I'm considering commissioning a painting of the Tenchi Muyou women

[antvasima]

Specifically from the fellow who crafted this beautiful painting: http://achibner.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Mihoshi-82912260

Given his latest work ( http://achibner.deviantart.com/art/untitled-0278-318506463 ) I would like to order a tasteful (no naughty bits) roster shot of adult form Washuu, Mihoshi, Ayeka, Ryoko, and Tsunami soaking in an onsen.

It would probably cost quite a lot though, so would any other Tenchi fans be willing to help out in communally pooling the Paypal funds?

[antvasima]

Anybody?  It would be the most high-quality photorealistic artwork featuring the Tenchi Muyou women ever.

[جبريل 無道]

How much will it cost?

He's a good artist, but I'm not a fan of the Mihoshi picture or style tbh.  I like very few realistic pics of anime characters, more often than not, they kill the fantasy.

[Gaston]

Sorry Ant but I don't like realistic fan art about fictional character. I found it ugly.

[antvasima]

How much will it cost?

He's a good artist, but I'm not a fan of the Mihoshi picture or style tbh.  I like very few realistic pics of anime characters, more often than not, they kill the fantasy.

Personally I love the artistic style he brought to both Mihoshi and his latest drawing.

Regrettably, he's not being very specific abotu the cost. Here are his replies:

antvasima said the following:

I really liked your Mihoshi picture.  How much would you charge for an equivalent drawing of some of the other Tenchi Muyou women?
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achibner said the following:

Sorry for the slow response... the cost of a quality painting is somewhere in the range of $3-500USD. Could be more or less, usually on the low end. The biggest factor for the cost is time, aka, complexity, style, etc.

Thanks for your inquiry,
-Andrew

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antvasima said the following:

Was 300-500 Dollars the rare for a roster shot of the Tenchi Muyou women, or per character?  Because I can't afford 1500 USD on my own.

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achibner said the following:

I'm so sorry for the slow response.. been busy trying to get some things out the door...

To answer your question straight up: No, I do not do a "per character" rate. My style/process just doesn't allow for this. That said though, I can easily spend 30-40 hours painting a single character. What it boils down to is what I'm painting and the overall complexity of the piece thus, how many hours it'll take to render.

For this particular project though, a cast painting, it would certainly cost a bit to produce simply based on the merit that we would want to render several figures of similar quality. But to be perfectly honest, cast paintings aren't really my forte. My work tends to focus more with paintings featuring a single character. So even if we had 1500-2000 to put toward this project, I'm not sure I'm the best guy for the job.

If you are still interested in having something done, please let me know. However, I think a cast picture might be too much for me at this time. Also worth noting that it might be a couple of weeks before my schedule clears, so no rush if you need some time to think about it.

Thanks,
-Andrew

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antvasima said the following:

Okay.  Thanks for the reply.  Given your latest beautiful painting, I was thinking of a tasteful shot of the Tenchi Women soaking in an onsen. 

Despite your reticience to doing several characters, I really like your artistic style, and your Mihoshi drawing is the best one that I have ever seen of the character.

I would really appreciate if you would consider drawing the 5 main characters, that is Mihoshi, adult Washuu, Ryoko, Ayeka, and Tsunami.  If I check around for a communal Paypal effort among other fans of the show, I should be able to get the funds, but I probably need a specific figure in advance.


Best Wishes and looking forward to seeing more of your paintings

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