General Commission Information:

~ Rough pencils in regular or blue lead: $10

~ Business card sized self-seal bag tags: $10

~ 2.5"x3.5" Color ACEO (art card edition original) (2.5"x3.5"): $15

~ 3x4" conbadges w/ bulldog clip holder: $15


~ Refined Pencil Sketch: $25+

~ Watercolor Over Graphite (no inks): $30+

~ Weighted Inks (with or without hatching): $35+


~ Color Media Work (your choice of marker or watercolor): $50+

~ Full Color w/ Background: $85-$100+ (depends on complexity)

~ Model Sheets: $85+ (3 poses and stats, +$5 for props and per additional expression)


~ Any thumbnails, sketches, or other materials created in the process of doing your commission will be included in the final package sent to you. Additional characters, add $10-$20 for each, depending on the type of commission. Backgrounds for Refined Pencils are an additional $10, for Watercolor over Graphite or Weighted Inks, an additional $15. Any piece done in inks and Color Media can include a simple background (color wash, partial frame around character with limited detail. Abuse of this will bump your commission to the Full Background rate. Discounts are available depending on the scenario, and I will take art books I don't have yet in trade for artwork. Contact me for more concrete pricing if you have any questions! ~


Special Commissions and Prints:

~ 11x14 Acrylic Painting on Illustration Board: $150+

~ Card sets (your pick of existing images, mix and match is ok!): $2 each for individual cards, $10 for boxed set of 6 cards with envelopes.

Unless otherwise stated, prints can be made of most pieces in my gallery. They are printed on smooth matte surfaced white 65# coverstock, and are $5 each. Quantity discounts are available. If you have any questions about obtaining a print, just note me and ask.



Prices and Payment:

Prices listed here are base prices for single character pieces with simple or no backgrounds. They go up depending on the amount of detail and/or background that will be involved in the piece, and the number of characters, as stated above. Please note that shipping is NOT included in any of the above prices. More info on that below. Also, while I'm quite capable of working fast, the speed at which I finish a commission is dependent on several factors. It goes like this:

You contact me and let me know you're interested in a commission. I'll then quote you a price based on what you're looking for. My prices are negotiable to some extent, and I'm sometimes willing to take things in trade for artwork in a barter sort of sense (I have an Amazon wishlist I can provide if you're interested in going that route). Once this is set, I'll work up a sketch for you. PLEASE make sure you've given me as much descriptive information (and reference images if possible) as you can, as this will help immensely in my getting your piece accurate. I'll send you the sketch via a link in a note or email. You check things over, let me know if anything needs changing or fixing (within reason!) and then you send me the payment for the piece. The following payment options are available:

1) With any major credit card in a phone or Skype transaction, via SquareUp (preferred, fees will NOT be transferred to the commissioner).

2) Electronically via ALERTPAY as a transfer OR via Mastercard or Visa (funds will be held by AlertPay for 21 days before being released to my account, fees will NOT be transferred to the commissioner).

3) Via mailed personal check (may require up to two weeks to clear).

4) Mailed money order.

5) Mailed well-hidden cash at your own risk. US funds only, please.

~I do NOT use PayPal~

Once I've received payment (and checks have cleared) I'll go ahead with the inks and colors if applicable. I'll show you the piece at each stage of work. If you are not comfortable paying the full amount after the sketch phase, we can work out installments for each phase of the drawing.


Cancellations and Refunds:

I reserve the right to cancel any commission at any time for any reason I see fit. In a situation where a cancellation becomes necessary the following policy will be followed.

If the commission has been paid in full, up front, and no work has been done, the commissioner may request cancellation and full refund at any time until work begins.

If the commission has been paid in full, up front, and is still in the first or second steps of the process (for full color commissions), a portion of the payment will be retained to cover the cost of the sketch/inks. The remainder of the price will be refunded to the client, and the work completed will be sent to the client either via e-mail or the postal system.

If the commission has advanced to the final step of the process then no cancellation is possible on part of the commissioner. The piece will be completed, and held for a minimum of two months. If the commissioner cannot pay for the piece within that time, I reserve the right to place the piece up for auction to recoup the remainder of the payment.

Small pieces such as badges and bag tags cannot be cancelled once work has begun.

The results of a cancellation on part of the artist will be decided on a case by case basis.


Wait Times, Revisions, and Feedback:

A great deal of the time spent on a commission tends to be either me waiting on feedback or implementing said feedback. Do feel free to poke me any time while I'm working on a piece for you. Reminders are ok if it's been a few days and you haven't heard from me. I won't bite your head off for it, so don't be afraid to do it. A piece may take me as little as a few days, or in the case of larger and more complicated things, a few weeks. In general, though, I work quite fast. As long as I have your information and payment promptly, you can usually expect your drawing to be finished within a week or less. As to revisions on a drawing, I am open to reasonable tweaks at the sketch stage, and minor tweaks at the ink stage. Asking me to redraw an entire sketch after a number of small revisions will result in a minimum $15 fee. An entire redo at the ink stage is a minimum $30 fee (obviously if I screw something major up during inking, I'll redo at no cost to you). If you have concerns about getting the colors right, I will happily provide you with a marker or watercolor palette of the colors I plan to use in your piece before I begin, much like this.

Please remember that I am a traditional artist. I have no Undo command or Flood Fill button. If you wait until the piece is colored to change your mind, you're either out of luck, or looking at significant fees for me to redo the piece. PLEASE give me good info and feedback along the way so that this doesn't happen!

If you want something done OMG RIGHT NOW, as in bumped ahead of other pieces in my queue, a rush fee of not less than $30 will apply (fee may go up if complex work is desired). Please note that I will accept only ONE rush job at a time.


Other Business:

The pricing listed here is for personal, private commissions only, not commercial work. If you are interested in my business contractable rates for illustration, please email me for details.

It should be noted that I release all my work under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License. The copyright on all images produced and the right to make and sell prints of them remains with me, as the artist, unless otherwise negotiated with appropriate royalties/fees/compensation taken into account.

Please do not ask me to draw trademarked characters (fanart), or characters that belong to other people unless you have obtained their permission. Also, unless otherwise discussed, I will post commissions publicly in my gallery at my discretion. If you do not wish to be known, I can leave names off of pictures or out of the description. If you want something drawn, but not put out for public viewing, please, talk to me (this does not include you wanting to post it to YOUR public gallery, but not have me post it in MINE. Sorry, that won't fly). Under the Creative Commons license terms, you are also more than welcome to take any commission (or gift art) I've drawn for you and repost it to your own online gallery or elsewhere. I only ask that you credit me as the artist who drew it.


Contact Info:

You can reach me via email to ashley [at] alopexstudios [dot] com. Here's what I need from you:

1. Valid email address where you can be contacted

2. What type of commission you are requesting (sketch, ink, full color, other)

3. How many characters are involved (prices go up depending on number of characters and complexity)

4. Poses and gestures (only if you have something specific in mind)

5. Physical description of the character(s) or image references made by other artists or photographs to help you illustrate your thoughts. Include colors if that applies.

6. Background, setting, environment information (only applies to pieces that have a background)


Shipping:

I ship USPS Priority Mail using flat rate envelopes stiffened with cardboard. For commissions $50 and under, shipping is $5, $8 if you want to add insurance. Delivery confirmation is free since I purchase my postage online. For commissions over $50, I'll eat the extra $3 for those services, so you still only pay $5 but get the added protection anyway. This is pricing for shipments within the US.

Shipping does not stack. If you commission two or three pieces and a handful of prints from me, it stays a flat rate. I do not charge shipping per piece. Your commission package will include any thumbnails, practice sketches, and other materials created for it.

Shipping overseas can vary by country, but it should only be $10-$15. If you're not from the US and interested in knowing how much it would cost, note or email me with your location, and I'll work up a quote for you. If you are only interested in the digital copy of a piece, be sure to let me know. I have no problem providing you with a full rez scan of your commission. There will be no shipping charge for digital-copy-only commissions. The same terms of the Creative Commons license still apply, of course.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me either here, or via email.