Absolutely! It's a collaborative journey designed to ensure you love the final artwork. Here’s how it flows:
1) Share Your Vision (First Step)
Begin by filling out the Character Detail Form thoroughly using the "Let's Get Started!" button. This ensures I understand your character's appearance, personality, and key details right from the start.
2) Choose Your Commission & Confirm
After submitting the form, you'll be guided to select and purchase your preferred commission type (Half-Body or Full-Body Portrait) to secure your slot.
3) Collaboration & Perfection (For Full Portraits)
Once your commission is confirmed, we start bringing your vision to life! My process focuses on collaboration and giving you choices right from the start.
To explore strong compositional possibilities efficiently, I begin by creating a unique generated foundation, highly customized using the specific details from your form submission. Think of this as a sophisticated digital starting point – like a sculptor's armature – that helps us rapidly explore dynamic poses and layouts for your character.
From this initial foundation, the real custom work begins. I invest significant time to manually develop two distinct, already refined concepts for your first review. Before you see them, each variation receives extensive hand-customization based directly on your character's description – incorporating key gear, adjusting features, capturing the described personality, and setting the mood. My goal is to present you with two strong, tailored interpretations that already feel like your character.
Seeing these two developed options side-by-side often makes it easier to pinpoint the perfect direction together. From your preferred concept (or sometimes by blending elements you love from both!), we then move into further detailed collaboration. I meticulously hand-paint and customize every aspect – expressions, lighting, textures, atmosphere – refining the portrait through drafts and incorporating your feedback with revisions until you absolutely love the final result.
4) Final Masterpiece Delivered
Once you give the final approval on your completed portrait, you receive the high-resolution digital file, ready to share or print! (Premium prints, if ordered, begin production after this digital approval).