Have you ever noticed that a lot of the time, artists who create their own characters tend to make them look like themselves? All of my characters tended to have my upturned nose for the longest time... I'm trying to get away from that so as not to seem vain. :\ Not that I think it's a conscious effort. I think it's just a natural tendency, because when we're learning how to draw, we're more comfortable studying our own faces in the mirror than staring at a stranger's face up close for an uncomfortably long time. xD But anyways...

I've always wanted to find a book or website that puts different ethnicities side-by-side to compare the facial features of each... as a drawing reference. Someone posted a link to these tutorials, and I thought they were pretty helpful. They cover the bridge of the nose, the body shape, the sparseness of body hair, etc. (apparently white people have the most body hair. Damn.)



Look at them! They're the healthy alternative to doing a Google image search for the word "Mexican"... which I did. >_> And even if you don't need the reference, they're pretty interesting.

Now to whore out my art skillz again.

Pencil drawing of 1 character: $20 *
Example

Ink Drawing of 1 character: $25 *

Colored in Prismacolor Pencils or Photoshop: $35 *
Pencils, Digital

* addition of background - $5 or $10, depending on level of detail
Example of minimal background

Full scene w/ background and characters, colored: $10/hr
Example

For the full scene, give me an in depth description of what you want and I will give you an estimate of the maximum number of hours it will take. I will not charge you more than the estimate, even if it takes a bit longer. I am not used to keeping track of how many hours it takes to finish a piece, so I will do that until I get the hang of it.

E-mail or PM me for any prints or other special requests & we can negotiate a price!

My other talents include Flash animation, pixel art, gif animation, comics, tattoo designs, fan art, and randomly decorating things with Sharpie!