Shadow and Flame with Magik

http://paulmartinsmith.com/content/commissions

Commissions are one of a kind, custom, black and white illustrations of the clients choosing. Prices start at $1000 for one or two characters in a cover or pin-up type illustration at approx 10×15 inches. Larger pieces or additional characters can be negotiated.

 

The process starts with the clients choice of character(s) and any ideas they may have. Next comes a series of thumbnail sketches with different angles and compositions. Some clients will chose one, some mix and match, some choose none and we try again. Please note: Thumbnails, sketches, layouts or any other preliminary works are not  included. If you’re interested in the prelims, these can sometimes be negotiated at additional cost. Sometimes because they may not exist or they exist on the back of a Cover Illustration or….

 

Once a layout has been agreed to, I’ll produce the work with the following guarantee: You don’t like it, you don’t pay. 6-10 day shipping included. Express shipping is optional at clients expense.

So that auction is finally over, so Paul Smith has reverted his commission page back to normal – from what I can tell, I never saw it prior to the auction notice.

A thousand dollars seems worth it to get a Paul Smith original, I just don’t have that type of money – nor, do I think my wife would let me spend that much money.  Unless we had a whole bunch of money but maybe one day.  That would be a nice surprise and an amazing piece of art to get framed.

I would, of course, ask him to draw Kitty and Lockheed and I’m not sure in what pose or anything else I can add to the picture.  I would probably to say “Kitty and Lockheed, please” and see what the master comes up with.  I suppose it is something to think about as the days past.

I would also like to get an original John Byrne of Kitty and Lockheed – that way I can get both creators with their creation and the person they are most associated with.

http://www.whatashock.com/doasales/byrne1.html

capshockeyfan@yahoo.com is the person to ask about commissions from John Bryne.  I’ve sent an e-mail regarding how much a Kitty Pryde and Lockheed original would cost.  Time will tell.

I read that it might be $500.00, which compared to Paul Smith’s price, seems like a deal!

Jim Warden got back with me (it is his e-mail above) and for X-Men related pieces, the price is :

$1,500 – for a single-figure pencil and ink pinup type shot featuring an X-Men character w/background done on 11″ x 17″ board; additional figures are $100 each.

So Paul Smith’s price is pretty reasonable in that regard.  $1,600 for both Kitty and Lockheed, that’s good to know!

Reading around, apparently George Perez doesn’t charge that much.  Shame he has only drawn Kitty once – as far as I can tell, in Avengers Volume Three issue ten.  Unfortunately, Lockheed wasn’t present.  😦

If I would get George Perez to draw anyone else, it would be Scarlet Witch and Vision – as I simply loved the way he drew those two, especially Wanda.  The last good time I enjoyed the character was under his careful pencils and Kurt Busiek’s wise pen.

http://perez.comicbookseries.info/art/commission-prices

You can tell Perez gets lots of requests, with how the prices break down and with the whole “chest up” and then “thighs up” options.

The only other person I can think of that I would love a sketch from would be Adam Kubert, who created Ultimate Kitty Pryde.  I would probably just get proper Kitty and Lockheed so that my wall would be awesome!

The Internet let me down on if he accepts commissions or not.  I sent him a question, if he does, through his Tumblr page.  Apparently, I must be one of the last people who knew about Tumblr but didn’t have a page.  Sometimes I can be way behind on a trend.