Emergency fantasy art commissions call - March 2024
Opening up a great amount of new commissions slots, Discord server, Ko-fi perks, and updates to this newsletter
After more than a month of hiatus, it’s time for me to finally update the status of this publication / newsletter. This will be used to support my fantasy art freelancing, and nothing more, for the foreseeable future. I will update the branding and copy in the following days, but since you’re here already, here’s what you can expect:
Regular updates on the status of my fantasy art commission service and its queue
Occasional offers, discounts, campaigns, and time sensitive updates
Mostly image based breakdowns of the art I deliver, with sketches, reference images, behind the scenes, etc
Service updates: new social media channels, art prints availability, new commission tiers, etc
Emergency art commissions call
I have made quite a few slip-ups over the last couple of years. I wish I could tell you everything that happened to me, the changes that came with it, and how everything is still dragging me down despite almost a year and a half of recovery efforts now - but I don’t have much time. Either I fix this now, or Flygohr is at risk of closing for good, no jokes. After dedicating more than 10 years to this dream career, after having overcome countless obstacles, and after spending my whole life drawing, I really don’t want to give up now. I will give this my everything, and I will come back from the other side better, and stronger. But I need your help.
Long story short, after battling with burnout, depression, a long hiatus from art, and ultimately the death of my younger brother, I am now faced with some incredible expenses that in no way I’m capable of handling by myself at the current rate. I’ve already asked for help, and I’m still more than three grands short - and I need them by the end of the month. On top of this, in April I will receive the final bill for some accounting mistakes I have made a few years ago - unintentionally - and the total there is expected to be in the thousands, again. Something I would’ve been able to tackle a few years ago, but my emergency funds are well depleted by now.
I can usually handle 20 slots per month, but this time, I’ll need to fill 31 to stay afloat. Only 3 are confirmed so far, meaning I have 28 slots to fill with art commission jobs by the end of March, 2024. Urgently.
Every commission not only supports my art, my business, and my career, but it also allows me to connect with you on a deeper level. I just love immersing myself into your worlds, designing your characters, and accompanying you, and your stories, with my artwork. Over the years I’ve become friends with many of you, many have returned multiple times, and I’ve got to know hundreds of characters, worlds, campaign settings, games, books, and more - all thanks to you.
If you are unfamiliar with my commissions work, here’s my portfolio website. Lots of information on how my services work, their prices, etc, it’s already there!
How to book a slot
Use the form on my art commissions website to request a booking, this would be the best option IMO as it allows you to request pretty much everything that is fantasy or sci-fi related, not just characters
Additionally, you can:
Buy directly from my Ko-fi commissions page here. For now only full-body, full-color characters can be bought there, if you need something else please reach see the above option
Send me a message on Twitter, Instagram, Ko-fi, or Reddit. I’ll get back to you ASAP there
Join my Discord server, and send me a DM from there
What to expect
Free, unlimited revisions at every stage of the process
Full commercial license
HD (3000px+) images, original, layered files, web and print optimizations, and more
Handcrafted, artisan quality images. No soulless AI used
Some reviews my kind-hearted clients left me over the years:
★★★★★
As of this comment, this is the third (and not last) time I've commissioned Flygohr. He's great to work with and I love seeing the ideas I've had become actual drawings. Quick replies, excellent art, and good prices are what you can expect and I'm definitely gonna commission him for more pieces in the future!
★★★★★
I recently worked with Flygohr to commission an original character/creature for a hobby project game I am making. Flygohr was very quick to reply and carried out my vision flawlessly. It was all handled very professionally and worked with me to revise anything that was done. I HIGHLY recommend Flygohr for any projects you may have. You WILL be happy with the result. Pleasure to work with and the work is top notch.11/10
★★★★★
I contacted Flygohr for a last minute, rush commission. Despite the tight deadline, the replies were prompt and professional. The artpiece turned out phenomenally. Flyghor was receptive to, and quickly implemented, all changes I requested and kept me updated at every step of the process. A phenomenal artist to work with.
Queue management
I will be dealing with an unusually high number of requests and commissions, and as such, turnaround times will be impacted for everyone. I expect to be over with all the orders in a couple of months, but it’s possible it’s going to take more than that.
I work in stages. Each stage usually takes around 3 business days to complete, with the lineart probably taking longer than that depending on the amount of details.
Payment and briefing
Preliminary sketch
1st round of revisions
Inks and lineart
2nd round of revisions
Flatting, coloring, and shading
3rd round of revisions
Delivery
I will give priority to the preliminary sketches, so everyone can get their commission started without waiting too much. Subsequent stages will be worked upon following the queue order, or any pending revision request.
The queue will be updated regularly over at my art commissions website for everyone to see.
Ko-fi, memberships, and donations
If you can’t afford to book a commission, please consider supporting me with much smaller donations over at my Ko-fi.
You can donate whatever amount you feel like rerouting towards me and my efforts for March. Every single bit counts, as it will help decrease the target amount, and therefore decrease the number of required slots I’ll need to keep open to make ends meet. If every one of you could donate just 3€ today, that would already cover 3 or 4 of my slots, just like that!
If you decide to become a member with monthly subscriptions, you can also get perks like seeing WIPs before anyone else, shiny Discord roles for my server, and even discounts on commissions themselves!
Art prints
Just a quick reminder that I also have a prints store, and any purchase you make there gets you a nice, gallery quality print - and gets me a few bucks.
Sharing is caring
You are the first to know about this, but starting today I’ll proceed to update all of my social media channels with the emergency commissions info. If you can’t book a commission, and can’t donate, you can still help by spreading the word!
Flygohr on Reddit - Consider following and enabling notifications to upvote my commission posts there
Flygohr on Twitter - Any like, comment, or retweet is helpful!
Flygohr on Bluesky - Same as with Twitter, liking, commenting, and reblogging definitely make a difference
Flygohr on Instagram - Consider following to share and save the posts I make to boost me into the algorithm
One final invite
Lastly, I’d like to invite you to my new Discord server. There are already a few joyful and talented members in there, and I’d be delighted if you could join and say hello, too 🤗
Ko-fi subscribers also have shiny, custom roles in there!
Thanks for reading this far. I’m sure that with your support, either financial or communal, I’ll get through this. Please stick around as I dig myself out of this hole, and make more art! Community is really important for me, and I’d be grateful if you could gather around my little fireplace and help me spread this message across your favorite platforms.
I will update you all by the end of this week. You’ll receive a detailed report of how this campaign is going, how many slots I ended up filling, how many deliveries I made, with work in progress images, commissions details, and more.
Until then, thanks 🙏🏻
Cheers,
Flygohr