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Need Titles! ...and Commission Info

Wed Feb 11, 2009, 2:33 PM
  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: Daft Punk
  • Reading: Tribal Wars battle reports
  • Watching: Dr. Tran
  • Playing: FRAXY, Tribal Wars
  • Eating: nothing; this werewolf is HUNGRY!
  • Drinking: nothing; this werewolf be THIRSTY TOO.
I've realized that more than half of my transformational pics use some kind of pun or saying. I'm fresh out. So, if you know a good TF pun, send it to me and I might make it into a drawing. This is especially true should someone ask for a commission, collaboration, or barter.

As for commissions, I'm going to accept one, but not for money: for barter instead. I'm involved in another long term project that requires me to do some heavy data mining on the Internet, and I just don't have time for that. So, that's where you come in. Instead of spending money for a commission (since not everyone has it), I'm instead asking for sports information on the history of Major League Baseball and all its parallel leagues. If you're up to that task or are interested in it, I'll draw a pic for you in return. Contact me at zaximillian@yahoo.com, and I'll send you the links and the format of the data I need in return.

Getting a hold of me is also easy on Yahoo Messenger, where my nick is also zaximillian. If you do, please introduce yourself and where you saw me, that way I know you're legit and respectful. Don't ask for the pic right away; I like to get to know my commissioners first.

Strangely enough, I tend to draw faster when I'm talking live to someone online: if I do a commission independently, my perfectionist streak takes over, and it just drags on and on, and I get distracted by my other hobbies in the meantime. If you set up a 3-4 hour block of time and I happen to be on, I can draw While-U-Wait and send you scans at every step of the process so you can add input as I draw.

Another weird thing is that about 30-40% of my drawings on paper are actually 5x5" or less in original size, including "Grrl Talk", which is only 4 1/4" by 4". So, when I open paid commissions, I'm going to set aside a special price, probably five bucks or so, for a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" inked TF pic, which would have the same quality as most of the pics that I've put out. Just smaller in physical size. Note that this is NOT open yet, and I'll decide on final prices by bidding, probably.

Finally, things that would increase the difficulty, time, and charge of a pic for me? An unusual pose, species, rippage / risque content, shading, or any kind of gore. References will cut that time down greatly. And finally, the title.

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:iconavancna:
Besides information and puns, what else do you barter for?

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I just noticed something. You have super powers. That is so cool. Can you fly?

-Glorificus the Beast
:iconzaximillian:
Umm... friendship most of the time. I can't count the number of pics I've done while chatting online with friends, just because I was inspired. Granted, it takes a whole afternoon, but then again, I do make free pics for my friends while chatting with them. "Leo Goes on the Scene", "Form and Function", those are just a couple off the top of my head. I just happen to really need this data, so I'm bartering for it with my friends who genuinely want to help me.

I find it hard to generate new and clever titles for my pics, and trying it the other way around leads to writer's block. :| So that's more of a little assistance than anything, building a mental Rolodex of ideas.

But I do love art trades, collaborations, and having a commissioner pay for a commission that I might want from someone else.

One of these days I'm going to draw a pic in return for someone paying for my dA subscription, and eventually I'm going to work my way up in art style to a multipage TF comic that I'll exchange for larger money toward a tablet; that way I can start collaborating via OpenCanvas.

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Beware the animal heritage which lies within us all.
:iconelvan-lady:
I'm no good with sports. XD I'll admit that immediately.

I'm not good with titles, either. My puns are limited to spontaneous ones.

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I am in fact edible.
Well, it could be worse. And it could be better. And IT COULD BE PIZZA!
:iconavancna:
If you want, I can see what I can dredge up with my "Google-fu" about the baseball information, and I would like to take a swing about the title suggestions, too.

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I just noticed something. You have super powers. That is so cool. Can you fly?

-Glorificus the Beast
:iconzaximillian:
E-mail me first, and I'll tell you more about my sports project that way. This is difficult information to collect, and it needs to be sent in a particular format so I can plug it into my database, but at least you wouldn't be spending money, and helping someone out, too.

Barter is more noble than paying someone anyway. I've always been uncomfortable paying money for art. I don't know why...

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Beware the animal heritage which lies within us all.
:iconzaximillian:
Same here, which I why I need the help. If you should stumble across a clever saying or pun, send it to me. It'll probably wind up as a pic sooner or later. :P I'm organizing a list of these things, so you'll certainly be credited if I use the pun as a title.

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Beware the animal heritage which lies within us all.
:iconavancna:
Note me then.
And if you're around later, we can discuss on YIM, too?

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I just noticed something. You have super powers. That is so cool. Can you fly?

-Glorificus the Beast
:iconzaximillian:
I'll fire up YM right now.

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Beware the animal heritage which lies within us all.
:iconelvan-lady:
All right. Will do.

I've got a couple of bad jokes running through my mind right now... I don't know if either would help... One of them involves lettuce in someone's ear (tip of the iceberg) and the other, a pair of paleontologists (or anthologists or whatever) and jelly vs preserves (preservationists).

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I am in fact edible.
Well, it could be worse. And it could be better. And IT COULD BE PIZZA!

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