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Krauvando

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I really hope this doesn't break the rules. A friend suggested me to do that and I really think it might be a good idea.

 

Last days I've been doing some Steam profile pics drawn by me and then renderized through Photoshop to some people, including myself. I thought that people might like what I do and maybe wanted a personalized profile pic too. 

 

These are the ones I made:

 

 

So in case anyone is still interested keep reading for more info:

 

- First of all, I suck at drawing (honestly). This is something I absolutely do as a hobby and therefore my limitations with a pencil are quite big. What you see is as best as I can do. 

- The stuff I'm worst drawing are eyes and hands.

- To speak about how you want the picture, simply add me and we'll discuss it in private.

- I usually like to draw people with references of their taste, but if anyone of you feels awkward about sending me a pic of you IRL it's still OK; I'll try to adapt as much as I can.

- I'm not professional with Photoshop either so it might take me several hours/days to finish a drawing (specially now that the summer holidays are gone). For instance, mine took me about 3-4h from start to finish. 

- If you directly give me pictures and references about all the stuff you want to have in the drawing, it'll fasten things up.

- I always work with big pictures (like 1000x1000 or so), so once finished I send both seizes to the customer: original size and Steam profile size (184x184).

- The price: I haven't really thought about it yet. But for now, I'd say that a range from 1-3 keys pure (maybe slightly more with items) will be fine to me. The price will depend on how complex and time the request is. 

 

That's all for now I guess, I really hope this post doesn't break the rules (I've read them and didn't find any issue about it) and hopefully someone will be interested!

 

Cheers!

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- First of all, I suck at drawing (honestly). This is something I absolutely do as a hobby and therefore my limitations with a pencil are quite big. What you see is as best as I can do. 

 

 

 

If you suck, why take payment?

 

2-5 keys, with 2-5 keys, you could get a quality drawing, drawn by a professional. I know this, because I paid 3 keys for a profile picture, that was outstanding.

 

 

Sorry for my rant, but you want too much comparing it with others.

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If you suck, why take payment?

 

2-5 keys, with 2-5 keys, you could get a quality drawing, drawn by a professional. I know this, because I paid 3 keys for a profile picture, that was outstanding.

 

 

Sorry for my rant, but you want too much comparing it with others.

 

About my lack of skills: it's just my personal opinion, but some people did like what I do, so who knows.

And thanks for the feedback, gonna adapt my price

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Yup, not saying this is not worth it, but if you expect people to commission you, you should adapt your prices. For example, this very talented person : http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198032564135/sold a bunch of art for only 6 ref - of course he had a shit ton of demands and had to close commissions xD

 

And yeah, you probably draw better than most of backpack.tf members, not a big deal, just keep going on!

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Yup, not saying this is not worth it, but if you expect people to commission you, you should adapt your prices. For example, this very talented person : http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198032564135/sold a bunch of art for only 6 ref - of course he had a shit ton of demands and had to close commissions xD

 

And yeah, you probably draw better than most of backpack.tf members, not a big deal, just keep going on!

 

It's actually my first time trying to sell "art", so I'm pretty ignorant with the prices. Thank you all to help me :)

 

And I like that guy's artwork! I could actually do similar stuff (I'm definately better at vectorizing than drawing), maybe I should also learn what do people want and how much I can adapt to that.

 

Thanks for the cheers!

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A pro doesn't do avatars like yours boom

Good art is not cheap lol (coming from someone who spent a lot on art)

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I'd toss you a key or two for a drawing of curly brace. Doesn't matter if you're mediocre, I have had all sorts of artists on the forums make me them.

 

use my signature or steam artwork for a refrence.

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I'd toss you a key or two for a drawing of curly brace. Doesn't matter if you're mediocre, I have had all sorts of artists on the forums make me them.

 

use my signature or steam artwork for a refrence.

 Currently working on a request I surprisingly received yesterday. Sorry for not reading your post before Cedar, I actually gave up on getting requests! Thanks for the support!

 

While working on them, here's the two new drawings I made, both for close IRL friends:

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=522000156

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=518478145

 

Hope you like it!

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EDIT: I'll be more cautious from now on. This guy didn't pay me so I basically worked for nothing.

 

Sorry for double-posting.

 

Here's the first request I finish from this topic.

 

Class: Scout

Color: Red

Cosmetics: Face Plante, Greased Lightning

Weapon: Baby Face Blaster

Pose: In front of the camera, threating stare, with bloodstains on the mask and over the T-shirt.

 

 

Both full version and Steam avatar version:

http://imgur.com/a/LTlzk

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