[Mkguild] Group picture

[Azariah Wolf]

To be clear, by the way, if we did go with this I would be willing to 
help cover one NPC myself if no character of mine made it into the picture.

-LurkingWolf

On 9/6/2014 4:09 PM, C. Matthias wrote:
> I emailed SabretoothErmine with our basic group picture idea and asked 
> her want she would charge if we were interested.  Here is her reply:
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> Heya Matthias! I would be honored to do a picture like that ^.^ I 
> could give you a deal on a silver-level painting commission (my price 
> chart <http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13420017/> has some examples), 
> since that would be the style I'd prefer to use for it. I'd rather not 
> use the "toony color" style as doing large groups in that style is 
> super finnicky and takes forever >.< For a cheaper option, the 
> "colored sketch" style would work well too, but I'm hesitant about 
> using the bronze-level painting as it tends to be a messy, chaotic 
> arting process and would easily get super confusing with too many 
> characters. I'll give you some quotes:
>
> Silver painting - $50 per character, and if there's eight or more 
> characters I'll do the background for free. Seven or less, the 
> background would be the standard price, between $30 and $50 depending 
> on complexity.
> Colored sketch - $25 per character. Normally I don't do backgrounds 
> for colored sketch pieces, but if you want one I'm willing to do it, 
> whether it's a quick, sketchy background or a full shaded one (the 
> latter being the same as I'd do for the silver painting option, and 
> with the same price tag).
>
> While normally I would adjust the per-character prices on an 
> individual basis for complexity (so people with very complex 
> characters would pay more like $60, while very simple characters - 
> feral animals are a good example, as they don't wear clothing and are 
> often smaller - would pay $40), for a large group commission like this 
> I figure it's easier to charge you, the group, a flat rate, and let 
> you work out the dividing of payments between yourselves. Does that 
> sound fair?
>
> Feel free to forward this around your group and let me know what you 
> guys think. And thanks for thinking of me! ^.^
>
> - Ermine
>
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> So yes, she would give a discount, as her Silver painting is usually 
> $70 per character instead of $50.  So if we want her level (and I love 
> her stuff and think she'd do a great MK group picture) we're looking 
> at about $350 for six (plus background) to $400 for eight characters. 
> If we did that many, I recommend a landscape orientation so that the 
> characters actually have room to be seen.
>
> So, there's one possibility and the cost involved.
>
> May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,
>
> Charles Matthias
>

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