Sharpening the pencils
How It Works
From your brief to the final file, in five steps.
Five Steps, About Three Weeks
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01
The Brief
A paragraph, a few pictures, where it will be used. Sam replies within two working days.
Day 1 -
02
The Rough
Two or three blue-pencil roughs to choose from, with two rounds of changes.
Week 1 -
03
The Line
The chosen rough inked clean, the shapes and the pose decided.
Week 2 -
04
The Colour
Flat colour, then light and shadow, with one round of changes.
Week 2 to 3 -
05
The Delivery
The final files, the turnaround sheet if you ordered one, and the licence.
On the date
Four Passes Over One Page
You see the rough, the line and the colour before the next pass starts, so nothing is a surprise at the end.
- Rough2 rounds of changes
- LineShown before colour
- Colour1 round of changes
- 01RoughBlue pencil, the shapes found
- 02LineInked, the lines decided
- 03Flat ColourThe fills, no light yet
- 04ShadingLight, shadow and shine
Your wall, your profile picture, a gift, a print for yourself. Not products for sale.
Social and streaming usage covers avatars, banners, emotes and overlays on your own channels.
Commercial and merch usage covers products for sale, packaging and advertising, for five years, renewable.
You own the character's likeness for the usage you bought; the studio keeps the right to show the piece in its portfolio.