Winged Wolf Studio offers the following services:
Personal (Non-Comic) Website Commissions
Requirements for ANY website commissions
Art Commissions:
My prices start at $5 USD for a sketch. An ink is $10 and a color is $20 dollars. So, if you want only an inked work, it is $5 for the sketching process, which includes 3 back-and-forth tweaks between me and you, and then $10 for it to be inked, a total of $15. If you wanted that ink colored, it would be for a total of $35. Extra characters or a complex background are another $5 each on top of that price. A complex background is something like a cityscape or a detailed forest. Something like a grassland or empty street or canyon isn’t complicated.
Prices will vary, more or less, depending on the difficulty of the piece. Printing and shipping is also another $5 if desired. If you are going to want this as a print, please let me know so I can tailor to a certain size for optimal print-out.
Simple color commission example
Regular color commission example
Regular color commission example with second character
Email me if you’d like to commission or discuss prices. I do everything from landscapes to portraits to full-body characters to accessories (Copyright LadyStar). I rather like to draw realistic weaponry (copyright LadyStar), including firearms.
I also am open to do concept based work, for any non-manga project. I apologize, but I simply can’t draw manga. A full repertoire can be found at my Deviant Art gallery.
Comic Commissions:
Yesh, I can make you comics! My rate is $15/sketch, $30/uncolored inks, $45/colored page. These prices will be more or less depending on the SIZE of your desired page and COMPLEXITY of the coloring. For example, do you want a 3-panel, cel-shaded strip or an over-size graphic novel page?
For this to work, I need a script, and a 2-3 page production buffer. I cannot complete more than 1 full-colored page a week or more than 2 uncolored pages per week unless I’m working with a team, so keep that in mind if commissioning me.
My comics are here and here, if you want to see my capabilities.
WHAT I DON’T DO: I do NOT do free test runs or free 8-page samples. I expect to paid for each piece of work I do, even if, at the end of that, you don’t decide I’m the right person for the job. I’ve accumulated over 350 pages of comics, so my capabilities, or lack thereof, are quite clear.
WHAT I CAN DO: I can try different styles, black and white, heavy inks, etc. My comics are the style I prefer, not necessary the only styles I am capable of. However–I do not draw manga of any kind. I’ll ink it and color it, but I don’t draw it. Contact me at warofwinds [-AT-] gmail.com if you are interested.
Comic Website Commissions:
Ok, after getting LAUGHED AT for charging such low prices, I’ve decided to split up website commissions into 2 categories: comics, and everything else. I know most other comickers are in the same boat as me: not enough money, in/just out of school, trying to make ends meet. You guys can’t afford to pay what I’m apparently supposed to be making for my time, so I’m not going to try to make you. Non-comic website commission prices are below.
My own site pretty much features my capabilities. I can implement the codes of ComicGenesis, Keenspot, Drunkduck, SpiderForest, SomeryC, Wordpress and Comicpress, as well as build stores in Cafepress and Printfection. I build sites using HTML, CSS and Dreamweaver. I will build you a site that works and looks good, but I’m not a professional. If you want a W3C validated site, I’m not your ‘gal. My degree is in biology, not coding. If you want a guarantee of a site that works, built fast and well, looks good and free tech help for the life of your project, THEN I’m your ‘gal. My sites are built usually straight CSS, unless you yourself plan to be changing things a lot and are not familiar with that kind of coding. In that case, I use a mixture of CSS/HTML so it is easier for you to work with. My website design process and requirements are outlined beneath the next
- If you have a design but don’t know how to put it together, I’ll code it, and cut it, starting at $30 USD (example). If the design is REALLY simple, it could be less. Please provide your design in the form a SINGLE template image that is 100% the size at which you want the image displayed, layers included.
- If you know how to code but want someone else to make you a design, this also starts at $30, depending on the level of design necessary (example 1, Example 2.)
- If you don’t have a design and want a site, I’ll make you a design and code it starting at ABOUT $60 (example 1, example 2, example 3). If you want me to add images such as your comic’s characters, you must supply me with high resolution, layered (PSD) images for me to use. Building/designing a SITE does not cover drawing your characters as well. Whether these images are from comic pages or character art, it’s all good. I can of course, be commissioned to draw graphics for your site, but that is extra. Graphics such as buttons and design elements are part of the commission at no extra cost, in case anyone was wondering. Very simple commissions such as Example 3 (above) have a lower price at my prerogative. I’m usually very generous with discounts.
- A $5-15 discount is available if I may add “Designed and(/or )built by KEZ of Winged Wolf Studio” in the footer at the bottom of your site. This must be requested in an email, as I will not do this by default. The discount really depends on the popularity of your comic. That’s a little elist, I know, but I stand to get commissions more from a site with higher traffic than one with less.
- If I will need to make you a logo, that is $25 extra. Logos are something that you can resell on merchandise, use in advertising, etc, which is why it is “so much” more. I give up the rights to it so that you can use it any way you want. Examples of logos I’ve done can be seen here and here. You get a low-res site version, and a 300dpi high-res version. If you have your own logo, I use that.
- Contact me at warofwinds [-AT-] gmail.com if you are interested.
Non-Comic Website Commissions
Prices start at $100 for a website design and code. This includes everything from logo design to writing up the descriptions, selecting images, and even includes drawing up to 2 original graphics, drawn by me. More complex sites will cost more, especially if a lot of editing of text is involved, not because it’s hard, but because that is VERY time consuming. Past the original website build, I can manage this website and edit or add things for $5 each time that is required. If a site is going to require a lot of maintanence, we can hash out a monthly rate rather than a per-edit rate. Contact me at warofwinds [-AT-] gmail.com if you are interested. My website-building process and requirements are outlined below.
My Process:
First, you contact me at warofwinds [-AT-] gmail.com about what your needs are, and I give you a quote. From there, you decide if you wish to continue with me or find someone else (I can recommend you some others as well!) If I’m designing a site, I start by sending you an image of what the site will look like based on your preferences and questions I send you. You tell me if you want any elements changed in the design. We go back and forth up to 3 times changing things. If you’ve designed the site already (applicable only to a comic website), I may offer advice for things, but I will not change any part of the design on MY end. That’s up to you, and why my prices are so low. :) Design and build jobs take on average two week. Build-only jobs take a day or 2 once I start. This turn-around depends a lot on timely replies to my emails. I can’t complete the build or design if the person commissioning me takes forever to get back to me! I don’t expect more than 1 reply a day, however.
My requirements:
- I must have access to your FTP and/or site admin area. This means admin level freedom. I erase all confidential site information when a job is complete, but I encourage you to create an second admin account, then erase it when I am finished. Please don’t send me YOUR login information if possible.
- For a comic site, I will not write up the “copy” on your site. Copy is tech-speak for “all the words.” For example, if you want a cast page, I will build it for you, but I will not write up the blurbs, nor will I find the images to use for the page. You are going to need to send me the images you want, and the text, for me to insert for you. I will happily make thumbnail images to use, if, for example, you have all the information you want up, but want to leave it to me on HOW to present it.
- I cannot be long-term webmaster of any COMIC sites, though advice and tinkering is completely free if you need it, even if I have not done a commission for you. If you want to commission me for a long-term project, the answer is NO. I’m already involved with too much long-term stuff as it is. I define long-term as “you will need me for more than 2 weeks.”
- Payments should be made with Paypal to warofwinds@gmail.com. I expect full payment no more than 1 week after completion of the project. If you can not afford my incredibly low prices, do not commission me.
Email me at warofwinds (~AT~) gmail.com if you’re interested.
“Resume” of site templates I’ve built and designed:
The War of Winds, by KEZ 2009
Not Alone, by KEZ 2008
The War of Winds, the Novel, by KEZ 2009
Reaper 7, property of Brian Brock 2007
Zevonprice.com, property of Zevon Price 2007
Ravenwood, property of Sylvia Baker 2007
Canterrain’s Webcomic Reviews, a satellite of Xylia, content by Canterrain 2007
Cat Legend, property of Katrina Santoro (title graphic art by Kat) 2007
Cooties, property of Nick Perkins (title graphic art by Nick) 2008
Gemutations: Plague (and ComicGenesis mirror), property of Denise Randall 2008
LadyStar Store, property Heavy Cat Multimedia Ltd. 2008
Calling Home, property of Renegade Scribe. 2009
Emergency Exit, property of NJ Huff 2009
Agent LF, property of Mike Mekkes 2009
Only Half, property of Denise Randall 2009
“Resume” of sites built or installed, but not designed by me:
Personal Deconstruction, property of J.E. Gonzalez 2008
Lady Tygry Productions (Elect Reprobate and Hardly Keeping), property of Lady Tygry 2007
Talismen, property of Barb Jacobs and Steven P. Jones 2007
Caricatures, property of Barb Jacobs 2008
Tomb of the King 2, property of Laura Melis 2009
Logo Design
If you need a logo as part of a comic website design commission, the price is $25. For a personal, non-comic site, the price is $50. If you need a logo that is not part of a current commission process, this costs between $100-250. Admittedly, a lot of it depends on why you need the logo. Are you going to be putting it on merchandise and make a profit on it? That’s $250, because you’ll be making money on my work, and I have to give up all my rights to it, and frankly, you would stand to make much more on it than you paid me to make it. Are you going to be putting it on the door to the business in your garage? Okay, that’s $100, because I wish you luck with your business. Are you going to be putting it on stationary, bumperstickers, billboards? That’s back to $250. A logo can be a symbol, text, or both. You can specify, or leave it up to me.
Here are some examples of my work in action:
From Earth to Heaven (scroll down)
What it Takes (scroll down)
