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▐▓▒░FYREDRAKE░▒▓▌ high quality avatar art originals by sonia leong  (zOMG!-esque avi: Full body, ink & colour fills, gradient/coloured lineart = bribe @ 250k) |
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 News, Announcements and Promotions Update - 16 October 2009 Finally I am back on Gaia! I'm catching up on all the commissions so far, hopefully I'll be able to sort through the waiting list soon and everyone will be happy! Again, if you have an open trade with me and you cannot wait any longer, of course, you can cancel if you want - just let me know. But I promise - so long as I have accepted a request from you and confirmed it in writing either here or via PM, I will get around to working on your piece. (Wind: Hips, coloured inks but lineart only = hire me @ 100k) |
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 (Ice: Waist, coloured inks but lineart only = hire me @ 90k) Welcome! Here you can commission me to create artwork of your Gaia avatar (or similarly styled Original Character). I have a high standard of finish, hence my relatively high prices. Clean, polished and smooth, in an authentic-looking anime/manga style - in other words, professional. This is because you are actually hiring a pro, hehe, but because Gaia is a place for me to have fun I have strict rules about what I will offer here. I prefer requests in the style of posts 3 & 4... but you can bribe me heart which is why I have more complicated projects dotted around this thread with approximate costs, in case you have lots of gold or rare items to burn!  THREAD GUIDELINES! Please post with: Commission requests General questions about what I offer Questions on my RL manga work (I don't mind ^^) Questions to me personally (again, I don't mind ^^) Friendly bumping heart but no page stretching Finally, be respectful and polite to me and to others who post. I've dealt with a lot of crap in both the amateur and professional anime/manga industry/scene... As such, I don't want any trash talk, nor do I need praise, I just want tact and good manners. Let's be nice to each other heart (Fire: Hips, coloured inks but lineart only = hire me @ 100k) |
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 PencilsThese are careful and detailed pencil illustrations with a teeny bit of subtle shading and a soft colour or grey tone applied. These are not sketches - so no construction lines or mess heart Head/Bust: 30k-40k Waist/Hips: 50k-60k Full Body: 90k-100k Chibi: 50k Click samples for larger view: Head only(blue), Hips up(sepia), Chibi full body(grey)    |
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 Inks and Colour Fills These are polished inked illustrations with colour fills. You can request lineart only for a discounted rate. Lineart colour is default black/white, but can be coloured/gradient. Colour fills are default Flat fills (like stained glass), but can be Textured (marbled), Gradient (some hair/clothes need this), Patterned (again, suitable for some) or 1-spot highlights (zOMG! style). I can make suggestions based on the avi you give me and your other requests 3nodding Head: 60k-80k Waist/Hips: 100k-120k Full Body: 200k-250k Chibi: 100k Lineart only, no colour fill: roughly 10% discount Click samples for large view: Head only (texture & coloured lines), Waist up (default), Chibi (mix)    |
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 Bribes and Bigger Projects: Difficult references, couples, groups, complicated poses, more detailed colouring styles are time consuming. Therefore, they will be EXPENSIVE, I MAY BE PICKY and THEY WILL TAKE LONGER. If you really want this, give me any items or the gold equivalent on my Questing Thread. The bigger the ask, the bigger the bribe, the longer it takes. If you want to commission me on a more professional basis (i.e. commercial, publishing, high res, full copyright, etc.), please to go to my official website and hire me properly with signed contracts and real money! heart Fyredrake.net heart Information about the artwork: Backgrounds none or simple/abstract Frames none or simple/abstract Size 640 pixel max standard, 800 bribe Shape portrait/landscape, square, circle... Timescale within 3-4 weeks, no hassling! Pose I usually do something awesome/pretty Extra colours/texture/pattern 10-30%+ Cluttered avatars 25-50%+ Attractive avatars only yes I'm shallow PG-13 sexy is fine, adult/mature is not Contact/delivery PM/forum only Rights you get full repro, I get promo use Refusal I can refuse any commission (Etna fanart: full body, ink & copic markers = bribe @ 350k) |
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 How to order: Post a reply on this thread with the following: ~~~ Username: your name Style: pencil, ink/lineart, ink/colour, other Zoom: head/bust, waist/hips, chibi, fullbod Reference image: link, or embed image Special requests: pose, colour style, items, bkgs? ~~~ I confirm on this thread and PM details. You send me a trade with full payment. I PM you work-in-progress, confirm trade. You complete the trade, I send you the final work. Orders get done roughly in order of receipt, but bribe/tip, quick replies/approval and simplicity/complexity of the art can affect this. (My avi: Cluttered, full body, CG painting, bkg = bribe @ 500k) |
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 Orders : STATUS CLOSED5 out of 5 Active Slots taken: Zaphriel mokona418_new Sagone Hishukato ♥anonymous♥ x 2 pieces Waiting list (3 week delay): WildChild145 Ichigo Soulreaper15 EternalAngelicRequiem/Fayalite Spontaneous Orgies (3) zealot neo On hold / Cancelled? Judusti minachu Ayama Active slots are finished in 3-4 weeks Bribe-only works may take longer Waiting list has additional delay as above (Aya: Hips, ultra-fine digi inking, cel-art colour = bribe @ 400k) |
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Completed orders
Angel of Death DA (1)  Angel of Death DA (2) ~ :: ~ Enelya Anarion ~::~ Facade of Enmity (2) ~::~ xXYumi-DonoXx (3) ~::~ Hotarla      Dashaenya ~::~ Spontaneous Orgies ~::~ Saffrin ~::~ Melting Sugar ~::~ King Spellcaster      xXYumi-DonoXx (2) ~::~ Ayxea ~::~ La Azure ~::~ Psalm Grasshopper ~::~ Lunarr Sky      Clair Alexandra ~::~ Reinbachimus3 ~::~ xXYumi-DonoXx ~::~ TwistedPandah ~::~ Maiho      Captain Butch Flowers ~::~ Facade of Enmity ~::~ Poxis Fan (2) ~::~ Poxis Fan (1) ~::~ Straight Ace (2)      Straight Ace (1) ~::~ HaneChan ~::~ Bitter Happiness (2) ~::~ Bitter Happiness (1) ~::~ ella_elf_enchanted      |
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 About me:If my art looks familiar, let me explain: I'm Fyredrake on Gaia, but my real name is Sonia Leong. I'm a professional comic artist and illustrator specialising in the Anime/Manga style. My first graphic novel was Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (SelfMadeHero). My awards include Young Adult Library Services Association 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Reader and Best Books for Young Adults 2008 for Romeo and Juliet ; Winner in Tokyopop's UK Rising Stars of Manga competition (2005/06) and Winner in NEO Magazine's 2005 Manga Competition. I designed the Catgirl mascot for Wacom-Europe's Manga campaign. My artwork features prominently in the British movie, Popcorn (2007)and also on the set of Channel 4’s popular sitcom The IT Crowd. I contributed to Comic Book Tattoo (Image Comics), Tales inspired by the musician Tori Amos. I illustrate the Manga Life series of self-help comic books (Infinite Ideas), the first two titles being Find True Love and Be Creative. My work also appears in the Domo: The Manga (Tokyopop/Big Tent). I have been involved in many instructional art books - I was the Lead Artist for the book Draw Manga (New Holland) by Sweatdrop Studios, a leading UK comic collaborative and independent publisher. My most recent works with Sweatdrop include Once Upon a Time..., Love Stuffing vol.1 and AyaTakeo vol.1, a full-colour comic originally published online. I work in a variety of mediums including watercolour, pen and ink, screentone, alcohol colour markers, pencils and computer software. I've exhibited artwork in venues such as the Kyoto International Manga Museum, London County Hall, London Cartoon Museum, Japanese Embassy, Manchester URBIS Centre and provided product demonstrations on behalf of Copic, Letraset and Wacom. For more, view my Gaia profile or visit my website: heart Fyredrake.net heart Now... GO FORTH AND POST!! This store is OPEN heart (Self-portrait: Full body, CG soft shading = bribe @ 400k) |
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Wow, you're not kidding. <3
Username: Poxis Fan Style: One like in your About Me post for a Nitemare Headband? (about 400k) Zoom: "" Presentation: "" Reference image: Nada: [x] I'd like her to be wearing this outfit in red (only the outfit and accessories, not the hairstyle please), make it fit well please. XD Nada I can get you more refs of Nada if you accept. ^^ Special requests: Holding a black rose instead of the item in the reference picture. ^^ Should seem very elegant. COLOUR STYLE, TEXTURE: "" EDIT: P.S. OMG you have a reasonable page on Wikipedia. :O That's famous righ' there. |
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Beautiful art
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Poxis Fan Wow, you're not kidding. <3 Username: Poxis Fan Style: One like in your About Me post for a Nitemare Headband? (about 400k) Zoom: "" Presentation: "" Reference image: Nada: [x] I'd like her to be wearing this outfit in red (only the outfit and accessories, not the hairstyle please), make it fit well please. XD Nada I can get you more refs of Nada if you accept. ^^ Special requests: Holding a black rose instead of the item in the reference picture. ^^ Should seem very elegant. COLOUR STYLE, TEXTURE: "" EDIT: P.S. OMG you have a reasonable page on Wikipedia. :O That's famous righ' there. Hmm, I shall accept ^^ I will definitely need more reference pics, ideally something from tektek if you can put one together? Let's take it to PM heart And LOL, you found my wikipedia page xd Yeah, thankfully there's nothing too embarassing on there. Shady Personality Beautiful art Thank you very much! heart whee |
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Ummm.....very expensive but i love your art -thinking still-
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fyredrake How to order: Post a reply on this thread with the following: ~~~ Username: Ellaelfenchanted Style: INKS Zoom: N/A Presentation: Normal Reference image: LINK or EMBED image Special requests: With horse, black/white Quote: |
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