A dumb list: DREAM COMMISSIONS

You ever wanted to commission someone but don't have the money to afford? I had that thought, a few times. When I had the scratch to not only pay rent, bills, etc. I would go to some of my favourite artists and be like "Hey, would you draw my rabbit girl for $$?" and soon I got the commissioned work in either days or months in some cases.

Now, besides paying people to draw Vivi in their style, I also had other ideas for them to draw a piece. Would be crazy to know that I stumble these artists from many parts of the internet. Here are a list split into 3 different categories.

POSSIBLE TO COMMISSION:

This category I definitely can pay if I had the scratch. The artists mentioned are just the ones I followed on Twitter (still not calling it X). To give you some spoilers: None of them in this category have NSFW contents or accounts (not that I'm aware of anyways).

Rhea Burtram

Couple of her recent pieces.

Rhea is one of THE BEST artists I know on this forsaken site known as Twitter. She's one of the artists I follow in my early days on Twitter since November 2016. You might recognize her artstyle in this small indie cartoon known as Epithet Erased. She's the lead character designer.

This is where the "Real-Ass Goddamn Sword" meme came from.

During 2020 in my "Inkscapetober" series, I did drew Vivi in Rhea's older style. Her older style is one of the design inspirations for my rabbit OC in her V6 & V7 phase. To be honest: That's one of my best pieces.

Her old art (circa 2019) in question.

Yes, I even did mimicked the signature. Nowadays, she didn't do that anymore.

She IS open for commissions (at the time of writing this blog), but due to my dwindling wallet funds, I can't afford that, right now. Hell, if I had the chance, I'd let her draw the rabbit... Once I finish up that Version 8 design, though.

Eliz0r

Eliz0r (or just Eli) is an artist I discovered from a less-than-expected source: From a video game's Twitter account, which is Victory Heat Rally. He's the one who definitely did the promotional pieces.

VHR isn't the only one. He also did this to several other indie titles, one of which is an action roguelike known as Felbound.

He's one of the very few artists I followed to not only be a man of culture, but also a man of God. His style had this spark that would inspire me to get off my ass and draw, including the idea of making some more dynamic pieces that I rarely do. He too does commissions on occasion, but one day I'll get to it. I would commission him to draw the rabbit for that price, but I think I could think of another character if he can do mechs. I mean, I have a small Gundam collection for starters.

Jacob Ovrick (Lemurfeature)

This is one of the few people I followed who does 3D modelling. If I recall, he's the first 3D artist I followed on Twitter. He also worked on a few games, the most notable being Spyro: Reignited Trilogy. Unlike Eli who did promo work, Jacob's the character modeler.

In rare occasions he does commissions, but appropriately the prices are in the hundreds. Even if you paid for one, 3D modelling in this scale is a tumultuous process and it'll take not weeks, but months.

This is the artist I would let him model my rabbit girl, but not only for his signature work, but I want to learn from him and how did he make it.

Printed Leander

These pics above aren't rejected Hot Wheels or Matchbox models that never made it into production. These are custom made, 3D printed cars made by one person. 

Unlike the previous, I think you could buy the models (and probably have to 3D print them yourself). Dude also had options of making these 1:28 Mini-Z/XMod models, 1:64 scale, and 1:43 models. BTW this is the only guy I know who decided to print out cars not only from Driver: Parallel Lines, but Midnight Club 2.

The Cerrano from DPL.

The "Not-GTO" and "Not-Snek-Concept" from Midnight Club 2.

To be direct: That's hella based. If I were to pay this guy, the one thing I could do is send him a model of one of my Re-Volt cars, and that would've been cool to see my own cars sitting on my desk.

LESS THAN POSSIBLE:

This category involves some artists that are a little harder to reach, whether or not they're available or commission prices are high. It'd be crazy to get them to commission something and not to mention, they're still kicking.

Stephen Bliss

You may not heard his name until now, but you DEFINITELY know his artworks. If you look at the cover arts for many of Rockstar's titles, mainly the Grand Theft Auto games since GTA3, then it has an immediate impact when the game came out. The reason why the GTA cover arts have this comic book layout is simple: They need to quickly change the cover of GTA3 to make it less like 9/11 (game was released a while after it happened). 

GTA3's iconic "Comic Panel" style cover.

The original/PAL version's cover. I mean, the skyscrapers at the top and the explosions at the bottom, some politician would freak the fuck out if this was released to North American shores.

Bliss has a pedigree, and not to mention he's a Yankee. He left Rockstar at the end of 2015 to follow  his own pursuits, and I just found out he runs his own NFT joint which I have to say that's pretty fuckin' cringe. Though I don't think THAT would discredit from his past works.

Alex Ahad (o___8)

I've been following Ahad for a while. So for the brief lore: He's the guy who help created one of the most popular (& controversial) fighting games known as Skullgirls. Sadly, he was kicked from Lab Zero after some sort of coup related to some chick I can't remember her name (who also worked on Skullgirls & Indivisible), but that's a rabbit hole riddled with misinformation, rumors, and in-studio drama. Anyways that bit's irrelevant, let's talk about Ahad.

This man not only worked on just Skullgirls, but probably some wrestling-themed fighter involving monster girls. The pic next to Nami was one of the concept sketches. Dude also has a Patreon account, does the occasional Skullgirls art, and commissions will probably go at a premium. Heck, it'll be worth it.

Aidan Hughes (BRUTE!)

Another man you may not recognize but you saw his artworks. If you're a KMFDM fan, then this is the man who did the cover arts (except the debut & NIHIL albums). Some people discover music because of the artwork they found on either the local music store or Youtube, and this is no exception. Hughes had this look that goes HARD and it wouldn't fit if someone else made it. He utilize a minimal color palette, hard contrasts, and the spike shading style that stands out from other artists I know.

Looking at the Amnesia album, you can see the spike shading not only used as the shadows but the highlights, too. 

Getting him to commission a piece sounds like 2 weeks of my paycheck if I were to take a low-ball guess. Guess this'll be a fun side project on trying to emulate his style, though I've tried that a few times, I didn't get far.

IMPOSSIBLE:

This special group of artists I have NO CHANCE IN HELL to commission, because of either interests, steep price, or the fact they're dead. Mostly the latter. 

"Based God" Ralph Bakshi

The man, the myth, the legend. Well, let's get this out of the way: The reason why he's on the list is his old age. I mean, he worked on the 60's Spider-Man cartoon for Jim's sake. Anyways, Bakshi is a pioneer in the animation industry who is well known for the adaptation of Fritz the Cat, Wizards (where Mark Hamill made his debut alongside Star Wars), Fire & Ice, Mighty Mouse where he snorted pink coke, and the controversial film known as Cool World where he reportedly socked an executive for screwing over the film's troubled production. Based.

Heavy Traffic is a gem.

Nowadays, the dude does some paintings in his eccentric way, and living his best life at the endgame. Yeah, there's not a lot of reasons why I wanted a Bakshi commission but I would buy a cell from one of his films (Wizards in particular). Signed and around $300, I would hang that on the wall.

Edward Hopper

This painting shown above is one of his most popular pieces: Nighthawks. This painting in particular is my favourite piece from him, to the point I have it as my lock screen... and haven't changed it for the past year. 

Hopper's artworks is how I describe as Americana and liminal to an extent. In a more appropriate term: he is known as an American Realist Painter.

Since these are oil paintings, it has this mix of vibrant and muted. The backgrounds are clean, the shading is great, and the art has this feeling of isolation and loneliness. Not all of his paintings are liminal urban backgrounds, plenty do feature some people as the focal point, and one of which is a painting of his wife.

Akira Toriyama

The name doesn't sound too familiar for those who wasn't interested in anime, but this man is CULTURED. I mean, he likes cars, babes, action, and him releasing Dragon Ball has certainly made a huge impact. Hell, even Osamu Tezuka (the Godfather of manga) praised him as his successor. This man would've been on the previous category, but the poor sod passed away on March 1st, 2024.

After watching Dragonball & DBZ, I was reminded that in the DB universe, there's Dr. Slump characters, dinosaurs... and dragons... Both are not the wildest things.

A man among legends, and his artstyle instantly recognizable, no matter the medium. Also a huge influence among artists & creators. If I were to bet, there are existing anime that is inspired by Toriyama's works.

Dr. Seuss

The Doctor of Seuss-o-nomics I don't think needs much of an introduction if you ever read one of his books. You probably have read a Seuss book or two since I used to read those. Hell, these even had movie adaptations in varied quality.

Seuss's artstyle can be described as whimsical. Curly lines, minimal color palette, surreal environments, and has a thing on drawing a lot of fuzzy creatures and people known as Whos. Not many actually know about this, but he does some more mature art known as "The Midnight Paintings," where it's not as vibrant but it still remained whimsical & surreal, but in a black or darker background. Yes, he did made some involving naked Who-women in his style. No, it's not porn.

Now, those are just the few examples I wish to commission. I can think of a few more, but I have to keep a steady income from the days forward. Not every piece I've commissioned will be rabbit girls, but then again, check the Commission Den.