Artwork for *gasp*money

[oloriel]

I have so far been hesitant to try and "sell" my artwork, but I figured that it might have a chance if it's for a good cause. So, here goes!

The first five people to comment and contribute to CfL in some way get to request artwork by yours truly. If you don't know the sort of stuff I produce yet, you can check it out here (Tolkien fanart) or here (other watercolours - a lot less). As you can see, my main fandom is Tolkien (yeah, I know, you never guessed that ;)), but for this challenge I'll also try my hand at any other fandom, as well as original or roleplaying characters, as long as I get useable descriptions.

EDIT: All full now, yay! \o/ Thanks for playing!


So! What should you do if you're interested?

1. Check whether there still is an open slot. (This is assuming that there actually are as many as five people who think my artwork is worth $5 or more. ;))

2. Claim that slot. You do not yet have to give me any artwork details at that point unless you want to.

3. Now you make your contribution. That can be a flat donation of at least $5 (or the corresponding sum in your country's currency) to your cancer-related charity of choice - popular examples would be the American Cancer Society, Cancer Research UK or Deutsche Krebshilfe. But any other organisation that does research on cures, helps patients and their family, or works against cancer in other ways, is just as fine.
If you don't have those $5 lying around, there are non-financial ways of contributing, too: For example, you could get swabbed with the DKMS (also operating in Germany ;)) which might enable you to save the life of someone who suffers from leukemia some day, or do volunteer work with some other charity. Or you can come up with some other cool idea that I didn't think of. Just let me know which way you choose!
You do not have to tell me how much you donated if you don't want to. You do not have to send any money to me personally. No, not even the postage.

4. Now you ponder the artwork you want to request. Due to exams, I won't be able to get started before December 5th, so you have a couple of weeks to think of something!
There are a few limits I'll ask you to keep in mind, however:

- Real life is a demanding monster and I'd like to be able to have finished these by Christmas, so I will do no more than three characters and no complicated backgrounds this time. Size of the original will likely be about DinA5, i.e., 148 x 210 mm.

- If you aren't certain that I am familiar with the character(s) - or if we're dealing with book characters and you can't be certain that my imagination and yours coincide ;) - please provide some description, both of the outward appearance and some defining traits that may help me depict the character(s) more closely (e.g. "she's a cynic", "he constantly feels watched", "they have been in love for ten years"). If you would like to have a particular scene from a novel, poem, fanfic or whatever illustrated, that is perfectly okay, but I'd ask you to describe the scene to me (or quote it in full) along with any other information you think necessary because I'm not certain I'll have the time to read the text in question - and I am absolutely certain that I won't be able to familiarise myself with a new fandom. If I need more information than you give me, I'll ask. :)

- I am bad at drawing animals, so you can request artwork with animals in them ("I would like a painting of Celegorm and Huan on a hunting trip"), but should be aware that results might be worse than usual less than thrilling. So you may want to request something else.

- I am bad with anatomy, so you can request artwork that features a lot of it ("I would like a picture of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy making out on a bearskin rug wearing nothing but their socks and house ties*") but again shouldn't expect the result to look particularly good. So you may want to request something else.

- I also cannot use reference pictures well (which in part contributes to the two problems mentioned above ;)) so please do not expect people to look like particular actors. For example, if you're a fan of the BBC Merlin TV series and you'd like a picture of Morgana and Gwen yelling at each other, I'll certainly try to make them look like Kathy McGrath and Angel Coulby, but I can't guarantee that they'll actually be recogniseable. So you may want to request something else.
At any rate, you've been warned.

- Artwork will be done with pencil and watercolour. I'll show you the scanned work here or per e-mail (if you'd like to keep it secret), and I will also mail you the original. I'll hopefully be done by Christmas so things will be sent out sometime between Christmas and New Year's, but I won't be giving any guarantees on that because of exams and real life and stuff. If I'm still not done by late January, though, you'll get some sort of bonus feature, though.

- Oh, right! In order to send things out, I figure I might need your address, eh? As comments on this post are not screened, please send me an e-mail (lyraforeniel at hotmail dot com) or an LJ message. And remember to let me know if your address changes before I'm done with the painting!


I will also post this on deviantArt (unless all slots here are full before I'm done hunting down all typos and repair all links and stuff ;)). I'll edit this list so you'll (hopefully) know whether there still are free slots left. If against all expectations people will request something faster than I can keep track of and you happen to land on non-existant slot six or seven by no fault of yourself, we'll work something out so you can get something yet - not, however, by the end of December or January. More likely I'll be staring at five empty slots for hours to come, I know.

Well. Yeah.


- - -
SLOTS:
(1) Himring
(2) Lanyon
(3) Hiril_Anwyn
(4) Barbardin
(5) Oshun
(Laurie)
(Flower_Star)

- - -
*I mean neckties, you dirty-minded people.

Comments

[hhimring]

Hello, if you haven't got your five requests already, I'd like to request one.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Actually, you win firsties :)

[lanyon.livejournal.com]

I'd like to request something, please. :)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Yay! :D

[hiril-anwyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, Hi, I snuck in here from another journal (Hope you don't mind! XD) I have been following CfL in my way and if it's alright I would like to request a spot in return I will make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society AND make a donation of blood as soon as I get the time to make it out to a blood donors clinic (I work in the OR and we do quite a few cancer surgeries so I know blood is ALWAYS needed for that as well)

Well, I was going to do both things anyways in honor of CfL but I came across this and thought I would at least ask.

Cheers!

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely alright! And thank you!

[hiril-anwyn.livejournal.com]

Oh squeeee!

Thank you so much! I am so glad you don't mind, I tend to wander about the internet, I am an e-wanderer.

Actually, I came across some of your gorgeous LOTR watercolors when I was poking around DA not too long ago, you are very talented and watercolor is a tricky medium to work in.

I have no specific request at the moment though it will most certainly be Lord of the Rings related.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

E-wandering is perfectly acceptable.
Watercolour is actually the only medium I feel at least vaguely comfortable with, so I admire anyone who can work with other things (particularly oil colours). And of course I also admire watercolour artists who can work more realistically, like GoldSeven.

But, yeah! You still have time to decide what you want; I won't start drawing before December 4th or 5th and as long as I have one person's full request everyone else has another day or two time, so that's cool. Just remember that I can't start before I know what to aim for! :)

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Is it an option to request a "wildcard"? I'd love to get an artwork from you, but I'm absolutely clueless what I'd like ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Oof... it really would be easier if I at least had a vague clue. But sure, we can try with a "wildcard" as well, if you're feeling lucky ;)

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Well, there is still time, maybe I'll get an idea later.
I'd also be willing to offer the slot to someone else - I have no doubt that you'll find more than five people who want it. I'll just donate something and sit on the "waitlist" for a while :)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Ganz wie du magst :)

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Dann nimm mich erstmal wieder runter - dann verschreck ich keine entscheidungsstärkere Kundschaft ;)

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

Hiiiiiier! *hüpf streck* Ich brauch Kunst für die neue Wohnung. :D

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Ogottogott, du kannst das doch selbst viel besser! Brutus reicht dir wohl nicht mehr? ;)

Nein, klar kriegst du. :)

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

Was heißt schon besser? Ich mag deinen Stil und komm ja selber nie dazu. ;) Und ich mag das unterstützen und so und überhaupt. Ich werd übrigens die DKMS unterstützen. Die brauchen ja nicht nur Knochenmark- sondern auch Geldspender. Und da ich ne neue rote Nase brauche, kreigt 'Humor Hilft Heilen' auch noch was. ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

^^

Lass mich dann beizeiten wissen, was dir vorschwebt :)

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

Natürlich das Cover-Model für den 2011er "Lothlorien Male Pinup Calendar"

;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Ey! Das ist zorns Job!

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

Ooooooch büüüüüüütteeeeeeee! *G*

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Kriegen kannst du das (wenn du denn ein DinA5-PinUp für erstrebenswert hältst ;)) - aber ich erinnere an meine obige Warnung zum Thema Anatomie! *g*

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

If you still have a slot open, I would like to request Silmarillion art work (I am quite prepared to be specific and am sure you will know any characters I might request) in exchange for one session reading stories and/or organizing art projects in the playroom/waiting room at the Hassenfeld Children's Cancer Center at NYU Medical Center in New York, where my daughter was treated for cancer as a child. (Treats children with cancers and blood disorders including brain tumors, bone and soft tissue sarcomas, leukemia, vascular malformations and other diseases of the blood such as platelet and blood-clotting disorders.) http://hassenfeld.med.nyu.edu/community/how-help

[flower-star.livejournal.com]

Awww, seems I'm too late :( ...

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I can put you on the waiting-list in case someone can't decide for a long time, or in case I have more artsy time than planned? Or for the next time I do this kind of thing. :)

[flower-star.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, put me on the waiting list :). I'm good at being patient (well ... most of the time).

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Yes, join me on the waitlist! It's cozy here!

[flower-star.livejournal.com]

*grin* Okay. How about some tea while we're waiting?

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Tea-party on oloriel's waitlist! ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

That sounds wonderful and you just managed to catch the last slot - the dA crowd doesn't seem interested. So you (and the children at the Hassenfeld Center!) are a winner! :)