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Basque at 12 Feb 2008: 01:03

Salutations, everybody! ^^

I guess I don't get an Emeritae tag, or anything like it, but at least I don't have to wait for permission to do this.

fchan's been a great place to share artwork (okay, it's been a place to share artwork). I've always thought it was great to see artists be pleasantly surprised to see their art here, and I've really admired the artists that have actually come here themselves to share their work. But more than that, there have been a few occasions where fchan has actually inspired an artist enough to make something new. I know a lot of people spend a lot of time contributing to fchan, and I've always wanted to do more for you guys.

Basically, what I'm trying to get at is while I have no artistic talent of my own, I do have some money, so I'd like to cover some commissions for anyone who has an idea. If anyone has an idea for an image they'd like, if you just post a description and the artist you'd like I'd be glad to cover the cost. I usually use FA (www.furaffinity.net) to keep up with artists that at taking commissions and the like, but as long as I can find contact information I’d be glad to ask an artist if they'd be willing to draw something.

Now, I'm not made of money so unfortunately I won't be able to take everybody's idea, and in the interest of fairness I'm going to try to pick out an idea for each board, from /f/ - /ah/. I'm going to have to try to pick them at random, to give everybody an equal chance. I'll be keeping my old email address (basque0000@gmail.com) if anyone feels more comfortable using email, or if this thread disappears.

Sorry if this seems like a really awkward thing to do, I wanted to do something for the fandom but I'm not really good enough to do anything by myself. I really look forward to seeing everybody's ideas, though, and I appreciate any and all responses.

Thanks again to everybody who's contributed to fchan! ^^

Too long; didn't read: I'll cover the cost of a commission, just post the description and the artist.

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 01:56

"But more than that, there have been a few occasions where fchan has actually inspired an artist enough to make something new."

When was that? (I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just curious what picture[s] exactly you're talking about.)


"If anyone has an idea for an image they'd like, if you just post a description and the artist you'd like I'd be glad to cover the cost."

Approximately 24hours ago I posted my disjointed idea on number '16' at the [http://fchan.me/read.php/dis/1159936573/1-40] thread. If that seems overly silly, hear me out.

==Extra details to that idea==
As someone whose favorite section is /a/, there's several particular fetishes that I think would be in the *ideal* /a/ picture. I'd like to see an interspecies m/m/f couple-- bisexual at the same time with a guy both giving and recieving. Maybe the girl could be a tall, like around 6'2 blue-fur fox, in the vein of Krystal but with a darker, navy blue fur (like Krystal's hypothetical older sister).

The middle guy would be a Siberan Husky, like medium height with ligher gray, burnt charcoal kind of fur. The dominant guy would be a solid dark colored cat, kind of like Fisk Black only taller. They'd all wear very short and skimpy 2-piece PJs, colored a light, bright pink with various little yellow stars across them.

I'd like to see them caught in the act in a way that both guys look a little bit suprised/emabarassed but the girl just casually looks and waves "Hi!" as if nothing is happening. She's just turning he head for a moment to look at all the furries the door. I had the idea of this happening in a religious instution that they snuck into, maybe because of the large, comfy, and widely spaced pews.

I'd like to see everything doused, just completely saturated with white stuff. It's dripping all over them, the walls, etc. I thought that maybe the idea that they were playing with foam fire-extinguishers-- which would be lying about the floor in the pic-- would be funny. (Isn't that something we've all wanted to do? Spray people and things at random?)
==End extra details to idea==

If this idea seems like complete crap to you, hey, I understand. But my favorite /a/ fetishes are interspecies, m/m/f, drowing in cum, furs in PJs, experienced females with inexperienced males, guys with girls bigger than them, and getting caught in the act. I hope that the /a/ picture will have as many of those seven as possible.

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at 12 Feb 2008: 01:57

>>2 Woah, what did you do?

[Is it yellow?]

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 02:00

If you like that idea: I'm sorry, but I have no freaking clue what artist to talk to about it.

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 02:01

>>3

I don't know how I did that!

Let me try to do it again:

[a] [b]

fur[ries]

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 02:02

>>5

The yellow freaking fades in and out...

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at 12 Feb 2008: 02:17

No, the tag is an s, so anything between the tags should be yellowed out as a "spoiler".

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at 12 Feb 2008: 02:19

>>7
Hmmm...  Fail.  :(

[s]maybe no end tag[s]?

Oh, and cool idea Basque! 

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at 12 Feb 2008: 02:20

Last try: [s blahblahblah]

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Basque at 12 Feb 2008: 02:27

>>2
Oh, there have been a few occasions. Back when the rules on /h/ made sense, Echoen started a big "Post yourself" thread, and I know that at least Zombiecat made a new sketch for that thread, just to name one. ^^

And while I unfortunately don't have more information, I know someone did do an image that included a parody of the song on the commercials Snickers was running a while back, opening with the line "Let me help you enjoy that f-chan!". It was very hilarious.

And as for your commission idea: XD. That's certainly very unique. Did you have any artist in particular in mind, or would you like me to ask around and see if an artist liked the idea?

Thanks for contributing to the thread, really appreciate it! ^^ Good luck with figuring out the yellow thing. :P

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 10:46

>>10

"Did you have any artist in particular in mind, or would you like me to ask around and see if an artist liked the idea?"
It's cool that you like it. See >>4.


"Good luck with figuring out the yellow thing."
This topic deserves its own thread! Let me try this: ([s yellow? s])


>>1
Alright guys, we have an idea for /a/, but we still need ideas for the rest of the boards!

When it comes to /h/, I'd really like to see a VG cats herm. I also really like h-h couples...

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 10:48

>>10

You're a mod, right? Don't they tell you guys how to do stuff like make things yellow?

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Basque at 12 Feb 2008: 11:16

>>11
Wah! Sorry, I had completely missed >>4. I'll have to ask around and see if fire extinguishers catch anyone's interest. :3

And no, I got fired yesterday but I'm not off the front page yet. I guess Xeno must be busy with stuff. He's busy a lot. But no, they never told me anything. [s]Feel[s] free [s][s]to [s=experiment] with it[/s], [s]though. :P

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 19:41

>>13
I should probably confess that I've never had myself drawn before and I really have no idea how the 'commission system' works. (Before anything flames me- come on, it's not like there's a Furry manual that they give out.) Are detailed written descriptions enough, or would they need some kind of sample image?

In retrospect, my original idea was more of a two-parter: The first picture would be of the furries having a fire extinguisher *fight* sort of like a Super Soaker fight (one of the guys dousing the girl while the other guy, who's about half dripping, takes cover behind a pew.

The second picture would be them on that pew with themselves completely saturated and foam oozing off of everything-- the extingushers tossed onto the ground. They're engaging in m/m/f with, on the upper right corner of the picture, someone in relgious garb coming through a door. Both guys look kind of surpised and a bit nervous but the girl is just looking off to the side and waving dismissively with one arm-- not caring a bit. The guy coming in would say something like "Hello, Sarah" and she would be saying "Hey, haven't seen you since choir practice" or something like that.

I'd like to see either picture. I don't have any preference one way or the other.


>>1
I've never been drawn before... I'd like to ask you if my fursona could be in the picture but that seems pretty f-ing callous of me because you're paying for it! I don't know. How much would a typical commission like this cost?

If you don't mind me being in there: I'm a taller like 6'4, gray fox with relatively light fur-- like 'gainsboro' (html code 'dcdcdc')-- with mixed greenish-hazel eyes, like around medium-build, with shortish dyed bright orange hair (think Danny Elfman), and nondescript black glasses (just like Jay Naylor's). I also wear a Celtic cross necklace at all times. Even though I'm bi, I would rather like to take the gay position in the picture :-)

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 19:48

>>14

I have pretty clear mental images... If you could find someone to draw this, should I post extra details about the colors, textures, backdrop, et cetera?

Or do you think it would better to just let the artist take the intial idea and run with it, doing their own thing?

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Basque at 12 Feb 2008: 20:21

>>14
Actually, this is my very first time doing anything like this as well. I'd think that different artists would prefer different amounts of detail and different kinds of descriptions and the like. I know I've read in some artist's descriptions that they don't like a lot of restraints, but others might like having a guideline.

And don't worry about what it contains; this is supposed to be my farewell gift so I'm just trying to make some people happy. The only person that decides on the image is going to be the artist, if we're fortunate enough to find someone to do this.

Actually, do you have an FA account? If you'd like, it doesn't cost anything and only take a minute to make an account at www.furaffinity.net. The artists' profiles there have a tab for commission information, so you could try and see if an artist you like is willing to do commissions.

Actually, I have emailed a prospective artist and I'm really hoping he's generous enough to give this a go, but it's up to him. If he does want to do it, I'd be glad to act as a go between but if the two of you wanted to talk directly we could try to work something out.

I really hope this works out, because if we can get this right then hopefully some other people will have some ideas!

Thanks again for helping me out with this, I really appreciate it! ^^

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lost souls at 12 Feb 2008: 21:30

>>16

So, you're okay with me being in the picture (taking the place of the cat)?

"I'd think that different artists would prefer different amounts of detail and different kinds of descriptions and the like."
That makes sense. I've made three posts describing my idea; is that enough to start with? I can post, say, RGB colors for the characters and things like that.

"Actually, do you have an FA account?"
No, I don't. Honestly, I'm not particularly interested in getting commissions. I would like to have, say, 1 or 2 pictures just so I can say "You wanted to know what I look like? This is me." to people. But I don't really want to collect artwork about myself. Maybe that's because I have low self-esteem :P

"I'd be glad to act as a go between but if the two of you wanted to talk directly we could try to work something out."
I'm somewhat paranoid about contacting anyone directly (e-mail, etc) since I'm in the closet: both in terms of orientation and in terms of furry.

"Thanks again for helping me out with this, I really appreciate it!"
Thank you! Thanks for sponsoring my weird idea of me playing with my ideal husky boyfriend and my ideal vixen girlfriend...

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Basque at 14 Feb 2008: 18:30

>>17
Well, unfortunately, the artist I emailed hasn't gotten back to me about your commission yet, so I'm going to go ahead and start asking around again.

On a lighter note, though; ATTENTION OPPRESSED MASSES OF /h/ (or anyone else would like to participate):

Stevefarfan has been generous enough to let me purchase the last two slots of his "Dairy Masters" orgy commission, featuring Roxicat as a guest star! For those unfamiliar with his work, it's going to be a full-color series of five images with a total of 10 characters!

I'm giving away the slots here on fchan, so if anyone's interested in having their character featured, please respond with a good description of your character and reference material, if at all possible. If more than two people are interested (although at this point that seems unlikely) I'll have to select characters by lot. Thanks in advance! ^^

A description of what the set will entail can be found at: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/286821/

Stevefarfan's going to start working on it soon, so I'm going to give everybody Friday and Saturday to contribute, and get back to him on Sunday. I'll also post the resulting work here, though it's definitely going to be /a/ material.  Good luck, everybody! :3

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lost souls at 14 Feb 2008: 20:00

>>18
""If more than two people are interested (although at this point that seems unlikely) I'll have to select characters by lot.""

By lot? ... (?)

What are you talking about when you say 'by lot'?

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Basque at 14 Feb 2008: 20:30

>>19
Oh, "lots" are the classic term to refer to "An object used in making a determination or choice at random." Like pieces of paper in a hat.

Although I’m really glad you called me on it, because that's not entirely true. I’d choose from the best written descriptions and the like, but if there were equal entries it would be random.

[s]I wonder if adding yellow would make anyone notice this thread[s]?[s] :P

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lost souls at 14 Feb 2008: 23:15

>>18 >>20
So you're not drawing lots. Well, how are you judging "good" and "best" then? What's your criteria? Is it originality? Is it attractiveness? Is it (...)

Also, when you posted "please respond with a good description of your character and reference material, if it all possible" what kind of a description are you looking for? What details, specifically?

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Basque at 15 Feb 2008: 00:24

>>21
Well, if anyone had presented a character, I could let you know. ;) Probably just by grammar and clarity in the description, I'm not really a good judge of the things.

And Stevefarfan just needs a description of the character or image references so he knows what to draw. I would assume just the same kind of description you would give if you were telling someone about the character, including the details about the physical characteristics you'd like to appear in the images.

Again though, unless things turn around in the next couple of days, I don't think having too many descriptions and having to choose from among them is going to be an issue. :P

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lost souls at 15 Feb 2008: 01:55

>>22

""Well, if anyone had presented a character, I could let you know.""
Like I said in >>11, I believe the world needs more VG Cats herms (http://fchan.me/h/res/8715.html)! Please, she just looks sooooo *perfect*-- like 'sculpture display at the Louvre' beautiful.

Thank you for making the offer of commissioning my character with Steve. It's really nice of you. But if I were to see myself depicted as a herm, I would become violently ill. I would then need to go through some kind of a stringent mental detox-- maybe going to a Christian rock concert or something :P

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lost souls at 15 Feb 2008: 01:56

>>22

""I would assume just the same kind of description you would give if you were telling someone about the character""
Right. Like I've said before, I've never had a commission so I  don't know if a paragraph like the one in >>14 is what they're looking for. Or specifics may be better-- like: I'm this color on my body (HEX 'C6BF9F') with this hairstyle (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa9/buckethead079/JohnLydon-1.jpg)-- I don't know.

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