Elwood Fishing.
Commissioned by Kathy, Oregon, USA.

Cat Art Commissions

Personalize my paintings with a fun cat art commission inspired by one of your feline family or cat companions. Could be a great gift item, or just a whimsical way to immortalize the cats that you've shared so many special moments (one of which could be the inspiration for your artwork).

IMPORTANT: While I will do my best to depict a likeness of your cat in my art style, I do not paint realistic pet portraits. My paintings are essentially stylized cartoons based upon the images and descriptions you provide. Think of it like having a Simpsons character of yourself made. It'll have some of your features but ultimately you'll look more like a Simpsons character than a picture of you. Same thing here. I'm creating a depiction of your cat in the style of my Art Cats.

How to Commission a Custom Cat Artwork

Commissioning an artwork is fairly straight forward. Use my contact form to let me know you're interested in a custom artwork commission.

I'll email you back and ask you to email me a few photos of your feline friend that clearly show important details like eye color, fur markings, accessories (e.g. collar), and any other important physical traits I should know. Write two or three sentences (minimum) describing their personality, what they are most known for doing, and anything else that could give me a sense of who your cat is and what they're about.

Finally if you have any specific ideas for what you would like depicted in the artwork. For example, if your cat is fascinated by fish, you might suggest an image of them watching a fish in a pond.

Once I have all that, I'll come back with three rough sketch concepts for you to review. You may suggest changes to any or all of these sketches, until we agree upon a final sketch concept for me to move forward and paint. See my Design Agreement for full information on the design process stage.

Before commencing the final painting I will invoice you for 50% of the commission. This is to pay for my time and materials thus far and to show your financial commitment to the agreed upon concept.

I don't do color roughs however I will discuss with you any thoughts on the overall color scheme I have or you'd like to see e.g. warm colors, a focus on a specific color, a night scene etc.

Once the artwork is complete, you may have some limited opportunity to make minor changes to small details. Please raise any issues and I'll let you know if they're possible.

The artwork will be sent to you once I have invoiced and received the remaining amount owed plus all shipping costs.

Pricing

Artworks can be created in one of two sizes (portrait or landscape) starting from the following prices:

· Small - 30x40cm (11.8"x15.7") - USD$450.00 + Shipping ($40.00 Australia, $60.00 International)

· Medium - 40x50cm (15.7"x19.7") - USD$850.00 + Shipping ($50.00 Australia, $70.00 International)

Read my Design Agreement for details of what may cause price variations, which will be discussed with you beforehand. You will not get an invoice with any additional pricing that you did not agree to.

Other artwork sizes are available by special request however my art style doesn't really lend itself to smaller sizes, and anything bigger than 50cm (19.7") along the longest edge may require delivery through a specialist shipping service such as DHL.

2D Animation Services

Since 2012 I have been creating 2D animated shorts using Reallusion's Cartoon Animator software, arguably the fastest way to create 2D animation without AI. You can see some examples of my work in my Studio. I am a Reallusion Certified Trainer and have several free and paid video courses teaching the software on my Lazy Animator website.

If you would like to take advantage of my knowledge and Cartoon Animator skills I offer a number of courses and services that may help you get your projects closer to completion. See below for details.

Courses Services

Learn Reallusion's Cartoon Animator Bundle.

Learn how to rig a character and animate with
Reallusion's Cartoon Animator 5 with my Rigging Bundle.
Download Part 1 for free and save on Parts 2 and 3 if you
buy all three parts as a bundle.

Cartoon Animator Courses

If you just want to learn to animate with Reallusion's Cartoon Animator visit my Lazy Animator website. I recommend downloading my rigging bundle (Part 1 is completely free if you want to try my teaching style before purchasing further courses) and it will teach you how to rig and animate your first character using just a single image plus a whole lot more.

I have a whole range of courses including my Animating Talking Heads course that demonstrates the entire workflow from script to Cartoon Animator to adding effects in your video editor.

There's even courses on Animating Text, and Whiteboard Animation.

Visit The Lazy Animator Website to see all available courses. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of each course page to see if you can save by purchasing it as part of a bundle.

Full Service Animated Short
You bring the script (or I can help you write one) for any animated short up to three minutes in length and I'll collaborate with you to turn it into a finished animated short. You'll have input, every step of the way, but I'll do all the work, from storyboard to finished animated short. Please read my design agreements (specifically the one for Animation work) for full details of the workflow. Note that this service requires a considerable amount of work. As such 50% of the total cost of the project is payable upfront before any work begins.
Character, Prop, or Scene Design and Rigging
Need help rigging characters, props, or scenes to use in your own projects? Bring your own designs or let me use my graphic design and cartooning skills to design artwork for you. Note that for any kind of character, prop, or scene design work, the first section of my design agreement (items 1-11) will apply.
Troubleshooting/Technical Support (Free Service)
Whether you're just learning Reallusion's Cartoon Animator or have been using it for a while you're bound to run into a feature or issue where the software doesn't work how you expect, or you just can't wrap your head around how it's supposed to work despite following all available tutorials. Contact me with any questions either through my Contact Form or, if you want to send image attachments, email me at etourist@arttimeproductions.com

Note: I am not an employee of Reallusion nor have any close association with their Cartoon Animator team. If you suspect you have found a bug, or want to suggest a feature please use Reallusion's Support Center or Feedback Tracker.

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Art Time Productions is an independent Animation and Content creation studio owned by South Australian Artist, Writer, Animator, Video Producer, David Arandle A.K.A. The Extraordinary Tourist or 'TET' for short.

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