of your portfolio)

Updates via discord or reddit. I am active on both, updates shall be required weekly.

Looking to hire an artist to do several commissions for me based on my original character plus 1 updated portrait piece I plan on using for her character sheet.

I am in the market to commission 4 works in total, 3 are from her backstory and 1 is intended to be used as updated image for her character sheet. The style I am looking for needs to close to the image provided, which was generated by ai, but I am looking to hire a real human in order to make it perfect.

Should I select you as an artist for this project, the backstory (which is 37 pages long and yes, reading it is required) and current stand in for her profile image via google docs and the discussion on poses (which I also do not have as those will be based upon her backstory and what scenes we select for this project.)