I track my hours using Procreate' s canvas statistics in the analytics settings. These hours tick up as long as the canvas as open. While I do my best to not leave the canvas open while taking a break, there are times it happens, so as a result I usually subtract 1/4th of the time the canvas states to calculate my actual time spent on the drawings.

Commissions I Do and Don't Do

Contacting Me

To contact me for commission requests or questions, please use my business email, fmoptimistillustration@gmail.com. I do check my dms on Discord, Bluesky, and Tumblr but you'll have the easiest time contacting me through that email.

I mainly use Paypal for payments and will send invoices.

If you feel a little lost on where to start on requesting a commission, follow along the general example below that gives me the most needed information (key things to include will be bold and highlighted):

To: fmoptimistillustration@gmail.com 

Subject: Commissions

[Say what you want a commission of, and be sure to include all characters involved, if you want a sketch, colored drawing, or full render, what type of background you want, and how much of the character/characters you want drawn such as portrait or full body. These will all help with calculating a base price.]

Hello! I was wondering if I could request a commission, seeing you had slots available still. I wanted to request a fully rendered drawing of my OC and their partner. They would be sitting at a tavern having a conversation, and they can both be in a bust shot with just the top half of their bodies. I would like the background to be the tavern, but without any extra characters.

[Present reference pictures and simple personality of any key info needed for the request, especially of any characters listed. Simple personality is fantastic for commissions as it gives me ideas of what expressions to draw. If a background is included, a reference isn't necessary if you are fine with it me finding my own, however specific references of architecture or structures of background elements are extremely helpful.]

Here's my OC: (image of the OC) They are very outgoing and generally short tempered, so have an overall energetic personality. And here's my OC's partner: (image of the OC's partner) They are much more introverted and patient, and have an overall gentle personality. As for the tavern, I would like it to look similar to these two pictures I found of tavern ideas: (two pictures of the tavern inspirations)

I hope this works well for you!

Client

This is the minimum information I appreciate in an initial email, and from there discussion for clarification, payment, and artwork resolution will follow.