Element Lad Commission
on October 16th, 2012Got back from New York Comic Con with con crud and will be spending the next day or so in bed. But I love you all, so here’s one of my commissions. I haven’t done commissions at a convention in years, and I really enjoyed these. This pencil drawing of Element Lad from “The Legion of Superheroes” was for author Barry Lyga.
I had a couple of people arrange for me to complete sketches after the show, and a couple of people who never showed up to pick up their commissions.
If I haven’t heard from you in a week, they go on the market, dudes.
I did a goodly number of sketches at this show, and will post them all. Also, A Distant Soil online publication resumes on Monday.
I’ll be having another sale in about two weeks to help finance A Distant Soil digital restoration. I found someone who can do some tone restoration at a price I can afford. So, I’m going to need another few thousand dollars in the kitty.
I did really well at New York Comic Con, and am very thankful to everyone who came by the booth to say hi!
You are absurdly good at drawing teens, male and female.
I’m curious if this trick would work for you. When I take a con commission, I have the buyer write his name and cell phone number on the paper I’ll use, and on a list on my table. If they don’t have a cell, I take an email or whatever else they have. When I’m done, I text message a photo of their finished commission to their cell phone. Since I started using this system, I’ve never had a problem with folks not picking up their commission.
If I do have to finish it at home, I automatically have a way to contact them.
It was really nice meeting to you at NYCC and thank you for showing me the pictures of the bear and the other critters.
Thanks & be well
Hi Gene, those are great suggestions. I took business cards from almost everyone, and the ones I didn’t get cards from are the ones I didn’t hear from, LOL! I’m just going to stop taking any commissions without a deposit.
And thank you for the kind compliment. I love your work!
Hi Will, nice to meet you, too!