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Post: 44739281_1 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:40:08 +0000
Posted: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:40:08 +0000

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†εSSεRACT :: An Art Shop
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☏ Hello, you've reached Tesseract. Please hold the phone closer to your ear. ☏

Hey. Squiff here.

This is, as stated above, an art shop. I will draw you things and perhaps you will send me a trade. Who can say, really?

If and when you commission me, I will draw your desired character to the best of my abilities. Promise.

Please do come in and bump or chat. I love to meet new people.

However, if you just want to buy, buy, buy, I'm not going to kick you out.

Have fun!

Currently :: [On Hiatus] [Closed] [Open]

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Post: 44739281_2 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:41:01 +0000
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ANNOUNCEMENTS :: Attention Citizens
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☏ Summary: Hello shoppers, special orders may be delayed or played back in fast motion. ☏

☀January 16 // 2oo9 :: An announcement can be found here.

January 6 // 2oo9 :: Happy New Year! Art production will be slowing slightly since I have school.
December 12 // 2oo8 :: First colour art completed for la chatte Kiwi.
December o2 // 2oo8 :: Home Sweet Home. Working through the pile of commissions acquired this week.
November 24 // 2oo8 :: Squiff is going away and will not have access to a scanner for the next week. Drawings are still coming!
November 2o // 2oo8 :: Fact Contest winner announced! Congratulations PukeFacedFreak. Winning fact is here.
November 12 // 2oo8 :: First couple art completed for Fiontan.
November 1o // 2oo8 :: First contest! The 'Interesting Fact' bonanza begins.
November o2 // 2oo8 :: First commissioned piece finished - thanks reindrops medley.
October 31 // 2oo8 :: Shop created! Move smoothed by the gang from Zombieville.

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Post: 44739281_3 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:42:01 +0000
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RULES :: Behavioural Codes
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☏ Summary: Don't be a d**k. ☏

☀ Please employ your common sense. Show politeness to everyone in the thread, no matter their state of dress or the colour of their text.

☀ If you would like art, please use the form. There is no going around this.

☀ This is less a rule than a suggestion: I am limited as an artist. Yes, I will draw what you ask me to to the best of my abilities, but if you ask for a giant transforming mecha neko and its corresponding airship, I will probably not be able to give you the art you deserve for having such a bizzare idea. There are dozens of brilliant artists on Gaia. If you like my art, ask for it and I'll do my damndest. If not, please don't come in and hate on my style.

☀ Yes, I do take bribes when I am feeling un-inclined to work. See the examples and payment posts for details.

☀ For god's sake, have a sense of humour. It will make your time in this thread much more enjoyable.

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Post: 44739281_4 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:43:05 +0000
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SAMPLES :: An Appetizer Plate
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☏ Summary: Come on, it's just pretty pictures. You can do this. ☏

☀ My art is a little different from what you'll find in most of the shops on Gaia. If that's your cup of tea, try out some of the thumbnails below. There are currently no full body shots or group picture examples, but that is simply because no one has yet requested one. They are available, and will be in the same style as the headshots.

☀ If you want a particular style [e.g. 'sketchy', 'angular', 'soft', 'realistic'], put it in your form! Sadly, I do not read the minds. Perhaps some day...

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Post: 44739281_5 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:44:21 +0000
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PRICING and FORM :: Let's Make A Deal
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☏ Summary: You actually have to read this one. ☏

I don't have set prices for my work. I trust my customers to value what they're buying. That being said, there are a few guidelines:

☀ From a troll around the Art Shop forum, I can tell that my semi-realist work is worth at least 5ooo gold. This is the absolute baseline for art. After that, I leave pencilled headshots to your discretion.

☀ If you want it inked, minimum price is 7ooo gold.

☀ I am lazy and dislike drawing bodies. If you want full-body art, make me an offer and we can haggle. A similar situation applies to coloured art [I use coloured pencils].

☀ I can do you a chibi fullbody or head for 4ooo gold.

☀ Paying with items is a ok by me. See the Miscellany post down the page for appropriate bribey-type stuff.

☀ Anything else, just ask! I don't bite.

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✪ Art Me Up, Squiff ✪

Username: [[ Yup. ]]
Reference Images or Text: [[ The more the better! ]]
Potential Payment: [[ This is not set in stone, just a preliminary offer. ]]
Details: [[ Tell me how you want it! Is the umbrella essential? Are the horns bigger? Again, more is better! ]]
Style/Inks/Size: [[ This is optional. Tell me if you want ink, colour, a full body or what. If you leave it blank, a pencilled headshot it shall be.]]
License to Art: [[ Whether or not Squiff may slightly alter your avatar in the name of an aesthetically pleasing final product. ]]

[size=17.5][color=#009ACD][align=center]✪ [b]Art Me Up, Squiff[/b] ✪[/align][/color]
[size=10][color=royalblue][b]Username:[/b][/color] [[ Yup. ]]
[color=royalblue][b]Reference Images or Text:[/b][/color] [[ The more the better! ]]
[color=royalblue][b]Potential Payment:[/b][/color] [[ This is not set in stone, just a preliminary offer. ]]
[color=royalblue][b]Details:[/b][/color] [[ Tell me how you want it! Is the umbrella essential? Are the horns bigger? Again, more is better! ]]
[color=royalblue][b]Style/Inks/Size:[/b][/color] [[ This is optional. Tell me if you want ink, colour, a full body or what. If you leave it blank, a pencilled headshot it shall be.]]
[color=royalblue][b]License to Art:[/b][/color] [[ Whether or not Squiff may slightly alter your avatar in the name of an aesthetically pleasing final product. ]]

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Post: 44739281_6 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:45:12 +0000
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SLOTS :: Spin The Roulette Wheel
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☏ Summary: Do I have time to draw you? Find out inside! ☏

If the list is full and you, for some unfathomable reason, desperately want my art and must have it this very instant, try bribing me to open up a spot.
I am not above large piles of pixel cash.
Large being anything above 2o ooo ish.
Or anything on the bribe list.

oo1. digitalduckie
[In Progress]
oo2. Dreamer Greyson
[Finished :: Needs Uploading]
oo3. Vivi Merquise
oo4. Teh Chich
oo5. teacup mouse
[Finished :: Needs Uploading]
oo6. Dust.and.Echoes
oo7. Fiontan
oo8. Lady Zypher
oo9. It would have to be a large bribe.

☀ Art trades and people I am doing ongoing freebie art for are in the Miscellany post below. ☀

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Post: 44739281_7 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:47:17 +0000
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PREVIOUS CUSTOMERS :: Ask Them For References
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☏ Summary: These people have some kickass avis and characters. At one point, I drew them. ☏

☀ la chatte Kiwi - Colour Couple Knee Ups
☀ la chatte Kiwi - Couple Pencil Knee Ups
☀ Gaijin Maiko - Tinted Pencil Waist Up - OC
☀ Gordon Bindlesticks - Tinted Pencil Waist Up
☀ Le Pepe - Couple Pencil Busts
☀ The Cocaine Pixie - Inked Bust
☀ Dannie yoko - Pencil Headshot
☀ My Fishy Demise - Pencil Bust
☀ iHyperion - Tinted Pencil Bust
☀ la chatte Kiwi - Pencil Full Body - Chibi
☀ MalueMan - Pencil Bust
☀ PukeFacedFreak - Pencil Bust
☀ sugar_coated_evil - Six Pencil Headshots - OCs
☀ Fiontan - Couple Pencil Busts - OCs
☀ Teh Chich - Tinted Pencil Bust
☀ Miss_Rowen - Sepia Headshot - OC
☀ sayurisaya - Pencil Bust - OC
☀ Machiavellite - Inked Bust
☀ Tissot - Sepia Pencil Headshot
☀ reindrops medley - Pencil Headshot
☀ Quicksylver - Pencil Headshot
☀ The One And Only Deli - Pencil Bust
☀ Singing Bunny - Tinted Pencil Bust
☀ Craving E - Pencil Waist Up
☀ Rockstone - Tinted Pencil Bust
☀ Vivi Merquise - Pencil Waist Up

☀ This shop was born out of a Free Art threadlet during the 2oo8 Halloween Event in the zombie forum. All the art I drew over those three days is here. ☀

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AFFILIATES :: Shout Outs
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☏ Summary: If you enjoyed †ESSERACT by Squiff, you may be interested in these other paperbacks from Dover Books. ☏

Squiff has acquired a banner! Made by the folks over at Prescription Graphics.

And here is the code:

[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/t.44739281_1][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/hiimjulie/Post Spiffies/squiff-2.png[/IMG][/url]

☀ If you'd like to become an affiliate, please let me know! 2oo x 4o banners are the best. ☀

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Chibi Lala - Remmie's Art Shop
Total Omen - Fiontan's Joint Art Shop
Zombie Artz - Zombie Kookie's Art Shop
PukeFacedFreak and Ganay's Joint Art and Moving Avi Shop
Jenny's Awesome Art Shop - Shmoopee's Colouring and Art Shop
Foxy's Avatar Sprite Shop

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Post: 44739281_9 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:50:10 +0000
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FREEBIES :: CONTESTS :: MISCELLANY
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☏ Summary: The s**t that doesn't fit other places. ☏

☀ On the delicate subject of free art. ☀

Freebies happen. They happen for people who I respect, for major donors, and for other various and sundry reasons. I like to surprise people with art, and if you hang around long enough, you’ll probably be on the receiving end of one of my ninja drawings.

However.

Please do not ask for a freebie. If you do so, you are misunderstanding the fundamental concept of the word. I will distribute them as I choose, because I am selfish.
Kapish?

Current Drawees:
☀ la chatte Kiwi - a perennial favourite
☀ S m a t t e r i n g
☀ Zombie Kookie
☀ PukeFacedFreak

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☀ Bribery! ☀

Squiff likes pretty things. Here are a few that could get her to draw you something fancy.

☀ CoCo Kitty ☀
☀ Cloud ☀
☀ Infernal Spirit ☀
☀ Kelp O' The Loch ☀
☀ Nano - C ☀
☀ 2o ooo gold or more ☀

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☀ Competitive Spirit ☀

In real life, beating people may make you feel better. Here, it gets you art.

☀ UPDATE :: Contest winner announced!
PukeFacedFreak won with the following factoid ::

☀ The diamond was once believed to be the strongest material until a recent study proved us wrong. Graphene, a single layer of graphite atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice (like a honeycomb), is now documented to be the strongest material, as published in a recent issue of Science magazine. A quote from the article: “Our research establishes graphene as the strongest material ever measured, some 200 times stronger than structural steel,” Hone said. “It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap.” That's right! That's the stuff pencils are made out of (or used to be)! Graphite.

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Post: 44739281_10 created on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:51:24 +0000
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THREAD ANTICS :: Club House Fun
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☏ Summary: We have an awesome pillow fort and everything. ☏

☀ This is Tissot's stuffie and the official mascot of Tesseract. He wins at his plushie life. ☀

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☀ Tesseract endorses the campaign of Lord Hatclock and his VP, Strawberry. ☀

Gordon Bindlesticks has condensed all that Lord Hatclock stands for in a mighty and solemn banner.

☀ Tissot drew a picture of a few of our regulars. It is completely awesome. ☀

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