Hello and Happy New Year to all my watchers, followers, and fans. I have had a bit of a rest after a very busy few months over Christmas, and hope you all similarly are feeling well-refreshed for the New Year.
For my fans on deviant Art, I’d like to thank you for sticking with me after what must have been months of inactivity, and then suddenly a deluge of images. I had slowly fallen into bad habits, and now plan to get back into a more consistent uploading across all my art platforms. I am looking into further expanding my gallery to other art platforms; if you know any that have extensions that can allow for a smooth transfer without having to upload every image individually, I would be very thankful if you could recommend any to me.
Last year’s 100 picture challenge, the Iron Artist, was a particular success, surpassing my initial expectations. Thanks to the commissions of the fans, I raised a significant amount of money, which will help me during this challenging time, whilst I am looking for new work. Hopefully, I should be hearing soon regarding a job I had an interview for some time before Christmas, and it will be good news. This shouldn’t affect my output, and I will still be open for commissions in the meantime.
Speaking of which, I have re-opened commissions, and plan to set some prices. Since each picture from the Iron Artist raised an average of £7.50, I think that would be an excellent base value to work with. Here is what I have planned out;
· Standard face badges, just ones featuring your character’s face, will start from £6/€7/$8. For additional features such as the double sided skull, shadow, or perhaps your character eating some food, it will cost an extra £2/€3/$3
· The simple full character badges, such as the gaming character badges and Pokemon Trainer badges, will start from £8/€9/$11. Additional Pokemon will cost an extra £1/€1/$1, unless they are very simple Pokemon, or from the same evolution line.
· The complex character badges, such as the pirate themed badges, which include the skeleton of your character, or the new Overwatch badges, will start from £10/€11/$14. Additional features, such as non-standard skins for the Overwatch badges, will be an extra £3/€4/$4
· Full body commissions, including a simple background and full shading, will start from £12/€14/$16. This does cover suggestive imagery, such as tasteful nudity, but not adult material. Additional characters cost and extra £6/€7/$8.
· Adult images, including background and full shading, will start from £15/€17/$20. Additional characters cost £7/€8/$9. These may not be available for customers of deviant Art due to their upload policy regarding sexual imagery.
· Reference sheets will be open to negotiation, based upon the imagery and poses.
*I know these prices are not exactly perfect conversions, since the rates vary continuously, and take conversion fees into account, since my native currency is GBP, hence why fees have been rounded up or down.*
Last year saw perhaps my most prolific year in sheer output since 2014, when I had the “By Lantern’s Light” project, and hopefully I plan to continue producing art. If you are interested in a commission, please do not hesitate to send me a message via this website, or reach out to my other contacts.
· MorbiusMonster on deviant Art (morbiusmonster.deviantart.com)
· Morbius Monster on Fur Affinity (furaffinity.net/user/morbiusmo…)
· Giovanni Magnus on Furiffic (www.furiffic.com/GiovanniMagnus)
· Giovanni Magnus on Twitter (MorbiusMonster)
· Giovanni Magnus on Telegram (@Giovannimagnus)
· Giovanni Magnus on Discord (GiovanniM#0872)
I am also considering setting up a Patreon page, so any advice for doing that would be most welcome, since I love drawing, and I would endeavour to reach more people who would like to see it.
Anyway, once again, Happy New Year!
-MM